I remember, very early in my college career (my sophomore year, 2008-09) when another journalist for this publication stated that the school spirit of the Lion's Den at the Mack had died.

It's been an awfully long off-season for the Hofstra University men's basketball team. With the exodus of Tom Pecora, the month long debacle that was Tim Welsh's Hofstra coaching tenure and the loss of recruits and current players due to transfer, head coach Mo Cassara and the Pride finally hit the court for its first practice of the year on Friday, October 15.