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Post by uofdfan1983 on Jan 20, 2022 11:41:58 GMT -5
UP, Dr Garibaldi does have blinders on when it comes to Athletics because of his longtime friendship with Vowels. But it's more than raising money and our Endowment. Dr Garibaldi has done so much to lay foundations that will reap benefits for years to come. Improving our academic standing, building up the Liv6 project...perhaps most important was the Tuition Rollback and how that's starting to turn our Traditional Freshman Fulltime Enrollment towards growth. I could go on but overall he gets an A. Your focus when it comes to the President is too much on Athletics Only. And Dr Garibaldi is at every game when he's available. I see him at softball games all the time. He is not perfect, but who is?
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Post by titantarheel on Jan 20, 2022 14:40:29 GMT -5
Agree with 1983...Garibaldi has done a very good job in many respects in non-athletics (major campaign, buildings improvements, endowment, enrollment stabilization, tuition roll back, etc). Up, the area right at UDM isn't exactly booming. I was literally down there yesterday and its still pretty much what it has been. The Liv6 efforts and such are helping the area to tread water and not get lost, neighborhoods just need a few dominos to tip over negative. Now, the Avenue of Fashion is a different story - I was VERY impressed being there yesterday for the first time since they finished all the road work. Lots of store fronts, new businesses, it just feels nice and that part of town is on the upswing.
But yes, the path of athletics is clear as day and its been ugly. I don't know anyone that could dispute that and yes it starts at the top with Vowels (And then ultimately with who hired him).
Perhaps with some of the big heavy lifting projects completed in the Garibaldi tenure, the next President could have the luxury of looking at boosting athletics. I think we really had to get our house in order on the academic and business side, and that's been done.
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Post by Rogobob77 on Jan 30, 2022 15:41:33 GMT -5
Northern Kentucky beat CSU this afternoon, dropping the Titans to fifth place in the Horizon standings. Next up, five straight league road games, including what should be real tough contests at Wright St., NKU and Oakland.
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Post by Rogobob77 on Feb 6, 2022 11:29:03 GMT -5
If the Horizon regular regular season ended right now, the Titans would host IUPUI in the first round, and if they got a win against the Jaguars would next play at NKU in the quarterfinals.
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Post by larrytitan on Feb 7, 2022 8:41:50 GMT -5
We need to finish 4th. That would ensure a first round bye and a quarterfinal home game. Let’s do it, Titans.
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Post by Rogobob77 on Feb 9, 2022 18:56:58 GMT -5
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Post by Rogobob77 on Feb 11, 2022 21:16:12 GMT -5
With the loss to YSU tonight, Titans now in 7th place. If the season ended today, Green Bay would come to Calihan in the pre-quarterfinals round.
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Post by Rogobob77 on Feb 13, 2022 16:23:00 GMT -5
With the loss to YSU tonight, Titans now in 7th place. If the season ended today, Green Bay would come to Calihan in the pre-quarterfinals round. After today’s Horizon games including the UDM loss to Oakland, a 7th place finish looking like the mostly outcome for the Titans in the final standings. And Green Bay the probable opponent. Four home games to finish the season, but all against upper division conference opponents.
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Post by Commissioner on Feb 13, 2022 22:22:50 GMT -5
With the loss to YSU tonight, Titans now in 7th place. If the season ended today, Green Bay would come to Calihan in the pre-quarterfinals round. After today’s Horizon games including the UDM loss to Oakland, a 7th place finish looking like the mostly outcome for the Titans in the final standings. And Green Bay the probable opponent. Four home games to finish the season, but all against upper division conference opponents. A bit further, if the Titans finish 7th and win the first round game, their likely second round opponent is Oakland at the McRena.
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Post by Rogobob77 on Feb 15, 2022 15:08:41 GMT -5
With UIC back in the tournament, a home game with RMU looks like a possibility now in the first round. That would appear to be a tougher matchup than Green Bay. And a first round bye for the Titans (now requiring a 4th place finish) appears to be pretty much a long shot.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2022 14:42:11 GMT -5
FYI copied and pasted from Twitter
Detroit Mercy, can get the No.1 seed if:
UDM finishes 4-0 AND CSU finishes 0-4 AND Oakland and NKU finish 1-3 AND WSU and PFW finish 2-2 and YSU finishes 3-1
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Post by Commissioner on Feb 17, 2022 15:15:17 GMT -5
FYI copied and pasted from Twitter Detroit Mercy, can get the No.1 seed if: UDM finishes 4-0 AND CSU finishes 0-4 AND Oakland and NKU finish 1-3 AND WSU and PFW finish 2-2 and YSU finishes 3-1 Semi-tough.
