MBB: MAC Freedom League

[cold_case]

Shame on anyone trusting CC's sources.

Darn you Pat.

lefthander, me replace John Seitz? You don't know the half of it. Goes back a long time.

[Leo The Lion]

Good luck to our very own Colonel John today in the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby.

The Wilkes uber-fan will be starting from the tenth post position today and is a 4-1 shot to take the roses. 

[ColonelJohn4Life]

Sorry to let the Wilkes faithful down by not representing better.  Hey, YOU try running a mile and a quarter in under 2 minutes...

I'll see you at the Preakness.   

[Pat Coleman]

Lycoming will be looking for a head coach:

http://www.d3hoops.com

[bballfan112]

I see Lycoming College hired a new head coach, Guy Rancourt from Stony Brook. does anyone else know who the other finalists were, and anything about Coach Rancourt? Looks like it was a good hire for Lycoming, as he brings experience as a head d3 coach and assistant d1 coach prior to arriving at Lycoming.

[mailsy]

Now that is July 1st.  Usually the beginning of some new fiscal years. Does anyone have any idea how the new MAC is going to be situated now that the 3 former PAC(now CSAC) members have moved?  Is it going to be based on location? or some other situation.  I didn't see anything in the thread.  Thanks in advance.

[mailsy]

I did look at some of the up coming schedules for schools in MAC not all schedules are complete.     It looks as if some schedules are unbalanced.  If you look at Del Val's schedule in the Freedom they have 16 conference games in men's BBall.  Shouldn't there only be 14 for 8 members; or are the conferences going to be unequal for the upcoming year?  Hey Kate any ideas?

[kate]

Howdy, Mailsy.  Yes, the League is lopsided this year.  We have Arcadia going to the Commonwealth & we gain the three others, Alvernia, Eastern, & Misericordia.  Probably we should be giving one to the other half for the 09-10  season.  As much as i welcome those three,  it leaves not too many dates for "exotic" out-of- conference games.

[mailsy]

Do you think they'll split the league more regionally for 09-10? 

[kate]

If gas prices go the way they're going now, it had better be more of a regional alignment!

[ColonelJohn4Life]

Aren't schedules generally up by about now?  I've gotta call off work for the 2 (3?) Wilkes vs King's games this season.

[pabegg]

Aren't schedules generally up by about now?  I've gotta call off work for the 2 (3?) Wilkes vs King's games this season.

Some are, most aren't. Neither Wilkes or King's is up yet.

[G-manWU]

Hello everyone- first-time poster here, but I've been "lurking" on this board, as I believe you call it, for the past 3 seasons or so. My involvement with Freedom Conference basketball stems from my recently-completed undergraduate years at Wilkes, where I worked with the men's basketball program as the manager/video guy/whatever other creative title you can come up with. My involvement runs from the 2004-05 season up through the most recent 2007-08 campaign.

My involvement was a fantastic time with a great group of people- Coach Rickrode, all of our assistants, and all of our players were great to work with- I've gathered a treasure trove of memories over those seasons that will be fondly remembered. My entry into both the working world and graduate school will obviously mean i'll be at fewer games, but I'll always make my best effort to keep up with the program and be at a fair share of games.

In any event, I'm looking forward to joining the discussions, so let's look forward to a great season of MAC-F basketball!

ColonelJohn- I've finally arrived!! Regarding the schedule issue, I don't know if Wilkes has found a replacement for Seitz yet, so I'm not suprised if it's not online just at the moment. I'm not sure what games I'll be able to make but I'll catch up with you at some point.

[ColonelJohn4Life]

Allow me to channel (TV pun intended) my inner Chris Berman...

The GEEEEE-Man!  Bienvenidos, senor.  Hope you enjoy your stay.

King's has posted their schedule.  The 2 Wilkes games are Wed Dec 3rd at King's, Wed Jan 28 at Wilkes.  Don't worry, I have already called off work those 2 days, and the corresponding Thursdays.

As an aside, God forbid Wilkes and King's could ever play on a Saturday night.  Growing up, I watched games at Scranton.  Big conferece games would be part of a Saturday night doubleheader, women at 6, men at 8.  Made for a great atmosphere.  When the torch was passed from Scranton to Wilkes, there were a bunch of Saturday night games.  Now?  Big games seem to fall on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but the Saturday games are at 1 and 3.  I'm calling for it - bring back the Saturday night doubleheader!!

[G-manWU]

Thanks for the intro CJ- It's always great to have you around! If I hear anything more about the 2008-09 scheudle for Wilkes, I'll give you a yell.

I don't know how many of the regulars are on here, but I hope we're all looking forward to the season down the line.