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NEC Player of the Week: Jerome Frink. LIU
NEC Rookie of the Week: Quincy McKnight, SHU
Previous NEC Releases: Nov. 16 | Preseason Poll Release

NEC MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Jerome Frink, LIU Brooklyn
6-7, 230 lbs.
R-Jr., F, Jersey City, N.J. / St. Anthony (Florida International)
Frink, a transfer from FIU, returned to college basketball for the first time in over a year and delivered the goods for LIU Brooklyn in his first week of action.  He averaged 17.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg and 2.3 bpg while shooting 55.3 percent from the field as the Blackbirds opened the season 3-0 for the first time since 2010-11. Just as important as his numbers were his two clutch defensive plays that directly led to a pair of LIU wins. With the score tied in the season opener against Loyola (MD) on Monday, Frink initiated a game-winning, buzzer-beating three-pointer from teammate Joel Hernandez with a block of a layup attempt by the Greyhounds. In LIU’s home opener against Maine on Thursday, the 6-7 forward scored a game-high 25 points and pulled down nine boards in an 84-79 win. LIU Brooklyn concluded its opening week of action at Barclays Center against preseason MEAC favorite NC Central, and Frink once again played a leading role in the finish. The St. Anthony product blocked a potential game-winning layup by the Eagles with 8.7 seconds to go, then rejected another attempt moments later to preserve a 78-77 win. He finished with 18 points, seven boards and four blocks.

NEC MEN'S BASKETBALL ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Quincy McKnight, Sacred Heart
6-3, 180 lbs.
Fr., G, Bridgeport, CT/St. Joseph’s (Phelps)
McKnight claims his second consecutive NEC Rookie of the Week honor after extending his streak of double digit scoring performances to four to open his career. The Bridgeport, CT native averaged 11.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg and 3.0 apg.  After scoring ten and 11 points, respectively, at Yale and UMass Lowell, McKnight set a new career-best on Saturday with 14 playing in his hometown against Fairfield. He also tied for a team-high with four assists and his tip-in with three seconds left in overtime cut the Stags’ lead to two points. McKnight ranks second among NEC freshman with 12.0 ppg and leads all first year players with 3.0 apg.

FRINK’S ARRIVAL, CLUTCH PLAY SPARK LIU BROOKLYN’S 3-0 START
LIU Brooklyn is off to a 3-0 start for the first time since 2010-11, a pleasant surprise for fans of a program that won three straight NEC titles from 2011-13.

And while the 3-0 start is a sign that the Blackbirds may be ready to return to NEC challenger status once league play begins in January, it is the performance of key newcomer Jerome Frink (Jersey City, NJ/St. Anthony (Florida International)), along with the team’s uncanny ability to finish the games in the early going that have turned heads.

It all started last Monday in LIU’s season opener at Loyola (MD). Actually, it was the ending that caused the stir, as you’d be hard pressed to find a better five seconds of action that the waning moments of the Blackbirds’ 71-68 win.

After the Greyhounds rallied from 13 down in the final nine minutes to tie things up in the final minute, the stage was set for the end-of-game fireworks.

Loyola inbounded the ball under the Blackbird hoop, and what looked like an easy layup for the win was thwarted by Frink, who cleanly blocked the shoot into the waiting hands of sophomore guard Martin Hermannsson (Reykjavik, Iceland/Reykjavík). Hermannsson pushed the ball up the court and had a notion to shoot it from halfcourt, but spotted junior guard Joel Hernandez (Teaneck, NJ/Teaneck) up the court. Hernandez caught the pass in stride and quickly released the ball from just outside the arc. The shot banked in, setting off a wild celebration, and a viral video was born.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that,” said LIU Brooklyn head coach Jack Perri of the wild ending in his weekly roundup show. “That was just a tremendous play by a few different guys.”

Footage was immediately picked up by a host of national outlets, including ESPN, where the clip earned the number one spot in the #SCTop10.

As expected, social media reaction to the sequence came fast and furious.

