Feb 17 2019
By Justin Zackal If the PAC men’s basketball tournament represents the regular season, there will be a lot of close games. Only four wins separated the second- through seventh-place teams and at times during the season only one or two wins separated the entire field behind top-seeded Saint Vincent. “We knew every game was going …
Feb 17 2019
By Justin Zackal Five times since 2011, the Saint Vincent women’s basketball team entered the PAC tournament as the second seed, but the Bearcats are finally the top seed and host of the semifinal and finals rounds this year. Former league member Thomas More earned hosting rights each year since 2007, but now Saint Vincent …
Nov 25 2018
By Justin Zackal Two men’s basketball coaches in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference referred to the league as “wide open” this year and the coach of the team predicted to win the PAC, Saint Vincent’s D.P. Harris, mentioned the word “retooling” multiple times when assessing his team’s offseason. Yep, the only thing that is for certain …
Nov 20 2018
By Justin Zackal There’s often been a tacit acknowledgment of “Yes, after Thomas More” when people talk about the closely contested women’s basketball games in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. That’s because no other team has won the league since 2006 and the Saints were outscoring their PAC opponents by an average of more than 40 …