Hofstra Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:29 PDT

Coach Tom Pecora has put Hofstra in position to challenge for postseason play every year.

The Pride has posted four 20-win seasons in the last five years and is poised this year to take a run at the CAA title, riding the wings of Charles Jenkins, voted co-Player of the Year with Old Dominion's Gerald Lee.

"Our goal is the same it is every year. We want to win a CAA championship," Pecora said. "The way we go about trying to obtain that goal might change a little from year to year based on personnel, but the goal is always the same.

"This year we'll need some of our younger guys to step and contribute right away, but I think we'll be a pretty good basketball team when it's all said and done."

The centerpiece is Jenkins, who figures to reach superstar status...