It's there, go to pull down menu, refresh with 2025 roster.

Just noticed the online roster for RMC.  102 returning players (a very healthy number), but only 27 freshmen (a little light compared to a normal group of 35 or so).  The roster info for individual freshmen is lacking, so maybe it's not a final roster.  One of the freshmen is Will Arruza, following in his big brother's footsteps.

^^^  I was not there, hopefully '82 was.  I'm hearing good things, so I'm going with the fourth straight 10 win season.

An updated article on the Guilford situation.  Only 950 students projected for the fall.

https://www.theassemblync.com/education/higher-education/guilford-college-raised-6-million/#:~:text=As%20The%20Assembly%20reported%20in,December%202023%20for%20financial%20reasons.

^^^  I won't pay.  The ODAC has thrown their fans, especially parents,  under the bus.   I'll surely miss Marty and Company on the RMC broadcast.

JK, I'm with you, I won't pay.  The ODAC has certainly thrown their fans, especially parents, under the bus.  I'll surely miss Marty and Company on the RMC broadcast.

As to their basketball front, not having a coach this time of year has to be playing havoc for recruiting and even returning players.  Quite a possible downfall for a program that was in Final Four just a year ago.

There's a lot of bad news in the Guilford article.  I remember three years ago that GC was having issues, but I had no idea that the situation was as dire as this article outlined.  Good luck to them.

Bryn Athyn is dropping all athletic  programs.  Their last men's basketball game ever is a loss to HSC.

Another PA school, St. Francis is dropping from DI to DIII.

^^^  Thanks for your post and congratulations to these three gentlemen!

Jknezek, great analysis on your part, as you always do.

^^^  I'm with you, rooting for Trinity.  It's the only one of the four that I've been on campus.

My thoughts on the ODAC season and where things go next season.  Overall, probably a disappointing tournament for the ODAC, getting four teams in was a nice plus, but not getting anyone into the final 8 is disappointing.  HSC and RMC clearly underperformed at the end of the season.  Both were highly rated during the season, but failed early in the ODAC tournament.  I think they both also exited the NCAA earlier than expected.  RC probably over performed, going to the ODAC final and into the third round of NCAA.  GC, as well, overperformed by winning ODAC.

Looking into next season, RMC returns the whole team.  They need to find a PF or two next season.  HSC loses Brazil, who is the best ODAC player since Buzz.  He'll be a huge loss for HSC.  Not sure how RC or GC will look next season.  Overall, the ODAC next season will be even more balanced as a league, as VWU and others challenges again.

The Final Four is represented by only two conferences, but these schools have even more in common and in many ways are not typical of most DIII colleges.

Interestingly, these four colleges are some of the most highly rated academic colleges, not only in DIII, but at all levels.  Also, these colleges have huge endowments, all four over $1B, with Wash U. at $11.5B.  The student enrollments are also higher than most DIII schools.

Given these commonalities, do their athletic department have commonalities?  For example, do these large endowments give their athletic departments an advantage over other DIII programs.  Or, is this final four just an anomaly?

Additionally, are there common threads in their basketball teams, such as style of play or roster makeup?

Are all of my comments just bull, or is there something there?

Likewise, HSC would likely need NYU and Tufts to lose for second weekend hosting.