My view on those technicals at F&M...the F&M player turned and ran right into and over Elijah Wright.  Layed him out,much bigger player mowing down a smaller guy. not enough space, and not a flop. Just happened, nothing intentional but the officials ignored it. E was talking as he got up, talking to refs, no idea what he said, but he was T'd up immediately, and maybe he deserved it, maybe not.   
But what I saw next should not have happened.  Coach Seretti moved onto the court to engage the ref.  He was not heated, He was under control as always,  yet the ref quickly called a double technical to remove Coach Seretti from the game. It was a bad call. At most it should have been just a technical foul for stepping onto the court.  I was sitting three rows behind the Dickinson bench and could hear everything they said. I heard not a word from Coach Seretti. That ref took him out of the game when he should not have.   I've been to enough games between Dickinson and F&M at both locations over the past seven years. I've observed Coach Robinson exploit his his seniority and standing in coaching circles on several occasions, pushing it well beyond the limits of acceptability.  I've seen him charge onto the court screaming more than a few times without recourse.  Hey, I'd do it too if it was me, but on examination what happened to Coach Seretti, just should not have. 
This was an extreme overreaction by a less than qualified official.  Another fan near me mentioned that he is familiar with that particular ref, having seen him calling CYO games in Philly five years ago. 

Love the way the Centennial is starting out this season. It's great to watch talented young coaches as they figure out the working parts to get to that cohesive whole.

Amen to that.  Coach Seretti looks for the best challenge, not the W's and L's at this point.  They'll look forward to playing any team that will step onto the court with them as they are guaranteed to gain something from it.   A look at the past five seasons should show that Dickinson will NEVER be a deer in the headlights to any team, and have turned the tables on ranked opponents many times.  Do I expect them to win?  Maybe, maybe not.  Do I think they have the talent and coaching to rise to any occasion?  You bet.

Congrats to all three D3 Hoops second team all region players, Brandon Federici, Ted Hinnenkamp, and Cedric Moune. 
Congrats to Ted Hinnenkamp on his selection to play in the Reese's All Star game, played at Salem Va on Saturday March 19th before the D3 national championship game. He's the third Dickinson player in successive years to be selected for this honor, following Adam Honig '14, and Gerry Wixted '15.
Ted was also named to the  NABC All American second team today. 

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Impressive  yes, but to answer my question, I'm seeing  the 2003, 04, 05 run of Luciano, Stanton and McGarvey at Ursinus matches the three different players in three years just accomplished by Dickinson.

Congratulations to all!

Amen to that!  Don't want to give the impression that I'm underwhelmed by all the glorious runs in the Cent. Far from it.
What's the history on the ECAC tournament and how are the teams decided?  I'm curious.

Impressive  yes, but to answer my question, I'm seeing  the 2003, 04, 05 run of Luciano, Stanton and McGarvey at Ursinus matches the three different players in three years just accomplished by Dickinson.

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Hooper, who would you remove?
I was surprised Moune wasn't the POTY--he was F&M's only effective post player on a team that finished first.

Not a surprise to me.  I'd guess it could have been a close vote, but it WAS the vote of our conference coaches. POY isn't defined as best player on the team that finished first.  I think it's defined as the guy who gave coaches nightmares in every single game and regularly defied game plans, in other words THAT guy who could score, handle the ball,  see the floor for the assist, block and rebound.    Hinnenkamp played all five positions this season.  Not many 6'7 wings can do that, and do it quite the way he did.  His upside is higher than Moune's.  He was required to be a utility guy and his numbers still rose through the season, resulting in the regular season scoring title.  Probably a nightmare when it came to game plans.  His numbers could have been better in the early going but he was unselfish with young teammates, but good for him-and them.  The Devils really got it together after the learning curve and will be fierce next year.
Moune IS a really nice post player and deserves the respect he's getting.  He's not a Gerry Wixted with a step back three and all the other things that make a player multidimensional.  He's a great post player with excellent positioning, nice long arms and teammates who could get it inside.   Nice for F & M to finally get back to the dance for Moune's senior year.   And Congratulations to Coach Seretti on three straight POY's.  I'm sure other coaches in the Centennial have had that distinction, but maybe not with three different players in three successive years?   Each of those guys; Honig, Wixted, Hinnenkamp have been multidimensional and had to step outside the box for the good of the team.  Congrats to Coach Seretti,  to Ted, and to his teammates Wixted and and Honig who both preceded him in a well deserved accomplishment.

