What a win for CNU!  Wow. I not only missed the game in person, I couldn't even watch on line from Florida. A lot going on but I was able to open the horrible ncaa live stats and somewhat follow the game. What can be done about their live stats? They're ridiculously horrible!

Now it's time for UMW to get it done tonight!

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 10, 2026, 09:26:53 PM

Quote from: CNU85 on March 10, 2026, 08:49:49 PMHere's some trivia for you...NCAA men's basketball...DI D2 and D3...since 2016....only two schools have reached the Sweet 16 round 8 times! Can you name them?

I did a copy and paste from a text I received asking me this. I eventually got it correct.

CNU makes sense.  I'll go with Gonzaga from D1?

Bingo!

Here's some trivia for you...NCAA men's basketball...DI D2 and D3...since 2016....only two schools have reached the Sweet 16 round 8 times! Can you name them?

I did a copy and paste from a text I received asking me this. I eventually got it correct.

Mario Byrd Returns to CNU as DC

Quote from: Patrick Coleman on March 09, 2026, 01:55:11 PM

Quote from: y_jack_lok on March 08, 2026, 09:41:57 AMWhat an amazing game it must have been at Emory. I was peeking in on the live stream, mainly to check the score, since the live stats on the D3hoops.com scoreboard weren't updating reliably.

The "live stats" provided by NCAA.com are pretty terrible. Don't know why they are the worst live stats literally every. Even the basic package people started using in like 2002 is better than theirs.

Their live stats are ridiculous! I can't even look at them.

Looking at the 2023 Equity and Athletics data, UCSC is in the top half of D3 Budgets. #148 out of 407 schools listed. Total Expenses in 2023 were right in line with Salisbury and not far off from UMW. Of the 407 schools, the average was $3,996,280. Santa Cruz expenses were $4,358,257. Salisbury was $4.2 Million (#143). UMW broke into the top 100, coming in at #98 with expenses just below $5 Million

I agree, any school facing deficits should, and probably are, looking for ways to right the ship. However, UCSC is so remote even from those conferences that perhaps their expenses would increase if they were in a conference that actually required regular season conference games. Now, they can pretty much be an independent until the post season and can schedule based on what makes sense for them. Reasonable travel against teams from multiple conferences. There would have to be some study on the impact to them as well as potential impact to the other schools from conferences mentioned. Adding UCSC could possibly add to travel costs for all other conference members.

There is a reason(s) they joined the C2C and not already in another conference out west. Perhaps this is one the reasons.

While not entering the NCAA tournament as conference champions, CNU will be making its 10th consecutive NCAA appearance. I believe that is the longest active streak in DIII, but I could be wrong.

Coach Krikorian is in his 15th season at CNU and his teams have made it to the NCAA tournament 12 times (once the selection show makes it official on Monday).

In the first 11 trips to the postseason under Krikorian:



Lost in 1st round - once
Lost in 2nd round - 3 times
Lost in Sweet 16 - once and one time COVID stopped the tournament. Home game vs Hobart
Lost in Elite Eight - twice
Lost in Final Four - twice
National Champion - once

Incredible run!

Congratulations to the Lady Captains. 7 straight conference titles. 10 consecutive trips to the NCAA postseason.

This is Coach Broderick's 13th season at CNU. It will be his 12th trip to the NCAA tournament. 9 of the previous 11 trips his team went to the Sweet 16 or better!

Impressive!

Quote from: ronk on February 28, 2026, 08:56:45 PM

Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on February 28, 2026, 08:22:27 PMThe amount of AQs decided by one possession today is staggering.


Hood beat York (PA) in 2OT

Penn St-Harrisburg beat Cairn by 1
Neumann beat Gwynedd Mercy by 1
MUW beat Webster by 1
Bethany Lutheran beat Minn-Morris by 1
Aurora beat Marian by 1

TCNJ beat Montclair St by 2
Keuka beat Brockport by 3
UW-La Crosse beat UW-Whitewater by 3
Rhodes beat Trinity (TX) by 3

Still almost a dozen more games left tonight.

 That's the way it should be.

One could only wish. To quote a friend, CNU was beaten "like a rented mule"

Congrats to the Eagles. Absolutely crushed CNU tonight. I think they might make another long run in the tournament.

Got it. Thanks for the education. As long as I've been around, sometimes I simply don't know. I appreciate all the feedback.

I noticed in the Liberty League tournament that the #6 seed is playing #2 and the #4 seed is playing #1.

What's the reasoning behind not having #6 playing #1? I always thought as tournaments progressed that the highest seed always gets the surviving lowest seed.

In the SLIAC Tournament, why was Lyon the home team as the 3 seed in a game vs MUW, the 2 seed?

Quote from: rmc1982 on February 18, 2026, 02:58:23 PMD3 Datacast has us with a 95% chance of winning and the line is 18.5 points! I know Crenshaw is worth 5-10 points usually but i dunno about that many! They predict the score will be 75-57....WOW

MAassey has it 74-60. I think a 12-15 point win is about right.

Quote from: HoopsDad34 on February 15, 2026, 12:54:05 PMCompletely different CNU/UMW game last night: Robinson scored 25 points with strong support from Randall (21) and Bates (18) plus freshman Preston White (10 pts. 5 boards). Toa did not have 43 points this outing, he had 12. UMW was up by 13 at the half and never seriously challenged the rest of the way. I suspect these teams will play each other at least one more time in the C2C playoffs in Santa Cruz. Great atmosphere at Rosner Arena with over 1800 fans. 

You know my life is completely upside lately. The last 2 CNU games, Feb 11 @ Salisbury and Saturday Night @ UMW, I did not watch, listen or even follow live stats. Why? I 100% forgot. I only remembered the next morning when having my am coffee and checking the internet. Yikes. Totally FORGOT! Somebody, Anybody -- please slow this ride down so I can exit.