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Post by hcpride on Mar 28, 2024 12:42:44 GMT -5
Didn't we just raise over $3 million for athletics at HC ? - Well, maybe a little of that can go to trying to get us out of the cellar After the winter season: Overall Standings (No. of sports) Points Boston University (11) 84.75 Navy (11) 79.25 Army West Point (11) 77.75 Bucknell (13) 75 Colgate (13) 62 Lehigh (12) 60.25 American (12) 50 Lafayette (13) 49.75 Loyola Maryland (10) 49.5 Holy Cross (13) 46 I think low score wins (like golf).
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Post by hcpride on Mar 28, 2024 11:30:44 GMT -5
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Post by hcpride on Mar 28, 2024 10:22:40 GMT -5
A financial advisor once told the parents of my kids graduating class that you're better off being poor than saving every penny when it comes to college. We all know very few pay sticker price for college. I'm convinced schools like BU, Tufts and Wellesley see these prices as a badge of honor. IMO it's time to either require colleges to keep costs down or lose federal funding and be prepared to pay taxes. They are no longer non-profits. Im not sure about the poor part but many years ago a very smart guy told me not to bother scraping and saving for my girls’ eventual college bill because it would be gobbled up in any case. I have to say, for me it worked.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 28, 2024 10:06:24 GMT -5
Re: brands, my experience with marketing consumer products is that in the consumer’s mind the strongest indicator of quality is price. I’ll guess that HC will want to be one of the most expensive (list price) colleges to avoid conveying that it is of lower quality. That’s a very good point and one administrator from SUNY Stony Brook once told me the same. It took a while for his school but once the bright NYC kids/parents saw the real deal (about 15-20ish years ago) some of the Long Island private (and much more expensive) colleges were left in the dust. But I’ll bet there is still a nagging thought amongst some along the lines of, “How can it be much better if it is much cheaper?”.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 27, 2024 19:15:49 GMT -5
From today’s Boston Globe If you thought the Iowa v Holy Cross 3.23 million network viewership was huge…: Caitlin Clark, Iowa draw record 4.9M viewers in 2nd-round NCAA win
BRISTOL, Conn. -- It didn't take long for Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes to break their viewing record in the women's NCAA tournament.
The Hawkeyes' 64-54 victory over West Virginia in Monday night's second-round game averaged 4.90 million viewers on ESPN, according to Nielsen, making it the most-viewed women's tournament game ever -- excluding Final Four contests and title games.
The viewership surpassed the 3.23 million who watched Iowa's first-round win over Holy Cross on Saturday on ABC.
Monday night's game is also the most-watched NCAA tournament game -- men's or women's -- on cable this year. The previous high was 4.09 million for Houston's overtime victory over Texas A&M Sunday night on TNT.
It was the fourth Iowa women's game this season, and first one on cable, where the viewer average was over 3 million. The others were on Fox, CBS and ABC...www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39822075/caitlin-clark-iowa-draw-record-49m-viewers-2nd-round-ncaa-win
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Post by hcpride on Mar 27, 2024 7:12:26 GMT -5
How about Iowa? Coach got a first hand look at her the other day. And the’ll have at least one opening in the starting lineup.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 26, 2024 9:59:44 GMT -5
Back on track to WBB, I heard a podcaster online compare Clark to Johnny Manziel. While not a fair comparison due to his various off the field issues, it does throw a spotlight on the NIL money (which didn't exist back in Manziel's playing days---legally), complaining, and general attitude of entitlement. That being said she is a pure, gifted shooter. I would still take Paige over her as a teammate and overall all around player. Johnny Football? How about Ryan Leaf? LOL. To be fair she’s not a bad passer (well over 1,000 career assists) and her team does seem to have won quite a few games in the four years she’s led them. One of the more unusual things about her (for those who follow the better college women) is the fact that she’s been remarkably free of major injuries and has played over 30 games each one of those four years. I just saw the Johnny Manzeil special (Netflix?) and that guy was an absolute ( drug and alcohol fueled) trainwreck . Cleveland did zero due diligence. Surprised he didn’t fall beyond 22 in that draft.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 26, 2024 9:30:46 GMT -5
Nice W last night for Notre Dame, Hidalgo is having a great year and is fun to watch. Considering all their injuries to key starters, Notre Dame’s late season success is a bit surprising.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 25, 2024 9:31:58 GMT -5
The idea of legions of young girl fans (and their families) jamming the turnstiles to watch women’s hoops has been the WNBA’s dream since it began. Somehow, despite some very popular college players, it hadn’t consistently materialized. Some poor choices and poor messaging by the WNBA accounts for a part of that. They need an appealing star and, with any luck, the leading pros in the WNBA can appreciate that they themselves will benefit from CC’s success - but I’m not so sure. Yeah, the veterans may give her a "BPC welcome."🤣 Beyond a hard forearm to the face, they might (if they are unaware how much $he could benefit them) spout off with criticism, etc. But I don’t see her new franchise giving her the ‘Pete Maravich welcome’. For those interested, Iowa plays West Virginia tonight at 8 on ESPN.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 25, 2024 9:17:15 GMT -5
