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Post by sader1970 on Nov 6, 2021 8:34:11 GMT -5
Rob, I would be more than OK if we played one game a year against D2 Assumption as they are indeed "local" - cross town. While you are right we didn't give it a second thought (well, I believe some did) playing St. Michael's, speaking for myself, while I went to every home game and rooted hard for the Crusaders, I had little concept of D-1, D-2, D-3 and not sure many others did either. If you recall, the regular season basketball schedules were also 5 or more fewer games. We also played BC twice, PC and St. John's regularly when they were all "powers." In any case, I'm planning on being in my regular seat for Regis. Not because it's Regis but because it is Holy Cross. I won't be at BC because: 1. I hate Boston (traffic) and 2. I don't get the free ticket and 3. I don't want to get arrested with NAD (and Tom?). At Brown I have a little "juice" left to bail us out of trouble.  |
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Nov 6, 2021 8:40:20 GMT -5
Can live with either Regis or Mt. St. Vincent on the schedule, but having them both on it is terrible. Let’s hope this is a one year thing and Nelson does a better job scheduling going forward. I'm surprised nobody has brought up the near-upset of the University of Kentucky by national powerhouse Miles College the other night. www.aseaofblue.com/2021/11/5/22766323/kentucky-wildcats-highlights-box-score-mvp-miles-collegeUK's next game is against some school from Raleigh Durham, coached by a guy who is headed out the door. |
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Post by mm67 on Nov 6, 2021 8:50:41 GMT -5
In the '60'sHC lost to St. Anselm's. A St. A's friend met up with me after the game. He was so drunk - bathed in sweat - and, elated about winning against "big time" HC. Quite frankly I was bewildered by his reaction. Actually, I was so moved by his joy, I blurted out I was "happy" they won.
In a backhanded way he paid a huge compliment to HC with his over-the-top behavior.
On the other hand, I along with many schoolmates met the bus which brought our team home after our upset of St. John's.
It all depends on the view from one's perch.
Of late, HC has been down so low the only way we can look is up.
I am filled with hope that it's all about to change. Fingers crossed.
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Post by Bob Saccamano on Nov 6, 2021 8:58:34 GMT -5
So, if they are so bad and according to one post we are a 43 point favorite (I'd pick Regis in that bet), why exactly are we playing them other than to work up a sweat and to pad the win/loss record? Is this supposed to help our young guys gain confidence? Ask Brett Nelson for the answer...he is the one that put out an email blast asking for a D-3 school to come play. Regis and MSV answered. |
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Post by lou on Nov 6, 2021 9:03:41 GMT -5
The last event with Regis that I remember was a mixer
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Post by sader1970 on Nov 6, 2021 9:05:10 GMT -5
Won’t waste my time getting a no response from the coach to any email from me.
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Post by rgs318 on Nov 6, 2021 9:15:28 GMT -5
Could that be a reason? Possibly...but I doubt it. I believe the last thing Coach Nelson cares about is padding his record with, as you put it, "tomato cans."
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Post by rgs318 on Nov 6, 2021 9:19:38 GMT -5
So, if they are so bad and according to one post we are a 43 point favorite (I'd pick Regis in that bet), why exactly are we playing them other than to work up a sweat and to pad the win/loss record? Is this supposed to help our young guys gain confidence? Ask Brett Nelson for the answer...he is the one that put out an email blast asking for a D-3 school to come play. Regis and MSV answered. I am assuming this nonsense is more of your hyperbole. If you really saw such a widespread email "blast", please post the text. |
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Nov 6, 2021 9:37:15 GMT -5
Could that be a reason? Possibly...but I doubt it. I believe the last thing Coach Nelson cares about is padding his record with, as you put it, "tomato cans." You're very naive if you don't think Nelson desperately needs wins this season with a new AD coming in. I guarantee you if his record was 40-8, not 8-40, you wouldn't see two D3's on the sked. |
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Post by hchoops on Nov 6, 2021 9:38:21 GMT -5
HC desperately looked for home games for its students and season ticket holders when it could not get D1 or 2 teams to come to Hart in mutually open dates.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Nov 6, 2021 9:44:34 GMT -5
Like how he cared about the season tix holders enough to refuse to do an in-person coaches night?
