May 2013
1 post
Bucknell releases 2013-14 non-conference schedule
It’s the earliest in a long while we can remember the Bison having their schedule set. And it is surprisingly tough for a school which just lost as many key pieces as Bucknell did.
Often, coaches will schedule based on the talent they have back, opting for a more challenging slate when they have a veteran team, going a little lighter when they have youngsters in need of seasoning. The...
March 2013
36 posts
Bucknell's Paulsen gets 5-year extension
BUCKNELL PRESS RELEASE:
BUCKNELL MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH DAVE PAULSEN INKS NEW FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT
Bison Mentor Has Led Team to Three Straight Postseason Appearances
LEWISBURG, Pa. – After guiding the Bucknell men’s basketball program through its winningest three-year stretch in program history, head coach Dave Paulsen signed a new five-year contract today, director of athletics and...
Bucknell's big run not enough to overcome Butler's...
By CHRIS A. COUROGEN Hoop Time Editor
For about seven minutes Thursday afternoon, Bucknell looked as good as it has in any stretch this season.
Shots were falling. The defense was getting stops. Loose balls and rebounds were attracted to the Bison’s hands like disco dancers to a mirror ball.
Unfortunately, their second round NCAA Tournament contest against Butler was 40 minutes long. The...
Bucknell-Butler live gameblog -- replay
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POSTGAME AUDIO: Bucknell coach Dave Paulsen,...
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ESPN 92.3 SPORTSCENTER Pregame Report — For...
Calm before the storm -- Our Thursday morning...
GAMEDAY LIVE! Bucknell vs. Butler
Can’t watch the game at work? Can watch, but without the sound, or without any commentary? Then join us for our live Bucknell-Butler coverage
We’ll be live Thursday from courtside at Rupp Arena as Bucknell takes on Butler in the 2013 NCAA Tournament.
Our live interactive gameblog will get underway at 12:30 p.m.. Just click here to enter the Gamenight LIVE! site. You can go there now and...
Wednesday afternoon readaround - a little...
Hoop Time Notebook: This is not Bucknell's 1st...
By CHRIS A. COUROGEN Hoop Time Editor
The Bucknell team that arrived in Lexington, Ky. last night to prepare for its NCAA Tournament matchup with Butler arrived with a very different mindset than the Bison who arrived in Washington, D.C. two years ago to face Connecticut.
Three sophomores were key members of that 2011 team are back to lead the Bison in the school’s fourth appearance in...
AUDIO: Butler coach Brad Stevens meets the media...
AUDIO: Butler players Andrew Smith and Rotnei...
AUDIO: Bucknell coach Dave Paulsen meets the media...
AUDIO: Bucknell players Bryson Johnson, Joe...
Wednesday morning readaround: It's Moose mania
Tuesday morning Bucknell-Butler readaround
2013 Hoop Time bracket Challenge
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We have always run Hoop Time on a public broadcasting sort of model, depending on donations from our readers rather than charging for subscriptions.
It’s been a while since the last time we made an appeal for your support. Our last “pledge drive” was several seasons ago.
But if you would like the kind of Bucknell coverage you’ve come to expect here for the NCAA Tournament, we could use your...
Scouting Butler
Moose tracks path back to NCAA Tournament for...
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By CHRIS A. COUROGEN Hoop Time Editor
Early in the game, with Mike Muscala struggling to touch the ball on offense, much less score, the throng of Lafayette students packed into the south end bleachers at Sojka Pavilion were feeling mighty festive.
“Overrated,” they chanted after Muscala fumbled a pass and turned the ball over. “Overrated.”
And no doubt it was fun while it lasted for those...
POSTGAME AUDIO: Lafayette coach Fran...
Lafayette completes season sweep of Lehigh to...
LAFAYETTE 82, LEHIGH 69 Key Stats: After an 0-for-5 start, Lafayette went on an 11-1 run to take an 18-14 lead midway through the first half and never trailed, advancing to the Patriot League final for the third time in four years … Lafayette is now 8-0 all-time in Patriot League Tournament games played in its Kirby Sports Center … Leopards shot 44.4% from field, Lehigh 46.8%, but...
Bucknell holds off upstart Army's challenge
By CHRIS A. COUROGEN Hoop Time Editor
Coaches are prone to cliché. Sometimes you have to take what they say with the proverbial grain of salt.
But when Dave Paulsen likened B ucknell’s 78-70 semifinal win over Army to a “prizefight,” it was no bullshit.
For the better part of 40 minutes Saturday evening, the two clubs stood toe-to-toe slugging it out. There were even a trio of judges...
POSTGAME AUDIO: Bucknell coach Dave Paulsen,...
POSTGAME AUDIO: Army Coach Zach Spiker, players...
Chalk holds in opening round as Bucknell, Lehigh...
ARMY 65, AMERICAN 44 Key Stats: The Black Knights (16-14) used defense to secure their first winning season since 1985, holding American (10-20) to 30.9% (17-of-55) shooting from the field … AU lost in the first round of the Patriot League Tournament for the first time … Eagles were 1-of-11 from the three-point arc and just 9-of-16 at the free throw line … Good news for AU: just...
