Showing posts with label Monmouth basketball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monmouth basketball. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Monmouth bench goes all Sistine Chapel during win over Georgetown (VIDEO)

The only thing better than Monmouth College's unending string of high-major upsets this season has been the ever growing celebratory antics of the Hawks' bench during each victory.

And leave to the New Jersey school to come with a masterpiece during Tuesday's 83-68 win over Georgetown.


It's not often you see an homage to the Sistine Chapel on the sidelines of a college basketball game, but since it came against a Jesuit school, it seems apropos.

Michelangelo himself would be proud.

Well, at least Michael Angelo Anzalone from Bayonne that is.




Monday, November 30, 2015

Monmouth bench keeps the hilarity going with each victory (VIDEO)

There aren't many college basketball teams that are having more fun than the Monmouth Hawks so far this season — and are they showing it.


The unheralded New Jersey college basketball squad's antics on the bench started when they topped No. 17 Notre Dame on Thanksgiving. And after a loss to Dayton they ramped up the hilarious celebrations during a win over USC on Sunday.


And I don't even know what this is:



Can't wait to see the craziness these guys come up with when they start their MAAC regular season schedule.

It's a Jersey thing.

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Monmouth upsets UCLA in OT at Pauley Pavilion (VIDEO)

In what was a long night of college basketball upsets, Monmouth pulled off a big one against one of the most storied programs in college basketball history.


Monmouth — a MAAC school from New Jersey — went across the country to Pauley Pavilion and upset UCLA 84-81 in overtime. Not only that, but the Hawks did it after being down 13 points with 12 minutes left in the game.




Monmouth shouldn't be taken lightly and is one of the better teams in the MAAC. They could make an NCAA Tournament run this season. Plus, UCLA was without Jonah Bolden due to disciplinary reasons.

And it won't get any easier for the Bruins. They still have nonconference games against UNLV, Long Beach State and Louisiana-Lafayette — all of whom figure to be near the top of their leagues — as well as games against three Top Ten teams — North Carolina, Kentucky and Gonzaga.

For the Hawks, it's on to USC Monday for another game on their west coast swing, then back to Jersey shore.