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Coach On Top Of College Basketball World Spent 10 Years Guiding Team In Hudson Valley
The first-year Division I head coach who's now at the top of the men's college basketball world guides Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey. But 51-year-old Tobin Anderson has strong ties to both New York and Connecticut. Bracket-busting FDU became just the second No. 16 seed to defeat a top seed when the Knights stunned Purdue 63-58 Friday night, March 17 in Columbus, Ohio. FDU was a 23.5-point underdog. "We just made history, college basketball history tonight," Anderson told his team in the locker room after the game. "From four wins last year -- it's one of the most u…
Obituaries
Danbury's Catherine Ann Spiegel, 85, Psychotherapist Who Loved The Ocean
Catherine Ann Spiegel died peacefully on January 29 at St. John Paul II Center in Danbury. Catherine was born on June 7, 1935 in Dayton, OH to the late Harry Carmack and Mary Elizabeth Madigan Carmack. Catherine, known as Ann to her many friends and colleagues, graduated from the University of Dayton and went on to get her master’s degree at New York University. She spent most of her adult life passionately working as a psychotherapist and took great pride in being able to assist her clients to live more full and happy lives. In her younger years, Ann enjoyed playing tennis, skiing a…
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Covid-
19: College Basketball Conference Suspends Player Handshakes Before, After Playoff Games
March will be mad for a different reason this year, as one NCAA Division I conference announced that the long time pre- and post-game tradition is being temporarily shelved to help curtail the spread of coronavirus. The Atlantic 10 Conference announced that it won’t permit handshakes between players before or after games in its upcoming postseason conference tournaments. The league is also expected to provide sanitizing gel to teams to use in locker rooms. The University of Dayton Arena will host the women’s basketball tournament this weekend, Friday, March 6 Sunday, through March 8; while…
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Northern Westchester's Obi Toppin Named Atlantic 10 Rookie Of Year
A record-setting basketball standout from Northern Westchester has taken his talents to the University of Dayton and was just named the Atlantic 10 Conference’s Rookie of the Year. Obi Toppin of Ossining wracked up the accolades this week and also became the first freshman first-team all-Atlantic 10 player since Lamar Odom two decades ago. Toppin was also named to the A-10 All-Rookie Team. The 6-foot-9, 220-pound redshirt freshman forward burst onto the scene after playing just one season of varsity high school ball. He led the Flyers in scoring with 14.4 ppg, and ranked fourth nationa…
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Basketball Star From Westchester Flying High For Dayton With Fourth A-10 Rookie Of Week Award
To say Westchester's Obi Toppin has been enjoying a breakout debut season in the world of Division I college basketball would be the ultimate understatement. Obi Toppin, a 6-foot-9 redshirt freshman forward for the University of Dayton Flyers, was just named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week for the fourth time this season. Toppin, from Ossining, averaged 25.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game last week, shooting .733 (22 of 30) on field goals and .875 (7-8) on free throws. He had career highs in points (25) and rebounds (12) in a win over St. Joseph's, and then topped his career-best in p…
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