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Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
FDU women's historic basketball season ends with loss to TCU in NCAA Tournament opener
The best season in Fairleigh Dickinson women's basketball history came to an end Friday, and with it went the nation's third longest win streak. FDU closed out its historic campaign with a 73-51 loss to No. 2-seeded TCU in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament at the Birmingham 3 Regional at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Advertisement FDU, the Northeast Conference champions, finished with a 29-4 record, the most wins in program history. TCU (32-3) won its 11th straight game and will advance to the second round, where it will face the winner of Friday's No. 7 Louisville vs. No. 10 Nebraska opening-round matchup. The win was the Horned Frogs' first NCAA Tournament victory in 19 years. The No. 15-seeded Knights, playing in their first NCAA Tournament in program history, got off to a promising start Friday when they closed out the first period with a 17-14 lead. Despite shooting 2-of-9 to open the game, FDU went 6-of-7 the rest of the quarter with Teneisia Brown (18 points, four rebounds) shooting 4-of-5 from the field for eight points. But the Horned Frogs picked up the pace in the second, outscoring the Knights, 21-10, in the period. Madison Conner had 13 points in the first half, while FDU missed 7-of-8 shots in the quarter. Conner finished with a game-high 23 points and teammate Sedona Prince netted 13 points. Advertisement The host team kept up the pressure to start the second half, building a double-digit lead early in the third quarter. TCU went on a 9-2 run over the last four minutes of the quarter to take a commanding 52-35 lead. FDU saw its school-record 22-game win streak come to a halt since dropping an 83-58 contest to Rutgers on Dec. 11 in Piscataway. Earlier this month FDU clinched the NEC regular-season title, finishing 16-0 in conference play. They're the first NEC team to finish with a perfect record since Quinnipiac went undefeated in 2012-13. Coach Stephanie Gaitley, who took over in Teaneck prior to the 2023-24 season, guided her fourth team to "The Big Dance." Previously, she led Richmond, Saint Joseph's and Fordham, to the NCAA Tournament. This article originally appeared on FDU women's basketball team loses to TCU in NCAA Tournament first round
Forbes
26-03-2025
- Business
- Forbes
So You Want To Work For Yourself, Eh?
Portrait of young businesswoman standing in office with a digital tablet. Confident asian ... More businesswoman in office. When I started my coaching practice 28 years ago, 99 of every 100 people I coached were looking for a job; the other one wanted advice on going into business. By the onset of Covid, it had become a 75-25 split – one of every four. The great job market of the last four years kept people employed, not starting businesses en masse, but I sense an uptick happening. If you're part of that and feel like starting a business, you have hard questions to ask yourself; and considerations to make regarding family, finances, work/life balance, personal health, and other things that will surround your business efforts. There is, in essence, much to think about and think through before you go ahead with your business, but there are two realities I'd like to share with you. I've started and run two businesses in my life: my current coaching, consulting, writing business (28 years ago next month) and one I ran for six years in the eighties. It was a conversation I had before I started my first business that I'd like to relate to you. First, the backdrop. A Mentor for the Ages I graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1968 with a BA in Psychology. Among my many campus involvements, I was a member of a fraternity, and our faculty advisor was an accounting professor named Stanley Iwanski, a prince of a man, one of the precious inspirations in my life and in the lives of many other lucky FDU students he touched. Now, most of my fraternity brothers were business and accounting majors, and Stan incessantly used to rib the few of us who weren't, reminding us almost daily that we were not ready for real life, let alone salvation! It was a running gag, heartily good-natured, and always with a wink and a pat on the back. Well, off I went in 1968, staying in touch with my brothers and, less often but regularly enough, with Stan. As the years marched on, my interactions with him spaced further apart, as is natural, but Stan never lost track of me, as I found out one day in early 1984. Having been through a couple of career changes already, I decided to start my own business and was busily planning it out when the phone rang one evening. A momentous call from Stan 'Eli, this is Stan Iwanski,' he announced. 'I just heard from Jeff [a fraternity brother] that you're starting a business. Is that right?' Thrilled to hear from him and excited to tell him about it, I answered, 'Yup. Just registered the name and I'm set to go.' As I started to describe my idea and my plans, Stan cut me off and said, just as directly as he always did, 'Sit down and listen to me. You need some advice.' He hadn't changed a bit. Nor did he think this non-business major had changed either, it seemed. Same old Stan. As long as I knew him, he'd never led anyone wrong, so I was all ears. And Stan's two pieces of advice – his two reality bites – are what I want to relay to you. From Stan to me to you 'So you're going to be your own boss, eh?' That being a big part of my motivation, I quickly answered. 'You bet,' I eagerly responded, thinking that would suffice. Not a chance. 'That's wonderful,' said the sage, 'Then you get to work half a day.' I knew I was getting set up for something, Stan being Stan, and here it came: 'And you get to pick which 12 hours it'll be.' Cute. But right on the nose. If anything, that's an understatement and there is absolutely no getting around it. So we kicked that around a little and then Stan put the next pearl on the table. 'You want to be independent, is that it?' Another check. 'Well, independence is a very expensive commodity,' he shot back, and there was nothing cute about the tone of his voice. And oh, was Stan ever right again! Think about funding your business, incurring the expenses with nowhere to forward an expense report, paying rent, hiring employees (which I did in the eighties but don't now), paying healthcare costs, investing in marketing and technology, having cash tied up in inventory and supplies, carrying receivables, absorbing bad debt, and so on. Stan – that loving, caring, avuncular prince – was Right! Right! Right! – and I confidently pass his advice on to you, not to dissuade you from starting your business, but to ask you to understand two realities of it. Because the last thing Stan said to me was, 'I didn't discourage you, did I? I just want you to be ready.' No, Stan, you didn't discourage me at all. And I don't think, 41 years later, you're discouraging anyone else. I'll pass your words along.
