We hope that you can join us on Sunday for "Centennial at the Palestra," celebrating Division III basketball at one of the sport's cherished venues. Five games are on tap, including three men's tilts - Gettysburg-Ursinus (1:30), Dickinson-Washington College (5:30) and McDaniel-Muhlenberg (7:30). Tickets are available for $15 in advance or $20 on game day. For more information, go to www.centennial.org/palestra. D3hoops will be there! Stop by and say hi.

LANCASTER, Pa. – February 14, 2017 - In a continued effort to enhance coverage of our students who participate in athletics, the Centennial Conference, in partnership with Stretch Internet, announces the creation of the Centennial Conference Roku app. The app is now available and the channel features live and on-demand events from across the Conference, including next weekend's men's and women's basketball championships.

The app is available as a free channel and streams live content from the Conference alongside Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Video, Watch ESPN, MLB.TV and many other channels directly to your TV. The channel will air all content that can also be found on CentennialConference.TV - the online streaming home of live and on-demand Centennial Conference competition.

In 2015-16, CentennialConference.TV streamed over 1,000 live events and surpassed 203,000 unique views.  This fall and winter, the Conference has already streamed 672 live events with nearly 150,000 live unique viewers, including many broadcasts in high definition.

"The Centennial Conference is thrilled to be the first NCAA Division III conference with a Roku app," said Centennial Conference Executive Director Steve Ulrich. "We are always looking for new and innovative ways to showcase our students who participate in athletics. Our streaming video partner, Stretch Internet, has worked with us to provide access to our regular-season and championship events, as well as our extensive on-demand content, through the Roku app. We hope that our students, parents, alumni and friends enjoy this unprecedented access to Centennial Conference events."

"Today is a great day for the Centennial Conference," said Stretch Internet President and CEO Ryan Ermeling. "The schools and their fans have spoken – and we've listened. Today's landscape requires the ability to provide viewers with more integrated options, and being able to view streams natively on TVs via Roku devices is a big step in that direction. Roku is just the first of many steps in creating an all-encompassing user experience on a variety of platforms. We're excited for the future."

How simple is it to use the Centennial Conference app? Just connect your Roku streaming player to your wireless network and your TV, create a Roku account, and start streaming.

Fans can download the app straight to their Roku device at the following link:

channelstore.roku.com/details/134750/centennial-conference

 
About the Centennial Conference

The purpose of the Centennial Conference is to provide for athletic competition among institutions that share high academic aspirations and are committed to the importance of the total educational experience for students engaged in sports.
NCAA Division III, founded in 1992

Full-time members (11): Bryn Mawr College, Dickinson College, Franklin & Marshall College, Gettysburg College, Haverford College, Johns Hopkins University, McDaniel College, Muhlenberg College, Swarthmore College, Ursinus College, Washington College.

Affiliate Members (6): Juniata College (football), Moravian College (football), Susquehanna University (football), Stevens Institute of Technology (wrestling), U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (wrestling), Washington and Lee University (wrestling).
Website: Centennial.org

Streaming Video Portal: CentennialConference.TV

Stretch Internet, based in Gilbert, AZ, was founded in 2003 by a former college athletics media relations professional who saw a need to provide affordable, high-quality streaming to college and university athletic departments. Stretch Internet now works with nearly 600 colleges and universities, high schools and professional sports organizations. A devotion to utilizing the best streaming technology possible and providing a phenomenal and memorable user experience – backed by "freakishly good support" – have helped Stretch Internet become one of the largest streaming media specialists in the sports industry.

Straight from the home office in Lancaster ...

And here we are ... the teams for the men's basketball tournament have been decided ... now it's time to sift through the possibilities for seeding. 

We know that the Dickinson men will host the semifinals and championship game next weekend. After that ...

3:00 Game
MBB: Gettysburg (9-8) at McDaniel (12-5)

The Green Terror can secure a first-round bye with a victory and, combined with a F&M loss, would be the #2 seed.

