2nddev
Sophomore Member
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Post by 2nddev on Aug 7, 2006 14:16:06 GMT -5
One other thought from me. Paul Hoffman was a great Bonnie, a terrific guard and a tremendous competitor. Without him at guard next to Billy Kalbaugh I sincerely believe that we would not have made it to the final four 1969-1970. He was an excellent shooter and averaged almost 15 ppg in his career. That was before the 3point shot rule too. Although I'll admit it's human nature to remember the free throws, I think it's appropriate to also remember him for the great player he was and for a tremendous contribution to the three teams he played on. (and no, I am not Paul, his wife, family member, dog, cat, or cleaning lady).
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Post by MIKE MACALUSO on Aug 7, 2006 14:58:57 GMT -5
in my mind, hoffman was one of the toughest, if not the toughest to ever wear the brown and white. at 6'1", he often jumped center. he did whatever necessary for the good of the team. his high school coach was digger phelps at st gabriels in hazelton, pa
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Post by DemBonnies on Aug 7, 2006 15:11:01 GMT -5
(and no, I am not Paul, his wife, family member, dog, cat, or cleaning lady). Are you sure you're not Hoffie's dog... If Hoffie had a dawg...this is what it would look like as they headed outside to practice free throws
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Post by deaconman on Aug 7, 2006 15:57:31 GMT -5
The undefeated regular season team of 67-68 played BC in the 1st round and then went to Raleigh to NC State for the regional(remember only 32 teams in the dance) and lost to Columbia. The penalty for the Riker recruiting was enforced in the 68-69 season and the team went 17-7. Riker ended up at SC and proved he certainly wasn't worth the effort trying to recruit him. An undistinguished career.
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Post by res on Aug 8, 2006 8:36:13 GMT -5
The undefeated regular season team of 67-68 played BC in the 1st round and then went to Raleigh to NC State for the regional(remember only 32 teams in the dance) and lost to Columbia. Absolutely correct except for the number of teams. There were only 25 teams in the not-yet-called "dance" in those days; seven in the East and six in the Mideast, Midwest and West Regionals. In the East, six teams had games in the first round with the ACC tournament champion getting the bye. Back to Hoffman, that NIT game was only the first of a number of games that came down to the wire with a chance to win the game. Unfortunately, he didn't get the roll on any of those occasions. The last, I believe, was a game at the RC (then still the UC, IIRC) against an opponent I now forget -- perhaps the University of Detroit. In any event, the Brown Indians are down two and Hoffman's at the line shooting two with a second or two on the clock. He misses the first. Bona's only chance is for him to miss the 2nd intentionally and grab the rebound for a putback. Hoffman fires a no-arc bullet at the backboard and, you guessed it, it goes straight in. Bona loses by one. When Canisius came in that year, their fans favorite chant all game long was "Hoffman, Hoffman, Choke, Choke". Too bad, because I agree that Bona wouldn't have made it to the Final Four in 1970 without Hoffman. And Digger wouldn't have ever been coach at Notre Dame without Hoffman, either.
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Post by sony on Aug 8, 2006 9:42:02 GMT -5
Was it Riker or Tom McMillen who caused our probation? McMillen ended up at Maryland.
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Post by DemBonnies on Aug 8, 2006 9:57:17 GMT -5
The undefeated regular season team of 67-68 played BC in the 1st round and then went to Raleigh to NC State for the regional(remember only 32 teams in the dance) and lost to Columbia. Absolutely correct except for the number of teams. We're getting closer...yes we lost to Columbia 95-75 but that was in the Regional Consolation game....Our first loss of the whole season came at the hands of Dean's Tarheels 91-72 and then the consie game to Columbia, thus making us 22-2. And it was definitely tinkering with Riker and not McMillan that shackled us the following season.
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Eagle
Junior Member
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Post by Eagle on Aug 8, 2006 10:52:52 GMT -5
"Back to my original question why does the NCAA allow supposedly "vacated" schools to market/advertise/extoll their Final Four participation when they have been blacklisted?"
The NCAA is not an independent regulatory or governing body for collegiate sports. It is a surrogate for the big programs, most state supported, that use the NCAA as an income producing instrument and as athletic taxing authority to their liking. The large programs control the NCAA (even though they have less than 20% of membership), control access to the income and program producing tournaments, let renegade coaches run scot-free from program to program, endorse the NCAA and conference bylaws which insist on DI programs in all sports (the tax thing…a huge cost, thus a barrier to many smaller schools to advance in one sport such as RPI, St. Lawrence, Lake Superior and St. Cloud St. which are grand fathered in and focus on one DI sport and the rest DIII).
Wouldn’t it make financial sense for Bonnies to concentrate on A10 basketball and play a more regional and less costly schedule for the other sports like softball, golf, soccer, etc? The amount allocated to basketball (and other select programs of your liking) would improve and the costs for the smaller programs would be reduced while the competitiveness and thrill of victory remain well endowed. Softball, golf, etc. could play a competitive schedule against the likes of UB, CC, NU, SU, Cornell, Colgate, Binghamton, Ithaca, Cortland, etc. All of the above are close, require no overnights and would still offer the wonderful experience of intercollegiate sports.
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