BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo by Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via Getty Images) To say Steve Cohen’s first year as the Mets owner was a disappointment is an understatement. Everything went wrong last season. The Mets couldn’t hit. His signature move in Francisco Lindor turned out to be a bust. Mets ace Jacob deGrom spent various …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo by Winslow Townson/Getty Images) On the surface, Aaron Boone’s Yankees managerial record looks good. In the four years of managing the team, he is 328-218. He had a couple of 100-win seasons. He led the Yankees to the playoffs in all of his four years of managing the team. The players …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Mark Brown/Getty Images) The best-laid plans can go wrong. In the Mets’ case, it often is. Mets manager Buck Showalter is finding out that being a Met means navigating crisis, and he is now dealing with it days before Opening Day starts. He will start the season with his ace …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images) There’s no need to overthink or analyze Seton Hall’s new head coach. We saw what Shaheen Holloway did as Saint Peter’s head coach the last two weeks to know he was the right hire. We know he has the street cred to get recruits in the tri-state …
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BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo Credit: Jamie Sabau/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) After watching the North Carolina Tarheels dispatch the Cinderella Saint Peter’s Peacocks in the Elite Eight to a score of 69-49 Sunday evening at Wells Fargo Center, I can only imagine if we are going to see a run like this again by a …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Scott Taetsch/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) We laughed. We cried. We enjoyed everything Saint Peter’s offered the last two weeks. A No. 15 team seed playing for the right to go to the Final Four in an Elite Eight game is something that never happens in college basketball. A mid-major …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo Credit: Jamie Sabau/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) It’s been a whirlwind few weeks for Saint Peter’s Peacocks from an epic run to the MAAC Tournament to participating in the NCAA Tournament to making the Sweet 16. For a small Jesuit school that had never been there before, it could be intimidating …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Andy Lyons/Getty Images) Steve Pikiell enjoyed the adulation he received since being the Rutgers head coach for good reason. He created a culture and foundation from day one. In his first three years, he recruited Geo Baker, Ron Harper Jr, Montez Mathis, Caleb McConnell and several others to build a …
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BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) Something seemed amiss in Seton Hall’s 69-42 NCAA Tournament blowout loss to TCU Friday night at Viejas Arena out in San Diego. The score. The lack of effort. The horrible performance. The jacked-up shots. You name it, and the eyes don’t lie. This wasn’t the Seton Hall …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Outside of Saint Peter’s head coach Shaheen Holloway, Saint Peter’s players and myself, no one expected the Peacocks to play this coming weekend in Philadelphia. After all, it’s rare a MAAC team wins an NCAA Tournament game. Tim Cluess had some good Iona teams …
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