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2008-09 Fairleigh Dickinson Basketball Preview

Where the Knights end up in NEC is anyone's guess

By Raphielle Johnson

 

Schedule (key games in bold)

 

November 14^th @ Pittsburgh 

Legends Classic 

18^th @ Washington State 

22^nd @ Mississippi State 

28^th Eastern Kentucky (first of two Legends Classic sub-regional games at Rothman Center for Knights)

30^th Akron 

 

Conference Rank: 27th

 

17. Fairleigh Dickinson (2006-07 Record: 14-16, 9-9 NEC)

Head coach: Tom Green

Returning Starters: 2- G Cameron Tyler (junior): 6’0”, 190; G Manny Ubilla (senior): 6’2”, 185

Roster

First Team All-Metro Area
G Jared Jordan (Senior-Marist)
G Loren Stokes (Senior-Hofstra)
G Antoine Agudio (Junior-Hofstra)
F Bryant Dunston (Junior-Fordham)
F Andre Harris (Senior-Fairleigh Dickinson)

Second Team All-Metro Area
G Carlos Rivera (Senior-Hofstra)
G Will Whittington (Senior-Marist)
F Robert Hines (Junior-St. Francis-NY)
F Anthony Mason, Jr. (Sophomore-St. John’s)
F Todd Sowell (Junior-St. Peter’s)

Third Team All-Metro Area
G Eugene Harvey (Freshman-Seton Hall)

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

FDU's Andre Harris is NEC Player of the Week

FDU's Ubilla is NEC Player of the Week.