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Post by bison137 on Dec 6, 2021 16:03:29 GMT -5
Everyone who played last year gets a fifth year anyway and most likely that fifth year will not be spent at Holy Cross. I'm not sure if any decision he makes in terms of his health would alter that in any way. Are they giving away sixth years too for medical reasons? In some cases, yes.
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Post by bison137 on Dec 6, 2021 11:02:50 GMT -5
Hand surgery can be tricky-- given the way we are playing it might make sense for RJJ to sit out the rest of the season, have a healthy recovery, and take a medical redshirt year and go for a double major. Maybe. A doctor would have to deem that he is unable to play, though. If that doesn't happen, it makes taking a medical redshirt impossible. True. Further, that diagnosis would have to come from the Doctor who has been treating him. Also must be accompanied by medical records, MRIs, etc. And the injury must be one that would incapacitate him for the entire season.
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Post by bison137 on Dec 5, 2021 23:59:08 GMT -5
1) Why did we leap frog Johnson to go after Nelson? 2) HC is never using that search firm again, right? Do you have inside information on this? Is it not possible that Johnson was not interested in the job.
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Post by bison137 on Dec 5, 2021 21:48:45 GMT -5
You seem to be implying that our men's basketball coach might not be moving on to Duke, North Carolina, or Kentucky after he finishes with Holy Cross. Well he played at Florida under a current NBA head coach and was the top assistant at Marquette. He will get a job fairly easily after HC. I believe that associate head coach Stan Johnson was considered Marquette’s top assistant during Nelson’s tenure at the school. Johnson is now in his second year as head coach of Loyola Marymount.
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Post by bison137 on Dec 5, 2021 15:46:52 GMT -5
Great competitive game. Brown Coach is the all time winningest at Merrimack. BPC always in the right place! Don't know if it was mentioned that the new Brown coach, Monique LeBlanc, played for Bucknell from 1998-2002 and also coached there for three years. Was a solid rebounder and defender. Played 10 games vs HC, with the last one being a win in the championship game at the Hart.
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Post by bison137 on Dec 5, 2021 11:52:37 GMT -5
The 4-5 year contract for current assistant coaches who will learn by trial and error how to become a head coach on the school's dime might exist mainly because of industry tradition. Would Nelson or Kearney have rejected a one year annual renewable contract, the same as they currently had as assistants, with a 20% raise, relocation expenses and the chance to begin their D-1 head coaching journey? I'm sure they would have rejected a one-year deal. And it's probable they had deals for more than one year as assistants.
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Post by bison137 on Dec 4, 2021 20:22:32 GMT -5
There might be a buyout for less than full value. That is not uncommon. Very unlikely, however, that there is any contract clause relating to poor team performance.
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Post by bison137 on Dec 4, 2021 20:03:29 GMT -5
That would be the ultimate “participation trophy!” 🏆 No, because you have to qualify to be able to pay to go by being at least .500 I believe. Right now even our money is no good. Both the CIT and the CBI have taken teams with sub-.500 records in recent years. The CBI has had many of them. Their checks can be cashed just as easily as those from winning teams.
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Post by bison137 on Dec 4, 2021 17:21:10 GMT -5
Definitely a classic trap game. But Brown is a very bad team. I don't expect HC to lose even with some sort of let down. Yes, one of the worst teams in the nation. One example: Brown lost to Vermont 79-46 in a tournament. The next day, Bucknell played Vermont and won 68-53. Brown also lost to Fairfield and Sacred Heart by 24+ points. HC should win by 20+.
