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Date Posted: 09:46:14 03/12/04 Fri
Author: J.J.
Subject: Re: Offseason
In reply to: JT 's message, "Offseason" on 21:10:35 03/11/04 Thu

I think it’s a little too early (and probably a little unfair) to speculate on T-Ron's future. He is probably frustrated with the limited playing time, however if he (and everyone) accepts their role, it will always be a better team. Losing players sucks, but this is a team sport and bad attitudes are like a cancer. I’m not suggesting he (or anyone else) has a bad attitude, but as Howie has shown in the past, if you do – you’re gone. So I'll take the wait and see approach. Ask a Northeastern fan what they think of their player Barera – he has it all talent-wise, but it’s only from the neck down. I want players with real talent from the neck up first, then you look for streetball talent. Yes, the NEC will be tougher next year, many programs are really stepping it up. This is a conference that should compete well vs. the AE, MAAC, Ivy, and Patriot counterparts.

I think Larry made a passing mention about the NIT in another thread. There is no chance on an invite with our record and RPI this year, but in retrospect I really think we were only 10 points (or missed FTs) away from a possible NIT bid. (Not to mention we couldn’t schedule 2 OOC games this year due to the NCAA penalty) If we would have beaten Providence (L, 67-72) and Niagara (L, 74-79), I think our RPI would have been much closer to 100, instead of 200. Both those teams will make the post-season this year (PC – NCAA, NU – NIT) and reaching the finals against Monmouth might have gotten us a NIT game at Rutgers.

That kind of touches on a favorite topic of mine – the OOC schedule. The Courant reported today that CCSU will play UConn next year (12/28/04) at the Civic Center. That’s great because I’ll be in Conn. for Christmas! I’d like to see a schedule with a nice mix of teams: 2 vs. Big East (UConn & St. Johns), 2 vs. A-10 (UMass and URI), 2 vs. America East teams (Hartford and anybody), 1 vs. Patriot/Ivy (Yale or anybody), and 2 others. Overall I think this prepares the team for the NEC schedule and if you pick the right teams and grab a few quality wins and miss out on the automatic NCAA bid, the NIT bid is not a bad consolidation prize.

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[> [> Herald article re: Offseason -- J.J., 09:53:42 03/29/04 Mon

Great article, although I would bet that Howie is rooting for Calhoun and UConn to win it all next weekend. If they do, we would have a date with the National Champions next season. Also, it clears up the T-Ron situation and Javier's scholarship. Generally it sounds like good news.

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