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    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Last years results, returning players and incoming frosh.
    specifics?

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      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      specifics?
      ConnColl got a windfall in recruiting the last couple of years. How were they able to get that caliber of player after years of mediocrity? Nearly all had D1 talent and, one would think, D1 offers.

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        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        ConnColl got a windfall in recruiting the last couple of years. How were they able to get that caliber of player after years of mediocrity? Nearly all had D1 talent and, one would think, D1 offers.
        If all had D1 talent and offers they more likely would be playing D1.

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          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          If all had D1 talent and offers they more likely would be playing D1.
          Sure, they would be playing D1 if they were ACC recruits and were offered full rides.

          But a kid who had some "interest" from say a Patriot league school, may prefer to be an impact player in the NESCAC.

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            Conn College has zero academic restrictions. Anyone gets in there. The men's team should be much better. They finally bring in a coach on the women's side and look what happens.

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              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              If all had D1 talent and offers they more likely would be playing D1.
              No way - not if daddy can write the check and they like their role on (and lifestyle of) of the D3 team. I don't know about ConnColl's academic stature but another poster suggests that there are no academic restrictions for athletes there. That would explain why, all of a sudden, they can whip up a conference winning team. The recruiting there over the last couple of years has been tremendous.

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                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                Conn College has zero academic restrictions. Anyone gets in there. The men's team should be much better. They finally bring in a coach on the women's side and look what happens.
                That is simply not true….Conn has high academic standards. A player or two can get tipped, but still needs to have a decent academic record.

                Be more responsible...

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                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  Conn College has zero academic restrictions. Anyone gets in there. The men's team should be much better. They finally bring in a coach on the women's side and look what happens.
                  Not even FSU enjoys ZERO restrictions. Assuming you were embellishing and instead referring to a silver bullet level of support, how many do they get?

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                    Originally posted by unregistered View Post
                    conn college has zero academic restrictions. Anyone gets in there. The men's team should be much better. They finally bring in a coach on the women's side and look what happens.
                    wrong

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                      There are always separate realities in these sorts of things. One for those on the outside and another for those on the inside. It is rather amusing how when two motivated parties try to craft a deal together how they can get done what others often think is impossible. It really comes down to that old notion whether you are a buyer or a seller.

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                        There is an established NESCAC recruiting policy to which all school must adhere.

                        There are "bands". the Bowdoin school papers had a good series of articles about it not too long ago. Link to the first article:

                        http://bowdoinorient.com/article/9151

                        Looks like two big "tips" per year per sport, plus some juice with applications which are generally competitive with the overall averages.

                        NH

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                          Ok Zero was a bit much on my part but Conn College probably has the lowest academic standard of all NESCAC schools. Go and check for yourself. Find out test scores and GPA's of athletes there

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                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            There are always separate realities in these sorts of things. One for those on the outside and another for those on the inside. It is rather amusing how when two motivated parties try to craft a deal together how they can get done what others often think is impossible. It really comes down to that old notion whether you are a buyer or a seller.
                            I smell a strong odor of BS.

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                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              Ok Zero was a bit much on my part but Conn College probably has the lowest academic standard of all NESCAC schools. Go and check for yourself. Find out test scores and GPA's of athletes there
                              The test scores of the athletes will be a derivative of the overall. Below is some data for the overall school, from Conn College's website:

                              Testing - Middle 50% of Ranges (for the 68% who chose to submit standardized testing)
                              Admission data for Class of 2019

                              SAT-Reading 640-730
                              SAT-Math 630-720
                              SAT-Writing 650-740
                              ACT 30-33

                              Although not at the Amherst, Williams, Bowdoin, Middlebury level, not too shabby. I think most parents would be very happy if their child scored in the midpoint of that range (about 1350 on the big two or 2050 on all three.) So, the "bands" for the athletes cannot go down too far. (Of course, they will be lower than the bands for other NESCAC schools.)

                              NH

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                                Well done

                                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                                Ok Zero was a bit much on my part but Conn College probably has the lowest academic standard of all NESCAC schools. Go and check for yourself. Find out test scores and GPA's of athletes there
                                The test scores of the athletes will be a derivative of the overall. Below is some data for the overall school, from Conn College's website:

                                Testing - Middle 50% of Ranges (for the 68% who chose to submit standardized testing)
                                Admission data for Class of 2019

                                SAT-Reading 640-730
                                SAT-Math 630-720
                                SAT-Writing 650-740
                                ACT 30-33

                                Although not at the Amherst, Williams, Bowdoin, Middlebury level, not too shabby. I think most parents would be very happy if their child scored in the midpoint of that range (about 1350 on the big two or 2050 on all three.) So, the "bands" for the athletes cannot go down too far. (Of course, they will be lower than the bands for other NESCAC schools.)

                                NH

                                Well done. I think we can put this earlier post into the BS/troll group...

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