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Post by Ray on Feb 26, 2023 15:53:23 GMT -5
It's not hard to put a bad spin on Brett Nelson's tenure at HC. There's a lot of material to work with.
One thing that always stands out to me is when your college hoops season ends in February. Not even getting to participate in the month-long version of March Madness is a particularly black mark on a season.
To be fair to Nelson, he got jobbed out of playing in March in 2021, since HC got eliminated from the PL tourney due to COVID protocols. (On the other side of that coin, HC's season was completely over before COVID shut down the 2020 season, so some of that balances out.)
We are, of course, at risk of this happening again. If HC loses on Tuesday (Feb 28th), it will be another season that ends before March even starts. Last year, the season ended on March 1st. That one, and the loss to Bucknell on 3/3/20 in the PL first round, are the only games Nelson has ever coached in the month of March.
Before Nelson's tenure, the last time HC failed to play in March was in 2012, when a pretty good HC team lost in the PL first round... even that one gets an asterisk though, since it was a leap year and the season ended with a (very frustrating!) home loss to Lafayette on Feb 29th.
College hoops has a long offseason. It's even longer when it starts in February. At least there's some reason to think that some other developments might keep us engaged this March.
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Post by cmo on Feb 26, 2023 16:17:28 GMT -5
Next year is another leap year. I’m thinking play in round on Tuesday the 27th and quarters on Thursday the 29th.
So HC would need to make it to the PL semis for Nelson to coach us in March.
Let’s not give him the chance.
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 26, 2023 19:43:09 GMT -5
HC MBB could end their playoff season on Feb 28 only to watch WBB play a regular season game on March 1st.
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Post by bison137 on Feb 26, 2023 19:56:02 GMT -5
Next year is another leap year. I’m thinking play in round on Tuesday the 27th and quarters on Thursday the 29th. So HC would need to make it to the PL semis for Nelson to coach us in March. Let’s not give him the chance. Nope. Next year is the year the schedule gets pushed back almost a week. PL tournament will be five days later than this year. |
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Post by cmo on Feb 26, 2023 20:01:51 GMT -5
So we’ll be playing in March next year.
Progress !!!!
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Post by trimster on Feb 27, 2023 10:59:17 GMT -5
Speaking of March and tournaments, only 4 conferences play their tourneys on campus sites which are based on seedings determined by the regular season records. (Princeton is hosting the IL tourney so technically it is a campus site but not one of the aforementioned 4). We can all name one and the ASun is another. The first to name the other 2 gets a Snickers Bar.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Feb 27, 2023 11:48:14 GMT -5
Pretty sure the NEC is one........really no clue on the other one - I dunno, the Atlantic Sun?
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Feb 27, 2023 11:49:10 GMT -5
If I am right on the NEC, can I get a Snickers miniature?
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Post by trimster on Feb 27, 2023 11:53:26 GMT -5
If I am right on the NEC, can I get a Snickers miniature? OK my friend. I had already named the ASun as one of the others since I figured the chance of someone naming them was near zero. I can't name an ASun member school. One more conference out there. |
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Feb 27, 2023 12:08:25 GMT -5
Oops.....I''ll decline the award based on poor reading comprehension.  |
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Post by CHC8485 on Feb 27, 2023 16:47:32 GMT -5
I’ll go with America East and NEC?
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Post by trimster on Feb 27, 2023 17:44:20 GMT -5
I’ll go with America East and NEC? Bingo. |
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Post by CHC8485 on Feb 27, 2023 17:52:28 GMT -5
I’ll give an assist to NAD and an educated guess having seen so many AE championship games from Patrick Gym over the last 15-20 years.
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Post by trimster on Mar 1, 2023 7:36:02 GMT -5
Happy March everyone. Let the madness begin. What’s not to love. It’s almost Spring, St. Patrick’s Day and college hoops takes center stage. It’s awesome baby!
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Post by saderfan2020 on Mar 1, 2023 13:04:34 GMT -5
well I guess hindsight is 20/20 but we did not make it to march
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 1, 2023 13:25:27 GMT -5
Well, we did make it to march. Sadly, the HC men's basketball season did not.  |
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Post by trimster on Mar 4, 2023 11:32:35 GMT -5
Friars are on at noon vs. Seton Hall.
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