Caitlin Clark's counterpart in music for the past year or so is Taylor Swift. I admire the way Swift built her business and has kept her fans and how much joy they get from following her. I'll give Clark a couple of years to see if young girls are lining up at the turnstyles when her WNBA team comes to their region. Maybe it's not a fair comparison. The WNBA plays 40 games a year and Swift only tours once every few years. The idea of legions of young girl fans (and their families) jamming the turnstiles to watch women’s hoops has been the WNBA’s dream since it began. Somehow, despite some very popular college players, it hadn’t consistently materialized. Some poor choices and poor messaging by the WNBA accounts for a part of that. They need an appealing star and, with any luck, the leading pros in the WNBA can appreciate that they themselves will benefit from CC’s success - but I’m not so sure.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 25, 2024 8:04:36 GMT -5
Yeah, but her on-court demeanor needs work....that stuff is not going to work at the next level... It might, because she will be the Michael Jordan of the WNBA from Day 1. At least as far as the pedestal she'll be put on by the media. Won't be easy, people will be expecting her to score 30 every game and dominate like she did college. Bar has never been set higher for an incoming WNBA player. Taurasi distant 2nd in that regard. I agree. There are a fair amount of detractors to her game (several high profile ones emerged when she was closing in on various records) but certainly the WNBA/TV execs see her as an opportunity. I’m treading lightly here but she may have significantly broader appeal than some of their other stars for a number of reasons. Soooo, her success in the WNBA is something WNBA/TV execs really really really want. Beyond that, one of Pistol Pete’s problems was the mismatch with his first team. CC is all set in that particular regard.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 25, 2024 7:19:59 GMT -5
Yes, on the one hand getting (accidentally) punched square in the face really didn’t faze her (some/most) players would have gone nuts over it, but on the other hand her frustrations over her own play and no-calls in the first half were a bit dramatic/petulant. And she’s got to know the cameras and eyes are on her. Constantly. I’ve watched about ten of her games and in a couple she’s acted like this when frustrated. After the game Clark said that BPC's elbow just grazed her nose. In other words, she took a dive. I appreciate that she also said she didn't think it was intentional, but she needs to work on her demeanor. Even many Iowa fans are fed up. Thats funny, BPC seemed to think she smacked her pretty hard or at least that was the gist of BPC’s on and off the court apologies. And it is true CC brushed off the blow in post game comments and wasn’t looking to dwell on it.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 25, 2024 7:01:37 GMT -5
She plays with an edge and a personality Much like other great players like Pistol Pete Yeah, but her on-court demeanor needs work....that stuff is not going to work at the next level... Yes, on the one hand getting (accidentally) punched square in the face really didn’t faze her (some/most) players would have gone nuts over it, but on the other hand her frustrations over her own play and no-calls in the first half were a bit dramatic/petulant. And she’s got to know the cameras and eyes are on her. Constantly. I’ve watched about ten of her games and in a couple she’s acted like this when frustrated.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 25, 2024 4:56:05 GMT -5
mm What was the score? I don’t think we have ever beaten them. Holy Cross is 2-20 against UConn and last win was 1982. Not likely to ever beat them again. We lost the posted game by about 40. The following year we lost to UCONN by 60.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 24, 2024 16:14:45 GMT -5
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Post by hcpride on Mar 23, 2024 16:52:22 GMT -5
ED for the class of 2027 was 530 of 823. HC's numbers tend to be high because the ED numbers include 125-150 recruited athletes. Athletes comprise nearly a quarter of the student body. Questbridge admits for the class of 2028 are 46, these are ED. For the class of 2027, Questbridge admits were 11. I'm eyeballing the 2023-2024 (Class of 2027...the current first-year class) CDS and using those numbers. 1. 511 ED kids accepted (total of 761 ED applicants). That is a 67% ED acceptance rate. 2.Class size is 824. That means 62% of the class was accepted via ED. 3. Given the above, ‘yield’ should be relatively high [511 accepted ED students will ‘yield’ 511 enrolled students]. 4. Filling a large proportion of a class via ED means that RD needs to fill a relatively small proportion of the class . In this case accepting enough RD to fill 300-ish slots (rather than accepting enough RD to fill 800-ish slots). 5. 42 kids enrolled off the waitlist. Interesting. www.holycross.edu/sites/default/files/2024-02/College%20of%20the%20Holy%20Cross%20Common%20Data%20Set%202023-2024.pdf
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Post by hcpride on Mar 23, 2024 14:40:56 GMT -5
Cara’s not swishing ‘em like last game but the team still got 21 first quarter.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 23, 2024 14:38:10 GMT -5
What a QTR!!
