MBB: Landmark Conference

[guest323]

Thanks Kate.

Kind of an odd lateral move.

If he was moving on to a power D3 or Asst. at a D-1 that would be one thing but Montclair?

Guess the pay differential at a Jersey state school did the trick.

NJ public/state school - easier to get kids in and I'm sure he got a salary bump. Timing is interesting.

They are offering $65-68k per year for the next head coach

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Thanks Kate.

Kind of an odd lateral move.

If he was moving on to a power D3 or Asst. at a D-1 that would be one thing but Montclair?

Guess the pay differential at a Jersey state school did the trick.

NJ public/state school - easier to get kids in and I'm sure he got a salary bump. Timing is interesting.

They are offering $65-68k per year for the next head coach

I don't know for sure, but it wouldn't be surprised if Montclair was upwards of $80k for the HC position.

[jmcozenlaw]

Thanks Kate.

Kind of an odd lateral move.

If he was moving on to a power D3 or Asst. at a D-1 that would be one thing but Montclair?

Guess the pay differential at a Jersey state school did the trick.

NJ public/state school - easier to get kids in and I'm sure he got a salary bump. Timing is interesting.

They are offering $65-68k per year for the next head coach

I don't know for sure, but it wouldn't be surprised if Montclair was upwards of $80k for the HC position.

$80K at Montclair? Damn, what the hell is the head football coach making there given that his team is a mini-admissions department given the number of kids. $125K? $150K?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Thanks Kate.

Kind of an odd lateral move.

If he was moving on to a power D3 or Asst. at a D-1 that would be one thing but Montclair?

Guess the pay differential at a Jersey state school did the trick.

NJ public/state school - easier to get kids in and I'm sure he got a salary bump. Timing is interesting.

They are offering $65-68k per year for the next head coach

I don't know for sure, but it wouldn't be surprised if Montclair was upwards of $80k for the HC position.

$80K at Montclair? Damn, what the hell is the head football coach making there given that his team is a mini-admissions department given the number of kids. $125K? $150K?

I imagine there's a lot of leeway for the NJAC schools depending on how they classify the coaches and other duties, etc.  It could be a ten month staff position or full-time faculty.  I have no inside information; I was just saying it wouldn't surprise me if they offered a nice package.

[Tim the Enchanter]

It looks like William Paterson is the 4th team in the Hilton Invitational.

Ronk:

The Royals opponent in the Hilton second round game could be that perennial basketball power & SOS enhancer...Sarah Lawrence.   

Some of us remember the good old days Bess would schedule Amherst, Loyola, Hamilton, and small D-1's such as Bucknell, Niagara , Mt. St. Mary's of Md. & that team from West Point on a regular basis.

Now it's the Arcadia's, Houghton's, Sara Lawrence's & Bard's of the world.

Exciting stuff.

What's the compensation for the tournament?  I've noticed quite a disparity between tourney postings on the boards.  It may just be Scranton needs to up the budget to attract better teams.  (I haven't checked myself, just speculating a possibility; I might be wrong.)

This would seem to standard compensation(see below) with the additional kicker that the accommodations would likely be in the host sponsor(Hilton Inns), within walking distance of the Long Center.
  I SPECULATE that they accept the 1st 3 schools that respond to the general invitation, instead of specifically reaching out to better competetive schools. None of those are going to want to play either Houghton or Sarah Lawrence.
  Now, I could understand last year, when Scranton had graduated most of their production and was incorporating many frosh in the rotation, that they might have a modest level opponent for the tourney opener, but not as a matter of course.
York and Randolph-Macon are the only quality teams that have played in the past 6 years.

The University of Scranton is looking for 1 more team to fill our Annual Hilton Invitational Tournament. The Tournament will take place November 15th and November 16th of 2019.

Houghton and Sarah Lawrence are already committed.

Guarantees Include:
$700
8 Rooms for 1 night
Breakfast Saturday Morning
Post-game Meal after each game
Tournament T-Shirts

[CCHoopster]

Check out the size of Montclair camps... regardless of the definite salary bump amount, that alone will make it financially worth wild. Better league with better assistant positions too.

[NJBALLERZ]

Any idea which Landmark schools have the best incoming freshmen?

I can imagine Scranton, Catholic, and Drew have really strong classes coming in, haven't really heard much about other commits...

Rosters aren't quite updated yet, gotta figure with the new coach coming in that CUA is gonna be locked and loaded for the class of 2020!

[ronk]

Any idea which Landmark schools have the best incoming freshmen?

I can imagine Scranton, Catholic, and Drew have really strong classes coming in, haven't really heard much about other commits...

Rosters aren't quite updated yet, gotta figure with the new coach coming in that CUA is gonna be locked and loaded for the class of 2020!

Or it could be the case that any recruits for 2019 were done by the coach who left rather than by the new incoming coach; I know 1 of the coaching staff but I haven't talked with him since the change.
Scranton does have a nice incoming class of 3 but they only graduated 1, hence the low #.
Moravian might be in a tougher spot than Catholic since their HC was only recently named.

[saratoga]

Well, according to today's update, Scranton is looking to start a home & home relationship with a school within 2 to 3 hours of campus in early Nov. next year and at the very same time, Swarthmore is also looking to start something at precisely the same time frame.

Let's make the call & get these two playing one another. A match made in heaven.

Lose the Arcadia's and Neumann's and book the better teams from the Centennial.

Still can't figure out why the Royal's don't have standing games with Muhlenberg & Ursinus as they're only an hour & a half away.

[NEPAFAN]

Ah welcome back everyone, it was a long summer.

Scranton's class is small; but looks like they are talented.

[NJBALLERZ]

Well, according to today's update, Scranton is looking to start a home & home relationship with a school within 2 to 3 hours of campus in early Nov. next year and at the very same time, Swarthmore is also looking to start something at precisely the same time frame.

Let's make the call & get these two playing one another. A match made in heaven.

Lose the Arcadia's and Neumann's and book the better teams from the Centennial.

Still can't figure out why the Royal's don't have standing games with Muhlenberg & Ursinus as they're only an hour & a half away.

Love this - would be really cool if the Landmark and Centennial had some sort of tournament annually where they had cross league tournaments.. similar to a big ten / big east challenge. I know that this idea is difficult since there aren't as many non league games for the Landmark (8 teams) as there is for the Centennial (10 teams).

[saratoga]

Agreed.

If the Landmark & Centennial got together and discussed this, I'm sure there is a way schools from each conference could, for example, start the season with the first two games vs. each other (one home/one away) then reverse the following year then years 3 & 4 move on to 2 new teams & repeat.

[ronk]

Royals' commit:

Zack Rovinsky  6-7  Western Wayne High School(PA)

https://www.hudl.com/video/3/8878038/5c73fe029676cd15e41047b8

[NEPAFAN]

Nice find Ronk. Needs to get on that Scranton meal plan ASAP.

[saratoga]

Looks like a great find for next year.

Some nice moves down low, can go to his left hand & he'll fit in perfectly with the long line of wings from 6'6" to 6'8" at Scranton that love to let it fly from the corners.