Quote from: doubledribble2 on February 27, 2008, 02:34:00 PM
Not true. The credit for the success of St. Mary's Women's Basketball Team goes to the team, as well as their former coach.  It was their dedication and talent along with Hambrose's skill in recruiting and coaching that made St. Mary's who they are today.  It had nothing to do with a new coach.  Any one can step into that situation and look good.   One could even coach blind folded and find success. Congratulations SMCM on a great season! You even managed to put the Eagles in their nest! 

doubledribble2, are you former coach Hambrose's mom?  While no-one in the preceding posts said anything about what SMCM owes their current success to, a brief review of the past years' records indicates that the new coach took them a giant step forward.  Conversely, Salisbury's record took a giant step backward this year with their new coach.   A great coach can make a team great.  Mary Wash and MMT are prime examples of that.  I will agree with you on one thing though -- SMCM had a terrific season and the girls and their new coach deserve congratulations.

Enboldened with confidence from correctly predicting the SU upset win last night, I think MMT should be concerned.  It is possible that SU is finally finding itself this season and might even give Mary Wash a run for the money.  OK, maybe that's a little too bold 

I guess you all also saw that SU men got the huge upset win over top seeded York.  For an SU fan, last night was great -- especially after a long awful season. 

Continued good luck SeaGulls!!!!

Apparently nobody gives Salisbury a chance.  I, however, would not count them out.  They have two outstanding players (Merkel and Martin) and a handful of good ones.  (If the new coach hadn't run off two of them, they would be much better.)  They played Marymount very closely in their last game.  True that St. Marys beat them twice -- but can they do it a third time?  And if, SU can knock off St Mary's, they match up well against MMT.  I do not see them victorious against Mary Wash -- but if they make it to that final game, that would have been two upsets.  Just food for thought!!

Did any of you see that MW-St.M game?  What was St.M able to do that few others could do against MW?  Or was it that St.M had a great game and MW had a less than great game?

Either way, hats off to St.M!

Quote from: bbald eagle on February 04, 2008, 03:24:23 PM
SU didn't look as strong or well coached to me this year but I figured maybe it was first year coachitis or something like that. Ther record looks like a step backwards. Philips was a good player and I thought Benshetler was a good coach.

Yes, Coach Benshetler was an outstanding Coach and won't be easy to replace.

Speaking of Salisbury, Congratulations to Amy Campion for making D3Hoops' All Decade Team -- Honorable Mention.

The other CAC alum , Ronda Jo Miller of Gallaudet, made First Team.  Very impressive.

That the coaching change might not have benefitted Salisbury is absolutely clear.  This may be SU's worst start ever. The only returning all conference player and co-captain from last year's team, Megan Phillips, left the team after being relegated to the bench and having it made clear that she didn't fit in the new coach's core of players.  This would be easier to understand if she weren't an outstanding student academically, a dedicated player who worked hard all year at keeping herself in shape, and a kid who never got in trouble for anything.  Ask any of the other CAC coachs and I'm pretty sure they will tell you that Phillips was a very good player and they wondered why she wasn't playing.  Not that one player leaving changes the whole team but rather it is indicative of this new coach's style -- and may give some insight into why she can't get more victories with some very talented players.