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'You always want to think we can do the unthinkable': Saint Peter's faces reality after the glory

It was "the greatest upset and run in the history of American sports," as one rival coach put it. Now it's the toughest act to follow in the history of...

Saint Peter's has its new coach after a Cinderella March Madness run

This will be a homecoming for Saint Peter's new head coach.

Familial-like bond between star players has Wagner on verge of NCAA tourney

They are the engine to the area’s best local college basketball story, close friends who describe each other as brothers, a pair of junior college transfers who have turned Wagner...

Wagner sophomore star won't go overlooked again

Bashir Mason grew more and more annoyed. The Wagner coach had seen enough of Blake Francis, considering the young southpaw wasn’t the recruit Mason came to see play on the...

NYC-area programs begin pursuit for NCAA Tournament berths

Seton Hall should be a lock for the NCAA Tournament. St. John’s should have its best team under Chris Mullin. But the Big East programs aren’t the only local teams...

How Wagner's focus on its flaw carried Seahawks to NEC finals

Before the season started, Bashir Mason printed out statistics from last year’s team. It included how well Wagner played offensively — the third-highest scoring team in the Northeast Conference —...

Wagner pounds LIU, will face FDU in NEC championship game

Michael Carey embodies Wagner’s dream season up to this point: Overlooked but tough, a determined overachiever. His decision to transfer from junior college to the Northeast Conference school was hardly...