FLUSHING, N.Y. – The 2023-2024 men's basketball season gets underway on Friday (Nov. 10) evening as the Queens College men's basketball team opens the new season competing in the ECC/NE10 Conference Challenge hosted by East Coast Conference foe Molloy University Lions inside Quealy Gymnasium.
On Oct. 31 the ECC announced the 2023-2024 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll and the Knights have been projected to finish fifth in the poll and one of six teams to make the ECC Men's Basketball Postseason Tournament.
Four-time defending champions St. Thomas Aquinas College are slated to finish top of the league once again followed by Daemen University who have been slotted second.
It was a two-way tie for the third-place finish between District of Columbia and College of State Island.
The Knights follow at fifth with Molloy slated at the sixth and final spot to make the six-team ECC Men's Basketball Postseason Tournament.
Roberts Wesleyan University earned the seventh spot, D'Youville University at eighth and Mercy University rounded out the full poll at ninth.
Last season head coach
Matt Collier and the Knights finished the year with an overall record of 8-20 and 5-11 in league play.
- Senior guard Sunnie Diamond (Atlanta, GA) earned ECC Third-Team All-Conference and will be looking to lead the way once again with higher goals in mind.
- The Knights are in search of their third ECC title in program history with the last title coming in the 2004-2005 season.
- For the past two seasons, Queens has opened the new year with a victory with both of them coming inside Fitzgerald Gymnasium.
- The last time Queens earned a neutral/road win to open the season came on November 11, 2016, when they defeated Assumption to the score of 93-87 in Worcester, MA.
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Pace University Setters Preview |
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Series Record: 1-7
Current Steak: L3
Last Win: November 13, 2015
(Home 78-76)
Last Loss: November 12, 2022
(Home 66-73)
- Last season the Setters finished the year with an overall record of 20-11 including earning an At-Large bid to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
- Queens is looking to end a three-game losing streak against the Setters as they look to earn their first win over their regional foe since the 2015-2016 season when they earned a 78-76 victory in Flushing.
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Adelphi University Panthers Preview |
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Series Record: 5-23
Current Steak: W1
Last Win: November 11, 2023
(Home 79-72)
Last Loss: November 8, 2019
(Road 63-76)
- Last season the Panthers finished the year with an overall record of 12-17 and made the NE10 postseason tournament.
- Queens carries a one-game win streak over the Panthers having defeated their local regional foe at home on November 11, 2022, to the score of 79-72.
- The Knights' last neutral/road victory over Adelphi came on February 9, 2009, when Queens earned a 68-55 victory in Garden City.
- Head coach Matt Collier and Knights welcome Cheyney University to Flushing on Wednesday (Nov. 15) evening. Tip-off set for 6:00 p.m.
All home games will be live-streamed on the
ECC Sports Network and fans can follow along on
live stats as well.
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