Coach Norm Robert’s continued tenure at St. John’s University has been a topic much discussed during this season. Many observers thought the performance of the Red Storm during the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden this week would be the deciding factor, but the answer is still not completely clear.  The 17 victories the [...]

New York –  Cinderella almost continued its run towards college basketball relevance today, but not quite. St. Johns University, once among the titans of the sport but having fallen on hard times in recent years, had defeated Connecticut handily yesterday to move into the second round of the Big East Championships. [...]

New York – Tonight, Norm Roberts can rest a little easier. As many games as St. Johns has lost under his tutelage against teams the Red Storm never used to lose to, today’s convincing blowout of the University of Connecticut in the opening round of the Big East Championship tournament at [...]

The Fordham Rams women’s basketball team (8-21. 2-12) ended the 2009-10 regular season with a loss to Xavier (24-3, 14-0), the nation’s fifth ranked team. The long season had its ups and downs for the Bronx squad. The players enjoyed a visit to Cancun, Mexico, hosted a holiday tournament on the Rose Hill campus in [...]

Although the Fordham Rams men’s basketball team (2-23, 0-13) is nearing the conclusion of an extremely unsuccessful season, one of its freshman players has already become an impact player. Chris Gaston, a freshman from the state of New Jersey, has received Atlantic-10 honors as Rookie of the Week four times this season. His [...]

Last week, Rob Orellana, the director of the Canarias Basketball Academy, located in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, one of the Canary Islands, led a delegation of students and staff on a week-long visit to the East Coast of the United States. This was the second annual visit to the United States for senior students [...]

Anyone watching the Charlotte (17-5, 7-1)-Fordham (2-18, 0-8)  contest at the Rose Hill Gym on Saturday afternoon would have been surprised to find out that Charlotte was on top of Atlantic-10 standings and that Fordham was winless and in last place. The two clubs engaged in a competitive struggle that was tied with 1:11 remaining [...]

NEW YORK -  Rayner Moquete was in his dorm room Tuesday evening on the south lawn at Rose University on Rose Hill.  The freshman guard from Santo Domingo joined the Rams roster on December 26th got a call from interim head coach Jared Grasso. He would getting the start Wednesday evening when Fordham hosted [...]

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – The recent stench emanating from the Hofstra University men’s basketball team was a strong one, both figuratively and literally.
After losing five straight to close out the first half of a conference schedule which included only two Colonial Athletic Association wins, both against last-place Towson (4-16, 1-9 CAA), the Pride (10-12, 3-7) was [...]

The Temple Owls (17-3, 5-0) retained the only undefeated record in the Atlantic-10 Conference after defeating the Fordham Rams (2-16, 0-6), 62-45 in a conference contest at the Rose Hill Gym in the Bronx on Saturday afternoon. The defeat, although not unexpected, was a disappointment for the large crowd of Fordham rooters. Many of the [...]