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Post by bison137 on Dec 4, 2021 12:13:36 GMT -5
I'm wondering if this will be the first game in basketball history between teams that have had games with ONE assist in the same season (they apparently pulled that off against Villanova). My goodness, their board is like a carbon copy of this one: explorertown.proboards.com/board/1/explorer-mens-basketball-talkGeez, maybe the entire crowd from today's game should get together afterwards for a couple of pops to commiserate. I think La Salle made a mistake when they fired John Giannini, who had overacheived there for years, to bring in Ashley Howard, a Villanova assistant with no head coaching experience. La Salle has lousy facilities, a lousy track record in recent years, and an underwhelming campus. Also they are in terrible financial shape and may not exist in a decade. Tough place to recruit. As he did at Maine, Giannini overachieved. during his La Salle tenure Their Pomeroy rankings under Giannini, starting in 2008, were: 147 196, 160, 172, 62 50 105 103 267 140 156 There are very few coaches who could do better at La Salle. In contrast, Howard's rankings thus far, starting in 2019, are: 228 181 200 243 It's a bit different, but I always think of Tennessee and its fans pushing long-time head football coach Phil Fulmer out the door because he only averaged nine wins a year and rarely won the SEC. Since his departure in 2008, they have hired six head coaches, all of whom did significantly worse than Fulmer. No sense of reality. A decade later, Fulmer returned as the AD but hasn't been able to find a head coach as good as he was.
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Post by bison137 on Dec 3, 2021 15:46:54 GMT -5
I read somewhere that this win was against a top # 25 team. When was our last win vs such a highly ranked squad ? They might of been previously ranked in the Mid-Major Poll. This week (11/20) both Lehigh (19) & Bucknell (24) are ranked. A-10 teams do not qualify for the mid-major poll, so URI could not have been in it.
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Post by bison137 on Dec 1, 2021 17:53:27 GMT -5
Who knew that Connecticut, geographically speaking, was big enough to have a "directional" school? It has four of them.
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Post by bison137 on Nov 29, 2021 15:03:17 GMT -5
PP 1. Could you tell us which school spends the most in each sport? 2. Is it possible to estimate scholarships per school per sport with this data. 3. Nit picking--Loyola has XC but not track for men. They do have both for women. you can kind of estimate how many scholarships are given out. But you must first guess how much is being spent on coaches salaries, recruiting expenses, and a couple of other items.
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Post by bison137 on Nov 25, 2021 11:03:53 GMT -5
. Mount Saint Vincent is a college with extremely limited financial resources. The school does not have a tradition with emphasis on intercollegiate athletics as does HC. MSV received a D grade in Forbes' latest college financial grades. That is the lowest financial grade available for a college that is still operational.
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Post by bison137 on Nov 22, 2021 21:33:59 GMT -5
Crazy poor game by Rutgers Shot 28 pct from the field including 4 of 26 from 3 Pards outrebounded them 42-29 The rebound stat was misleading because Rutgers missed 40 shots to LC's 27. Thus a lot more defensive rebounding opps for LC. Looking at pct of available rebounds at each end, LC only had a slight advantage. A big factor - which LC overcame - was their 23 turnovers vs Rutgers' 9.
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Post by bison137 on Nov 22, 2021 13:52:40 GMT -5
Haven't checked but how were the "fast break points" which eliminates the issue bison brings up. There really isn't any legitimate stat for tracking turnovers that actually led to points, fast break or otherwise. Someone could subjectively watch game film and try to quantify the effect of turnovers, but that would be tedious and possibly unreliable. One thing that is certain, however, is that the NCAA stat for points after turnovers is meaningless.
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Post by bison137 on Nov 21, 2021 18:11:28 GMT -5
For Nelson it's a real game, for them an exhibition Is that the case for all NCAA DII/DIII teams that play on the road at a DI? No. The lower level team has the option to call it an exhibition game or a real game.
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Post by bison137 on Nov 21, 2021 16:35:22 GMT -5
I was looking over the box score and notice that AF scored 27 points from HC turnovers in the game. We will never win until that gets corrected. Just to clarify, that is a totally meaningless stat that the NCAA for some reason chooses to put in box scores. These so-called points after turnover can be scored more than a minute after the actual turnover. It can come over after 20 or more passes. It can come after numerous out of bounds plays. It can come after a couple of timeouts. And most of the time it has absolutely nothing to do with the turnover itself.
