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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147 
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11-14-18 11:18 PM - Post#265641
A couple of interesting games: 1. Radford, coached by Nate Jones' Dad Mike Jones, beat Notre Dame in South Bend. 2. Villanova was beaten at home by almost 30 points by Michigan.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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11-14-18 11:26 PM - Post#265642
Don't know how many of you saw this play from a D3 game in Mass last night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbFplM7eYVA The perp has been thrown off the team and banned from campus. Police are investigating possible criminal charges.
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370 
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11-15-18 02:12 PM - Post#265706
Don't know how many of you saw this play from a D3 game in Mass last night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbFplM7eYVA The perp has been thrown off the team and banned from campus. Police are investigating possible criminal charges. I think that he should be banned from the NCAA for at least one year if not for life. There is no place for that in sports.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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11-15-18 07:16 PM - Post#265760
Northeastern beat Alabama by 15 points today on a neutral court despite their second best player being out with an injury. Previously they beat Ivy favorite Harvard by ten points on the road. And, scarily, they lost to Boston U in their opener. Northeastern was a near-unanimous pick for 1st in the CAA preseason poll, as they return all of their starters from the team that won the CAA regular season title last year. In terms of depth top to bottom, I think this Bison OOC schedule is the toughest they have ever played. Too tough if Sestina isn't back soon.
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DoCtoR62 Masters Student Posts 463 |
11-16-18 03:15 PM - Post#265852
In terms of depth top to bottom, I think this Bison OOC schedule is the toughest they have ever played. Too tough if Sestina isn't back soon. Couldn't agree more. |
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bison63 Postdoc Posts 3857 |
11-24-18 08:55 PM - Post#266920
Stony Brook beat Rhode Island 68-58. URI is our first opponent in Hawaii. |
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
11-30-18 09:50 PM - Post#267693
A couple of interesting games: 1. Radford, coached by Nate Jones' Dad Mike Jones, beat Notre Dame in South Bend. Radford leads #17 Texas by 3 under 3:00 to play. |
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
11-30-18 10:13 PM - Post#267695
And wins 62-59. Another great win for Mike Jones’s team. |
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
12-03-18 10:13 PM - Post#267918
George Mason came back from 14 down, but lost 72-67 to Vermont tonight. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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12-03-18 10:42 PM - Post#267920
And it was on GMU's home court.
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
12-04-18 08:57 AM - Post#267923
Vermont has three road wins since the loss to Bucknell - GW, Towson, and GMU. Their only other losses are to Kansas and Louisville. |
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370
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12-04-18 11:57 AM - Post#267942
Vermont has three road wins since the loss to Bucknell - GW, Towson, and GMU. Their only other losses are to Kansas and Louisville. I hope that the Road Bucknell Bison show up tonight, not the Home Bucknell Bison.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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12-05-18 10:22 PM - Post#268171
St. Bonaventure beat Siena 82-40 tonight. Siena in its previous game had beaten Harvard. Courtney Stockard is back for the Bonnies, but res could have played his minutes tonight and Bona still would have easily won. Meanwhile Monmouth lost again - a tough 2-point loss on the road to a pretty good Hofstra team. Gave up a traditional 3-point play with 15 seconds left, and then missed a potential game-winning shot at the buzzer.
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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203 
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12-06-18 01:48 PM - Post#268210
res could have played his minutes tonight and Bona still would have easily won. Don't discount the on-court value of res's high basketball IQ. |
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
12-08-18 09:52 PM - Post#268364
Vermont came back from 10 down in the 2nd half to beat Ivy pre-season favorite Harvard 70-65. Anthony Lamb had 37 points despite missing four FTs late in the game. Makes what the Bison did to him all the more impressive. |
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bison63 Postdoc Posts 3857 |
12-08-18 10:07 PM - Post#268366
VM goes against Northeastern at home next. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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12-09-18 06:15 PM - Post#268420
I happened to see a little blurb that other night that Arizona won its 52nd straight home non-conference game. They didn't mention who their last loss was against, but I'll bet most Bison fans can guess.
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HuskyColonial PhD Student Posts 1976 |
12-09-18 11:24 PM - Post#268441
NIT 1 seed losing to an 8 seed as I recall. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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12-10-18 05:29 PM - Post#268538
Ohio State is up to 14th in the coaches' poll and 15th in the AP poll. Pomeroy has OSU as an 18-point favorite.
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
12-10-18 08:01 PM - Post#268544
Ohio State is up to 14th in the coaches' poll and 15th in the AP poll. Pomeroy has OSU as an 18-point favorite. That sounds about right. We'll do well to keep the margin under 20. ESPN gives us an 8.8% chance of winning. |
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370
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12-11-18 11:37 AM - Post#268570
Ohio State is up to 14th in the coaches' poll and 15th in the AP poll. Pomeroy has OSU as an 18-point favorite. That sounds about right. We'll do well to keep the margin under 20. ESPN gives us an 8.8% chance of winning. Unless the Bison are H-O-T from behind the 3-point line, I would give them a 2.01586% chance. 
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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203
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12-11-18 12:00 PM - Post#268574
Ohio State is up to 14th in the coaches' poll and 15th in the AP poll. Pomeroy has OSU as an 18-point favorite. That sounds about right. We'll do well to keep the margin under 20. ESPN gives us an 8.8% chance of winning. Unless the Bison are H-O-T from behind the 3-point line, I would give them a 2.01586% chance. %$#^ all this fatalistic talk. GO GET 'EM, BISON! |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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12-11-18 03:35 PM - Post#268599
Interesting Washington Times article on Nate Jones' dad, Mike Jones, whose Radford team has beaten Notre Dame and Texas this year: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/10/d...
