Maine Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:23:41 PDT

The troubles continue in Orono.

As if Maine didn't have enough issues coming off another losing season, the Black Bears also lost leading scorer Mark Socoby, who is still in school this semester but who will transfer to play for the NAIA's The Master's College in California next season.

So, coach Ted Woodward, whose team plays its games in a hockey rink that opens itself to basketball on a very temporary (and often chilly) basis, faces another losing season.

In fact, only the collapse of the last two America East champions, UMBC and Binghamton, really provides any hope of the Bears escaping the conference basement.

To summarize the problems: The Bears lost their top scorer, had the associate head coach resign after a sex scandal, and saw a recruit, the...