Oct 15…early AM, kids still sleeping, dark and foggy drive to the office. The “office” now becomes the gym. Blessed with the start of another year getting to do what we love to do.
#bearwitness
#faid
@WNEbasketball
Proud of our guys. Proud of our program. Proud to be a Golden Bear. Amazed by the support - all year. Thank you to everyone that helped make this year so special-players, staff, trainers, admin, managers, students, parents. Thank you! We’ll be back.
@WNE_GoldenBears
#bearwitness
Extremely grateful 2 have coached Mikey Pettway the last 4 years. He has helped build the WNE 🏀 program & make it relevant. He’s had an amazing career-going down as the all-time assist leader
@WNE_GoldenBears
. I’m sorry that 2nite was his last game in a WNE uni-but
#alwasyagbear
We’re all going thru difficult times right now. Life hasn’t felt normal in a while. But, I’ve appreciated being w/ our guys over the last few months & having some semblance of normalcy. I’m truly
#grateful
4 their positive & appreciative attitude 2 our days together this fall.
Congrats to
@WNEwbasketball
on a fantastic season. Competed to the end & made us all proud. Congrats to the seniors on an incredible 4 years. Awesome seeing the
@WNEUniversity
student body out supporting - made 4 a great environment - what’s its all about!
#gbears
#bearwitness
.
Our fans were huge again tonight! You guys have made
#theden
a special place to play!! Thank you again for all the support this week! We could use a few, or a lot, of you traveling to Dudley Saturday!!!
#gbears
#bearwitness
#64
📰:
@WNEbasketball
Earns 70-65 Road Victory over Endicott in CCC Quarterfinals
- Golden Bears win first CCC Tournament game since 2007-08 campaign
- Pettway leads WNE with 34 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists
- Golden Bears limit Gulls to 34.8% shooting
Congrats to Gavin on reaching 1k. Gavin has consistently gotten better each year and is as reliable a player as there is. He does what he does, and does it extremely WELL!
Proud of you G.
1️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Career Points
Congratulations to Gavin Greene for becoming the 28th member of the
@WNEbasketball
1,000 point club, coming tonight in a 59-45 win over the University of Hartford!
#PaintItGold
🏀
Huge shoutout to our fans tonight! Had the den rocking from start to finish. Can’t thank everyone enough for all the support. Hope to see everyone out again Thursday night!
#DefendTheDen
#BearWitness
Congrats to
@JakeH724
on surpassing 1k during his Jr season. Amazing accomplishment for anyone but even more impressive when you see how unselfish he plays night and night out. Ultimate competitor!!
1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Career Points 🏀
Congratulations to
@WNEbasketball
's Jake Harrison for becoming the 27th player to eclipse the 1,000 point mark in Western New England men's basketball history!
#PaintItGold
🏀
🏀 | McGuire Reaches 1,000-Point Milestone as
@WNEbasketball
Defeats Roger Williams 93-79 in CCC Opener
📰 |
🔹McGuire (21 points) becomes 24th Golden Bear to score 1,000 career points
🔹Sikorski posts double-double with 30 points & 10 rebounds
Thank you to the
@GoYardGoats
for hosting our guys tonight before our game at Trinity. Tough loss to a very good, well-coached team. But proud of the effort our guys brought!
#bearwitness
#gbears
Pumped for our athletes to get back on the floor and compete tonight!! Grateful for all the hard from our administration to make this happen. Looking forward to putting on some blue and gold this weekend!
#bearwitness
#gbears
@WNEbasketball
🏀 | Women's Basketball and Men's Basketball open their seasons tonight as they host Nichols at 4:30 and 6:30!
We invite you to watch the live stream at . For the safety of our community, fans will not be allowed at our games until further notice.
Special day today w/ our senior class. Group that has completely bought in with their effort and commitment to the program. Been an absolute pleasure to coach these guys each day. Work is not done yet. Big congrats to Alex Sikorski on getting 1000 as well!
#gbears
#bearwitness
🏀 | Alex Sikorski Reaches 1,000 Career Points as
@WNEbasketball
Defeats University of New England on Senior Day
📰 |
🔷 | Alex Sikorski is now the 25th player in Western New England men's basketball history to reach 1,000 career points
WNE - appreciate all the support in our two homes games last week!! Was great seeing the HLC packed against SC and another great crowd on Saturday. On the road today against D1 Sacred Heart.
#gbears
Gutsy effort from our guys today. Tough, tough game vs a very well coached team. Proud of how we competed and never gave up.
#gbears
#bearwitness
#roadbears
🏀 |
@WNEbasketball
Overcomes 12-Point Deficit in Second Half to Top Wentworth, 64-60
📰 |
🔷 | Western New England has won three straight and five of their last six games
Great watching former
@WNEbasketball
Golden Bear, '21 Zach Tavitian, playing with the
@ArmBasket
National team in the SADA Cup this morning. Finished w/ 13 pts and some huge blocks in a 2-pt loss to Syria.
#gbears
A little late getting this out there, but here's our 2019-20
@WNEbasketball
highlight film. Thanks 2
@MikeDuffyWNE
4 all his hard work putting this 2gether! Really memorable season coaching an excellent group of guys. Can't wait to get back on the floor!
