Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck NCAA News

John Galvin never saw this one coming. At 6-foot-8 and 250 pounds, Galvin is used to denying shots in the paint, but when his basketball coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Tom Green, got rejected last week, he was stunned.

THE GOOD NEWS: The coach is out, but the Knights lose no player of consequence, and the players will be more experienced.

Tom Green , the basketball coach at Farleigh Dickinson for the last 26 years who was fifth on the list of seniority among Division I coaches, found out how cruel life could be this past week.

June is normally a very quiet time for college basketball. It has been two months since the Final Four.

The 2008-09 edition of Fairleigh Dickinson University Knights' basketball was a trying year to say the least.

The Fairleigh Dickinson men's basketball team needed a win Saturday and one by Monmouth to make the NEC playoffs.

BKCFairleigh Dickinson-St Francis, Pa,0154 St. Francis, Pa. beats Fairleigh Dickinson 78-59 Eds: APNewsNow.

Jaytornah Wisseh scored 25 points and Kyle Johnson added 22 as Long Island defeated Fairleigh Dickinson 85-67 Thursday night.

It was said more than once at the post-game press conference. The men's basketball team's 68-62 win Saturday was not pretty - but it was a win.

Gabriel Paul hit two free throws in the final 23 seconds to lead William Paterson to a 53-51 win over Kean in the first round of the New Jersey Athletic Conference men's basketball playoffs in Wayne on ...

Jeremy Baker led Quinnipiac with 20 points in a 78-62 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Thursday night.

Ricky Cadell scored 26 points to lead St. Francis, N.Y. to an 82-72 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday.

Fairleigh Dickinson got 23 points from Cameron Tyler and 22 from John Galvin to help defeat Central Connecticut, 80-73, on Thursday night at New Britain, Conn.

Terence Grier's 3-pointer at the overtime buzzer gave Fairleigh Dickinson a 59-57 victory over Wagner on Thursday night, the Seahawks' sixth straight loss.

The Knights (6-17, 5-7 Northeast Conference) led 49-33 with 10:08 to play when Wagner (10-12, 3-9) went on a 16-0 run to tie the game and force overtime.

Jamal Smith's layup with 15 seconds remaining made it 49-49 and capped the big run. Eric Moore of the Knights missed a 3-point attempt at the regulation buzzer.

Alvin Mofunyana's layup 30 seconds into overtime ended the Knights' 10:38 scoring drought and made it 51-49. Smith's two free throws started an 8-1 run that gave the Seahawks a 57-52 lead.

Sean Baptiste had the game of the season last week against Long Island University when the junior guard for Fairleigh Dickinson scored 34 points in a 91-88 double-overtime loss to the Blackbirds in a Northeast ...

Tyler Cameron converted four free throws and John Galvin two in the final minute as Fairleigh Dickinson topped Lafayette 71-68 Monday night.

FDU tops Lafayette 71-68 Eds: APNewsNow. FDU 71, Lafayette 68. HACKENSACK, N.J. Tyler Cameron converted four free throws and John Galvin two in the final minute as Fairleigh Dickinson topped Lafayette 71-68 ...

Jaytornah Wisseh scored nine of his 28 points in the second overtime to lead Long Island University to a 91-88 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson on Thursday night.

Paul Schofield can be reached via e-mail or at 724-853-2109. ROBERT MORRIS vs. FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON LINE: None When: 7 p.m. - today Where: Stratis Arena - Hackensack, N.J. Radio: WPIT-AM Series: FDU leads, ...

Eric Moore scored a game-high 17 points to lead Fairleigh Dickinson to a 69-56 victory over St.