Oct 08
We’re delighted to announce that our friends Kevin Pelton and Bradford Doolittle have completed their Pro Basketball Prospectus 2009-10, and regard made it available in PDF format on their website.
PBP09 combines the same conjoin of cutting-edge research, player commentary, and player/seasonal projections you’ve come to appreciate in the books published by both ourselves and Baseball Prospectus, side by side with insight from basketball operations personnel around the league and the best team-specific blogs. It also offers fantasy content for those of you on the point to enter fantasy hoops draft season, as well as any essay by our colleague Will Carroll on microfracture surgery.
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Jul 15
2009-10 Bucknell Men’s Basketball Schedule
Season Ticket Brochure
NOTE: All game periods devise exist announced at a later date. Also please note that the Patriot League television package has not yet been finalized, and one or more game dates could be shifted to accommodate television.
LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bucknell men’s basketball team’s 2009-10 schedule has been tentatively announced, and Dave Paulsen’s second season as head coach will enter upon in continuance Friday, Nov. 13 at the World Vision Basketball Invitational, hosted by Providence. The Bison will play two Big East teams in Providence and Notre Dame, and they will also make trips to greater northeastern cities Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and New York City for the period of the season.
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Feb 14
Liz Leer equaled her career high with 18 points and Stephanie N’Garsanet grabbed 11 rebounds as American defeated Bucknell 50-46 in women’s basketball action at Sojka Pavilion Wednesday night. Hope Foster (Washington, D.C./Dunbar) led the Bison with 17 points, the 10th time in the last 11 games she netted double figures.
Foster was the lone Bucknell player in double figures as the Bison struggled to score much of the night. The 46 points equaled the season low for them and outside of Foster’s 7-for-8 performance from the floor, they shot just 12 of 44 from the field.
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Feb 10
In her second career start Joyce Novacek recorded her first career double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds and Lauren Schober led five Bison in double figures with 17 points as the Bucknell women’s basketball team held off a pesky Navy squad for a 65-50 victory. The Bison have now won two straight games and are 10-12 overall and 5-3 in Patriot League play, just one game behind first-place Army and Holy Cross. The Mids fell to 5-18 overall and 1-7 in conference play.
Novacek, who has 25 rebounds over the last two games, hauled in eight boards in the first half. She had the first five rebounds overall for Bucknell, who outrebounded Navy 41-30. It was the fifth opponent this season the Bison have won the battle of the boards against and they are 4-1 in those games. Seven of Novacek’s caroms came on the offensive end. She also added a career-high 11 points, with eight of those coming in the second half when she made 4 of 5 field goals.
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Feb 08
Bucknell head men’s basketball coach Pat Flannery has been given full clearance to return to his coaching duties and will be on the bench when the Bison travel to Navy on Saturday for a 7 p.m. contest.
Flannery left the bench after feeling ill during the second half of Bucknell’s Jan. 30 game against Lehigh. After undergoing thorough medical evaluation and treatment, Flannery’s doctors have determined the cause of the illness and have given him full authorization to resume coaching.
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Feb 01
Bucknell head men’s basketball coach Pat Flannery is continuing to undergo medical testing after removing himself from the bench due to illness in the second half of Wednesday’s home game against Lehigh.
Flannery was admitted to Evangelical Community Hospital on Wednesday evening. As of late Thursday afternoon, he was doing well and listed in satisfactory condition while still undergoing further testing and evaluation. Since this is a personal medical situation, Flannery and his family are requesting any further details be kept private at this time.
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Jan 29
Restricted admission only for OU-Oklahoma State on Feb. 23 in Norman
Jan. 28, 2008
NORMAN, Okla. – Tickets for the Bedlam women’s basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 23, have sold out.
Only restricted admission tickets remain for those who wish to see No. 21 Oklahoma State visit No. 11 Oklahoma at the Lloyd Noble Center. Restricted admission seats are sold on the day of the game and will begin when doors open at 11:30 a.m.
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Jan 22
This weeks edition of the High School Basketball Notebook focused on the holiday events. Derrick Favors was among the top performers, as he went off at the Pangos Dream Classic.
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Jan 21
Holy Cross’ Bethany O’Dell snapped an 0-for-10 day with a long 3-pointer from the left wing with just less than a minute to play to propel the Crusaders to a 48-46 victory over Bucknell in women’s basketball action Sunday afternoon at Sojka Pavilion in front of 2,017 fans, the third-highest attendance for a women’s basketball game at the five-year-old facility. Kesha Champion (Chesapeake, Va./Indian River), who hit a two key 3-pointers of her own in the final minutes, led Bucknell with 13 points.
After closing out the first half on an 8-0 run to take a 27-19 lead into halftime, the Bison struggled offensively in the second half, netting nine points through the first 16+ minutes of the stanza. However, they never trailed by more than four points as Holy Cross (9-9, 2-1 Patriot League) turned the ball over nine times and went through one stretch where they went more than six minutes without a field goal.
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Jan 15
What: Bucknell (6-9, 1-0 PL) at American (6-10, 0-1 PL)
Where: Bender Arena, Washington, D.C.
When: Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008, 7 p.m.
Radio: WVBU 90.5 FM and SportsJuice.com
Video: Patriot League All-Access
Game Notes
With a Victory Over American, Bucknell Would…
► Open the Patriot League season 2-0 for the third straight year
► Win its sixth consecutive game against the Eagles
► Improve to 14-5 in January since 2005-06
► Draw to within two games of .500 for the first time since owning 4-6 record in mid-December
► Post its first winning streak of the season
► Win back-to-back road games for the first time since defeating Navy and American last February
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