MBB: Colonial States Athletic Conference

[mailsy]

Know that this event is going to happen this weekend its a fundraiser for Gwynedd Mercy head coach John Baron's children this weekend. I'll be making the trip out to one of the games this weekend to lend a little support for John and his family.

http://csacsports.com/news/2016/1/20/MBB_0120162302.aspx

Here's the article from City of Basketball Love's website:

http://www.cityofbasketballlove.com/news_article/show/604999?referrer_id=1566508

Certainly makes you understand what is important in life.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

For the third consecutive year, Hoopsville will air for 12 hours as the regular season enters the final four weeks. Dave McHugh will chat with coaches, administrators, student-athletes, and others involved in Division III basketball from around the country. Other guests will include those who have Division III roots or appreciate the division and the game along with the student-athletes who play the sport.

Hoopsville will air from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. (and maybe later) on Thursday, February 4 live from the WBCA/NABC Studio. You can see what guests are scheduled, get more information, and watch the show here: http://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2015-16/feb4

You can also read the press release about the show: http://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/hoopsville-marathon-2016

Here is the guest list as we speak. All times are Eastern and subject to change. Additional guests to be added if and when necessary:


   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Time	Guest	School
10:15am	Connie Tilley	St. Norbert (WBB) - WBCA Center Court
10:40am	Jamie Purdy	Peidmont (WBB)
11:00am	Keri Carollo	UW-Whitewater (WBB) - Nat'l Committee Chair
11:20am	Brent Pollari	Saint Mary's (Minn.) (WBB)
11:40am	Kent Madsen	No. 21 Wheaton (Ill.) (WBB)
12:00pm	Russell Loyd	Rose-Hulman (MBB)
12:20pm	Kevin Broderick	Nazareth (MBB)
12:40pm	Justin Scott	Arcadia (MBB)
1:00pm	Sam Hargraves	No. 12 Alma (MBB)
1:20pm	Lenny Reich	Mount Union (SID)
1:40pm	Maureen Webster	Clarkson (WBB)
2:00pm	Betsy Witman	York (Pa.) (WBB)
2:20pm	Sara Lee	Denison (WBB)
2:40pm	Klay Kneuppel	Wisconsin Lutheran (MBB)
3:00pm	Brian Van Haaften	Buena Vista (MBB) - Nat'l Committee Chair
3:30pm	Sydney Moss	No. 1 Thomas More (WBB)
3:45pm	Aaron Rousell	Bucknell (WBB) - former Chicago coach
4:00pm	Tim Shanahan	Staten Island (WBB)
4:20	Pat Cunningham	Trinity (Texas) (MBB) - NABC Coach's Corner
4:50pm	Bubba Smith	Sewanee (MBB)
5:15pm	Ben Strong	Former Guilford All-American
5:30pm	Kevin Connors	ESPN SportsCenter Anchor - Ithaca alumnus
6:00pm	Kristen Dowling	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (WBB)
6:20pm	Allison Coleman	Sage (WBB)
6:40pm	Landry Kosmalski	Swarthmore (MBB)
7:00pm	Dave Niland	No. 23 Penn State-Behrend (MBB)
7:20pm	Aaron Galletta	Lasell (MBB)
7:40pm	John Baron	Gwynedd-Mercy (MBB)
8:00pm
8:20pm
8:40pm	Melissa Hodgdon	Wheaton (Mass.) (WBB)
9:00pm	G.P. Gromacki	No. 2 Amherst (WBB)
9:20pm	James Wagner
9:40pm	HAPPY HOUR	Free-for-all of calls, tweets, and fun!

We hope to get at least the full show on a podcast, or several podcast, during the on Friday. You can find it here:
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iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hoopsville/id1059517087

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And a reminder the Hoopsville Fundraising Project has begun yet again. Please consider helping us cover Division III basketball the way it deserves to be covered. If you can not donate, please don't worry about - we understand. At least share the campaign with anyone you think might be interested: http://igg.me/at/hoopsville-fundraiser/x/6029509

Also, if you know any advertisers interested in promoting their company or products on the show, send them our way: hoopsville@d3hoops.com

Thanks!

[mailsy]

Good win for the Cavs last night. First win against the Mighty Macs in 2 years. Led wire to wire. Some concern at around the 12 minute mark when Cavs starting pg Ivan Rodriguez got tagged for his 4th foul. The backup has been out for 2 weeks with a concussion so sophomore Kane McGovern, who plays sparingly, did an outstanding job in filling in. Should be a great confidence booster as we get closer to the end if the season. 9-4 now in conf. Tied for 3rd with Rosemont a game behind Neumann and 3 behind Gwynedd. Cavs have 6 games remaining. 1 ooc with Scranton and 4 of their 5 conf games are against teams that are on the CSAC playoff hunt. They need to win these games if they want to get a bye. Gwynedd losing their first conference last night keeps them close. But I suspect they are going to maintain their lead and finish first.

[mailsy]

Several big games in conference play tomorrow. Cavs travel to Hackettstown, NJ to take on Centenary. Rosemont takes a short trip to Gwynedd and Immaculata takes a longer trip up to Marywood to solidify their place in the standings. Also Neumann travels to Summit and Cairn heads to Keystone. Good luck to all teams.

