Northeastern Huskies NCAA Basketball News

How is that for openers? With a spirited crowd on hand and the excitement of a new season in the air, the Northeastern Huskies spoiled the party last night and stunned the Providence College Friars, 70-66, at ...

APNewsNow. PROVIDENCE, R.I. Matt Janning scored 24 points on 10-14 shooting and Keno Davis was denied a win in his Providence debut as Northeastern beat the Friars 70-65 5 on Saturda9 night.

Whenever Bill Coen has entered the Dunkin' Donuts Center to face Providence College's basketball team, it's been a big game.

Special decals representing the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer adorn the floor at Crisler Arena as the Wolverines are just hours away from opening the 2008-09 campaign.

Manny Harris scored a career-high 30 in leading Michigan to a season-opening 77-55 win over Division II Michigan Tech in the 2K Sports Classic Tuesday night.

Eugene Spates scored 14 points and Matt Janning added 13 in Northeastern's 73-60 victory over IUPUI Tuesday in a first-round game of the Coaches vs.

When the men's basketball team takes to the court tomorrow for its season opener, it will be doing so around many familiar faces.

The "Big E" looms in Boston, and we're not talking about Elvin Hayes. Rather, coach Bill Coen is facing the prospect of no longer being an underdog in the tough CAA.

Matt Janning will take few by surprise after averaging 16.1 points per game a year ago.

Northeastern men's basketball fans will get plenty of opportunities to catch their team in action this upcoming season.

VCU, which returns three starters from last year's 24-8 squad, is favored to win the Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball championship in 2008-09 according to a vote of the league's coaches, sports ...

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Coach Bill Coen added only one freshman this year, Erik Etherly, a 6-foot-7 athletic wingman from Alexandria, Va.'s, Annandale High.

Loyal blog reader Alpha Hawk posed an interesting question as a comment to my CAA preseason predictions.

Matt Janning scored 30 points and Manny Adako added 23 as the Northeastern University Huskies defeated McGill 87-73 in men's preseason basketball at Love Competition Hall yesterday.

Accurate shooting and control of the boards led to the Carleton University Ravens' 77-47 pre-season exhibition win over the Northeastern University Huskies at the Raven's Nest, one of a series of nine games ...

OK, I promised not to mention the F-word around here; this blog is all hoops, all the time.

WHAT WENT RIGHT: Sophomore G Matt Janning built on his freshman season when he was CAA Rookie of the Year, where he was named second team All-CAA after scoring 16.4 points a game, third in the conference ...

Two of these collegians - 6 - 29 - 3 Vinny Lima, now playing for Northeastern University in Boston, and Ivan Almeida, who completed 2 years at Mohawk Valley Community College in New York, have played with the ...