That's as long as we've been around here
by El Kabong (2020-07-12 11:27:38)

In reply to: Twenty years go fast for anybody else here? *  posted by John88

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April 1st of 2020 was The Pit's 20-year anniversary.

Could have sworn it was a year longer.
by Dillon  (2020-07-13 11:45:27)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

My aging memory tells me that I found the Pit through an internet search during the interregnum between MacLeod and TDG. Found the Pub from there? Was the order reversed? Either way, the discovery was most fortunate.

Happy belated anniversary. *
by G.K.Chesterton  (2020-07-12 19:05:19)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Ndhoops was around how long before that? *
by DBCooper  (2020-07-12 14:47:51)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

It wasn't
by El Kabong  (2020-07-12 15:54:46)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

NDHoops.com came online the day after Doherty's team beat Penn State in the NIT Semi-finals, March 29th, 2000.

NDHoops morphed into NDNation after the then-Rivals network collapsed. At the time, it was just adding a couple message boards to The Pit.
Wasn’t Big East board created before ndnation? *
by LAW83  (2020-07-16 11:28:10)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

SportsMidwest had the most popular ND hoops board *
by El Kabong  (2020-07-16 12:17:11)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Jr year web usage - Napster, ICQ, and ndhoops.com *
by TripleDomer  (2020-07-12 18:56:34)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Same *
by DBCooper  (2020-07-12 18:57:05)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

meanwhile I did research for a 75-pg paper on microfiche *
by TripleDomer  (2020-07-13 12:13:35)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Meanwhile I was waiting an hour to download
by DBCooper  (2020-07-13 13:24:16)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

A 5 min porn clip. These kids nowadays have it so easy
So there was always a Pit here?
by DBCooper  (2020-07-12 18:20:05)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I started on ndhoops and came over when you merged. Thought ndhoops started earlier as I came on when a student, but I thought it was around longer than that. That means I found ndhoops pretty soon after it started. Never knew that.

What were the reactions to the Brey hire here at the time? * *
by wrathofsorin  (2020-07-12 12:43:11)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Positive... and fortunate.
by Kayo  (2020-07-12 13:55:04)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

As Doherty said in the article, who leaves a basketball coaching job in June?

Along with Skip Prosser and Paul Hewitt, Brey was a finalist after Malloy nixed Majerus. Doherty was a late entrant, and he got the job.

Prosser (Wake Forest) and Hewitt (Georgia Tech) moved into ACC jobs that spring, so they weren't available. Brey was available, and he wasn't exactly the "settling" choice because he easily could have been chosen as MacLeod's replacement without much ND fan dissent. Then Brey built some equity by making a good impression at his introductory press conference.