MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[Swish3]

Thanks, iwumichigander, I'll try....

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The Civic Center folks are terrific. Trust me, they will take care of things for you so you can be with your fans. You will have a great time.

[Pat Coleman]

Allow me to be the third to say you won't have a problem moving.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Congrats to Marcus Carter on making first team all region...given CNU's season, how was Krikorian not the coach of the year in the mid-atlantic?

Marcinek has never had a 20 win season before and his team also won a lot of games.  People expected CNU to be pretty good.

[Swish3]

I get what you're saying, Ryan, but Susquehanna had won 19 games the year before and CNU 20...Susq won 5 more games this season, while CNU has won 10 more to date and made it to the Final Four.  In my opinion, that has to be enough to give Coach K the nod....

[CNU85]

So, the fam and I bought tickets Saturday night for this weekend not knowing that the Salem Civic Center was going to designate certain sections to the four teams involved...as it turns out, we'll be in the freaking Amherst section, 'cause I could not get an exchange done for the same, or similar, seats in CNU's section.  Some how, some way, the process needs to be improved upon...

Hmmm...I just picked up my ticket. I better run out to the car and check to see where I am sitting. I would think by purchasing the ticket from CNU, that I would be with CNU fans. Where did you purchase your ticket Swish?

[CNU85]

Hopefully there will be a few CNU students there. They have a sweet deal going on. A ticket to all 3 games, a bus ride, and a hotel stay Friday night.....all for $50.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

I get what you're saying, Ryan, but Susquehanna had won 19 games the year before and CNU 20...Susq won 5 more games this season, while CNU has won 10 more to date and made it to the Final Four.  In my opinion, that has to be enough to give Coach K the nod....

Marcinek's squad went pretty long undefeated while playing the most difficult schedule they have ever faced/set-up for themselves especially out of conference. In fact, they got nearly three-quarters of the way through conference before they experienced an upset. They also went on to best their other Landmark partners by at least getting to the second round of the tournament. Yes, I understand CNU was in the final four and I understand they only have one loss... but the expectations for CNU were pretty high. The expectations for Susquehanna were not that high, especially with that schedule. Sometimes we are splitting hairs, but after a thorough discussion we felt Marcinek deserved the nod in the region.

Hopefully there will be a few CNU students there. They have a sweet deal going on. A ticket to all 3 games, a bus ride, and a hotel stay Friday night.....all for $50.

It appears the college is picking up part of that cost. That is a great gesture on their part. Though, the bus trip is shorter... the fact that they can get to all four games (don't forget the all-star game LOL) and stay at a hotel is terrific for $50. Nice to see.

[Swish3]

So, the fam and I bought tickets Saturday night for this weekend not knowing that the Salem Civic Center was going to designate certain sections to the four teams involved...as it turns out, we'll be in the freaking Amherst section, 'cause I could not get an exchange done for the same, or similar, seats in CNU's section.  Some how, some way, the process needs to be improved upon...

Hmmm...I just picked up my ticket. I better run out to the car and check to see where I am sitting. I would think by purchasing the ticket from CNU, that I would be with CNU fans. Where did you purchase your ticket Swish?

If you purchased the ticket through CNU, you're definitely sitting w/CNU folks...we bought ours through ticketmaster.

[CNU85]

how many of you are going?

[Swish3]

I'm sure it wasn't an easy decision, Dave, but even if I try to look at it from an unbiased perspective, Coach K gets the nod...as they say, we'll have to agree to disagree.  In terms of SOS, I think Massey is a better indicator of that than the NCAA and its criteria...that said, Massey has CNU's and Susquehanna's SOS at 48 and 166 respectively.

[Swish3]

how many of you are going?

There will be seven of us....

[CNU85]

That's a large gaggle. There will be one of us!

[Swish3]

Three of the seven are friends...two kids were plenty for my wife and I!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I'm sure it wasn't an easy decision, Dave, but even if I try to look at it from an unbiased perspective, Coach K gets the nod...as they say, we'll have to agree to disagree.  In terms of SOS, I think Massey is a better indicator of that than the NCAA and its criteria...that said, Massey has CNU's and Susquehanna's SOS at 48 and 166 respectively.

Well, all he has to do is win the title - then he's got a pretty good shot at national coach of the year.  That might be a good consolation prize.