The Northeastern men’s basketball team had its most successful November in program history with five wins. After taking down Boston University and Florida State University in the opening week of the season, the Huskies (5-2) enjoyed another successful stretch over the past fortnight.
The Northeastern men’s basketball team got off to a strong start this season, taking down Boston University (BU) over the weekend before upsetting Florida State University (FSU) mid-week.
Depth wasn’t supposed to be an issue coming into the season, but the Northeastern men’s basketball team will be playing without yet another guard from last year’s squad.
After three seasons playing for the Huskies, senior guard Demetrius Pollard has left the basketball program for unknown reasons. He is still enrolled at the university and plans on graduating, but will not be with the team as it prepares to open its season against Boston University at the TD Garden on Nov. 16.
By Jake Fischer, News Staff
The men’s basketball team fell to the University of Delaware in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) conference tournament on Sunday, 87-74, ending its season one day after the Huskies defeated Drexel University in the tournament’s first round.
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The Northeastern front court continued to impress spectators in San Juan on Friday in the Huskies 86-77 loss to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the semifinal round of the Puerto Rico Tip-off.
Coach Bill Coen got arguably the most impressive non-conference win of his career Thursday as the Huskies upset the Georgetown University Hoyas 63-56 at Robert Clemente Coliseum in the quarterfinal round of the Puerto Rico Tip-off.
Junior Demetrius Pollard and Northeastern basketball coach Bill Coen had a one-on-one conversation the day before Sunday’s homecoming game against Central Connecticut State University in Cabot Gym.
It may only be his second game in a Husky jersey but redshirt junior Scott Eatherton’s play is already up there with the better Northeastern centers in recent years.
Sophomore Zach Stahl’s career highs in both points,16, and rebounds, eight, weren’t enough to stop the rapid Boston University Terriers in Northeastern’s opening day loss in the Coaches vs. Cancer classic at the TD Garden Sunday afternoon.
The saying, “you can’t teach height,” is nearly as old as the game of basketball itself. During the Northeastern men’s basketball team’s run to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) regular season title last March, the Huskies dominated their conference opponents to the tune of a 14-4 record despite ranking last in the league in rebounding margin.
Few NBA arenas house more history than Boston’s TD Garden. From the signature of legendary Celtics coach and president Red Auerbach emblazoned on the parquet to the 17 championship banners suspended from the rafters, the Garden is a shrine to one of the greatest franchises in all of sports.
