MBB: Centennial Conference

[Gabriel]

Swat has a great chance to get to the final four.  F&M's path is very difficult.  Great for the CC to have two still playing.

Honestly?  I'd rather have F&M's sectional than Swat's - home court might help, but I think those teams are tougher.

I would rather play Plattsburgh at home than Ramapo in Mahwah-----any day.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Swat has a great chance to get to the final four.  F&M's path is very difficult.  Great for the CC to have two still playing.

Honestly?  I'd rather have F&M's sectional than Swat's - home court might help, but I think those teams are tougher.

I would rather play Plattsburgh at home than Ramapo in Mahwah-----any day.

I won't knock your opinion, but we'll have to see what happens this weekend. Swat's certainly not got an easy run of things.  Home will help.

[Gabriel]

Ryan,

At this point, none of the paths are easy.

[CCHoopster]

Any word on the Gettysburg search? Have to think the F&M assistant gets a really good, long look right? (Or does he hold out for F&M) The only other assistant who may be able to get a phone interview in conference would be Dickinson. Chris Rogers, long time F&M assistant and HC at Marymount, could be a name, along with a Centennial alum like Mike McGarvey (Colgate) or Jim Fennerty (Lafayette)- Lehigh has a D3 assistant too, from DeSales.

I think they follow the lead of Swarthmore, Hopkins and Haverford in getting themselves a good solid D1 assistant from a high academic institution.

[noonhooper]

Gettysburg job is one of the very best jobs in the conference (maybe the region overall) so I doubt they will hire a d3 assistant coach when they will have d1 assistants or d3 head coaches lining up. McGarvy is a good guess if he wants to return to d3. I would also think that head coaches from 1-bid leagues would be clamoring for an interview. Will be very interesting to watch but I doubt they announce anyone soon, these things take over a month even when they want to speed up the process.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Job opened only a short time ago... so doubt they would have anything concrete as of yet.

[CCHoopster]

No doubt a good job although I'd say the state of the Centennial is strong making the Centennial not a favorable league to rebuild in right now. Many of the Gettysburg applicants will be NYU applicants I would imagine, for what it's worth. NYU will probably take some time. When I think of GBurg I think of the difficulty presented having to beat out Dickinson, Ursinus, FnM, Swat, JHU for a playoff spot. Mules and Fordes I would project to improve too.  Think of the proven, high level coaches with national talent in that pool of top 5 teams. Many coaches may feel safer in their 1 bid league. I think it is going to be a young, energetic D3 HC.

Centennial is a juggernaut right now...

[CCHoopster]

Job opened only a short time ago... so doubt they would have anything concrete as of yet.

The job closing last Friday already and NYU opening sparked the thought.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Job opened only a short time ago... so doubt they would have anything concrete as of yet.

The job closing last Friday already and NYU opening sparked the thought.

Yeah... closed usually means they are now making phone calls and checking references... and probably putting their list together. IF they are going quickly, they will have phone interviews done by the end of the week. My gut based on timelines of other schools in the past (both quick and slow) is they will wrap that up next week. I suspect they will have finalists by the end of the month and have them on campus at the end of the month or beginning of April (giving them some latitude with timing).

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

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[Swat Fan #1]

And SWAT is in the final eight with a dominant performance! If they play like that tomorrow night, they will be in the final four. It is great to be a Swat fan tonight!

[Gabriel]

Swat is looking better and better---aging like a fine wine.  Could win it all but the opponents are getting tougher and tougher.

Regarding the Gettysburg job----perhaps Mike Maker (late of Marist and before that Williams) is or will be involved.  He is an excellent coach who ran into recruiting difficulties at Marist.

[Swat Fan #1]

Swat had a great season and an even better first half tonight. I am not sure what happened the second half but the wheels came off the bus. They looked like a different team. They lose a lot for next year. I hope the recruiting class is good. Cam will be double teamed all next year I bet. I raise a toast to a great season. I thought this was Swat's year to go to the final four. For twenty minutes tonight, I thought that would happen.

[Gabriel]

Agree, don't know what happened in the second half.

[mailsy]

Agree, don't know what happened in the second half.

Springfield. That's what happened. They've done it all tournament. All on the road. To Albright, Cabrini, Hamilton and now to your Garnet. I was rooting for a PA team to make it. It just wasn't meant to be. As fans you're disappointed. But they got further than they ever had and should be applauded. Swarthmore had a great year!