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Post by purplehaze on Sept 1, 2021 12:43:12 GMT -5
Many schools releasing their schedules this week - where is ours ?
I see we open with Northeastern at home on Nov 10th,and play at Bryant Nov 28th and at UNH Dec 8th
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Post by HC13 on Sept 1, 2021 14:21:29 GMT -5
Many schools releasing their schedules this week - where is ours ? I see we open with Northeastern at home on Nov 10th,and play at Bryant Nov 28th and at UNH Dec 8th Good question, also have RI Dec 2 @ home, in looking at a number of other teams, it turns out HC is hardly alone with no posted schedule. |
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Post by bison137 on Sept 1, 2021 19:36:59 GMT -5
For those who are interested, Bucknell released their women's OOC schedule a month ago. Of course no PL schedule yet. Bucknell's OOC:
• Nov. 10th @ Ohio State
• Nov. 17th @ FDU
• Nov. 20th @ Temple
• Nov. 23rd @ Iona
• Nov. 27th TBD (Burlington VT) #
• Nov. 28th TBD (Burlington VT) #
• Dec. 1st (WED) St. Francis (PA) - Sojka
• Dec. 3rd (FRI) Penn – Sojka
• Dec. 7th @ St. Bonaventure
• Dec. 18th (SAT) George Mason – Sojka (Double-header with men playing La Salle)
• Dec. 20th (MON) Buffalo – Sojka
# TD Bank Classic (University of Vermont) - Vermont, Brown, North Dakota.
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Post by bfoley82 on Sept 2, 2021 11:59:40 GMT -5
HC's Non-Conference Schedule
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Post by Chu Chu on Sept 2, 2021 12:06:20 GMT -5
A pretty attractive schedule, overall. We play the Stetson Hatters at home. Is that the first ever meeting with them?
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Post by hchoops on Sept 2, 2021 12:10:58 GMT -5
Some higher conference games
BC, Pitt, Northeastern UMass
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Post by HC13 on Sept 2, 2021 12:11:23 GMT -5
Pretty good schedule - ladies will be tested early & often
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Post by sader1970 on Sept 2, 2021 12:16:51 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 2, 2021 12:44:44 GMT -5
We doth protest too much, methinks. I went to the BC website to check the time of the November 13 tilt to see if it conflicted with the 1pm League Championship football game at Fordham on that Saturday. HC doesn't have the time listed but BC only has last year's schedule up. So we are way ahead of the knuckle draggers to the East.😊
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Post by lowerkimball on Sept 2, 2021 13:35:48 GMT -5
A pretty attractive schedule, overall. We play the Stetson Hatters at home. Is that the first ever meeting with them? IIRC, HC played @ Stetson during the 19-20 non-conference season. I would say this is a well done overall schedule and whichever assistant set it up should get a nice bonus from Coach Magarity. A nice mix of winnable games and challenges for a relatively young team. Umass and URI will be tough tests, albeit with the benefit of home court advantage. Dartmouth and Brown two very winnable games against bottom tier Ivy schools - though both have new head coaches so I'd expect them to be somewhat improved. Bryant and UNH (homecoming for HCMM!) are also two winnable games against lesser opponents on the road. Northeastern and Stetson are somewhat unknowns with NU coming off another down year and sporting a new coach and Stetson from the ASUN but again both home games. BC on paper is probably the only real L. Pitt may be a high major program but the last several years has been dreadful. I'd still expect HC to have a difficult time but wouldn't quite call it an L. Curious to see if they add an 11th game since I believe they are 1 short of the NCAA limit - maybe a D3? |
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 2, 2021 14:33:36 GMT -5
A top team from the NE-10 would be an interesting matchup for a courageous coach to schedule. No upside for HC or the coaching staff other than possibly praise for doing what other coaches are afraid to. It could potentially be a great regional game between two highly motivated teams.
