It’s that time of the year folks!! The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is upon us. For basketball fans, and really all sports fan, this time of the year is like a holiday. It’s weeks of pure basketball goodness. Some of the greatest moments and greatest games you can witness as a fan of the sport. …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: MLive.com) When ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported USC and UCLA would go to the Big Ten on Twitter last week, I had no words. I wanted to think this was fake news. I had to reread the tweet just to make sure I was not being had. College sports fans had …
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BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo Credit from the 2007 Final Four: Jay L. Clendenin/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) I covered Big East’s Women Basketball Media Day at the now-defunct ESPN Zone in 2006. It was an opportunity to interview Rutgers basketball coach Vivian Stringer. I always wanted to get a chance to talk to her about …
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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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