Big Z took a chance on
@WNEbasketball
& leaves as one of the best Bigs to ever put on the blue & gold. Was a matchup nightmare w/ his size & skill. Look fwd to watching his success n the future overseas. Hopefully Europe won't call Tech's for hanging on the rim like they do here!
Huge congratulations to our guy Zach Tavitian on his graduation! A 1000 point scorer, Zach will be pursuing a professional basketball career overseas next year! We look forward to watching him play at the next level! Best of luck Zach, you will be missed!
💥WNE Prospect Camp will be on August 19th from 12-4. Open to rising 10th-12th graders. Great opportunity to play in front of our staff, hear from admissions and see the campus.
🏀
@WNEbasketball
Prospect Camp
🗓️ Aug 19th, 12-4pm
📒
Really proud of the way our guys played this weekend and great job by
@WNE_GoldenBears
staff in hosting our tip off tourney. Big one Tuesday 8pm at home vs Westfield as part of double header w/
@WNEwbasketball
Need to pack the HLC.
#bearwitness
#gbears
Mike Martin, athletic director for the Springfield School Department was honored at today’s PVIAC athletic director meeting. Mike is retiring this week after 16 years of outstanding service to the Springfield schools and the PVIAC. Congratulations Mike!
Really happy for our guys. They showed a ton of grit & character this week, winning 3 straight after some tough losses in the previous few games. Contributions from a lot of guys.
#gbears
@WNEbasketball
CCC Men's🏀 All-Conference Awards 🏆
@WNEbasketball
sees three earn awards this season!
🔀Jake Harrison - Co-Defensive POTY & First Team All-CCC
🔀 Gavin Greene - Second Team All-CCC
🔀 Tim Restall - Third Team All-CCC
Read More ➡️
#PaintItGold
🏀
💥WNE Prospect Camp will be on August 19th from 12-4. Open to rising 10th-12th graders. Great opportunity to play in front of our staff, hear from admissions and see the campus.
🏀
@WNEbasketball
Prospect Camp
🗓️ Aug 19th, 12-4pm
📒
🚨🚨 2023 WNE Prospect Camp 🚨🚨
Friday, August 11th, 2023, 12 - 4pm
Western New England Univ.
Includes - 2 games, simulated college practice, optional campus tour and informational session w/ admissions, WNE basketball t-shirt and more
$85 per player
Huge congrats Alex. An amazing career on the floor and in the classroom. Will leave it at that....knowing you have BIG things still ahead for you and
@WNEbasketball
.
Congratulations to our last graduate Alex Sikorski! Alex earned his finance degree while maintaining a 3.94 GPA over his 4 years! We are also happy to announce that Alex will be returning to WNE to play out his final year of eligibility while working towards his masters degree!
Will be hosting an open practice in the AM that day as well for anyone interested, in preparation for our trip to Ireland August 15th.
#gbears
#bearwitness
@WNE_GoldenBears
Almost 3 weeks til we host our summer prospect camp. August 11th - 12-4pm at WNE. Great opportunity for rising 12th, 11th, and 10th graders to play in a college like setting with players and coaches from WNE in attendance. More info can be found here -
Just over a week left to sign up for our WNE Virtual Prospect Day. Great opp to learn more about the school, athletic dept and bball program. Sign up here -
Have a good field of teams planning on attending including with teams comprised of players from: Windsor HS (CT), Boston English, Boston Cathedral, Chicopee Comp (MA), Haddam-Killingworth (CT), Pope Francis (MA), and many more... To register, click here -
🚨🚨 High School Coaches 🚨🚨
WNE Basketball - HS Team Tourney - 1 day
🗓️ Sunday November 13th; 10am-6pm
🏀 2 game guarantee, chance of 3
📒 Watch men's team practice from 8-10am
📝 Register here -
Western New England's Head Coach, Colin Tabb (
@Ctabb44
) hopped on the pod. We talked about his playing & coaching career thus far, his role in the Basketbull tournaments, Western New England, and much more!
Reid was the consummate teammate & hard worker. His ideal off. possession was 2 get an off. reb & kick it back out for a high % 3. On Def, he could guard 1-5 & sacrificed his body every day- games or practices- taking charges, boxing out & playing physical. Best of luck Reid!
Congratulations are also in order for our guy Reid! Reid graduated this year with a major in mechanical engineering! We’re definitely going to miss his presence on and off the court next year! We wish him the best of luck in all his future endeavors!
Little late in putting this out there, but some highlights from last year's
@WNEbasketball
season. Hopefully we're building on this for 19-20!
#gbears
#bearfam
Looking for some additional staffing help this week at
@GameOnSports2
in Fitchburg for the BasketBull Summer Championships tournament. Please reach out if interested in helping or know anyone that might be.
Games are Wed (3pm - 10pm), Thurs (12pm-10pm) and Friday (8:30-2:30)
Save the date. April 6th is right around the corner.
#WNEGives
is a great opportunity to show your support to our University and the athletes here.
#gbears
#bearwitness
This has to be one of the most ridiculously-unselfish possessions I’ve seen at the college level.
Reminds me of the one clip of the Spurs but this one is an extra 5+ passes.