Other Comments: If there's an award for national recruiter of the year, it would go to UNB head coach Brent Baker.

Aside from recruiting Javon Masters who could very well be the top scorer in Canada by season's end, Baker vowed not to go through the injury bug which plagued his team last season. Mission accomplished. Baker recruited for numbers and found "hybrid" guys, if you will, who can fill any role and keep the winning train on track.

UNB's success this year is as much a credit to its newfound depth as it is to the veterans who paved the way. - Nick Murray, The Brunswickan (Follow Nick on Twitter: @NickMurray91)

Coaches Comments: Our squad has enjoyed some early success during the first semester. Being first in the conference and ranked ninth in the nation Is a significant improvement on last year's performance.

In my six years as a coach I've never seen the league with so much parity. Anybody can beat anybody on any given night, so for us to get six wins this early makes us feel very fortunate to be where we are. None of our wins were a walk in the park and we expect it to be even tougher in the second half of the season.

We have been very fortunate with addition of Javon Masters who is playing with a maturity beyond his years. He has an ability to dominate play at the offensive end without dominating the ball and has been special to watch. He's one of he most efficient players I've ever coached.

Dan Quirion has rebounded from two injury plagued seasons with a great first half. The team is looking forward to the return of the Will McFee who was a first team AUS all-star and the conference's scoring leader from last season. He has been sidelined with a hamstring injury for first six games of the season but returned for our final game vs. Saint Marys and tallied 11points.

Lastly, our attendance at our home games has increased significantly. It's great to see the student body adding a great deal of atmosphere at our home games this season. - Brent Baker, Head Coach

V-Reds Notes: Freshman guard Javon Masters leads the country in scoring with 32.1 points per game...Matthew Daley currently leads the Atlantic conference in assists with 5.43 per game...Fourth-year forward Ryan Smith is ranked second in AUS rebounding with 8.9 rebounds per game...The last time the Varsity Reds qualified for the post-season was in the 2010-11 season when they finished with a 8-12 record...UNB’s last playoff victory came in 2005 (def. UPEI 75-62 in AUS quarter-final).