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HuskyColonial PhD Student Posts 1976 |
12-11-18 10:05 PM - Post#268701
The Washington Times has a sports section? |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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12-16-18 01:10 PM - Post#269219
St. Mary's came back from a big deficit vs a good LSU team last night but ended up losing by four. SM had a big rebounding edge but gave the game away with 19 turnovers.
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bison63 Postdoc Posts 3857 |
12-16-18 05:16 PM - Post#269228
Northeastern loses by 5 at Vermont. I’d think by virtue of our win at VT that helps us a bit in Pomeroy etc. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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12-16-18 05:36 PM - Post#269229
The way the Pomeroy model works, I don't think it will any effect, positive or negative. Everything gained by today's Vermont win is exactly offset by today's Northeastern loss, if I understand Pomeroy correctly.
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res Masters Student Posts 839 |
12-16-18 06:13 PM - Post#269230
You are correct. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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12-16-18 09:03 PM - Post#269235
URI beat West Virginia (#35 Pomeroy) 83-71 today.
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
12-16-18 09:10 PM - Post#269236
Vermont has won 5 straight since their loss to Bucknell. Their other two losses were @Kansas and @Louisville. If it's any consolation, both teams shot poorly from the FT line. NE could have made it interesting if they'd made a few more. Vermont was only 3-18 from 3 but scored enough inside to make up for it. Northeastern did not look like the team that played here. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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12-16-18 10:51 PM - Post#269238
Pomeroy's model predicted Vermont, the home team, to win 73-70. Final was 75-70. Not bad.
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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203
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12-17-18 01:51 AM - Post#269245
Very interesting article on the challenges of mid-major scheduling https://amp.heraldonline.com/sports/college/big-so ... |
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Bucknellbisonfan21 Masters Student Posts 548 
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12-18-18 08:46 PM - Post#269415
Ohio State is down 25-22 at the half at home vs Youngstown State. |
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res Masters Student Posts 839 |
12-18-18 09:02 PM - Post#269425
YSU jumped out to a 14-2 lead. I will be very surprised if the Buckeyes don't win this by double digits. |
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
12-18-18 09:42 PM - Post#269428
Vermont is struggling at home vs. St. Bona. Bona made their 1st six FG while UVM missed their 1st nine 3 pt FG. Anthony Lamb has 25 of UVM's 33 pts early in the 2nd half. Ernie Duncan is out with an injury and nobody else seems capable of scoring. |
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
12-18-18 09:48 PM - Post#269429
Vermont is struggling at home vs. St. Bona. Bona made their 1st six FG while UVM missed their 1st nine 3 pt FG. Anthony Lamb has 25 of UVM's 33 pts early in the 2nd half. Ernie Duncan is out with an injury and nobody else seems capable of scoring. Just after I typed that Stef Smith scores 12 straight points to give UVM a 49-48 lead. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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12-18-18 10:18 PM - Post#269431
YSU jumped out to a 14-2 lead. I will be very surprised if the Buckeyes don't win this by double digits. Not the most daring prediction, but very accurate. OSU ends up with a 75-56 win. Vermont and Bona in OT. Edit: Vermont wins in two OT's. UVM missing Ernie and Everett Duncan, plus center Ryan Davis. Bona missing two important players, including Griffin, who was injured near the end of their game with the Bison.
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
12-18-18 10:48 PM - Post#269433
Vermont pulled away in the 2nd OT 83-76. Lamb finished with 42! |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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12-18-18 10:58 PM - Post#269435
Vermont pulled away in the 2nd OT 83-76. Lamb finished with 42! Lamb had 42 tonight. Also has scored 24 vs Kansas, 25 vs Louisville, 34 vs Yale, and 37 vs Harvard. In fact, he really has had only one poor offensive game all year, when he went 2-14 against some team from Central PA.
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
12-21-18 08:08 PM - Post#269699
Bucknell, St. Bonaventure, Northeastern, and Vermont have all played each other this year. Interestingly, the A-10 team was 0-3 while the other three were 2-1. In Bonaventure's defense, two losses were in OT and 2OT. Their leading scorer also missed the Bucknell game. |
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bison63 Postdoc Posts 3857 |
12-21-18 11:45 PM - Post#269711
Lipscomb beats Vermont by 25 at Lipscomb. |
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Bucknellbisonfan21 Masters Student Posts 548
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12-22-18 01:12 PM - Post#269739
JC Show hit a corner 3 buzzer beater to beat LIU Brooklyn yesterday. https://twitter.com/binghamtonmbb/status/ 107620393... |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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12-22-18 07:32 PM - Post#269906
Ohio State beats UCLA 80-66 on a neutral court.
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md2377 Freshman Posts 17 |
12-23-18 02:37 PM - Post#269976
Army's football team scored more points yesterday than their basketball team. I suspect that hasn't happened in a long time.
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370
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12-23-18 05:46 PM - Post#269986
Army's football team scored more points yesterday than their basketball team. I suspect that hasn't happened in a long time. Speaking of low scores, St. Joe's beat Loyola IL 45-42 yesterday. I wonder if that will be the lowest combined score this season in all of NCAA D1.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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12-29-18 02:27 PM - Post#270294
I'm sure - unfortunately - that it won't last, but 0-14 Coppin State leads 9-3 Notre Dame by 9 points with 9:30 to go. ND was a 30-point favorite. Game, of course, is at South Bend.
