Amid the backdrop of celebration by fourth-ranked Washington University in St. Louis' players, the men's basketball team, heads sunk to the floor, left the court knowing they had surrendered a sizable second-half lead for the second straight contest.Now, after losing their last three University Athletic Association games by a combined 10 points, the Judges have falled from No.
It was a scenario the No. 2-ranked men's basketball team had seen so many times this season. Despite having to use its reserves early with multiple starters getting in foul trouble, Brandeis was able to battle back on the road against No.
After dropping five of its first eight University Athletic Association contests last season, players and coaches alike on the men's basketball team stressed the importance of starting strongly in this year's slate of conference games.The Judges did just that, and their 66-56 win at New York University last Saturday marked the first time the team started UAA play with a win in coach Brian Meehan's five-year tenure at Brandeis.
When the men's basketball team opened the season with a No. 12 ranking-the highest in school history-in the D3hoops.com poll, they denounced its significance, stressing that the only important goal was to reach the Final Four.Now, armed with its best 12-game start in 51 years and a No.
Men's basketball star forward Steve DeLuca '08, who has been sidelined for much of the season with lower back and right hamstring injuries, will miss at least the team's final four games this semester, head coach Brian Meehan said last Saturday.
With the men's basketball team trailing Framingham State College 51-49 with 5 minutes, 23 seconds left in the second half last Saturday, guard Florian Rexhepi '08 became the latest member of the Judges to hit a clutch shot in the waning minutes of a game.
The men's basketball team is 2-0 after comeback victories against Kenyon College last Saturday and Bridgewater State College last Sunday, but they accomplished that largely without the help of star forward Steve DeLuca '08.
With 2 minutes, 31 seconds left in regulation last Sunday and the 12th-ranked men's basketball team deadlocked at 77 with Bridgewater State College, guard Joe Coppens '08, left alone beyond the arc, buried his fourth three-pointer of the game to give Brandeis an 80-77 advantage and then confidently backpedaled into his defensive position.
After the men's soccer team surrendered a late goal to drop its season finale 2-1 to New York University Nov.
Ask players on the men's basketball team what they think of their D3hoops.com number 12 preseason ranking, and they'll say the only number they're interested in is four, as in reaching the final four of the NCAA Tournament.
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