Last year, before basketball season, we were presented with the opportunity to become a beta program for ProBoards. We enjoyed the new and enhanced message board, as it gives us many capabilities as a community that you usually would have to pay for. Unfortunately we have to move from the Beta program to the new LancersBlog board which looks and functions exactly the same.

We originally planned this move for July 1, but with all of the continuing men’s basketball and spring sports postseason news we have decided to rip the band-aid off in a group decision. The link to the message board has now changed and we’ve carried over some topics that are still pertinent. You will have to recreate your account, which I apologize for (some may still have an account from the old board that carries over).

We appreciate everyone’s participation and look forward to a bright future. At the very least this eliminates the negative posts as we turn the corner into a new regime and program, in terms of basketball.

The message board URL is now: http://lancersblog.proboards.com/

Please feel free to email us with any questions.

- LancersBlog Team

As we’ve said many times, LancersBlog is an open community for all Longwood fans. We’ve grown tremendously over the past 14 months and we’d like to thank everyone who visits the site on a regular basis. It is great to see so many people excited and passionate about Longwood athletics!

Part of being an open community is inviting multiple voices. We’ve invited anyone that wants to post on the site to do so and we will continue this community format into the future.

With that being said, if anyone is interested in contributing LancersBlog on a regular basis then please feel free to email us (LUlancersblog@gmail.com). We have some exciting updates that will go into effect over the summer and it will open up an opportunity for the whole community. People that have contributed to the site have received LancersBlog gear and other resources at the very least.

We’re open to any idea for the site and certainly are not just looking for basketball content or strict game recaps. This is intended to be a fun, creative, open forum for everyone.

Please feel free to give us a ring at any time if you’re looking to voice your passion for LU!

- Parks

And the winner is….ME! We had a host of worthy challengers but no one could overcome the host. We’ll carry over the prizes until our next contest and next year everyone who beats the host will get some LancersBlog gear. Here are the final standings for the Top 5.

1. Parks: 105 pts
2. March Madness: 90
3. seanlu24: 89
4. Depot51: 87
5. Wahoo-Wa: 86
5. Megan Shoup: 85

A big thanks to everyone who entered the contest, we’ll have plenty more on the way.

Our Bracket Challenge is in full swing over at FanSpeak. The winner will go home with some solid prizes and its still anyone’s tournament. Here is the Top 5:

1. March Madness: 73 pts
2. Wahoo-Wa: 67 pts (Wahoo-Wa has been disqualified for thinking they could use a UVA name in a Lancers contest. COME ON)
3. Parks: 65 pts
4. Depot51: 63 pts
4. Megan Shoup: 63 pts

Lets us know who you are. We look forward to tracking everyone’s progress this week!