Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers NCAA Basketball News

Three players scored in double figures for Virginia Tech as the Hokies defeated Mount St.

Jeremy Goode had 25 points to lead Mount St. Mary's to an 84-76 win over Loyola on Friday night in the opener for both teams.

The Mount men were the surprise winners of the Northeast Conference Tournament last year and have seven of their top eight players returning.

WHEN SHAWN ATUPEM was 10 years old, he and his 12-year-old brother Sam would go to the park near their home in Newport News, Va., and play basketball.

WVU's Da' Sean Butler scored 38 points and grabbed 11 rebounds on Saturday afternoon.

OUTLOOK: Our pick to win the Northeast Conference and reach the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year is Mount St.

With under a minute to play in the third and final 10-minute period in Mount St.

Mount St. Mary's coach Milan Brown, left, directs the Mountaineers during their first basketball practice of the season Saturday afternoon at Knott Arena.

Last year, if you had told Bermudian Springs guard Mike Harvey that he would be playing Division I basketball for a team that made an appearance in the NCAA Tournament, he probably would have rolled his eyes.

He averaged 8.0 assists per game as a high school senior. The other new guys are all in the frontcourt; freshman Jacolby Wells and redshirters Danny Thompson and John Schwarz.

Bob Huggins' second season at West Virginia unofficially begins Friday night with Mountaineer Madness at the Coliseum and there are more answers this season than there were questions last season.

By defeating Coppin State in the NCAA opening-round game Tuesday night, Mount St.

Winning the Northeast Conference championship and playing in the NCAA tournament has made things a bit easier on the recruiting trail for Mount St. via The Baltimore Sun

“I didn't understand all the principles as well as I do now”

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“I talked to the guys in the locker room. ... I told them I'm kind of jealous of them”

The history books might not reflect this, and the final scoreboard certainly didn't, but it's worth noting: Baltimore scared top-seeded North Carolina last night. via Baltimore Sun

Mount St. Mary's University men's head basketball coach Milan Brown's phone hasn't stopped ringing. via Gazette.Net