MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Hosting?! Congrats to the Captains!!

Now that's a pleasant surprise...geography was on CNU's side this time, but I'll gladly take it...I'd personally like to thank E&H for winning the ODAC!

Also, just glancing at the bracket briefly, I think York has a good chance to make some noise....

Dave's talking to Tim Fitzpatrick right now, but geography is not the issue here.  You could have done this pod at Swat with CNU as the #2 and E&H the #3 and moving F&M to Swat's current spot.

No geographic reason for it.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Hosting?! Congrats to the Captains!!

Now that's a pleasant surprise...geography was on CNU's side this time, but I'll gladly take it...I'd personally like to thank E&H for winning the ODAC!

Also, just glancing at the bracket briefly, I think York has a good chance to make some noise....

Dave's talking to Tim Fitzpatrick right now, but geography is not the issue here.  You could have done this pod at Swat with CNU as the #2 and E&H the #3 and moving F&M to Swat's current spot.

No geographic reason for it.

He basically said they thought it was the best hosting situation, which is probably true.  Facilities are better and they have more experience.

[Goose_13]

Congrats to the women too!! Glad they were able to get in despite the heartbreaking buzzer beater in the CAC Championship.

[Swish3]

Hosting?! Congrats to the Captains!!

Now that's a pleasant surprise...geography was on CNU's side this time, but I'll gladly take it...I'd personally like to thank E&H for winning the ODAC!

Also, just glancing at the bracket briefly, I think York has a good chance to make some noise....

Dave's talking to Tim Fitzpatrick right now, but geography is not the issue here.  You could have done this pod at Swat with CNU as the #2 and E&H the #3 and moving F&M to Swat's current spot.

No geographic reason for it.

Yeah, knowing that E&H was directly west of CNU, albeit a few hours, I thought CNU made sense geographically....

[Swish3]

Hosting?! Congrats to the Captains!!

Now that's a pleasant surprise...geography was on CNU's side this time, but I'll gladly take it...I'd personally like to thank E&H for winning the ODAC!

Also, just glancing at the bracket briefly, I think York has a good chance to make some noise....

Dave's talking to Tim Fitzpatrick right now, but geography is not the issue here.  You could have done this pod at Swat with CNU as the #2 and E&H the #3 and moving F&M to Swat's current spot.

No geographic reason for it.

He basically said they thought it was the best hosting situation, which is probably true.  Facilities are better and they have more experience.

This is true, but CNU had to go to Swat last year, so that might have played a part, as well....

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Hosting?! Congrats to the Captains!!

Now that's a pleasant surprise...geography was on CNU's side this time, but I'll gladly take it...I'd personally like to thank E&H for winning the ODAC!

Also, just glancing at the bracket briefly, I think York has a good chance to make some noise....

Dave's talking to Tim Fitzpatrick right now, but geography is not the issue here.  You could have done this pod at Swat with CNU as the #2 and E&H the #3 and moving F&M to Swat's current spot.

No geographic reason for it.

Yeah, knowing that E&H was directly west of CNU, albeit a few hours, I thought CNU made sense geographically....

He essentially bragged about how far teams were traveling this year - proud to mix things up, so I don't think that had much to do with it.  Swarthmore doesn't have the best set up for a weekend like this.  It was tight for the CC tourney last weekend, the lobby of the gym is compact, the lockerrooms are well placed. The seating capacity is ok, but it's less than CNU's.  If they considered those teams equal or close to equal in terms of deserving the hosting bid, CNU makes a lot more sense.  Plus, I imagine it allowed them to keep teams seeded where they wanted them to be, as well.  You'd probably have to change E&H and F&M's seeds to work it out the other way.

I'm going to track down Sam Atkinson in Salem and ask about priorities, but I get the impression they're trying to pay a lot more attention to seeding than they have in the past - at least getting teams into rough 1-2-3-4 slots in a pod where it's most deserving. That could've factored into things, too.

If CNU's hosting resume was already better, there's not a whole lot of impetus to mix the bracket up again just to accommodate the third ranked team in a region.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

CNU didn't have to go to Swarthmore just as Swarthmore isn't coming to CNU. Last year had nothing to do with this year, unless as Ryan noted, Swarthmore didn't have a great hosting resume. That said, that stuff usually isn't that highly considered until the second weekend. First weekend tends to involve "seeding" and geography along with bracket needs more than anything.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

CNU didn't have to go to Swarthmore just as Swarthmore isn't coming to CNU. Last year had nothing to do with this year, unless as Ryan noted, Swarthmore didn't have a great hosting resume. That said, that stuff usually isn't that highly considered until the second weekend. First weekend tends to involve "seeding" and geography along with bracket needs more than anything.

