BOSTON– Earning a bye into the quarterfinal round of the CAA Tournament for the seventh-straight season, the Northeastern men's basketball is ready to begin action at the Championships when they will face No. 10 UNCW on Sunday night at 6 p.m. at the North Charleston Coliseum.
The Huskies have won 13 of their last 15 games this season and are on a four-game win-streak heading into their CAA opener.
Here is what you need to know about Sunday's game:
THREE THINGS TO KNOW:
- Honoring the Best
- For the second-straight season, his second season as a Husky, Vasa Pusica earned a spot on the All-CAA First Team, while Jordan Roland, in his first season with Northeastern, was named to the All-CAA Third Team
- Pusica becomes the eighth Husky to earn multiple First-Team All-Conference honors and just the third Husky during the CAA Era (see table to the right)
First-Team All-Conference
| America East |
|
| Pete Harris |
1980, 81 |
| Mark Halsel |
1982, 83, 84 |
| Reggie Lewis |
1985, 86, 87 |
| Andre LaFleur |
1986, 87 |
| J.J. Barea |
2004, 05, 06 |
| CAA |
|
| Matt Janning |
2009, 10 |
| Chaisson Allen |
2010, 11 |
| Vasa Pusica |
2018, 19 |
- This also marks the sixth time during the CAA era that multiple Huskies have been named to an All-Conference team
- Lucky Number 20
- Northeastern picked up its 20th victory of the season at Drexel on Saturday afternoon
- The win would helped Northeastern to back-to-back 20 win seasons (23-10 in 2017-18), the fifth 20-win season in the Bill Coen Era and 16th in program history
- It also marked the first time two Coen-led teams recorded 20 wins in back-to-back seasons and the first time the Huskies have tallied back-to-back 20-win seasons since 1985-86, 86-87
- Other Coen-era 20-win seasons include:
| Season |
Record |
CAA |
Finish |
Postseason |
|
| 2018-19 |
20-10 |
14-4 |
2nd |
-- |
|
| Seniors: Anthony Green, Jeremy Miller, Vasa Pusica |
| 2017-18 |
22-9 |
14-4 |
T-1st |
-- |
|
| Seniors: Devon Begley |
| 2014-15 |
23-12 |
12-6 |
T-1st |
NCAA 1st Rd |
|
| Seniors: Scott Eatherton, Reggie Spencer |
| 2012-13 |
20-13 |
14-4 |
1st |
NIT 1st Rd |
|
| Seniors: Jon Lee, Dinko Marshavelski, Joel Smith |
| 2009-10 |
20-13 |
14-4 |
2nd |
NIT 1st Rd |
|
| Seniors: Manny Adako, Baptiste Bataille, Matt Janning, Brian McDonald, Nkem Ojougboh |
- Coen's five 20-win seasons ranks in a tie for first in Northeastern coaching history with Jim Calhoun's five such efforts (1980-81, 81-82, 83-84, 84-85, 85-86)
- The 20 regular season wins in back-to-back seasons by Bill Coen marks the first time a single coach has achieved the feat since Jim Calhoun, who did so in 1980-81/1981-82
- Numbah Two
- For the second-straight season the Huskies will head into the CAA tournament as the two-seed
- Locking down the two seed means the Huskies have earned a bye in the CAA Tournament for the seventh-straight season and will begin action on Sunday, March 10 at 6 p.m.
- Northeastern will face the as yet to be determined winner of the No. 7 Elon/No. 10 UNCW game
