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June
12
Standout guard Rivera will return for senior season
All-district player withdraws
name from NBA Draft, will help Bearcats defend America East title
in 2009-10
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June
4
Coach Broadus given contract extension through the 2013-14 season
Reigning America East Coach
of the Year guided Bearcats to historic season in 2008-09
[more...] |
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May
7
Former standout Gordon signs professional contract in Germany
Program's all-time assists
and steals leader will begin first pro season in late July
[more...] |
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May
6
Rivera named BU's "Athlete of the Year"
[more...] |
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April
30
Rivera declares for NBA Draft
Junior standout D.J.
Rivera files paperwork for "early entry" status
but is expected to return for senior season.
[more...] |
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April
10
Bearcats ranked No. 22 in final CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major
Top 25 poll
Highest ranking in program
history comes at conclusion of record-breaking 23-9 season
[Mid-Major poll...] |
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March
19
BU outshoots No. 2 Duke but second-half run sparks Blue Devils
to 86-62 win in NCAA first round game
Rivera nets game-high 20 points;
Mayben and Fuller add 13 and 12 points respectively. Bearcats
(23-9) conclude historic season.
[more...]
[Postgame
quotes...] |
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March 18
BU meets media, practices in 22,404-seat Greensboro Coliseum
Duke Coach Krzyzewski says
his fifth-ranked Blue Devils have "prepared for Binghamton
just like we did for any team in the ACC tournament. That's the
respect we have for them... They are a confident team ... they're
not going to be in awe of us."
Duke has the highest NCAA Tournament
win percentage in the history of college basketball (86-29, .748).
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March
17
BU travels to Greensboro to prepare for NCAA game on Thursday
BU will practice, meet media
on Wednesday
[Press & Sun-Bulletin coverage...]
March 15
Bearcats draw ACC champion Duke in NCAA first round
BU (23-8) receives 15th seed,
will face second-seeded Blue Devils (28-6) Thursday night in
Greensboro, N.C.
Tip-off is 30 minutes following
No. 7 Texas-No. 10 Minnesota game at 7:10 p.m.
[more...]
[Binghamton
NCAA game notes...]
[Broadusville...] |
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March
14
Bearcats hold off UMBC 61-51 to claim first-ever America East
Championship and NCAA Tournament berth
BU (23-8) wins 11th consecutive
game in front of school-record sellout crowd of 5,342 and ESPN2
audience. Bearcats will await site and opponent for historic
NCAA Tournament appearance.
[more...] |
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March
11
Rivera named to Foxsports.com Mid-Major All-America Team
Junior guard among five players chosen for elite national
honor
[more...] |
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March
10
Bearcats ranked No. 24 in CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25
poll
BU (22-8) earns first-ever national ranking, will host UMBC
in America East championship game Saturday at Events Center
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March
8
Rivera heroics lifts top-seeded Bearcats over No. 4 New Hampshire
72-67
BU (22-8) will host UMBC in America East championship game
Saturday at Events Center
[more...]
[championship
ticket information...]
[WBNG-TV
video...] |
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March
7
No. 1 Bearcats advance with 73-65 win over No. 9 Hartford in
America East quarterfinals
Bearcats (21-8) win eighth straight and 11th of last 12 games,
steamroll into Sunday semifinals.
Junior guard Malik
Alvin scores season-high 29 points, junior guard Emanuel
Mayben adds 21.
[more...]
[AE
Championship Central...] |
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March 6
Broadus named America
East Coach of the Year. Rivera, Mayben earn second team all-conference
honors; Fuller selected to third team and all-defensive team
[more...]
[WBNG-TV
video...]
March 5
Postseason honors begin
to pour in for Rivera. Junior standout earns NABC All-District
recognition. Also voted America East Fans' Choice Player of the
Year
[more...]
[America
East release...]
March 5
Bearcats host media
before departing for Albany [News10
video...]
[Newschannel
34 video...]
[Press
& Sun-Bulletin article...]
[postseason
game notes...]
February 26
Bearcats topple UMBC
71-51 to clinch regular season title, top seed for tournament
[more...]
[tournament
bracket...]
[America
East Championship Central...]
[photo
gallery...]
[WBNG-TV
highlights...]
[News
10 Now highlights...]...[Follow
up]
[Fox
40 highlights...]
February 22
Bearcats survive New
Hampshire in overtime 70-69
[more...] |
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