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Niagara Purple Eagles
Location: Niagara University, N.Y. | Founded: 1856 | Enrollment: 3,800 | Colors: Purple and White
Coach: Joe Mihalich | Home Court: Gallagher Center | Capacity: 2,400

Record: (19-10, 12-6 MAAC)
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FINAL RECORD
19-10, 12-6 MAAC, 3rd place, lost in the quarterfinals of the MAAC tournament to Marist.

WHAT WENT RIGHT
Charron Fisher and a blend of helpers were in great shape for most of the year and looked like a strong contender to return to the NCAA Tournament by defending their title. But the Eagles were tripped up in the MAAC Tourney opener. Fisher, the No. 2 scorer in the country, was NOT the Player of the Year in the conference in the eyes of the coaches but this was a conference that also contained a fella named Jason Thompson.

WHAT WENT WRONG
Obviously, that loss to Marist. The Purple Eagles won seven of their last 10 games but couldn't get it done with their season on the line in Albany. Niagara was only ninth in the MAAC in defense and that's always a tough way to win; even though Joe Mihalich has done it before. Niagara was a 3-point shooting team (707 tries, second in the MAAC) that went 6-for-21 from behind the arc in the final game.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"The NIT has become really hard to get into. The other tournament? We're going to cross our fingers and hope. I hope we've done enough. But we just don't know." -- Niagara coach Joe Mihalich, before his team didn't get in to the CBI.

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Reputation:97
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Since:Dec 31, 2006

May 10, 2008 11:05 am

As the school year winds down, the recruiting news slowly starts to eke in.

It seems NU has scored a major coup with the signing of Austin Cooley from D.C.

He is reputed ot be a player who could have been recruited at the higher NCAA levels and can contribute as a freshman, although I'm hoping we don't need him to.

With Anthony Nelson and Ty Lewis, we have our ...(more)

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Since:Aug 14, 2006

April 19, 2008 11:42 pm
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March 26, 2008 7:14 am

A quality Siena win over Vanderbilt, which was a true 20 point win over a good SEC foe says a lot for the quality of play in the MAAC. This was obviously not a shared view, however, as Rider was passed up for the NIT. Ridiculous that this league can not get an NIT bid for their runner-up when they let sub .500 teams into that tourney.

It seems more and more that the NCAA is about the bi ...(more)

Reputation:94
Level:All-Star
Since:Jan 3, 2007

March 9, 2008 12:14 am

Finally Fisher is gone from this team.  Hodge, Benson and Gordon played like crap.

Can't wait to see Lewis, Nelson, Big Benson, Garrison and the kid from Villanova

They have no Front Court -  Fisher's a fat slob who won't play D and Hodge disappears in another big game.  Gordon shouldnt even be on the team he stinks.  Lack of depth and a ...(more)

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March 18, 2008 11:29 pm

A disappointing season ender, but overall really a successful season when you consider 4 starters were replaced. That's a tough job. Now, we have an interesting off-season with Joe Mihalich needing a big recruiting year in more ways than one. We need some size!

6'8" Eric Williams from Montreal has given a verbal commitment and the question is what do we have in Kashief Edwa ...(more)

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Since:Feb 14, 2007

March 3, 2008 11:56 am

Well, the Eagles land the #3 seed and get to play Marist in the Quarters late Saturday nite.  Not a great draw, but they'd probably have to beat Siena and Rider no matter what seed they got.  I think they got the toughest game in the quarters.

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March 1, 2008 9:48 am

It was a stretch to think we would win this one, but a fairly close first half was followed by a whipping in the second half. Still, though, the old axiom that "it's tough to beat a team a third time; might come into play if we get them in the finals, although if we slide to fourth it could be the semi's when we see Siena again.

In any event, this tourney could be a very wi ...(more)

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February 23, 2008 4:14 pm

Got a long time to get ready for this one, as do they.  Would be a huge huge win and put us in the driver seat so to speak but nothing is easy in this league. Would be a very huge win to win up there.  Siena will be the favorite in the MAAC tourney in their backyard and Rider get's a lot of pub with Thompson.  Hopefully Fisher stays under the radar and somebody else like Lewi ...(more)

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Since:Jan 3, 2007

February 19, 2008 6:42 pm

Hopefully we have a chance to go into a team we have nothing on and win.  Should be real hard to win.  We haven't been playing well lately yet getting some wins. Hopefully we aren't over confident.

GO NU

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