Northeast Conference Notebook by Chris Roddy Team Rankings Almost Set in Stone The table is set for post-season play for the Northeast Conference. All eight teams have clinched playoff berths with first place to be decided by week’s end. The tournament will take place at Wagner College in Staten Island, […]

Northeast Conference Notebook by Chris Roddy Leader(s) of the Pack Thank goodness we don’t have to worry about hanging chads to decide the winner of the Northeast Conference. With Wagner’s clutch win over Monmouth, 62-53, and CCSU’s victory over Mount St. Mary’s, there is a three-way tie for first place. […]

Northeast Conference Notebook by Chris Roddy Central Connecticut: Turning the Beat Around After selecting the Blue Devils to finish first in my NEC pre-season ballot and watching them perform poorly (losing six of seven), I was fearful my career as an oracle was a no go. But, CCSU has rebounded […]

Northeast Conference Notebook by Chris Roddy Attics of His Life: A Look at the Career of Coach Jim Phelan Mount St. Mary’s head coach Jim Phelan announced (as reported on Hoopville’s Morning Dish last week) he will retire at the end of the 2002-03 season. Phelan has coached for 49 […]

Northeast Conference Notebook by Chris Roddy Who’s Got My MoJo? Yeah Baby! Quinnipiac University was off to its best start in a quarter of a century (that’s 25 years for all of you without an abacus nearby). Ripping it up with at a torrid pace of 6-1, the Bobcats looked […]

Northeast Conference Notebook by Chris Roddy Coal or the NBA? All I want for Christmas is . . . The lingering taste of cookies and cakes couldn’t sweeten the soured mouth of one despondent basketball fan. With no college hoops on, I had to turn to the NBA in order […]

Northeast Conference Notebook by Chris Roddy 1983 – The Assist, The Shot and The Championship It was never a pass. It was a bad, off-centered shot. And a lot of people still remember the 1983 NCAA championship game because of the frenetic last second heave of a North Carolina State […]

Northeast Conference Notebook by Chris Roddy Connecticut Educates the NEC Connecticut’s top-ranked education record is undoubtedly a direct reflection of having a difficult to spell state name. Does that transcend into why University of Connecticut men’s basketball gets straight A’s against the NEC? Anyhow, presumably most guys playing D-I hoops […]

Northeast Conference Preview by Chris Roddy The Devil Who Became a King CCSU Blue Devils’ Corsley Edwards is king, a Sacramento King that is. The NEC saw it’s best player selected as the 58th (and last) overall pick in the NBA draft’s second round in the off-season. As a senior, […]

Northeast Notebook At Last!! Sure it took two coaches and 17 games but the LIU Blackbirds finally got into the win column this weekend with an 80-64 decision over St. Francis. For interim coach Ron Brown it will take much more than one win to shed the interim title for […]