2014-15 University of Bridgeport Men's Basketball News

Season
Head Coach Mike Ruane And Senior Willie Williams III Earn ECAC Men's Hoops Honors
Head Coach Mike Ruane And Senior Willie Williams III Earn ECAC Men's Hoops Honors

Ruane Named ECAC Coach of the Year And Williams Named Second Team ECAC All-Star

Willie Williams III Earns National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District Honors
Willie Williams III Earns National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District Honors

Standout Averaged 14.6 Points And 9.3 Rebounds Per Game In 2014-15

Men's Basketball Set To Face Southern Connecticut State To Open NCAA Division II Championship For Second Straight Season
Men's Basketball Set To Face Southern Connecticut State To Open NCAA Division II Championship For Second Straight Season

UB Seeded Number Four And SCSU Number Five In 2015 NCAA East Regional To Be Hosted By American International

THREE-PEAT!!!  Men's Hoops Tops St. Thomas Aquinas, 82-78, For Third Straight East Coast Conference Title
THREE-PEAT!!! Men's Hoops Tops St. Thomas Aquinas, 82-78, For Third Straight East Coast Conference Title

Willie Williams III Named The Tournament's Most Outstanding Player As Purple Knights Will Make 21st NCAA Appearance

Men's Basketball Advances To Seventh Straight ECC Final With 93-75 Win Over Dowling
Men's Basketball Advances To Seventh Straight ECC Final With 93-75 Win Over Dowling

UB To Face St. Thomas Aquinas In Sunday's Final

Bridgeport Set To Open ECC Men's Basketball Championship On Saturday With Semifinal Tilt Versus Dowling
Bridgeport Set To Open ECC Men's Basketball Championship On Saturday With Semifinal Tilt Versus Dowling

Purple Knights Looking For A Three-Peat Of Conference Titles-This Year's Event Will Be Hosted By LIU Post-UB Versus Dowling Set To Tip At 7:30 p.m. On Saturday Night

UB Remains Ranked Number Four In Final NCAA Regional Men's Basketball Poll Of The Season
UB Remains Ranked Number Four In Final NCAA Regional Men's Basketball Poll Of The Season

Purple Knights Open Play In ECC Championship Semifinals Versus Either Dowling Or NYIT On Saturday At 7:30 p.m. At LIU Post

Jesse Jones Explodes For 30 Points As Men's Basketball Grabs A Share Of ECC Regular Season Title With 98-80 Win At Queens
Jesse Jones Explodes For 30 Points As Men's Basketball Grabs A Share Of ECC Regular Season Title With 98-80 Win At Queens

Purple Knights Will Be Either One Or Two Seed In Next Weekend's ECC Championship Tournament

UB Men Win Sixth In A Row To Move Back Into A Tie Atop ECC Men's Hoops Standings Heading Into Saturday's Regular Season Finale
UB Men Win Sixth In A Row To Move Back Into A Tie Atop ECC Men's Hoops Standings Heading Into Saturday's Regular Season Finale

Purple Knights Defeat Molloy, 77-66, On Senior Night

Purple Knights Remain Ranked Number Four In Second NCAA Regional Men's Basketball Poll Of The Season
Purple Knights Remain Ranked Number Four In Second NCAA Regional Men's Basketball Poll Of The Season

UB Plays Home Finale Versus Mollloy On Thursday And Regular Season Final Contest At Queens On Saturday

Men's Hoops Blasts Dowling, 105-71
Men's Hoops Blasts Dowling, 105-71

UB Now 20-6 Overall And 15-3 In The ECC. Purple Knights Have Now Posted 20 Wins In Nine Of Their Last 15 Season Under Head Coach Mike Ruane

Road Roll Continues As Men's Basketball Wins At UDC, 83-72
Road Roll Continues As Men's Basketball Wins At UDC, 83-72

UB Men Now 12-2 Away From The Park City This Season

Men's Basketball Checks In At Number Four In First NCAA Regional Ranking Of The Season
Men's Basketball Checks In At Number Four In First NCAA Regional Ranking Of The Season

Purple Knights Are 18-6 Overall And 13-3 In Conference Play So Far In 2014-15

Three-Pointer By Ernest Rouse With 0.4 Seconds To Play Lifts UB Men Over Daemen, 63-60
Three-Pointer By Ernest Rouse With 0.4 Seconds To Play Lifts UB Men Over Daemen, 63-60

Purple Knights Now 18-6 Overall And 13-3 In The ECC

UB Men Take 92-88 Overtime Home ECC Basketball Win Over Roberts Wesleyan
UB Men Take 92-88 Overtime Home ECC Basketball Win Over Roberts Wesleyan

Quick 8-1 Run To Open Extra Period Proves The Difference For The Purple Knights