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Ryan Rossiter scored 22 points and Siena used a strong first half to pull away early from Delaware in a 90-56 win on Tuesday night.

The Siena men's basketball players received their 2008 NCAA Tournament rings with as little fanfare as possible.

Photo Courtesy of sienasaints.cstv.com Head Coach Fran McCaffery and the Siena Saints were handed their first loss of the season by the Temple Owls The Siena Saints were handed their first loss of the season last night in Philadelphia Pa.

Photos courtesy of sienasaints.cstv.com and the Associated Press Tonight's big match up will be the Saints Alex Franklin and Ryan Rossiter against the Owls Lavoy Allen in the paint The Siena Saints have found themselves in the NCAA tournament at the end of the last two seasons.

Ryan Rossiter may have raised eyebrows in Times Union Center this week when he not only attempted but swished a 20-foot jumper.

There was a time the Siena and Northeastern men's basketball teams played twice a year, once in Boston and once in Loudonville, in an on-campus gym so jammed that fans would sit in the aisles and stand in doorways.

Edwin Ubiles scored 26 points as the Saints overcame an early 14-point deficit to defeat Northeastern 59-53 this afternoon in the team's home opener.

The Siena Saints soundly defeated the Tennesse St. Tigers 85-69 to start the season off with a victory.

Clarence Jackson, the only newcomer to Siena's starting rotation, scored 15 of his game-high 24 points during a decisive five minute and 45 second span that bridged the first and second half.

Clarence Jackson scored 24 points as Siena routed Tennessee State 85-69 on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.

Siena is looking around the college basketball landscape, asking one question. Gonzaga has been in the national picture for years.

A few weeks ago, Fran McCaffery started to suspect his Siena men's basketball team was getting a little too cozy enjoying all the preseason hype.

OUTLOOK: After such a successful 2008-09 season, Siena thinks it is about time to make an even bigger statement on a bigger stage and that's what the Saints are aiming for in 2009-10. Siena was just one of three programs in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference last season to finish better than .500 in league play and there's not much of a chance ...

Barring any injuries, the starters opening the season to no suprise will be Ronald Moore , Clarence Jackson , Edwin Ubiles , Alex Franklin , and Ryan Rossiter .

Today, we continue our conference countdown. We're working backward, from our No.

Coach: Fran McCaffrey Last season's record: 27-8 overall, 16-2 in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference .

If you were a Siena men's basketball player, here's how you spent your summer vacation: You took one week to learn from Paul Pierce, then used another to get to know LeBron James.

"Ronald Moore cans a three" In a season preview for ESPN.com, Fran Fraschilla and Andy Katz both agree Siena should not be overlooked for the upcoming season.

Trenity Burdine watched Siena upset Ohio State and nearly upset Louisville in the NCAA Tournament in March and noticed something.

Trenity Burdine, a 6-foot-6 swingman from Reading High, has made an oral commitment to play for Siena beginning in the 2010-11 season, he said in a phone interview Monday.