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Subject: Re: Basketball on the horizon Author: Terfra1 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Friday, October 25, 04:52:26pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/107.127.49.78 In reply to: Maldez 's message, "Re: Basketball on the horizon" on Friday, October 25, 12:17:26pm Those of us who missed the Murphy NCAA era and the Wingate NIT era and a schedule of good Eastern college programs and suffered through the Raskin era and the NEC Conference knew it was special to be in the NCAA's again. The MAAC was also a good conference with Iona and Siena being NCAA calibre teams as well. Yes, the NIL and portal make low/mid majors somewhat untenable. Anyone showing talent or potential wants to move up. NU's seemingly disinterest in sports exacerbates the situation. A previous poster mentioned, though, that at least by marketing and promotion you could make the games fun to attend. Minor league baseball, D2 and D3 schools do it. Some JUCO programs do it. You would think with Holzschue being an ex-player he would carry some weight in making sports more relevant. I get posts from NU that we spend money on lacrosse, soccer, bowling and swimming. Why not reduce men's sports to basketball, hockey, golf and baseball and women's sports to basketball, volleyball, golf and softball and give those programs the little funding that we have. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: Basketball on the horizon Author: RCM [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, October 25, 05:39:02pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/104.28.55.231 Great posts. But I don’t see NU and CC having d 1 hockey within 10 years.

[> [> [> Subject: NU Sports Author: Hnk373431 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, October 25, 05:56:41pm Author Host/IP: syn-098-004-082-135.res.spectrum.com/98.4.82.135 Finishing 3rd in MAAC Commissioners cup and having 3 MAAC champions does not constitute a lack of interest in athletics. Women were MAAC champions in swimming and lacrosse and you want to drop those sports? Think you need a minimum 7 men’s and 7 women’s sports to remain in Division 1. Athletic department raised over a million dollars in donations and had their most successful year in Olympic sports ever. Maybe the athletic department should be praised for what it has accomplished with limited budgets.

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: NU Sports Author: Phillyeagle [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, October 25, 09:25:23pm Author Host/IP: c-76-116-49-47.hsd1.nj.comcast.net/76.116.49.47 Well said but negativity sells better in our society.

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: NU Sports Author: Scorecard [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, October 25, 10:14:33pm Author Host/IP: NoHost/104.28.55.231 What score card of success could be made for basketball and hockey? Results? Attendance? Community engagement? Student engagement? Faciltites? There are back up players who make $1M a year in NIL. So raising a million is cool but not as amazing as it once was. Please advise successes in the major drivers for the two flag ship sports. There were 400 people at the hockey home opener.

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: NU Sports Author: PurplePig63 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Saturday, October 26, 09:05:06am Author Host/IP: NoHost/47.155.10.60 The hockey home opener is Tonight !