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Post by HC13 on Sept 2, 2021 14:42:55 GMT -5
A top team from the NE-10 would be an interesting matchup for a courageous coach to schedule. No upside for HC or the coaching staff other than possibly praise for doing what other coaches are afraid to. It could potentially be a great regional game between two highly motivated teams. Assumption, maybe, doubtful on Bentley |
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Post by purplehaze on Sept 2, 2021 15:25:15 GMT -5
6 of 10 ooc games at home - something you don’t see for our men’s team - no one’s fault, just the reality of men’s college basketball
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Post by bison137 on Sept 2, 2021 16:17:04 GMT -5
Curious to see if they add an 11th game since I believe they are 1 short of the NCAA limit - maybe a D3? Yes, a team that doesn't participate in an official Multi Team Event is allowed to play 29 regular season games. |
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Post by bfoley82 on Sept 2, 2021 18:29:04 GMT -5
A pretty attractive schedule, overall. We play the Stetson Hatters at home. Is that the first ever meeting with them? IIRC, HC played @ Stetson during the 19-20 non-conference season. I would say this is a well done overall schedule and whichever assistant set it up should get a nice bonus from Coach Magarity. A nice mix of winnable games and challenges for a relatively young team. Umass and URI will be tough tests, albeit with the benefit of home court advantage. Dartmouth and Brown two very winnable games against bottom tier Ivy schools - though both have new head coaches so I'd expect them to be somewhat improved. Bryant and UNH (homecoming for HCMM!) are also two winnable games against lesser opponents on the road. Northeastern and Stetson are somewhat unknowns with NU coming off another down year and sporting a new coach and Stetson from the ASUN but again both home games. BC on paper is probably the only real L. Pitt may be a high major program but the last several years has been dreadful. I'd still expect HC to have a difficult time but wouldn't quite call it an L. Curious to see if they add an 11th game since I believe they are 1 short of the NCAA limit - maybe a D3? Dartmouth new head coach was in contention for national championships at Bowdoin. Maybe she turns it around! |
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 2, 2021 19:29:58 GMT -5
Recruiting for Bowdoin has synergies with recruiting for Dartmouth. Sharp choice for the Big Green. A proven winner at a Little Ivy has more credibility than an Ivy Assistant to begin their tenure as head coach, imo.
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Post by bison137 on Sept 2, 2021 21:36:54 GMT -5
6 of 10 ooc games at home - something you don’t see for our men’s team - no one’s fault, just the reality of men’s college basketball . . . and the reality of women's basketball - where most teams in leagues like the A-10 don't make a lot of money for home games, so they are more willing to schedule home-and-home series. For example, Bucknell's women team in recent years has had home series with Penn State, St. Joes, Temple, GMU, Fordham, Buffalo, and Akron. The three A-10 schools (Fordham, GMU, St.Joes) and Akron collectively averaged less than1000 spectators per game in 2019-20 and Temple averaged about 1500. And some attendance figures may be padded by men/women doubleheaders, where the women's attendance is listed as the number who attended the men's game. In addition to much lower attendances, the women's games typically have MUCH lower ticket prices, so revenue is very low in many cases. |
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 2, 2021 22:19:15 GMT -5
6 of 10 ooc games at home - something you don’t see for our men’s team - no one’s fault, just the reality of men’s college basketball . . . and the reality of women's basketball - where most teams in leagues like the A-10 don't make a lot of money for home games, so they are more willing to schedule home-and-home series. For example, Bucknell's women team in recent years has had home series with Penn State, St. Joes, Temple, GMU, Fordham, Buffalo, and Akron. The three A-10 schools (Fordham, GMU, St.Joes) and Akron collectively averaged less than1000 spectators per game in 2019-20 and Temple averaged about 1500. And some attendance figures may be padded by men/women doubleheaders, where the women's attendance is listed as the number who attended the men's game. In addition to much lower attendances, the women's games typically have MUCH lower ticket prices, so revenue is very low in many cases. Would you say any percentage of the reason for the difference in approaches is because women enjoy being collaborative with their peers and men enjoy being competitive? Or is that an inaccurate stereotype? Bucknell had an excellent male head coach for WBB but many of his peers were women. |
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 2, 2021 22:25:21 GMT -5
The top reason why HC should return to offering graduate studies (used to offer a Masters in Chemistry) is so Avery would have an avenue to use her fifth year of eligibility at Holy Cross. Hard to believe she is a senior. Where does the time go? Some lucky university will get her fifth year I presume, and I hope she shines there after a great senior year here.
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Post by timholycross on Sept 3, 2021 8:53:47 GMT -5
I think for a program like HC's, having a good player play elsewhere for a 5th year is a plus, not a minus.
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Post by lowerkimball on Sept 3, 2021 9:12:39 GMT -5
Recruiting for Bowdoin has synergies with recruiting for Dartmouth. Sharp choice for the Big Green. A proven winner at a Little Ivy has more credibility than an Ivy Assistant to begin their tenure as head coach, imo. I agree that I think she's a good fit for a school like Dartmouth and was honestly surprised she took that job since I think the odds of success are significantly stacked against her. Recruiting in the bottom half of the Ivy is a brutal undertaking when the top half of the league can consistently recruit and sign top 100 P5 talent. Coaching gets a lot more difficult when your players aren't as good as the other teams. |
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Post by sader1970 on Sept 3, 2021 9:15:25 GMT -5
Thank goodness our coaches don't have to contend with that!  |
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Post by HC92 on Sept 3, 2021 18:40:12 GMT -5
I think for a program like HC's, having a good player play elsewhere for a 5th year is a plus, not a minus. More of a plus than playing her fifth year at HC? |
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