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2008-09 Manhattan Basketball Preview

Could the Jaspers be a darkhorse in the MAAC?

 

 

Schedule (key games in bold)

 

November 15^th @ NJIT 

19^th Morgan State

22^nd @ Fordham

26^th @ St. Francis (N.Y.) (Jaspers could be looking to go to 3-0 in this one)

29^th Hofstra

December 5^th Canisius

7^th @ Rider (two days after MAAC opener the Jaspers visit one of the better teams in the league)

14^th Princeton

Raphielle Johnson's Metro preview & weekly Metro rankings & updates are a staple of fans in NYC's tri-state region. To get things going, here is Raphielle's 23 team NYC Metro preseason ranking and all-Metro teams. Individual team previews will up shortly!

 

Preseason Metro Ranking

 

Conference Rank: 15th

Fairfield

Niagara

Rider

Siena

Other (Loyola, Manhattan, etc)

 

(San Francisco) - Rashad Green, a 6-4, 195 pound wing from Babylon, New York has signed a scholarship agreement to play basketball at the University of San Francisco, as announced today by head coach Rex Walters. Under NCAA transfer rules, Green will sit out the entire 2008-09 season after completing a successful freshman season at Manhattan in 2007-08.

With the off-season now upon us and the spring signing period well under way, this is a good opportunity to attempt to forecast some of the teams who could make the jump next season. Is there a team out there like this past season’s Drake Bulldogs, who went from ninth place to a dominating run through the Missouri Valley? Or how about Arizona State, a team that went from dead last in the Pac-10 to fifth place and could have the makings of a conference title run this season? With one pick for each conference, here are 31 teams you should keep an eye on next season.

Here’s a quick preview of the ESPNU O’Reilly Bracket Busters games this weekend that will not be shown on television involving northeast teams. In most cases, the organizers of this event have done a better job of limiting the travel for non-television games, with the exception of UC Davis visiting Loyola (MD) among games involving northeast leagues. Bracket Busters, originally put together to provide schools in non-BCS leagues one last opportunity to add to their resume, now involves some 100 schools from sixteen conferences.

Niagara @ Appalachian State (Saturday, 1 PM)

 

11. Manhattan (2006-07 Record: 13-17, 10-8 MAAC)

Head coach: Barry Rohrssen

Returning Starters: 4- F Devon Austin (junior): 6-6, 200; G Darryl Crawford (sophomore): 6-4, 185; G Antoine Pearson (sophomore): 6-2. 170; G Patrick Bouli (sophomore): 6-2, 185

Manhattan Stats & Roster