That's fair for those three years. Hofstra was the 1 seed in all of those years. But also no guarantee they'd have won those three times.Hof_Judge99 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2026 3:58 pmWags wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2026 12:04 pm
And again, you really want to risk not making the NCAA tournament because you might have to play a higher seed on the road rather than play a tournament in D.C.? It wouldn't be too much fun right now if instead of getting ready to see Hofstra play Alabama on Friday, we're sitting here wondering why Hofstra came up short again in the CAA tourney because Campbell lost at Trask in the quarterfinals and then Hofstra lost another close one at Trask in the CAA finals (like they did in the regular season a month ago). It's already difficult to get there, we don't need to make it more so.
What makes you think that lowers our chances? If anything we'd of been home in 2016, 2019 and 2023. We might have made it all those years if we were at home. It doesn't lower or raise anyone's chances, just makes it more fun if you ask me.
You could argue that in 2016, maybe they win at home instead of lose in OT in Baltimore in the final (although if Juan'ya Green shot at home like he did that night, they'd have still lost).
In 2019, they got off to a terrible start, had to play catchup, tied it after erasing a big deficit and ran out of gas. But they were the 1 seed, and if at home, maybe they start better or don't run out of gas after rallying. Not a certainty, but it's fair point.
In 2023, they got upset by the 4 seed (UNCW) in the semis, in OT. But again, they were the 1 seed and they did beat UNCW by 24 at home several weeks earlier. So not definitely, but possibly a different outcome there if at home.
However, The flip side is something like this year. As a 3 seed, maybe they don't play Monmouth in DC or even Towson there. Maybe they go through Charleston and UNCW on the road and never win the title or never even reach the title game.
So, it really depends on the year. Sometimes campus sites could help at home but sometimes it could work against you and cost a title you could have otherwise won on a neutral floor. Over time, they haven't been the 1 seed a lot more often than they have been. So, in that case, you "should" get more chances to compete for a title on a neutral floor (5th-seeded Delaware probably doesn't win the title in 2022 if they had to go on the road instead of a neutral site; 7th-seeded Stony Brook very nearly won it in 2024 and likely wouldn't have been out much sooner on the road; same for 12th-seeded Delaware, which only lost by four in the finals in DC).
This is all hypothetical anyway, since the CAA isn't going to campus sites. And the original point in all of this - even if that were to happen, and it would be like 2000 and 2001, and Hofstra were to win multiple titles at home, the excitement and buzz it would likely be short-lived. In a place like Hempstead, people forget about it quickly and Hofstra has trouble drawing fans again, Nov-Feb, the next season.