Hartford’s Second Trip To Quinnipiac Better Than First
Score one for not taking performances in early-season games too much to heart, I guess. When they came into the TD Bank Sports Center on Nov. 14, Hartford was full of pith and confidence, picked second...
View ArticleThree Thoughts: Yale 69, Hartford 57
For a nine-minute span to start the second half, Yale showed why Hartford coach John Gallagher was able to say afterward, “I know people are going to say Harvard, but I think Yale is the best...
View ArticleThree Thoughts: Central Connecticut 56, Hartford 47
Howie Dickenman, at 68 years young, has been dealt some tough hands the last couple of seasons at Central Connecticut. This, his 19th at the table with CCSU, looked like it could hold some winning...
View ArticleThree Thoughts: Hartford 69, Binghamton 59
Always positive after games, Hartford coach John Gallagher did his best impression of Lou Holtz at Notre Dame after Wednesday night’s 69-59 victory over Binghamton at the Chase Family Arena. Holtz, if...
View ArticleThree Thoughts: Hartford 68, UMass Lowell 62 (OT)
There are few positive things that come from being ineligible for the NCAA Tournament for a Division I basketball coach, but one of them might be a little ease on the pressure that most of their other...
View ArticleThree Thoughts: Albany 62, Hartford 53
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, and Albany just may be the team to beat in America East with or without Peter Hooley. For the second time in four days, the Great Danes went on the road...
View ArticleAmerica East Stock Watch: Feb. 3
Albany, whose 9-0 start in conference is no fluke, has won 12 of their last 13 games, their only loss being a game at Niagara where head coach Will Brown said his team’s flu symptoms helped create the...
View ArticleThree Thoughts: Stony Brook 74, Hartford 59
Mark Nwakamma came out to jump center on Senior Night Saturday just as he had for almost every game of his collegiate career for Hartford. Only when the referee tossed the ball, Nwakamma didn’t even...
View ArticleJohn Gallagher Preparing To Have Mark Nwakamma For Quarterfinal
As Hartford prepares for the America East playoff matchup at New Hampshire, head coach John Gallagher is adamant that senior Mark Nwakamma will be on the floor on Wednesday night. Hartford hopes to...
View ArticleHartford’s Gallagher Thankful For Standard Set By Seniors
This was not how it was supposed to unfold for Hartford’s John Gallagher in year five. His senior laden team, ranked third in the preseason, struggled to score and live up to lofty in-conference...
View ArticleHartford Rounds Out Staff With Ivo Simovic, Donnie Carr
Hartford head coach John Gallagher made his final additions to his bench for the 2015-16 season. For a school that has remade its entire group of assistant coaches, Gallagher went abroad to make his...
View ArticleAwards and Observations From the Connecticut 6 Basketball Event
College basketball is finally upon us and I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the Connecticut 6 (CT6) basketball tournament, an event that allows the 6 mid-major Division I teams from the Nutmeg...
View ArticleHartford’s John Carroll Ruled Out For The Season
Hartford confirmed the worst for John Carroll on Saturday, ruling the sophomore out for the season after he suffered what appeared to be a right knee injury on Tuesday. Hartford sophomore John Carroll...
View ArticleQuinnipiac 68, Hartford 66: Growing Pains For Inexperienced Teams
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – The ball moved quickly, everyone seemed to touch it, extra passes were made, and – most importantly – shots were falling as Quinnipiac was rolling Tuesday night at intrastate...
View ArticleHoly Cross 90, Hartford 68: Injuries Doom Hawks
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Bill Carmody and turnovers don’t get along much. So much so that Carmody’s Northwestern teams – even against Big 10 competition – did a remarkable job of not giving the ball away...
View ArticleStony Brook 77, Hartford 43: Seawolves Doing All They Can Right Now
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – The problem for Stony Brook when it comes to this part of the season is no matter what they do, people will come back with, “Well, it’s not March yet, is it?” We’ve gone over the...
View ArticlePancake Thomas Providing Instant Impact At Hartford
Cleveland ‘Pancake’ Thomas received his release from New Mexico on April 23, 2014 and he knew exactly where he wanted to transfer to.The 6’3” guard had visited Hartford on his fourth official visit,...
View ArticleUMass Lowell 85, Hartford 83: Size Not Stopping River Hawks
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – If you walked into Chase Family Arena with five minutes left in Wednesday’s game between UMass Lowell and Hartford, you’d be excused for thinking you’d stumbled upon a high...
View ArticleAmerica East Quarterfinal Recap – Hartford’s Stunner
The start of the America East tournament was defined by a major stunner in Albany as the Hartford Hawks dethroned the three-time tournament champion Great Danes. Stony Brook senior Jameel Warney needed...
View ArticleMonmouth Aware of Message Hartford Sent In Albany
ALBANY, N.Y. — Monmouth head coach King Rice made sure to tell his team of what happened just two days ago, just under five miles away at SEFCU Arena. The Hawks entered Friday night as the top seed and...
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