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JimK_LU72 Freshman Posts 41 |
12-29-18 09:48 PM - Post#270422
A stunner by Princeton today. After losing to Lehigh by 15 in November, and squeaking by Lafayette by 2 last Friday in Easton, the previously 9 and 7 Tigers stun # 17 Arizona State today 67-66 in Tempe. This just one week after the Sun Devils knocked off then #1 Kansas. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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12-29-18 11:41 PM - Post#270435
So it's now easy to prove Lehigh is better than Kansas.  Btw Pomeroy was not as high on Arizona State as the polls, ranking them 43rd going into the game (now #50). He had Princeton as a 15-point underdog. Along with the games you mention, Princeton had also lost to Duke 101-50 less than two weeks ago.
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MrPhillie Postdoc Posts 2757 
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12-30-18 04:14 PM - Post#270481
Binghamton hung with Michigan for a while before losing 74-52. JC Show had 7 points, 7 rebounds while shooting 2-8. Bing is now 4-10 in JC’s senior season, including losses to Colgate, Army and Loyola. JC is averaging 11ppg. |
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
12-30-18 05:10 PM - Post#270487
Binghamton hung with Michigan for a while before losing 74-52. JC Show had 7 points, 7 rebounds while shooting 2-8. Bing is now 4-10 in JC’s senior season, including losses to Colgate, Army and Loyola. JC is averaging 11ppg. Loyola transfer Chancellor Bernard led Binghamton with 14 points. |
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
12-31-18 04:03 PM - Post#270652
Monmouth and Penn going to OT at the Palestra. |
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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203
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12-31-18 04:16 PM - Post#270667
Monmouth wins to improve to 1-12. |
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
12-31-18 04:30 PM - Post#270676
Penn was 10-3 including wins over Miami and Nova. But they lost badly to Toledo in their last game on Saturday. Still, a nice way for Monmouth to pick up their 1st win. Penn's best player AJ Brodeur was 0-5 from the FT line in OT. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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12-31-18 04:35 PM - Post#270677
Monmouth was a 25-point underdog (Pomeroy), with only an 8% chance of a win. Should be a good New Year's Eve in the Rice family.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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01-11-19 12:26 AM - Post#272050
A quick look at how some of the Bison OOC opponents have been doing: 1 Bona beat St. Joes by almost 30 points last night, taking an amazing 39-12 lead at halftime. Prior to that, they had been playing poorly. 2. Fairfield, after dropping its first two MAAC games, beat both St. Peter's and Niagara this week to move up in the standings. 3. Canisius opened its MAAC schedule with road wins over Marist and Siena before dropping an OT decision to Brown. 4. Vermont since Christmas has crushed Dartmouth, Albany, and Maine. They have jumped from 118th to 82nd in the Pomeroy rankings. 5. Northeastern has been up-and-down. Beat Bona and Drexel in late December, then lost to Delaware and a good Hofstra team before topping Elon tonight on the road. 6. Monmouth, since its shocking win over Penn in the Palestra, has opened 1-2 in the MAAC. They lost a painful double OT game at Quinnipiac tonight. 7. La Salle had won three in a row, including a road win over UMass, but then lost by 6 points at VCU. 8. Ohio State won three OOC games in late December, but then dropped games to a very strong Michigan State team and then on the road to a decent Rutgers squad in a game where OSU was a 5-point favorite. 9. St. Mary's beat San Jose and BYU, but lost on the road to San Fran., who is now #43 in the Pomeroy rankings. 10. URI opened with two road A10 games, losing at St. Louis and then beating Richmond. 11. TCU opened B12 play with a win over a good Baylor team, then lost by 9 at Kansas. They have moved up to 25th in the AP poll. 12. UNLV opened up with three consecutive wins in the MWC, but have yet to play any of the top teams. Beating New Mexico on the road was a good win however.
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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203
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01-18-19 02:07 AM - Post#272874
"How Bucknell Saved UNLV's Season" https://www.mwcconnection.com/platform/amp/2019/1/... |
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370
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01-18-19 07:47 AM - Post#272878
We aim to please! 
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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203
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01-24-19 10:52 PM - Post#273495
Dave Paulsen’s George Mason Patriots high atop the Atlantic 10 with a 6-1 record. |
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
01-25-19 07:49 PM - Post#273571
Dave Paulsen’s George Mason Patriots high atop the Atlantic 10 with a 6-1 record. Rhode Island, La Salle, and St. Bona all won on Wednesday as well. Good news for the Bison. |
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
01-26-19 09:18 PM - Post#273705
After losing to UMBC on Wednesday, Vermont leads 1st place Stony Brook on the road by 17 in the 2nd half. Anthony Lamb has missed both games with a concussion. |
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bison75 Masters Student Posts 487 |
02-08-19 10:40 AM - Post#275463
Is there a better coach anywhere than Jay Wright? Despite the unexpected loss of Spellman and DiVincenzo to the draft, the Cats are 19-4, undefeated in the Big East, and riding an eleven game win streak. This might be his best coaching job yet. |
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370
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02-08-19 10:54 AM - Post#275474
bison75, as a Nova fan since I was around 14-15 years old, I could not agree more. I have no idea of how they will perform in the BE Tournament or NCAA Tournament, but overall, I have been pleasantly surprised. He recruits quality players who buy into his system. I hope that he is Nova Head Coach until he retires unless of course, he wants to return to Lewisburg!
