Quote from: BaboNation on April 23, 2026, 03:33:01 PMIn this new NPI age there is a strong correlation between adding teams and losing Pool C bids.  When you're limited to 7 non-conference games everyone needs to be scheduling a fair number of strong programs and winning a fair share of those games. 

It does put the emphasis on playing good teams but IMO that's a good thing. Catholic is a great example. Four years ago they went 22-4 but were left holding the bag when bids came about because their OOC schedule was pretty soft. This was the year before the Landmark expanded to 10 teams.  They got the message however and the past three seasons they significantly improved their schedule and received an at-large bid each of the last two seasons. They won the conference tournament three years ago but would have received one then as well.  This year Scranton, Elizabethtown and Drew were all in the at-large conversation down the stretch but all three faltered in February Landmark league play and all three were one-and-done in the Conference tournament.  You don't have to play all top 10 teams but at least 5 of the 7 better be solid teams.

Quote from: BaboNation on April 22, 2026, 02:08:09 PMWithout looking it up are there even any 10-team conferences that play H&A?

The Landmark Conference expanded from 8 to 10 teams three years ago and play a full round-robin schedule. Didn't love it when it was announced but it's been a success. I find Conference games much more interesting and important and, at least with the Landmark, it expanded the playoff field from 4 to 6.

Congrats Lady Royals on a well deserved victory.  My wife and I commented yesterday afternoon that with the D1 tournament starting yesterday and the Elite Eight being played in D3, that we never thought the game we were most looking forward to was the D3 women's semifinal matchup. It lived up to its billing however. Looking forward to the final.

Quote from: NEPAFAN on March 10, 2026, 08:25:52 AMI'd echo what Ronk said above.

Also since there has been a lot of back and forth about FloSports, curious your thoughts as a parent and the pay per view model?

Not a fan of the paywall but I can afford it. But, I've said this before, I don't know if my son would have ended up at Susquehanna if we would have had to pay to watch their games back then. And I think it hurts community engagement. I'm sure there are a lot of fans that won't cough up the money to watch the games online. Out of sight out of mind. And it's not like the broadcasts have been hugely upgraded by FloSports. 

Quote from: ronk on March 09, 2026, 03:41:24 PMSusque had a good season within a competitive conference, took advantage of the Moravian loss @ Juniata, and earned their way into the Big Show. Always nice to have that experience. Appreciate your contributions to the Landmark board. Best wishes!

Thanks, it was a very fun four years and went fast. I won't be going anywhere though. I've been hooked on D3 ever since we started researching the schools that were recruiting my son. I just wish I had discovered it earlier.

Quote from: NEPAFAN on March 07, 2026, 10:54:34 AMSusquehanna pulled the ole one and done after running into a buzzsaw in Redlands.

But the CUA Cardinals are still rolling..

Not that the River Hawks would have won but Mario Castro-Sanchez reinjured his knee in the Wilkes game and will probably need another surgery.  But the Redlands matchup wasn't ideal. Bigger AND faster is, needless to say, problematic. My son is a pretty big point guard in the Landmark at 6'2" but he'd be tied for the shortest on their roster. Susquehanna did earn the matchup with the 2-7 record in January so can't really complain.

Catholic's opening round win does extend the Landmark's streak of winning at least one game to at least 7 years I believe (not including the COVID season).

River Hawks will look completely different next year with the graduation of 6 seniors.  They had a really good recruiting class this year but unfortunately 5 of the 9 were hurt most of the year so didn't get much experience. But they'll be much more athletic so should be higher tempo.

Quote from: CardsFan on March 01, 2026, 04:17:09 PMI went back and watched the last 5 minutes of last night's game. After Wilkes went up 64-53, they couldn't get any stops. I think Susquehanna got points on at least their next seven possessions. Maybe the third game in a week caught up to Wilkes. The River Hawks scored 23 points in the final 5 minutes.

It's been an incredible month for Susquehanna: JVW's buzzer-beater three to send the game against Catholic to overtime. Total chaos in the final 10 seconds of overtime that leads to KJ Carson's buzzer-beater layup. Moravian losing to Juniata on the final day of the season.

Wilkes also turned it over 6 times in the final five minutes. They only had 7 turnovers in the first 35 minutes. While obviously I was ecstatic at the outcome I felt terrible for Colin Ackerman. He had been excellent up until that point (14 points, 6 reb, 6 asst, 0 turnovers, 3 steals). He then had a disastrous final five minutes. He then fouled out after the ref gave him a foul that Jack Argento committed. Tough way for it to end.

Quote from: CardsFan on February 26, 2026, 10:06:43 PMA quick word of praise for Wilkes. They really do it with only five guys but those 5 know exactly what they are supposed to do. They just keep running their stuff. They were worthy winners tonight. Should be an interesting game Saturday.

