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Northeastern celebrates the game-winner on the final day of the season (Photo: Dave Luca)

BOSTON — The game had no meaning for the home team, and little real meaning for the visitors. But this was Northeastern-BU. The game always means something, if only to foment the bitter (if one-sided) rivalry that these two neighbors renew three-plus times each season. And it felt that way on Saturday night at Matthews Arena, as Northeastern came out with an intensity and determination that had been lacking in the second half of their season, refusing to give in and coming away with a thrilling 5-4 overtime victory to finish the regular season. And it fit the script: Vinny Saponari exacted a bit of revenge on his former team, potting the game-winner to send Matthews Arena into a frenzy one final time.

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Thursday, March 8

CAA Women’s Basketball Tournament – First round
5:00 p.m. – Northeastern Huskies vs. George Mason Patriots
from Showplace Arena in Upper Marlboro, Md.
with Bobby Mullen and TBA
Broadcast on WRBB Sports Extra

Friday, March 9

CAA Women’s Basketball Tournament – Quarterfinal (If Necessary)
5:00 p.m. – Northeastern Huskies vs. James Madison Dukes
from Showplace Arena in Upper Marlboro, Md.
with Bobby Mullen and TBA
Broadcast on WRBB Sports Extra

Saturday, March 10

CAA Women’s Basketball Tournament – Semifinal (If Necessary)
2:30 p.m. – Northeastern Huskies vs. TBA
from Showplace Arena in Upper Marlboro, Md.
with Bobby Mullen and TBA
Broadcast on WRBB Sports Extra

Sunday, March 11

CAA Women’s Basketball Tournament – Championship (If Necessary)
12:30 p.m. – Northeastern Huskies vs. TBA
from Showplace Arena in Upper Marlboro, Md.
with Bobby Mullen and TBA

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The Huskies end the season on an positive note with Vinny Saponari pocketing a game-winning goal in overtime to defeat #4-ranked BU, 5-4.

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Providence goalie Genevieve Lacasse stopped all 41 shots she faced, as the Huskies crashed out of the Women’s Hockey East semi-final, 2-0. The loss likely ends Northeastern’s season.

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Kieran Millan stopped 25 shots on Friday night.

BOSTON — It was a fitting end to the Huskies’ season. A solid period of play over a ranked opponent, on the road, an early lead, followed by a devastating barrage of offense from Boston University in the second period to seal a 5-2 victory at Agganis Arena on Friday night. With UMass defeating Merrimack in Amherst, it eliminated Northeastern from postseason contention. The Huskies gave up their 11th shorthanded goal of the season, while Chris Rawlings was pulled after two periods of play.

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Northeastern goes up 1-0 early but falls apart in the second period, giving up 4 unanswered goals en route to a 5-2 loss, eliminating the Huskies from the playoffs.

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This week, we look at the dwindling amount of time left for the Huskies to fight for a playoff spot, assess the race for home ice, and look ahead to next week’s potential first round matchups.

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WRBB Sports Audio Hockey East This Week

The Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament opens with the postseason awards banquet this evening, and WRBB Sports is in Virginia from now until the final horn sounds on Championship Monday. Here’s an idea of what to expect from us on WRBBSports.com:

Before the dinner begins, we’ll share our thoughts on which Northeastern players we think have a chance at being honored tonight. Once the dinner is over, we’ll have a new post with the actual winners, not only from NU but from all around the conference.

The tournament itself tips off tomorrow at noon. Here’s the schedule for the weekend, with games Northeastern could potentially play in listed in italics:

Friday, March 2 (First round):

Noon: #8 James Madison vs. #9 UNCW – Game 1

2:30: #5 Delaware vs. #12 Towson – Game 2

6:00: #7 Northeastern vs. #10 William & Mary – Game 3

8:30: #6 Georgia State vs. #11 Hofstra – Game 4

Saturday, March 3 (Quarterfinals):

