Thomas hit 11 straight in the semifinals and had the best score (26) of the entire competition that round, but he lost to Nebraska's Tominaga, 19-17, in the final. Goes to show what a good shooter Thomas can be when he wasn't forcing shots and would get good looks! The offense should have tried to c...

Estrada won't be the only former Hofstra player to compete in Glendale this week: https://twitter.com/HofstraMBB/status/1775253606230294882 Tyler is participating in the 3pt contest (vs some big names) as well as the all star game https://twitter.com/CollegeSLAM/status/1775551139876053264?t=BKKYY1g...

ZMAN3 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:34 pm Not real happy with Wilmoth - Zero sense of loyalty to a program who gave him a scholarship and delivered nothing. It's not like he got a raw deal here. BULL SPIT!

Only fans are loyal. College, pro, doesn't matter. Players and coaches will always do what's best for themselves.

Tyler Thomas on TV: Thursday, April 4, 9:00 PM -- NCAA Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships on ESPN Friday, April 5, 6:30 PM -- NABC All-Star Game on the CBS Sports Network Seeing what he did in warmups before some Hofstra home games, Thomas could probably could have done pretty well in the slam d...

Without being able to build off the players you've developed, they can't really compete with a high major team. Bringing in some exciting players for a year or two and a first round exit is the apex for Hofstra and many of the other mid majors in the current landscape (even if I would have gladly t...

Yes, for sure. Very reasonable reaction. But as you say, we need to adjust because this is the new world now. I don't envy the ticket office having to sell the hope of being one of the better feeder schools that still (for now) has a chance at an auto-bid to the NCAA tournament just to get smacked ...

This only works when a Coach has job security and no aspirations to better himself. ( Speedy) Unfortunately us fans who spend our time and money supporting the program are the ones who lose out. That's why it MAY work longer-term because although there's no guarantee Speedy wouldn't move on if that...

Considering how it went with Estrada, I bet he was. Dubar was expected by everyone here. Carlos came as a surprise to many and among those, the immediate reaction was: what's wrong with HU that they couldn't keep Carlos? And yet, maybe what we didn't know is that perhaps (like Estrada), wanted to s...

This only works when a Coach has job security and no aspirations to better himself. ( Speedy) Unfortunately us fans who spend our time and money supporting the program are the ones who lose out. That's why it MAY work longer-term because although there's no guarantee Speedy wouldn't move on if that...

JWF, Buie, and Pemberton will be the last all-league players that stay for 4 years that Hofstra will ever see. Unless Hofstra, as a feeder school over time, were to start making NCAA tourneys, would grow the program, and generate enough money to start keeping at least some future guys from transfer...

Great article in the NY Post telling the Estrada/Hofstra/Speedy story. It should be sent to EVERY Hofstra recruit! Glad to see at least The Post is on it's game vs. SLEEPY NEWSDAY! https://nypost.com/2024/04/03/sports/aaron-estradas-alabama-ascension-also-a-hofstra-boon This is what I mean when we ...

Estrada won't be the only former Hofstra player to compete in Glendale this week:
https://twitter.com/HofstraMBB/status/1 ... 6230294882

Perfect Storm with portal and NIL Key to a good April fools joke is do your research make it as believable as possible Last two years because of covid I skipped it So I hearby reclaim my crown as King Fool ! Yeah, I was going to say this year you had the portal and NIL going for you. Congrats, King...

Barrouk can shoot the 3 there is no doubt about that. The problem is the other parts of the game. He'll likely do well in that conference. IS there no doubt? We only saw a very small sample size and it wasn't good (5/21 from 3) last year and 6/16 from 3 (decent but not great) this year, which inclu...

BAZINGA!!! I was looking for the hat trick but will settle for the brace Using soccer terms to a badkrtball April fools joke also, my apologies to Tom and the coaching staff hoping I didn’t cause too many problems this morning :lol: I should know better but well played this year. A little too obvio...

Wait a minute, did I just fall for one of Stu's annual April Fool's jokes or is this real?

Why not? You see Barrouk becoming what Thomas was? No, but that's not to say he won't have a good career there. I wish him the best. Sure, he can, and I hope he does. But I thought you were saying "why not?" to the idea that he could do the same in reverse, at Sacred Heart, what Thomas di...

I hope they will have someone that works with developing bigs as the season progresses as well as Parotta did. It became an annual thing in recent years that Hofstra bigs showed very little early on and then grew more as the seasons went on, and Parotta had a lot to do with that.

Give Keatts a lot of credit beating Duke and being down by 6 at the half. The 2nd half was all NC State and Duke had NO answer for Burns that 6'9 beast. For a guy who looked nonathletic and overweight Duke couldn't stop him. He scored at will(29) and schooled Filipowski and company. Very impressive...

I could be wrong, but I think Estrada, who led Hofstra to a road win with 20 points at Hampton on 1/5/23 in front of 147 fans, and who 15 months later, will play in front of over 72,000 at the Final Four, should set the record for the biggest crowd disparity to play before in a career. LOL I hope t...