Riverdale, N.Y. (January 31, 2006)- To help celebrate the 100th season of Men's Basketball at Manhattan College, the College will announce and honor the greatest players in the history of the program as the Jaspers take on Long Beach State on Saturday, February 18, in a game that comes from the pool of teams under consideration for the BracketBuster Saturday package of games.
A distinguished panel of journalists and alumni is compiling and tabulating a list of the greatest players to ever don the Kelly Green. The final list will be announced at the game on February 18 at
1:00 p.m. At halftime of the game, several of the all-time Jaspers will be recognized during a special ceremony. Sure to be included on the list are Keith Bullock '93 and Luis Flores '04, both of whom were recently named to the MAAC 25th Anniversary Team.
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Manhattan (13-6, 9-2 MAAC) has won 13 of its last 15, and returns Draddy Gym for two MAAC games this weekend, hosting Niagara on Friday, February 3 at 7:00 p.m. before taking on Loyola on Sunday, February 5 at 12:00 p.m. in a game that will be televised on ESPNU.