I think the lack of depth caught up to Wilkes last night. The starters played all but 20 minutes while Susquehanna had 63 bench minutes. They had no legs the last 5 minutes. One more bench player they trusted and it probably is a different story.

Hard to believe that Susquehanna's season was saved by a 30 foot buzzer beater against Catholic. That shot doesn't drop and Moravian gets the 6th seed. A couple of factors played into the season record for the River Hawks. Mario Castro-Sanchez getting hurt in Puerto Rico caused a ripple effect in the rotation. He missed most of January and Coach Marcinek struggled to find the right rotation with some really bad losses the result. He figured it out with about 5 games to go. Another big factor is the emergence of freshmen KJ Carson and Mikey Cumbo (D2 transfer). But once he figured out the rotation Susquehanna beat the #1, #2, #3 and #4 seeds in the Landmark, with three of those coming on the road.

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Quote from: ronk on January 11, 2026, 11:38:16 PMNtiamoah is still on Catholic's roster, but I don't know why he hasn't played recently. Scranton & Catholic play this Saturday; maybe the broadcaster will mention his absence, but he rarely does for unavailable players.

He was at the end of the bench ,might be hurt

He's got a cast on his hand/wrist. Looks like a smaller cast than he had in December but not sure of his prognosis.

Quote from: ronk on December 14, 2025, 04:21:17 PMI felt Scranton had a good chance to win the remaining nonconference games; they had a 51-42 lead today v Stevens but then fell behind by 8, before coming back to win. 

Good day for the conference yesterday. In addition to the Royals win, Wilkes and Etown both had similar come-from-behind wins on the road over Arcadia and Shenandoah respectively. Getting a road win over an ODAC team always helps.  Should offset some bad losses earlier in the week by Goucher (x2) and Juniata. Etown was already getting votes before the win so they should garner more this week. Will be interesting to see if Scranton starts to get some attention.

Quote from: saratoga on December 08, 2025, 12:14:20 PMRight now I'm having a hard time deciding if the Royals have actually improved or if their schedule in general & the Landmark in particular are just really bad.

The Landmark is significantly improved IMO. Last year the conference went 33-37 in OOC games. This year the conference is 28-8 in such games.  Only one team (Goucher at 1-2) doesn't own a winning record OOC. The OOC SOS looks to be very similar to last year and that's before some upcoming matchups against some tough teams. Susquehanna has Chicago and Johns Hopkins down in Puerto Rico. Catholic has Chicago (also in Puerto Rico) and Mary Washington. Most teams have some good competition before January.

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Quote from: NEPAFAN on December 04, 2025, 08:35:01 AMRoyals are 5-1 and actually have a positive rebound differential.

Nick Ruisi is averaging 5.5 rebounds and has scored 19 and 23 in his last two games.

Spatola leads the team in rebounding at 5.8

Real test will be Saturday 12/6 @ Susquehanna! No matter what team Danzing(Bessior also had problems in that sand box)brings in or what team Frankie has it is a hard place to win especially for the Purple/White/Gray. For some reason Frankie loves beating Scranton, hopefully this weekend changes that.I am very surprised of the start for the men and how  young this team is. Keep the momentum going and good luck

 Susque game is 1/10; this Saturday they are @ Juniata.

I'm not sure what I waz looking at I thought it was at Susquehanna but yes at Juniata. Should be another place that is hard to win at. Has anyone seen Etown play yet and if so how good are they?

Etown blew the doors off of Susquehanna the Saturday before Thanksgiving. The River Hawks have one of those games a year it seems (see @Scranton last year) so that might have been it. But Etown seems greatly improved on the defensive end. Last year they only held two teams under 65 points. This year they've already done it three times including F&M and Susquehanna. The emergence of Zuri Harris as a scorer to go along with Finarelli also helps. This is the first time since I started following the conference five years ago that a good team may miss the tournament.  Even the bottom three teams are greatly improved with Lycoming and Juniata already matching their win totals from last season. Makes for an interesting season.

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Quote from: NEPAFAN on November 21, 2025, 10:25:32 AMDo we have a new Landmark basektball fan on the board?

 I think he posted a few times last season; may be a Susque fan.

I am. My son is a senior for the River Hawks so I've been following the board for four years.

Good night for the Landmark as the conference goes 4-1 on opening night with wins by Catholic, Juniata, Lycoming and Scranton. The lone setback was Goucher dropping a close one to Stevenson. Catholic stomped a good Lynchburg team out of the ODAC. Lynchburg just played D1 Queens and actually led in the 2nd half. Nice to get road wins from Lycoming and Juniata.

Quote from: Great Day to be a Royal on October 14, 2025, 11:47:18 AMRoyals hooping it up in Canada. Up on IG. Result I saw was a win over McGill.

The boxscore is up on the McGill website for anyone interested. 

https://mcgillathletics.ca/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2025-26