Flying Dutchmen Fans

triplec2195 wrote:It just amazes me the kind of games kids like Timberlake have against us and in a game where everything is on the line he shoots 4-13 and 2-8 from three with three rebounds in 37 minutes. Also look at the Charleston game Meeks all world against us and last night he shoots 3-12 playing 31 minutes. He scores 8 points and only shoots two three's hitting 1 because they probably had him smothered every time he touched the ball. NO POINTS for Smart or Faye 3 points for Smith who got them all from the foul line, NO THREE'S!! Hofstra D NEEDS A MAJOR REVAMPING or maybe the kids playing it need a major shakeup. We need kids who want to play D more then just score and shoot THREE'S. TOWSON SHOT 4-23 from beyond due to Delawares D?? Charleston shot 4-13 from beyond and from the foul line 7-13. I think teams just get up for beating Hofstra because these teams were playing speaking in general terms far better against us?? Of course our D lends itself to that for sure.

HUSID80 wrote:

Wags wrote:This conference continues to confound. Towson dominates the remainder of that resumed game against Delaware to capture the top seed for the tournament, only to be convincingly outplayed and eliminated as the 1 seed by Delaware.

Like we said, tough to beat a team three times...just look at us and Charleston.

Wags wrote:Who do we root for in the title game tonight? Do we root for the north (and the former America East) over the south, or do we root against one of our two biggest all-time rivals?

Wags wrote:Who do we root for in the title game tonight? Do we root for the north (and the former America East) over the south, or do we root against one of our two biggest all-time rivals?

HUSID80 wrote:I honestly would prefer to see Delaware win...not a huge fan of the UNCW folks...their arrogance is only surpassed by JMU, good riddance to them!

Delaware is one of our longest time rivals and has always been a big supporter of Hofstra.

Way back when they lobbied for us to get into the Atlantic Ten for football when we had no options and also paved the way for us, along with Drexel and Towson to join the CAA.

triplec2195 wrote:Congrats to Delaware I didn't think I would ever say that but they came back from the cellar almost to win this and if you look at the box score the players you would have thought put them over the top had poor games both Anderson and Painter. Same is true for UNCW WHO AS WELL AS THEY PLAYED ALL YEAR GOT LITTLE RESPECT?? To be underdogs as the 2 seed to a 5 seed. I wonder as a HU fan forever what this game would have looked like if we were playing Delaware having played them tough all year?? Oh what might have been!!

The Shadow wrote:So, what number seed do you think the NCAA will give CAAT Champ Delaware on Sunday? My guess is a #15.

Wags wrote:

The Shadow wrote:So, what number seed do you think the NCAA will give CAAT Champ Delaware on Sunday? My guess is a #15.

Lunardi has them as the 15 in the Midwest (with the arrow pointing up), playing 2 seed Auburn.

Delaware, by the way, is the first 5 seed to win in the CAA tourney's 40-year history.

I guess Hofstra's two biggest rivals give hope to any team that doesn't finish in the top four next year, since a 6 seed and a 5 seed won in consecutive years.

triplec2195 wrote:Jare Davis played well for them the Providence transfer. All these seniors played subpar games in the final and after losing 8 games in the conference I don't think too may people thought they could win it.

Wags wrote:

triplec2195 wrote:Jare Davis played well for them the Providence transfer. All these seniors played subpar games in the final and after losing 8 games in the conference I don't think too may people thought they could win it.

Davis didn't just play well, he was the CAA Rookie of the Year and he played like a veteran throughout the tournament.

The talent was still there for Delaware overall. But the main difference was that Ingelsby really challenged his team before the tournament to play much better defense than they often showed while losing those eight regular season CAA games. And they responded, allowing a very consistent 56, 56, and 55 in their three tourney games. That's what made them very different in D.C. than in going 10-8 in CAA regular season play and that's why they won the title.