VESTAL, N.Y. – Binghamton men’s basketball opens the 2023-24 season with a home exhibition game Wednesday night at the Events Center. Bearcats welcome Doyouville to Dr. Bai Lee Court at 6:07 p.m. He This game is available on WNBF News Radio 1290 AM/FM 92.1, wnbf.com, and all IOS and Android devices It will be broadcast on the available WNBF app.
3rd year head coach level sanders returns two starters (Dan Petcash, Ahmon Khalid) and five letter winners from last year’s team that advanced to the America East semifinals.This year’s team has nine newcomers who are notable transfers from Syracuse University. Simia Torrens. BU picked him fourth in the America East Coaches Poll for the second year in a row.
The Bearcats open the regular season at Big Ten affiliate Northwestern on Monday, continue with a tough opener with a road game at ACC affiliate Pitt on Nov. 10, then return to the Events Center on Nov. 12.
“Everyone’s pretty excited about the season,” Sanders said. “It’s been a long summer and we’re at a stage where we’re tired of playing against our teammates all the time. We want to move forward. I like our competitiveness…A lot of our players I don’t like it. “We lost… and we’re picking up the pace. We want to score more points, so we’re going to move the ball in transition, cut, push. Exhibition game against d’Youville. So, I always talk about respecting the opponent.” “We have to play the way we want and get over the nerves. I want to see us play hard and compete.” If you can do that, you’ll be fine.”
D’Youville is an NCAA Division II program located in Buffalo. The Saints are members of the East Coast Conference and return eight players from last year’s team, including two of second-year coach Andy Stark’s top three team scorers who are 2015 graduates of St. Bonaventure University. I let it happen.