Basketball provided two more lasting memories in the month of March, concluding Northeastern’s best season in years:
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.
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.
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RICHMOND, VA. — Another season, another agonizing defeat in the CAA Tournament. Anyone will tell you that this one hurt the most. Five seniors leading the way for Northeastern were stopped short in their quest to play for a chance at the NCAA Tournament. Last night at the Richmond Coliseum, the Huskies lost a nailbiter to the William & Mary Tribe, 47-45, after mounting an inspired comeback to take a 1-point lead in the final minute Read more…
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In the four years under head coach Bill Coen, the Huskies have yet to play on Sunday in Richmond. Until now. In a nail-biting dramatic double-overtime quarterfinal, Northeastern came out on top of Hofstra to advance to the semifinals of the CAA Tournament. If you weren’t able to listen to the game live or just want to re-live this thrilling game, WRBBSports.com presents the complete commercial-free broadcast of Saturday night’s game.
1st half & halftime:
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2nd half:
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The post-game press conference with Bill Coen and Matt Janning after Northeastern’s double-overtime victory over Hofstra.
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The Huskies win an instant classic in double overtime to advance to Sunday in Richmond.
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Thursday, March 4
8:00 p.m. - Hockey East This Week
Friday, March 5
3:00 p.m. - Dog Pound Sports Sound
Saturday, March 6
5:45 p.m. - Huskies Pre-Game
6:00 p.m. - Basketball: Huskies vs. Hofstra Pride
CAA Tournament - Quarterfinal Round
from the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Va.
with Will Klaynman and Jason Lavine
TV: 
8:00 p.m. - Hockey: Huskies vs. Boston University Terriers
Game joined in progress.
from Matthews Arena
with Keith Lavon and Peter Martin
Sunday, March 7
5:15 p.m. - Huskies Pre-Game
5:30 p.m. - Basketball: Huskies vs. William & Mary/JMU
CAA Tournament - Semifinal (If Necessary)
from the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Va.
with Jason Lavine and Will Klaynman
TV:
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Some reading material for you on this one-less-hour-of-sunlight Monday:
>>> NU’s official blog has a big post after women’s soccer’s regular season triumph over Hofstra on Saturday. [Huskies Insider]
>>> What’s going on with Rob Madore and the Vermont Catamounts? After starting the season with strong victories against Denver and Boston College, UVM lost its most recent game to Maine. [Maine Hockey Journal]
>>> Mike Litos recaps the “secret scrimmages” for CAA teams. [CAA Hoops]
>>> Before Saturday’s game, the Union Leader (based in Manchester, N.H.) looked back at the devastating loss NU football dealt UNH in 2007. [Union Leader] In the end, the outcome was more predictable this time around. [Google News]
>>> We’re a bit late on this one, but Nancy Marrapese-Burrell wrote a great article about Randy Guzior last Friday. [Boston Globe]
>>> Finally, TSN offers up it’s season preview for CAA basketball. [The Sports Network]
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Michael Litos, who maintains his CAA-basketball-centric blog on a daily basis, conducted an interview with CAA commissioner Tom Yeager for Virginia Sports Now. A few interesting items came up in the interview.
First, With Old Dominion and Georgia State entering the conference over the next few years, undoubtedly buzz starts about the future size of the conference (and the implications for a comparatively small Northeastern program):
[Litos]: Old Dominion starts football this year and Georgia State is right behind them. For lack of a better word, you are getting to an unworkable number of teams. What do you guys have in the works to deal with that?
Yeager: I think we are at the limit now in terms of our present structure or membership. When you get to 14 teams you are looking at 8 conference games in your division and two outside your division. That would mean some (players) would go through their entire college career and not play a team in the other division and something just isn’t right about that.
We’ve got so much going for us we’ll make it work, but if someone else starts football we’ll be restructuring. (It’s important) because there’s nothing like a football Saturday at these institutions.
Which leads, inevitably, to discussion of potential realignment, but the response to that:
Yeager: No. That’s all pretty well calmed down. It’s all top down and regional. I’m sure there’s movement below us and the west coast could realign tomorrow and it’s not going to reach us.
One more clip after the jump. Read more…
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March 16, 2010 - Back to the NIT
