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NCAA East Regional 2025

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metalpirate07 said:
I believe the Rutgers host year was the 2007 East Regional (won by Georgetown) at the Meadowlands. I had season tickets in 2009-10 before I had to give them up for a few years for financial reasons, and since I was an STH that year (at the lowest tier as a recent grad, mind you) I got the opportunity to buy 2011 East Regional tickets at a highly discounted rate about a year in advance. Unfortunately, that weekend in March 2011 ended up being my cousin's wedding in Texas so I sold the tickets at face value to a friend who took his uncle and had an amazing time. That year was Jimmy Butler Marquette, Ohio State, and Kentucky at the East Regional I believe?
Then the NCAA got on their high horse about gambling and stopped hosting NCAA tournament events in NJ for every sport for about a decade until they got shredded by SCOTUS and sports betting was legalized everywhere so NJ was added back to the rotation. The NCAA was so petty about NJ trying to legalize AC Sports betting they even yanked a D3 lacrosse regional from Montclair State around the same time they blackballed Prudental Center.

In retrospect, the fact that I was able to buy NCAA Regional tickets in 2010 at the recent grad tier is amazing and would probably never happen today, and I'm sure if advance tickets are made available for Pirate STH's, it will be at the same Big Buck$ tiers that you have to be at to buy BET tickets through the school if not higher. Everything is paywalled to middle finger the fans who have the least, but this is far from exclusive to SHU and appears to be just the way of the sports world these days unfortunately.
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You're correct it was 2007. I remember not being able to go to the Sunday finals because I needed to be in Orlando on business starting Monday AM.

2011 was Marquette, OSU, Kentucky and UNC with UK beating UNC in the regional final.
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Meet the Mets

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SHUSource said:
That was my impression, too, seeing him in small chunks with the Nats. But when you watch him every day, you see the glaring holes. Look, I wanted him here and I'm glad he is -- he's been much more good than bad -- but the contract is unlikely to age well. I think you're correct about he and Stott switching positions -- Stott came up as a shortstop, after all -- but he's become such a good second basemen that it would be hard to move him off the spot. I suppose there is a chance Trea adapts well there, too. He is a tremendous athlete, which is why he can produce the occasional stellar moment in the field, so maybe playing second would disguise his lack of range. But even then, his glove is just unsteady. He boots balls right to him.
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The contract won't age well in part because of the "trick" of adding years to lower the annual average. This is done because the luxury tax is based on AAV rather than actual salary. Also, deferred money doesn't count at all so if Turner were deferring $100 million of the total, it would be saving the Phillies $10 million a year towards the cap calculation.

The other reason teams do these deals is because of the way analytics value productions. We all know that none of these guys are "worth" $30 million per year but there is a site that creates value based on production and the best players are producing twice that much or more.

Teams will happily take five or six years of that type of production and live with the diminishing returns after that. The calculus is either they will have won a championship or two to justify the spend or they will have other players making up for that inevitable dropoff.
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NCAA East Regional 2025

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TheHall87 said:
Seton Hall was the host school in 2011, the last (and only) time the Prudential Center was an NCAA Tournament site. I was able to purchase four in the lower bowl through the school.

As I recall, that was a Joe Quinlan get thanks to his time working for the NCAA.

RU often hosted the events at the Meadowlands but Seton Hall fans could usually get tickets through the school. I believe the last time the Meadowlands hosted was 2008 which was the year of the block R.
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I believe the Rutgers host year was the 2007 East Regional (won by Georgetown) at the Meadowlands. I had season tickets in 2009-10 before I had to give them up for a few years for financial reasons, and since I was an STH that year (at the lowest tier as a recent grad, mind you) I got the opportunity to buy 2011 East Regional tickets at a highly discounted rate about a year in advance. Unfortunately, that weekend in March 2011 ended up being my cousin's wedding in Texas so I sold the tickets at face value to a friend who took his uncle and had an amazing time. That year was Jimmy Butler Marquette, Ohio State, and Kentucky at the East Regional I believe?
Then the NCAA got on their high horse about gambling and stopped hosting NCAA tournament events in NJ for every sport for about a decade until they got shredded by SCOTUS and sports betting was legalized everywhere so NJ was added back to the rotation. The NCAA was so petty about NJ trying to legalize AC Sports betting they even yanked a D3 lacrosse regional from Montclair State around the same time they blackballed Prudental Center.

In retrospect, the fact that I was able to buy NCAA Regional tickets in 2010 at the recent grad tier is amazing and would probably never happen today, and I'm sure if advance tickets are made available for Pirate STH's, it will be at the same Big Buck$ tiers that you have to be at to buy BET tickets through the school if not higher. Everything is paywalled to middle finger the fans who have the least, but this is far from exclusive to SHU and appears to be just the way of the sports world these days unfortunately.
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NCAA East Regional 2025

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HallX2 said:
Isn’t it only when we are the host team? I recall Ru being the host one year at Pru. And I make be mistaken but somewhere on the floor was a block R.
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lloyde dobler said:
I think you are mistaken.

It’s only been in Newark once, and I got tickets.
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Seton Hall was the host school in 2011, the last (and only) time the Prudential Center was an NCAA Tournament site. I was able to purchase four in the lower bowl through the school.

As I recall, that was a Joe Quinlan get thanks to his time working for the NCAA.

RU often hosted the events at the Meadowlands but Seton Hall fans could usually get tickets through the school. I believe the last time the Meadowlands hosted was 2008 which was the year of the block R.
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October Tweets

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Is this serious?
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I don't know how I came about knowing this, but Silk Road Bazaar is actually a thing and working with them actually has some prestige. They work to support "artists who are far from the capitals, who have limited market access, who do not possess modern marketable skills but have carried on traditional craft culture."

I will admit, though, that these are not likely to resonate with the Onward Setonia target audience. But if even a little understanding helps make a decision to buy, then here it is.
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Join us for an Onward Setonia Golf Outing hosted by John Colantoni '13 and James Bosworth '94.

We are excited to announce an exclusive golf outing in support of Onward Setonia! This special event will take place at the prestigious Daniel Island Golf Club, a private course in Charleston, SC, and the home of the 2024 US Junior Championship.

Participants will enjoy the unique opportunity to play one of Ralston Creek, designed by Rees Jones, or Beresford Creek, designed by Tom Fazio, with groups going off at the same time on both courses.

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Tom Izzo on criticism of Big Ten's lack of titles: 'It's fair'

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Izzo on Big Ten title drought criticism: 'It's fair'

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said criticism of the Big Ten is 'fair' as the conference searches for its first NCAA title since the 2000 Spartans.
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ROSEMONT, Illinois -- Almost 25 years ago, Tom Izzo led the Michigan State Spartans to the 2000 national championship. That was the last time, however, the Big Ten enjoyed a run to the pinnacle of the sport.

That national title drought has haunted the league for almost a quarter century, as the Big East, ACC, Big 12 and SEC have all won multiple men's basketball national championships within that span.

Thirteen Big Ten schools have reached the Final Four since the Michigan State run in 2000 but all have come up short, including Purdue in last season's national championship game loss to UConn.

As a result, the flack the Big Ten has received is valid, according to Izzo.

"It's fair because it has been 25 years," he said during the Big Ten's men's basketball media day on Thursday. "I used to think, 'Oh man, I'm the last Big Ten guy [with a national title] standing.' Last year. I'm calling [Purdue head coach Matt Painter] and I'm saying, 'Matt, Matt, you've got to win this [national title] game.' I don't want to be the last Big Ten guy standing, you know? But I think it is a reality."

In recent years, the league has been at the doorstep of ending the drought multiple times. Last year, Purdue lost to a UConn squad that won its second consecutive national title. In 2015, Wisconsin had a lead in the second half before Duke rallied and won Mike Krzyzewski's final national championship. And Michigan State lost to the 2008-09 North Carolina squad, which had seven future NBA draft picks, in that year's national championship game.

Izzo said the opposing talent the league has faced when it has had opportunities to win another national championship has been the biggest factor in its drought -- the longest among the major conferences -- not the conference's style of play.

Izzo said perceptions of the league's gritty, physical brand of basketball are outdated and no longer the reality for the conference, which has produced at least three first-round picks in the past three NBA drafts.

"We used to go up [to Minnesota in the 1990s] and everybody laughed when I put on football pants one time and a football helmet [in practice]," Izzo said. "I needed a full barrage when I went up there and I loved it. But it's not that way anymore."

He added: "I just don't want it to get painted as if the Big Ten's [national championship drought] is because of style of play," he said.


The road to the national title could be a challenge for the league in 2024-25, too. The Big Ten might not have a team in the top 10 of the Associated Press preseason poll. But UCLA, Indiana and Purdue are teams with postseason potential. And Rutgers star Ace Bailey is expected to compete with Duke's Cooper Flagg for the No. 1 spot in next summer's NBA draft.

Still, Izzo knows that anything can happen, even to a great team that seems to have the tools to win a national title, an achievement that has eluded this conference for nearly 25 years.

"Sometimes," Izzo said, "it's bad luck."
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