New for the 2011-2012 seasons, the America East Daily Word, a collaboration between AmericaEast.com and AExtra, will recap the previous day's games and on goings from our nine campuses and provide links to previews, recaps, features and exclusive coverage.
When
Columbia and Yale squared off in men’s basketball, it wasn’t any ordinary game.
It was brother against brother as James and Joe Jones matched wits on the
sidelines.
Joe
and his brother won’t be coaching against each other this season at least, but
Boston U. fans are happy about that because Joe is now calling the shots for
the Terrier men as they begin a quest for back-to-back NCAA Tournament
appearances.
Michael
Vega of the Boston Globe wrote a feature about Jones today detailing his roots
as a coach all the way from high school through his tenures as an assistant at
Villanova and Boston College, the head man at Columbia and now to the helm of
the defending America East champions. The feature looks into the reasons Jones
was brought in to replace Pat Chambers, who accepted the head coaching position
at Penn State, and what will make him successful in Boston.
One
reason he will be successful is because he’s got a strong group of returning
players who gave Kansas all it could handle in the Dance last year. That
includes preseason all-conference selection Daryl Partin.
The
Terriers will be tested early on this season, opening up at home against
Northeastern before heading to Texas to take on the Longhorns.
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