I don't know how much they pay attention to it, but the pod they've got at CNU will be pretty well attended. F&M travels big and the last time LBC was in the tourney they brought like three busses full of students down - half the campus was there.

[Swish3]

CNU didn't have to go to Swarthmore just as Swarthmore isn't coming to CNU. Last year had nothing to do with this year, unless as Ryan noted, Swarthmore didn't have a great hosting resume. That said, that stuff usually isn't that highly considered until the second weekend. First weekend tends to involve "seeding" and geography along with bracket needs more than anything.

I don't know how much they pay attention to it, but the pod they've got at CNU will be pretty well attended. F&M travels big and the last time LBC was in the tourney they brought like three busses full of students down - half the campus was there.

Since when do the Amish use motorized transportation?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

CNU didn't have to go to Swarthmore just as Swarthmore isn't coming to CNU. Last year had nothing to do with this year, unless as Ryan noted, Swarthmore didn't have a great hosting resume. That said, that stuff usually isn't that highly considered until the second weekend. First weekend tends to involve "seeding" and geography along with bracket needs more than anything.

I don't know how much they pay attention to it, but the pod they've got at CNU will be pretty well attended. F&M travels big and the last time LBC was in the tourney they brought like three busses full of students down - half the campus was there.

Since when do the Amish use motorized transportation?

You might be in for a surprise.

[Swish3]

CNU didn't have to go to Swarthmore just as Swarthmore isn't coming to CNU. Last year had nothing to do with this year, unless as Ryan noted, Swarthmore didn't have a great hosting resume. That said, that stuff usually isn't that highly considered until the second weekend. First weekend tends to involve "seeding" and geography along with bracket needs more than anything.

I don't know how much they pay attention to it, but the pod they've got at CNU will be pretty well attended. F&M travels big and the last time LBC was in the tourney they brought like three busses full of students down - half the campus was there.

Since when do the Amish use motorized transportation?

You might be in for a surprise.

Ha, ha...just having a little fun...I hope there's a great crowd!  Unfortunately, CNU's spring break is next week, so there likely won't be a lot of students there....

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

CNU didn't have to go to Swarthmore just as Swarthmore isn't coming to CNU. Last year had nothing to do with this year, unless as Ryan noted, Swarthmore didn't have a great hosting resume. That said, that stuff usually isn't that highly considered until the second weekend. First weekend tends to involve "seeding" and geography along with bracket needs more than anything.

I don't know how much they pay attention to it, but the pod they've got at CNU will be pretty well attended. F&M travels big and the last time LBC was in the tourney they brought like three busses full of students down - half the campus was there.

Since when do the Amish use motorized transportation?

You might be in for a surprise.

Ha, ha...just having a little fun...I hope there's a great crowd!  Unfortunately, CNU's spring break is next week, so there likely won't be a lot of students there....

It's a lot farther than DC and their team isn't nearly as good.  I don't know how LBC will travel.

[Goose_13]

Congrats to Aaron McFarland and Coach K for their respective end of the year CAC awards! Is it Friday night yet!?

[Swish3]

Congrats to Aaron McFarland and Coach K for their respective end of the year CAC awards! Is it Friday night yet!?

Indeed...well done, gentlemen!  Also, Marin made the second team...quite an accomplishment for a kid that literally sat the bench his first three years...congrats, Spencer!

[spartanfan13]

I'll start with conference selections.  Can't be disappointed with 2 guys on the first team, but I thought Matt Scamuffo was worthy.  Since I only see most players once a year, it's hard for me to say who he should have replaced.  He has had a nice season and career and it probably didn't help his chances that Dalton and Blayde were selected. Was also hoping that Coach Hunter was going to get COY, but I realize that Coach Krikorian did a great job keeping the Captains at the top of the conference after losing Marcus Carter. I'm sure Coach Hunter is okay with it, but he did a great job this year.  York is not that deep but he pushed the right buttons. Congratulations to all of the selectees.

Now about tomorrows game. We open the tournament at 1pm.  I am concerned that there will be a sparse crowd. Besides the fact that people are working, the students are on break. Normally do not need to worry about motivation in a game like this, but if there isn't much of a crowd that might give Yeshiva an edge.  Seems like an ideal time for their most emotional player, Jared Wagner to play an important role.

Yeshiva doesn't have the most impressive record but they are hot having won 12 of the last 13.  After the big win at CNU last week, this is no time for York to letdown. York has played extremely well the last 2 games and their defense has been a big reason why. Hope they keep up the defensive intensity.

Also want to wish the Captains well. We're pulling for you to represent the CAC well.

Let's go Spartans!  We're opening this tournament, Let's close it too!