Games You Went To: First Game, Last Game, Best Game, etc.
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 2:03 pm
All of this is for Men's Basketball, but you can post for any sport you want. Here are 43 notes about the 26 games I've been to.
First game: A 70-69 loss to Stony Brook on December 13, 2003
Last game: A 70-67 win over William & Mary in a CAA Semifinal on March 6, 2016
Season opener (1): A 64-51 win over Florida International on November 19, 2005
Last game of a season: Never (I've seen regular season finales)
Games not at Hofstra (3): 76-63 win at Binghamton on November 27, 2004, 80-67 win over Drexel in a CAA Quarterfinal on March 5, 2016, and the CAA Semifinal I already listed
Best attendended games: 5,047 each for a 70-68 win over Drexel on February 25, 2006 (the game before the CAA Tournament) and a 65-64 win over Holy Cross in a BracketBuster on February 17, 2007
Worst attended games: 783 in an NIT Season-Tip Off 80-72 loss to Charlotte on November 24, 2009. That's less than half the next worst attendandance of a game I've been to which was 1,628 for a 75-71 win over College of Charleston on January 11, 2014. The Charlotte game was part of a doubeleheader with the first game being Yale vs. Elon. At that point nobody knew Elon would later come to the CAA.
Games I've seen against opponents who went to the NCAA Tournament that season (2): A 75-64 loss to Old Dominion on January 15, 2011 and an 80-63 loss to Virginia Commonwealth on January 2, 2012
Dates I've been to games in multiple years (2 pairs of 2): December 13, 2003 vs. Stony Brook (mentioned already) and a 68-52 win over St. Francis (NY) on December 13, 2008; a 92-90 win over James Madison on January 24, 2011 and a 69-63 loss to James Madison on January 24, 2015
Overtime games (3): An 84-81 loss to Drexel on January 8, 2005, a January 24, 2011 game I mentioned in the previous section, and an 81-78 win over William & Mary on February 15, 2011
Buzzer beaters (at least 2, there might be more that I didn't keep track of): A 76-73 loss to UNC Wilmington on January 17, 2004 ended with a Hofstra three-pointer when they were down 6 and the William & Mary game in the previous section ended with a buzzer beater by Jenkins
Latest game-winning free throws (this is one game I remember but it's possible another game was decided later): Two free throws by Rivera with 1.7 seconds left on February 17, 2007 to beat Holy Cross 65-64
Only CAA team I haven't seen: Elon (I saw the end of their game against Yale I already mentioned, and I don't remember how much time was left when I arrived, but would guess between 5 and 10 minutes)
Total games: 26 (15-11 for a .577 winning percentage)
Biggest margin of victory: A 75-50 win over Delaware on January 6, 2007
Biggest margin of defeat: An 90-72 loss to George Mason on January 19, 2010
Average point differential per game: +2.1
Average amount the games were decided by using positive numbers regardless of who won: 8.2
Games decided by 1 or 2 possessions (6 or fewer points): 14 (53.8 percent of the games)
Most points by either team: 92 in a 92-90 win over James Madison on January 24, 2011
Most points by an opponent: 90 by James Madison in the game above and by George Mason when they won 90-72 on January 19, 2010, the James Madison game went overtime and George Mason has the most points without overtime by either team
Most combined points: 182 in the above 92-90 win over James Madison
Most combined points without overtime: 162 vs. George Mason mentioned two sections above
Fewest points by either team: 50 by Delaware in Hofstra 75-50 win on January 6, 2007
Fewest points by Hofstra: 51 in a 57-51 loss to UNC Wilmington on January 26, 2013
Fewest combined points: 108 in the January 26 game above
Fewest combined points in a Hofstra win: 120 in a 68-52 win over St. Francis (NY) on December 13, 2008
Fewest points by a winning team: The January 26 game above
Only game I saw on my birthday: The January 26 game above
Closest opponent: St. Francis (NY) (34.4 miles according to Google Maps)
Farthest away opponent: Florida International (1,320 miles according to Google Maps)
Religious opponents I've seen (2): Holy Cross and St. Francis (NY)
Most common opponent for Hofstra starting with 2003-2004 that I've never seen: My guess is Manhattan, who Hofstra has played 10 times, but I didn't check every possibility
Most common opposing conference for Hofstra starting with 2003-2004 that I've never seen: My guess is the Metro Atlantic Athletic (MAAC)
Only opponent I've seen at least twice without Hofstra winning: A 76-73 loss to UNC Wilmington on January 17, 2004 and a 57-51 loss to UNC Wilmington on January 26, 2013
Only opponent I saw twice in a row: An 82-71 win over James Madison on March 1, 2014 and a 69-63 loss to James Madison on January 24, 2015
Opponent I've seen the farthest apart: Drexel, with January 8, 2005 and March 5, 2016 being 4,074 days apart
Only time I saw consecutive games Hofstra played: A 72-63 win over College of Charleston on February 27, 2016 and the CAA Tournament on March 5 and 6
Opponents by conference (going by the conference the teams were in when I saw them): 20 in the CAA (including teams once for each time I saw them), 2 in the America East (Stony Brook and Binghamton), 1 in the Atlantic 10, 1 in the Northeast, 1 in the Patriot League, and 1 in the Sun Belt
Note about Conference USA: I have seen three teams currently in Conference USA who weren't in Conference USA when I saw them. They are Old Dominion, Charlotte, and Florida International.
