Comments on: O Canada? http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/05/o-canada/ the ubiquitous college basketblog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:09:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JMJ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/05/o-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-16055 JMJ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:38:46 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=10811#comment-16055 Anyone who's any good either plays US NCAA D1 hockey or Junior Hockey in Canada. Canadian university hockey is made up of kids who either played junior hockey but didn't get drafted, or people who aren't good enough for US NCAA. Boston need not worry. --A Canadian Anyone who’s any good either plays US NCAA D1 hockey or Junior Hockey in Canada. Canadian university hockey is made up of kids who either played junior hockey but didn’t get drafted, or people who aren’t good enough for US NCAA.

Boston need not worry.

–A Canadian

]]> By: Sunday Link-Off: All About Karma « The Lowdown Blog http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/05/o-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-12578 Sunday Link-Off: All About Karma « The Lowdown Blog Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:20:29 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=10811#comment-12578 [...] This hasn’t exactly been a secret. In fact, CIS media folks (like myself) have known about this for a while. Simon Fraser University’s basketball team will make the jump from the CIS’s Canada West conference to the NCAA’s Division II Great Northwest Athletic Conference. (Rush The Court) [...] [...] This hasn’t exactly been a secret. In fact, CIS media folks (like myself) have known about this for a while. Simon Fraser University’s basketball team will make the jump from the CIS’s Canada West conference to the NCAA’s Division II Great Northwest Athletic Conference. (Rush The Court) [...]

]]> By: NCAA Expands To Canada; Can University Of Phoenix Online Be Far Behind? [Water Cooler Fodder] | AthletePoint http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/05/o-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-12475 NCAA Expands To Canada; Can University Of Phoenix Online Be Far Behind? [Water Cooler Fodder] | AthletePoint Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:53:23 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=10811#comment-12475 [...] NCAA is set to admit its first Canadian college, soon-to-be D-II Simon Fraser University. Honestly, we can’t open the door to any old school [...] [...] NCAA is set to admit its first Canadian college, soon-to-be D-II Simon Fraser University. Honestly, we can’t open the door to any old school [...]

]]> By: Mike http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/05/o-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-12444 Mike Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:03:26 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=10811#comment-12444 Carleton University who has won the CIS (Canada's NCAA) 5 out of the six past years has posted a fairly respectable record against DI schools, somewhere in the .500 range. Although they have lost to most the the "big" names Kansas (84-83 Fall 2008), University of Cincinnati (64-54 Fall 2008), Illinois (74-72 in OT Fall 2007), Villanova (61-46 Fall 2007) and Louisville (82-49 Fall 2007) they do win games. Rico is right about the hockey, it just isnt that good. The Major Jr is where all the best players go. NCAA would be in tough to compete against those teams to draw attendance as well in Canada. Carleton University who has won the CIS (Canada’s NCAA) 5 out of the six past years has posted a fairly respectable record against DI schools, somewhere in the .500 range. Although they have lost to most the the “big” names Kansas (84-83 Fall 2008), University of Cincinnati (64-54 Fall 2008), Illinois (74-72 in OT Fall 2007), Villanova (61-46 Fall 2007) and Louisville (82-49 Fall 2007) they do win games.

Rico is right about the hockey, it just isnt that good. The Major Jr is where all the best players go. NCAA would be in tough to compete against those teams to draw attendance as well in Canada.

]]> By: Rico http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/05/o-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-12404 Rico Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:46:06 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=10811#comment-12404 "say goodbye to that NCAA hockey title Boston University" Actually, NCAA hockey teams play exhibition games against CIS teams all the time, and the usual result is a sound thumping doled out by the NCAA team (at least against D1 teams, CIS is more comparable to D3). Why? Because CIS hockey kinda sucks. The good Canadians (who don't choose the Major Junior route) are already playing in the NCAA, CIS is mainly overage Junior wash-outs and guys who weren't good enough for NCAA teams. Last season CIS teams posted a 5-39-2 record against NCAA D1 teams... “say goodbye to that NCAA hockey title Boston University”

Actually, NCAA hockey teams play exhibition games against CIS teams all the time, and the usual result is a sound thumping doled out by the NCAA team (at least against D1 teams, CIS is more comparable to D3). Why? Because CIS hockey kinda sucks. The good Canadians (who don’t choose the Major Junior route) are already playing in the NCAA, CIS is mainly overage Junior wash-outs and guys who weren’t good enough for NCAA teams. Last season CIS teams posted a 5-39-2 record against NCAA D1 teams…

]]> By: basketballbuzz.ca http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/05/o-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-12377 basketballbuzz.ca Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:12:29 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=10811#comment-12377 <strong>O Canada? More on SFU to NCAA!...</strong> Would it be possible for one of these teams to sneak into the NCAA tournament? Could one of those teams eventually develop into a Gonzaga-level power? It seems unlikely, but movement by Canadian colleges into the NCAA would inevitably lead to some shu... O Canada? More on SFU to NCAA!…

Would it be possible for one of these teams to sneak into the NCAA tournament? Could one of those teams eventually develop into a Gonzaga-level power?

It seems unlikely, but movement by Canadian colleges into the NCAA would inevitably lead to some shu…

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