ESPN@espn Nov 17
A game-saving block. A game-winning shot. All within three seconds.
WATCH: http://es.pn/1LjRHTE

Lost Lettermen @LostLettermen
LIU Brooklyn gave us the 1st wild buzzer-beater of the year in a frenetic 5-second sequence: http://lostlettermen.com/liu-brooklyn-defeats-loyola-md-on-insane-buzzer-beater/ …

Troy Machir @TroyMachir
Good morning. Here is the most bonkers finish of the early CBB season. http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball-news/4661325-liu-brooklyn-buzzer-beater-video-loyola-college-basketball-joel-hernanez-bank-shot-3-pointer …

Rob Dauster @RobDauster
this might be the wildest ending I’ve ever seen to a game http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2015/11/16/video-liu-brooklyn-beats-loyola-md-on-insane-final-sequence/ …

CBS Sports CBB @CBSSportsCBB
WATCH: You won’t believe how LIU-Brooklyn picked up a win over Loyola (MD) tonight: http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25377487/watch-you-wont-believe-how-liu-brooklyn-beat-loyola-md …

John Cabral @jrcabral
Good look, @LIUAthletics!  #NECMBB -- where the magic happens! Spectacular Win https://shar.es/1cnccV  via @thebiglead

Three days later the Frink-Hernandez combo once again made waves in LIU’s 84-79 win over Maine in the Blackbirds’ home opener.  With LIU holding a precarious 74-69 lead, Frink iced the game on a dunk off a feed from Hernandez with 47 seconds left on the clock.

With the Barclays Center providing the setting on Sunday, it was Frink once again who provided the heroics in a 78-77 comeback win over MEAC preseason favorite North Carolina Central.  After the Eagles missed a potential game-winning three-pointer, Frink blocked a putback attempt, then alertly tipped the ball back to himself and sent a pass down the court as time expired.

“Our main focus (in our comeback) was on the defense,” said Frink after the game. “They were a lot bigger than us. We knew we had to block them out and contain the ball. My main focus (in the NCCU’s last possession) was trying to stop the ball because we were down one. It was a lot on the line so I just stood my ground and got the block. It is just me being at the right place at the right time.”

Frink, an FIU transfer with two years of eligibility, was named NEC Player of the Week after he averaged 17.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg and 2.3 bpg while shooting 55.3 percent from the field.

After the NC Central win, LIU head coach Jack Perri gave his assessment of the win and the team’s quick start.

“That’s three-for-three with what we like to call them 50/50 games,” said Perri. “We’ve got a lot of them on our schedule this year. In all three of them, we had to do a good job on the defensive end down the stretch so I’m very proud of our guys for making plays. It was a tough game, (NCCU) is a great program. That was a great win for our guys.”

FORMER NEC STARS MAKING WAVES IN THE PROS
A veritable who’s who of hoops players from recent NEC vintage are currently making a living playing the game professionally around the globe.  Among the pros are nine former NEC Player of the Year award winners.

RMU’s Karvel Anderson, the 2013-14 NEC Player of the Year, has found tremendous success the last two years for Andrea Costa Imola in Italy’s Seria A2 league.  Anderson is currently leading his team with 19.1 ppg and is shooting 47.9 percent from three-point range.

After putting hold on his professional career for a year to fully recover from a knee injury,  LIU Brooklyn’s Julian Boyd is making waves in Finland for Porvoon Tarmo. The 2011-12 NEC Player of the Year paces the club with 21.1 ppg and 10.8 rpg.

The 2010-11 NEC Player of the Year, CCSU’s Ken Horton, is currently playing in Germany for Medi Bayreuth where he is averaging 14.9 ppg and shooting 60.3 percent from the floor, both team-best figures.

A pair of recent NEC grads are playing in Iceland. Saint Francis U’s Earl Brown is putting up big numbers for Keflavik, averaging 25.8 ppg and 15.0 rpg, while Mount’s Sam Prescott is scoring 30.2 ppg and 6.8 rpg for Hamar.

Lucky Jones, a 2015 graduate of Robert Morris, is playing for Betfirst Liege Basket in Belgium where he is contributing a team-best 15.0 ppg.

As far as veterans go, Wagner’s Jermaine Hall is still playing professionally for Maccabi Ashdod in Israel. Hall was the 2002-03 NEC Player of the Year and led Wagner to its lone NEC title his senior year.  Likewise, LIU’s Antawn Dobie has had a lengthy overseas career, most recently for Mersin Buyuksehir Belediyesi in Turkey. Dobie, also knows as Antifreeze on the NYC playground circuit, was a two-time All-NEC first teamer in 2001-02 and 2002-03.

