This is probably the best recruiting class(2025) i have seen coming into the UofS in 40 years plus. With that said and Coach Obriens returning players it  should be another great year  for the Lady Royals.The caliber of players coming in could be a starting 4 or 5 on any other team! Keep it up would be nice to get a 6 ft 3 player like Ashley Sofilkanich from Bucknell. Transfer portal i guess is the new way.They said 1400 men have already entered the portal, Wow that is alot.Carl will pick up zero lol.

So I found my answer through NYU Natalie Bruns statement. I think alot of teams can come out and give us a punch,but with the way we've trained and the amount of time we've given to this great program to where it is ,it's hard to keep up with us for 40 minutes.Perfect statement 👍

Wow Smith wins a close one 49-47  repeat of last years Finals NYU vs Smith. How does this Coach get it done?She loses players and still makes it back to back and we can not get out of the Elite Eight.Whhhhhhhyyyyyyyy??

41-20 NYU watching it on ESPN+.Just watching NYU just taking it to Stout and pressure defense.Biggest difference NYU has the bench to do it. Like I said speed helps and everyone of those kids are not sucking air and not losing players.Another thing Stout 0-7 from 3s.

Then why bring it up,If you didn't think someone should be on it? Especially on the womens board.

Quote from: ronk on March 18, 2025, 08:24:24 PMKaci Kranson POY region 5
 on 1st team: Anna Scoblick(Catholic) and Summer McNulty(Etown)
 on 2nd team: Liz Bennett

No Scranton MBB on their region 5 team

Who did you think should be on it for the men? seriously!!!

Quote from: NEPAFAN on March 18, 2025, 01:03:23 PMYeah why would the school move a spring break for one hypothetical basketball game? It isn't like the students show up for the majority of games.

They did it last year Spring Break started March 8th.Should be no Spring Break during the tournament.I have my reasons why.

Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 18, 2025, 10:34:24 AMWhile an interesting idea, I don't think you'd get a lot of coaches eager to hamper their own season in order to possibly be present for a hypothetical Elite 8 game.

I think it's much more likely to get spring break adjusted so that it falls on a different week.

I agree.Best thing to do is move  spring break up to the last week of February!!!

Quote from: ronk on March 16, 2025, 08:11:59 PMYes, Stout was relentless, won the offensive rebounds 12-7(some of them on own missed FTs when Scranton had inside position), 2nd chance points 16-11, and fast break points 16-0. I don't think Scranton played anyone else this season with a similar style. Still, Scranton had their opportunities to win.
 It was a outstanding sectional with 3 close games and a worthy Final 4 competitor. I give Stout a good chance against NYU. I see NYU this season as less than their championship team of last year, w/o their 2 outstanding grad transfers(Morrison and Bauman).


 

Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 16, 2025, 07:37:36 PMHaving been at Stout's second round game vs. Whitman, those players are relentless.

Never once went to a zone.

I remember 2019 Bridget Mann only senior on that team took over against Tufts,That is what senior leadership is suppose to do!My final sign off after my rant.....PS UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON CHANGE YOUR DAMN SPRING BREAK SO IT WORKS WHEN THE Landmark Championship is taking place.I don't know but Spring Break or Winning a National title.I mean leading the nation in all categories especially Assist/TO ratio and you turn the ball over 18 times,give up 43 points by half when that is all you give up in a game.SMH

Well another exit from the tournament!This one stings,You had the crowd you had the home court i thought. COACH ITS NOT HARD, ALL GAME THEY DROVE MAYBE THAT IS WHY THEY HAD 22 FT TO 7 FOR US.MINUTE I SAW THEM YESTERDAY I SAID I HOPE BEN THROWS A ZONE ON THEM TO STOP THOSE EASY BASKETS OR HIGH PCT SHOTS 2 foot BASKETS.This is serious you will never win with out having a bench and the bench disappeared like they never played a game before in their life.Speed,defense wins games you had one of the two but not tonight they had speed and the drive to win getting after every ball,Hustling down the court before your players even turned around.Will say this again maybe next year that is getting old also!

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Quote from: NEPAFAN on March 13, 2025, 01:17:30 PMAwful quiet in here... how does jhu match up with the lady royals?

 They match up well and there's a lot of familiarity between the 2 teams since they played in the same round last season on a neutral floor(NYU) and they scrimmaged each other this preseason @ Hopkins. I would rather have faced Carnegie-Mellon, instead.

I think last years team is not even close to this years team Ronk. Different players,Better defense,Better offense and the best thing was the Freshman became Sophmores.I did notice Peebles is not playing for JHU .Not sure what happened to her?

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Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 13, 2025, 08:12:07 PM

Quote from: saratoga on March 13, 2025, 04:16:28 PMThat would be 29,760 lights. 

If their enrollment is such a big damn deal, why haven't they won every national title since 1997, instead of going 26 years without one?

No need to curse!

How dare you tell the owner. How to talk about sports in a positive way!!!

Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 13, 2025, 08:12:07 PM

Quote from: saratoga on March 13, 2025, 04:16:28 PMThat would be 29,760 lights. 

If their enrollment is such a big damn deal, why haven't they won every national title since 1997, instead of going 26 years without one?

Well that explains why they only  have 15 to 20 members on the womens side then!Not sure how many on the men?