La Salle cannot invest in facilities because they have severe financial issues and are on the verge of shutting down as a school.
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La Salle cannot invest in facilities because they have severe financial issues and are on the verge of shutting down as a school.
He did an awesome job filling in. Our D may be better with him guarding the post. We just cant let him catch the ball on offense when we are in the bonus.
And my post doesnt express joy in the progress? I guess you didnt read it. The recent success of the team is encouraging and exciting and CM should be applauded but the original post I was replying to said "a good year" which I think is a stretch considering our overall record and rpi, which I know many here would agree with.
If you are so thin skinned that you feel the need to reprimand every post and poster that expresses criticism of CM, then you should not be on a message board. I dont know if your parents told you so I will, not everyone has the same opinion as you do.
I had a coach long time ago that TOOK YARDSTICK to md becsuse i drink water during practice . HA now that is a different time
Spiders now #90 in RPI; just keep on winning!
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/page/1/sort/RPI
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/page/1/sort/RPI
Beat Mason on the road and VCU at home and we are seriously in business. Not saying we'd get a bid but we will be on the bubble.
I hope ur right. Three teams in A-10 with rpi way above ours as they showed last night is a big problem. UD VCU and URI all much better so unless A10 gets 4 teams we would have to get a bid over one of them.
I think in part this displays why the RPI is not a great measuring stick. Are we really 60 spors worse than VCU right now? Of course not. Are we 45 spots worse than Rhode Island, who we beat? Of course not. We lost a couple games early that are disproportionately holding down our RPI. I hope the committee takes some other factors into account.
If we finish 14-4 in the A10 and beat VCU by, say, 15 Friday, then get another win against one of the other top 4 teams in the A10 tourney, we'll most likely have three top 50 wins. That puts us squarely on the bubble.
RPI has become less influential in the selection process, although the "objective" ratings systems like RPI/Kenpom have their place in the apples to apples comparison objective. I think SOS continues to gain importance but I also think there's more recency bias about how teams are closing out the season than how they started it. If so to this last point, it gives us a shot however small it may be.
RPI is a drug for some of you guys. We are not getting an At Large bid even if we win our remaining games and lose in the A10 title game.
It is all about positioning for Pittsburgh and beating our rival in the process.
It is all about positioning for Pittsburgh and beating our rival in the process.
The way Mason has owned us to the point of embarrassment I would give a big sigh of relief if we can beat them on Tuesday.... It has to be one game at a time, don't overlook anyone, and see how it plays out..............
Article says we are #15 in the country at 3 pt defense. I knew we had improved in that category this year but I didn't realize it was to that extent. Anyone know where we finished last year in 3 pt defense?
We didn't participate in that category last year. We also opted out of the rebounding category.
I don't know...
I think if we win out the regular season, and in Pittsburgh, and one game in NCAA then we will get an At-Large...
It's all speculative and highly unlikely to happen, but if we win out until the title game and lose by a couple points, we would be 23-10, 15-3 in the Atlantic 10, 17-4 in our final 21 games and possible outright or co-regular season champions. At that point, regardless of what the RPI says, we would have earned a bid.
I have a right to my opinions too. You don't have a copyright my friend.
I think the lambs were 21-11 the year they got the final at large bid.........their final four year.
No. This is the type of MindF___ that will have half this board ready to fire Mooney in the fairly likely event that we lose on Tuesday to the GooMoos.
By my count, the Explorers earned roughly $5M from their share of the sweet 16 in 2013. Unless they gave it all to Doctor JG, they should have a few crumbs leftover.
I think u are right but the question we are asking is if that is fair? If we run the table and lose the title game to Dayton on a last second shot and end up 22-10, are we not one of the 64 best teams? The committee needs to reward teams for showing great improvement as the season goes on. I know it wont happen but by season end, a game played in early Dec should have very little relevance.
Where would our rpi be if we had not lost to ORU? Probably 30 points higher.
We would have to do something extraordinary to earn an at-large, given how bad our OOC performance was. But at least we still have the chance.
But You try to stifle opinions. You are rosy and thats fine. I have never told you to stop being rosy all the time. Im more critical about performance of coach and team and you and others constantly try to stifle that viewpoint with critically personal posts.
TJ may be our ace in the hole if we play well and get to bubble status in front of the committee. He is one of the best all around college players in the country and the son of a basketball legend. It's a story the NCAA and CBS can promote. Not to mention he is the most intelligent, articulate and insightful interview in college basketball. Just a thought.
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They had a budget deficit of ~$12 million a year or two ago which is ~14% of their endowment. Not a good way to stay in business. That $5 million in NCAA units is spread over 6 years, it barely puts a dent in their deficit. There is no fiscally responsible way for them to invest in new facilities, they are doing all they can just to keep the school running.
I'm afraid St. Joe's might be next. Most of the Catholic schools in Philly (with the exception of Villanova) are having enrollment problems, coupled with the fact that these schools rely heavily on tuition/room and board money coming in, any fluctuation in enrollment equals trouble.
Yes i think this is a very good fact about television and school and athletic director should beat the dtum about this now
This is your typical spidernation.com MindF___. We lost the game so who cares?
I propose a three-way merger. Welcome to St. Drexsalle University!
rpiforecast.com actually has an "rpi wizard" where you can change the results of any past games and/or enter any future results and it let's you see the effect on RPI (disclaimer - I know a lot of you don't care about rpi, if so, just avoid reading this)
Changing the Oral Roberts game from a loss to a win takes our current rpi from 90 to 81, not 30 points but you can see it dragging us down.
A win at Mason tomorrow night puts us in the 80's - still not where we want to be but light years ahead of where we were at the start of conference play.
Just keep winning and the rest will take care of itself.
Got to think VCU has used up their luck for this year & maybe next with 2 back to back last second victories in games they should have lost.
I hope we school them big time this Friday at RC.
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