MBB: Landmark Conference

[NEPAFAN]

I just learned the Royals will play an Exhibition against fellow Jesuit institution St. Joseph's in Philly on November 14th.


Scranton's Final Roster is up with some nice additions.

[Pat Coleman]

I just learned the Royals will play an Exhibition against fellow Jesuit institution St. Joseph's in Philly on November 14th.

That will be a fun experience for all involved!

[cold_case]

And I thought I was the resident wise guy.

[ronk]

I just learned the Royals will play an Exhibition against fellow Jesuit institution St. Joseph's in Philly on November 14th.

  Nice to see the Royals back in the "big time" even if it's an exhibition game. With new assistant coach Mihalich joining from the Villanova staff, I thought Villanova would have been more likely than St. Joe's.
  Catholic's exhibition game this year will be against Florida, since Billy Donovan's son is a member of the Cardinals.
  For the youngsters out there, Catholic played in D1 for a number of years and Scranton played 8 D1 opponents(including 3 Big East teams) each of my 1st 2 years. My personal hilite was playing in a triple-header at the mecca of college basketball- the Penn Palestra: our frosh against Temple's frosh in the opener(freshmen couldn't play varsity in those years), our varsity against Temple in the middle game and in the feature game, a Big 5 clash between Penn and St. Joe.   

[NEPAFAN]

Here is an op-ed from the Times (no, not the NYT) about Scranton basketball and scheduling D-1 opponents. Also calls for the Royals to explore moving up to D-1....

http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/good-play-to-renew-rivalries-1.1202733#axzz1YRoOrtIg

[cold_case]

Here is an op-ed from the Times (no, not the NYT) about Scranton basketball and scheduling D-1 opponents. Also calls for the Royals to explore moving up to D-1....

http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/good-play-to-renew-rivalries-1.1202733#axzz1YRoOrtIg

You know how many times there were talk of moving up to D-I? The Times is about 20 years behind in their posing this question.
Besides, I'm not sure if it was direct from the Times or a Scranton press release.
Wasn't that NEPAFAN posing as Swb fan in disguise, bantering with Pat Coleman?

[NEPAFAN]

Here is an op-ed from the Times (no, not the NYT) about Scranton basketball and scheduling D-1 opponents. Also calls for the Royals to explore moving up to D-1....

http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/good-play-to-renew-rivalries-1.1202733#axzz1YRoOrtIg

You know how many times there were talk of moving up to D-I? The Times is about 20 years behind in their posing this question.
Besides, I'm not sure if it was direct from the Times or a Scranton press release.
Wasn't that NEPAFAN posing as Swb fan in disguise, bantering with Pat Coleman?

20 years behind how so?  If it was a Scranton press release it would probably have had a little more of an impact, .can you use your resources to see who authored it?

Swb Fan is NEPAFAN's 3rd cousin, twice removed.

[cold_case]

Here is an op-ed from the Times (no, not the NYT) about Scranton basketball and scheduling D-1 opponents. Also calls for the Royals to explore moving up to D-1....

http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/good-play-to-renew-rivalries-1.1202733#axzz1YRoOrtIg

You know how many times there were talk of moving up to D-I? The Times is about 20 years behind in their posing this question.
Besides, I'm not sure if it was direct from the Times or a Scranton press release.
Wasn't that NEPAFAN posing as Swb fan in disguise, bantering with Pat Coleman?

20 years behind how so?  If it was a Scranton press release it would probably have had a little more of an impact, .can you use your resources to see who authored it?

Swb Fan is NEPAFAN's 3rd cousin, twice removed.

You are so misinformed. They've been talking on and off about moving up for decades and look where they still are.

[NEPAFAN]

Here is an op-ed from the Times (no, not the NYT) about Scranton basketball and scheduling D-1 opponents. Also calls for the Royals to explore moving up to D-1....

http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/good-play-to-renew-rivalries-1.1202733#axzz1YRoOrtIg

You know how many times there were talk of moving up to D-I? The Times is about 20 years behind in their posing this question.
Besides, I'm not sure if it was direct from the Times or a Scranton press release.
Wasn't that NEPAFAN posing as Swb fan in disguise, bantering with Pat Coleman?

20 years behind how so?  If it was a Scranton press release it would probably have had a little more of an impact, .can you use your resources to see who authored it?

Swb Fan is NEPAFAN's 3rd cousin, twice removed.

You are so misinformed. They've been talking on and off about moving up for decades and look where they still are.

Of course I am misinformed. We both have the same information. The only time I recall a discussion of moving up was 2000, and they didn't have the facilities. The campus has grown leaps and bounds since then. That's all.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Pat-Dave-

Any truth to LVC's alumn  JD Byers as a front runner for the Stevenson job?

Sorry for the delay... and while the job has been filled... I never actually remembered hearing JD's name in the mix, but I also didn't hear a lot of names from my sources - they kept a lot of info close to the vest in this process.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Also, the whole idea about Scranton moving to Division I is far more complicated. There needs to be a LOT of money to do that, especially if they plan to offer scholarships (where do you think that money comes from?).

There is a reason athletic departments like Johns Hopkins and others which have the grandfather-clause and have one Division I program while the rest of the department is D3 (i.e. lacrosse). They also like the Division III aspect of their departments... but the cost to bring all of the rest of the programs along to D1 is expensive... and usually ends up resulting in programs being cut to make the move.

Personally... that doesn't seem like a very smart move for a program like Scranton... which also doesn't have any programs like Messiah has in soccer, Salisbury has in lacrosse, and other schools where they could compete in Division I.

Just my two-cents.

[ronk]

 It's been downhill for Scranton ever since they discontinued the nation's best rifle team.

[kate]

There's one i'm not touching with a 10-foot pole, Ronk    Actually not touching the concept of U of S going D1 either.   As stated before, that plan to have a Cross-County competition is the BEST!  Maybe the Women's Teams could work out something as well.

[NEPAFAN]

Congrats to Asmer Capers for his Pre Season All American honors!

[ronk]

  Conference schedule aberration for the Royals - open with 5 home games meaning, 7 of final 9 on the road.