After 18 seasons at the helm of New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) men's basketball, Sal Lagano has announced that will be leaving the Bears, effective the end of the spring 2015 semester. Current assistant coach Rob Isme (B.S. '12) has been named Interim Head Coach for the 2015-2016 season.
The East Coast Conference announced the 2014-2015 Male and Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year, as well as the Scholar-Athletes of the Year for all of its sponsored sports at the ECC Awards Dinner on May 18.
Daemen College senior men's basketball player Gerald Beverly (Rochester, N.Y./Gates Chili) was among the honorees at the Annual Dinner Meeting of YMCA Buffalo Niagara held on Thursday, May 7 at the Statler City Golden Ballroom.
The University of Bridgeport men's basketball team, seeded fourth in the East Regional, saw its 2014-15 season end on Saturday night, as the Purple Knights fell to the fifth-seeded and defending NCAA East Region Champions, the Southern Connecticut State Owls, 88-75, in Springfield, Massachusetts on the campus of American International College in the 2015 NCAA East Regional.
ECC Player of the Year, Darian Hooker of NYIT, and ECC Defensive Player of the Year, Gerald Beverly of Daemen, have earned a spot on the Daktronics All-Region First Team.
On the heels of a third straight East Coast Conference Men's Basketball Championship, the University of Bridgeport Purple Knights will head to the NCAA Tournament for the third straight season and 21st time in program history.
A late comeback behind 22 points from Chaz Watler led St. Thomas Aquinas to an 80-78 victory over LIU Post in the semifinals of the ECC Men's Basketball Championship.
The University of Bridgeport men’s basketball team advanced to the finals of the 2015 East Coast Conference Championship with a 93-75 victory over the sixth-seeded Dowling College Golden Lions.
NYIT senior guard Darian Hooker (Washington, D.C.) has been selected as the 2014-15 East Coast Conference Player of the Year in a vote by the league's coaches.
The No. 6 seeded Dowling College men's basketball team upset the No. 3 NYIT Bears 82-74 in tonight's East Coast Conference Championship Tournament Quarterfinal matchup at Recreation Hall.
With regular season play wrapping up on Sunday afternoon, the brackets for the 2015 East Coast Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships are now set.
Senior Darian Hooker (Washington, D.C.) of the NYIT men's basketball team became the program's first-ever Capital One® Academic All-American, as it was announced Wednesday afternoon by the College Sports Information Director's of America.
For the second straight week, the University of Bridgeport men's basketball team was the only East Coast Conference member ranked in the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball East Region poll, released on Wednesday afternoon.
The University of Bridgeport men's basketball team was the only East Coast Conference member ranked in the first edition of the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball East Region poll, released on Wednesday afternoon.
Darian Hooker of the New York Institute of Technology was named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Division II National Players of the Week for the week ending Feb. 8.
Daemen College Head Men's Basketball coach Mike MacDonald has announced the addition of a new member to his team. Twelve-year old Leontae Parker of Buffalo, N.Y. was formally introduced during a press conference today in the Lumsden Gymnasium lobby.
The Queens College men’s basketball team took time out of their schedule recently to participate in a meal delivery day with the Citymeals-on-Wheels program.
Daemen College President Dr. Gary A. Olson and Director of Athletics/Special Assistant to the President Bridget E. Niland introduced Mike MacDonald today as the sixth head coach in the history of the Daemen men's basketball program.
St. Thomas Aquinas men's basketball team, the 2014 ECC runner-up, was one of 10 selected to participate in the NIT Season Tip-Off, as announced by the NCAA on Friday afternoon.