St. Joseph's University News

NBA Draft 2009 We billed this year's NBA draft as one of the most unpredictable in recent memory, and it certainly lived up to its billing.

In the end, the voters looked at the individual and not the teams when they voted for Big 5 Player of the Year.

Ahmad Nivins, the Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Year from Saint Josepha s, is among the 64 seniors across the country selected to play in the 57th annual Portsmouth Invitational Tournament from April 8 through April 11.

WE'RE MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Seeing if any of the locals, after having to get through each other, can make it to the finals.

It's often a roll of the dice in Atlantic City, including the Atlantic 10 Tournament beginning there today at Boardwalk Hall.

Ahmad Nivins draws the attention of opposing teams, like he did last month in a game against Massachusetts.

Saint Joseph's trailed Charlotte by 13 points midway through the first half of its Atlantic 10 Tournament first-round game at Boardwalk Hall.

A self-proclaimed momma's boy who once lacked the confidence to try out for a high-powered scholastic basketball team, St.

Saint Joseph University's senior Ahmad Nivins has been named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year by the league's coaches.

Temple clinched one of the four byes in this week's A-10 Tournament last Thursday when it beat Saint Joseph's. The Owls finished the regular season Saturday night with a 63-53 win at George Washington .

There don't figure to be many surprises when the Atlantic 10 announces its postseason awards before next week's conference tournament because the likely winners are mostly obvious as the league heads into the ...

On Feb. 12, St. Joseph's was perched atop the Atlantic Ten standings with a 7-1 record.

IT HAS BEEN kind of an interesting debate this season about the Big 5 Player of the Year.

No coach cherishes the Palestra more than St. Joseph's Phil Martelli. After all, Martelli's passion for basketball was spawned during cold winter nights when his father would take him to the storied old ...

Thursday night, Jason Love plans to dominate. It's not just because No. 19 Xavier needs his length and strength to anchor its frontcourt.

The aggressive double-teaming of Nivins, the Atlantic Ten Conference's leading scorer, worked pretty well, and the 19th-ranked Musketeers made fewer mistakes in an error-filled game to take a 68-54 win Thursday ...

Derrick Brown had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and B.J Raymond scored 18 points to lead No.

The 19th-ranked Xavier Musketeers are trying to hold on to first place in the Atlantic 10 Conference standings, and they will take on the Saint Joseph's Hawks tonight at The Palestra in Philadelphia.

If reporters could have seen Phil Martelli during Monday's Atlantic 10 coaches' teleconference, the Saint Joseph's coach may have been hunched over a desk rubbing his temples.

Chris Lowe hit two free throws with two seconds remaining, and Tony Gaffney had 17 points and 10 rebounds, as Massachusetts nipped Saint Joseph's, 70-69, yesterday in Philadelphia.