Partial List of NEC Graduates Currently Playing Professionally
Joe O’Shea (BRY, Aris Leeuwarden - Holland)
Dyami Starks: (BRY, BK Kaspiy Aktau - Kazakhstan)
Corey Maynard: (BRY, Townsville Crocodiles - Australia)
Alex Francis: (BRY, Landstede Basketbal Zwolle - Holland)
Vlad Kondratyev: (BRY, Budivelnyk Kyiv - Ukraine)
Claybrin McMath: (BRY, Albury Wodonga Bandits - Australia)
Tristan Blackwood: (CCSU, BSW Sixers Sandersdorf - Germany)
Javier Mojica: (CCSU, Jefes de Fuerza Lagunera - Mexico)
Ken Horton: (CCSU, Medi Bayreuth - Germany)
Kinu Rochford: (FDU, Cheshire Phoenix - UK)
Sidney Sanders: (FDU, Mazeikiai - Lithuania)
Chad Timberlake: (FDU, Lukoil Academic Sofia - Bulgaria)
Melquan Bolding: (FDU, Pioneros de los Mochis - Mexico)
Mathias Seilund: (FDU, Bristol Academy Flyers - UK)
Gordon Klaiber: (FDU, Aomori Watts, Japan)
Jason Brickman: (LIU: Westsports Malaysia Dragons - Malaysia)
Jamal Olasewere: (LIU, Virtus Acea Roma, Italy)
Julian Boyd: (LIU, Porvoon Tarmo, Finland)
Kyle Johnson: (LIU, Acqua Vitasnella Cantu - Italy)
David Hicks: (LIU, Ironi Nahariya, Israel)
Landon Atterberry: (LIU, Golden Eagle Ylli - Kosovo)
Antawn Dobie: (LIU, Mersin Buyuksehir Belediyesi - Turkey)
Lucas Faggiano: (LIU, San Lorenzo de Almagra - Argentina)
Paulius Morkeliunas: (LIU, Union Tours Metropole Basket - France)
Jaytornah Wisseh: (LIU, BC Prievidza - Slovakia)
Sam Prescott: (MSM, Hamar - Iceland)
Rashad Whack: (MSM, Island Storm - Canada)
Julian Norfleet: (MSM, BC Boncourt Red Team - Switzerland)
Kelly Biedler: (MSM, La Villa - Dominican Republic)
James Feldeine: (QU: Vaqueros_de_Bayamon, Puerto Rico)
Justin Rutty: (QU: Rang_du_Fliers - France)
Karvel Anderson: (RMU, Aget Service Imola - Italy)
Jeremy Chappell: (RMU, Avtodor Saratov - Russia)
Lucky Jones: (RMU, betFIRST Liege Basket - Belgium)
Mezie Nwigwe: (RMU, Misr Insurance Club - Egypt)
Evan Kelley: (SHU, BK Ogre - Latvia)
Ben Mockford: (SFBK, Caceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad - Spain)
Earl Brown: (SFU, Keflavik - Iceland)
Jermaine Hall: (WC, Maccabi_Ashdod - Israel)
Kenneth Ortiz: (WC, Atleticos de San German - Puerto Rico)
Orlando Parker: (WC, Baskets Vilsbiburg - Germany)
Naofall Folahan: (WC, Moncton Miracles - Canada)
Jonathon Williams: (WC, Hamburg Towers - Germany)

DID YOU KNOW?
Sacred Heart freshman guard Quincy McKnight (Bridgeport, CT/St. Joseph’s (Phelps)) is the first player to win back-to-back NEC Rookie of the Week awards to start his career since CCSU’s Kyle Vinales won three straight back in the 2011-12 season.

HENSON STEPS UP FOR WAGNER
With prolific point producer Marcus Burton lost to graduation, Wagner head coach Bashir Mason entered the 2015-16 in search of a go-to-scorer.

He may have found his man.

In Wagner’s 87-73 win over Maine in its home opener on Saturday, smooth shooting sophomore guard Corey Henson (Upper Marlboro, MD/DeMatha Catholic) delivered his finest career performance, finishing with personal-bests of 24 points and seven assists while hitting all 11 of his shots from the line.  He also hit three shots from long range, and added four rebounds and a steal.

“You could tell by the way Corey was carrying himself that he wanted to get aggressive,” said Mason. “So we ran some plays for him. I wanted to get the ball in his hands.”

Henson scored 17 points in the second half, including six points and an assist in a 13-0 run that saw the Seahawks turn a two-point deficit into a 67-56 lead with 11:11 to play.

