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Post by Crucis#1 on Jan 12, 2021 9:13:30 GMT -5
While I have not seen Steph in a game and can determine her basketball IQ and skills, I met her and her mother last year at a HC Women’s basketball game. She was very enthused about playing this season and being a student at HC. Hope that she can fully recover this year and be available to the team for next season.
Unfortunately, some seem to forget that our athletes are human, with ailments and conditions that may need time to heal in order to possibly return to competition. Some conditions cannot be overcome and retirement from competition may be necessary. Many lack empathy and the realization that athletes are not like a car, where you can put them in a body shop, change the parts and they should be back on the floor ready to race up and down the court or field.
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Post by HC13 on Jan 12, 2021 9:27:27 GMT -5
I did watch a bunch of her games last year as Proctor Academy live streamed a number of their games. She is 4 position player. Due to injuries, she played a lot of point for PA last season, has a pretty good handle and played great defense. She has a great motor, really gets up and down the floor well. It's hard to know how her game would translate as is often the case, her HS games were sometimes not competitive. That said, I think she would have been a great asset this year in HC's up tempo offense. If I had to guess, she would have seen most of her time at the 3/4, but much like Petro, has the motor to cover guards if necessary. She needs to improve her outside shooting and like many frosh, probably would have needed some time to adjust to the more physical part of the D1 game. She played for a great AAU program, the New England Crusaders, so I had high hopes going into the season. It's a real shame she lost this year to develop, as she would have gotten lots of playing time.
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Post by rgs318 on Jan 12, 2021 9:32:26 GMT -5
That’s a ridiculous hypothetical - she’s been hurt from day one - obviously no one has that answer - just be patient until next fall I am afraid your point is what is ridiculous. If she was hurt from "day one" whenever that was, why would HC give her a scholarship? I was speaking about anyone who might have seen her play in high school or AAU competition. Since we have so many folks who have seen our recruits while they were in high school (and I am in that group for some athletes) I was asking what folks might have seen last year or before. How do you know that "no one has that answer?" Thank you, 13, for providing the information for which I asked. I have seen more than one talented athlete suffer an injury that made continued competition impossible. That is always sad to see.
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Post by purplehaze on Jan 12, 2021 10:04:33 GMT -5
I’m happy your curiosity has been satisfied and we can end the discussion- for myself I know very little and will wait until practice starts next fall - good luck to Steph in her recovery
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Post by timholycross on Jan 12, 2021 12:38:49 GMT -5
I’m happy your curiosity has been satisfied and we can end the discussion- for myself I know very little and will wait until practice starts next fall - good luck to Steph in her recovery Yeah, this is counterproductive at this point; even if it turns out she can't play...so let's hope she can.
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Post by lou on Jan 12, 2021 13:30:04 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Jan 12, 2021 14:02:48 GMT -5
Paywall
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Post by HC13 on Jan 12, 2021 14:20:54 GMT -5
Daughter knows best as Holy Cross women's basketball tops Army again McCormack, Cross shine as Maureen Magarity notches another win over her father Dave Jennifer Toland Telegram & Gazette
WORCESTER — Holy Cross coach Maureen Magarity’s daughters, 7-year-old Charlotte and 4-year-old Caroline, put their grandma, Rita Magarity, on the spot. They wanted to know who she would be rooting for this weekend when the Crusaders played two games against Patriot League foe Army. Rita, understandably, was torn. The series pitted Maureen against her dad, Dave Magarity, who is in his 15th season as coach of the Black Knights. The teams play again Feb. 6-7. “My mom gave a very politically correct answer,” Maureen said with a laugh. “‘I want Pop-Pop to win two and Mommy to win two.’” Maureen’s team took the first two. On Saturday, Maureen earned her first win as Holy Cross coach as the Crusaders beat the Black Knights, 80-46, in West Point, N.Y. At the Hart Center on Sunday, HC pulled away from the Black Knights in the third quarter and freshman Cara McCormack scored 12 points and sophomore Addisyn Cross added 11 to key a 70-61 victory. The Magaritys, who chatted in front of the scorer’s table near midcourt before Sunday’s game and waved to each other from their respective benches after it, were part of the first father-daughter coaching matchup in Division 1 college basketball history. “It’s just really special,” Dave said. Eight players scored for Holy Cross, including freshman Bronagh Power-Cassidy, who scored seven of her nine points in HC’s dominant third quarter, and junior Oluchi Ezemma, who had eight points and seven rebounds. HC evened its record at 2-2, and the weekend sweep of the Black Knights was a confidence booster for the young Crusaders. “I can’t tell you how proud I am of the team,” Maureen said, “and how they responded to it all. I tried not to bring up everything about me and my dad. It was Army, and they knew what was at stake. I learned from the best and I got the best of my dad this weekend, but we still have a couple more games to play against them.” The Crusaders got contributions up and down the lineup at both ends and held Army to 33 percent field goal shooting and came up with 22 turnovers. “Everybody stepping up offensively and defensively is very important,” Cross said. “I think we’re coming together as a team.” When Maureen, who spent the previous 10 years at the University of New Hampshire, was hired by Holy Cross in April, she and her father knew they would be facing each other at least twice a season. Scheduling adjustments due to COVID resulted in four regular-season games between HC and Army. “My mom said, ‘One game is hard enough on my heart, but four?’” Maureen said. “I’m like, ‘Oh, Mom. It will be fine.’ ” The pride in Dave Magarity’s voice when talking about his oldest daughter is evident. Maureen’s admiration for her father also comes through clearly. She knew from an early age that she wanted to follow in his coaching footsteps. Dave began his career at St. Francis (Pa.) and coached the Marist men’s team for 18 years. Dave and Rita raised their three children in Poughkeepsie. “In fifth or sixth grade, people would ask me what I want to do when I grow up,” Maureen said. “I would say, ‘I want to coach. I want to coach like my dad.’ “Basketball has always been such a huge part of my life,” Maureen said. “I grew up around the game and always had a love for it. I had the coaching bug, honestly, at a very young age.” As a kid, Maureen loved going to the gym to watch her dad’s team practice. She also liked pulling up a chair next to him when he watched film. “I remember her sitting there with me,” Dave said. “I’d be doing a scout for an opponent and she’d ask questions and I’d tell her, ‘This is how you have to defend this, or whatever,’ and she was pretty insightful even at a young age.” Maureen made her high school varsity team as a seventh-grader, went on to graduate from Our Lady of Lourdes High School, played one year at Boston College, then transferred to Marist. She was a two-time captain for the Red Foxes and in 2004 helped the team to its first NCAA Tournament appearance. Maureen began her coaching career at Marist, spent a year as an assistant at Fairfield, then joined Dave’s staff at Army in 2006. During the 2005-06 season, Dave was an assistant under the late Maggie Dixon at Army. Dixon passed away suddenly of a heart ailment at age 26 in April 2006, soon after guiding Army to its first PL title and NCAA Tournament appearance. Dave planned to leave Army at the end of that season to take a job with the New Orleans Hornets, but he stayed in West Point and brought Maureen onto his staff. Dixon had previously interviewed Maureen.
“Being allowed to bring her onto my staff was a big part of my decision (to stay),” Dave said. The program was obviously devastated by Dixon’s death, but with Dave’s leadership, the Black Knights came together to win 24 games in 2006-07. “That first year, take away the Xs and Os, it was just so emotional,” Maureen said. “Just the way he was with the players, how he was there for them off the court – emotionally he gave them what they needed. That sticks with me more than anything. “Working for my dad,” Maureen said, “was just an experience that shaped me as a coach and as a person.” Maureen spent four seasons with her dad at Army before becoming head coach at UNH in 2010. UNH and Army scrimmaged every year Maureen was with the Wildcats. She led a UNH turnaround and this season is guiding the Crusaders through a rebuild. HC graduated five seniors from last year’s 19-win squad. Maureen, who was hired at Holy Cross in April, sought her father’s advice and insight when the job became available. “Absolutely it was a tough decision,” Dave said. “She loved UNH. Holy Cross is Holy Cross. She was recruited by Holy Cross. She knows their tradition. She was blown away with their new facilities. (I said), ‘The job is open. If you think it’s a good fit, you have to go after it.’” Dave called Maureen last week after the Crusaders dropped their first two games to Boston University. “At the end of the day,” Maureen said, “he’s my dad. He’s very supportive. He gave me a little pep talk and was very complimentary of our team and how hard we played. It was nice.” Dave and Rita always instilled in their children the importance of relationships. While recently switching over some old home movies from VHS to digital, Maureen noticed that at every family event – birthdays, baptisms, holidays – Dave’s players were in the background. “They were always there,” Maureen said. “It was just neat that they were part of the family. Even as his assistant, that’s how it always felt – he was in touch with all his players. That’s what makes me most proud of my dad. Besides the wins and losses, I hope someday I can be like that. That’s what I want to emulate more than anything.” —Contact Jennifer Toland at jennifer.toland@telegram.com. Follow her on Twitter @jentandg.
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Post by hchoops on Jan 12, 2021 15:27:13 GMT -5
Terrific article and story Thank you for posting, 13
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 12, 2021 23:25:08 GMT -5
I did watch a bunch of her games last year as Proctor Academy live streamed a number of their games. She is 4 position player. Due to injuries, she played a lot of point for PA last season, has a pretty good handle and played great defense. She has a great motor, really gets up and down the floor well. It's hard to know how her game would translate as is often the case, her HS games were sometimes not competitive. That said, I think she would have been a great asset this year in HC's up tempo offense. If I had to guess, she would have seen most of her time at the 3/4, but much like Petro, has the motor to cover guards if necessary. She needs to improve her outside shooting and like many frosh, probably would have needed some time to adjust to the more physical part of the D1 game. She played for a great AAU program, the New England Crusaders, so I had high hopes going into the season. It's a real shame she lost this year to develop, as she would have gotten lots of playing time. I wonder if Coach Magarity recruited Steph for UNH? If she did but lost her to HC it illustrates some of the restraints she had recruiting to UNH. HC has other constraints like admissions requirements.
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