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Post by bison137 on Nov 18, 2021 16:15:06 GMT -5
AFA Probable Starters35 Lucas Moerman...F (Fr, 6'10", 205) 00 Joseph Octave....G (So, 6'4", 205) 03 Jake Heidbreder..G (Fr, 6'5", 180) 05 Ethan Taylor........G (Fr, 6'5", 190) 10 AJ Walker............G (Sr, 6'2", 191) TOP SUBS:22 Nic Jackson.....................F (Jr, 6'8", 205) 24 Jeffrey Mills.....................G (Fr, 6'4", 195) 30 Camden VanderZwaag...G (Fr, 6'4", 200) How does the USAFA have a 6'10" freshman? Aren't these guys supposed to fit into fighter jets? Are there no longer height and weight limits at the service academies? My recollection is that the only reason that David "the Admiral" Robinson was at the USNA at his height was that he had a huge growth spurt after arriving there. Nominal height maximum for a service academy is 6-8. . However all of the academies are willing to give waivers to taller athletes. In recent years, both army and navy have had a number of players taller than 6-8.
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Post by bison137 on Nov 17, 2021 13:10:00 GMT -5
Yes, but not what Foley says. Where did I say anything about PL schools? I am waiting for where I said anything about PL schools. I said several D-1 schools won't recruit a nursing student on a scholarship. Shat you said was "Well, they are giving the student a full ride so they better be able to come to every practice and game." Didn't sound at all that your view only applied to "several" schools. Did you mean not allowing players to miss practices to apply only to nursing students, or should it also apply to engineering majors who must miss practices for academic reasons?
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Post by bison137 on Nov 16, 2021 19:21:25 GMT -5
It all depends on whether the schools’ main focus is academics or athletics. Bucknell for example has had many athletes in many sports who routinely missed parts of practices for academic reasons, often labs. There have been at least a dozen basketball players in that category, including Chris McNaughton and former POY Zach Thomas, both electrical engineers. Both of them showed up late for many practices due to academics. That has certainly been the case at nearly all the PL schools I think Yes, but not what Foley says.
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Post by bison137 on Nov 16, 2021 19:19:40 GMT -5
Joining other Midwest schools in the conference- an attractive addition and keeps the A-10 just behind the power conferences in strength Yes, not as far west as St. Louis. And probably easier for many schools to get to than St. Bona.
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Post by bison137 on Nov 15, 2021 21:13:32 GMT -5
She had over 35 scholarship offers, mostly from P6 conferences. Some of her finalists were Maryland, Oregon, and Tennessee. Unlikely she is going to transfer to a PL school. Maryland might be a strong contender, given that is her home state and that they recruited her very heavily. Can she play this season? Would seem to encourage team hopping if she can. I never heard of an NCAA "trade deadline"🙂 I believe she can play second semester under the one-time transfer rule. Had she played even a minute this semester, she would not be able to play. But she has not played at all. Was not even suited up for their first game due to the injury. If she opted to play second semester after transferring, it would mean giving up a year of eligibility to play half of a season. For that reason and also because she has been battling injuries, I wouldnt be surprised to see her opt to wait until next year to play.
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Post by bison137 on Nov 15, 2021 19:23:16 GMT -5
Sounds like she could be a valuable addition...if she stays healthy. Think there might be any interest on her part? She had over 35 scholarship offers, mostly from P6 conferences. Some of her finalists were Maryland, Oregon, and Tennessee. Unlikely she is going to transfer to a PL school. Maryland might be a strong contender, given that is her home state and that they recruited her very heavily.
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Post by bison137 on Nov 15, 2021 16:05:22 GMT -5
Saylor Poffenbarger, a freshman at UConn announces she has entered the Portal Use the portal “Early and often” Poffenbarger, although technically still a freshman, has been at UConn since last January. She played second semester and attended UConn during the summer. Has had injury issues this semester, and UConn has an incredibly deep roster this year.
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