Men's Basketball Faces FDU on ESPNU Thursday
The Central Connecticut men's basketball team goes to New Jersey to face FDU on Thursday night at the Bogota Savings Bank Center for a Northeast Conference meeting.
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The Blue Devils and Knights are meeting for the first time this season. CCSU won the teams' last matchup.
OPENING NOTES
• Central Connecticut faces FDU on Thursday in a Northeast Conference game to be televised on ESPNU. Derek Jones and Noah Savage will call the action.
• Head coach Patrick Sellers is in his third season at the helm of his alma mater and has improved the team's win total over the previous season in each campaign.
• The Blue Devils host Wagner (Jan. 27) for Coaches vs. Cancer and Alumni Day on Saturday.
WITH A CCSU WIN ...
• Central would win its NEC-leading 7th road game of the season.
• CCSU would be 3 games above .500 through 19 games for the first time since 2010-11 (12-7).
• CCSU would have a 4-game road win streak in NEC play for the first time since Jan. 13-Feb. 15, 2007 (6).
• The Blue Devils would win their 6th straight road game overall - their longest streak since Jan. 13-Feb. 15, 2007 (6).
• Central would surpass its season win total for the 3rd straight season with 11 games to play.
NOTABLES
• With its win at LIU, Central matched its win total from 2022-23 with 11 games remaining in the regular season.
• In 3 seasons under head coach Patrick Sellers, the Blue Devils have improved their win total from the previous season each campaign.
• In 10 seasons from the program's last winning season (2010-11, 19-12) until Sellers was named head coach, CCSU was just 86-207 (.294).
• The Blue Devils have been the NEC's best road team in 2023-24 with 6 wins overall and a perfect 3-0 mark in league play in away games.
• CCSU last won 6 straight road games overall in 2006-07.
• Central last won 6 road games in a season in 2017-18 and have not won 7 since the 2012-13 season.