CBS News
22-03-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
March Madness at home for Frogs as TCU women win 73-51 over FDU
Hailey Van Lith is in her fifth NCAA Tournament, while Sedona Prince and Madison Conner have also already made multiple postseason appearances. Now together at TCU, they got a March Madness victory at home. Conner had 23 points with four 3-pointers and Prince overcame two early fouls to have 16 points and 10 rebounds as the second-seeded Frogs won 73-51 over Fairleigh Dickinson on Friday in their first women's NCAA Tournament game at home — and first anywhere in 15 years. "I've had a pretty good amount of success in March Madness. So I kind of know what it feels like... what kind of vibe a team is in when they're going to have a good run," said Van Lith, who has been to Elite Eights with second-round opponent Louisville (three) and LSU. "That game was really good for us." Van Lith added 13 points and seven assists for the Big 12 champion Horned Frogs (32-3), who have an 11-game winning streak. Teneisia Brown had 18 points and Ava Renninger 12 for 15th-seeded FDU (29-4), the Northeast Conference champions who had won 22 games in a row and were in the NCAA Tournament for the first time. "With this team, there was just something that told me that we were going to be competitive," FDU coach Stephanie Gaitley said. "Obviously we got outmatched talent-wise, but I couldn't be more proud of what we did today, obviously what we've done all year." There were nine early lead change, the last when TCU went ahead to stay on Conner's 3 to make it 21-20 with 7 1/2 minutes left in the first half. Those were the first of 10 points in the second quarter by Conner, who sometimes gets overshadowed by her teammates. "I have two great people beside me," said Conner, sitting between Van Lith and Prince on the postgame podium. "I don't think our egos affect how we play on the court. ... That's what makes it so special. And why I think we've had such a great season, is just because we're so unselfish in that way." TCU had its first double-digit lead soon after halftime when Conner, one of the nation's best long-range shooters, took a pass from Prince and made a 3 to make it 40-29. FDU's biggest lead came with Prince on the bench after her second foul, when reaching for an offensive rebound with 2:46 left in the first quarter. Brown then had consecutive layups on assists from Renninger for a 17-12 lead. Prince didn't have any more fouls after returning early in the second quarter, right before TCU took the lead for good. The first foul against the 6-foot-7 Prince was on a charge against 5-6 guard Abaigeal Babore. "I like taking charges," Babore said. "Anything that I can do to provide for the team, I'll do it. If that's putting my body on the line against someone that's 6-7, why not. I mean, when are you going to have the chance to do it again? So why not?" Babore did it again in the second quarter, drawing a charge against 6-1 Taylor Bigby. FDU: The Knights hadn't lost since an 83-58 loss at instate New Jersey foe Rutgers on Dec. 11. This was their second season with Gaitley, who made her 10th NCAA appearance with her fourth different team over a four-decade career. TCU: While it took the Frogs a little bit to settle in 12 days after winning the Big 12 tournament, they got their first NCAA victory since 2006 and extended their home-court winning streak to 23 games in a row. This win came two years to the date after Mark Campbell was hired as TCU's coach, with the team coming off a season when it was 1-17 in the Big 12. The Horned Frogs, who never made past the second round in their previous nine NCAA appearances, play at home again Sunday against Louisville after the Cardinals beat Nebraska 63-58. Van Lith went to the Elite Eight three times, once getting to the Final Four, with the Cardinals from 2021-23.