Note about the Sun Belt: The only current Sun Belt team I have seen is Georgia State. I saw Florida International when they were in the Sun Belt. As I said above, they're not in Conference USA
Game on a day notable for another reason: A 71-68 win over Towson on February 7, 2009, which was the day it was announced that Alex Rodriguez used steroids
Only opponent I haven't mentioned yet: Northeastern when they beat Hofstra 62-57 on February 6, 2013
First game: A 70-69 loss to Stony Brook on December 13, 2003
Last game: A 70-67 win over William & Mary in a CAA Semifinal on March 6, 2016
Season opener (1): A 64-51 win over Florida International on November 19, 2005
Last game of a season: Never (I've seen regular season finales)
Games not at Hofstra (3): 76-63 win at Binghamton on November 27, 2004, 80-67 win over Drexel in a CAA Quarterfinal on March 5, 2016, and the CAA Semifinal I already listed
Best attendended games: 5,047 each for a 70-68 win over Drexel on February 25, 2006 (the game before the CAA Tournament) and a 65-64 win over Holy Cross in a BracketBuster on February 17, 2007
Worst attended games: 783 in an NIT Season-Tip Off 80-72 loss to Charlotte on November 24, 2009. That's less than half the next worst attendandance of a game I've been to which was 1,628 for a 75-71 win over College of Charleston on January 11, 2014. The Charlotte game was part of a doubeleheader with the first game being Yale vs. Elon. At that point nobody knew Elon would later come to the CAA.
Games I've seen against opponents who went to the NCAA Tournament that season (2): A 75-64 loss to Old Dominion on January 15, 2011 and an 80-63 loss to Virginia Commonwealth on January 2, 2012
Dates I've been to games in multiple years (2 pairs of 2): December 13, 2003 vs. Stony Brook (mentioned already) and a 68-52 win over St. Francis (NY) on December 13, 2008; a 92-90 win over James Madison on January 24, 2011 and a 69-63 loss to James Madison on January 24, 2015
Overtime games (3): An 84-81 loss to Drexel on January 8, 2005, a January 24, 2011 game I mentioned in the previous section, and an 81-78 win over William & Mary on February 15, 2011
Buzzer beaters (at least 2, there might be more that I didn't keep track of): A 76-73 loss to UNC Wilmington on January 17, 2004 ended with a Hofstra three-pointer when they were down 6 and the William & Mary game in the previous section ended with a buzzer beater by Jenkins
Latest game-winning free throws (this is one game I remember but it's possible another game was decided later): Two free throws by Rivera with 1.7 seconds left on February 17, 2007 to beat Holy Cross 65-64
Only CAA team I haven't seen: Elon (I saw the end of their game against Yale I already mentioned, and I don't remember how much time was left when I arrived, but would guess between 5 and 10 minutes)
Total games: 26 (15-11 for a .577 winning percentage)
Biggest margin of victory: A 75-50 win over Delaware on January 6, 2007
Biggest margin of defeat: An 90-72 loss to George Mason on January 19, 2010
Average point differential per game: +2.1
Average amount the games were decided by using positive numbers regardless of who won: 8.2
Games decided by 1 or 2 possessions (6 or fewer points): 14 (53.8 percent of the games)
Most points by either team: 92 in a 92-90 win over James Madison on January 24, 2011
Most points by an opponent: 90 by James Madison in the game above and by George Mason when they won 90-72 on January 19, 2010, the James Madison game went overtime and George Mason has the most points without overtime by either team
Most combined points: 182 in the above 92-90 win over James Madison
Most combined points without overtime: 162 vs. George Mason mentioned two sections above
Fewest points by either team: 50 by Delaware in Hofstra 75-50 win on January 6, 2007
Fewest points by Hofstra: 51 in a 57-51 loss to UNC Wilmington on January 26, 2013
Fewest combined points: 108 in the January 26 game above
Fewest combined points in a Hofstra win: 120 in a 68-52 win over St. Francis (NY) on December 13, 2008
Fewest points by a winning team: The January 26 game above
Only game I saw on my birthday: The January 26 game above
Closest opponent: St. Francis (NY) (34.4 miles according to Google Maps)
Farthest away opponent: Florida International (1,320 miles according to Google Maps)
Religious opponents I've seen (2): Holy Cross and St. Francis (NY)
Most common opponent for Hofstra starting with 2003-2004 that I've never seen: My guess is Manhattan, who Hofstra has played 10 times, but I didn't check every possibility
Most common opposing conference for Hofstra starting with 2003-2004 that I've never seen: My guess is the Metro Atlantic Athletic (MAAC)
Only opponent I've seen at least twice without Hofstra winning: A 76-73 loss to UNC Wilmington on January 17, 2004 and a 57-51 loss to UNC Wilmington on January 26, 2013
Only opponent I saw twice in a row: An 82-71 win over James Madison on March 1, 2014 and a 69-63 loss to James Madison on January 24, 2015
Opponent I've seen the farthest apart: Drexel, with January 8, 2005 and March 5, 2016 being 4,074 days apart
Only time I saw consecutive games Hofstra played: A 72-63 win over College of Charleston on February 27, 2016 and the CAA Tournament on March 5 and 6
Opponents by conference (going by the conference the teams were in when I saw them): 20 in the CAA (including teams once for each time I saw them), 2 in the America East (Stony Brook and Binghamton), 1 in the Atlantic 10, 1 in the Northeast, 1 in the Patriot League, and 1 in the Sun Belt
Note about Conference USA: I have seen three teams currently in Conference USA who weren't in Conference USA when I saw them. They are Old Dominion, Charlotte, and Florida International.
Note about the Sun Belt: The only current Sun Belt team I have seen is Georgia State. I saw Florida International when they were in the Sun Belt. As I said above, they're not in Conference USA
Game on a day notable for another reason: A 71-68 win over Towson on February 7, 2009, which was the day it was announced that Alex Rodriguez used steroids
Only opponent I haven't mentioned yet: Northeastern when they beat Hofstra 62-57 on February 6, 2013