wheeler 0 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 As a fan was looking at this long roadtrip to play in the College Basketball Invitational first round game. Hattiesburg to Longwood over 12 hours by bus. Longwood has one northern virginia player on their roster. As a small university this is wonderful for this school. Anybody from the Shendoah Valley or the VA. coalfields ever traveled to this school? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichlandsAlum 678 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 14 hours ago, wheeler said: As a fan was looking at this long roadtrip to play in the College Basketball Invitational first round game. Hattiesburg to Longwood over 12 hours by bus. Longwood has one northern virginia player on their roster. As a small university this is wonderful for this school. Anybody from the Shendoah Valley or the VA. coalfields ever traveled to this school? I currently live about an hour and 15 minutes away from Farmville (where Longwood is located). In Virginia terms, it's simultaneously centrally located but also in the middle of nowhere. From an athletic standpoint, it is in a very tough spot. Only 15 years removed from Division II and didn't secure membership in a conference (the Big South) until 2012. The softball program is the only team that has made much of that opportunity. The baseball team has been historically competitive (and done well at the Division III and II levels). But to date their basketball program hasn't made it past the semifinals in the Big South tournament. Exposure of any kind is good for them, but there isn't a lot of cachet associated with the CBI, playing on ESPN Plus, and/or competing against a directional Mississippi. If anything, Southern Miss probably has a lot of the same challenges as Longwood and represents the relative height of the ceiling that Longwood could expect to achieve. Very good programs in teacher education (which was the purpose behind its founding). In fact, if you want to be a public school teacher in Virginia, Longwood is a very solid choice. The university overall can probably be categorized as up and coming. Serving as host site for the 2016 vice presidential debate probably did more overall for promoting a positive brand than anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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