WBB: Landmark Conference

[Augie2020]

The places that get big crowds around d3 do it with community support, not big student turnout. When students come, it's largely other student athletes. Schools with 10,000 students, like the WIAC, can sometimes draw, but it's not really a thing.  Marietta has one of the best game day atmospheres in d3, but their student section is like 5 rows on one half of one side of the court. You also see big turnouts in small towns with nothing else to do.

Ryan it started this year.So I'm not sure if it was because our county was in state of emergency and just came out of it.But Scranton before covid like Saratoga said would pack the gym.Something is wrong and I can't figure it out.!

[NEPAFAN]

Susquehanna was packed for the landmark championship. So it can be done.

Scranton's community support has always been pretty decent. I think the students need to show up and support.

Ronk impressions of Quinn athletic complex?

[Augie2020]

Hope,Whitewater,Transylvania,Amherst the host !

[ronk]

Perfect example athletes supporting athletes.Ronk couldn't make it this weekend but did the Men show up?

There were some men Friday nite in the area where bballers would sit; wasn't concentrating on that area then so don't know for sure; hardly any students last nite though.

96-year old Fr. McIlhenny there last nite; may have been there Friday also; still playing golf per Fr. Herb.(acting president recently).

[ronk]

Susquehanna was packed for the landmark championship. So it can be done.

Scranton's community support has always been pretty decent. I think the students need to show up and support.

Ronk impressions of Quinn athletic complex?

Very impressed! Artificial surface; home bullpen next to dugout - visitors have to run behind outfield fence - home field advantage; saw 1 1/2 innings of baseball(3-run homer by U of S, 6 total runs); 1/2 inning of Softball - impressive also; could stand about 20' from home plate. Didn't walk around to see the soccer/lacrosse/field hockey field.
Certainly upgrades the neighborhood; used to play basketball 3 blocks from there in Holy Cross hall; mentioned that to Abby Anderson's dad - he said Abby played biddy ball there, also; told him it was old 56 years ago when I played.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I'm not saying you can't or shouldn't be able to pack the gym, I just don't think you should be counting on or looking to students to do that.

[Augie2020]

I have been going to the long center since 1978 and personally this was the first year students didn't turn out for the Regionals in a long time for the women!

[Augie2020]

Had time Final regional rankings in each pod :Amherst- 1 Tufts- 2,CNU-1,Trinity(tx)5.-Whitewater-3,Smith-1,Baldwin Wallace-5,Oshkosh-4.Hope-1,Millikin-4,NYU-1,Scranton-1.Transylvania-1,MHBU-1,Trine-2,Springfield-4.This is the final regional rankings and the sweet 16 teams still alive!Amherst-1,Whitewater-3,Hope-1,Transylvania-1 all host the 4 pods!

[NEPAFAN]

Susquehanna was packed for the landmark championship. So it can be done.

Scranton's community support has always been pretty decent. I think the students need to show up and support.

Ronk impressions of Quinn athletic complex?

Very impressed! Artificial surface; home bullpen next to dugout - visitors have to run behind outfield fence - home field advantage; saw 1 1/2 innings of baseball(3-run homer by U of S, 6 total runs); 1/2 inning of Softball - impressive also; could stand about 20' from home plate. Didn't walk around to see the soccer/lacrosse/field hockey field.
Certainly upgrades the neighborhood; used to play basketball 3 blocks from there in Holy Cross hall; mentioned that to Abby Anderson's dad - he said Abby played biddy ball there, also; told him it was old 56 years ago when I played.

Thanks, a real gem. What a difference from Connoll park or wherever they were playing baseball previously. From no home field to hosting the Landmark conference championship...

[names jaismith]

Scranton will face a stern test in a deep, talented, and tough NYU team.  Scranton is a good team but with all due respect, the Landmark is a very very soft conference compared with the UAA.

[ronk]

 Not this season.

[saratoga]

Thanks for that scouting report names...that level of detail certainly unlocks much of the mystery of this game. 
Perhaps the Landmark is softer top to bottom than the UAA but the Royals have certainly had more than their share of success against both Rochester & NYU.
Wash U...not so much.

[names jaismith]

No detail needed.  Scranton might win  - not saying they don't have some good players or can't compete with NYU - but it would be a mild upset if they did.  The Landmark has two or three pretty weak teams that the top two are guaranteed to beat without breaking a sweat.  The UAA, not so much.  Playing in a tough conference is better preparation for NCAA than playing in a weaker one, and it often really shows in the second weekend. 

[Augie2020]

Scranton will face a stern test in a deep, talented, and tough NYU team.  Scranton is a good team but with all due respect, the Landmark is a very very soft conference compared with the UAA.

Let's put this to rest-NYU has played 1 team that made the tournament,Scranton-6 teams made it out of those 6 team they lost once to Ithaca way early in the year.So it is not about just your divison it is your all around schedule!Your UAA was not stellar conference this year!

[names jaismith]

Nope.
Check the Massey conference ratings based on a comprehensive statistical analysis, including SOS etc.
Anyway I am not an NYU grad, fan or a Scranton hater.  So if Scranton wins, more power to them.
But there is a huge gap in the relative strength of the two conferences, top to bottom