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Post by hcpride on Mar 23, 2024 12:58:09 GMT -5
While Iowa's scoring prowess versus top (and otherwise) women's programs is well established this year (90+ ppg), I have some concerns about our ability to put it in the hoop today. Beyond the nerves and the hostile environment, we're just not used to trying to score against six-footers who are light on their feet.
Given her height (listed at 5-3) and low release I don't think Cara McCormick will be able to bomb away with open threes from a reasonable distance like she did last game.
Beating the spread (38.5 ?) will be a challenge.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 23, 2024 9:50:38 GMT -5
The Big East was treated very unfairly given their strength this year - only 3 teams got in (all won their first round games).
The SEC, in contrast, got 8 teams in. 5 have already lost (many - including Kentucky and Auburn - via upset).
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Post by hcpride on Mar 22, 2024 17:56:28 GMT -5
Yale hanging around Auburn Very much so.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 22, 2024 15:01:22 GMT -5
The worst 16-1 women's matchup I tried to watch was when St Francis took on UConn. a few years ago. For some (very very) strange reason St. Francis decided to run their usual fast- paced offense. 55 UConn points later the first quarter (!) ended. None of the St. Francis women looked happy to take the court in the second quarter. (Note: Quarter is not a typo.) Actually, it is. Women were playing halves in 2014-15, and the score at half time was 47-14.
No. You have the wrong year. The 2015 St Francis (Brooklyn) 16 v 1 beatdown by UConn was comparatively close at 89-33 The one I referenced was the 2018 St Francis (PA) 16 v 1 beatdown by UConn and was 140 - 52 and was 55-19 at the end of the FIRST QUARTER
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Post by hcpride on Mar 22, 2024 14:49:24 GMT -5
The worst 16-1 women's matchup I tried to watch was when St Francis took on UConn a few years ago. For some (very very) strange reason St. Francis decided to run their usual fast- paced offense. 55 UConn points later the first quarter (!) ended. None of the St. Francis women looked happy to take the court in the second quarter. UConn won by 85...I think they lost in the final four that year.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 22, 2024 11:22:45 GMT -5
Massey picks the game as 98-55. a 43 point spread. He says Iowa has a 98% chance for the win. No shock there. HC is playing with house money...GO. CROSS GO. I’m struggling to see how we avoid a very one-sided and ‘hard to watch’ game. Those sorts of exhibitions don’t benefit either team (nor the fans nor the networks). I’m assuming betting lines have a baked-in assumption the dogs may be called off very early and Iowa reins in their offense and empties the bench. Massey may not, hence the 43 point spread. . These are the sorts of matchups folks cite when debating if the women’s March Madness field is double the size it should be.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 22, 2024 8:24:44 GMT -5
The point spread is 36 pts. Seems excessive but maybe I will not feel that way at the end of the 1st Qtr. Even if it is an early blowout (and that is likely since we will struggle to score versus these athletes and they average 90 this year versus better competition) the score MAY drift back to within a 36-point margin by the end. But I’m not betting on it.
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