Pool C

[Ethelred the Unready]

Need 5

posts before I

[Ethelred the Unready]

Need 5

posts before I

can give my first

[Ethelred the Unready]

Need 5

posts before I

can give my first

+k

[Ethelred the Unready]

Need 5

posts before I

can give my first

+k

which I'd like to give to Mr. Abegg

[Gregory Sager]

That is really terrible news. My thoughts and prayers go out to Patrick's family. Forty-four is much too young an age to die.

There are undoubtedly so many other ways in which those who knew him and loved him will miss him, but D3 basketball fans will certainly miss his statistical contributions to this site, especially in terms of compiling Pool C contender data here in the Pool C room. His unexpected passing will leave a huge hole come next February.

Patrick Abegg was on my very, very short list for the message board Hall of Fame. I'm skipping the normal peer voting process and promoting him now. Sorry we didn't get to do this while he was alive.

Great gesture, Pat. I wholeheartedly support it.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Patrick Abegg was on my very, very short list for the message board Hall of Fame. I'm skipping the normal peer voting process and promoting him now. Sorry we didn't get to do this while he was alive.

"And the crowd goes wild!"

Well done, Pat C.... well done.

I wrote my thoughts on the Daily Dose, but to summarize: I was just getting to know Pat Abegg this season and his information became something I always had printed up next to me on Hoopsville each night. His work was incrediable and may never be topped - but I would love to see someone step up to the line.

To his family, my deepest sympathies and heart-felt thanks for sharing him with us all these years.

Need 5

posts before I

can give my first

+k

which I'd like to give to Mr. Abegg

Usually people get slack for doing something like this, but this is one of the best reasons I have seen it done for. +k for just the honest effort.

And of course, +k to Abegg, just because he deserves more than we can give him for his work. Hall of Famer, indeed!

[BUBeaverFan]

My thoughts and prayers go out to Patrick's Family.  He will be missed.

[hopefan]

Being named a Hall of Famer - A touching honor that Pat Abegg would have truly appreciated - well done, Pat Coleman....

[Hugenerd]

In honor of Patrick, I thought it would be nice to share this clip on basketball analytics from the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference 2009 (at MIT) that was held earlier this year.  It is a long clip (over an hour) but it is interesting for you nerds out there.  Panelists include Mark Stein, John Hollinger, and Mark Cuban, among others:

http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/2287-basketball-analytics

Additional sessions of the conference can be found on the right hand panel (topics such as globilization of sports, sports in a recession, and the value of an icon player).

[Greek Tragedy]

My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.  I don't know what the majority of my fellow D3hoopsters look like, so when I read the article on the daily dose and saw his picture with his family, it sure makes it a lot harder to swallow.  He definitely felt like family on this site.

[WLCALUM83]

I remember assisting him with posting Men's Hoops and Women's Hoops schedules. When I started D3 soccer scheduling boards, he helped me there, too.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I was really looking forward to the increasing benefit of having an official bracketologist around.  I will miss the interaction we've had.  It's truly a sad day to lose such a young man.

[frodotwo]

  & 
Will miss his contributions here, loved going over his stats which were so much more in-depth than NCAA.

[magicman]

What a sad day this is for all D3hoops fans. I always considered Patrick's regional rankings to be the most accurate statistics available and looked forward to them each and every time they were updated. A final plus k for our newest Hall of Famer.   

[hickory_cornhusker]

Looks like the NCAA is changing their stance on championship data reporting to the public:

http://ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?key=/ncaa/ncaa/ncaa+news/ncaa+news+online/2009/division+iii/committee+approves+pilot+championships-data+reporting_06_30_09_ncaa_news