[mailsy]

Some separation today of the "playoff teams" from the "non playoff" teams. IU wins and is up 3 games for the last spot. Wins by Gwynedd, Neumann and Cabrini today, puts them 1 2 3 in the standings. Losses by Rosemont and Centenary leave them at 4 & 5.

I traveled up to Hackettstown today to see the Cavs beat Centenary. Tough game though. Another double double by Tyheim Monroe. 20 boards today and 11 were offensive. Some were huge off of missed FTs and missed 3 ptrs.

Hopefully there was a good amount of money raised today for John Baron's family. 

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Regional Rankings: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2016/02/10/first-2016-regional-rankings-released-today/

[mailsy]

Down to the last week in the CSAC. Gwyned, Neumann, Cabrini, Rosemont, Centenary and Immaculata have made the playoffs. Gwynedd needs one more win or loss by Neumann to lock up homecourt throughout playoffs. Neumann can lock up second with a win hosting my Cavs Wednesday night. Cavs are guaranteed a home playoff game. With wins against Neumann and Gwynedd it may give them a bye. Rosemont can earn a home playoff game with a win at Immaculata or a win at home against Centenary on Saturday. Centenary could move up to 4th and earn a home playoff game with wins against  Keystone, who they host and at Rosemont. Immaculata needs to win out and have help to move up from sixth.

[mailsy]

Interesting night in the CSAC today. Cavs beat Neumann tonight by 21. After trailing 55-57 at the half they held the Knights to 28 pts and won 106-85. Part Cavs defense and part the Knights just disinterested once they got down by a few baskets. With a win Saturday over Gwynedd they can lock up the 2nd seed in the Conference tournament. They would have the tiebreaker over Neumann. Gwynedd locks up the #1 seed and will host the lowest seeded team remaining after the quarter finals on Wednesday Feb 24. The Griffins got the win tonight but they got taken to the end by Cairn. They won by 6 but the game was tied with less than 2 minutes remaining and they trailed at the half. Neumann needs a win and a loss by Cabrini on Saturday to get the bye. Rosemont lossed a chance to lock up the 4th seed with a last second loss to Immaculata. The Ravens led late up 13 with 3+ minutes to go and got outscored 16-2 to lose. Centenary lost at home to Keystone. So nothing is set yet. Saturday will finalize everything.

GO CAVS!!!

[mailsy]

Congrats to the CSAC conference awards winners. John Baron of Gwynedd for earning Coach of the year. Marcus Thomas of Rosemont for getting Player of the year. To Rookie of the Year Julian Callazo of Cairn.

[mailsy]

Congratulations to Cabrini's Tyheim Monroe 1st team all conference, Jair Green earning second team and Jimmy Doyle for earning the team's sportsmanship award.

[mailsy]

Playoffs started tonight. Rosemont ended up beating Centenary tonight 81-72. Cabrini won 90-70 and it wasn't even close. I'm glad the coach of Immaculata got his wish of playing the Cavs tonight. He sat his starters for Saturday's game and they didn't play much. It looked like they tanked that game thinking they had the best chance against the Cavs. I wonder how that worked out for them? Just saying.

[mailsy]

Semis are tonight Cavs travel to Neumann and tipoff at 7 pm. Gwynedd Mercy hosts Rosemont at 8 pm.

Gwynedd swept the series against Rosemont averaging 25 point victories. Massey gives GMU an 83% chance of winning.

Cabrini and Neumann split their series on each others home court. It will be tough for Cabrini to beat Neumann twice on their court. Massey gives Cabrini a 41% chance of victory.  "So what your saying is we have a chance." 

GO CAVS!!!

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Final public regional rankings are out: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2016/02/24/third-ncaa-regional-ranking/

[mailsy]

What a night tonight in the CSAC on the men's side. Gwynedd knocked off Rosemont 92-84 and will host on Saturday.

I attended the Neumann Cabrini game tonight in Aston and saw the most GUTLESS REFERREE I've ever seen at a game...and that is being kind. They always say don't make the game close because the referees will find a way to screw you. Well they did tonight. The Cavs had their chances, I admit, and should never have been in the situation but still the end of the game the referee had no cajones in a hostile gym. Cabrini trailed at the half by 12 and at one point was down by as much as 18 with 14 minutes to go. They battled back and had a chance. It was 76-75 Neumann and with 7 seconds remaining Cabrini turned the ball over and the Neumann player dove on it and called a timeout in front of the Cabrini bench. The ref agreed and pointed to Neumann's bench. The only problem was that they had no T/O's remaining. That should have been assessed a technical and Cabrini should have been given the opportunity to shoot 2 FT and get the ball back. However, the referee was gutless and wouldn't make the call. They were conferring and the other 2 refs told this gutless worm that he had to make a call. He came up with some lame excuse that it was an inadvertent whistle and gave the ball back to Neumann.

The most gutless call by a referee in all my years of watching basketball. I'm sure Chris Webber would love to have this referee at his game.

You may not agree but the Neumann coaches agreed and apologized to the coaches afterward that the kid did call a T/O.

Here's something else the head of the referees in the region was at the game. I'm sure that "ref" we'll get an earful. I hope this gutless official never refs a Cabrini game again. Because he's on mine and everybody else's sh*t list.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

For the record... it is a one-shot tech now.