Basketball is right around the corner for the Robert Morris Colonials and a lot is expected from Andrew Toole’s team during the 2015-16 season. The Colonials are coming off a 2015 season that saw RMU win their first NCAA Tournament game since 1983 when they defeated North Florida in the NCAA First Four. This season Toole’s team is once again expected to contend for a Northeast Conference title as RMU was picked to finish second in the conference according to a poll of Northeast Conference ... Read More
Madness begins tonight for Colonials vs. North Florida
Tonight the Robert Morris Colonials (19-14, 12-6) will be taking on the North Florida Ospreys (21-11, 12-2) at University of Dayton Arena in Dayton, Ohio in an opening-round game of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The matchup will feature teams who each won their respective conference tournament. The North Florida Ospreys, who have only been around since the 1992-1993 season, are gearing up for their first postseason match. Since joining the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2005, the Ospreys ... Read More
Robert Morris stays hot; tied for NEC lead
It looks like the tough non-conference schedule that Robert Morris played before their NEC Conference season began is paying dividends in a big way. Andy Toole’s team was tested in a major way early on in the season, playing at the likes of North Carolina, Georgetown and Clemson. The Colonials lost all three of those games and at one point of the season sat with only a 5-9 record, but things have turned around for RMU. Rodney Pryor scored a career-high 28 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, ... Read More