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DoCtoR62 Masters Student Posts 463 |
02-08-19 03:28 PM - Post#275511
Is there a better coach anywhere than Jay Wright? Despite the unexpected loss of Spellman and DiVincenzo to the draft, the Cats are 19-4, undefeated in the Big East, and riding an eleven game win streak. This might be his best coaching job yet. I don't think it's a coincidence that Jay and Dabo Swinney have combined to win 4 of the last 6 championships in their sports. In an era where players expect more from a coach, both have been able to build cultures where the player-coach relationship is a two-way street. It's refreshing to watch both interact with their players. Early attrition may make it harder for Villanova to maintain its elite status nationally, but I agree, Jay is one of the best in the business. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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02-08-19 11:40 PM - Post#275617
Monmouth has moved into 1st place in the MAAC with an 8-4 record. Pretty impressive, given that they started the season 0-12 before upsetting Penn just before league play started. Canisius is tied for 2nd at 7-4. Vermont has gone 15-2 since losing at home to the Bison. Northeastern is in 2nd place in the CAA with an 8-3 league record. La Salle has won four A-10 games in a row to move to 5-4 in league play. Not bad after starting the season 0-9. Bona has been up-and-down, but got a good road win the other night at Duquesne to move to 5-4 in A-10 play.
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bison63 Postdoc Posts 3857 |
02-09-19 10:07 AM - Post#275639
Included in that Northeastern 8-3 record is the win vs Hofstra last week which snapped the Prides longest in the nation 16 game winning streak. Hofstra had defeated Northeastern in the team’s earlier meeting. |
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bison75 Masters Student Posts 487 |
02-15-19 10:16 PM - Post#276653
Not sure if you guys want to start a bracketology thread yet, but thought I’d share that USA Today currently has us a 16 seed playing Tennessee in Columbia. |
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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203
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02-16-19 12:28 AM - Post#276676
Not sure if you guys want to start a bracketology thread yet Best to wait until around 9:30 pm on Wednesday, March 13 and see where we stand then. |
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370
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02-16-19 07:51 AM - Post#276679
Not sure if you guys want to start a bracketology thread yet Best to wait until around 9:30 pm on Wednesday, March 13 and see where we stand then. I plan to be jumping up and down in Lewisburg!
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
02-28-19 09:45 PM - Post#278494
Is there a better coach anywhere than Jay Wright? Despite the unexpected loss of Spellman and DiVincenzo to the draft, the Cats are 19-4, undefeated in the Big East, and riding an eleven game win streak. This might be his best coaching job yet. Like the Bison, Nova hit a bad patch losing 4 of 5, all 4 losses on the road. They turned it around to beat #10 Marquette at home last night. Let's hope both teams have one last run in them. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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02-28-19 10:24 PM - Post#278498
Here's a "crowd" that makes those at Colgate, American, or Boston U look huge: https://twitter.com/happeninghoops/status /11012984... It's Chicago State, who claims to be averaging 400 a game but realistically looks to be drawing more like 40 (at least in this game). What makes it worse is the massive size of their arena - listed capacity of 5500.
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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203
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02-28-19 11:24 PM - Post#278504
That's a shame. Very cool-looking venue. Would rock if it were packed. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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03-01-19 03:45 AM - Post#278513
That's a shame. Very cool-looking venue. Would rock if it were packed. Chicago State has their season finale on Saturday March 9th vs UMKC at home. Maybe a BRW road trip opportunity.
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atlantabison PhD Student Posts 1835 |
03-01-19 10:16 AM - Post#278520
That's a shame. Very cool-looking venue. Would rock if it were packed. Chicago State has their season finale on Saturday March 9th vs UMKC at home. Maybe a BRW road trip opportunity. We would have to rename him CougarRoadWarrior. I bet they would pack the place if Kanye put on a homecoming show.
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Bucknellbisonfan21 Masters Student Posts 548
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03-01-19 10:57 AM - Post#278523
Here’s this years conference tournament schedule for all you hardcore conference tournament fans. http://bracketmatrix.com/2019Tourneys.pdf |
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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203
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03-01-19 12:25 PM - Post#278534
We would have to rename him CougarRoadWarrior. |
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
03-03-19 08:50 PM - Post#279196
Vermont won their 3rd straight AE regular season title and 9th overall. Their two leagues losses were both to UMBC. They have one regular season game remaining at UMass Lowell. |
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BUFan PhD Student Posts 1936 
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03-03-19 10:01 PM - Post#279201
On Twitter, I am seeing rumors of Sestina playing a post grad year at St. Bonaventure. Random question. Is there a reason he couldn’t do another year at Bucknell? |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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03-03-19 11:05 PM - Post#279207
On Twitter, I am seeing rumors of Sestina playing a post grad year at St. Bonaventure. Random question. Is there a reason he couldn’t do another year at Bucknell? Two things: (1) Bucknell does not have many graduate programs; and (2) Bucknell administration has made it VERY difficult for an athlete to compete in a fifth year. Some have tried and failed to get permission. Bucknell administration is far less cooperative than the administration at other PL schools. Note that once Bucknell committed four scholarships for next year, there was no longer any way he could have come back. But that ship had sailed awhile ago anyway.
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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03-03-19 11:11 PM - Post#279210
JC Show had 30 points over the weekend for Bing. They have had another bad year, although JC has done pretty well. He has played the two almost exclusively. In his past five games, he has hit 28-47 on threes.
