WBB: Landmark Conference

[Augie2020]

Yes also  Scranton has S.O.S of 585 and NYU 564 but if Scranton played Baldwin Wallace and Colby(due to covid) that would have went up!Good Luck and Go Lady Royals see you in Hope Wednesday!

[Great Day to be a Royal]

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.

can't be that weak if they were a 3 bid conf.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Looking forward to see these teams this weekend in Holland!  We had just shy of 2000 fans at the games last weekend and I expect the same this weekend - the place should be rockin'.  I pulled together some stats, tournament history, and predictions for this pod:

Team stats & Regional Ranking data

Team	Avg Pos/G	Off Eff (PPP)	Def Eff (PPP)	SOS	vRRO
NYU	72.5	1.079	0.78	0.557	10-1
Scranton	64.6	1.043	0.801	0.597	8-2
Millikin	71.3	1.029	0.856	0.563	9-5
Hope	74.6	1.158	0.628	0.540	6-1

NCAA Tournament history

Team	Win	Loss	%	Final Fours	Championships
NYU	33	22	0.600	3	1
Scranton	68	36	0.654	9	1
Millikin	24	14	0.632	3	1
Hope	43	18	0.705	3	2

Massey Predictions

Team	Rank	Score	Probability
NYU	6	69	0.76
Scranton	25	60	0.24
-------------------	-------------------	-------------------	-------------------
Millikin	17	60	0.06
Hope	1	80	0.94

[Augie2020]

Looking forward to see these teams this weekend in Holland!  We had just shy of 2000 fans at the games last weekend and I expect the same this weekend - the place should be rockin'.  I pulled together some stats, tournament history, and predictions for this pod:

Team stats & Regional Ranking data

Team	Avg Pos/G	Off Eff (PPP)	Def Eff (PPP)	SOS	vRRO
NYU	72.5	1.079	0.78	0.557	10-1
Scranton	64.6	1.043	0.801	0.597	8-2
Millikin	71.3	1.029	0.856	0.563	9-5
Hope	74.6	1.158	0.628	0.540	6-1

NCAA Tournament history

Team	Win	Loss	%	Final Fours	Championships
NYU	33	22	0.600	3	1
Scranton	68	36	0.654	9	1
Millikin	24	14	0.632	3	1
Hope	43	18	0.705	3	2

Massey Predictions

Team	Rank	Score	Probability
NYU	6	69	0.76
Scranton	25	60	0.24
-------------------	-------------------	-------------------	-------------------
Millikin	17	60	0.06
Hope	1	80	0.94

Nice-On the National Championships all 3 teams Scranton was in the final four when they won.NYU at NYU Scranton lost to NYU 84-72  National semi-final game  ,Millikin at Virginia Beach(Scranton lost to RMC )Millikin beat RMC for Title.Then Hope vs Scranton Springfield! Scranton lost by 3 definetly was the Title game(Semi-Final)

[Augie2020]

Looking forward to see these teams this weekend in Holland!  We had just shy of 2000 fans at the games last weekend and I expect the same this weekend - the place should be rockin'.  I pulled together some stats, tournament history, and predictions for this pod:

Team stats & Regional Ranking data

Team	Avg Pos/G	Off Eff (PPP)	Def Eff (PPP)	SOS	vRRO
NYU	72.5	1.079	0.78	0.557	10-1
Scranton	64.6	1.043	0.801	0.597	8-2
Millikin	71.3	1.029	0.856	0.563	9-5
Hope	74.6	1.158	0.628	0.540	6-1

NCAA Tournament history

Team	Win	Loss	%	Final Fours	Championships
NYU	33	22	0.600	3	1
Scranton	68	36	0.654	9	1
Millikin	24	14	0.632	3	1
Hope	43	18	0.705	3	2

Massey Predictions

Team	Rank	Score	Probability
NYU	6	69	0.76
Scranton	25	60	0.24
-------------------	-------------------	-------------------	-------------------
Millikin	17	60	0.06
Hope	1	80	0.94

Any recommendations on  a most when visiting Hope(Restaurants,Local establishments,Sight seeing!We are coming  in Wednesday staying until Sunday?

[NEPAFAN]

any thoughts on how Hope is succesfull in drawing so many in their buidling?

