Quote from: saratoga on October 28, 2026, 11:47:23 AMScranton women ranked 4th. (tie with Oshkosh) in Pre-Season WBCA poll.
Personally, I'd have them 3rd. in front of Bates since the Lady Royals hammered the Bobcats the past 2 years in the NCAA 2nd. round.
At least initially...till you can beat them, you don't move in front of them.

You got your wish with the d3hoops.com poll.

Quote from: NEPAFAN on September 17, 2026, 08:36:49 AM

Quote from: Great Day to be a Royal on September 16, 2026, 08:32:29 AMI love that the Hilton tip-off now goes to set match-ups.

Do you know who the 4th team is?

Marywood

Vrdoljak and Matrone are now posted on IG

Quote from: Tim the Enchanter on June 27, 2026, 02:21:01 PMHere's what I have:

Isaac Shrager.  6'5", Old Tappan HS, NJ
Mario Matrone. 6'2", Phelps School, PA
Robert Lopez. 5'10", Glen Rock HS, NJ
Luka Vrdoljak. 6'9", St. Anthony's HS, NY
Ryan Kearney. 6'6", Parkland HS, PA
Jack Quinn. 5'11", Cardinal O'Hara HS, PA

Don't know if this is still up to date, though...

Royals have posted 4 of these 6 on Instagram (Shrager, Lopez, Kearney, Quinn).  Nothing about Vrdoljak or Matrone yet.

The first addition to Kait Lewis' staff has been announced!

https://athletics.scranton.edu/news/2026/6/30/womens-basketball-adds-lexie-tarul-to-coaching-staff.aspx

Here's what I have:

Isaac Shrager.  6'5", Old Tappan HS, NJ
Mario Matrone. 6'2", Phelps School, PA
Robert Lopez. 5'10", Glen Rock HS, NJ
Luka Vrdoljak. 6'9", St. Anthony's HS, NY
Ryan Kearney. 6'6", Parkland HS, PA
Jack Quinn. 5'11", Cardinal O'Hara HS, PA

Don't know if this is still up to date, though...

Quote from: NEPAFAN on April 23, 2026, 02:51:08 PMCan I list you guys as references on my application?

I was thinking the same thing.  I do after all, have 5 years experience coaching middle school basketball, and I even had one year with a winning record! 

Damn!  And a couple days ago I was talking to someone who works with Ben at the U who told me that he was pretty sure Ben was not going anywhere.  Guess he was wrong.

Best of luck, Coach O'Brien.  Hopefully the next coach is just as great.

RIP, Mary Beth Spirk, a legend of DIII hoops.

https://www.moraviansports.com/sports/wbkb/2025-26/releases/20260410jj1uel

Fantastic writeup!  Thanks, Riley!

Go Royals!!!

What a defensive battle!  Despite 20 turnovers, Scranton manages to hold off the powerful NYU offense, holding them to a season low 52 points (36 below their season average). 

Congratulations Lady Royals!  Let's get one more against Denison on Saturday and bring the title back to the Electric City!

@Ryan:  I hope you're right! 

Scranton and the The Landmark Conference are well-represented on the all region team:

Kranson (POY/1st team)
Talutto (ROY)
O'Brien (COY)
Romanowski (1st team)

Plus Roth, Mummert and Scoblick on 2nd team.

Congratulations to all!

19-7 + Mediocre Schedule = 9 more months of no Royal Men's basketball

They probably needed to at least get to the Landmark championship to have a shot at making the NCAA tournament.

Thanks for doing the legwork!  I wa trying to wrap my head around the tiebreakers if it ended up being a 3-way tie for 2nd...