Copyright (c) 2013 AmericanEagle.com All rights reserved. http://www.umbcretrievers.com/ Men's Basketball en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:15:04 CST 60 Thursday, May 09, 2013 00:00 -0500 http://www.umbcretrievers.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=7997 The Team Thomas Boys Basketball Camps at UMBC are designed for players to develop their skills in all areas of the game of basketball. The Retriever coaches and players will be on hand to demonstrate and instruct not only the basics but also more advanced areas of the game. Two day camps will be held from June 17-21 and from June 24-28 and a weekend camp will take place from June 22-23. For more information, contact Brian Johnson at bjohn@umbc.edu or at 410-455-2864. Friday, April 26, 2013 00:00 -0500 http://www.umbcretrievers.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=7947 BALTIMORE- UMBC head men's basketball coach Aki Thomas is pleased to announce that four additional prospective student-athletes have signed National Letters-of-Intent with the Retrievers' program for the fall of 2013. Coach Thomas and his staff have added guards Rodney Elliott, Jr. and Bryan Harris and posts Devarick Houston and David Kadiri to the roster. They will join fall 2012 signees Will Darley and Charles Taylor, Jr. and walk-on Ben Grace to give the Retrievers seven new faces for the 2013-14 season. Sunday, March 10, 2013 00:00 -0500 http://www.umbcretrievers.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=7757 ALBANY-Defending America East champion Vermont broke a late 62-all tie with a critical 14-2 run and went on to defeat a gritty UMBC squad, 85-72, in the league semifinals held at SEFCU Arena. UMBC senior guard Ryan Cook scored a game-best 20 points in his final game. Classmates Brian Neller and Adrian Satchell also played key roles in the contest, as Neller scored 11 points and Satchell led UMBC with eight rebounds. Sunday, March 10, 2013 00:00 -0500 http://www.umbcretrievers.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=7754 For the fourth time in the last seven seasons, UMBC has advanced to the America East Tournament semifinals. The sixth-seeded Retrievers shot a season-best 54.5 percent from the floor and upset No. 3 Hartford, 69-62 in Saturday's quarterfinals. They will face nemesis Vermont- the No. 2 Catamounts defeated No. 7 UNH, 61-42, in the first quarterfinal of the day. Vermont holds a prohibitive 20-4 series lead and has won the last 11 meetings. Paul Mittermeier and Dan Levin have all the play-by-play action on Q1370/www.q1370.com. The game can be seen on ESPN3 and via the WatchESPN app on smartphones and tablets. Saturday, March 09, 2013 00:00 -0500 http://www.umbcretrievers.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=7753 ALBANY- The sixth-seeded UMBC Retrievers hit 15-of-19 second half field goal attempts and rallied to defeat No. 3 Hartford, 69-62, to advance to the America East semifinals for the fourth time in the last seven seasons. UMBC (8-22) to play No. 2 Vermont (20-10),a 61-42 winner over No. 7 New Hampshire at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Senior guards Ryan Cook (24) and Brian Neller (20) scored 44 of UMBC's 69 points. Friday, March 08, 2013 00:00 -0500 http://www.umbcretrievers.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=7748 UMBC senior guard Ryan Cook has been named to the America East Conference Second Team, it was announced on the eve of the league tournament. Cook becomes the 13th Retriever to earn a postseason America East All-Conference honor in ten years of league competition. He becomes UMBC's third consecutive second team honoree, following Chris De La Rosa in 2010-11 and Chase Plummer in 2011-12. Thursday, March 07, 2013 00:00 -0500 http://www.umbcretrievers.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=7738 UMBC will compete in its tenth America East Conference Tournament and opens play on Sat., March 9 as the sixth-seeded Retrievers take on the third-seeded Hartford Hawks at SEFCU Arena. Tip-off time will be 30 minutes after the noon tilt between No. 2 Vermont and No. 7 UNH. Paul Mittermeier and Dan Levin have all the play-by-play action on Q1370/www.q1370.com. The game can be seen on ESPN3 and via the WatchESPN app on smartphones and tablets. Monday, March 04, 2013 00:00 -0500 http://www.umbcretrievers.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=7727 BALTIMORE- Aki Thomas, acting head men's basketball coach at UMBC, has been appointed as the head coach of the program, Dr. Charles Brown, director of athletics, announced today. Thomas has served as acting head coach since Oct. 10, 2012, following five previous seasons as a Retrievers' assistant coach. Coach Thomas and his staff have led UMBC to more victories (7) and conference wins (5) than in any season since the 2008-09 campaign. Sunday, March 03, 2013 00:00 -0500 http://www.umbcretrievers.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=7722 BALTIMORE- UMBC senior guards Ryan Cook (Laurel, Md./Pallotti) and Brian Neller (Red Bank, N.J./Christian Bros. Acad.) starred on "Senior Day" for the Retrievers, scoring 41 of the team's 59 points as UMBC defeated Binghamton, 59-49, at the RAC Arena. The Retrievers (5-11 America East, 7-22) won a tie-breaker with New Hampshire and will be the No. 6 seed in the next weekend's America East Tournament at Albany. UMBC will face No. 3 Hartford at 2:00 p.m. on Sat., March 9 at Albany's SEFCU Arena. Saturday, March 02, 2013 00:00 -0500 http://www.umbcretrievers.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=7709 UMBC concludes its tenth season of America East Conference regular season play on Sunday, March 3 when they host Binghamton at the RAC Arena. UMBC would wrap up the No. 6 seed in next weekend's America East Conference Tournament with a victory over the Bearcats. UMBC Basketball will also celebrate its "Senior Day", as the Retrievers honor Ryan Cook, Brian Neller and Adrian Satchell before the contest which tips off at 2:10 p.m. Gary Stein and Paul Mittermeier have all the play-by-play action on Q1370/www.q1370.com and streaming is available at www.umbcretrievers.tv.