6:45 p.m. – Northeastern Hockey Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Hockey: Huskies at Merrimack College Warriors
from Thom J. Lawler Arena in North Andover, Mass.
with Ben Horner and Alex Faust
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Women’s Hockey: Huskies vs. UConn Huskies
from Matthews Arena
with Andy Towne Available on WRBB Sports Extra
Saturday, October 5
6:45 p.m. – Northeastern Hockey Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Hockey: Huskies vs. Merrimack College Warriors
from Matthews Arena
with Alex Faust, Ben Horner, and TBA
Monday’s national championship was one of the lowest-quality games we’ve seen for a national title. As such, the headlines were less about the game itself and more about UConn coach Jim Calhoun, his freshman shooting guard Jeremy Lamb, and a connection to other Final Four participant, VCU – all stemming back from Calhoun’s tenure at Northeastern back in the 1980′s.
Setting the scene: Northeastern held a one-point lead over VCU in the final seconds of its second-round game against VCU in the 1984 tournament. New York Times’ Pete Thamel explains the rest in a piece written before this year’s Final Four began:
Rolando Lamb played at Virginia Commonwealth, and his single greatest athletic accomplishment took place in the N.C.A.A. tournament in 1984. His last-second leaner toppled Northeastern, coached by Calhoun. …
The clock read 0:02. The ball was supposed to go to Calvin Duncan, V.C.U.’s best player. With Duncan covered, it went to Lamb, who caught the inbounds, turned, squared and fired in one motion from about 17 feet to the left of the free-throw line.
As the ball went in, Lamb thought: “Don’t get hurt. Dive on the floor and stay still.” Teammates mobbed him.
Jeremy Lamb watched the shot on YouTube, and it took more than one viewing to sink in that his father made it. The clip shows Calhoun, with thicker, darker hair, stunned, walking slowly off the court. He would win two national championships and make 13 trips into the Round of 16. But not in 1984. Not against Rolando Lamb.
Needless to say, with Jeremy Lamb, Rolando’s sun, having been recruited by Calhoun to play at UConn, the connection was getting plenty of attention a a human-interest story leading into the Final Four, and exploded once UConn won the championship on the heels of smooth shooting from the younger Lamb.
As such, plenty of outlets covered the story, one that still stings for older Northeastern alumni who were either alive or present when the elder Lamb put an end to the Huskies’ NCAA tournament in the Meadowlands that fateful night.
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.
Northeastern has a thrilling comeback to take the lead, but falls short at UConn in the opening round of the 2010 NIT, ending the season.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
6:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:05 p.m. – Basketball: Huskies at Connecticut Huskies National Invitation Tournament – Opening Round
from Gampel Pavillion in Storrs, Conn.
with Jason Lavine and Will Klaynman
TV:
Thursday, March 18
8:00 p.m. – Hockey East This Week
Friday, March 19
3:00 p.m. – Baseball: Huskies vs. Bryant Bulldogs from Friedman Diamond at Parsons Field
with Alex Faust and Chris Tramontozzi
Sunday, March 21
Only available on 1:00 p.m. – Baseball: Huskies vs. Bryant Bulldogs from Friedman Diamond at Parsons Field
with Andy Towne and Aaron Insler
Northeastern learned its postseason fate on Sunday night when it was announced that the team had been selected as a No. 5 seed in the NIT Postseason Tournament. NU will visit the Connecticut Huskies for a first round game on Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m., with the game being televised nationally on ESPN2. WRBB Sports will also have live play-by-play coverage of the game beginning at 6:45 p.m.
Northeastern last visited Storrs, Conn. in the 2007-08 season, UConn 69-60.
>>>In the world of scheduling Northeastern football, flexibility is the name of the game. Michigan and Connecticut have finalized their agreement to play a home-and-home series during the 2010 and 2013 seasons. Their 2010 game will be on September 4th in Ann Arbor, which conflicts with the Northeastern/UConn game scheduled for September 2nd. As a result, NU will play UConn later in the season on October 9th. [Hartford Courant]
>>> A former member of Northeastern’s mens crew team, Will Miller has been named to the U.S. team competing in the World Rowing Championships. [Patriot Ledger]
We also see that ESPN released their schedule for College Gameday (the basketball version). Sadly, Northeastern isn’t on the list. However, if it’s any consolation, there will be an ESPN-sponsored Bracketbuster game at Matthews Arena later this year.
6:45 p.m. – Northeastern Hockey Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Women’s Hockey: Huskies vs. UConn Huskies
March 6, 2010 – Double-Overtime CAA Quarterfinal
March 16, 2010 – Back to the NIT
Thursday, March 18
3:00 p.m. – Baseball: Huskies vs. Bryant Bulldogs
