Basketball

Men's basketball will return to the floor to begin the 2010-11 season when they travel up to Connecticut to take on perennial power UConn November 12. The Seawolves kick off the home schedule with a 2:00pm game against Mount Ida on November 14.

Two of the Independent's wannabe NBA experts break down the first round of this year's playoffs.

Michael Kelly breaks down the Eastern Conference's first round series, telling you how each team can win and advance.

Raimundo Ortiz breaks down the Western Conference's first round series, telling you how each team can win and advance.

A report earlier today said Holy Cross was looking to bring Stony Brook men's head basketball coach, Steve Pikiell, to fill their vacant position. The Seawolves' athletic department said the report was false.

Back in the fall, we wrote a pretty epic NBA preview that contained more information and analysis than anyone really cared to read. Well, we are back. Buckle up.

In front of a packed crowd, Stony Brook was almost able to pull off the upset against the Illinois Fighting Illini, falling 76-66. While the Seawolves’ dream season came to an end, it was not before putting a major scare into their Big Ten-reared foe and earning some respect along the way.

Stony Brook will play host to Illinois of the Big Ten in their NIT matchup. Muhammad El-Amin, the America East player of the year, will try and lead the upstart Seawolves past the NCAA Tournament-snubbed Fighting Illini in front of what is expected to be a sold-out crowd in the Stony Brook Arena. Tip is set for Wednesday at 9 P.M.

The National Invitational Tournament (NIT) released its tournament schedule today, pitting the Stony Brook men’s basketball team against the University of Illinois at 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the Stony Brook Arena and will be broadcasted on ESPNU. The Seawolves (22-9, 13-3), an America East Conference team ranked eighth in the NIT, will be meeting the Illinois Fighting Illini (19-14, 10-8), a Big Ten Conference team ranked first in the NIT, for the first time in school history.

The Seawolves get 19 points from Kirsten Jeter, and 11 from Misha Horsey, but it s not enough to take down the top-seeded Hartford Hawks, who advanced to the finals where they will meet the No. 2 Vermont Catamounts.

RIGHT NOW: Stony Brook is down against Boston 61-60 with 2:35 left in the game. First up, the No. 1 Stony Brook Seawolves look to move on to the championship, but the No. 4 Boston University Terriers have other ideas. After these two, the No. 2 Vermont Catamounts will take on the No. 6 New Hampshire Wildcats.

RIGHT NOW: No. 1 Hartford defeats No. 4 Stony Brook by a score of 65-43. Vermont defeated Boston University earlier in the day, 69-52.

Stony Brook's semifinal opponent Hartford boasts two of the league's best players in Diana Delva and Erica Beverly. The Seawolves will face a big test when the teams step on the court.

The top-seeded Stony Brook Seawolves face the Boston University Terriers tomorrow at 5 P.M. in the semifinals. The Terriers are coming off of an 87-46 thrashing of the Hartford Hawks.

As the Stony Brook men's basketball team looks to make good on their number one seed, the Independent is there covering the action. Inside are all the links to the coverage thus far of the men's tournament.