News & notes

El Cheapo Media, late to the party yet again, did a feature piece on the LaSalle basketball team in today's editions, skipping over the controversial coaching change that took place two weeks ago. The dismissal of Jon Desso in favor of assistant coach/admissions director Josh House was mentioned in passing. House is 2-2 as Cadets coach, though last Sunday's game at Bishop Ludden was not mentioned.

In typical El Cheapo fashion, it took them two days after a Friday practice to publish the article, following Thursday's 71-41 demolition of Ichabod Crane.

Speaking of which, WROW morning co-host Ben Patten mistakenly read the score of Tuesday's Crane-Schalmont game, won by the Sabres, in his Friday report. Human error, folks. You gotta love it.
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The Albany Patroons are now 4-0 in the young Basketball League after a Saturday win over Columbus. Now, all they need is a radio or TV deal, just like the old days. Unfortunately, since Charter Communications, Spectrum Cable's parent, is unwilling to test the waters of a high school game of the week for basketball, baseball, or softball to complement football....!
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Alumni watch: Pittsburgh finishes the ACC-Big 10 Challenge 2-2 (overall record, 4-5) after losing, 10-9, in a return match vs. Maryland this morning. Hunter Levesque went 0-2 with 3 walks and a run scored.

The softball version of the long running tournament, which works best for basketball, failed because Pitt only played two Big 10 clubs, Maryland & Michigan State, twice apiece. It might be because those may have been the only Big 10 teams who accepted bids. The Panthers will return to Clemson next month for a series vs. the Tigers.

Virginia Commonwealth ends the weekend 2-1 after an 8-4 win over Charlotte earlier this afternoon. Brett Young got his first start, and went 1-2 with an RBI & a run scored.