NE Region General Questions

[warriorcat]

There are a number of questions that need to be answered when attempting a move to Div 2. Is the school ready to begin offering athletic scholarships?  Do they sponsor the number of sports that this division demands?  Are all of their sports ready to make the move because they must all move together? Is there a Div 2 conference that might welcome them?  Are they willing to work through the provisional process?

[D3HoopJunkie]

Thanks Warriotcat.......Again this was just a rumor I had heard circulating at the game the other day. Whether or not JWU can satisfy all these conditions is beyond my knowledge. I suppose for Albertus sake I hope they don't make the jump because obviously that would be a huge hit to the already less than stellar conference that is the GNAC

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Dave and Hoops,

Thank you very much for the information......Its greatly appreciated.

Dave I am sure it could be much more complicated when talks really start to "heat up" amongst conferences and programs but again the information you provided was insightful and greatly appreciated.

I guess I also asked this question because at Saturday's contest between Johnson and Wales and Albertus I heard a few fans from JWU talking about how the Wildcats were trying to move up to Division 2. Have you or anyone heard anything about this? The school is beautiful, the enrollment is certainly there (not sure how big a factor this is if any) and the Wildcat Center along with all their other facilities are really outstanding and capable in my eyes of making the jump to a higher division.

It might make more sense for J&W because I think the other campuses are all D2 schools.  I don't know how interconnected they are, but sharing a website probably means very much so.  If St A's is really leaving, the NE-10 might want another school - J&W fits the profile pretty well,  I think.  I don't know the specifics of what sports are offered/needed.

The finances are really the thing.  If you're having success, like Albertus is, getting kids in without them, it might not make sense to put that investment into things.  I know AMC has been hamstrung on travel because of money; if they're not willing to shell out for buses, I doubt they'll do so for scholarships.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

There are a number of questions that need to be answered when attempting a move to Div 2. Is the school ready to begin offering athletic scholarships?  Do they sponsor the number of sports that this division demands?  Are all of their sports ready to make the move because they must all move together? Is there a Div 2 conference that might welcome them?  Are they willing to work through the provisional process?

They don't have a choice here... move all of their teams or don't move at all. It is a five year process, I believe.

[National Sports Rankings]

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To view all of the other teams you'll need to register for a free username and password on the main page of the site: (in red called members area)

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[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

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[D3HoopJunkie]

Question for the board. Maybe Dave, Pat or Ryan can help out on this as I tried to do some research on my own but had no luck in doing so. I found everything I needed on D1 coaches of course but D3 was much harder to find unfortunately!

Coach Mitch Oliver of Albertus Magnus picked up his 200th career victory the other day in his 10th season with the Falcons. First off, a great accomplishment by a great coach. The complete overhaul and turnaround that this program has made under his leadership is truly hard to believe and when you look at the school, its location and a bunch of other factors, it makes it even more astonishing. We are lucky to have him for sure. And while he is as fiery and competitive as anyone on the court, everyone you talk to and I have had a few conversations with him myself, we all agree that he is simply a really nice, genuine guy who cares deeply for his players and the Albertus Magnus community.

So to my question........Is there any way of finding out whom the fastest coach to 100, 200, 300 wins and so on at the D3 level are? Obviously I geared my search efforts more towards the 200 win total for Oliver's sake but again to no avail. I am not saying he is the fastest cause I simply do not know but I have to think that he must be close? The only thing I am basing this off of is the fact that 200 wins in ten years equates to an average of 20 wins per season (phew that was hard  ). To sustain like that over a 10 year span is extremely hard to do and I highly doubt 20 win season averages over that span of time happen often? Maybe I am wrong but I was just curious if there was any information on this?

Thank you in advance to anyone if they can help me out on this!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

You could email the NCAA stats dept - they are usually pretty quick to respond.  I suspect they have the ability to look these up, but they don't make the Coaching Records Book every year.

Semling from Stevens Point definitely got to 200 faster, maybe Pat Miller at Whitewater, but it's tough to know for the guys who have 500 or more wins without going back and going season by season.

[D3HoopJunkie]

Excellent! Thanks Ryan, I think I will email them and see if they can help me out!

I appreciate the information

[WPI89]

I think Bartley went 5-15 and then started his 20 game win streak at WPI - there may have been 1 year in between wich likely would make him wait till year 12 to have 200 wins - but worth looking at - i couldn't find it quickly but will look into at some point.

[AllStar]

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[PeterEscobar]

I think Bartley went 5-15 and then started his 20 game win streak at WPI - there may have been 1 year in between wich likely would make him wait till year 12 to have 200 wins - but worth looking at - i couldn't find it quickly but will look into at some point.

Looks like this might be the end of the Bartley 20 win season streak...

[WPI89]

Certainly headed that way.  Still hope for magic!  It looked like a lock that Wooster and Worcester were both going to stop their streaks - but Wooster has gone from 6-6 to 16-6.  Amazing consistency.  I do not know enough about them if they had a key player come back or what - but I don;t think anybody would want to play them right now.

[WPI89]

Anyone know how/where to find who made themselves eligible for ECAC Tourney and/or when those selections are made?

[AllStar]

Anyone know how/where to find who made themselves eligible for ECAC Tourney and/or when those selections are made?

I believe only two teams in the whole region put in (Pine Manor and Husson...but Husson won their conference).