Nadelhoffer shot .628 in his senior season at Wheaton.

The ticket sale was announced in advance to both constituencies, and there are going to be a good number of Cabrini people in the stands. The reason for doing the presale was to eliminate people standing outside the gym during the game. Nothing wrong with those people per se, but it became a security nightmare in 2011 as a lot of the people who were locked out (there were warnings given that the game would sell out, but people still showed up at 7:30 thinking they would get in.)
The proceeds from the ticket sales are being donated to World Vision to aid in Typhoon relief.
The court is regulation sized, but it is a tight squeeze to get 500+ people into the game. That being said, it is a competition and both schools want to have their home games.
You make building a gym sound like changing your shoes or buying a different style of uniforms. There is more to it than that (Money is an issue, but space is an issue as well. Eastern's campus is larger than Cabrini's, but a lot of the space cannot be built on because of it's proximity to water or inaccessibility for vehicles.)
Eastern brought in a new president this year, and all in the athletic department have high hopes that a new athletic  facility will be high on his priority list. A little discontent will not hurt in helping the board/ president to see need.
If Cabrini would agree to go to a neutral site every year, I am pretty confident that Eastern would agree.
Eastern will have a livestream on a big screen in an adjacent gym.

Eastern's Home Opener against Cabrini sold out in 22 minutes. Those unable to get into the game can watch online at http://bit.ly/EagleVision

Eagles looked pretty good in Exhibition OT loss at UMBC. They are very young, but there is some good new talent. Cabrini seems to have reloaded with new players.

Break up the Big Blue!!

Ok, let's not get carried away, but considering the depths that Millikin had slid to, 3-0 in the league is a great beginning. There will be some losses, but it looks like things are going the right direction for Batman and his Baby Blues.

I was able to catch the second half of the Millikin/ North Park game online this afternoon . (Ok, to clarify, I was able to catch the 60 some-odd percent of the second half when the ball was on the screen. I know staffing is tough, but there is no excuse for whole possessions where the ball is not in the screen.)

That is outside my point.

Millikin appears to have the ability to score in a variety of ways. My guess is that some of the uncertainty they showed down the stretch is directly related to the newness of the group. As they have more time together, they will know their roles and it will look less rugged.

It is great to see two in a row for the Baby Blues. There is still a lot to do, but Coach Nadelhoffer and his staff appear to be ahead of schedule on their rebuild.

Eastern will be running live video at Wilkes tonight. Bit.ly/eagle_vision


First time the production has gone on the road. Should be an interesting test in Wilkes-Barre for the Eagles.

Meghan Nowak reaches 500 points in her freshman season. She has shouldered an enormous load on offense in the past three weeks.

Kate- Shante was not at Del Val. Her last game in uniform was at home at Manhattanville.

But in the league, they are near the bottom in shooting percentage, shooting percentage defense, rebounding margin, and assists. They also send opponents to the line an average of  8 more times a game. They are still alive for a playoff spot because they cause a boatload of turnovers, but in trying to cause those turnovers, they surrender easy shots and foul. It is a style of play that has its benefits and costs.

Quote from: Mugsy on January 31, 2012, 10:09:41 PM
Final in Decatur:  Wheaton 82, Millikin 25.

Millikin with 23 turnovers and only 3 assists, 18% from the floor, 8% from 3, 48% from FT.
Wheaton 58% from the field, 65% from 3 (13 of 20), 76% from FT.

Millikin averaging 26.5 points in last two games, while giving up 90 points.  OUCH!

Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forward. It is not going to be pretty the rest of the way for the 'Big' Blue, but there is a turnaround coming. To do the process right will require a few years and a ton of work in recruiting. I think the new staff knows that and is prepared to do things the right way.

Mailsy-
The Battle of Eagle Road promises to be an interesting test for both teams. Eastern is in the midst of a killer 6-game stretch with Cabrini as the second middle game. While the home team will be riding a four-game winning streak going into Monday, they also have to be certain to be ready for a critical home contest against King's on Wednesday.

Cabrini has Rosemont on Wednesday. Therein lies the question of the night. Eastern has figured out ways to win close games in a rugged and pretty even conference. I cannot speak to the difference between the CSAC and the Freedom, but my rough calculations have Freedom teams at 9-1 against CSAC squads. Neumann beat Del Val (1-7 Freedom) for the CSAC's only win.

This is a little skewed because there are no games between Freedom teams and Cabrini, Keystone, and Gwynedd-Mercy, but I don't think the point I would make is that the top Freedom teams are better than them per se. What I would argue is that there are no gimmes for the top teams (whoever that may be) in the Freedom. There are at least a few of those in the CSAC.

Eastern has some soft teams (PSU-ABINGTON, LEHMAN) at the front of the schedule, but not many on the inside.

The other thought is that Eastern starts 5 seniors, and that they can on certain days be very good with the ball. As Cabrini averages 85 per game, I have to think they get a lot of those off turnovers and in transition. That might not be as available tomorrow.

It should be a lot of fun. There will be a live broadcast of the game at bit.ly/eagle_vision

Messiah-JHU is always a better game at Homewood than it is at the Shoe. This year is Messiah Women's year to host the third and fourth round (shocking and impressive that that fact is known.) of the NCAA Tournament. If Hopkins wants to get them at home in the post-season, the probably need a win or a tie on Wednesday.

The article says nothing about Adidas giving Howard Payne anything. I would assume the deal is similar to ones inked by Messiah (Nike) and Eastern (UA) where in exchange for a commitment to a brand, the brand commits to certain across the board discounts for the entire department with a certain quantity of free gear being made available as money is spent by programs in the department.

This is very different from the high exposure DI model where athletes are put in shoes and coaches get dollars and gear for wearing a brand exclusively.

Stevenson descended from Villa Julie true, but I don't think anyone who has been away for five years would believe it if you told them. The shuffle will continue. Don't look for realignment too soon.

With as many teams out there that play with three guard sets -- some play with four-- I think it seems pretty antiquated to insist on two guards two forwards and a center on any team. I do, however, like to see some balance in the teams, but if the league 22 starting guards, 14 starting forwards and 4 starting centers, then it does not make sense to do 2-2-1.

Quote from: tribehoops on February 20, 2011, 12:53:08 PM
I'm interested to see if the MAC Freedom coaches, again find a way to screw Coach Stitzel out of the Coach of the Year award.  He should have won it two seasons ago when he led the Aggies to their 1st play-off birth in 40 years. 

Was that the year Del Val finished fifth in the conference and DeSales went to the Elite Eight in the nation?