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res Masters Student Posts 839 |
03-04-19 09:28 AM - Post#279236
I haven't read the twitter stream, but I'd take it with a grain or two of salt. At best, it's very premature. At worst, it's wishful thinking. I'm not saying it might not happen; there are reasons on both sides that make it potentially a good fit; but I doubt any decisions have yet been made. |
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BisonRoadWarrior Professor Posts 5203
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03-04-19 11:17 AM - Post#279250
Article about Donald Brown and VCU's conditioning program https://www.richmond.com/sports/college/school s/vi... |
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370
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03-04-19 12:01 PM - Post#279259
On Twitter, I am seeing rumors of Sestina playing a post grad year at St. Bonaventure. Random question. Is there a reason he couldn’t do another year at Bucknell? If he wants his family to be able to see his home games, that would probably make sense. Personally, if I was in his position, I would shoot for the best academic school that also plays a competitive schedule.
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BisonFan4 Junior Posts 211 |
03-04-19 04:41 PM - Post#279332
That is exactly what it is, a rumor, & a bad one at that... there is no chance of Nate playing his 5th yr at St Bonaventure. If he were to use his last yr of eligibility, it will be at a power 5 school not an A10 school. I assure you that was never even a thought |
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crd012 Junior Posts 262 |
03-06-19 07:36 AM - Post#279526
George Mason got absolutely shalacked on Senior Night by VCU. There are a lot of unhappy people on the George Mason blog, many of which are calling for the firing of Paulsen. |
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res Masters Student Posts 839 |
03-06-19 09:48 AM - Post#279533
I watched some of that game. With only 6:30 left to go in the first half, Mason led 12-8. There was plenty of defense, but it was still the most inept offensive showing I can remember in a long, long time. Unforced turnovers (plenty of forced ones, too) and open look jumpers from near and far clanging off rims not including the ones that missed rims altogether. Mason still led with a couple of minutes to go, and then the bottom completely fell out. VCU has really ramped it up in the last month and a half. Now up to 32 in kempom. VCU can be absolutely stifling. From the quotes I saw, Paulsen laid it in the players' laps. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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03-07-19 02:14 PM - Post#279745
Danny Sotos, Jimmy's brother, just ended his career at Lake Forest College as their #7 all-time scorer. He is a 6-5 forward. https://twitter.com/LFC_MBB/status/110370 420749499...
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03-07-19 02:45 PM - Post#279754
Danny Sotos, Jimmy's brother, just ended his career at Lake Forest College as their #7 all-time scorer. He is a 6-5 forward. https://twitter.com/LFC_MBB/status/110370 420749499... Is he going to play anywhere in college?
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03-07-19 02:50 PM - Post#279756
Danny Sotos, Jimmy's brother, just ended his career at Lake Forest College as their #7 all-time scorer. He is a 6-5 forward. https://twitter.com/LFC_MBB/status/110370 420749499... Is he going to play anywhere in college? Just finished his career at Lake Forest College.
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03-07-19 03:33 PM - Post#279761
Danny Sotos, Jimmy's brother, just ended his career at Lake Forest College as their #7 all-time scorer. He is a 6-5 forward. https://twitter.com/LFC_MBB/status/110370 420749499... Is he going to play anywhere in college? Just finished his career at Lake Forest College. It would help if I actually read articles!
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Bucknellbisonfan21 Masters Student Posts 548
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03-09-19 12:36 PM - Post#280142
The first conference tournament one seed lost last night when Gardner-Webb beat Campbell in the Big South. That means Radford gets to host the title game against 4 seed Gardner-Webb Sunday at 1:00. |
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NoMoney89 Freshman Posts 89 |
03-09-19 02:12 PM - Post#280150
The first conference tournament one seed lost last night when Gardner-Webb beat Campbell in the Big South. That means Radford gets to host the title game against 4 seed Gardner-Webb Sunday at 1:00. Could be good Omen for us, like father like son? |
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bison63 Postdoc Posts 3857 |
03-09-19 03:25 PM - Post#280174
GO BISON!! GO NAVY!!! |
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03-09-19 10:15 PM - Post#280332
JC Show and Binghamton upset 2 seed Stony Brook to move on to the American East semifinals. |
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bison75 Masters Student Posts 487 |
03-09-19 11:07 PM - Post#280352
One seed South Dakota State lost to the eight seed in their conference quarterfinal. Could be that kind of year. |
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
03-12-19 08:08 PM - Post#280894
JC Show and Binghamton upset 2 seed Stony Brook to move on to the American East semifinals. Vermont led Binghamton 52-22 at halftime and opened the 2nd half on a 10-0 run. No cinderella story for Binghamton. Steph Smith has 28 points on 10-11 and 8-9 3FG. It's bad when your team is outscored by a single player. |
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03-12-19 10:58 PM - Post#280907
1 seeds getting absolutely toppled so far this year. Hofstra, wright state, and gonzaga lost today. I believe like 8 1 seeds have lost so far in conference tourneys. |
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03-12-19 11:07 PM - Post#280910
1 seeds getting absolutely toppled so far this year. Hofstra, wright state, and gonzaga lost today. A couple of the above lost to Bison OOC opponents. St. Mary's took down Gonzaga by 13 points, and Northeastern beat Hofstra by 8 points after leading by 16 at the half. Unfortunately Radford, coached by Nate Jones' Dad Mike, lost in the Big South finals to Gardner-Webb. Radford tied for the regular season title with Campbell but ended up with the 2nd seed on the tiebreaker.
