Quote from: dahlby on March 01, 2011, 04:14:26 PM
Chapman played in Brownwood (I think it was the same year HPU went all the way). Their gym holds 5 or 6 thousand  and was PACKED and LOUD. Their support from the community and school is great.

Thanks dahlby, you made my day. 
The Brownwood crowds are loud and proud, and we have been known to lead the league in attendance.  But, for the record, the Brownwood coliseum holds 2,961 (max) on the upper deck.  We can squeeze in a few hundred more by putting some portable bleachers on the floor, but it only sounds like we have 5 or 6 thousand. 

Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2011, 08:37:04 PM
Howard Payne is looking very, very good.  CNU only led McMurry in Hawai'i by 1 point with 70 seconds left.  The HPU team at the end of the season was looking as good as the ASC Powers, HPU, HSU and McMurry, from the last decade.

HPU is looking very good.  Over the last five games (MCM, HSU, UO, UTD, LC - record 92-35 at the time of the game) HPU has outscored their opponent 364-294.  In the LC championship game, 7 different HPU players had a 3 pointer in the first 12 minutes of play.  I would hate to meet them in the first round.

A big thank you to the folks at Hope.  The whole family had a great time at the championship games, outstanding apple turnovers, an offer to use cafeteria trays to go sledding, and liberal smiles all around.  Thanks a ton for a memorable weekend!

Quote from: realist on March 24, 2008, 10:30:45 AM
Just curious about what any HPU fans that went to MI this past weekend thought of your experience there.  Did the "Dutch" treat you decently?
Do you know how tough it was to arrrange the snow just for you?

Top 10 reasons for a trip to the Final Four (in Holland, MI):

1.   Holland hospitality
2.   Apple turnovers at Russ's (I think that's where we had them)
3.   DeVos Field House – great facility and friendly folks
4.   The offer to sled in the snow on cafeteria trays (I didn't want to sit with wet kids through the championship game so we passed, but kudos for the offer – very classy and thoughtful)
5.   Writing in the snow- An "unknown" group posted "HPU" in the snow, followed by "Finish it", then after the game and extra "ed" was added to "finish" and no one messed it up
6.   Fans – All the fans were great.  I set by a gentleman at the first game who did not have a tie to any of the schools, just wanted to see some good basketball.  Also, the clothes left in the bath room unguarded by the purple guys from UWW stayed there for over 3 hours – can't say I  wasn't tempted with all the snow outside. 
7.   Kim, Meia, Stacey, Sarah, Sarah, Hope, Elaine, DP, Katy, Stephanie, Mionca, Makiesha, and Tiffany.
8.   Great defense
9.   Falling snow – OK this isn't really a plus, it took us almost 6 hours to get from Chicago to Holland in the falling snow...but it did make a memory and we did make it for the first game.  I was very impressed with the snow plows and the efficient way in which the snow was handled.  Here in Texas we just hole up for a few days and wait for it to melt.
10.   Building a snowman with the kids while it is 75 back home.

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Quote from: mcmfan on March 21, 2008, 04:40:05 PM
Make a LOT of noise, golfniz1!  You've got to make up for all the Texians who can't be there tonight!

i second that...scream loud and proud!

I have to say that pound for pound, the HPU faithful are louder than any other set of fans at the finals.  I wonder if the two (yes, count them two) bands will ask to include the HPU chants in their song rotation.  When we yell, we drown out the bands. 

Quote from: BJ - DSU SID on March 15, 2008, 03:20:41 AM
Good Luck to HPU for the remainder of the tournament.  We will be rooting for you.  Its always nice to say you lost to the National Champions.  So "Finish It"

BJ,  I introduced myself to you 3 times last night only to find out each time that it wasn't you.  I did get to meet some of the DeSales folks though.  You have a good group there.  I also finally narrow you down to "that guy in the navy shirt."  I guess you don't look like I have you pictured in my head.  I'm glad you enjoyed the southern hospitality. 

"Finish it" would be a great slogan to put on a t-shirt.  Oh wait someone already did that.  Hope Hohertz's sister designed and passed those out at the ASC championship game in Tyler.  When I corresponded with you, I thought about telling you to look me up "I will be the guy in the 'Finish It' shirt."   Of course that would be me and 400 of my closest friends.   

Quote from: fanstand on March 11, 2008, 03:01:41 PM
What a great honor for Tarra and McMurry!! I told you she was extra special.

She is hard to beat in any one area of the qualifications, let alone all three.  Another triple double.  Grats Tarra and McMurry!

Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 11, 2008, 12:33:08 AM
No problem...I assumed that yours was a typo since you correctly used the term "diminutive".  I took that post as being reflective of a quality ASC education. 

Ah ha...you caught me, my undergraduate education is from an Abilene institution, ASC reflective, yes...ASC actual, no.   

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Quote from: Rick Akins on March 10, 2008, 07:03:21 PM
I am still in shock about the capacity.  I have heard 4000-4500 forever.  Jacket 84, I am going to count them all myself on Friday. How could you ever have gotten 4,000+ in there then for anything? Was the Chapman game last year only an estimate? I reiterate there were easily 1,000 more fans Saturday than at any game this year, including McMurry or Hardin-Simmons.  Again, there were still seats but not more than 400 or so(?) unfilled upstairs at the very most.

I too have heard the 4500 number forever.  I guess it could be one of them there urban legends.

Here is a link to the chamber of commerce web site for the coliseum

Balcony Area – 2,961 balcony seats

Brownwood and urban in the same sentence...     

And thanks for fixing my spelling of commerce...we don't typically use big words like that down here when diminutive ones will suffice? 

Quote from: Rick Akins on March 10, 2008, 07:03:21 PM
I am still in shock about the capacity.  I have heard 4000-4500 forever.  Jacket 84, I am going to count them all myself on Friday. How could you ever have gotten 4,000+ in there then for anything? Was the Chapman game last year only an estimate? I reiterate there were easily 1,000 more fans Saturday than at any game this year, including McMurry or Hardin-Simmons.  Again, there were still seats but not more than 400 or so(?) unfilled upstairs at the very most.

I too have heard the 4500 number forever.  I guess it could be one of them there urban legends.

Here is a link to the chamber of comerce web site for the coliseum

Balcony Area – 2,961 balcony seats

Quote from: mcmfan on March 10, 2008, 11:19:58 AM
Most of us non-HPU people don't like it, for it is dark and cavernous inside; and, except for a small bleacher section, spectators are isolated in a semi-balcony that rings the floor.  That said, this year it got a new floor and scoreboard. 

Of course the up side is you don't have to move spectators over to inbound the ball or worry about tripping over students' feet when you break down the baseline. 

Having witnessed the UT Tyler, TX gym for the ASC conference playoffs-Louise Herrington Patriot Center (completed 2002) I can say that the Brownwood coliseum is much brighter than this one built in the last few years.

Also, the extra seating capacity is great.  I remember last year when Chapman came to town for the second round game their girls played in front of more fan in one game than they had played for all year (I did not look it up, but I think that is what I remember).

Quote from: mcmfan on March 05, 2008, 01:29:33 PM
I've been assured that tickets have been reserved for whoever plays HPU on Saturday, McM or Trinity.  Otherwise, I'd be worried right now from what you're saying that people in Brownwood would buy up all the seats before any visitors from outside town ever got a chance to get any!

With a seating capacity in excess of 4500 in the Brownwood coliseum, isn't this an outstanding problem for D-III ball?  Sort of like mentioning that your stretch hummer makes "too much noise" when you pull up to your condo in Malibu. 

There you go McM93....I was trying to find the bright side/silver lining.  I knew it could be done...just took more work than I was prepared for.

Quote from: mcmfan on February 19, 2007, 02:00:07 PM
HPU CUA +31    HSU CUA +40         McM CUA +22
HPU UMHB +7   HSU UMHB +28       McM UMHB +8
HPU SU +61      HSU SU +31           McM SU +26
HPU TLU +47    HSU TLU +53          McM TLU +27

calhsu:
By the numbers, I'd say HSU is going to win.  I've added McM's point spreads for the four schools I compared earlier.  Which team is winning by the highest margin on most of the games?  As a McM fan, I don't like the numbers, and obviously it's the job of the coaches and players to figure out how to turn them around at game time.  But that's the number count as it stands now.

Just to bring the topic back up...

If we are going to talk margins, let's look at the Scoring margin per game.  This stat includes both the offense and defense as well as consistency over the season.  Stretching, you could also use it as an indicator of dept since really large spreads are typical of a blow out and extended bench playing time. You can do the math, but to save you the trouble of grabbing that calculator, let me do it:

HPU = 31.3/game  (#1 in the nation by the way)
HSU = 20.5/game  (normalized to 270 fewer for a 25 game season)
McM = 16.3/game  (normalized to 375 fewer for a 25 game season)
ETBU = 12.0/game  (normalized to 482.5 fewer for a 25 game season)