MBB: MAC Freedom League

[gordonmann]

Thanks, Kate.

It was a once-in-a-lifetime shot from Chris, but an outstanding game from both teams.  Cleanly played, tightly contested, both teams executing.

[kate]

Fantastic game last night at Aggieland - huge crowd, loud and proud, and best of all an Aggie win in the semi-final game - Del Val 83/DeSales 67!  Now, it's up to the mountains on Saturday afternoon to take care of business at Misericordia!  Go Aggies!!!

[kate]

Congratulations to the Misericordia Cougars - please represent the MAC Freedom well!

[NEPAFAN]

Congrats Lefty! Hope you are well Kate!

[kate]

Thank you NEPA fan, and you as well!  Basketball is keeping us young, and though to a lesser degree, mobile !

[ronk]

Thank you NEPA fan, and you as well!  Basketball is keeping us young, and though to a lesser degree, mobile !

Yes, Kate, it was only 4 seasons ago that we met at the Gwynedd-Mercy tipoff tourney and Brenda Coll was playing her 1st collegiate game. Time is flying!

[CCHoopster]

I saw there was a change in coaching at Eastern. Is that official or is that a legit "Interim" tag. Meaning, will that open up next year?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

I know when I looked into it... there was confusion. The new coach told a contact of mine he was the new head coach... but obviously it is listed as interim.

I will say this... it is probably interim until they have a more formal process. Usually they have to either open the job or have the job review be good enough to remove the tag. Not many schools can just hire without due process of some kind. I would suspect this is interim with the choice to open it or make it official at the end of the year as almost all schools do with coaching changes this late in the year.

[CCHoopster]

I know when I looked into it... there was confusion. The new coach told a contact of mine he was the new head coach... but obviously it is listed as interim.

I will say this... it is probably interim until they have a more formal process. Usually they have to either open the job or have the job review be good enough to remove the tag. Not many schools can just hire without due process of some kind. I would suspect this is interim with the choice to open it or make it official at the end of the year as almost all schools do with coaching changes this late in the year.

They had one senior last year, Parenti, a nice player. Basically if the new HC can show improvement from 10-16 (last year) the job is probably his. If they take a step back say 7-18, they may legitimately open it up.

[bill]

Well, FDU started the year out on the short end of the stick....but then again, we were playing the DI campus last night.  We've got a couple of nice young players, and hope to improve upon last year's record!

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

I got a chance to sit down with DeSales coach Scott Coval at the Hoopsville National Invitational Classic this past weekend. Check out his interview and the rest of the Hoopsville Coach's Corner (which substituted for this Sunday's show) here: http://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2015-16/coachs-corner

[bill]

After some close non-conference losses, FDU started off conference play with a thrilling last second win over Misericordia...great job guys!

[kate]

Great to be hearing Gordon Mann's call of the Aggie/Widener game tonight!

[gordonmann]

Good to be heard.

Del Val has an exciting team with a nice blend of senior leadership from Moran and young guys. Nice environment too. The students were into it.

[kate]

Sure hope that everyone had a great Christmas, and that 2016 is loaded with Aggie wins!