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Team of the Week: Sacred Heart

Results: W 87-82 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, W 67=59 @ Mount St. Mary’s

 

 

14. Sacred Heart (2006-07 Record: 18-14, 12-6 NEC)

Head coach: Dave Bike

Returning Starters: 2- G Drew Shubik (senior): 6-4, 205; C Liam Potter (junior): 7-0, 230.

Central Connecticut State (22-12, 16-2)

Mount St. Mary's (11-20, 9-9)

Robert Morris (17-11, 9-9)

Sacred Heart (18-14, 12-6)

Other (Wagner, FSU, Monmouth)

Sacred Heart Pioneers

 

Overall Rank: #141

In tonight’s Northeast Conference championship game, Central Connecticut State and Sacred Heart will get together to determine who will represent the league in the NCAA Tournament. While the regular season champion Blue Devils have been in the position before, having won two of their previous four (2000, 2002) championship games, this is all new to the Pioneers. While Sacred Heart, led for the past 29 years by Dave Bike, has made thirteen appearances in the Division II NCAA Tournament, the two wins in

In what has been a topsy-turvy season for the majority of the Northeast Conference, it’s fitting that seeds along with who would play in the league’s conference tournament were not fully decided until the season’s last day. In a turn of events similar to the good fortunes experienced by the Kansas City Chiefs, St. Francis (NY) snagged the eight seed in the tournament by combining a win over Fairleigh Dickinson with losses by both Monmouth and Long Island. Sacred Heart got the two seed thanks to a win over Quinnipiac on the final day of the season, dropping

1 - Hofstra, 2 - Marist, 3 - Fordham, 4 - Sacred Heart, 5 - St. John's..