Henson, who averaged 9.1 ppg as a freshman last season, has lifted his scoring average nearly 10 points over Wagner’s first three games of the 2015-16 campaign.  He ranks second in the NEC with 19.0 ppg and leads the league with 3.33 three-pointers per outing.

STAT OF THE WEEK
When FDU freshman forward Mike Holloway (Pittsgrove, NJ/Arthur P. Schalick) went 10-10 from the field in a win over sister campus FDU-Florham last Monday, he became the first NEC player to make at least 10 shots in a game without a miss since RMU’s Karvel Anderson went 10-10 against Ohio U on December 1, 2012.

OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION FOR SFU’S MILLAUD-MEUNIER
One of the NEC’s top heat check players over the course of his career, Saint Francis U senior guard Ben Millaud-Meunier (Montreal, Quebec/Vanier) was in the zone this past week for the Red Flash, who moved to 2-1 with a pair of victories.

Millaud-Meunier averaged 25.5 ppg in a pair of SFU victories, including a career-high 32 in a 103-72 win over Westminster on Tuesday.  In that game, he hit 6-12 from beyond the arc and made 10-10 from the line. The Montreal native also had a career-high five steals, matched a personal best with six rebounds, and added four assists and a block.

On Saturday, Millaud-Meunier netted a game-high 19 points in SFU’s blowout win over American.  He hit three more from distance and again tied a career-best with six boards.

Over three games, Millaud-Meunier leads the Red Flash and ranks fourth in the NEC with 18.7 ppg. He is also tied for first on the circuit with 3.33 trifectas per outing. Millaud-Meunier’s 670 points and 142 career three-pointers lead all active NEC players.

McLAUGHLIN’S DISTRUBUTION GAME ON POINT FOR BRYANT
Bryant senior Shane McLaughlin (Old Tappan, NJ/Old Tappan (Choate Rosemary Hall (CT))) has played with a host of talented guards over the course of his career in Smithfield.

Familiar names like Dyami Starks, Corey Maynard, Frankie Dobbs and Joe O’Shea come immediately to mind, but the New Jersey native is now looking to make his own imprint in his final season with the Bulldogs.

On Friday, in a game reminiscent of former contemporaries Jason Brickman and Phil Gaetano, McLaughlin had his distribution game working overtime in a 71-58 win over Prairie View A&M in a 2K Classic subregional contest.  He finished with 14 assists, an NCAA single-game season-high this season and the most assists by an NEC player since Brickman dropped 14 dimes against St. Francis Brooklyn on February 16, 2014.  It also set a Division I school mark.  For his efforts in the subregional (11.0 ppg, 10.0 apg), McLaughlin was named to the All-Tournament team.

Through four games, McLaughlin leads the NEC with 6.5 apg and is also the league’s active career leader with 297 helpers.  He also sports a healthy 2.17 assist-to-turnover ratio to rank second in the conference.

BROOME’S STAR RISING FOR SHU
What didn’t Sacred Heart sophomore guard Cane Broome (East Hartford, CT/East Hartford (St. Thomas More)) do last week?

Broome set a new career-high for points, registered his first career double double, and also led SHU in scoring in all three games last week. The NEC’s leading scorer averaged 23.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 4.0 apg and 1.0 spg, while making 48.8 percent from the field and 84.0 percent from the stripe.

After opening the season with 27 points, Broome upped his new career-best to 32 at Yale on Monday. He shot 10-14 from the floor and a perfect 9-9 from the line, while also dishing out a game-high five assists. Two days later at UMass Lowell he tallied his first career double-double, posting game-highs of 20 points and 10 rebounds.  The 10 boards established a new personal-best for the East Hartford, CT product. At Fairfield on Saturday, Broome tied the game with a transition layup with 24 seconds remaining en-route to a game-high 18 points.

On the year, Broome is averaging 24.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 3.0 apg.  As a freshman last season, those averages were 14.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg and 2.4 apg.

BULLDOG BEAT: WARE CONTINUES SOPHOMORE ROLL
Quickly establishing himself as Bryant’s go-to scorer this season, sophomore guard Hunter Ware (Powder Springs, GA/North Cobb Christian) is coming off another terrific week for the Bulldogs.  

In pacing Bryant to a 2-1 record, included two game serving as a 2K Classic subregional host, Ware averaged 16.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg and 1.7 spg while shooting 47.5 percent from the floor and 85.7 percent from the line.  He also added six three-pointers.