Noon: #1 Drexel vs. #8 James Madison/#9 UNCW – Game 5

2:30: #4 Old Dominion vs. #5 Delaware/#12 Towson – Game 6

6:00: #2 VCU vs. #7 Northeastern/#10 William & Mary – Game 7

8:30: #3 George Mason vs. #6 Georgia State/#11 Hofstra – Game 8

Sunday, March 4 (Semifinals):

2:00: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6 – Game 9

4:30: Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8 – Game 10

Monday, March 5 (Championship):

7:00: Winner of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 10 – Game 11

Patrick McHugh and Andy Towne will provide live updates from the Richmond Coliseum with a running blog, plus daily recaps with the most important facts and information from the games that were and what to look forward to in the next day of action.

As always, follow @wrbbsports and @CAA_FCP on Twitter for more updates throughout the tournament, and feel free to ask us questions or tell us if there’s something you want us to do more or less of in regards to our coverage.

We’ll check back in shortly with our expectations for tonight’s awards banquet.

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For the first time in station history, WRBB Sports will provide live coverage of all Northeastern Huskies conference tournament games in the winter sports slate. Continuing an unprecedented season of live game coverage (77 game broadcasts to date), WRBB Sports is dedicating an unparalleled commitment to Northeastern athletics during winter sports postseason tournament fortnight.

• Men’s Hockey: Adding to WRBB’s wire-to-wire coverage of all 34 regular season contests plus two exhibition games this season, if the Huskies make the Hockey East tournament, coverage will continue for as far as the Huskies go into the postseason.

• Men’s Basketball: WRBB Sports is completing its fourth season as the flagship station of Huskies basketball, broadcasting every regular season basketball game in 2011-12, and will again serve as the exclusive home of Northeastern basketball at the CAA Tournament in Richmond, Va.

• Women’s Hockey: This season, WRBB provided expanded and unprecedented coverage of Huskies women’s hockey games, including the Women’s Beanpot championship. This year, WRBB will broadcast the Women’s Hockey East Tournament in Hyannis, Mass. on 104.9-FM in addition to streaming games worldwide on WRBBSports.com. In addition to the Hockey East tournament, if the Huskies reach the NCAA tournament, WRBB-FM will air all Northeastern games.

Women’s Basketball: Adding to an expanded regular-season slate, for the first time WRBB will cover the CAA Women’s Basketball Tournament in Upper Marlboro, Md. In conjunction with Northeastern athletics, tournament games - WRBB Sports Extra will serve as the home for early round coverage while WRBB-FM will pick up coverage in the championship round (if necessary).

As always, all NCAA tournament games for Huskies teams will be carried by WRBB Sports. In the past four years, WRBB has provided unparalleled live coverage of Huskies NCAA tournament contests, including men’s hockey, women’s soccer, and field hockey games.

Northeastern Winter Sports Postseason Schedule

Broadcast listings are contingent on Northeastern advancing in each respective tournament.

Date	Time	Team	Tournament/Opponent	Station
3/2/12	6:00 p.m.	M-Basketball	CAA 1st Round vs. William & Mary
3/3/12	12:30 p.m.	W-Hockey	Hockey East Semifinal vs. Providence
3/3/12	6:00 p.m.	M-Basketball	CAA Quarterfinal vs. VCU
3/4/12	1:00 p.m.	W-Hockey	Hockey East Final vs. BC/BU
3/4/12	4:30 p.m.	M-Basketball	CAA Semifinal
3/5/12	7:00 p.m.	M-Basketball	CAA Championship
3/8/12	5:00 p.m.	W-Basketball	CAA 1st Round vs. TBA
3/9/12	5:00 p.m.	W-Basketball	CAA Quarterfinal vs. JMU
3/10/12	TBD	W-Hockey	NCAA Quarterfinal vs. TBD
3/10/12	2:30 p.m.	W-Basketball	CAA Semifinal
3/11/12	12:30 p.m.	W-Basketball	CAA Championship
3/16/12	TBD	W-Hockey	NCAA Frozen Four – Semifinal
3/18/12	5:00 p.m.	W-Hockey	NCAA National Championship

*Schedule subject to change

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