By: Sam Perkins in: Conference Notes
3 Mar 2010The America East regular season wrapped up on Sunday; the seedings are set, the teams are ready, and Binghamton managed to once again cause another “international incident” (the Bearcats withdrew from the America East tournament). Certain circumstances have kept me from contributing as regularly as I had desired this season, but make no mistake; I’m [...]
By: Sam Perkins in: Conference Notes
26 Jan 2010A look at the early going in America East, which might not get high marks in terms of strength but will in terms of competitiveness.
By: Phil Kasiecki in: Columns
13 Jan 2010A few quick hitters as we reach the middle of the week on Dartmouth, Providence’s bounce-back win over Rutgers and Boston University continuing to ride their big three.
Vermont’s inside-outside combination of Mike Trimboli and Marqus Blakely has been the best duo in the conference, as both are playing like All-Conference first teamers, but it’s been the Catamounts’ supporting cast that has made them hands down the team to beat in the America East.
They say that death and taxes are the only certainties in life. There are other things that are so virtually certain they could almost be added to that list, like college football being a joke as long as the BCS is around or a pleasant driving experience in Boston being elusive. Another possibility in that category is that Boston University will win at home against New Hampshire, and the latest exhibit for it came at just the right time for the Terriers.
There are several things Delaware can take away from Sunday’s 70-68 win at Boston University. It was full of positives both in the immediate and going forward. Let’s start with the easy one. The Blue Hens were affected by the snowstorm that hit the northeast, arriving in town late Saturday after their plane sat on the runway for three hours. They took a bus back down after the game, taking no chances dealing with possible flight difficulties.
The weaknesses of the Boston University Terriers are as clear as day: They don’t rebound, don’t have a reliable low post scorer, and rely almost entirely on the three-pointer to generate offense. But I can’t help it. I like this Terriers team.
It’s been a very, very long four years for the Boston University men’s basketball team. But the Terriers may have finally exorcized some of their demons from the past four years with a huge victory over the Huskies of Northeastern.
Ever since Northeastern left the America East Conference for the Colonial Athletic Association in 2005, the cross-town rivalry between the Huskies and Boston University hasn’t been the same. The teams have only played once per season, save for the 2005-06 season when they did not play at all, and the games have been in November instead of January and February and with the occasional March game mixed in during the conference tournament.

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