He started out the week with a game-high 23 points off 9-15 shooting in a win over Emerson in Bryant’s home opener before scoring 10 in Friday’s 71-58 victory over Prairie View A&M in the first round of the subregional. In Saturday’s championship game against Siena, Ware logged a team-leading 17 points, making 7-15 shots from the floor.

Ware is currently fifth in the NEC in scoring at 18.5 ppg and ranks third with 3.0 three-pointers per outing.

CATCHING UP WITH RMU’S PRYOR
Coming off a season that saw him earn second team All-Conference accolades, NEC hoops fans were well aware that Robert Morris senior guard Rodney Pryor (Evanston, IL/Notre Dame Prep (Cloud County CC)) had all the tools necessary to take his game to another level. Nothing Pryor has done over RMU’s first four games would indicate otherwise.

Pryor averaged 20.0 ppg and 8.0 rpg last week, including the second double-double of his career thanks to 25 points and 10 boards at Air Force on Sunday.

Pryor, who is averaging 21.3 ppg to rank second in the NEC, is the first Colonial to average at least 20 points per contest through the first four games of the year since A.J. Jackson in 2006-07. That year, Jackson averaged 24.0 ppg in leading Robert Morris to a 4-0 start.

HERE & THERE

• CCSU junior guard JJ Cratit (Miami, FL/South Miami (Lewis & Clark CC)) scored a career-high 20 points at Boston College on Thursday. It was the first 20-point outing for a Blue Devil this season. Cratit, who had eight 20-point outings at Lewis & Clark CC in 2014-15, also added four rebounds.

• Fairleigh Dickinson freshman forward Mike Holloway (Pittsgrove, NJ/Arthur P. Schalick) made all 10 of his shots in FDU’s win over sister campus FDU-Florham last Monday.  He finished with 21 points, nine rebounds and two blocks in just 16 minutes of action.  He concluded the three-game week with 27 points in 36 minutes of action.
• LIU Brooklyn sophomore guard Martin Hermannsson (Reykjavik, Iceland/Reykjavík) has been a steady offensive performer in the early going, averaging a team-high 17.3 ppg to rank sixth in the NEC through the first two weeks of the year. Hermannsson scored a career-high 23 points in LIU’s 84-79 win over Maine on Thursday.

• LIU Brooklyn junior guard Aakim Saintil (West Orange, NJ/Roselle Catholic (South Alabama,Williston State)) has provided the Blackbirds with some punch off the bench through the first three games, averaging 14.0 ppg and 3.0 spg in 26.3 mpg. Saintil finished with 12 points, four assists and four steals in a five-point win over Maine on Thursday, and converted 12 out of 14 free throw attempts in a 78-77 victory over NC Central on Sunday.

• Mount St. Mary’s junior guard BK Ashe (Washington, DC/Friendship Collegiate) averaged 14.5 ppg and 5.0 rpg - both team-highs - on the Mount’s west coast swing at Washington and #10 Gonzaga.

• Sacred Heart freshman guard Quincy McKnight (Bridgeport, CT/St. Joseph’s) extended his streak of double digit scoring performances to four to open his career, scoring ten plus points in each of Sacred Heart’s three games last week. Now a two-time NEC Rookie of the Week, McKnight averaged 11.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg and 3.0 apg.  He set a new career-best with 14 points while playing in his hometown of Bridgeport against Fairfield on Saturday, while also tying for a team-high four assists.  McKnight ranks second among NEC freshman scorers with 12.0 ppg.

• St. Francis Brooklyn junior point guard Yunus Hopkinson (New York, NY/Lee Academy) scored a career-high 25 points to lead the Terriers to a 93-67 victory over Mount Saint Vincent in their home opener last Tuesday. Hopkinson converted 6-9 field goal attempts in 22 minutes off the bench. The New York City native also went 5-8 from behind the arc and made 8-10 attempts from the foul line.

• Saint Francis U freshman guard Isaiah Blackmon (Charlotte, NC/West Charlotte) came off the bench to average 10.5 ppg on 71.4 percent shooting in two Red Flash victories last week. In his first collegiate game against Westminster, Blackmon scored 14 points while adding seven rebounds, three steals and two assists. In 16 minutes against American on Saturday, Blackmon tallied seven points on 3-4 shooting to go along with a pair of assists.

