Stefan Roots brings us up to speed on two recent Swarthmore College men’s basketball games, including a surprising home loss against Widener.
All tagged Basketball
Kosmalski: Coach of the Year
Head coach Landry Kosmalski of Swarthmore College number one-ranked men’s basketball team has been named the 2019-20 National Coach of the Year, the National Association of Basketball Coaches announced on March 20.
Conference Championship Ends Swarthmore’s Win Streak
Swarthmore College was defeated by Johns Hopkins 73-71 on Saturday, February 29, in a game that proved all the basketball-isms true: it’s hard to beat a team three times in a row; Sports Illustrated feature stories are always followed by bad luck; three-pointers are worth more than two-pointers; UCLA’s 88-game win streak will never be shattered; and, basketball games become way more interesting with four minutes left to play.
Swarthmore College Basketball Player Builds Connection with SPNDS Kindergarten
At their home game against Franklin & Marshall College on February 8, the top-ranked and undefeated Swarthmore College men’s basketball team was surprised to see a crowd of young fans decked out in matching Swarthmore College T-shirts cheering them on. It was not a school-organized event, just the effort of one passionate kindergarten teacher, her enthusiastic students, and their parents in support of No. 40, Nate Shafer ’20. Shafer started visiting Sheri Carney’s kindergarten class at Swarthmore Presbyterian Nursery Day School during his sophomore year, as part of an Introduction to Education course. He was only supposed to be there for one semester, but Shafer found himself inspired by Carney’s skill and her excitement for teaching.
Swarthmore Men’s Basketball Rolls to 21 - 0
The nation’s number one team in Division 3 basketball put on a shooting clinic Saturday, February 8, as they trounced Franklin & Marshall 85 - 68. It was a tough game, though. For 35 minutes of the 40-minute contest, it wasn’t as lopsided as the final score suggests.
Garnet Basketball Signs New Head Coach
Candice Signor-Brown has been named head coach of the Swarthmore College women’s basketball program, replacing Renee DeVarney, who stepped down as coach after 14 seasons. Signor-Brown comes to Swarthmore after coaching at Vassar College for the past 10 seasons and amassing a 159-106 record there.
Onward and Upward for Garnet and Their Coach K
Tarble Pavilion will be rocking this weekend with home court energy as the Swarthmore men’s basketball team hosts the Centennial Conference tournament for the third consecutive year. Following a regular season in which they had the conference’s best record at 15-3 (23-3 overall), the Garnet earned the #1 seed and will play Washington College in the second semifinal game on Friday, tipping off at 8 p.m. Winners of the semifinals meet at 7 p.m. Saturday for the conference title game.