ST JOHNS OOC SCHEDULING?

The Holiday festival will apparently have Columbia and Virginia Tech:

http://www.roanoke.com/sports/college/wb/171348

If they are facing Columbia, who are we playing? 

don't know yet!

marist played the last two years, i think, so maybe fairfield or sacred heart, hofstra, njit, stony brook... who knows?  saw a bit also about how the release of various teams' OOC schedules may be slowed down by Preseason NIT scheduling (http://blogs.indystar.com/purdue/2008/07/summer_basketball_action.html) and the placement of the Georgia Bulldogs.  Or some crap. 

As for the Holiday festival, some teams I'd bet St. John's won't be playing:

Fordham
Iona
Rider
Albany

Too much of a chance for an embarrassing loss.

don't know yet!

marist played the last two years, i think, so maybe fairfield or sacred heart, hofstra, njit, stony brook... who knows?  saw a bit also about how the release of various teams' OOC schedules may be slowed down by Preseason NIT scheduling (http://blogs.indystar.com/purdue/2008/07/summer_basketball_action.html) and the placement of the Georgia Bulldogs.  Or some crap. 

As for the Holiday festival, some teams I'd bet St. John's won't be playing:

Fordham
Iona
Rider
Albany

Too much of a chance for an embarrassing loss.

I'd take my chances with Rider and Iona now.

Ive asked some people why St Johns hasnt played IONA or Fordham in some years. I keep getting the same answer, SJU refuses to schedule the 2 teams. Why is this?

Because Fordham is terrible, and we usually beat them and get zero credit for it.
Why on earth should we play them in an environment where they could sniff an advantage?

I bet we'd smoke them this year, anyway. They lost their one good player.

Quote from: peter on August 03, 2008, 02:14:09 PM

don't know yet!

marist played the last two years, i think, so maybe fairfield or sacred heart, hofstra, njit, stony brook... who knows?  saw a bit also about how the release of various teams' OOC schedules may be slowed down by Preseason NIT scheduling (http://blogs.indystar.com/purdue/2008/07/summer_basketball_action.html) and the placement of the Georgia Bulldogs.  Or some crap. 

As for the Holiday festival, some teams I'd bet St. John's won't be playing:

Fordham
Iona
Rider
Albany

Too much of a chance for an embarrassing loss.

I'd take my chances with Rider and Iona now.

Dont be so sure about that! Rider has some good players, including Ryan Thompson. IONA has some players who would start for St Johns right now

Ryan Thompson got drafted this year to the kings. I think his brother plays on the team.

Jason Thompson got drafted; Ryan is the shorter younger brother.

Jason Thompson got drafted; Ryan is the shorter younger brother.

Correct

Thompson,Ringgold and Mansell are good players

Riders roster

2    Ringgold, Mike  F  6-7  200  So.  Philadelphia, Pa. (Winchendon Mass. Prep) (Roman Catholic) 
5    Thompson, Ryan  G  6-6  210  Jr.  Mt. Laurel, N.J. (Lenape) 
10    Griffin, Matt  G  5-11  165  So.  Philadelphia, Pa. (St. Joseph's Prep) 
13    Johnson, Lamar  G  6-3  190  Sr.  Scranton, Pa. (Scranton) 
14    Mansell, Patrick  G  6-1  195  So.  Laverock, Pa. (Cheltenham) 
15    Robinson, Justin  G  6-2  185  So.  London, England (Blair Academy) 
20    Fofanah, A.J.  G  6-3  215  Fr.  Bowie, Md. (Milton Hershey) 
25    Jackson, Jermaine  F  6-8  195  Fr.  Reading, Pa. (Reading) 
31    Penn, Brandon  F  6-7  180  Fr.  Philadelphia, Pa. (Paul Robeson) 
32    Mansell, Harris  G  6-3  215  Sr.  Laverock, Pa. (Cheltenham) 
33    Myers, Robbie  F/C  6-9  255  Jr.  Mountain Top, Pa. (Crestwood) 
34    Gadson, Novar  G  6-6  213  Fr.  Philadelphia, Pa. (John Bartram) 
44    Vosilla, Kevin  F/C  6-7  250  Sr.  Massapequa, N.Y. (Massapequa

I loved watching Rider play.  Their coach is very good.  As in he will have a high Div-I job soon good.  And Ryan Thompson is an excellent player.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

http://cornellbasketball.blogspot.com/2008/08/schedule-update.html

A confidential source reports to us that Cornell's first round NIT Season Tip-Off (aka "Preseason NIT") opponent is St. John's. The game will be played on the campus of Boston College. An official announcement from the NIT is expected within the next week.

