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Post by thelasallelunatic on Nov 30, 2023 10:25:31 GMT -5
Love this new format, and it wont be quite so exciting to play for 3rd place (or 5th place) on Saturday, but it still has been a good format for the first year. My one criticism: $150 per ticket to sit in the “La Salle section” for a 3rd place game on Saturday? That will probably be $350 with fees for my wife and I to attend. Throw in another 20 for parking. So almost 400 bucks for a basketball game? That’s going to be prohibitive for some fans. I'm setting the over/under at 12,000 fans... |
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Nov 30, 2023 10:54:26 GMT -5
They've went from the outhouse to the penthouse fairly quickly. Take a breath though. When they finish with 19 wins/A10 early exit/fire their coach we can mark how good their season was. |
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Nov 30, 2023 20:03:09 GMT -5
If you have a Facebook account, the comments about last night's game on the Villanova Basketball Facebook page are priceless. A number of people saying Neptune can't adjust in game (sounds like what we used to say about Ash). One guy said they should fire Neptune after this season and hire Lange.
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Post by heftyexpl on Dec 1, 2023 13:04:39 GMT -5
I might be an outlier here, but I'm loving this new format. It instantly makes the big 5 more entertaining. Feels almost like group play in World Cup.
The old way of each team playing each other during the season and the team with the best record was crowned champion didn't generate much excitement. The Saturday at Wells Fargo is a great way to cap it and makes it feel like a real tournament of schools.
The posters who complained about there being no guarantee of us playing Nova every year has to admit this format is more entertaining from a fan perspective and I bet the kids feel there is more juice to the BIG 5 too.
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Post by weston2 on Dec 1, 2023 13:21:40 GMT -5
Back in the day, early 60s they actually had a best of the Big Five DH. They scheduled 2 games that people wanted to see play again. Schedules were more in the 22-24 game reg season. I think the NCAA participant didn't play.
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Post by theneumann64 on Dec 1, 2023 14:30:02 GMT -5
I might be an outlier here, but I'm loving this new format. It instantly makes the big 5 more entertaining. Feels almost like group play in World Cup. The old way of each team playing each other during the season and the team with the best record was crowned champion didn't generate much excitement. The Saturday at Wells Fargo is a great way to cap it and makes it feel like a real tournament of schools. The posters who complained about there being no guarantee of us playing Nova every year has to admit this format is more entertaining from a fan perspective and I bet the kids feel there is more juice to the BIG 5 too. Yeah it's breathed new life into it for sure. There's also been some good games and some upsets too, which has helped. The WFC isn't going to be near full on Saturday, and that's OK. It's going to take a while to gain its footing but thus far this revamp has been nearly universally praised from what I can tell. Let's not pretend La Salle v. Penn on Wednesday, January 10th had much juice to it years past simply because it was a Big 5 game. Adapt or Die. |
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Dec 2, 2023 14:39:10 GMT -5
Loving Drexel up early on Nova. Dr. G providing good commentary as usual .
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Post by explorer88 on Dec 2, 2023 15:26:37 GMT -5
Nova fans about explode. You think they were upset losing to the Hawks, if this score holds true the last 10 minutes it will be ten times worse.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Dec 2, 2023 15:43:08 GMT -5
I would just LOVE LOVE LOVE them to come in 6th place in the Big 5
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Dec 2, 2023 15:58:32 GMT -5
YES!!!!!!!!
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Dec 2, 2023 16:29:51 GMT -5
The fucks that broke up the Big 5 twice are the worst in the city, I LOVE IT...
Keep working the portal and NIL, Nova...
Hit that portal, welcome back to the pack!
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Dec 2, 2023 16:32:42 GMT -5
I might be an outlier here, but I'm loving this new format. It instantly makes the big 5 more entertaining. Feels almost like group play in World Cup. The old way of each team playing each other during the season and the team with the best record was crowned champion didn't generate much excitement. The Saturday at Wells Fargo is a great way to cap it and makes it feel like a real tournament of schools. The posters who complained about there being no guarantee of us playing Nova every year has to admit this format is more entertaining from a fan perspective and I bet the kids feel there is more juice to the BIG 5 too. Yeah it's breathed new life into it for sure. There's also been some good games and some upsets too, which has helped. The WFC isn't going to be near full on Saturday, and that's OK. It's going to take a while to gain its footing but thus far this revamp has been nearly universally praised from what I can tell. Let's not pretend La Salle v. Penn on Wednesday, January 10th had much juice to it years past simply because it was a Big 5 game. Adapt or Die. Is the attendance over 12,000? I'm in Canton right now. Get us a nonleague game vs Nova, take Rosemont off the schedule, and I will support this tourney. |
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Post by theneumann64 on Dec 2, 2023 17:41:32 GMT -5
We get it.
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Post by belfieldhappyhour on Dec 2, 2023 22:40:07 GMT -5
Yeah it's breathed new life into it for sure. There's also been some good games and some upsets too, which has helped. The WFC isn't going to be near full on Saturday, and that's OK. It's going to take a while to gain its footing but thus far this revamp has been nearly universally praised from what I can tell. Let's not pretend La Salle v. Penn on Wednesday, January 10th had much juice to it years past simply because it was a Big 5 game. Adapt or Die. Is the attendance over 12,000? I'm in Canton right now. Get us a nonleague game vs Nova, take Rosemont off the schedule, and I will support this tourney. They announced 15,215 for the day. |
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Dec 3, 2023 5:26:03 GMT -5
I'm glad that I was wrong.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Dec 3, 2023 10:49:17 GMT -5
In the post game presser for Game 1, they made reference to the poor attendance for that game and asked how it could be fixed. He didn't have an answer...nor should he have. It was a dumb question for him.
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Post by fvp47 on Dec 4, 2023 0:34:35 GMT -5
Are the games and any press conferences available anywhere for free.
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Post by lasallejohn on Feb 27, 2024 11:10:44 GMT -5
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Feb 27, 2024 14:29:08 GMT -5
100%
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Feb 27, 2024 14:33:26 GMT -5
they had better court security than Wake Forest on Saturday
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