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A Minute With McCloskey: A little bit of hope

A Minute With McCloskey: A little bit of hope

James McCloskey, Jr. February 28, 2020

The St. Joe’s men’s basketball team entered their Feb. 18 game against Davidson College winless in Atlantic 10 conference play. The Hawks were a 12.5 point underdog in the contest. At the end...

A Minute with McCloskey: What does “The Hawk Will Never Die” really mean?

A Minute with McCloskey: What does “The Hawk Will Never Die” really mean?

James McCloskey, Jr. February 19, 2020

I have been asked multiple times over the past two weeks why I continue to attend every St. Joe’s men’s basketball home game even though the team has a record of 4-21. I am asked why I stand for...

A Minute With McCloskey: Building from the ground up

A Minute With McCloskey: Building from the ground up

James McCloskey, Jr. January 30, 2020

The St. Joe’s men’s basketball team has played seven games since the start of winter break on Dec. 17. During this stretch, the Hawks went 2-5. You may look at that record and be content, especially...

A Minute with McCloskey

A Minute with McCloskey

James McCloskey, Jr. December 3, 2019

St. Joe's basketball: Living and dying by the three For the fourth season in a row, the St. Joe’s men’s basketball team has done due diligence to honor the phrase, “Live by the three, die by...

A Minute with McCloskey

A Minute with McCloskey

James McCloskey, Jr. November 19, 2019

The missing piece for the Hawks The St. Joe’s men’s basketball team has started the season with two wins and two losses. A record of 2-2 is significantly better than how many presumed the Hawks would...

A Minute With McCloskey: Free tickets will hurt mens basketball

A Minute With McCloskey: Free tickets will hurt men’s basketball

James McCloskey, Jr. November 12, 2019

Last spring, the athletic department announced that all student tickets will be free for the 2019-20 men’s and women’s home basketball games. The reaction by the student body was pure excitement....

A Minute With McCloskey: A fresh take on the freshmen: Young Hawks will take over this season

A Minute With McCloskey: A fresh take on the freshmen: Young Hawks will take over this season

James McCloskey, Jr. November 5, 2019

The St. Joe’s men’s basketball team began the 2019-20 season on Oct. 29 with three scholarship freshmen on the roster. Freshman forward Chereef Knox, guard Cameron Brown and guard Rahmir Moore all...

A Minute with McCloskey: The role of Philadelphia media in leaking St. Joes player news

A Minute with McCloskey: The role of Philadelphia media in leaking St. Joe’s player news

James McCloskey, Jr. April 9, 2019

“BIG grad transfer: Saint Joseph’s guard Lamar [sic] Kimble is in the transfer portal,” Jeff Goodman, a college basketball insider at Stadium Sports Network, tweeted on April 2. Moments later, tweets...

Poor officiating overshadows mens basketball A-10 Tournament

Poor officiating overshadows men’s basketball A-10 Tournament

James McCloskey, Jr. March 19, 2019

Division I basketball at St. Joe’s has ended for the 2018-19 season. Unfortunately, both the men’s and women’s teams were defeated in their respective Atlantic 10 Tournaments. I was in attendance...

The student section sends a message to the senior class. Photo by Mitchell Shields 22

A Minute with McCloskey: A thank you to our senior basketball players

James McCloskey, Jr. March 5, 2019

Fours years of running sprints up and down the court. Four years of scoring points in front of fans flapping their wings. Four years of walking onto the court in Michael J. Hagan ’85 Arena, ready to...

Senior Alyssa Monaghan inbounds the ball against Temple University.

A Minute with McCloskey: St. Joe’s women’s basketball wins five of last six games

James McCloskey, Jr. February 26, 2019

After falling to a disappointing record of 2-6 in the first eight games of Atlantic 10 Conference  play, the St. Joe’s women’s basketball team has found new life. On Feb. 6, the Hawks outplayed Davidson...

A Minute with McCloskey: Undervalued, overachieving

A Minute with McCloskey: Undervalued, overachieving

James McCloskey, Jr. February 12, 2019

As players line the field, preparing for the game to start, they see their coaches yelling from the sideline. But when they look beyond the sideline, the stands are half-filled, mostly occupied by family...

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