I just found out that we will be continuing our series with Miami this season and we will be playing them at home. I'm unsure where it will be though. These are 10 of our home games that I know about so far....


Duke
UConn
Syracuse
Notre Dame
Cincinnati
Rutgers
Louisville
Miami
Georgetown
Seton Hall

I just found out that we will be continuing our series with Miami this season and we will be playing them at home. I'm unsure where it will be though. These are 10 of our home games that I know about so far....


Duke
UConn
Syracuse
Notre Dame
Cincinnati
Rutgers
Louisville
Miami
Georgetown
Seton Hall

I wonder how many MSG games...7?

Duke-MSG
UConn-MSG
Syracuse-MSG
Notre Dame-MSG
Cincinnati-CA
Rutgers-CA
Louisville-MSG
Miami-MSG
Georgetown-MSG
Seton Hall-CA

Quote from: peter on August 03, 2008, 09:40:20 AM

The Holiday festival will apparently have Columbia and Virginia Tech:

http://www.roanoke.com/sports/college/wb/171348

If they are facing Columbia, who are we playing? 

It appears to be Marist

Quote from: JJ on August 09, 2008, 06:48:33 PM

I just found out that we will be continuing our series with Miami this season and we will be playing them at home. I'm unsure where it will be though. These are 10 of our home games that I know about so far....


Duke
UConn
Syracuse
Notre Dame
Cincinnati
Rutgers
Louisville
Miami
Georgetown
Seton Hall

I wonder how many MSG games...7?

Duke-MSG
UConn-MSG
Syracuse-MSG
Notre Dame-MSG
Cincinnati-CA
Rutgers-CA
Louisville-MSG
Miami-MSG
Georgetown-MSG
Seton Hall-CA

The information I stumbled on didn't indicate one way or the other.

The Holiday Festival Field is set and it will take place on Sat Dec. 20-Sun Dec. 21.

St. John's, Columbia, Virginia Tech, Marist

The Holiday Festival Field is set and it will take place on Sat Dec. 20-Sun Dec. 21.

St. John's, Columbia, Virginia Tech, Marist

Wudn't this last year's teams?
Whateva the case, it straight up weak fo what was the tourney to end all tournies.

Quote from: STJ11Redmen on August 10, 2008, 12:05:30 AM

The Holiday Festival Field is set and it will take place on Sat Dec. 20-Sun Dec. 21.

St. John's, Columbia, Virginia Tech, Marist

Wudn't this last year's teams?

The only difference is that Hofstra played last year and not Columbia.

Quote from: Choz4Life on August 10, 2008, 09:01:24 AM

Quote from: STJ11Redmen on August 10, 2008, 12:05:30 AM

The Holiday Festival Field is set and it will take place on Sat Dec. 20-Sun Dec. 21.

St. John's, Columbia, Virginia Tech, Marist

Wudn't this last year's teams?

The only difference is that Hofstra played last year and not Columbia.

Hofstra was embarrassing last year. They looked terrible. They emptied their bench in the hopes that someone could make a shot but no one could.

Read the same list of schools JJ mentioned in a letter from Monasch to basketball season ticket holders.  One of those letters that tells you how wonderful life has been since last season ended - taking a trip to Cancun, CA refurbished, recruits . . . and then the sales line that even though we are playing one additional home game this year compared to last year, the cost for season tickets will not be increasing.  After the awful product they put on the floor last year I was hoping for a drop in price.  Easy to hold the cost when we will be probably be playing even fewer games at MSG this year!