NEC NUMBERS

CCSU senior forward Brandon Peel has grabbed at least seven rebounds in each game in 2015-16. He leads the NEC with 9.7 rpg and is also the league’s leading active rebounder with 645 career boards.

LIU Brooklyn currently ranks 37th nationally in free throw rate (.255) and has averaged 30.7 free throw attempts in its 3-0 start.

The combined record of the first four Mount St. Mary’s opponents (Maryland, Ohio State, Washington and Gonzaga) is a combined 10-1.

Mount St. Mary’s has posted a league-leading +5.0 turnover margin despite playing their first four games against a pair of ranked teams and two other major conference programs.

Sacred Heart has scored at least 76 points in nine consecutive games dating back to last season.

Sacred Heart ranks second in the NCAA with 126 free throw attempts, trailing only Valpo’s 133.

St. Francis Brooklyn senior forward Chris Hooper rejected a career-high four shots against St. Louis on Saturday.

Saint Francis U’s 103 points against Westminster are the most in a game for the program since scoring the same total against LIU Brooklyn in February, 1994.

Last week Saint Francis U won back-to-back games by at least 20 points for the first time since the first two games of the 2006-07 season. SFU opened that season with wins over Lock Haven (94-60) and Saint Bonaventure (76-54).

Wagner fourth-year head coach Bashir Mason is now 4-0 in home openers after an 87-73 win over Maine on Saturday.

Wagner and Fairleigh Dickinson both rank in the top-40 nationally in steals, averaging 9.7 and 9.3 per game, respectively.

QUOTABLE

"I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that,” said LIU Brooklyn head coach Jack Perri said of the wild ending in his weekly roundup show. “That was just a tremendous play by a few different guys.” - LIU Brooklyn head coach Jack Perri following his team’s buzzer-beating win over Loyola (MD)

“We did what we had to do tonight. We separated ourselves early from Florham and did a great job getting the ball to the rim. I loved how we shared the ball and had six guys in double figures but the man of the night was our young big man Mike Holloway. Ten-for-ten is crazy in your second college game.” - FDU head coach Greg Herenda on the Knights’ first win of the year last Monday

“We’re striving to be a program like Gonzaga someday. It’s been a 20-year process for Gonzaga and we’re at the infancy stage of that...Down 12 at the half, that’s 10 points better than we were a week ago. We’ve gotten better exponentially this past week.” - Mount head coach Jamion Christian following his team’s game at #10 Gonzaga

“We hope to play them every year. Next year, I’m sure we’re going to play them again.” - Sacred Heart’s Anthony Latina on the Pioneers’ crosstown rivalry with Fairfield

“We played hard and we played defense. And our guys came together when we needed to.” - Wagner head coach Bashir Mason following the Seahawks’ win over Maine on Saturday

TWEET DECK

LIU Basketball @LIUBasketball
JOEL HERNANDEZ BANKS A THREE AT THE BUZZER!!!!!!!

Nelson Castillo @NelCastBHJ
Boy, Cane Broome jumper is ridiculously smooth.

Phil Kasiecki @PhilKasiecki
Bryant lost a good deal of production, but Zouzoua and Hunter Ware look up to the task thus far.

Ryan Peters @pioneer_pride
Like I said on our podcast yesterday, if Ware and Zouzoua play like this, Bryant moves to “NEC favorite” status.

Chris Mueller @cmuellerRMU
Everybody says it but Elijah Minnie has such a high ceiling. Just looked like Kevin Love on that pick and pop 3-PTer. Smooth. Only a soph.

Jamion Christian @JamionChristian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knIIrbozmts&sns=tw … via youtube

Tough schedule to start the season...
We choose to be limitless in our determination

John Templon @nybuckets
And if you enjoyed tonight’s tweets. Can I interest you in a weekly podcast all about #necmbb hosted by me? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nec-fast-break/id1059958949 …

Nelson Castillo @NelCastBHJ
SFU is up 50-22 on American at home in the second half. Kenpom only had SFU winning by 2. Red Flash laying it on tonight. #NECMBB

John Mattera @jmattera83
Nice week for @BashirMason @MikeBabul @MarquisWebb1 picked up a nice commitment and got a W today over Maine -- big game from Corey Henson

John Templon @nybuckets
FINAL: LIU 78, NCCU 77. Excellent college basketball game. NCCU got some looks at the end, but Jerome Frink made big D plays at the end.