Siena College NCAA News

The Siena Saints soundly defeated the Tennesse St. Tigers 85-69 to start the season off with a victory.

Clarence Jackson, the only newcomer to Siena's starting rotation, scored 15 of his game-high 24 points during a decisive five minute and 45 second span that bridged the first and second half.

Clarence Jackson scored 24 points as Siena routed Tennessee State 85-69 on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.

Siena remains the best college basketball show in town. But it will take a while to figure out if it's the only one.

O.D. Anosike will beA the man behind the mask in hisA Siena debut Friday against Tennessee State.

A few weeks ago, Fran McCaffery started to suspect his Siena men's basketball team was getting a little too cozy enjoying all the preseason hype.

Siena basketball player Just-in'Love Smith, a senior walk-on from East Greenbush, continues receiving all sorts of national attention.

Ronald Moore, wearing his Siena hooded sweatshirt, was shopping at an outlet mall in Limerick, Pa., this past summer when he noticed a stranger pointing at him.

OUTLOOK: After such a successful 2008-09 season, Siena thinks it is about time to make an even bigger statement on a bigger stage and that's what the Saints are aiming for in 2009-10. Siena was just one of three programs in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference last season to finish better than .500 in league play and there's not much of a chance ...

Don't call them underdogs. By now, Siena is sick of that stereotype. "Underdog" means they haven't arrived yet.

The playing time is there for former Siena point guard Chris De La Rosa, who's making his debut for Maryland-Baltimore County of the America East this season.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Freshmen will have a tough time cracking this lineup but guards Jonathan Breeden and Denzel Yard are set to fight for playing time.

Loyola's men were picked tied for fifth and the women were tabbed for seventh place in preseason voting by the league's head coaches it was announced this afternoon at MAAC Media Day in mid-town Manhattan.

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference coaches' poll predicts another second-place finish for the Niagara men's basketball team, and has two Purple Eagles on the preseason all-conference team.

Surely we all remember the commotion last year when Ronald Moore didn't get picked for any of the preseason All-MAAC teams.

The Marist College basketball programs are getting the same respect as a year ago: The women are picked for first in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, the men are picked for last and Rachele Fitz was named the women's preseason player of the year.

Today, we continue our conference countdown. We're working backward, from our No.

" Davis Martens was the latest and least-publicized addition to Siena's freshmen class, but he has a bit of buzz developing about him one week into the preseason.

Cory Magee had prepared for the news all summer. But when his doctor made it official on Aug.

When Ronald Moore swished a 3-pointer to help Siena College win an NCAA Tournament game on national television, he made a whole bunch of friends.