Siena faced a double-digit deficit as shots misfired, the defense was sliced, and 10,679 green and gold followers sat in their Times Union Center seats silent and confused.
But does it matter? It’s Siena. The Saints are the unchallenged, two-time defending MAAC Champion. They’re going to make a run and blow out Fairfield.
That run was not [...]

New kids, Fairfield, ride senior to advance to Championship vs. Siena
Fairfield was the only semifinal participant that wasn’t in at least one of the last two MAAC Championships. Matter fact, they haven’t played on MAAC Championship Monday since the 2003 season.
But down the stretch, the No. 2 seed Stags looked like the experienced team that [...]

Historically the Preseason NIT field has consisted of four ranked teams in the preseason polls that will meet in New York City to attract viewers to the Worldwide Leader.
That’s not the case in 2008, but for the first time in recent years, the entire field is competitively deeper and is evenly distributed across the four [...]