The NCAA Tournament is underway and day one did not disappoint. The theme of the week so far: you can’t just bring your name, you have to bring your game. We’ll be tracking Friday’s best all day long and updating you throughout. If you missed some of today’s action and want to see which players helped their teams advance to the next round or pull off the major upset, be sure to check back throughout the night. [Read more…]
Underdog? Great Danes always stand tall. After dropping a pair of regular-season meetings with Vermont, fourth-seeded Albany surprised the Catamounts when it counted most – in the America East Conference Championship on Saturday. Senior guard Jacob Iati drained a pair of late treys to lift the Great Danes to a 53-49 victory in Burlington and their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2007. Need more facts about the Capital Region contingent? Here are five on the house: 1. The Great Danes picked up their 11th