Quote from: Ron Boerger on August 26, 2025, 11:58:58 AMRegent now needs to focus equally on their retention (66% return after year one) and graduation (42% in eight years) rates.

Maybe they are. I wonder what the trends are for those stats. I've heard they are working hard over there with a lot of changes in play. I just don't know what those numbers look like 2-3 years ago (or longer).

Regent enrolls largest freshmen class

Quote from: RowanPhan on August 25, 2025, 12:35:39 PMFor me, Game-day is around the corner when I see the Sept 6 date on the milk gallons in the grocery store

  

In keeping with the marine life theme....perhaps the Batten Bottlenoses

Va Wesleyan getting new name

Gotta love it when you look at the 10 day forecast on weather.com (which is actually today plus 14 days - I never could figure that out), and the last day listed is only 3 days before kickoff!

Quote from: Pat Coleman on August 19, 2025, 03:08:20 PMOf conference tournament, no.
Of NCAA Tournament, yes.

Thanks Pat. For some reason, I never really consider conference tournaments as playoffs. But I guess indeed they are!

Does the NCAA have any say in pay per view of playoff contests?

oh duh. Thanks Pat. With the conference situation the way it has been for a few years, there was only one day last year with a women/men double header at CNU and that was a Saturday 2pm/4pm set up.. Each team has their own game days. I forgot all about the previous, women play at 5 and men at 7 scheduling a lot of schools employ.

Sorry about that IC.

Thanks for the explanation. I'm a numbers freak, so I love looking at this and analyzing stuff.

Quote from: IC798891 on August 15, 2025, 09:34:29 AMWe're seeing the women's team because it works better for everyone's blood sugar levels and sleep needs.

I just re-read your post. I'm not sure I follow you on this. How is a women's game better than a men's game for this?
I'm confused.

All good points, IC.

Knowing the folks involved, I'm pretty sure they are accommodating any special requests or circumstances. Specifically, I do not have any data points to share. I just know the people in charge at CNU (athletics and administration) and their character is top notch.

Thanks for the Hansen ratings info.

Looks like it will be a tight race at the top. Interestingly, I see that the data has CNU with a higher Returning Production, higher Post Season Probability, and is favored by 1 point vs SU. Yet, the data has SU winning the game and the title.

Not that I disagree or think anything is skewed. Just curious what the data shows.

Cheers!

CNU charges for football and both basketball teams. There are season tickets for football and basketball. Men's and Women's season tickets are sold together as a package. There are upcharges in football for items like Tailgate parking lot passes, VIP endzone deck, chairback seating, etc. Football used to have an upcharge for access to the hospitality suite at halftime. I'm not sure if it still does. Yikes, that's something I should definitely know about. I will have to ask the CNU folks. Basketball has upcharges for chairback seating, access to halftime hospitality suite. Basketball also tested a new hospitality concept and it was a huge success the few times it was done. Opened up an entire section in the Freeman Center and had a ton of food and various beverages.

Pricing for all of this is a little complicated.

Football Season Ticket Form

Football Season Ticket Contribution Form

Basketball Season Ticket Form This is from last season


[url="https://www.cnusports.com/sports/2023/10/6/champions-club.aspx[/url] (I added this as a "Quick Edit" and the formatting didn't work the way I wanted. This is the Champions Club information. Pat, et al - feel free to format this properly since I lack the brainpower to figure it out.)


2024-2025 academic year
Attendance Average - football - 3,128
Basketball - MBB - 731. This includes a couple of tournaments we host during holidays. Attendance when classes are in session often top 1,000
WBB - 392.

Interesting points Jk. I will ponder them a little. I still believe that in order to have a successful D3 athletic program, you will need additional funds above and beyond student fees from tuition, ticket sales, etc. Let me think (and research) on this model. I get it conceptually. I just need to find data points that support the model.