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When you don’t get chosen to play in the Big Dance there are only three things you can do at the point. You can either raise hell on social media or you can take the snub on the chin but make everyone pay by going on a revenge tour. This is what led to Seton…
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Hayes Gets their First Win of the Season over Molloy.
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The Seton Hall Pirates opened up the season against Saint Peter’s and it was a huge wake-up call for the Pirates as a slow start had them in a tug-of-war against a young athletic Peacocks team for a majority of the game. “We were playing selfish. No one was playing team basketball we were playing…
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On Sunday Afternoon Fordham Hosted UMBC in an Exhibition game benefiting Able Athletics. A non-profit organization dedicated to inclusion in sports. Even though the game didn’t count, it felt like it did from seeing the intensity and energy of both teams. Both teams looked like they were in mid-season form. Here are a few takeaways…
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There are always those defining moments during the postseason that we will remember years from now. On Saturday at the PSAL boro championships, there were tons of them. The PSAL Boro championship ended with a crazy sequence that started with a layup by Jarrett Dingle. Then Jeff’s Nyquan Morris who stepped up in the Absence…
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Team Rundown had a hell of a season at IS8 and it showed in the semifinals and championship game on October 22nd. Led by a stacked squad featuring UCLA Commit Brandon Williams, Rundown took down Team Killa Dawgs in the Semifinals 91-90 thanks to some critical FTs from Monsignor Scanlan guard Nasir Rodriguez. Williams led…
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All eyes were on Queens last weekend for the Battle in the Apple event at Monsignor McClancy and St. John’s Prep. The top AAU programs in the city went up against the Nike EYBL Strive For Greatness AAU program sponsored by LeBron James. This was part of the multi city tour that SFG has with…
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Seton Hall Bound senior Jaquan Sanders and Saint Rose bound senior Latiek Briscoe Earn MVP Honors at Monday’s Autism Awareness All-Star classic. In a high scoring affair, Team Awareness downed Team Acceptance 131-122 to close out the third annual Autism Awareness classic. Sanders led several players in double figures with 30 points while Latiek Briscoe…
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On January 9th, I had the chance to interview two of Duke’s Future Stars Kyle Flipowski and Dereck Lively II. Lively and Flipowski just played in a big game against each other at the Empire Invitational in Brooklyn. Led by Kyle’s 22 points. Wilbrahamson and Monson beat Lively’s Westtown School (PA) 59-54. In this interview,…