Former Siena women's basketball coach Gina Castelli was hired today by Le Moyne.

The Dolphins play in the Northeast-10, which is the league that The College of Saint Rose is in.

Castelli spent 22 seasons as the Saints coach, but was let go after the 2011-12 season.

Here is the link to Le Moyne's release.

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UAlbany held their basketball media day today and one of the hottest topics, and rightfully so, was Syracuse's loss to Le Moyne in a scrimmage on Tuesday.

“That’s a prime example of why we play close scrimmages against other Division I team,” said UAlbany coach Will Brown. “That type of game, where you’re playing a non Division I, I think that can go to a team’s psyche.”

That being said, Brown thinks the Orange's loss will make it tougher for them on Monday night in the season opener at the Carrier Dome as coach Jim Boeheim goes for his 800th victory.

“I think their No. 25 ranking is deserved and I think we’ll see a completely different team as Boeheim goes for 800 on Monday,” said Brown.

Brown said he expects to see a lot more of Syracuse's famous zone coverage on Monday. The Orange played mostly man coverage against Le Moyne.

UAlbany senior Will Harris said he knows exactly what the Syracuse players are going through.

Harris played at Virginia before coming to UAlbany and he said his team had some bad losses when he was there.

"When I was there, we took some losses that we shouldn't have," Harris said. "We had some long postgame talks. We had late night suicides, everything like that, so I can understand what those guys are going through right now."

For the other Great Danes players, it showed that anything can happen once you hit the floor.

"It just showed that any team can get beat on any given night," said junior guard Tim Ambrose.

I'll have more from media day in a little bit.

In the biggest upset on election day, No. 25 Syracuse didn't look good on Tuesday night and it cost them as the Orange fell to Division II Le Moyne 82-79 in an exhibition game at the Carrier Dome.

Le Moyne plays in the Northeast-10 Conference along with The College of Saint Rose.

Syracuse plays their first regular season game against the University at Albany on Monday night.

The game will be televised on ESPNU.

Do you think this gives the Great Danes a better chance against the Orange.

My feeling is that coach Jim Boeheim will be grinding it into his players heads for the next week.

Boeheim will be looking for his 800th victory on Monday.