Per the tickets - that is something the venue clears with the NCAA. Think about it from the NCAA's point of view: guarantees to sell out three games or two days? More money with three games to help offset the tournaments is going to win out. I think the mentality is that the ticket gets you into the game you are attending. You are getting a gift to see the other game. In the case of "split sessions," they are trying to help those fans who want to see their team. Would you want to explain to the visitors of the next game that they can't get into the game because you wanted to watch both and got your tickets first? Split sessions are not that common - handful every year.
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Right and I get that.  I think it would be better AND more tickets would be sold if, beyond the first two rounds there was a larger minimum requirement for seating at host venues.  Case in point, both Wooster and Illinois Wesleyan must bus in fans from every old folks home within 50 miles.  Their fan base is incredible  ( heard cute little ladies with blue hair and padded seat in hand --at both venues, no less-- saying "they're in MY seat!")   and yet they never cleared a gym in either location.  I have no objection to buying a second ticket, but that would have been impossible at Randolph Macon. My issue is limited access and not a two for one.

As a Dickinson fan who has followed the team to Ohio--twice --and to Illinois as well as Virginia,  I have no problem at all with NCAA bracketology. You go where you need to go and you'd better be ready to play. 
I would like to see standardization among all host sites as far as ticket price and what that ticket entitles the holder to.  For most venues in my experience, your ticket entitles you to two games at the site for that evening.  At Randolph Macon last year for the Sweet Sixteen, our ticket entitled us to one game only and we were cleared from the gym before the second game.  It's my feeling that all tournament  host venues should be required to agree to the same ticket price and admissions policy, and it should be published as such. JMHO

 Not sure what was up in the first half last night with the Devils--they were flat, but they were in the game at the end. I too, thought they'd have gone for the tie and overtime.  That last play is a question mark. Swat's coach did a great job of preparing his guys for that game, and Dickinson fouled way too much and missed some opportunities.  Still a great resurrection of a season for Dickinson, and just a point or two short of continuing.
I agree with Poly Math.  No offense to Swat but I think the tougher match up would have been FM/Dickinson as there is no love lost between them and I think F&M has a harder time matchup wise with the Red Devils.  Maybe I'll be proved wrong, but I predict Moune will get more whistles than Robbie, and that seems to be deciding a lot of games.  I think Swat might have spent what they had in the bank last night.  I'm rooting for the underdog anyway because if by chance Swat wins, I hope/think F&M gets an at large bid, and that's great for the conference.

So, who is everyone picking to win tonight?  And for the championship? 

Brandon Angradi was huge in the win, and showed his versatility.  Not only did he hit from three but drove and finished well.

Watched the block by Romocki in slow mo later, a few times to be certain before I spoke --I concur the call made was correct, not a goal tend.  Ball was traveling in an upward trajectory when it was blocked onto the glass.  Calls pretty much fell both ways in that game with some other exceptions... when the ball rolls out of bounds off of Moune's prostrate body on the endline and is given back to F&M.  And, Moune shot 15 foul shots while Hinnenkamp's 25 included only 2 points from a single trip to the foul line--in an overtime game. Moune was legitimately fouled several times but was also the recipient of many soft calls away from the ball. Ted should have received a few more calls as Hines did a lot of two handed pushing, taking Hinnenkamp off of his feet more than once, arm bars to the back etc.  Moune also got away with a few on review, running through Picka and pushing him off his feet with both hands.  We could argue until the cows come home but it was not a poorly called game and in fact the edge went to F&M.
Shawn Hines played the best I've ever seen him play.  Frankly I've never given him much credit but he was the guy who kept F & M in the game, and if I was the F&M coach I'd award him the game ball.  He picked up all the garbage, played smart and strong, even though he got away with a little more than he should have.
The Red Devils are an extremely young team, and for them to go into a hostile gym on both the host team's senior day, along with the advertised celebration of that coaches 900th victory and to maintain their composure and bring it home in overtime--well, they deserve every accolade they get. 
Coach Robinson's family, and in fact any family of a long time NCAA coach, deserves to be recognized for their sacrifices along the way.  It takes a village to build and maintain a team, and his wife, children and extended F&M family I am sure have made many sacrifices to bolster the program to its epic record. Kudos to them and I hope they took the day as it was, just another day in the life of a coach.
But, it was an epic day in the life of a player.  It validated that young Dickinson team and so I say, let the games begin.

Okay gang. So what are the playoff implications right now and tie breakers, if it comes to that?

Most teams, and especially the juniors and seniors on those teams have nagging injuries by this point in the season. So it's probably more of a level playing field than you imagine.  Players grit it out and don't let anyone know if they can help it because they just want to play the game.  My sons have played through tonsillitis, sesamoiditis (inflamed small bones of the feet), and stress fractures among other things-- I only found out later when it was time to pick up the pieces. Toughest guys I know.
Same goes for make up games.  We worry more about it than they do.  Hopkins plays tonight and tomorrow, Dickinson just played three games in five days, and Ursinus takes the cake.  Sometimes it gets them into a groove and they play better than they would have.  I admire them all.