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This week saw players post monster double-doubles, a conference-record 29-rebound performance and a huge second-half comeback over a nationally-ranked conference rival. We need your help to pick who is our women’s player of the week. The finalists are Ryley Goebel (Northern Iowa), Payton Hull (Abilene Christian), Megan Norris (UC Davis), Adrianna Smith (Maine) and Riley Weiss […]
The week starts a little slow in terms of games with key implications for the upcoming conference tournament, but by the end of the week, there are plenty of games which greatly affect the final standings and seedings will have been played, capped off by Wright State taking on the surging defending champions. Here are […]
A Wright State home loss early in the week opened the door for Oakland to knot things up atop the standings, but the Golden Grizzlies failed to capitalize, meaning the Raiders closed another week at the top. In addition to the competitive race for the crown, fans were treated to an all-time rant, more upsets […]
Saint Louis, Miami (OH), Utah St. and Saint Mary’s remained 1-4 in this week’s Men’s Other Top 25. San Diego St. and VCU each moved up one spot as Santa Clara slid four places following its loss to Gonzaga. New Mexico rejoined the top 10 and came in at No. 7. Belmont moved up one […]
The top three remained the same in this week’s Women’s Other Top 25 as Rhode Island came in at No. 1 for a third straight week. The Rams were followed by Atlantic 10 mate Richmond and North Dakota St. Fairfield and Princeton swapped spots at four and five. URI has won 17 straight games and […]
HAMDEN, Conn. — Joe Gallo lives for games like this. The MAAC lives for games like this. Twenty minutes into a matchup at the top of the conference standings, Merrimack and Quinnipiac were knotted at 21. It’s par for the course for a program that has made a living off of winning games by scores […]
KINGSTON, R.I. — Two seasons ago, Mike Magpayo’s UC Riverside team sat at 3-8 in Big West play before ripping off four wins in a row and seven of the last nine to finish 10-10 in conference play. Three thousand miles east, Magpayo is trying to pull off that same trick in his first season […]
No matter who stands as head coach of VCU’s storied men’s basketball program, the title always comes with one certainty: expectations. It’s a weight that first-year Rams head coach Phil Martelli Jr. was willing to bear when he first took the job in March 2025 after leading Bryant to the NCAA Tournament. “VCU and especially […]
ALBANY, N.Y. – Every time Quinnipiac wins a game, head coach Tom Pecora gives out two hard hats and a pair of gloves to three different Bobcat players to emphasize the hard, blue-collar work that it takes to win a game. On Friday, all three went to sophomore big man Spence Wewe. “I think that’s […]
Bryan Hodgson was gobsmacked by messages when he accepted the South Florida head coaching job in March 2025. But one stuck with him more than the others. It didn’t come from a family member, a friend in the industry, or a former player. Instead, it came from a student at USF. “Congratulations, but I hope […]
As mentioned on Twitter, I’m heading to the Olympics in Italy on Thursday to watch my little cousin compete. His name is Atle Lie McGrath. He’s an alpine ski racer and the current favorite to win the slalom. As such, don’t expect any AmEast content from me until I return to recap Saturday, Feb. 21’s […]
More than midway through conference play with March fast approaching we need your help to decide our men’s player of week for Feb. 2-8 by voting in the poll below. Here are our top five men’s candidates and a recap of their outstanding performances from across week 13 of the college basketball season. Collin Parker […]
This week had one of the strongest groups of performances all season. The group of six finalists for women’s player of the week compiled several career-highs and wrote their names in the program record books. The nominees are the following: Meghan Andersen (Fairfield), LaReesha Cawthorn (Tennessee Tech), Erin Condron (UC San Diego), Timaya Lewis-Eutsey (Marshall), […]
March is fastly approaching and while there has been some movement in the league standings, Wright State and Oakland have been solid in the top two spots for weeks. While neither team will play in a marquee matchup this week, their games will be intriguing for other reasons. There are plenty of chances for chaotic […]
In a week which featured games in just two days, the upsets and chaos could not be stopped in the Horizon League. From a red-hot Cleveland State beating another top team in the league then losing to the last-place team, to the league-leaders falling on the road at the hands of Robert Morris, which is […]
The Santa Clara men’s basketball team is in sole possession of first place in the WCC. The Broncos are 21-5 this season and 12-1 in the conference with a half-game lead over Gonzaga and 1.5 games ahead of Saint Mary’s. They moved up five spots in this week’s Other Top 25 from No. 10 to […]
The Rhode Island and Richmond women’s basketball teams are a combined 41-6 this season and 22-1 in the Atlantic 10. The only loss there was when the Rams knocked off the Spiders 73-61 back on Dec. 30. The two are Nos. 1 and 2 in this week’s Other Top 25 for a second straight week. […]
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — Iona decided that it couldn’t afford to waste a few seconds bringing up the ball down by nine points in the final two minutes against Mount St. Mary’s. Lamin Sabally rolled the ball in to CJ Anthony, but A.K. Kebe was lurking and dove for it to force a tie-up right […]
AJ Levine had never defeated Princeton. None of his Penn teammates had ever defeated Princeton. None of his Penn teammates had a teammate who ever defeated Princeton during their time at Penn. Dalen Davis had never lost to Penn. None of his teammates during his career at Princeton had ever lost to Penn. With the […]
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Hofstra Pride head coach Craig “Speedy” Claxton started his team’s postgame press conference on Saturday with a wide smile and simple, six-word reminder. “It is great to be healthy,” he said. Throughout a recent spate of injuries that caused a negative trickle-down effect with defining roles throughout the Pride’s roster and which […]
Being a first-year head coach in today’s college basketball is extremely hard. Often, you have to put together a staff instantly, then a roster within a few weeks by sifting through thousands of players, and then build camaraderie for a group that has never met each other. But not for Jon Perry. Navy didn’t have […]
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Like most of this season’s parity-filled Coastal Athletic Association, the most consistent thing about the Hofstra Pride has been its inconsistency. Right after winning eight straight games, Hofstra (15-9, 6-5 CAA) lost its next five contests, but it has now started another winning streak as the Pride is getting healthy again. That […]
RIVERDALE, N.Y. — Saint Peter’s fell out of first place in the MAAC with a loss to then-last place Rider on Sunday. The Peacocks were determined to not let it spiral out of control. Bashir Mason’s team bounced back on Thursday night with an 80-75 win over Manhattan at Draddy Gymnasium, improving to 10-3 in […]
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — It was a game that had everything you could want in a college basketball game…physical play, toughness, dunks, blocks, crowd excitement and a palpable energy gave it the feeling of a big-time matchup from start-to-finish. Despite not having the lead for 36 minutes, East Tennessee State took a page out of Furman’s […]
Author’s Note: I meant to post this before the second half tipped off on Thursday night, but my wifi crashed on Wednesday night, so I had to delay until I fixed that mess. Apologies, but cut me some slack — I only spend a million hours per year on this stupid low-major league. We’re at […]