Coen and Roby had been negotiating for the past few weeks, ultimately reaching an agreement in the past few days. No further details of the contract’s terms have been disclosed, though Roby and Coen alluded to raises for assistants and an increased recruiting budget to effectively compete in the top tier of the CAA.

WRBB’s commitment to on delivering live streaming audio to several mobile platforms resulted in a whopping 100% increase in mobile-based web traffic and listenership. Huskies fans can now listen to WRBB through Northeastern’s “Go Huskies” iPhone/iPod App, WRBB’s iPhone/iPod compatible web stream, Nobex Radio Companion for Blackberry, and through several media players for Windows Mobile devices.

This year, WRBB graduates four distinguished seniors:

• Keith Lavon, who has covered Northeastern hockey on-air at WRBB for five years, and served as lead play-by-play voice for the past three seasons.
  
• Jason Lavine, play-by-play voice for Northeastern basketball this past season, who began and finished his work with WRBB at UConn’s Gampel Pavillion.
  
• Peter Martin, hockey analyst for WRBB, who joined Keith Lavon for two full seasons before traveling abroad this year.
• Will Klaynman, who joined WRBB full-time in 2008 and served as lead basketball analyst this past season.

The 2009-2010 season was full of memorable highlights, and WRBB was on hand for most of them:

• For the second consecutive year, WRBB served as the flagship station for Northeastern basketball, covering every one of the team’s 33 games including the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu, and the Huskies’ first trip to the NIT since 2005.
• WRBB continued its strong tradition of hockey coverage, broadcasting 30 Northeastern hockey games including a trip to Colorado College (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and, for the first time, live coverage from Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass.
• In the final season of Northeastern football, WRBB was on hand for nine of the final 11 games, including a trip to eventual national champion Villanova (Villanova, Pa.) and a rain-soaked final home game against Hofstra.
• WRBB expanded its coverage to include women’s hockey, with the Sun Life Frozen Fenway and Women’s Beanpot
• Additionally, Northeastern women’s soccer clinched its 2009 regular season championship on WRBB, and hosted the CAA tournament at Parsons Field, also covered live by WRBB.
• Finally, WRBB brought Northeastern baseball back to the radio after a one-year hiatus, airing seven games, including both rounds of the 21st annual Baseball Beanpot tournament.

In all, WRBB’s travel commitment is unmatched by any student station in the country, as shown by the station’s 2009-2010 travel log (miles logged on a round-trip basis):

The 2010-2011 season gets underway in September, with WRBB’s signature talk programs Hockey East This Week and the Dog Pound Sports Sound. Northeastern hockey returns in October, and Northeastern basketball returns in November.

WRBB is a non-commercial, non-profit, free-form station run by students at Northeastern University in Boston providing the surrounding areas with a musical diversity not available on any of Boston’s commercial stations. In addition to an eclectic mix of shows, all major Northeastern basketball, baseball, football and hockey games are also broadcast live.

Interim NCAA president Jim Isch said in a press release, “This agreement will provide on average more than $740 million annually to our conferences and member schools to help student-athletes in 23 sports learn and compete.”

ESPN, one of the bidders for tournament rights, released a statement which said, “We made an aggressive bid and believe our combination of TV distribution, digital capabilities, season-long coverage and year-round marketing would have served the interests of the NCAA and college fans very well.”

As the new agreement will potentially change revenue distribution to member institutions, the NCAA has established a committee to evaluate new distribution formulas which will, in Isch’s words, “[support] student-athletes so they can be successful in the classroom and in life.”

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March 6, 2010 - Double-Overtime CAA Quarterfinal

Northeastern and Hofstra tangle in a thrilling CAA quarterfinal matchup that took two overtimes to decide. For the first time under Bill Coen, the Huskies advanced to Sunday night in Richmond.

March 16, 2010 - Back to the NIT

Northeastern returns to the NIT, matching up and almost overcoming UConn, in front of hundreds of students who made the trip south to Storrs, Connecticut.

6:50 p.m. - Baseball: Huskies vs. Boston College Eagles
21st Annual Baseball Beanpot - Championship
from Campanelli Stadium in Brockton, Mass.
with Andy Towne and Aaron Insler

Saturday, April 24

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11:00 a.m. - Baseball: Huskies vs. UNC-Wilmington Seahawks (Game 1)
3:00 p.m. - Baseball: Huskies vs. UNC-Wilmington Seahawks (Game 2)
from Friedman Diamond
with TBA

Sunday, April 25

Only available on
1:00 p.m. - Baseball: Huskies vs. UNC-Wilmington Seahawks
from Friedman Diamond
with TBA

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February 2, 2010 - Down by 15, win by 20

Hofstra appeared to be in control early, but Northeastern came back to take a dominating win, scoring 45 points in the second half, maintaining first place in the standings.

February 19, 2010 - Hockey steals one from BC

Continuing a mid-season surge, Northeastern hockey gave fans hope for a late-season comeback when it defeated Boston College in front of a near-sellout crowd at Matthews Arena.

February 20, 2010 - Bracketbuster vs. Louisiana Tech

Despite the outcome of the game, the raucous crowd of over 4,400 at Matthews Arena was the culmination of years of resurrecting Northeastern basketball. An appearance on ESPN2 drew unprecedented buzz leading up to game day, and likely created countless new fans.