WBB: New Jersey Athletic Conference

kate · January 11, 2011, 10:48:28 AM

BEST LUCK tonight to the KEAN COUGARS! as they take on Amherst!

kate · January 11, 2011, 09:27:39 PM

WAY to GO, KEAN! Congratulations!!!

kate · January 12, 2011, 10:05:27 AM

God bless the person writing up the Fantastic Kean/Amherst game last night, they mentioned the two players from Amherst getting their 1,000th point in the contest. I do hope they made it safely back to MA.

Pat Coleman · January 12, 2011, 02:26:43 PM

Quote from: kate on January 12, 2011, 10:05:27 AM
God bless the person writing up the Fantastic Kean/Amherst game last night, they mentioned the two players from Amherst getting their 1,000th point in the contest. I do hope they made it safely back to MA.

+1

I agree, that's nice when the other team's SID makes the effort to mention such things.

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · February 02, 2011, 03:26:43 PM

First Regional Rankings: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/category/ncaa-stuff/regional-rankings/

Ex D3 Athlete · March 09, 2011, 08:35:40 PM

Hey KEAN COUGARETTES,
Congrats on making it to the Sweet 16! Now the stakes are getting higher!
Kean has built a winning tradition in the women basketball program for many years!
We finally need to cap this season off with a WIN in the National Championship!!!
We only need 4 more wins!
Here we go Cougarettes ... Here we go!!!!

gordonmann · March 11, 2011, 12:32:47 AM

If you can't get to Lebanon Valley to watch Kean or William Paterson, we are teaming with Leb Val to broadcast the Sectional games.

Click here to watch.

sumfun · July 05, 2011, 10:12:37 PM

http://mobile.nj.com/advnj/pm_104358/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=vk6vhRko

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amh63 · July 06, 2011, 02:54:56 PM

Sumfun......nice to know you are still aboard on WBB matters. Caught your post and today, D3hoops has posted an article on the matter. Don't expect the conference to provide you a reply. Interesting thing is that whether Amherst gets a correction to their record or not, it is ironic in that the loss to Kean in OT may have helped the team in their title run.

Warren Thompson · July 06, 2011, 03:57:37 PM

Quote from: sumfun on July 05, 2011, 10:12:37 PM
http://mobile.nj.com/advnj/pm_104358/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=vk6vhRko

Comments on this article?

As a retired academic at a D3 institution, I'm chagrined to see that a history professor at Kean may be involved in some academic dishonesty. I wonder if this stuff goes on at other D3 venues.

sumfun · July 06, 2011, 04:55:06 PM

Hard to say, Warren, but I would certainly hope not, as we all "talk up" the true student athlete of D3 sports and the stellar academic achievements of so many of the team members. As the NCAA likes to say---athletes, in all divisions, will be going "pro" in something other than sports. I'm sure you saw first-hand that the majority of athletes at your institution learned how to manage their time to produce good grades to get a start on their life-long career.

Warren Thompson · July 06, 2011, 05:15:15 PM

Quote from: sumfun on July 06, 2011, 04:55:06 PM
Hard to say, Warren, but I would certainly hope not, as we all "talk up" the true student athlete of D3 sports and the stellar academic achievements of so many of the team members. As the NCAA likes to say---athletes, in all divisions, will be going "pro" in something other than sports. I'm sure you saw first-hand that the majority of athletes at your institution learned how to manage their time to produce good grades to get a start on their life-long career.

One hopes this is an "isolated" sin. However, there are persisting stories [rumors? wish-projections?] of even worse goings-on at D3 locations, some of which, rightly or wrongly, originate from D3 coaches themselves. For what it may be worth, there is the often-voiced claim: "D3 is the least policed division in the NCAA because there is so very little money involved in it."

Pat Coleman · July 06, 2011, 08:19:09 PM

Rumors -- I am sure there are probably some mild shenanigans at other schools, but grade-fixing? Creating classes? Sounds like a prep school (you know what I mean, the diploma mills) or a D-I school (Minnesota?) kind of thing.

phil · July 07, 2011, 02:26:29 PM

Rumor has it that the current Kean administration will be interviewing former Upsala College administrators about their recent job opening.

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/08/sports/ncaa-puts-upsala-basketball-on-probation-for-5-years.html

Knightstalker · July 12, 2011, 08:07:18 AM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on July 06, 2011, 08:19:09 PM
Rumors -- I am sure there are probably some mild shenanigans at other schools, but grade-fixing? Creating classes? Sounds like a prep school (you know what I mean, the diploma mills) or a D-I school (Minnesota?) kind of thing.

I think you are being a bit naive here. I am sure this happens more often at all levels than is actually reported. With the economy being what it is you may see more of this as athletic success brings in money at all levels.