What's old is new again! The Centennial had East/West divisions from 1994-2003, and 13 conference games, before going to a double round-robin format.

Congratulations to Coach Robinson on his retirement! Shocking that it comes so close to the season beginning, but it sounds like the right move for him and his family.

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Very nice comeback win for the Mules when it looked like they were dead in the water.

The Dips are still searching for answers in the post. Groll looked like a potential star early in the season but is struggling now. McGrath seems to be their best option in the paint.

Federici tried to do too much last night when the game got close. When he gets into that mindset, there's no rhythm to the offense.

Dickinson landed one of the best recruits in D-III in Jule Brown, who was once committed to Penn. Sounds like he could have the kind of impact on this league that Milligan and Federici did as freshmen. If he's as good as advertised, the Devils are my pick to win the conference.

I'd go with JHU as a close second, and F&M third. The Dips have very little production in the paint other than Cedric Moune, and I think that will really hurt them despite the fact that they return so many players. Levy and Owona have not panned out the way many expected.

Quote from: givengo on March 09, 2015, 09:34:31 AM
Does anyone know when was the last time two Centennial teams made the sweet 16?

The last time was 2008, when Gettysburg and Ursinus played each other in the Sweet 16 in Collegeville. The Bears beat the Bullets for the fourth time that year.

Great to see Hopkins and Dickinson advance to sectional weekend.

D-Mac, you say in this week's blog that "F&M has got to figure out how to win outside of the Mayser Center." Doesn't the win at Hopkins count?

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Quote from: Reserved Seat on January 10, 2015, 07:14:06 PM
Washington's tenacious defense kept F&M from getting in sync offensively all afternoon.

Washington always gives F&M trouble with their swarming, high-energy defense. Hard to believe the Shoremen are 1-12, because they looked much better than that.

Depth in the post seems to be a big question mark for F&M at this point. Lionel Owona and Shawn Hines are just not giving the Dips much off the bench. It will be interesting to see if Lior Levy cracks the rotation by the end of the season.

I didn't expect Dickinson to be quite this good after losing Honig. The CC playoffs will probably go through Carlisle again, and the Devils should make another deep run in March.

F&M has also surprised me. The win over Stockton was big, but that did not look like the No. 4 team in D-III. And they were without their point guard. I think the Dips will fall soon, if not in one of their next two home games, likely at McDaniel (site of the young '09 team's first loss, and several other losses by highly ranked Dip teams).

Dickinson posts a 67-64 win at Wooster to advance to the Sweet 16. Huge victory for the Devils, who got knocked out on the same floor last year. Also a big win for the Centennial Conference after the Pool C selection of Dickinson was roundly criticized on other boards and Hoopsville earlier this week. The Wooster announcers really made me appreciate the crews at most of the CC schools.

Quote from: Reserved Seat on February 08, 2014, 07:17:44 PM
With Cedric Moune in early foul trouble, freshman Lior Levy stepped up to play adequate defense and scored 10 points.  Matt Porter had a career night as he scored 30 points.  Figueroa played good defense and scored 9 points including 2 threes.  Wright's defense continues to harass the opponent into rushed chances. 
Weston came off the bench to lead the Shoremen with 14 points.

Wright started at the point today over Phelps. He seems to be a better defender, and Phelps a better scorer. Don't think either of them is the point guard F&M needs to be successful. Robinson's system demands a great point guard, and they don't have one right now. Still, the Dips are winning more games than I thought they would given the depleted roster. I think they're looking at a 4-5 play-in game. Think the road to NCAAs goes through Carlisle, although McDaniel, Hopkins or Muhlenberg could be dancing if any of them get hot.

Quote from: NEPAFAN on March 04, 2013, 05:28:56 PM
Go up to New England and win just like Scranton did last year!

That was a great night for the Mid-Atlantic, with Scranton and F&M knocking off NESCAC teams and Cabrini also winning to give the Mid-Atlantic three teams in the Elite Eight. It was especially sweet given some of the chatter before the games, including one Amherst poster who said video of F&M's previous game "made him feel much better" about winning. It would be nice to see Catholic go up to Williams and win this weekend, and for Dickinson to win at Wooster -- I think both teams have the pieces to win.

Great win for Dickinson last night, especially after being labeled by D3hoops.com as the team most likely to disappoint in the top-right bracket. It was also a very nice win for the Centennial, making this the seventh straight year a CC team has advanced to at least the second round of NCAAs.

Quote from: centfan on February 27, 2013, 11:27:20 AM
i agree that robinson doesn't deserve coach of the year this season...dickinson wins conference, F&M underachieved...seems fairly clear.

If the voting was the same as in past years, the ballots were due before the conference playoffs. So Dickinson winning on Saturday wouldn't have factored into the decision.

This was such a mediocre year for the CC that it's hard to say who deserved POY and COY. In other years, I can remember several players who deserved POY in the same season. This year, especially due to Wixted's injury, nobody seemed to rise to the top. Hayk was way too inconsistent to be POY in most years.

This is only the fifth year COY has been awarded, and Robinson has never won it. He might not have deserved it this year, but if it's based on the regular season, it was a close call. Interestingly, Alan Seretti won the COY in 2011 when F&M beat Dickinson for the CC title. Also, Robinson was arguably "shafted" out of the award in 2009 when it went to Kevin Curley after the Dips went from a laughingstock to first place and eventually a Final Four berth.

Quote from: Swat Dad on February 23, 2013, 08:40:46 PM
How in the world does F&M beat Dickenson 64-34 just last week and get beat 64-40 tonight? That is a 54 point turn-around! Really strange! Would love to hear from those who were there about the game!

A week ago Dickinson appeared to be rattled by the raucous environment in Mayser. Last night the Devils played with a chip on their shoulder, and F&M responded with little energy. All the bounces that went F&M's way a week ago went Dickinson's way. The lack of a reliable 3-point shooter again hurt F&M in a playoff game (Dips went 2-for-18 beyond the arc), continuing a theme of the past several years. I was surprised by the margin of F&M's win last week and thought it would only serve to pump up Dickinson this weekend. The Dips were too inconsistent to win the title this year.

The Centennial champ has advanced at least to the second round of NCAAs every year since 2007 (F&M four years, JHU and Ursinus once each). I think the Devils have the pieces to make a run -- depending on the draw -- but they'll need to bring the same energy they did last night. Their post-game celebration reminded me of Gettysburg and Ursinus when they upset F&M in Mayser in past CC finals, and those teams fell in the first round of NCAAs in games they should have won. So I'm wondering how Dickinson will respond in their next game after an emotional win on a hated rival's court.

Brewer, Gyokchyan and Beckford had terrific careers that included three CC titles. Best of luck to each of them.

Hayk has hit some big shots in his career, but I'm not sure any were bigger than the pair of threes he hit at the end of tonight's game. Great atmosphere, and should be even better tomorrow with half of Carlisle coming to Mayser.