PSAC WEST

[IUPbigINDIANS]

If Lock Haven is making money off football with what they're drawing up there, gotta give 'em credit for really knowing how to squeeze a nickel.

They make it on the tuition. Many of their players pay the bulk of their own way to play there.

They probably don't even make enough on tickets to cover the game-day staff expenses.

LH is a perfect example of the big issue. Kids will continue to go there for a year or two, build their resume ... and get the freak out of there as soon as they are marketable. Can't blame them ... the program stinks and they can get much more money elsewhere. It's basically becoming a farm system.

[Ship69]

Think of it like the small town shot & beer bar. It ain't pretty but if it weren't profitable it wouldn't be there.

If Lock Haven is making money off football with what they're drawing up there, gotta give 'em credit for really knowing how to squeeze a nickel.

[Fightingscot82]

Think of it like the small town shot & beer bar. It ain't pretty but if it weren't profitable it wouldn't be there.

[Ship69]

Well, some of our schools are probably on their way to 1,500 students. LOL. Sad but not that far-fetched.

If we were to need a member ... all I'm saying ... they could be a candidate to target. My guess is the PSAC would go after Frostburg State pretty hard.

With the way things are going ... we many actually need a member in the coming years.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Updated MEN'S Standings

WEST

TEAM	PSAC	OVERALL	STREAK	NEXT
IUP* (1)	18-2	24-2	W9	Clarion
Mercyhurst*	16-4	22-2	W5	at California
Pitt-Johnstown*	15-5	19-7	L2	at Seton Hill
California*	14-6	19-7	L1	Mercyhurst
Slippery Rock*	12-8	16-10	W5	Edinboro
Gannon*	10-11	13-12	W1	OFF
Edinboro	6-13	8-16	L2	at SRU
Clarion	5-16	9-17	L7	at IUP
Seton Hill	3-17	3-22	L6	Pitt-Johnstown

EAST

TEAM	PSAC	OVERALL	STREAK	NEXT
Millersville*	15-5	21-5	L1	West Chester
East Stroudsburg*	15-5	17-7	W4	Mansfield
Shippensburg*	14-6	17-8	W2	at Shepherd
West Chester*	10-9	16-9	W4	at Millersville
Shepherd*	8-12	12-14	W1	Shippensburg
Lock Haven*	8-13	11-14	L2	OFF
Kutztown	5-15	8-18	W1	Bloomsburg
Bloomsburg	4-17	5-20	L3	at Kutztown
Mansfield	3-17	4-22	L5	at ESU

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I disagree. SVC is small (1,500 undergrads) and tuition-driven (modest endowment ~$100M). We have enough of those schools. I think adding them to the PSAC will only make recruitment tougher since they'll be offering coupon codes for big discounts versus our much smaller real dollars.

Well, some of our schools are probably on their way to 1,500 students. LOL. Sad but not that far-fetched.

If we were to need a member ... all I'm saying ... they could be a candidate to target. My guess is the PSAC would go after Frostburg State pretty hard.

With the way things are going ... we many actually need a member in the coming years.

[Fightingscot82]

I'm not aware they are looking to jump. But, they'd fit the profile and have good proximity.

But, they are in a good D3 league full of somewhat close schools. Seton Hill would be ideal in the PAC.

I disagree. SVC is small (1,500 undergrads) and tuition-driven (modest endowment ~$100M). We have enough of those schools. I think adding them to the PSAC will only make recruitment tougher since they'll be offering coupon codes for big discounts versus our much smaller real dollars.

[Scrub]

Well, Cal is now also joined with East Stroudsburg and UPJ (PSAC teams with 7 losses). Shippensburg is right behind them with 8 losses. Everybody aside from one PSAC team is taking another loss next week at some point. For at large bids (if they don't get the auto) I'd say it's imperative these four cannot lost again prior to the tournament -- especially Ship. Obviously all but one CIAA and MEC will add losses next week, too.

Well, the YellowJackets have a tough road to staying at 6 losses themselves. The MEC always ends the season with their version of "rivalry week." Every team plays its closest geographical competitor for the final game of the season. But that means WVSU closes with Charleston, which is no gimme. If WVSU loses to Charleston and doesn't run the table in the MEC tourney, they'll be sitting right with Ship at 8 losses.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

A collective sigh of relief was heard emanating from Institute, WV, as the YellowJackets of WVSU see a glimmer of hope that they can sneak into the regional if Cal continues to falter.

Well, Cal is now also joined with East Stroudsburg and UPJ (PSAC teams with 7 losses). Shippensburg is right behind them with 8 losses. Everybody aside from one PSAC team is taking another loss next week at some point. For at large bids (if they don't get the auto) I'd say it's imperative these four cannot lost again prior to the tournament -- especially Ship. Obviously all but one CIAA and MEC will add losses next week, too.

The Vulcans will actually come up in tomorrow's RR release (as last night's loss won't calculate until next week).

No time for a hangover in the Angelo Dome. Mercyhurst visits tomorrow.

[Scrub]

Rock gets the big win at California ... in what may have been one of the ugliest combined last 20 minutes I've ever watched.

A collective sigh of relief was heard emanating from Institute, WV, as the YellowJackets of WVSU see a glimmer of hope that they can sneak into the regional if Cal continues to falter.

[Golden89]

Gannon rallies from 39-21 down to win by 14. LAP with 34, most by a GU player since Adam Blazek scored 37 in 2012 as a freshman at the same Tippin Gymnasium.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Rock gets the big win at California ... in what may have been one of the ugliest combined last 20 minutes I've ever watched.

[CALUPA69]

Things are not going well in the Valley as ROCK has used 3s, FTs and Rbds to lead the VULCANS 42-37. They have 20 minutes to get it together or get ready to play that first round playoff game.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Rock up 5 at halftime down at Cal.

We've seen this plenty of times. Can SRU close one out?

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Have they begun the process of moving to D2? They're currently D3, right? To your knowledge, are they looking to make the jump the way Frostburg did when they joined the MEC?\

And in truth, even in its current form, SVC's gym wasn't half bad compared to some of what we see in our respective leagues currently.

I'm not aware they are looking to jump. But, they'd fit the profile and have good proximity.

But, they are in a good D3 league full of somewhat close schools. Seton Hill would be ideal in the PAC.