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Post by udballer on Feb 17, 2022 18:39:24 GMT -5
FYI copied and pasted from Twitter Detroit Mercy, can get the No.1 seed if: UDM finishes 4-0 AND CSU finishes 0-4 AND Oakland and NKU finish 1-3 AND WSU and PFW finish 2-2 and YSU finishes 3-1 "So you're telling me there's a chance"...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2022 10:12:02 GMT -5
FYI copied and pasted from Twitter Detroit Mercy, can get the No.1 seed if: UDM finishes 4-0 AND CSU finishes 0-4 AND Oakland and NKU finish 1-3 AND WSU and PFW finish 2-2 and YSU finishes 3-1 "So you're telling me there's a chance"... Not any more:
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Post by Commissioner on Feb 20, 2022 21:47:15 GMT -5
So, into the final weekend. If the Conference Tournament began today, it would be: First Round #12 IUPUI @ #5 Oakland #11 Green Bay @ #6 Youngstown State #10 Robert Morris @ #7 Detroit #9 Milwaukee @ #8 UIC
Quarterfinals Oakland/IUPUI @ #4 Wright State Youngstown State/Green Bay @ Northern Kentucky Detroit/Robert Morris @ Purdue-Fort Wayne UIC/Milwaukee @ Cleveland State
I can live with that.
Scenarios: The Certainties: - Cleveland State has clinched the #1 seed.
Everyone else: Let's start at the bottom: - IUPUI: will be the 12th seed, unless they win twice and Green Bay loses twice this weekend. That's not as far-fetched as it sounds: IUPUI hosts Green Bay and Milwaukee this weekend, and Green Bay other game is at UIC. In any case, IUPUI will be the 11th or 12th seed. - Green Bay: will be no higher than the 10th seed, which they can reach only if they win twice while Robert Morris loses twice. But that's not far-fetched either; Robert Morris plays at NKU and Wright State, while Green Bay, of course, is at IUPUI and UIC. - Robert Morris: can get the 9th seed if they win twice and Milwaukee loses twice. This seems unlikely--figure RMU for 10 or 11. - Milwaukee is the probable #9 seed, but they could get #8 if they win twice--certainly possible at IUPUI and UIC-- and UIC loses to Green Bay as well as Milwaukee. - Barring the above scenario, UIC will be the #8 seed.
Now it gets crazy. - Detroit: The Titans will finish no lower than our current position--7th--but with a sweep can finish as high as third. More realistically, the Titans are a game behind Oakland and Youngstown State, but if we can gain a game on either, we'll pass them in winning percentage. We'll also catch Wright State if we win both and they lose at least one. There's a decent chance of that. While the Titans have a pair of tough home games with champion Cleveland State and red-hot Fort Wayne, Oakland has the same pair, and YSU is on the road at NKU and Wright State. If we win both games next week, the Titans will move up to at least 6th, A Titan sweep gets us at least a #6 seed because either WSU or YSU is guaranteed a loss--they play each other. A sweep could get us to a #4 seed if, for example, OU loses to either PFW or CSU, and the winner of the YSU/WSU game loses it's other game (most probable is YSU beats WSU, then loses at NKU). But more likely we're 5th or 6th, even with a sweep. If we split, we still catch OU or YSU if either loses both--definitely a possibility. If we loses both, we're #7 seed.
YSU: YSU can finish anywhere from 2nd to 7th. If they sweep NKU and WSU, they'll finish no worse than 4th. Oakland: Likewise, OU can finish from 2nd to 7th, and with a sweep will be no worse than 4th. Wright State: Can finish... from 2nd to 7th. If they sweep YSU and Robt. Morris, they'll also finish no worse than 4th. NKU: Will finish between 3rd and 6th. If they sweep, they'll finish no worse than third. Fort Wayne: With a sweep, Fort Wayne could conceivably tie for the regular season title, but will be seeded #2 based on the tie breaker. If they lose both, they could drop all the way to 7th, though it's not that likely.
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