MBB: Landmark Conference

Matt Letourneau · February 24, 2011, 03:38:42 AM

Considering that live stats quit working with 5:41 left in the 2nd, at least for me, I really hope that this game gets covered.

What's up with Scranton not having video? Overall, the radio broadcasts are okay, but someone should tell the color guy that you do NOT have to foul if you are down 2 with 1:15 left to play. Not only did he keep saying MMA needed to follow, he was then surprised when they didn't. Bizarre.

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · February 24, 2011, 05:59:29 AM

Quote from: ronk on February 23, 2011, 10:43:14 PM
Pat,
Scranton's broadcaster is going to travel with the women Saturday, leaving the men's game with Catholic without an audio stream. Since you're a CU alumnus, could you send Dmac up to do the game on D3hoops?

Of course... we could also just ask dmac if he is going... I am sure he can make up his own mind, as well!

NEPAFAN · February 24, 2011, 08:20:07 AM

I am not going to rip a guy who volunteers his own time to do color on games. As mentioned previously I think both guys do a great job and prefer them over some of the low quality video we see for other teams. As you mentioned Matt, my bigger concern is the Live Stats freezing with 6 minutes left. Congrats on the. Victory at Drew, I'll post some thoughts on the Scranton- MMA game a bit later.

ronk · February 24, 2011, 09:01:00 AM

Quote from: Matt Letourneau on February 24, 2011, 03:38:42 AM
Considering that live stats quit working with 5:41 left in the 2nd, at least for me, I really hope that this game gets covered.

What's up with Scranton not having video? Overall, the radio broadcasts are okay, but someone should tell the color guy that you do NOT have to foul if you are down 2 with 1:15 left to play. Not only did he keep saying MMA needed to follow, he was then surprised when they didn't. Bizarre.

Matt,
I don't remember it that way; whatever he said, I agreed with it at the time and circumstance and it would have griped me also if it had been as u described.

Matt Letourneau · February 24, 2011, 12:03:40 PM

That's what he said, ronk. My wife and I were both listening to it and she was actually the one who said to me "why would he think they should foul?" Not a big deal, but... And I didn't know it was a volunteer thing. I probably would not have said something. The reason I thought it wasn't is that unlike the other schools, it appears to be something of a commercial enterprise, with actual commercials and the link during game broadcasts.

Overall, the audio quality is very good. Obviously its a home team broadcast so you would expect them to be homers and they are, but not at the expense of calling the action and point out Scranton's mistakes.

But....it would be even better if Scranton had video to go along with that play by play. I wish I could go up there...I've never been...but a 4+ hour drive with two little kids is probably not in the cards. (Cards--no pun intended.)

augie · February 24, 2011, 02:06:15 PM

Matt i also ask myself that question why they do not have live video!I think they have communication at Scranton also so that would help and one other thing if you were never at the Long Center you are missing a great gym!We are talking about the house Bess built that court should be named after him.

NEPAFAN · February 24, 2011, 08:57:43 PM

When do we think a decision on a broadcast will be made?

ronk · February 24, 2011, 10:55:44 PM

Dmac said on Hoopsville tonite that it was still being worked on between CAC and Landmark finals.

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · February 25, 2011, 05:36:09 AM

The broadcast decision I have is Landmark or CAC... and it will be made early this afternoon.

Pat Coleman · February 25, 2011, 03:13:29 PM

We tried to do the Landmark game -- in fact, we decided to do the Landmark game only to run into roadblocks both in athletics and IT. So we will be doing the CAC game instead.

Sorry, guys -- we tried.

saratoga · February 25, 2011, 03:32:51 PM

Pat, thanks for the effort. Did the powers to be at Scranton screw this up too?

Pat Coleman · February 25, 2011, 03:38:58 PM

There were a lot of factors. We needed 24 hours to get all our ducks in a row, including bringing in PrestoSports, which was going to do a live stats/live video combination at whichever of the two sites we chose. Guess Scranton couldn't deal with that.

NEPAFAN · February 25, 2011, 04:03:25 PM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on February 25, 2011, 03:38:58 PM
There were a lot of factors. We needed 24 hours to get all our ducks in a row, including bringing in PrestoSports, which was going to do a live stats/live video combination at whichever of the two sites we chose. Guess Scranton couldn't deal with that.

Pat,

Can you get into details? Please see my PM.

ronk · February 25, 2011, 04:47:44 PM

They've had IT-related problems with their live stats all along, so I'm not surprised. Thanks for the effort. The archbishop is going to be disappointed.

ronk · February 25, 2011, 05:09:21 PM

Royal followers may be hoping for Gwynedd-Mercy over Cabrini in CSAC final tonite since Scranton is head-to-head winner over Cabrini in a Pool C consideration and should have been ahead of them in regional rankings all along, save for faulty NCAA data on Scranton's record.

MBB: Landmark Conference

augie