MBB: Landmark Conference

[saratoga]

Looks like Danzig is about 2 years late bringing in a point.

With no real post presence with Matt's graduation, I guess they'll be dishing to the wings for more Royals basketball...bombs away.

[NEPAFAN]

Ryan Ems...

[saratoga]

We'll see.
Not sure he's a fulltime, 30 minute per game kind of player.
Thinking back on post players that never really had a point setting them up:
*Brenden Boken
*John Vitkus
*Drew Schankweiler
*Matt Mancuso
Better late than never.

[jmcozenlaw]

We'll see.
Not sure he's a fulltime, 30 minute per game kind of player.
Thinking back on post players that never really had a point setting them up:
*Brenden Boken
*John Vitkus
*Drew Schankweiler
*Matt Mancuso
Better late than never.

Post player.................ahhhh, when basketball WAS basketball

[saratoga]

Just received word the Landmark is now officially shutting down athletics for the fall semester.
More to come.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The off season has hit August and with it has come news of Division III Fall Championships being canceled for the same reason Winter Championships were derailed and Spring Championships pulled earlier this year: COVID 19 Pandemic.

The decision came on the heals of a vast majority of DIII institutions curtailing fall sports and many pushing winter sports starts on their campuses until January at the earliest.

What does this mean for the 2020-21 season of college basketball? Specifically what does it mean for Division III? Will there be a basketball season? Will it be a six-week-or-so-sprint? Or is there a way to adjust things?

On the Mid-Summer edition of the Hoopsville Podcast, we try and get some answers to those questions. We talk to one coach who actually has put together a proposal to start the season in January, with some changes to make it work including crowning a champion in April. And we talk to an administrator who also serves on the DIII Management Council to better under stand the decisions made to cancel championships and if shift a season like basketball is even possible.

Plus, we honor the best of the best in the last decade of Division III women's basketball. Gordon Mann joins us to discuss how the 2nd D3hoops.com Women's All-Decade came together (and hints of work on the men's list).

Guests include:
- Philip Ponder, Oglethorpe men's coach
- Jason Fein, Bates Athletics Director and DIII Management Council member
- Gordon Mann, D3hoops.com Senior Editor

And of course, there is always the Hoopsville Notebook. A few things we take note of that have made headlines since the beginning of July. We also tip our hat to a few of those who have always helped the show be it's best.

You can listen to the podcast here: https://bit.ly/3kGZ962

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[ronk]

Royals announce their incoming class(again):
https://athletics.scranton.edu/sports/mbkb/2020-21/releases/20200821jb2r2h

1 addition: Scott Graffam 6-0  G  George Mason(VA) post grad yr @ Bridgton Academy(ME)

from hilites, looks like a driving,shooting guard

no word on Jason Fisher's PG(Crowe) who had earlier committed 

[NEPAFAN]

Royals announce their incoming class(again):
https://athletics.scranton.edu/sports/mbkb/2020-21/releases/20200821jb2r2h

1 addition: Scott Graffam 6-0  G  George Mason(VA) post grad yr @ Brighton Academy(ME)

from hilites, looks like a driving,shooting guard

no word on Jason Fisher's PG(Crowe) who had earlier committed

Thanks Ronk,

anyone know anything about Brighton Academy?

[Tim the Enchanter]

Bridgton is an all boys, all PG boarding school in Maine.  I actually interviewed to be their admissions director 20 years ago.

It's a historically strong program, playing against a lot of the New England Prep Schools and holding its own.  They've had a few dozen alumni go DI, but I don't know what their track record has been recently.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Bridgton is an all boys, all PG boarding school in Maine.  I actually interviewed to be their admissions director 20 years ago.

It's a historically strong program, playing against a lot of the New England Prep Schools and holding its own.  They've had a few dozen alumni go DI, but I don't know what their track record has been recently.

A lot of reasons alums go D1 is because they use the PG year to get their grades and scores up to get into D1 schools. Pretty common tactic. Not always are the PG years for any other reason.

[Tim the Enchanter]

Scranton's roster is up.  No surprises:  all available returners are on it, as are the four announced newcomers.

Hopefully they'll be able to play this winter...

[NEPAFAN]

Scranton's roster is up.  No surprises:  all available returners are on it, as are the four announced newcomers.

Hopefully they'll be able to play this winter...

Thanks Tim,

Best case is January is that correct? Conference only? I assume no fans...

[jaybird44]

Hello friends!

It seems that I have been the only member of the only (unofficial) fall sport at WashU, with my 100-mile ultramarathon attempt earlier this month to promote the fight for a cure during Rett Syndrome Awareness Month.  That attempt fell a bit short in miles and fundraising, so I'm going into overtime to try and reach $5,000 in donations.

Rett Gets Rocked 50K for $5K will commence Friday, October 30 at 8 pm Central, and end at 8 am Halloween morning.  Counting donations received (thanks to retired WashU men's basketball coach Mark Edwards and his wife Mary, and to Mike McGrath and his  University of Chicago men's basketball program for their donations!) and those yet to be sent and processed, I am at $4,440.53.  Very, very close to my goal...which will fund a researcher's work for a month.  Wouldn't it be cool if he or she cracked the code for a cure of Rett syndrome, on our dime?!

I reached 86 miles in my "Rett Gets Rocked Virtual Ultra Weekend" October 3-4.  I'm very proud of that result, but there's more work to be done.  Proceeds from the event will be split between Rettsyndrome.org (the only national organization spearheading research and providing resources for affected patients and their families) and the Rett Spectrum Clinic--a collaboration between the WashU School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital.

Rett syndrome is a rare, non-inherited neurological disorder that is caused by a gene mutation in the brain.  Rett strikes typically when a child is 6-18 months old, and it has the characteristics of ALS, autism, epilepsy, and Parkinson's...all rolled into one sinister disorder.
It takes away the child's ability to move and communicate.  Most of them end up in wheelchairs with active minds, but mired in the physical rubble that Rett creates.  And, the neurological damage prevents verbal communication and arm and hand movement for sign language.

In essence, Rett does to a child what Lucy in the "Peanuts" comic strip does to Charlie Brown when he tries to kick the football that she is holding.  The only difference is that Charlie Brown can get back up to try again.  Those who are afflicted with Rett syndrome don't get another chance to enjoy a vibrant life.

Researchers are working to re-engineer the gene mutation that turns on Rett, so it can be forever turned off.  Four drug therapies are in the FDA review pipeline, with one (trofanitide) one level away from review.  And, iPad tablets with retinal scan technology are giving those with Rett a voice they haven't had since they were toddlers.

The full court press on Rett is paying off.  You can help keep the pressure on Rett, by going to my Rett Racers donation page:  https://rettracer.everydayhero.com/us/rett-gets-rocked-2020

Thanks for your time and consideration, and let's hope that we get back to playing and broadcasting sports much sooner than later!

Jay Murry
Play-By-Play Announcer, Washington University in St. Louis
Event Director, Rett Gets Rocked 50K for $5K

[Tim the Enchanter]

Great article on former Susquehanna assistant (and new Chestnut Hill head coach) JJ Butler:

https://www.cityofbasketballlove.com/news_article/show/1131050

[ronk]

 Pic tweeted by Royals' MBB shows some type of practice although not all players were dressed for physical activity.