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03-13-19 12:08 AM - Post#280923
I thought Northeastern was a very solid team, not surprised by their win. I am, however, shocked by St. Mary’s win over Gonzaga. |
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BUFan PhD Student Posts 1936
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03-13-19 06:35 AM - Post#280931
One seeds are now 2 for 11 in their conference tourney so far. Let’s hope that trend continues tonight. A lot of bid stealers in both the NCAA and NIT! |
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03-13-19 09:36 AM - Post#280963
It's fairly easy this year to prove the Bison are better than the top teams in the nation. For example, against hated Duke: - Bucknell beat St Bonaventure 88-85 - St Bonaventure beat St Joseph's PA 73-47 - St Joseph's PA beat Old Dominion 79-64 - Old Dominion beat Syracuse 68 -62 - Syracuse beat Duke 95-9 1 By my count, that makes BU 54 points better than Duke - although the Bison might not beat them by quite so much on the court.
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HuskyColonial PhD Student Posts 1976 |
03-13-19 03:25 PM - Post#281069
St. Mary’s played with passion and grit in that game. They knew they weren’t on the bubble and earned it. Good for them. |
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03-13-19 04:33 PM - Post#281101
St. Mary’s played with passion and grit in that game. They knew they weren’t on the bubble and earned it. Good for them. Just watched them get a Police and Fire Escort with Lights and sirens through town back to campus, here in Moraga. Hopefully the Bison can get the same tomorrow... |
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03-19-19 11:15 AM - Post#282043
Martelli out at St. Joe's. |
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03-19-19 11:26 AM - Post#282045
Martelli out at St. Joe's. I wonder if they will approach Matt Langel, who has deep Philly roots.
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bison63 Postdoc Posts 3857 |
03-19-19 12:00 PM - Post#282055
Wow! The guy gives them 34 years and they can’t even pretend that he resigned and give him a graceful exit. No class! |
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03-19-19 12:30 PM - Post#282059
Watching Phil over the years, I think it more likely that the school offered him that option and he refused. |
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03-19-19 12:46 PM - Post#282063
Watching Phil over the years, I think it more likely that the school offered him that option and he refused. Yes, that wouldn't surprise me at all.
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03-19-19 01:47 PM - Post#282074
Martelli out at St. Joe's. I wonder if they will approach Matt Langel, who has deep Philly roots. Major turnover in the Big 5. Fran Dunphy is out at Temple after this season. Call it a retirement, but many people feel that he was forced out. Aaron McKie will be Temple's new HC following this season. I was just texting with a fellow Bucknellian who thinks that Dunphy would be a good fit at St. Joe's. Personally, I think that it is time for St. Joe's to look for a younger, highly motivated coach.
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DoCtoR62 Masters Student Posts 463 |
03-19-19 01:49 PM - Post#282076
Same story played out last week at William & Mary. Long-time coach Tony Shaver, the most successful coach in program history, was surprisingly let go by a new AD after a mediocre season. |
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03-19-19 03:05 PM - Post#282089
Martelli out at St. Joe's. I wonder if they will approach Matt Langel, who has deep Philly roots. So far, the only names I've heard mentioned are Jamion Christian, Davis and Jameer Nelson. I'm sure plenty more will be coming down the pipeline at any time. |
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03-19-19 04:13 PM - Post#282110
Martelli out at St. Joe's. I wonder if they will approach Matt Langel, who has deep Philly roots. So far, the only names I've heard mentioned are Jamion Christian, Davis and Jameer Nelson. I'm sure plenty more will be coming down the pipeline at any time. No idea why any school would prefer Davis over Langel at this point. Langel's track record to date is surely more impressive.
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03-19-19 06:14 PM - Post#282135
Watching Phil over the years, I think it more likely that the school offered him that option and he refused. That possibility occurred to me after I made the post, res. If that’s the case than they did the best they could by saying nice things in the press release. |
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03-19-19 07:15 PM - Post#282143
Yes, Phil is old school and cantankerous, perhaps that's redundant. I can easily see the AD and whoever else coming to Phil and saying, "Phil, it's time. Thanks ever so much for what you've done, we're paying off your contract and we're going to have a nice send off party. Don't worry, we'll say it was your idea, you've got so much else you want to do that you've never had time for, etc." And I can see Phil responding, "Screw you. I'm not quitting or retiring. You want to fire me, go right ahead." I used to absolutely despise Phil, then I acquired a grudging respect for him while still disliking him. That was followed by a still grudging respect but no real animosity. Now, I will miss him. He always stood up publicly for what he thought was right. |
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03-19-19 08:14 PM - Post#282146
Wasn’t Martelli a jerk in the O’Brien situation? |
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03-19-19 10:05 PM - Post#282152
Wasn’t Martelli a jerk in the O’Brien situation? Yes. He apparently was miffed because O'Brien decided to graduate and transfer - even though Martelli had recruited a couple young bigs who had taken all of TOB's minutes. Martelli also had brought in a transfer center who figured to play big minutes that year. Thus O'Brien went from a starter his first year of eligibility at SJU (2009-10) to a benchwarmer who rarely played the next year(2010-11). Martelli then gave O'Brien permission to talk to potential landing spots following the 2011 season, and he gave those schools permission to talk to O'Brien. Thus all parties believed there would be no issue in getting the necessary waiver signed by Martelli to allow TOB to play. But after O'Brien signed with UAB to enter one of their graduate programs, suddenly Martelli refused to sign the waiver. He got a lot of bad press for his actions, but he refused to do the right thing. Thus O'Brien's last year of eligibility was wasted practicing and sitting on the bench, unable to play in a game.
