For senior Dakota Keene from UMass Boston, the spirit of giving and helping others is spawned from a blue-collar upbringing and strong desire to stay very busy in creative and productive ways.
The 12-team field was set and besides the seeded teams awaiting to learn who their quarterfinal opponent will be, there was a lot of suspense for the first round games where none of the pairings finds any prior game action between the combatants during the regular season. This should have made for some interesting action … Read more
NCAA president Mark Emmert and the Board of Governors canceled the Division I men’s and women’s 2020 basketball tournaments, as well as all remaining winter and spring NCAA championships on Thursday.
For the very first time ever in program history, Wesleyan has reached the summit of NESCAC hockey by winning the men’s hockey conference championship. With that comes the conference auto-bid, so in just one short week, the list of firsts grows with their first NCAA tournament appearance with a first round game against Babson on … Read more
Wisconsin-Stout head coach Terry Watkins, who has been behind the bench of the Blue Devils’ NCAA program for the past 24 seasons and the club team eight years before that, will officially retire at the conclusion of the academic school year (photo: UW-Stout Athletics).
The MIAC announced its annual men’s hockey awards Tuesday afternoon (photo: Concordia Athletics).
Wisconsin-River Falls junior defenseman Christian Hausinger has been named the WIAC Player of the Year for the 2019-20 season (photo: John Pesavent/UW-River Falls Athletics).
The NCAA tournament field is set and all three conference champions from the west region are headed to the tourney. St. Thomas and Adrian punched automatic bids by winning their respective conference titles while Wisconsin-Eau Claire won the WIAC, and though not auto bid is up for grabs in the league, the Blugolds are headed … Read more
As expected, championship weekend had a bit of everything including a big upset, an extension of an incredible shutout streak, and home favorites closing out their title dreams with wins in front of their faithful fans. Auto-bids have been claimed and now teams that didn’t win their league are anxiously awaiting the NCAA tournament announcements … Read more
Well, here we go. Three conference titles in the west will be decided tonight. Two of the championship games (the MIAC and NCHA) have automatic bids on the line. The WIAC does not have an auto bid but at least one team should get in. Here are my game picks for the title games. MIAC … Read more
Four wins in a row for St. Thomas, Concordia and St. Norbert. Nine wins in a row for Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Twelve consecutive wins for Adrian. Wisconsin-Eau Claire has won its last two games. Momentum is eveything and every team has it in some form heading into conference championship weekend in the west region. Only time … Read more
It is finally the weekend teams all aspired to way back in the fall of 2019. Championship weekend is here and there is hope for all the remaining teams to hoist their conference championship trophy. No need for hype – coaches likely focused on trying to keep teams on an even keel for the big … Read more
After finishing the regular season at 7-15-3 and going 1-7-2 in their last ten conference games, Wentworth has generated some post season magic as the No. 6 seed in the competitive CCC playoffs. In a matter of just a matter of four days, the Leopards have gone on the road and upset No. 3 seed … Read more
The NESCAC has announced its major award winners and All-NESCAC Teams for the 2019-20 season (photo: Trinity Athletics).
The UCHC has announced announce its 2019-20 men’s All-Conference Teams and major award winners (photo: Utica Athletics).
The NCAA has established a COVID-19 advisory panel of leading medical, public health and epidemiology experts from their respective fields of study and NCAA member schools to guide its response to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease.
Anything can happen in the playoffs as evidenced by the number of overtime wins and upsets last week pulled off by Wentworth, Franklin Pierce, Nichols, Nazareth, Stonehill and Potsdam to name a few that stunned higher seeds in early round action. While some of the other favorites won and advanced a few nationally ranked teams … Read more
There are no surprises when it comes to how the NCHA and WIAC tournaments played out over the weekend as teams accustomed to playing for those titles will do it one more time. Meanwhile in the MIAC, there will be a new champion for sure after Concordia ended Augsburg’s bid to win a fifth consecutive … Read more
It is a quick turnaround for many teams entering the playoffs and the final push towards a conference championship. Upsets abounded last weekend and already this week with Nazareth, Wentworth and Potsdam all taking out higher seeds in conference tournament play. Now is a time where the cream needs to rise to the top in … Read more
The matchups are set and it’s time to play some win-or-go-home hockey. The semifinal round of the MIAC and NCHA tournaments are set for Saturday and it’s just a one-game setting. In the WIAC, the semifinalists will play a two-game series starting tonight. Here are my picks on how the games will play out this … Read more