I'm gonna say Stevens by 9 or 10 on this one.  I'm feeling lucky.

Quote from: magicman on February 12, 2008, 05:22:42 AM
They have a higher Pool C ranking than any of the E8 schools...

I'm confused about this one.  I understand that Middlebury has lost to 5 very solid teams, but how can they be ranked above Stevens?
Middlebury: 17-5
Stevens: 19-3
Stevens also has a double digit win over Middlebury to boot.  Is there something I'm missing?
(this is not an argument against you magicman, just wondering why Middlebury is higher than Stevens in Pool C)

Naz up on Fisher 42-27 at the half.
Shooting percentages are similar in all categories, but Naz is taking A LOT more 2pt attempts (27 to fisher's 12).

Stevens wins by 3 with clutch free throw shooting.  I believe no one lead by more than 7 the entire game.  It was a good one!

Quote from: FROMAFAR on January 30, 2008, 12:28:22 PM

Monday should make for good posts. DUCKMAN.. has my read on the Stevens game last night...?

I only caught the second half of the game on livestats.  From what I saw it was "Baruch: Layup, layup, layup layup...".
Not sure if I just caught it at a bad time, but it seemed like Baruch was getting a lot of easy layups (going back to the inside D thing).
And as for FT%:
Baruch: 23 for 29 (79.3%)
Stevens: 13 for 24 (54.2%)
Ouch!

Well the game was at least exciting to follow on livestats.  I was sitting on the edge of my seat for a full half hour.

Quote from: magicman on January 29, 2008, 02:37:59 AM
Duckman, You lose by about 2 months.

Dang. =(

Anyways, I've been able to catch most of Stevens's home contests and feel they are an overall very strong team.  The only weaknesses I've seen were their inability to score against the 2-3 zone and their inside defense (with free throw shooting being a given). 
The fact that they've struggled against the 2-3 confuses me though, as all it takes to beat one is good ball movement to provide an open mid-range jumper (which all 5 of their starters, including Williams, can hit). 
As far as I can tell it seems like Stevens is the best team in the conference this year, as any one of their starters can turn hot on a given night.
Of course being the "best" team in the conference doesn't necessarily translate to W's in the conference tourney.  Naz, Ithaca and Fisher all have the ability to beat them, but if Stevens is playing at their peak I believe the Ducks will come out on top.
As far as the two Fisher-Stevens games, I don't think we can get too much out of either one of those games.  Fisher was the favorite to win the conference from the getgo and Stevens was determined to show why they should be top dog.  Result:  a lot of pressure on Fisher to win and a ravenous Stevens at their home court.  The game in Fisher was the reverse scenario, with Fisher wanting revenge.
Now about Williams.  He is a beast.  He has good post moves and you can't leave him alone outside or he'll knock down a jumper.  His field goal percentage was 6th in the nation for d3 as of 1/9, which adds to his impact on the game.

Like many have said before, it should be a fun couple of weeks.
Can't wait!

I heard a stat somewhere that out of the 300 some-odd d3 schools, stevens has the 5th worst free throw percentage.
That's pretty awful, yet it says a lot about how much talent they have if they're still ranked in the top 25.
By the way, I'm claiming dibs on 1st official Stevens student/fan on this thread (or has someone beat me to it?).