The last time the Flying Dutchmen were 12-11, they really were the Flying Dutchmen and this was climbing the charts! (We'd rather not sing this to Campbell though)
You can’t squander an 18-point lead when you fall behind by 23 points at the half. The Dutchmen endured an entirely different kind of nightmare against Campbell Sunday, when the Camels led by as many as 35 points in the second half as they continued one of the most remarkable midseason turnarounds in memory with a 75-52 rout. At least we don’t have to see them again this weekend!
But we write about the good and the bad here, so as will hopefully remain the case throughout the CAA season (10-for-10 so far BO DEREK BIAS), here’s the postgame boilerplate material in Keep It Perky form. The individual news and notes from Saturday’s lopsided loss and the Northeastern preview will be posted early tomorrow morning. Enjoy! Or avert your eyes after clicking, one or the other.
THE MOST RECENT GAME SUMMARIZED IN ONE PARAGRAPH
The Flying Dutchmen scored the opening basket and ended the game on a 12-0 run, so I think I can spin that as a win in America 2025. Of course I can’t, that’d be silly, especially after the Dutchmen fell into their biggest halftime hole in almost 22 years and suffered their most lopsided CAA loss in almost three years. Red-hot Campbell took the lead for good 4:27 into the game and took its first double-digit lead with 12:21 left in the first half before the Dutchmen scored 11 of the next 18 points to pull within 24-18 on a layup by Cruz Davis with 5:37 remaining. But Campbell scored the next 13 points and ended the half on a 19-2 run, which concluded with, what else, a banked half-courter by Colby Duggan. The Camels took their first 30-point lead by opening the second half on a 13-5 run, a span in which the Dutchmen were 2-of-7 from the field with one turnover. Campbell extended the lead to 35 points at 75-40 with 4:42 left before missing their last eight shots while the Dutchmen had the aforementioned game-ending 12-0 run. Davis, Silas Sunday and Jean Aranguren scored 10 points apiece for the Dutchmen while TJ Gadsden had five points and five rebounds. Michael Graham had seven points and three rebounds. Joshua DeCady was scoreless in four minutes before he got ejected after nearly fighting with Campbell’s Nolan Dorsey with 13:41 left. So there was that!
3 STARS OF THE GAME (vs. Campbell, 2/1)
3: Cruz Davis
2: Silas Sunday
1: TJ Gadsden
SEASON STANDINGS
Jean Aranguren 43
Cruz Davis 30
Michael Graham 19
Jaquan Sanders 12
KiJan Robinson 9
German Plotnikov 7
TJ Gadsden 6
Khalil Farmer 5
Silas Sunday 4
Eric Parnell 2
Joshua DeCady 1
THE FLYING DUTCHMEN AFTER TWENTY-THREE GAMES
With Saturday’s loss, the Dutchmen fell to 12-11 this season. This ties the 2024-25 team for the 37th-best record in school history through 23 games. It’s the first time the Dutchmen have opened 12-11 since way back in 1990-91 — my senior year of high school! — and just the sixth time overall in school history. The trip back to the land of Timmy T and Warrant GOOGLE THEM CRAIN has become a regular thing for the Dutchmen. Prior to the last two seasons, the Dutchmen hadn’t been 10-9 through 19 games, 11-9 through 20 games or 12-10 through 22 games since 1990-91. Quirky! Here is how some notable Hofstra teams have fared through 23 games:
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT TEAMS
1975-76: 12-11 (loss in 23rd game was the final loss of the regular season)
1976-77: 17-6 (win in 23rd game marked third win of nine-game winning streak that carried Dutchmen into the NCAAs)
1999-2000: 17-6 (loss in 23rd game snapped 10-game winning streak)
2000-01: 19-4 (win in 23rd game marked 11th win in program-record 18-game winning streak)
2019-20 (IT COUNTS TO US): 16-7 (most recent 16-7 start)
NIT TEAMS
1998-99: 16-7
2004-05: 16-7
2005-06: 18-5 (most recent 18-5 start)
2006-07: 17-6 (most recent 17-6 start)
2015-16: 16-7
2018-19: 19-4 (most recent 19-4 start, loss in 23rd game snapped the 16-game winning streak)
2022-23: 15-8 (most recent 15-8 start, win in 23rd game marked third win of 12-game winning streak that continued into the CAA Tournament)
