MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[Tigerfan]

Congratulations to UMW and HoopsDad34!  What a tremendous accomplishment for the team and a joy for you.

[algernon]

Yes!  As Tigerfan said, congratulations to UMW and to HoopsDad34!  I'm posting below a great local news article about a fabulous guy from Harrisonburg High School (Class of 2023), whom we've been excited to watch, as he's made a huge contribution to UMW's winning the National Championship!  https://www.dnronline.com/sports/level/college/former-harrisonburg-high-standout-jadon-burgess-helps-mary-washington-win-first-ever-d-iii-mens/article_9c6516c0-c987-5c90-ad98-d693cd878025.html

[CNU85]

CNU's Toa Hollenbeck's dad is now the HC at Regent.

Toa's Dad!

[Patrick Coleman]

I chatted with Marcus Kahn and a number of other Division III coaches about the new state of D-III and how the portal affects how they recruit and such.

https://d3hoops.com/playoffs/men/2026/division-iii-portal-there-is-no-tomorrow

The conversation was before Kye Robinson actually declared he was going into the portal but the subtext was there when I asked my questions.

[CNU85]

I read that piece with great interest. If everyone returns next year, CNU will have 9 seniors. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

[ziggy]

It looks like the C2C will officially be without their AQ to the men's basketball tournament for the next two years as they have used up the two-year grace period and Regent and JWU Charlotte are two years away from getting the conference back to the membership minimum for an automatic bid.

The league made a waiver request to the championships committee but the group did not support it, noting that they "understood the rationale but did not support granting a waiver that would in effect double the grace period and set an undesired precedent."