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Post by timholycross on Nov 6, 2021 10:00:43 GMT -5
How quickly we seem to forget the annual games with St Michal's (VT), Assumption and teams such as Amherst and others. Most of those games were against D2 opponents. Springfield, AIC, Stonehill, St. Anselm’s, come to mind. There was no D3 when HC used to play Amherst, only University Division (a paradox, in the case of the College of the Holy Cross, of course) and College Division. Springfield, if there was a D2 and D3, would have been D2 at the time, as would the other schools listed. |
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Post by purplehaze on Nov 6, 2021 10:02:55 GMT -5
The presumed two wins this season vs. D.3 competition will mean ‘zero’ to any incoming AD - if it did, we would have hired the wrong guy
It is true that the pressure on Nelson is greater now that Blossom has departed
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Post by HC92 on Nov 6, 2021 10:06:52 GMT -5
Will be pretty hard for a new AD to stick with Nelson is we are under.500 this year. Nelson knows this and needs some wins. I think part of the reason is also the difficulty in finding OOC home games. It is what it is. We’d just better win both games very comfortably.
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Post by timholycross on Nov 6, 2021 10:07:01 GMT -5
Our bigs should dominate their Lilliputians in the front court. There was a critical stretch of the UMB game where Verbeek was flailing away (for lack of a better term) at UMB guys draining 3s from near the hashmarks. And the height advantage was not taken advantage of that much at the other end. My lasting memory of that player. Totally unfair, I must admit. But, no, I do not expect this game to be close. |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Nov 6, 2021 10:18:51 GMT -5
Our bigs should dominate their Lilliputians in the front court. There was a critical stretch of the UMB game where Verbeek was flailing away (for lack of a better term) at UMB guys draining 3s from near the hashmarks. And the height advantage was not taken advantage of that much at the other end. My lasting memory of that player. Totally unfair, I must admit. But, no, I do not expect this game to be close. I think that may be the typical game plan when D-3 teams play a D-1: the D-3 team launches a lot of threes and hopes that the shots fall for them.. I watched a bit of the Loyola-Hopkins exhibition and noted that Loyola's top scorer from last season was 1-11 on threes versus Loyola. UMass-Boston took 28 of 60 field goal attempts from three land against HC in that ignominious Crusader loss 2 years ago. |
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Post by princetoncrusader on Nov 6, 2021 10:34:13 GMT -5
FWIW, Princeton has two D3 teams on its schedule as well. Both are in the state of NJ. I don't think Mitch Henderson is looking to pad his record, but the schedule reflects the sad reality that it is difficult to get quality D1 opponents to come to Ivy and Patriot league gyms.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Nov 6, 2021 10:38:28 GMT -5
FWIW, Princeton has two D3 teams on its schedule as well. Both are in the state of NJ. I don't think Mitch Henderson is looking to pad his record, but the schedule reflects the sad reality that it is difficult to get quality D1 opponents to come to Ivy and Patriot league gyms. Ivy is also a small conference with just 8 teams meaning more OOC games that require being filled on the schedule. |
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Post by hchoops on Nov 6, 2021 11:23:30 GMT -5
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Post by lou on Nov 6, 2021 11:29:11 GMT -5
Can we assume this story mentions three of the starters |
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Post by mm67 on Nov 6, 2021 14:01:09 GMT -5
If the same OOC situation exists with both the PL & IL, why not....? This is a suggestion for a practical solution & not IL envy.
My suggestion for PL teams OOC would hold with any other similarly situated league.
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Post by joe on Nov 6, 2021 14:17:30 GMT -5
9th team in D3 vs one of the worst teams in D1. Could be a loss. Regis was picked 5th out of 7 teams in the GNAC South division. USJ, which was picked first in the GNAC South division, is #9 in the country. Regis is not good. We should overwhelm them. Got it. Makes sense. |
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Nov 6, 2021 14:45:48 GMT -5
I watched D3 WPI play Worcester State last night. The Engineers have a very good team almost every year and this one is no exception. They would have been a perfect D3 school for HC to play but are instead playing at Vermont on November 16. Quel dommage.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Nov 6, 2021 15:11:40 GMT -5
Hoping for a no question, easy victory on Tuesday. I give every coach a once in a career mulligan when dropping out of D-1 to play. Can't happen anymore. I don't care much about the final score; I'm looking to see elements of The Full Nelson appear:
*relentless traps on the perimeter by our 6-4/6/6 stable, leading to transition opportunities
*winning the majority of 50-50 balls
*no big getting stuffed at the rim by a 6-1 kid
*if Regis plays m2m, GG, Jud and Bo getting to the line early and often
*if Regis goes zone, want to see a bunch of offensive rebounds
Etc., etc. Things like missing easy shots and silly early season turnovers can cut into a margin of victory, which is why I'm not too concerned with that. But it's about time to start imposing the will of The Full Nelson on some opponents. We, I believe, saw flashes of that last year. Looking for a lot more of that, starting Tuesday.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Nov 6, 2021 15:23:11 GMT -5
Oh, and Monday's practice should consist of watching the UMass Boston game......3-4 times.
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