NBC Sports
22-03-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
March Madness at home for Frogs as TCU women win 73-51 over FDU when hosting for 1st time
FORT WORTH, Texas — Hailey Van Lith is in her fifth NCAA Tournament, while Sedona Prince and Madison Conner had also already made multiple postseason appearances. Now together at TCU, they got a March Madness victory at home for the Horned Frogs. Conner had 23 points with four 3-pointers and Prince overcame two early fouls to have 16 points and 10 rebounds as the second-seeded Frogs won 73-51 over Fairleigh Dickinson on Friday in their first women's NCAA Tournament game at home — and first anywhere in 15 years. 'I've had a pretty good amount of success in March Madness. So I kind of know what it feels like ... what kind of vibe a team is in when they're going to have a good run,' said Van Lith, who has been to Elite Eights with second-round opponent Louisville (three) and LSU. 'That game was really good for us.' Van Lith added 13 points and seven assists for the Big 12 champion Horned Frogs (32-3), who have an 11-game winning streak. Teneisia Brown had 18 points and Ava Renninger 12 for 15th-seeded FDU (29-4), the Northeast Conference champions who had won 22 games in a row and were in the NCAA Tournament for the first time. 'With this team, there was just something that told me that we were going to be competitive,' FDU coach Stephanie Gaitley said. 'Obviously we got outmatched talent-wise, but I couldn't be more proud of what we did today, obviously what we've done all year.' There were nine early lead change, the last when TCU went ahead to stay on Conner's 3 to make it 21-20 with 7 1/2 minutes left in the first half. Those were the first of 10 points in the second quarter by Conner, who sometimes gets overshadowed by her teammates. 'I have two great people beside me,' said Conner, sitting between Van Lith and Prince on the postgame podium. 'I don't think our egos affect how we play on the court. ... That's what makes it so special. And why I think we've had such a great season, is just because we're so unselfish in that way.' TCU had its first double-digit lead soon after halftime when Conner, one of the nation's best long-range shooters, took a pass from Prince and made a 3 to make it 40-29. FDU's biggest lead came with Prince on the bench after her second foul, when reaching for an offensive rebound with 2:46 left in the first quarter. Brown then had consecutive layups on assists from Renninger for a 17-12 lead. Prince didn't have any more fouls after returning early in the second quarter, right before TCU took the lead for good. Taking the charges The first foul against the 6-foot-7 Prince was on a charge against 5-6 guard Abaigeal Babore. 'I like taking charges,' Babore said. 'Anything that I can do to provide for the team, I'll do it. If that's putting my body on the line against someone that's 6-7, why not. I mean, when are you going to have the chance to do it again? So why not?' Babore did it again in the second quarter, drawing a charge against 6-1 Taylor Bigby. Takeaways FDU: The Knights hadn't lost since an 83-58 loss at instate New Jersey foe Rutgers on Dec. 11. This was their second season with Gaitley, who made her 10th NCAA appearance with her fourth different team over a four-decade career. TCU: While it took the Frogs a little bit to settle in 12 days after winning the Big 12 tournament, they got their first NCAA victory since 2006 and extended their home-court winning streak to 23 games in a row. This win came two years to the date after Mark Campbell was hired as TCU's coach, with the team coming off a season when it was 1-17 in the Big 12. Up next The Horned Frogs, who never made past the second round in their previous nine NCAA appearances, play at home again Sunday against Louisville after the Cardinals beat Nebraska 63-58. Van Lith went to the Elite Eight three times, once getting to the Final Four, with the Cardinals from 2021-23.
Associated Press
21-03-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
March Madness at home for Frogs as TCU women win 73-51 over FDU when hosting for 1st time
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Madison Conner had 23 points with four 3-pointers and Sedona Prince overcame two early fouls to have 16 points and 10 rebounds as second-seeded TCU won 73-51 over Fairleigh Dickinson on Friday in the Horned Frogs' first women's NCAA Tournament game at home. Hailey Van Lith added 13 points and seven assists for the Big 12 champion Horned Frogs (32-3), who made their first NCAA appearance in 15 years. They have won their last 11 games. Teneisia Brown had 18 points and Ava Renninger 12 for 15th-seeded FDU (29-4), the Northeast Conference champions who had won 22 games in a row and were in the NCAA Tournament for the first time. There were nine early lead changes, the last when TCU went ahead to stay on Conner's 3 from the top of the key that made it 21-20 with 7 1/2 minutes left in the first half. After Brown missed a shot while defended by Prince, the Frogs center made a short hook shot over her at the other end of the court. The Frogs finally took a double-digit lead soon after halftime when Conner took a pass from Prince and made a 3 for a 40-29 lead. FDU had its biggest lead after Prince went to the bench because of her second foul when reaching for an offensive rebound with 2:46 left in the first quarter. Brown then had consecutive layups on assists from Renninger for a 17-12 lead. Prince didn't have any more fouls after returning early in the second quarter, right before TCU took the lead for good. The first foul against the 6-foot-7 Prince was on a charge against 5-6 guard Abby Babore, who in the second quarter then drew another charge against the 6-1 Taylor Bigby. Takeaways FDU: The Knights hadn't lost since an 83-58 loss at instate New Jersey foe Rutgers on Dec. 11. This was their second season with coach Stephanie Gaitley, who made her 10th NCAA appearance with her fourth different team over a four-decade career. TCU: While it took the Frogs a little bit to settle in and get on a roll, they got their first NCAA victory since 2006 and extended their home-court winning streak to 23 games in a row. The win came two years to the date that Mark Campbell was hired as TCU's coach, with the team coming off a season when it was 1-17 in the Big 12. Up next The Horned Frogs, who never made past the second round in their previous nine NCAA appearances, host Nebraska or Louisville on Sunday. Van Lith played in three NCAA Elite 8s with Louisville from 2021-23, and another with LSU last season.
