Greatest Year in UA Sports

[GreatDanes06]

I must say, this is the greatest year in the history of UA Athletics. Look at the run down:

 

- 1 player drafted to MLB - Adam Kroft (if you want to consider it this year)

 

- 2 players, 1 drafted to the NFL (Campbell and Gundmunson)

 

- Former Athlete compeating in the Olympics in Athens, Greece

 

- 3x Defending AE Lacrosse Team, Possible 1st ever tournament win, NATIONALLY RANKED (1ST TEAM IN SCHOOL HISTORY), nearly beating defending Ntl Champs.

 

- A Softball team looking like they will win the AE Title and 1st Trip to the NCAA Tournament, which they can win possibly a few.

 

- More Television Coverage for Football and Basketball

 

- A Men's Basketball team that shows when healthy, can take this Conf, and early favorites for next year.

 

- A Women's Basketball team that shows it can play anyone in the country or in conference.

 

- A Men's Soccer team that is coming into its own in the AE

 

- A Women's Tennis Team that has done a complete 180

 

- A Golf Team that continues to play well, played its best golf ever, yet some how lost.

 

- A Track and Field, Cross Country Team that continues to send people to the NCAA Tournament and win AE Titles like no tomorrow.

 

- A Women's Lacrosse team that played one of the hardest out of conference sched in the country, and yet came out with a respectable record

 

- A Volleyball team that sets NCAA records, and gets a trip to the NCAA tournament.

 

- 4 TEAMS WITH NCAA TOURNAMENT PARTICIPATION (LACROSSE, SOFTBALL, TRACK AND FIELD AND VOLLYBALL)

 

- A football team thats trying to prove itself to the big boys.

 

THIS HAS BEEN BY FAR THE GREATEST YEAR IN UALBANY ATHLETIC HISTORY. THE CRAZY THING IS, 2005-06 MAYBE EVEN BETTER.

[reeder]

- A Men's Basketball team that shows when healthy, can take this Conf, and early favorites for next year.

 

- A Women's Basketball team that shows it can play anyone in the country or in conference.

 

The basketball programs need to step up the competitiveness next year. I am not very confident that the women will be able to as they lose too many key players and will probably struggle. The men's program is the high profile sport at UA - Brown and company need to play very well.

Edited May 14, 2005 by reeder

[DaneFan2k3]

Just to be clear, the track team didn't compete at NCAAs. They competed at IC4A's, which is roughly the equivalent of a Northeast-based NIT if you're talking basketball terms.

 

Now, the outdoor team did get a NCAA Regional qualification today (Pierson), so that would be equivalent to making the baseball Regionals ... you have to post a qualifying time there/finish in a certain spot (not exactly sure) to move on to the College World Series (or in this case, the actual NCAA Track Championships).

 

Burns is also qualified for NCAA Outdoor Regionals. But it's not the team, it's just those individuals. And it's not the same as the NCAA Tournament, really.

 

Cross Country also competed at the NCAA Regional, again a pre-qualifier to the national championship.

 

I'm not trying to slight them, I just wanted to make sure you were clear on that. Track is unlike other sports due to the sheer volume of competitors.

Edited May 15, 2005 by DaneFan2k3