4:00 Games
MBB: Franklin & Marshall (12-5) at Dickinson (15-2)
MBB: Johns Hopkins (11-6) at Washington College (4-13)
MBB: Ursinus (4-13) at Muhlenberg (10-7)

The Diplomats can secure a first-round bye and the #2 seed with a victory. A loss opens the door for the Blue Jays to grab the #2 seed and a first-round bye with a victory and a McDaniel loss. A Green Terror win in this situation would give McDaniel the #2 seed and Hopkins could get a first-round bye and the #3 seed with a victory.

A Hopkins loss gives Muhlenberg the opportunity to slip into the #4 spot. A Mule victory would give 'Berg the tie-breaker advantage over the Blue Jays, due to a win over Dickinson.

Hopkins can finish anywhere from #2-5, while F&M and McDaniel can place anywhere between #2-4.

Inside the Huddle #6 is now available. The Centennial Conference's weekly football show features a look back at week 6, a look ahead to week 7, an interview with McDaniel head coach Mike Hoyt and more. Come take a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncg9bAY6p2c

This is your invitation to join us for #CCKickoff13 on Wednesday, August 7, beginning at 10:30 a.m.

What is #CCKickoff 13? It's the start of the Conference's 30th anniversary season, as the Centennial began as a football-only conference in 1983. Rather than hosting just a traditional coaches press conference to begin the year, the Conference's 10 head coaches will talk about their prospects for the upcoming season in three different interactive formats - the traditional question-and-answer session with the media, a one-on-one conversation with an emcee about Division III football, and a Twitter chat that will take questions from the live audience.

The media Q-and-A and the one-on-one conversation will both be streamed live through the Conference website, while the Twitter chat can be followed online as well.

http://www.centennial.org/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/7-19-Kickoff

Coaches will be available in three formats ...

1) A traditional media conference format where the head coach speaks to assembled media and takes questions;

2) A one-on-one sit-down conversation with our emcee - Mike Straub of WGAL-TV - about the upcoming season and the Division III experience. Each coach will appear live for a ten-minute interview, featuring questions from fans! We're encouraging questions submitted on our Facebook page or via Twitter, using the hashtag #CCKickoff13.

3) A live interactive one-on-one Twitter chat with each coach. Each coach will sit down for a live 10-minute chat with you, the Centennial Conference fans. Join us on Twitter, using the hashtag #CCKickoff13, and ask your coach what to expect this season!

The kickoff event will be held at Franklin & Marshall College beginning at 10:30 a.m. with a brief state of the conference address given by Ulrich that will also be streamed live. Coaches will then have 10-minute blocks at each station, fielding questions from both members of the media and interested fans.

FWIW - Just a quote from someone who was there ...

Though his Crusaders came out on the short end of the score, Mary Hardin-Baylor head coach Ken DeWeese felt strongly about continuing to play for the DIII title in such locales. So much so, in fact, that after reporters in the postgame news conference had finished with their questions, DeWeese asked to get on his "soapbox."

"NCAA was great," he began. "If this format does not become permanent, we're not doing the service for the student-athletes in the Division II and Division III levels that we possibly can. This is the greatest atmosphere in the world. If we don't, I think we're slighting our student-athletes.

"The experiences these guys have had, the way the NCAA people and the city of Atlanta have treated us, it is something each team should have an opportunity to aspire to get to. For Division II and Division III in college basketball, this is the best thing that's ever happened."

Join Executive Director Steve Ulrich as he convenes a panel of broadcasters to talk about the upcoming Centennial Conference men's and women's basketball playoffs on Tuesday night at 7 p.m.

Tim Murray, voice of the McDaniel College Green Terror, Stu Johnson, voice of the Johns Hopkins University Blue Jays, Victor Brady, voice of the Swarthmore College Garnet, and Conner Fleegle, voice of the Washington College Shoremen, will join Ulrich in a Google+ Hangout on Air.

