yeah i hear you. i do want to be the optimistic one for a change and say our stock is rising. even if the plug gets pulled on this season...although everyone seems determined to push through...we're going to have a lot back next year. i don't think i'm being overly optimistic in saying our roster has improved...and i want to say dramatically.

Northeastern in a tight one with UMass halfway through the first half. This is NU's first game of the season (finally)

Northeastern loses 94-79. They showed the rust with a lot of first half turnovers, but it was also UMass' first game so that excuse only goes so far. It will be interesting to see how they bounce back in the second half of the home and home on Sunday. This would appear to be TJ Williams team, how the others step up will determine their success in the CAA.

In the other games last night we picked up 2 wins against DI's. Delaware won by 3 over GW and CofC won by 27 over South Carolina St

Sunday NU won to get the split with UMass

Last night, W&M came back from like 19 down to beat GW.

Filling in from this week so far.

Tuesday: Hofstra defeated Monmouth by 8

Wednesday: Elon won over Campbell, W&M won over Hampton, NU lead for long stretches but fell by 6 at Syracuse

(12-17-2020 02:01 PM)dan10 Wrote:  Filling in from this week so far.

Tuesday: Hofstra defeated Monmouth by 8

Wednesday: Elon won over Campbell, W&M won over Hampton, NU lead for long stretches but fell by 6 at Syracuse

I tweet at twitter.com/EvanJ3535 and here is what I said:

"Hofstra became the first team from 2010-2011 to allow their opponent to make at least 15 three-pointers, allow their opponent to make at least half of their three-pointers, and win. Teams were previously 0-17 when that happened, and the second most recent time before today was when a Division I team beat a non-Division I team by 103. Hofstra became the first away team from 2010-2011 to the present to score at least 96 points, make at least 29 free throws, and commit at least 24 turnovers. Hofstra won 96-88."

Jalen Ray scored a career-high 29, and he's 29 away from 1,000. Tareq Coburn tied his career-high with 28. The other seven players scored from 3 to 8 points. Freshman Vukasin Masic had 5 assists without a turnover (in a game where his team had 24 turnovers) in his first career start. Ray, Coburn, and Isaac Kante have combined for just under two-thirds of Hofstra's points (247 of 371). Hofstra is at St. Bonaventure tomorrow and at Richmond on SNY and NBC Sports Washington on Tuesday.

Seahawks defeat Norfolk State in an afternoon road tilt, 80-72. The CAA is now 5-1 this week so far.

Charleston hosts Western Carolina coming up at 7.

Big loss for Elon in the Campbell game as Jerald Gillens Butler went down with a ruptured Achilles tendon. In the games so far he looked to be helping to fill the hole left by the graduation of Marcus Sheffield.

Not a good day around the CAA today.

Elon fell to UNCG
W&M got crushed by High Point (W&M was favored)
JMU lost to ECU
Hofstra lost to St Bonny

Delaware plays La Salle here shortly.

Delaware led by 3 at half and fell by 10 to La Salle. So other than our win the association went winless today.

I was thinking that this is a year where there may be more opportunities for mid-majors to sneak in at large bids since there may be a lot of teams that don't meet the 13 game minimum. But based on the way that the CAA is performing this year, those potential at large bids won't be coming from the CAA.

Funny that you think a full tournament will happen. You will get at most 16 teams deemed as the "best" 16 by the committee playing in a bubble at a single location. The mid and low majors will get a check for making the tournament but wont actually get a chance to compete. I would be shocked if a full tournament actually happens. The NCAA wants their money, so expect 16 teams of mostly power conferences there to make a bunch of money for the NCAA

to update from Sunday. NU feel in a close one to ODU and JMU beat Alice Lloyd (non DI). So our win was the only one this weekend over a DI.