Lafayette makes HC's trip to Easton an exercise in...
By CHRIS A. COUROGEN Hoop Time Editor
Hard to say which was worse Wednesday night in Holy Cross’ season-ending 77-54 shellacking at the hands of Lafayette.
Was it the Crusaders offense, which managed to connect on just 18 of the 52 shots they put up. Or the defense, which allowed Lafayette to knock down 28 buckets, half of them from the three-point line.
Truth be told, the flaws on...
POSTGAME AUDIO: Lafayette coach Fran...
POSTGAME AUDIO: Holy Cross coach Milan Brown,...
Weekend wrapup: Bucknell, Lafayette, HC end...
BUCKNELL 62, NAVY 46 Key Stats: Mike Muscala’s string of 33 straight double figures scoring games ended but Bucknell (25-5, 12-2 Patriot) put away Navy (8-22, 2-12) with relative ease anyhow in a preview of a Wednesday night opening round Patriot League Tournament game … Muscala played just 23 minutes, going 3-5 FG, for 9 points while grabbing 7 rebounds … No word if it was...
Greiner steals show, leads Lehigh past Army for...
By CHRIS A. COUROGEN Hoop Time Editor
Army’s Ella Ellis was sublime Saturday afternoon.
With his team about the be run out of Lehigh’s Stabler Arena, he willed the Black Knights into the game, scoring 8 of his game-high 30 points in the stretch where Army cut Lehigh’s lead from 16 to zero.
There was just one problem for Zach Spiker’s fresh-faced youngsters from West...
POSTGAME AUDIO: Army coach Zach Spiker on the...
POSTGAME AUDIO: Lehigh’s Holden Greiner and...
POSTGAME AUDIO: Lehigh coach Dr. Brett Reed on the...
February 2013
31 posts
Lafayette, Army, Lehigh each win to keep hopes for...
ARMY 69, HOLY CROSS 62 Key Stats: Among the things they don’t mention in the Holy Cross Web site recap of the Crusaders loss to Army: HC (11-17, 3-10 Patriot) has now lost 9 of 10 in league play, a low never accomplished, even in the Bill Raynor era or the Sean Kearney experiment … They have been swept by Army (15-13, 8-5) for the first time ever in a season series (remember they were...
Muscala, Ayers get it done on both ends as...
By CHRIS A. COUROGEN Hoop Time Editor
For the third game in a row, Mike Muscala managed only single digit rebounds.
His six boards against American on Wednesday night matched his fewest against a Division I foe all season.
After posting 19 double-doubles in Bucknell’s first 25 games, the Minnesota Moose has now gone three in a row without getting number 20.
Is Muscala in some sort of a...
POSTGAME AUDIO: Bucknell coach Dave Paulsen,...
POSTGAME AUDIO: American U. coach Jeff Jones on...
Second half rallies give Lafayette, Colgate wins
LAFAYETTE 79, LEHIGH 71 Key Stats: Remember back earlier in the season when one of those interesting little notes folks bandied about dealt with how there had not been a second-half lead change in a Patriot League game? Those days are long gone, at least in Easton. For the third straight game Lafayette rallied to a win after trailing at the half, this time knocking off archrival Lehigh to complete...
Holy Cross has no answer for Muscala, Bison
By CHRIS A. COUROGEN Hoop Time Editor
There was some good news Sunday afternoon for the Holy Cross Crusaders. Navy blew a halftime lead and lost again.
The Midshipmen’s setback at Colgate means HC is still one-game ahead of Navy in the race to stay out of the Patriot League cellar.
That means the Crusaders are less likely to have to return to Bucknell for the first round of the Patriot...
POSTGAME AUDIO: Bucknell coach Dave Paulsen on the...
POSTGAME AUDIO: Bucknell players Mike Muscala, Joe...
POSTGAME AUDIO: Holy Cross Coach Milan Brown,...
Army shoots past American U, takes control of 4th...
ARMY 72, AMERICAN 58 Key Stats: Guess which team is the hottest team in the Patriot League? Hint: not Bucknell, Lehigh or Lafayette … Army’s win over American was its fourth in a row, the longest active win streak in the league … Army (14-13, 7-5 Patriot) can clinch a home game in the firrst round of the tournament with a win in either of its two remaining games, or a loss by...
Lafayette rallies, Navy wins and Army takes over...
ARMY 77, COLGATE 63 Key Stats: The Black Knights of the Hudson ar eclosing in on what would be their first first-rund home game in the Patriot League Tournament since the league moved to its current home court of the highest seed format … The win gives Army (13-13 overall, 6-5 Patriot League) sole possession of fourth place in the PL standings … It was Army’s third straight...
Round 2 goes to Bucknell
By CHRIS A. COUROGEN Hoop Time Editor
If Lehigh ends up playing on the road in the Patriot League final, especially if they end up losing at Bucknell, Monday night’s 61-55 loss to the visiting Bison will end up being Dr. Brett Reed’s fish story.
That is to say, this was the big one that got away.
Playing in front of an enthusiastic crowd that was bigger than Stabler Arena has seen...
POSTGAME AUDIO: Lehigh coach Dr. Brett Reed on the...