You can watch the Hangout at this link (goes live at 6:55) and participate via Twitter or Facebook. Use the hashtag #CChoops13 on Twitter.

It's your chance to talk hoops and get ready for the playoffs - that's Tuesday night at 7 p.m.

http://www.centennial.org/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/2-18-Talkin-Hoops

The tentative playoff schedule. A pre-championship conference call will be held on Monday to finalize.

Wed Feb 20 - Gettysburg at Muhlenberg, 7:30
Fri Feb 22 - Dickinson vs. Johns Hopkins (at Franklin & Marshall), 6:00
Fri Feb 22 - Gettysburg/Muhlenberg at Franklin & Marshall, 8:00
Sat Feb 23 - semifinal winners (at Franklin & Marshall), 7:00

Here are the official playoff scenarios for the final day of the regular season:

The top seed comes down to Gettysburg and Swarthmore. A win by one, combined with a loss by the other, simplifies the process. Wins or losses by both brings tie-breaking criteria into play. The two teams split their season series, so a tie for first place would be decided by how the pair did against the third-place team.

A Muhlenberg win gives the Mules the #3 seed and would give the Garnet the tie-breaker advantage over the Bullets. Swarthmore was 2-0 against 'Berg, while Gettysburg was 1-1.

A Muhlenberg loss puts Johns Hopkins at #3 and gives the Jays the first-round bye. In this scenario, Gettysburg is the top seed due to a 1-1 record vs. Hop, while Swarthmore was 0-2.

Haverford is locked in at the No. 5 spot and will be on the road to play either at Johns Hopkins or Muhlenberg on Feb. 20.

Neither Gettysburg nor Swarthmore has ever hosted the Centennial final four since the Conference adopted the format in 2004. The Garnet did host a CC final in 2001 and a first-round game in 2005 - the last time Swarthmore qualified for the tournament. The Bullets return to the field for the first time since 2011 and could host for the first time since a 2008 first-round contest.

Here are your official playoff scenarios entering the season's final day.

The winner of the Dickinson-Franklin & Marshall game will be the top seed and host for the Conference final four that begins on Friday, Feb. 22.

The loser of that game will be the #2 seed and play either Johns Hopkins or Muhlenberg. A Blue Jay victory gives the #3 seed to Hopkins, while a loss and a Muhlenberg win gives the spot to the Mules. Should both teams lose, JHU is the #3 seed due to a season sweep of 'Berg.

The first-round game will be played on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at the site of the #4 seed - either Johns Hopkins or Muhlenberg. Gettysburg earns the #5 seed with a victory, while a loss and an Ursinus triumph gives the final spot to the Bears. If both teams lose and a three-way deadlock is created with McDaniel, Gettysburg is the #5 seed due to a 3-1 record against McDaniel and Ursinus.

Since the Centennial went to a double round-robin format in 2004, the top seed for the tournament has never been decided in a winner-take-all matchup.

Franklin & Marshall has not played a road Conference tournament game since the 2003 Centennial final at Ursinus. The Diplomats have played 12 consecutive CC tourney games at the Mayser Center.

Dickinson has never hosted a Centennial tournament game. The last time the Red Devils hosted any Conference postseason game was on Feb. 19, 1990, as Dickinson defeated Lebanon Valley in a MAC Southwest tie-breaker.

Just to add to the "true road game" debate is this article from Monday's Wall Street Journal. Hardly your traditional sports newspaper, but the WSJ has some quality sports reporting and here's an example.

"College basketball's heavyweights have turned into quivering weaklings this season when faced with an increasingly formidable foe: an opposing team's gym. Through Sunday afternoon's games, teams ranked in the Associated Press's top-25 poll have won just over half of their true road games (.569), the second-worst rate this decade, off from a peak of .627 in 2004-05. (True road games are ones played in the opponent's arena, as opposed to at a neutral site.)"

