2010-2011 Schedule

[Super mom]

Well the 2010-2011 schedules are out. It doesn't show a DeBeni Tourney this year though, wonder what happened there. We do have some preseason type games though... At least we end the season at home instead of on the road. Any ideas where they might have the CCAA Tourney this year? It would be nice if we could host again, they have to make more money here than anywhere else! Can't wait for things to get going again!!!

[jacksfan]

Preseason Patsies...14 home games = lots of wins. Kinder needs to have a winning season to secure the permanent coaching position, and you can't blame him. Also, I'm sure he wants to play easier competition to start the season considering he has pretty much turned the entire roster over...give the guys some time to gel against competition they should handle pretty easily.

The first 3 games are gimmies, and the Chico tourney games appear that way as well...so the team should be 5-0 going into conference. The true test begins with 5 of the first 6 conference games on the road, the first being in Chico. That'll be a TOUGH game to win. If the team can go 4-2 on that stretch, they're looking good, IMO.

Here's a link to the schedule...

Humboldt State University Athletics - 2010-11 Men's Basketball Schedule

[EDAllen17]

Looks like Kinder wants to start out 5-0. That is a very weak pre-conference schedule.

The CCAA tournament will be hosted by Cal-State East Bay. This was on their website:

Cal State East Bay selected to host 2011 CCAA Basketball Championships
August 23, 2010
MEDIA CONTACT: Kelly Hayes, Sports Information Director, (510) 885-2821
or Al Barba, CCAA Assistant Commissioner -- Media Relations, (925) 946-3774

The 2011 California Collegiate Athletic Association Men's and Women's Basketball Championships have been awarded to California State University, East Bay, conference commissioner Robert J. Hiegert announced on Monday.

The 16-team event will be contested March 1-5 with the semifinals and championship games slated for 3,500-seat Pioneer Gymnasium on the Hayward campus of Cal State East Bay. The championship format calls for eight men's and eight women's teams to compete in first-round games at campus sites on March 1 with the winners advancing to the semifinals on March 4 in Hayward. The championship games will be played on Saturday, March 5.

"Through a vote of the CCAA's Executive Council, Cal State East Bay was chosen as the championship site over Cal State San Bernardino and Humboldt State," Hiegert said. "Since the return of the CCAA Basketball Championships in 2008, the event has continued to grow and last year's tournament at Humboldt State set a revenue record.

"By electing Cal State East Bay as the 2011 host, Bay Area fans will have an opportunity to watch outstanding Division II college basketball," Hiegert said. "The CCAA has a storied and rich basketball history as evidenced by Cal Poly Pomona winning to the 2010 NCAA Men's National Championship."

Cal State East Bay will be the third different campus to host the tournament since 2008 and will serve as a true neutral site. The Pioneers, who are in their second year as a member of the CCAA, are re-classifying from Division III to Division II, and have one year remaining before they are eligible to compete for NCAA and conference championships.

"Cal State East Bay is pleased to have the opportunity to host the CCAA basketball championships. We are proud to be a part of a great conference and in the unique situation for 2011 of providing a neutral site for the championship in a good facility with which the conference is already familiar," Cal State East Bay Director of Athletics Debby De Angelis said. "Pioneer Athletics is looking forward to involving Hayward and the entire East Bay area in helping to showcase the CCAA and its great basketball programs."

Since its return in 2008, the CCAA Tournament has been held at Cal State San Bernardino (2008 and 2009) and Humboldt State (2010).

Cal State San Bernardino is the two-time defending men's champion while Humboldt State captured the women's title in 2010.

For more information on the 2011 CCAA Basketball Championships, visit the CCAA Web site at goccaa.org[5].

[Jackswin]

No DeBeni this year because we were squeezed for dates by the NCAA's new "Life in the Balance Initiative? that limits practice time, number of games, and lengthens the holiday break. We actually had to change game times at UCSD so we could get home before the mandated time.