MBB: Centennial Conference

[Pat Coleman]

D3hoopsfan- get a life?  I don't have a life because I am responding to someone blasting F&M's coach and F&M.  What is this- Pat Cummings revisited?

You might want to consider letting go of something that happened nine years ago.

[r.w. mcnickels]

An excellent defensive performance by F&M yesterday, maybe their best of the season. I thought Dickinson would knock off the Dips, especially given McNally's injuries and the way the Devils had been playing of late. Congrats to the Dips on their back-to-back CC titles and 22nd trip to NCAAs.

I could see the NCAA sending the Dips anywhere from Virginia to New England this weekend. This site's projections have the Dips playing Gwynedd-Mercy at Virginia Wesleyan, with St. Thomas, UW-River Falls and Whitworth also in that quarter of the bracket. That would certainly be interesting, but who knows. The only thing I'm fairly sure of is that F&M won't be at home.

[docmarc]

Coleman-  you are projecting that F&M plays Gwynedd-Mercy in the first round.  What is the basis of that?  Where do you project that F&M will be playing? 

[LustyLarryintheToilet]

If this was a D1 tournament i'd be inclined to agree with the sites projections.  But i'd be shocked if the committee started separating geographically close teams.  i have a busy morning, so i doubt i'm gonna get to any analysis of a "projected" bracket before 1, but the committee at the very least is going to group the west schools together.  Too many teams travelling too far in Round 1, and i'm not sure what would happen in round 2

[docmarc]

Coleman-  I would be surprised if F&M goes that far away for a 1st/ 2nd round start.  I could see Long Island, Central NY/ PA, or Cabrini. 

[D.B. Cooper]

The D3 hoops bracket starts with F&M going to Norfolk, worse than if they had to do a play-in at Gwynedd (I'm not sure their gym qualifies) & then had to go to RMC. But the NCAA would then have fly all these team to California (if not MN or WI). The NCAA is too cheap to even consider this bracket. What I can say is where Dips go will be as unpredictable as going to Long Island was last year.

Plus, Scranton hosting Amherst is another one that stretches credibility, more likely Amherst would host, I think DMac said Scranton had a 0% chance to host (were never regionally ranked at all) & I'm inclined to agree.

[LustyLarryintheToilet]

DB, i'm hesitant to make a lot of criticism, since in 3 hours we'll find out the truth as it is.  but my take is this is D3hoops' wet dream bracket.  Its what they would like to see based on their top 25 all season, which the regional rankings have disagreed with all month.  I'm not saying it is or is not the most fair, but the NCAA is not going to base it on fairness.  D3hoops is not espn or CBS, so the ncaa doesnt care about the criticism that might come.  Their job is to create a tournament that will come in at or under budget.  This tournament with crazy driving and flying is just not going to happen. 

[docmarc]

Bball-  I can understand after 40 years how you do not go out and recruit on your own as much.  Look at Joe Pa at Penn State- he has received the same criticism.  And it helped that basically their big recruits came from the same school/ area.  I do not see Glenn lasting too many more years-  there have been rumors that once he got to 800, he would retire.  What would have been if he had won a political seat a few years back?

Anyway, let's see where F&M plays- better not be too far away!

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

DB, i'm hesitant to make a lot of criticism, since in 3 hours we'll find out the truth as it is.  but my take is this is D3hoops' wet dream bracket.  Its what they would like to see based on their top 25 all season, which the regional rankings have disagreed with all month.  I'm not saying it is or is not the most fair, but the NCAA is not going to base it on fairness.  D3hoops is not espn or CBS, so the ncaa doesnt care about the criticism that might come.  Their job is to create a tournament that will come in at or under budget.  This tournament with crazy driving and flying is just not going to happen. 

Lusty - you clearly didn't read the bracket carefully enough... also, you should have listened to Hoopsville last night. We talked about how teams don't necessarily go to the closest host school... they could pass one, two, or even three on the way to where they are playing. There is a 500 mile drive at the most to play with and I know the committees work with that number to break-up regions and teams as much as they can.

Crazy flying is not going to happen... you are right... but look at last year's bracket as an example of travel for teams and you will see my point.

[LustyLarryintheToilet]

seeing i was in lancaster til 5pm for game / stopped at sands on 3 hour drive home to NJ, listening to hoopsville live would be not in the cards

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

It's archived... easy to find... go to the front page of D3hoops and there is an article. 834 others have already checked it out!

[LustyLarryintheToilet]

the only word to describe that BS is despicable.  Conference winners that have a good regional ranking  should not have to go several hundred miles to face a team that did not win its conference.  the odac is not the nescac

[Reserved Seat]

Not a good selection.
F&M travels to Virginia Beach to play North Carolin Wesleyan.

[LustyLarryintheToilet]

the Commish needs to get involved.  #1cc team > #2csac team.  we shoudl be in GMC's spot traveling to ramapo and those losers should be traveling to VA Beach

[ronk]

usually a traffic backup at that tunnel in Hampton Roads.