[saratoga]

NEPA:
I think its been described earlier as the little towns go-to entertainment.
Certainly student support but I also read where alumni generally come back this weekend and it becomes a great atmosphere.
I mean the Lady Royals have played before near 2,000 at home just 3 years ago before COVID hit but last Saturday's lack of student support has just not sat well.
They were there on Friday (although sitting on their hands like they were at the final match of the US Open), but at least they were present.
No idea why they couldn't come back for 2 hours Saturday.

On another topic...while I was re-watching the NYU/Bates game, I realized that had the committee awarded NYU the host site for this weekend...Scranton star Abby Anderson would have been playing on the court she called home for 3 years as the Violets use St. Francis Brooklyn for their home games.
That would have been a little surreal.

[gordonmann]

Speaking of surreal, Maggie Shipley transferred from Amherst to Trinity (Texas). I can't imagine that she ever thought she'd step foot in LeFrak Gymnasium again.

Guess where Trinity's playing this weekend?

[saratoga]

Gordon:
I pointed that out a few days ago wondering if it was the NCAA being a bit devious in their long range planning or just pure randomness.

[NEPAFAN]

NEPA:
I think its been described earlier as the little towns go-to entertainment.
Certainly student support but I also read where alumni generally come back this weekend and it becomes a great atmosphere.
I mean the Lady Royals have played before near 2,000 at home just 3 years ago before COVID hit but last Saturday's lack of student support has just not sat well.
They were there on Friday (although sitting on their hands like they were at the final match of the US Open), but at least they were present.
No idea why they couldn't come back for 2 hours Saturday.

On another topic...while I was re-watching the NYU/Bates game, I realized that had the committee awarded NYU the host site for this weekend...Scranton star Abby Anderson would have been playing on the court she called home for 3 years as the Violets use St. Francis Brooklyn for their home games.
That would have been a little surreal.

Thank you. Would have been interesting to see Abby close out her college career back where it started.

On the Men's side it appears Coach Danzig landed another recruit, isn't clear who it is.

Safe travels for Royal Nation traveling West this weekend.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Any recommendations on  a most when visiting Hope(Restaurants,Local establishments,Sight seeing!We are coming  in Wednesday staying until Sunday?

Lots of great places to eat and drink in the downtown area - New-Holland brewery, HopCat,  Hops at 84 East, Boatwerks and many more.  There is also a St Particks Day Parade on Saturday at noon: Here's a link to the Holland downtown area

https://www.downtownholland.com

Sites to see - well you really should go visit the Lake Michigan shoreline while you're here.  You can go to Holland State Park (with the channel and Big Red - the lighthouse) and/or go to Tunnel Park (the unique thing about that place is there is literally a tunnel through a dune and it's a pretty awesome experience coming out of the tunnel face to face with the lakeshore. There is also Windmill Island (has an actual 250 year old windmill moved here from the Netherlands) that you can learn about and tour - details are in the downtown link as well

Hope you enjoy your visit

[Flying Dutch Fan]

any thoughts on how Hope is succesfull in drawing so many in their buidling?

It is really about the community.  Hope (both men and women) have lead the country in attendance for I would guess 15-20 years - certainly since DeVos opened in 2005.  Even prior to DeVos opening, there was great community support.  When they built the DeVos (seats 3400 - with some chairs around the top it can get to 3600 maybe) some were concerned that was too small - since the men had been filling the old Holland Civic Center for decades (capactiy 2500ish).  I'm guessing that there are roughly 1200-1500 season ticket holders (on the men's side) - and for many years you had to go on a waitlist to get season tickets.  My wife and I waited 5 years to get season tickets, back in the 90s.  Women's games are all general seating, but you can purchase season tickets as well.  Smallish town helps I'm sure, and it really is a fabulous place to experience a game

Here is the average attendance for Hope women's games the last few seasons:

21-22 - 1152
20-21 - no fans allowed
19-20 - 1167
18-19 - 975
17-18 - 1484
16-17 - 1132

DeVos Fieldhouse:  https://athletics.hope.edu/information/facilities/devos_fieldhouse/devos_fieldhouse

[NEPAFAN]

Does anyone know if Dean is making the trip?

[ronk]

 When Dean signed off from the Babson game videostream, he said we'll see you next week.

[NEPAFAN]

When Dean signed off from the Babson game videostream, he said we'll see you next week.

Thanks!