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03-20-19 03:09 PM - Post#282228
Brandon Lang is reporting that Bill Self is out at Kansas after he loses in the Dance. He claims that this is due to the FBI investigation and all of the issues that Kansas has had this year. Also, he picked Northeastern to beat Kansas. I don't think so, but I would love to see it!
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03-20-19 07:06 PM - Post#282266
Omg, I was going to pick Northeastern over Kansas! It just doesn’t seem like the Jayhawks are axtypicslly good Kansas team. |
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03-21-19 10:37 PM - Post#282451
After just one year as head coach at Siena, former Bucknell manager of basketball operations Jamion Christian has been hired at George Washington. |
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03-21-19 11:23 PM - Post#282455
After just one year as head coach at Siena, former Bucknell manager of basketball operations Jamion Christian has been hired at George Washington. I think Jamion is a very good coach. Would have been a great choice for Bucknell when he interviewed after DP left. But Siena fans can't be very happy with him bailing after one year for a job that is only one step up. And Siena, unlike Bucknell, is willing to pay a head coach a good amount of money.
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03-21-19 11:28 PM - Post#282456
Looking at the Siena board, I don't think I've ever seen a fan base as angry. And it appears he didn't even get a huge raise. Don't know if he gave Siena a chance to counter - because they might have been willing to match it.
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03-22-19 08:04 AM - Post#282464
Was reading about this on Twitter...yes, fans are angry and it is hard to blame them. Well really, it should be players he may have recruited that are angry. Would coaches be angry if a top recruit came in, played a year doing very well and then jumped to a different school? Of course. I also read a rumor that he did not tell his team...zero knowledge if that is true. |
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DoCtoR62 Masters Student Posts 463 |
03-22-19 08:21 AM - Post#282465
Looking at the Siena board, I don't think I've ever seen a fan base as angry. And it appears he didn't even get a huge raise. Don't know if he gave Siena a chance to counter - because they might have been willing to match it. It is a huge raise. And, he was gone as soon as the offer was made. Siena had no chance to match the offer. They knew nothing of it until the deal was done. Similar to last May when they hired him. |
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03-22-19 11:10 AM - Post#282474
Looking at the Siena board, I don't think I've ever seen a fan base as angry. And it appears he didn't even get a huge raise. Don't know if he gave Siena a chance to counter - because they might have been willing to match it. It is a huge raise. And, he was gone as soon as the offer was made. Siena had no chance to match the offer. They knew nothing of it until the deal was done. Similar to last May when they hired him. Curious as to what you've heard are the exact amounts he made from Siena this year and will make from GWU next year? Reports on the Siena board are that he is going to be making $450K at GWU. Don't know what he got from Siena, but they were paying Patsos $350K and paid McCaffery $450K 10+ years ago - which would be close to $550K in today's dollars. With the massive attendance Siena basketball generates, they could certainly match or beat $450K.
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03-22-19 11:15 AM - Post#282475
Siena had no chance to match the offer. They knew nothing of it until the deal was done. Similar to last May when they hired him. Curious about this. Last May, there were reports for a full week about Jamion negotiating with Siena before it was announced as a done deal. So surely Mt. St. Mary's knew about what was going on - even if there was no way they were going to be able to keep him.
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03-22-19 11:57 AM - Post#282478
Langel one of the names appearing in speculation about the St Joe's vacancy, along with former Bucknell assistant Ryan Ayers, now at Notre Dame: https://www.philly.com/college-sports/st-joe s/jame... |
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DoCtoR62 Masters Student Posts 463 |
03-22-19 03:53 PM - Post#282486
Looking at the Siena board, I don't think I've ever seen a fan base as angry. And it appears he didn't even get a huge raise. Don't know if he gave Siena a chance to counter - because they might have been willing to match it. It is a huge raise. And, he was gone as soon as the offer was made. Siena had no chance to match the offer. They knew nothing of it until the deal was done. Similar to last May when they hired him. Curious as to what you've heard are the exact amounts he made from Siena this year and will make from GWU next year? Reports on the Siena board are that he is going to be making $450K at GWU. Don't know what he got from Siena, but they were paying Patsos $350K and paid McCaffery $450K 10+ years ago - which would be close to $550K in today's dollars. With the massive attendance Siena basketball generates, they could certainly match or beat $450K. The $450K is well off the mark. As for the timelines for the two hires, they were more similar than you think. There was little to no negotiating last year either. Pretty clear in both instances he wanted out of Dodge. |
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03-22-19 03:58 PM - Post#282487
Langel one of the names appearing in speculation about the St Joe's vacancy, along with former Bucknell assistant Ryan Ayers, now at Notre Dame: https://www.philly.com/college-sports/st-joe s/jame... If you believe in destiny, it appears to be Langel's time. Would be a great hire for St. Joe's. And, if he does go, it will be a defining hire for Colgate regarding what they want from their program. |
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03-22-19 04:31 PM - Post#282492
Colgate is really doing well in the 2nd half!!!
