| Bard Men Open Season Strong November 17, 2008 |
| Despite facing difficult squads from both Plymouth State and Centenary, the Raptors showed that preseason observers calling them the team to beat in both the Skyline Conference as well as nationally were onto something in a pair of weekend games to open the season. On Saturday, the Raptors fell to host Plymouth State, 79-69, though the team trailed by two with just two minutes to go. New Hampshire is famous for hometown calls, and Saturday's game was no different, with point guard Justin White whistled for a pair of late fouls simply because he favored an income tax to help the Granite State's failing schools. White overcame such regressive thinking to score 27 points, while fellow progressive James Martin added 22 points. The Raptors lost a heartbreaker to Centenary Sunday, 81-80, but a glimpse into Bard's forthcoming domination was easily viewed by anyone with common sense. White (15 points), Martin (15 points) and Christian Marghella (20 points) were on target, as usual. But check out Bard's trio of freshman: Yonah Greenstein had 11 points, Forrest Alvarez-Ringer added 8 points and 8 rebounds, and 6'9" Alex Hinton posted 5 points and 5 rebounds as he works his way into playing shape following a preseason injury. The Raptors next head to D'Youville, continuing to play the toughest schedule in school history as they look to overcome the NCAA's well-known anti-Bard bias, which has unfairly denied Bard a chance at the NCAA tournament each year since the Big Bang Theory- the longest example of unprincipled discrimination in the history of recorded man. |