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The players aren’t the only ones living the dream at March Madness.Hofstra University student Joe Orovitz, a Ridgefield Park, NJ, native, is a photographer working with the school’s athletic department,
Hofstra Basketball is heading to the NCAA Tournament after capturing the 2026 CAA Men's Basketball Championship with a 75–69 win over Monmouth.
Alabama will face the Hofstra Pride in the first round of March Madness. Here is everything you need to know about the Pride.
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Hofstra’s Cruz Davis savors March Madness return as one of many notable players from one-bid leagues
Cruz Davis’ only previous taste of March Madness came three years and two transfers ago. The Hofstra guard can’t wait to get back on college basketball’s biggest stage in more of a starring role.
Hofstra has a full-court Preston behind its magic run. Long Island native and freshman Preston Edmead has been a godsend for the Pride and a major reason Hofstra is in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 25 years.
Hofstra’s half-court offense, frontcourt physicality, and Alabama’s loss of Aden Holloway could reshape a matchup that many expect to be one-sided.
Hofstra waited 25 years to return to the NCAA Tournament. It sure as heck doesn’t want its comeback to end in one day. “We’re not just one of those teams that’s happy to be here,” head coach Speedy Claxton said Sunday on CBS Sports Network.
For German Plotnikov, home is wherever Hofstra goes. When he was growing up as an only child in Minsk, Belarus, Plotnikov had only his single mom, Olga. The pair was inseparable when his undeniable basketball talents were recognized stateside while he was a high schooler in 2018.