Basketball

Men’s basketball has big plans for upcoming season

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

JORDAN PURVIS Special to The Leader Last season the men’s basketball team finished with a record of 10-15 and failed to reach the SUNYAC playoffs. The team hasn’t been to the playoffs since the 2012-2013 season. Surely, getting back to the playoffs will be the team’s top priority for......

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The search for a new athletic director quickly wrapping up

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

AVRIL KING Social Media Manager Since 1997, SUNY Fredonia has known one person as the athletic director. Greg Prechtl was a Fredonia graduate with the class of 1969. He went on to serve as the head coach of the men’s basketball team for 23 seasons, and he eventually took the......

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A sit down with Ian Helps

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

QUINTIN JAMES Staff Writer Coming into his senior season at Fredonia, forward Ian Helps has not only become the best player on the men’s basketball team, but he has become a leader. It has been three years of learning and getting better and, now in his senior season, he’s......

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Delta Chi to host annual charity event

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017August 16, 2019

October 11, 2017August 16, 2019

VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Special to The Leader On Oct. 12, Delta Chi will be hosting their annual event Miss Delta Chi. “It is a philanthropy event that we put on,” said Delta Chi vice president and political science major Nakib Kabir. “It started about eight years ago. It’s a pageant that......

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Greg Catalano: Family first, team second

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017August 18, 2019

October 11, 2017August 18, 2019

AVRIL KING Social Media Manager Most athletes will agree that the best part of an away competition is the food. So when the Fredonia women’s tennis team entered a restaurant after a tough match, naturally, they were all excited. A few minutes later, when an older couple came into the......

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March Madness: First weekend in the books: NCAA field of 68 trimmed to 16

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 22, 2017

March 22, 2017

CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor The NCAA tournament selection committee screwed up in grand fashion last weekend when selecting the field of 68, and in doing so, they’ve gotten exactly what they wanted. The first two rounds are in the books and the field has dwindled down to 16. The......

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March Madness 2017: NCAA bracket filled with question marks

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 16, 2017

March 16, 2017

CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor Every year the NCAA tournament selection committee leaves fans of March Madness scratching their heads at a selection of one team or an admission of another. 2017 is no different. Let’s go through and see what the committee got wrong this time around. Teams who made......

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The Madness is beginning: NCAA gears up for the big dance

Contributor to The LeaderMarch 8, 2017

March 8, 2017

CURTIS HENRY Sports Editor When Northwestern topped Michigan last week in their penultimate game of the regular season, it was not an elimination game. That said, the miraculous buzzer-beater that the Wildcats made following an impossible full-court pass with two seconds on the game clock certainly felt like the......

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Women’s basketball clinches playoff berth once more

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 22, 2017

February 22, 2017

QUINTIN JAMES Staff Writer The Fredonia women’s basketball team had one more game on the schedule this week before it started the playoffs, and the mood in the locker room was very upbeat. Before their season finale against Buffalo State, head coach Linda MacDonald said her team is taking......

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Men’s basketball split final two home games

Contributor to The LeaderFebruary 15, 2017

February 15, 2017

QUINTIN JAMES Staff Writer Coming off a weekend in which they split two important road conference games, the Fredonia men’s basketball came home to play their final two home games of the season. Fredonia needed to win and have some help from other SUNYAC teams to keep up in the......

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Men’s basketball has big plans for upcoming season

The search for a new athletic director quickly wrapping up

A sit down with Ian Helps

Delta Chi to host annual charity event

Greg Catalano: Family first, team second

March Madness: First weekend in the books: NCAA field of 68 trimmed to 16

March Madness 2017: NCAA bracket filled with question marks

The Madness is beginning: NCAA gears up for the big dance

Women’s basketball clinches playoff berth once more

Men’s basketball split final two home games