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324196204578296154005873738.html

Just a reminder ... The Centennial Conference will kick off the 2012-13 men's basketball season with an innovative multimedia event on Wednesday beginning at 1 p.m. The multimedia event will replace the traditional coaches' press conference, with each of the 10 head coaches discussing their prospectus for the upcoming year via Google+ Hangouts. The Centennial Conference Tip-Off Event will begin promptly at 1 p.m. Coaches will each have 10-minute blocks fielding questions from both the moderator and viewers.

Viewers can watch the live event by clicking http://www.centennial.org/sports/mbkb/2012-13/videos/tipoff13. The link will go live at 12:55 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14.

Have a question for your favorite coach? Post them to our Facebook page or Tweet them to us using the hashtag #CCTipOff13. Then watch the stream to see if your question is selected! We hope you'll join us on Wednesday for the Centennial "Tip-Off Event."

Schedule:
1:00 - Swarthmore
1:10 - McDaniel
1:20 - Haverford
1:35 - Gettysburg
1:45 - Ursinus
1:55 - Washington College
2:10 - Johns Hopkins
2:20 - Dickinson
2:30 - Muhlenberg
2:45 - Franklin & Marshall

Just a reminder to join us beginning at 1 p.m. on Tuesday for the inaugural Centennial Conference Women's Basketball "Tip-Off." Using Google+, we will have live video chats with each of the 11 head coaches in the Conference. We will also take your questions for the coaches, using Facebook or Twitter. Please submit your Facebook questions prior to 1 p.m., while use the hashtag #CCTipOff13 to submit questions via Twitter. We hope you'll join us. http://www.centennial.org/sports/wbkb/2012-13/releases/TipOff13

The Centennial Conference will kick off the 2012-13 women's basketball season with an innovative multimedia event on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 1 p.m. The multimedia event will replace the traditional coaches' press conference, with each of the 11 head coaches discussing their prospectus for the upcoming year via an interactive video conference using Google+ Hangouts On-Air.

The Centennial Conference Tip-Off Event will begin promptly at 1 p.m. Coaches will each have 10-minute blocks fielding questions from both the moderator and viewers.

Viewers can watch the live event by clicking http://www.centennial.org/sports/wbkb/2012-13/videos/tipoff13. The link will go live at 12:55 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13.

Have a question for your favorite coach? Post them to our Facebook page or Tweet them to us using the hashtag #CCTipOff13. Then watch the stream to see if your question is selected! We hope you'll join us for the start of the women's basketball season on Tuesday.

Schedule:

1:00 - Bryn Mawr
1:10 - Dickinson
1:20 - Swarthmore
1:35 - McDaniel
1:45 - Gettysburg
1:55 - Washington College
2:10 - Ursinus
2:20 - Haverford
2:30 - Franklin & Marshall
2:45 - Johns Hopkins
2:55 - Muhlenberg

The Centennial Conference will kick off the 2012-13 men's basketball season with an innovative multimedia event on Wednesday, Nov. 14, beginning at 1 p.m. The multimedia event will replace the traditional coaches' press conference, with each of the 10 head coaches discussing their prospectus for the upcoming year via Google+ Hangouts.

The Centennial Conference Tip-Off Event will begin promptly at 1 p.m. Coaches will each have 10-minute blocks fielding questions from both the moderator and viewers.

Viewers can watch the live event by clicking http://www.centennial.org/sports/mbkb/2012-13/videos/tipoff13. The link will go live at 12:55 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14.

Have a question for your favorite coach? Post them to our Facebook page or Tweet them to us using the hashtag #CCTipOff13. Then watch the stream to see if your question is selected! We hope you'll join us on Wednesday for the Centennial "Tip-Off Event."

Schedule:
1:00 - Swarthmore
1:10 - McDaniel
1:20 - Haverford
1:35 - Gettysburg
1:45 - Ursinus
1:55 - Washington College
2:10 - Johns Hopkins
2:20 - Dickinson
2:30 - Muhlenberg
2:45 - Franklin & Marshall