2008–09 Marist Red Foxes women's basketball team
2008–09 Marist Red Foxes women's basketball | |
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MAAC Regular Season Champions MAAC Tournament Champions | |
2009 NCAA Tournament, first round | |
Conference | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |
Record | 29–4 (16–2 MAAC) |
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Home arena | McCann Center |
2008–09 MAAC women's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marist † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 29 | – | 4 | .879 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canisius | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fairfield | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Peter's | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iona | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Siena | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manhattan | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola (MD) | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Niagara | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 3 | – | 28 | .097 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2009 MAAC tournament winner As of March 26, 2009 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2008–09 Marist Red Foxes women's basketball team represented Marist College during the 2008–09 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Red Foxes, led by seventh year head coach Brian Giorgis, play their home games at the McCann Center and were members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 29–4, 16–2 in MAAC play to finish in first place and win the MAAC regular season title for the sixth consecutive time. In the MAAC women's basketball tournament, they defeated #9 seed Loyola (MD) in the quarterfinals, #5 seed Iona in the semifinals, and #2 seed Canisius in the championship game to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament. It was their fourth consecutive MAAC Tournament championship. As a #12 seed, they were defeated by #5 seed Virginia 61–68 in the First Round.
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
Nov 16, 2008* 4:00 p.m. |
Albany | W 74–56 | 1–0 |
McCann Center (2,149) Poughkeepsie, NY | |||||||
Nov 21, 2008* 7:00 p.m. |
at Northeastern | W 93–65 | 2–0 |
Solomon Court (185) Boston, MA | |||||||
Nov 23, 2008* 2:00 p.m. |
at Harvard | W 76–63 | 3–0 |
Lavietes Pavilion (351) Cambridge, MA | |||||||
Nov 26, 2008* 8:00 p.m. |
at No. 4 Oklahoma | L 57–83 | 3–1 |
Leede Arena (7,063) Norman, OK | |||||||
Nov 28, 2008* 8:00 p.m. |
vs. Tulsa | W 73–53 | 4–1 |
Reynolds Center (1,130) Tulsa, OK | |||||||
Dec 1, 2008* 7:30 p.m. |
Lafayette | W 66–55 | 5–1 |
McCann Center (1,574) Poughkeepsie, NY | |||||||
Dec 5, 2008 7:00 p.m. |
at Niagara | W 60–38 | 6–1 (1–0) |
Gallagher Center (432) Lewiston, NY | |||||||
Dec 7, 2008 2:00 p.m. |
at Canisius | W 70–52 | 7–1 (2–0) |
Koessler Athletic Center (608) Buffalo, NY | |||||||
Dec 13, 2008* 2:00 p.m. |
Boston University | W 73–62 | 8–1 |
McCann Center (2,008) Poughkeepsie, NY | |||||||
Dec 20, 2008* 2:00 p.m. |
St. Bonaventure | W 48–45 | 9–1 |
McCann Center (1,655) Poughkeepsie, NY | |||||||
Dec 29, 2008* 1:00 p.m. |
vs. East Carolina FIU Sun & Fun Classic |
W 62–58 | 10–1 |
U.S. Century Bank Arena (158) Miami, FL | |||||||
Dec 30, 2008* 7:00 p.m. |
vs. Georgia Southern FIU Sun & Fun Classic |
W 60–45 | 11–1 |
U.S. Century Bank Arena (207) Miami, FL | |||||||
Jan 4, 2009 1:00 p.m. |
at Rider | W 69–45 | 12–1 (3–0) |
Alumni Gymnasium (1,111) Lawrenceville, NJ | |||||||
Jan 6, 2009 7:30 p.m. |
No. 25 | Iona | W 81–58 | 13–1 (4–0) |
McCann Center (1,750) Poughkeepsie, NY | ||||||
Jan 9, 2009 7:30 p.m. |
No. 25 | Niagara | W 98–51 | 14–1 (5–0) |
McCann Center (1,975) Poughkeepsie, NY | ||||||
Jan 11, 2009 7:00 p.m. |
No. 25 | at Loyola (MD) | W 86–44 | 15–1 (6–0) |
Reitz Arena (582) Baltimore, MD | ||||||
Jan 16, 2009 7:00 p.m. |
No. 21 | Saint Peter's | W 78–58 | 16–1 (7–0) |
McCann Center (2,088) Poughkeepsie, NY | ||||||
Jan 18, 2009 2:00 p.m. |
No. 21 | at Siena | W 65–55 | 17–1 (8–0) |
Alumni Recreation Center (904) Loudonville, NY | ||||||
Jan 23, 2009 4:30 p.m. |
No. 20 | Fairfield | L 65–73 | 17–2 (8–1) |
McCann Center (2,205) Poughkeepsie, NY | ||||||
Jan 25, 2009 12:00 p.m. |
No. 20 | at Saint Peter's | W 71–58 | 18–2 (9–1) |
Yanitelli Center (412) Jersey City, NJ | ||||||
Jan 30, 2009 7:00 p.m. |
Manhattan | W 70–44 | 19–2 (10–1) |
McCann Center (2,606) Poughkeepsie, NY | |||||||
Feb 1, 2009 2:00 p.m. |
at Iona | W 69–60 | 20–2 (11–1) |
Hynes Athletic Center (944) New Rochelle, NY | |||||||
Feb 6, 2009 7:00 p.m. |
Canisius | L 60–68 | 20–3 (11–2) |
McCann Center (3,200) Poughkeepsie, NY | |||||||
Feb 8, 2009 7:00 p.m. |
Loyola (MD) | W 86–53 | 21–3 (12–2) |
McCann Center (2,553) Poughkeepsie, NY | |||||||
Feb 12, 2009 7:00 p.m. |
at Fairfield | W 64–52 | 22–3 (13–2) |
Alumni Hall (711) Fairfield, CT | |||||||
Feb 15, 2009* 1:00 p.m. |
at Hartford | W 78–73 OT | 23–3 |
Chase Arena (3,217) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
Feb 19, 2009 7:00 p.m. |
at Manhattan | W 91–82 | 24–3 (14–2) |
Draddy Gymnasium (1,023) Riverdale, NY | |||||||
Feb 22, 2009 2:00 p.m. |
Siena | W 78–49 | 25–3 (15–2) |
McCann Center (2,980) Poughkeepsie, NY | |||||||
Feb 28, 2009 7:30 p.m. |
Rider | W 81–56 | 26–3 (16–2) |
McCann Center (2,828) Poughkeepsie, NY | |||||||
MAAC Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 6, 2009 1:30 p.m. |
(1) | vs. (9) Loyola (MD) Quarterfinals |
W 81–27 | 27–3 |
Times Union Center Albany, NY | ||||||
Mar 7, 2009 11:30 a.m. |
(1) | vs. (5) Iona Semifinals |
W 76–69 | 28–3 |
Times Union Center (3,700) Albany, NY | ||||||
Mar 8, 2009 12:00 p.m. |
(1) | vs. (2) Canisius Championship |
W 78–63 | 29–3 |
Times Union Center (3,882) Albany, NY | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 21, 2009 10:30 p.m. |
(12) | vs. (5) No. 24 Virginia First Round |
L 61–68 | 29–4 |
Galen Center (1,292) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |