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I think he was injured... not sure though

Langdon Laws @LangdonLaws, St. John’s Prep ‘25 (MA) Kicker https://twitter.com/i/status/1772741647320674471

You can go to 24 teams, give the top 8 byes. That adds an extra week. NCAA wants to keep the Memorial Day weekend the Final Four so would have to start the season a week earlier to start conference tourneys a week earlier. Can Northeast teams start even earlier than they have with winter weather? Don't see it without cancellations. Alternative is start as usual but play two regular season games in a week a couple times more to make it up.

Agree 100%

Thanks CW. Just think it funny how the ncaa used the term for years in both lax & even basketball. Basketball got creative by mixing up the "play-in" teams with 13 and I think 8 seeds mixed in and even has various expansion plans under consideration. While the stodgy Lax people seem to drag their feet with tournament expansion; even though DI lax expanding # of teams faster than any other sport. Also, as I wrote in my other post No IVYs, NO Army, etc.. Also in inside lax this am and I may have the numbers slightly wrong; but the article said 7 of the top 8 seeds have a combined 38 loses an all time high. Parity has arrived or at least closer. More and more Really GOOD teams are being left out every year. IMHO Army and two or three of the IVYs could absolutely gone final four. With the NorthEast back next year another auto bid on the table. TIME to EXPAND THE TOURNAMENT. There will always be snubs; and mostly especially in basketball the 65-67 "play-in" teams and snubs really have little or no chance of winning the tournament. But in lax IMHO in this day and age pretty much any team in the top 20 to perhaps as high 24or5, would have a legit and competitive chance to be national champs? THIOUGHTS/OPINIONS welcomed and appreciated.

Dug thru the stadium construction thread, it took two weeks from the first day they rolled out the turf to when they started the rubber-pellet infill, then a little more for striping, logos and numbers. This isn’t like a new stadium that has to build a base, drainage, etc . The Fieldturf website says it’s even possible, depending on conditions, to just put a new rug on top of the old one, saving about $150 K. If you want to.

How long does that take. Last scheduled game is pll is on 6/2 with football scheduled for 8/31. Sometimes there is soccer scheduled for late August as well. Haven't saw their schedule yet.

NCAA Tournament May 8 (Wed) 7:00 PM vs Sacred Heart Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Live Stats Tickets History

In the past this game was referred to as a "Play-In" Game, for you "D", I will make the correction...

QUESTION: What/Why has the NCAA resisted expanding the field. NO at large IVY league teams this year. Army was number 1 in the country for a couple weeks this year--lost in the Patroit tournament. In the past IVY multiple at large teams: Patriot usually 1 or 2; even the AmEast has had several years with at large entries. Almost 80 DI teams now; only 17 spots--RIDICULOUS! DIII has 38 in their tournament?????????

Will the PLL be using Casey for their upcoming pre-season practice and opening weekend games?? Will this give enough time for the turf to be ready for football in August??

Need to fix TOPIC heading. UA is already in the ncaa tournament. NCAA has not used "play-in" term in a couple of years. Posted correctly in your post.

The turf at Casey Stadium gets one more use on Wednesday evening....lol on Saturday, for my first time, I had the opportunity to be on the field after the game. Worth staying around.

Absolutely, you spot on that model has good value. However, what I want to remind people, the social, economic and leadership skill sets that will part of this package is not new to this coach and university. Wyatt's statement: “The goal for me, in terms of being the founder of the collective, is to bring deals for the players, find NIL opportunities, but also help them build skill sets through the collective for life opportunities — leadership skills, financial literacy, a variety of other tools that we can put together to help them beyond basketball, beyond Albany,” is a restatement of what Killings attempted in his first summer at UAlbany and, which I have seen and heard little since that first season. Is the reason that few basketball players stayed around for a second season. In the end what the UAlbany fan base is looking for and not necessarily in this order: A group of student-athletes that can play as a team and be more competitive in and out of conference Demonstrate a loyalty to the university and its fan base Be the type of student-athlete model that our community can be proud of. Accountability from sports administrators and the MBB Coaching Staff Only time will tell whether or not N-I-L Collective is successful and how inclusive it becomes of the greater UAlbany fan base.

NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship - Opening Round Tom & Mary Casey Stadium UAlbany MLAX vs. Sacred Heart - Wednesday, May 8 at 7 PM After winning the America East Tournament title, the Great Danes have secured an automatic bid into the NCAA Division I Tournament. UAlbany will host Sacred Heart on Wednesday (5/8) in Tom & Mary Casey Stadium. Game time is set for 7 PM. Season ticket holders wishing to secure regular season locations for Wednesday's opening round game need to do so no later than Monday, May 6th at midnight. See below for season ticket holder instructions on how to secure regular season locations for playoffs. PURCHASE INSTRUCTIONS: Click Here, to log into your Ticket Return Online Account. Log in to your Account Using your Ticket Return credentials. Select the NCAA MLAX Opening Round. Select the red Click Here text at the top of the page. Confirm Seats and hit continue. Confirm the Price and hit checkout. Add Parking. Proceed to checkout. PARKING: Season ticket holders can purchase Broadview lot parking for championship at $20. Fans must add parking to their orders and purchase online before Monday's deadline to guarantee Broadview lot. Similar to the regular-season, playoff parking passes will be in digital or print-at-home format. Please contact the Ticket Office at GreatDaneTickets@albany.edu or (518) 442-DANE (3263) with any questions.

I like the NIL idea Wyatt is proposing if I am reading correctly. We aren’t Duke or UConn and can offer big money to convince guys to stay and play…sounds like the NIL is going to setup a network that is going to specifically find NIL deals w companies etc. I love that he wants to throw in the education aspect of helping with taxes and financials. As a HS social studies/economics teacher, the idea of making sure these guys understand and know the financial literacy for long term success makes me love the mind set. For a mid-major program, it’s not a bad model. The question is do players buy in (no pun intended).

Talking overall success. Of course football did good. I’m saying on the field success seems to be in spring sports.

At some point; University Presidents or Board of Directors or State Governing Boards are going to see that there is not enough NIL or television or streaming money to support ALL Sports at ALL Schools. Perhaps a few schools but most certainly not many will be able to do so. There will be so few, that those choosing this self destructive route, can have fun “playing with themselves.” FACT NO (maybe a few) Schools in the country make money on college sports. How long do you think the few revenue generating sports are going to be happy carrying the rest. Eventually some real students are going to start wondering why their tuition is going towards paying for the tuition plus extra for a few. And if you want to get technical probably ½ or more professional teams either lose money or are supported by their respective leagues. Got to have enough teams to compete; and they don’t have to even worry about running multiple teams like colleges do. Unless of course you count the NBA that for perspective sake has to support the wnba.

Well, we start the tournament on Wednesday with Scared Heart at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium. Time: T/B/D Click or tap here for the interactive bracket

Well the spring 2024, , 3 sports enjoyed conference success...Women's Golf, Track & Field, MLAX, WLAX...well fell short this afternoon and Softball has been a bit of a surprise. Softball good fortunes must be tied to their new scoreboard. Best wishes in the AE Tournament.

BY MICHAEL KELLY ALBANY — A name, image and likeness (NIL) collective is planning to launch soon to support the University at Albany men’s basketball program. Chris Wyatt, who played for the team from 2001-05, said in a recent interview that the formation of the Danes of Greatness UAlbany men’s basketball coach Dwayne Killings said he appreciates the care that is being taken with developing the NIL collective to support the Danes. collective has been in the works for more than a year. “We’re looking to go live within the next few weeks,” Wyatt said Friday. “The website is built up. The infrastructure is set.” Since 2021, college athletes have been able to pursue NIL deals. Athletes are able to do that on their own, whether it’s through something such as an autograph signing or social-media promotion, but collectives — which operate independent from an aligned college or athletic program — offer fans and donors a way to pool together funds in support of their athletes. “If you don’t have a collective now, you’re behind,” Wyatt said. “So the goal is to bring resources and tools to the basketball program.” “He sees what we’re trying to do,” UAlbany men’s basketball coach Dwayne Killings said. “He’s been brought in, he’s been behind the curtain, and he basically said, ‘Hey, I’m all in, and I want to try to help get the program to where it should be.’ He really loves the school, the athletic department and the people that represent it.” Wyatt said the Danes of Greatness will have several board members, and said they won’t be identified publicly until the collective officially launches later this month. He said the collective does not have a goal for a dollar amount to raise in its first year, but that’s not for lack of ambition. “One of my visions is to treat this as a baby NBA team,” Wyatt said. NIL collectives are still relatively scarce at the mid-major level. The Saints March On collective that supports Siena College athletics launched in January 2023. At that time, an online database maintained by On3 — a national outlet that covers college athletics — showed there were a little more than 200 known collectives. In the 16 months that followed, approximately 50 more collectives have been added to On3’s registry, including the Grayed Danes Lacrosse Collective, launched in February 2023, to support UAlbany’s lacrosse teams. “When these types of really seismic changes happen (in college athletics), typically, they start at the Power 5 level and kind of trickle their way down,” UAlbany athletic director Mark Benson said. “I think this got to our level a little quicker than people anticipated, frankly.” A Pennsylvania native, the 41-year-old Wyatt works as the vice president of sales for Sagebrush Health, which describes itself on its website as a “boutique healthcare system that offers exceptional care for Rheumatology, Neurology, Infectious Disease and infusion centers.” Since his years at UAlbany, Wyatt — who played in 104 games for the Great Danes — said he mostly lived in Los Angeles, but moved within the last couple years to New Jersey. Back on the East Coast, Wyatt said he started to reconnect with the school’s men’s basketball program. He said he attended a variety of games, home and away, this past season. “Coach ‘DK’ has been very welcoming to me, and that got me back involved,” Wyatt said. When the collective launches, Wyatt said it will initially only offer support for the men’s basketball program. The next phase of it, he said, would grow to include women’s basketball. From there, Wyatt said the collective, which is set up as an LLC, could offer support to other sports at the university. Both UAlbany women’s basketball coach Colleen Mullen and Killings have discussed this spring the challenge now presented in recruiting without an active NIL collective backing their programs. Amid a relaxing of nearly all restrictions related to transferring, approximately 3,500 Division I men’s and women’s basketball players entered into the NCAA transfer portal during the 45-day window that closed this past Wednesday, and the potential for NIL dollars is a factor in where many players choose to head. “This is probably one of the last years that something can’t be in place for us, and (we’d still) be able to get players out of the transfer portal,” Mullen said last month. Meanwhile, Killings said his program needed to back away from some players when it became clear that they were “looking for things outside of what we can offer them.” That’s been a challenge during a recruiting cycle that saw a number of scholarships open for the Great Danes as players headed into the transfer portal. “But I think right now, through the portal and (in) college athletics, it’s created this unique relationship between teams and fans, because fans want to win and teams want to win. Now, to do it, you need each other, because the teams that, honestly, put themselves forward the quickest are teams that have the most resources,” Killings said. “Now, not saying we can’t beat teams that have more resources than us, but they’re able to go after talent quicker because some of these kids are looking for NIL opportunities, they’re looking for resources, they’re looking for as much support as they can get.” The collective will offer help to athletes that goes beyond helping them make money. Wyatt said part of what the Danes of Greatness will offer is assistance to athletes with forming resumes, learning how to manage bank accounts and pay taxes, and other things to improve the “business acumen” of the players that become involved with it. “The goal for me, in terms of being the founder of the collective, is to bring deals for the players, find NIL opportunities, but also help them build skill sets through the collective for life opportunities — leadership skills, financial literacy, a variety of other tools that we can put together to help them beyond basketball, beyond Albany,” Wyatt said. “I think the most impressive thing about Chris is that he looks at things and says, ‘OK, I see the need and I have identified a process that can help us — but let’s make sure we’re doing it all right. Let’s make sure we’re dotting all of our Is and crossing all of our Ts before we get out there,’ ” Killings said of Wyatt.

What?? Footbal went 11-3 last year and to the semi-finals in the national tournament - football brings in literally many $100's of thousands every year!!!

Would someone be able to copy and paste the article or send to me for me to read. Don’t have TU subscription.

Of course not. But I do believe in the saying "Adapt or Die". This is D1 sports. If you don't want to try and be successful then go back down to D3. We will see how it goes but at least on the surface it appears UA wants to be successful.

I graduated just as these things were finishing or in their infancy. Even when I have been back on campus over years, I still find new stuff that has been built after me.