UNCW currently up double digits on Campbell with about 5 to go in the first half

(12-21-2020 01:30 PM)dan10 Wrote:  Funny that you think a full tournament will happen. You will get at most 16 teams deemed as the "best" 16 by the committee playing in a bubble at a single location. The mid and low majors will get a check for making the tournament but wont actually get a chance to compete. I would be shocked if a full tournament actually happens. The NCAA wants their money, so expect 16 teams of mostly power conferences there to make a bunch of money for the NCAA

i think it will be a full tournament. 68 teams. and that's coming from somebody who has been skeptical with playing pretty much every sport during the pandemic.

it probably took me too long to realize you just have to follow the money. look at football and especially ohio state. the big 10 reversed their decision to call off the season because of ohio state's whining then changed the rules to let them into the conference championship game. they're probably going to change the rules again so they can have a full roster in time for the playoff (where they'll get SMOKED by clemson anyway). the money that can be made through tv, sponsors, etc. is too much to resist. the big 10 knew they weren't getting indiana into the playoff so they made sure it would happen for ohio state.

teams from smaller conferences actually matter to the ncaa for the tournament because you don't have march madness without them. nobody is going to watch a 16 team tournament with power conference schools. they'll make it happen with all the auto bids and at larges because tv wants the first round drama. this year it will include even more power conference schools replacing conference champions that won't exist (ivy/patriot)...and the conferences will bend every rule they can to make them eligible.

it's really disgusting what's gone on. but why should anybody be surprised after how we've approached the last 8 months in every other way?

I disagree some. The Big 10 would have changed course regardless of team, because it was the right thing to do. Being flexible is all part of it currently, and that includes being flexible on eligibility set far too in advance.

As far as basketball I think you are incorrect. People like seeing the upsets in the first round, but they dont want them advancing. Viewership does better when it is a bunch of power schools. People rather watch Michigan State play Duke or Kentucky or UNC than they do seeing Wichita State or VCU beating Kansas etc. Viewership does not stay strong when upsets get beyond the first weekend. Its unfortunate, but its reality.

So I agree decisions are being made based on money, thats always the case. I would be shocked if a full tournament happens. I would be even more shocked if it gets canceled. With the NCAA about to be overthrown, they certainly are not going to miss a 2nd tournament. I expect it to be abbreviated to the power conferences which will only make things worse when they realize how much money they can make without the little guys getting in their way. If they do have a full tournament, no way mids make a splash in at larges due to lack of games played. While there have been more opportunities due to regional last minute scheduling, few have taken advantage when games have been played.

UNCW won by 19 this afternoon.

Delaware plays Morgan St and CofC plays former CAA member Georgia State tonight.

(12-21-2020 02:41 PM)dan10 Wrote:  As far as basketball I think you are incorrect. People like seeing the upsets in the first round, but they dont want them advancing. Viewership does better when it is a bunch of power schools. People rather watch Michigan State play Duke or Kentucky or UNC than they do seeing Wichita State or VCU beating Kansas etc. Viewership does not stay strong when upsets get beyond the first weekend. Its unfortunate, but its reality.

we're actually saying the same thing...and it's why it will be a full tournament. people want to see the first round upsets. tv spent hundreds of millions of dollars to get first round upsets...then have them drop like flies on saturday and sunday so they get power conference matchups on the second weekend. this is what tv will want so this is what tv will get.

i have trouble believing the big 10 would have come back if rutgers or even penn state was kicking and screaming for it to come back. there's even another echelon of programs especially in football that call the shots. there is some pretty vocal anger about what went on this year and i'm curious if some of the group of 5 schools will actually have the guts to break away.

They may have plenty of reason to, but there is no monetary incentive to do so. Unless there are suitors with piles of cash offering to showcase their playoff for a secondary title, it makes no sense for them to break apart. I do not believe there are enough eyes that care to drive any money in doing so. Look no further than possibly the game of the year between Coastal and BYU. Viewership was meh. And that was 2 top 15 teams playing on ESPN or ESPN2 (I forget which it was on). If you can't garner a crazy number of eyes for that game, you wont for a playoff of a bunch of those teams

(12-21-2020 01:30 PM)dan10 Wrote:  Funny that you think a full tournament will happen. You will get at most 16 teams deemed as the "best" 16 by the committee playing in a bubble at a single location. The mid and low majors will get a check for making the tournament but wont actually get a chance to compete. I would be shocked if a full tournament actually happens. The NCAA wants their money, so expect 16 teams of mostly power conferences there to make a bunch of money for the NCAA

I'm certain that there will be a 68 team tournament but it will all take place in and around Indianapolis in the bubble type format. You say that NCAA wants their money. But the large sums of money will only come if all 67 games are played. That billion dollar TV contract will be severely prorated without it. And besides, their sponsors make a lot of money off of these bracket challenge contests. The 64-68 team bracket is interesting. Sponsors won't want a 16 team bracket.