Greetings from Alumni Gym, where to prove anything's possible with no defenders around, Kevin Vosilla just threw home a one-handed tomahawk dunk minutes after Robbie Meyers drained a 3 from the wing.

Rider hosts Niagara tonight in a game with big-time implications. If Niagara wins, the Purple Eagles are still in the hunt for the regular season title, which they could earn by winning out -- including a win at home over Siena -- and having Siena somehow fall completely apart on its Western New York trip.

That scenario is unlikely to unfold in full, but the reality that Siena hasn't officially wrapped up the regular season title speaks volumes about how well Niagara has played this month.

The Eagles have won seven straight, haven't lost in February, lead the nation with 13 road victories, and don't need help from anyone to finish only one game out of first place in the MAAC.

They've had a season so far that in almost any other year would be good enough to win the regular season title and be the prohibitive favorite in the tournament. Barring a complete meltdown, they'll be a shoo-in for an NIT at-large should they lose in Albany. While they don't warrant NCAA at-large consideration and probably won't no matter what happens, if they win their final four games in regular season, then win two in Albany and get to 27 wins, they will be in some bubble discussions.

If Rider wins, Siena is the regular season champ and the Broncs will have taken a big step toward the No. 3 seed, which as I wrote in today's paper, is more significant than it is in many other years. The downside, though, of getting that seed is that playing a red-hot Niagara team in the semis won't exactly be easy.

The following is an instance of me completely copying The Mirror, which has done a superb job this year of live blogging that I am unlikely to match: I got an account with coveritlive and will be live blogging tonight.

I hadn't done this until now for a variety of reasons, including what was once shaky wireless internet here at the Zoo. But my connection is close to perfect, and I'll give it a shot tonight, then hopefully do it again Saturday against UMBC and hopefully for the rest of the season.

My hope is that I'll be able to do it for every MAAC tournament game -- something I did last year but without the coveritlive software, which makes things infinitely easier for me and you.

I'll try to fire it up a few minutes before we tip at 7 and see what happens.

Alright, let's get this thing started.