UMBC Retrievers Men's Basketball

3/9/2009

Information for America East Men's Basketball Championship Game (Updated March 11, 9:00 p.m.)

Student tickets for the America East men�s basketball championship game, featuring UMBC at Binghamton University, will go on sale at the UMBC Commons Information Desk at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, March 9. The ticket price is $10.00. The title game will take place at the BU Events Center on the campus of Binghamton University at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 14. A valid UMBC ID must be presented to purchase these tickets. Bus transportation will be provided for students free of charge. All other Retriever fans may purchase tickets and bus transportation to the game via the online ticketing site. The address is http://retrievernet.umbc.edu/basketball. We have extended the time to purchase student tickets to the championship game. We will be selling tickets from the Commons information desk until 5pm Thursday.

3/8/2009

Men's Basketball Edges Albany; Will Compete at Binghamton for America East Conference Title on Saturday, March 14

Albany, N.Y.�Senior guard Jay Greene (Whitehall, Pa.) scored 29 points, leading sixth-seeded UMBC to a 64-58 win over host Albany in the America East Conference semifinals, propelling the Retrievers to their second consecutive league championship game. UMBC (15-16), the defending tournament champions, will play top-seeded Binghamton (22-8) at the BU Events Center on Saturday, March 14 at 11:00 a.m. The Retrievers are the second sixth-seeded team in league history to make the finals�Vermont did so in 2006 before falling to Albany.

3/7/2009

Proctor Nets Career-High 33, Leads Retrievers to Come-From-Behind Overtime Win in America East Quarterfinals; Host Albany Up Next for UMBC

Albany, N.Y.�UMBC senior forward Darryl Proctor (District Heights, Md.) scored a career-high 33 points, including a 12-foot fade-away jumper with 2.5 seconds remaining to send the game to overtime, where the Retrievers prevailed, 79-75, over Boston University in the America East quarterfinals. The sixth-seeded Retrievers advance to take on host Albany, as the seventh-seeded and host Great Danes knocked off co-favorite, No. 2 Vermont, 56-52, in overtime in the first quarterfinal of the day at SEFCU Arena.

3/6/2009

Proctor, Greene, Fry Earn America East Honors

Albany, N.Y.� UMBC senior forward Darryl Proctor (District Heights, Md.) was named to the America East All-Conference First Team, while senior guard Jay Greene (Whitehall, Pa.) was selected to the Second Team, the league announced Friday morning at its annual men�s basketball awards banquet at the University at Albany. In addition, junior Justin Fry (New Bloomfield, Pa.) earned All-Academic Team recognition, becoming the first Retriever men�s basketball player to earn that honor in four years of the award.

3/3/2009

Quick Facts for 2009 America East Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2009 America East Conference Men�s Basketball Tournament will be hosted by the University at Albany at the 4,600-seat SEFCU Arena from Friday, March 6-Sunday, March 8. Support the Retrievers as they attempt to defend their conference crown!

3/1/2009

Gilliam Helps Send Seniors Out With Victory; Scores 19 Points in Men's Basketball's 68-64 Win over Albany

Baltimore�UMBC freshman wing Chauncey Gilliam (Columbia, Md.) scored 19 points and seniors Darryl Proctor (District Heights, Md.) and Jay Greene (Whitehall, Pa.) made key plays down the stretch as the Retrievers nipped Albany, 68-64, on an emotional day at the RAC Arena. UMBC snapped a three-game-game slide and improved to 13-16 overall and 7-9 in the America East Conference. The defending league champions will be the No. 6 seed and face third-seeded Boston University (17-12, 11-5) in the second game (2:30 p.m.) of the league quarterfinals on Saturday, March 7.

6/29/2009
Men's Basketball Inks Virginia All-State Guard Jamar Wertz
Baltimore, Md.�Head Men�s Basketball Coach Randy Monroe announced today that Jamar Wertz (Suffolk, Va./King�s Fork) has signed a grant-in-aid form and will attend UMBC in the fall of 2009. The Virginia High School Coaches Association Group and the Virginia Associated Press named Wertz to the AAA Second-Team All-State boys� basketball squad after the 2008-09 season. The six-foot-three, 185-lb. wing guard averaged 14.2 points per game last season and helped the Bulldogs (31-1) win the title of the VHSL boys� basketball state championship.
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4/16/2009
Retriever Men's Basketball: Brian Neller Signs NLOI to Attend UMBC
UMBC Head Men�s Basketball Coach Randy Monroe announced that Brian Neller has signed a national letter-of-intent and will become the fourth freshman on the 2009-2010 Retriever squad. Neller (Red Bank, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy) is a 6-foot-4, 185-pound wing guard who amassed 1,119 points in his prep career. He earned Boys� Player of the Year honors from the basketball coaches in the Shore Conference and from the media in The Asbury Park Press.
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3/14/2009
Men's Basketball Falls in America East Championship Game, 61-51
Vestal, N.Y.�The UMBC men�s basketball team�s dream of a second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and the brilliant careers of seniors Jay Greene and Darryl Proctor came to a close, as host Binghamton edged the Retrievers, 61-51, in the America East championship game.
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