NCAA DIVISION II TOURNAMENT TEAMS
1958-59: 18-5
1961-62: 20-3 (most recent 20-3 start)
1962-63: 17-6 (sixth win of 11-game winning streak)
1963-64: 19-4
Some other notable 23-game records:
2021-22: 14-9 (most recent 14-9 start)
2020-21: 13-10 (the Dutchmen’s shortest season — at least in terms of games played — since 1957-58 ends with a 76-58 loss to Elon in the CAA Tournament semifinals)
2016-17: 10-13 (most recent 10-13 start)
2013-14: 7-16 (most recent 7-16 start, Joe Mihalich’s first team)
2012-13: 5-18 (most recent 5-18 start, tied for worst 23-game record in school history)
2009-10: 11-12 (most recent 11-12 start)
2007-08: 8-15 (most recent 8-15 start)
1995-96: 7-16 (loss in 23rd game marked last loss of Jay Wright-era record nine-game losing streak)
1994-95: 8-15 (Jay Wright’s first year)
1993-94: 5-18 (VBK’s last year)
1991-92: 15-8 (win in 23rd game was fourth in nine-game winning streak that ended in ECC title game)
1986-87: 9-14 (most recent 9-14 start)
1981-82: 11-12 (under .500 for good, fifth loss of eight-game losing streak)
1978-79: 8-15 (first loss of season-ending five-game losing streak)
1971-72: 11-12 (under .500 for good, second loss of season-ending four-game losing streak)
1964-65: 11-12 (final win of season)
1961-62: 20-3 (most recent 20-3 start)
1960-61: 20-3
1959-60: 22-1 (only 22-1 start & Hofstra’s winningest team, percentage-wise; win in 23rd game was 12th win of season-ending 13-game winning streak)
1957-58: 15-8 (lost season finale)
1955-56: 20-3 (had only back-to-back losses in games 22-23)
1953-54: 14-9 (last loss of season)
1950-51: 13-10 (first 13-10 start and the only one until 2020-21)
Hofstra has never been 23-0, 21-2, 6-17, 4-19, 3-20, 2-21, 1-22 or 0-23 through 23 games.
Eleven seasons were completed in fewer than 23 games:
1936-37: 10-7
1937-38: 10-4
1938-39: 10-8
1939-40: 12-9
1940-41: 13-7
1941-42: 15-6
1942-43: 15-6
1943-44: 7-12
1944-45: 8-13
1945-46: 12-7
1947-48: 13-6
Full records not available for the following seasons: 1936-37, 1941-42, 1942-43.
This feature is inspired by Greg Prince, who measures how the current Mets compare, record-wise, to previous teams through the same point in the season.
NUMBER TEN THROUGH ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE
With Saturday’s loss, Speedy Claxton fell to 78-45 (.634) as head coach. That’s the fourth-best known winning percentage for a Hofstra coach through his first 123 games at the helm.
Butch van Breda Kolff I 88-35 (.715, 123rd game was the 21st game of his fifth season in 1959-60)
Frank Reilly 86-37 (.699, 123rd game was the 23rd game of his fifth season in 1951-52)
Paul Lynner 80-43 (.650, 123rd game was the 13th game of his fifth season in 1966-67)
SPEEDY CLAXTON 78-45 (.634, 123rd game was the 23rd game of his fourth season in 2024-25)
Joe Mihalich 64-59 (.520, 123rd game was the 22nd game of his fourth season in 2016-17)
Dick Berg 64-59 (.520, 123rd game was the 13th game of his fifth season in 1984-85)
Butch van Breda Kolff II 63-60 (.512, 123rd game was the ninth game of his fifth season in 1992-93)
Roger Gaeckler 60-63 (.488, 123rd game was the 21st game of his fifth season in 1976-77)
Tom Pecora 57-66 (.463, 123rd game was the third game of his sixth season in 2005-06)
Jay Wright 56-67 (.455, 123rd game was the 10th game of his fifth season in 1998-99)
Dick Berg snaps a tie with Butch van Breda Kolff II and moves into a tie with Joe Mihalich for fifth place. Berg should remain ahead of VBK II for the foreseeable future with the latter’s team in the midst of a lengthy losing streak. Tom Pecora’s lead over fellow perpetual slacker Jay Wright remains one game as both win game no. 123 at the helm. Perpetual slackers!
The records are incomplete for Jack McDonald’s first stint from 1936 through 1943 as well as the tenure of Jack Smith (1943-46).
Smith finished 27-32 in his three seasons while Mo Cassara finished 38-59 in his three seasons. Three coaches had one-season tenures lasting at Hofstra. McDonald went 18-6 in the lone season of his second stint in 1946-47 while Joe Harrington went 14-14 in 1979-80 and Mike Farrelly went 13-10 in 2020-21.
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