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bison63 Postdoc Posts 3857 |
03-22-19 04:59 PM - Post#282495
Great effort by Colgate. Burns is incredible. And they hung til the end w/o Ivanauskas. |
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03-22-19 05:02 PM - Post#282497
I'm curious about the details of his contact lens disaster. |
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
03-22-19 05:02 PM - Post#282498
Did not think Burns could duplicate his performance in the championship game but he proved me wrong. Kudos to Colgate for putting up a good fight. They looked bad in the first half. |
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HuskyColonial PhD Student Posts 1976 |
03-22-19 06:25 PM - Post#282514
Congratulations to Colgate and the Patriot League. I think our level of play has improved as a League so much with schollies. And we are all still turning out fine students. |
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03-22-19 06:53 PM - Post#282516
Wow, great representation of the PL by Colgate. I couldn’t watch but from what I read, it was a very good game. I agree that I didn’t think Burns could replicate his performance from the PL championship but damn, what a game from him. Have not heard what the story was with Ivanauskas...only 4 shots and 0 points. |
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bison63 Postdoc Posts 3857 |
03-22-19 07:17 PM - Post#282520
Maybe Steve can get us the scoop on Ivanauskas. I have to think that the only reason he would not play is because he would do more harm than good. Ist half vs 2nd half supports that. The fact that they came back from 12 down at the half, led a few times, and stayed in the game until under a minute shows how good Colgate is right now. |
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03-22-19 07:36 PM - Post#282524
He had pinkeye. Couldn't get his contact lens in. Tried to go with glasses, but he couldn't see properly. The kid looked devastated on the bench. |
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
03-22-19 07:56 PM - Post#282527
The Bison are hanging around vs. Duke. |
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res Masters Student Posts 839 |
03-27-19 04:11 PM - Post#282892
The Hawks hire Lange. Call me surprised. |
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03-27-19 04:25 PM - Post#282893
The Hawks hire Lange. Call me surprised. Me too. I think this will look like a bad decision by St. Joes in five years. According to the Inquirer, Langel was also in the mix. I would take him any day ahead of Lange.
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03-27-19 06:56 PM - Post#282910
The Hawks hire Lange. Call me surprised. Not announced yet, right? |
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03-27-19 07:36 PM - Post#282919
Correct. |
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Bison89 Professor Posts 5370
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03-28-19 05:53 AM - Post#282940
The Hawks hire Lange. Call me surprised. Not announced yet, right?According to Philly.com, which is the Philadelphia Inquirer's online version, Lange is targeted, but they don't mention anything about a deal being finalized. https://www.philly.com/college-sports/billy- lange-...
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03-29-19 01:25 PM - Post#283070
Billy Lange officially hired at St. Joe's. 93-113 at Navy and 0-7 in Patriot League tournament games. I do hope he does well there. |
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03-29-19 02:16 PM - Post#283079
Billy Lange officially hired at St. Joe's. 93-113 at Navy and 0-7 in Patriot League tournament games. I do hope he does well there. I can't see the St. Joe's faithful being excited about that hire. Then again, maybe Lange learned how to play better D while coaching an NBA team. (BTW, I doubt it!)
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03-29-19 02:39 PM - Post#283083
My buddy just told me that Jameer Nelson was very upset about the Lange hiring. Apparently, his son (Jameer, Jr.) is canceling his commitment to play ball at St. Joe's in 2020. https://www.philly.com/philly/sports/college s/st_j...
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03-29-19 05:44 PM - Post#283096
“I can't see the St. Joe's faithful being excited about that hire. Then again, maybe Lange learned how to play better D while coaching an NBA team. (BTW, I doubt it!) Well, judging by the Sixers games I’ve watched th last few years, there’s not much defense being played there, either. |
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04-01-19 05:13 PM - Post#283159
hchoops posted this on the Holy Cross board. It is all about illegal activity in NCAA basketball and the ethics of being a fan of a sport that has so many issues: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/sports/nca a-tou... It would be nice to see CBS Sports do an entire program or devote a pregame or halftime show addressing the issues that the top programs are having, but due to 1,000,000,000 reasons, I do not see it happening.
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Bucknellbisonfan21 Masters Student Posts 548
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04-02-19 11:57 AM - Post#283179
William & Mary hired Dane Fischer as their next head coach. https://twitter.com/jonrothstein/status/1 113107196... |
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04-02-19 12:46 PM - Post#283180
Great news for Dane and his family! Congratulations! |
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04-02-19 02:50 PM - Post#283189
Yes indeedy!!!! BTW, Charlie Woollum does color for the basketball broadcasts at W&M. Small world |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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04-02-19 02:52 PM - Post#283190
Good for him. Hopefully he will do well, although it will be tough to do better than Tony Shaver did there. Despite having tougher academic standards than the rest of the league, W&M had winning CAA records each of the last six years. Ironically Dane had interviewed for several jobs lower on the totem pole than W&M over the last couple of years without success.
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jkrun80 Postdoc Posts 3305 |
 04-02-19 03:24 PM - Post#283192
Congrats to Dane. I always liked him and was initially disappointed he didn't get the job here. Coach Davis has done all right though. |
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04-13-19 01:56 PM - Post#283609
William & Mary hired Dane Fischer as their next head coach. https://twitter.com/jonrothstein/status/1 113107196... Now Aaron Kelly has left for the head coaching job at Catholic U, his alma mater. Two big losses for DP's recruiting efforts.
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Bucknellbisonfan21 Masters Student Posts 548
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06-05-19 02:43 PM - Post#284977
Looks like starting next season the 3 point line is going to be moved back to the international 3 point line distance. |
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Bison137 Professor Posts 16147
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06-05-19 03:25 PM - Post#284980
Yes - and a few other changes. I started a new thread on the subject at the same time you were making this post. Great minds think alike.
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06-13-19 10:42 AM - Post#285122
Bill Courtney was just hired by Jim Larranaga as an assistant at Miami. He formerly coached under Larranaga at GMU and Bowling Green. Most recently he had been an assistant at DePaul. https://hurricanesports.com/news/2019/6/12/mens-b a...
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