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 on our nine campuses and provide links to previews, recaps, features and exclusive coverage.

Hartford men’s basketball coach John Gallagher and Albany women’s basketball head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson bring two different coaching styles, personalities and playbooks to work every day.

Abrahamson-Henderson’s Great Danes have a stranglehold on second place in the conference standings at 11-2 and the players have noticed tremendous change in the program. Gallagher and the Hawks struggled to start the season but currently sit in fifth place in the league standings thanks to a quick start in conference action. Gallagher says “it’s about the process.”

And the process is working for both programs resulting in two well-written feature stories about the changing landscape of Hartford men’s and Albany women’s basketball.

The Hartford Courant was granted unlimited access to the Hawk program in late January for an in-depth feature on the team and its coach, a supremely energetic individual who likes to sing before games. Check out the full article on the transformation of the Hawks.

The success of the Albany women, meanwhile, has brought some bigger crowds to SEFCU Arena this season. In fact, Abrahamson-Henderson even hopped on the microphone at the end of Saturday’s Maine game to thank the fans for coming. Andrew Santillo featured the Albany women’s team over the weekend in the Troy Record.

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