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Morgan State held University of Maryland-Baltimore County to 32 percent shooting in the second half during a 67-60 win Monday night.

BKCStevenson-UMBC,0142 UMBC routs Stevenson 91-54 in season opener Eds: APNewsNow.

Nine months ago, the men's basketball team made history as they cut the nets down for the first time in their Division I history after beating Hartford 82-65 in the RAC Arena.

Morgan State will be led by coach Todd Bozeman and players Reggie Holmes , Jermaine Bolden and Marquise Kately as it follows up a 22-win season, second best in school history.

OUTLOOK: Casual college basketball fans likely know very little about the America East Conference.

Last Friday, the RAC Arena was the place to be, as madness took over UMBC.Midnight Madness, the annual event that celebrates the start of practice for the college basketball season, promised a night of ...

Maryland-Baltimore County was small but mighty last season as it won the America East Conference and qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Maryland-Baltimore County has five new faces on the roster, including two transfers who will be counted on to contribute immediately.

Coach Randy Monroe's reward for leading Maryland-Baltimore County to a school-record 24 wins and its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance last season was a six-year contract extension.

THE GOOD NEWS: Four players in UMBC 's seven-man rotation will be back, led by junior point guard .

WHAT WENT RIGHT: Coach Randy Monroe blended three transfers into the lineup seamlessly.

Baltimoresun.com's Matt Bracken on University of Maryland, local and national recruiting news Local hoops recruiting notebook Loyola shooting guard Matt Rum ended his recruitment earlier this week when he ...

The UMBC men's basketball team loses three of its top scorers from last season's America East championship and NCAA tournament team.

“He has done an outstanding job and is deserving of this contract extension”

UMBC's best NCAA Division I basketball season earned coach Randy Monroe a six-year contract extension through the 2013-14 season, the school announced yesterday.

'The message I get is that Randy Monroe and UMBC go hand-in-hand,' Monroe said.

Monroe, 46, produced the school's first America East Conference championship and its first NCAA tournament berth in Division I this season. The Retrievers (24-9) rose after five straight losing seasons.

The program improved in each of Monroe's four seasons as coach after 10 years as an assistant at the school. His career record is 58-64. Read more

“You can't get to this part of the year and overlook anyone”

Retrievers take notice: according to Jessie Sapp, "There are no Cinderellas." Sapp, donning a t-shirt embossed with the slogan for Nike's new ad campaign, insisted that his attire was a coincidence, and not a ... via The Hoya

This season UMBC built its team around three star transfers, and it certainly paid off as they won the America East and got into the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history. via The Retriever Weekly

Maryland-Baltimore County assistant Frankie Allen was hired as coach at Maryland-Eastern Shore. via ESPN

UMBC guard Jay Greene says the Retrievers' accomplishments this season could lay the groundwork for more post-season glory in the future.

The Retrievers are expected next season to return four of the five starters who led them to their first-ever NCAA tournament berth and the team's best-ever record.

UMBC finished the season 24-9, after falling to Georgetown in the first round of the NCAA tourney.

Greene averaged 7.3 assists per game, the second highest average in Division I. Read more

* No. 2 Georgetown 66, No. 15 Maryland Baltimore County 47: Unlike No. 2-seeded Tennessee and Duke, the Hoyas (28-5) had a relatively easy time throughout en route to their 18th win in the last 19 first-round games. The Hoyas shot 51%, held the Retrievers (24-9) to 32% shooting and kept them scoreless for a seven-minute stretch of the first half at Raleigh, N.C. The Hoyas held leading scorer Ray Barbosa to six points -- nearly 11 below his average -- on two-of-11 shooting. * No. 12 Villanova 75, No. 5 Clemson 69: Scottie Reynolds and Corey Fisher kept the upset streak intact at Tampa, Fla., by helping the Wildcats (21-12) defeat the Tigers (24-10). Reynolds scored 21 points and Fisher added 17. Villanova, which has more wins as a lower-seeded team in the tournament than any program since 1979, followed upset victories by Western Kentucky (over Drake), San Diego (over Connecticut) and Siena (over Vanderbilt) at Tampa. * No. 10 Davidson 82, No. 7 Gonzaga 76: It took 39 years, but the Wildcats are back as a player in the NCAA tournament, thanks to a dynamic guard with a magic touch that none of the big teams wanted. Stephen Curry scored 30 of his 40 points in the second half and made the tie-breaking three-point basket with just over a minute left. Displaying his lightning-quick release, Curry made eight of 10 three-pointers. His two free throws with 14.5 seconds left clinched the win over the Bulldogs (25-8). From the Associated Press via Los Angeles Times

“When in doubt, always take a retriever over a bulldog.”

I had some fun at UMBC 's expense in last Friday's column. For my effort, I was viciously attacked via e-mail by a few loyal Retrievers fans. via Baltimore Examiner