A generous 33 FTs for F&M last night.  For the fan base/coach that regularly complains about officiating I guess that seems about right 🤔

Great playoff road win for UC.  I said it back when they lost that 2nd game to JHU that I'd take those 2 losses to JHU if it meant a playoff win if they happened to play.  I did not see them losing a 3rd time to them after how those first 2 games went.  Obviously shot lights out all game, 13-24 from 3 and did a really good job taking care of the ball.  Ended with 15 TOs I think but a handful of those came very late in the game.  Cleaned up the glass very nicely as well.  Quattro played very well on offense.  He looked like Shattuck out there.  Looking forward to Friday night.  Hopefully two good games.

Be nice if it were home but I like UC's matchup Wednesday with JHU. Hard to beat the same team 3 times in one season. Especially when teams are so evenly matched. How the hell did they lose to Haverford at home though. Thats an awful loss.

I can't confirm all of those scenarios, but I believe that if F&M loses and both Dickinson and UC win, then Dickinson would be 3rd seed, not UC.  This would be b/c they split the season and then virtue of record vs. 1st place Swat (both 0-2), which they are still tied, and then record vs 2nd place JHU, which DIckinson is 2-0 and UC is 0-2. 

What are the tie-breakers for 3 way tie for playoffs?  I know UC would win tie-breaker with F&M if each of them lose on Saturday and Dickinson wins.  I don't see Dickinson losing to Washington and believe F&M will beat Swat and UC will win at Gettysburg to end in a three-way tie.

Looks like my prediction was wrong about UC going 3-1 in their last 4 games.  Now, it looks like they are going to possibly be in that 4/5 play-in game.  If that's the case, hopefully they can at least get the 4 spot to be able to host that game, most likely against F&M who they would hold tie-breaker with if records are the same.  Not sure if that is a good thing though as it is always difficult to beat a good team 3 times in the same season.  Wright killed them yesterday.  Obviously, Dickinson was able to figure some things out from their first game and how UC was defending them.  Of course the 13-27 from 3 certainly helped them out.  Doubt Coach Small thought they would hit that many 3's against them.  If they shoot that well moving forward, going to be a tough team to beat

Good win for UC Wednesday night.  Was able to watch most of the game and UC definitely shot the ball very well.  Almost similar to the first game @ F&M where they also shot extremely well and put up over 100 pts.  Not sure when the last year was that UC swept the regular season from F&M.  Might have to go back to UC's final four year in 07-08 for that.  I think there is a good chance UC can finish out going 4-1.  Saturday with Washington should not be close as Coach Small does a really good job of playing up Alumni games and usually gets a really good effort from his guys.  Next Wednesday at Swat will be tough. Those games are always tricky at that gym. Then finish next 2 of 3 at home.  Still a lot to be decided leading up to the playoffs, but I would like to see a 5 team playoff with Swat, JHU, UC, Dickinson and F&M.  Think that would be a very competitive, fun to watch playoff that any of the 5 teams could get hot and win.

Gabriel - Thx for confirming that shot by JHU at the end of OT.  I was watching the game online and the pull-up looked 100% inside the arc, but the way the video was, you couldn't see the players feet.  Amazing all 3 refs could miss that because it appeared just from where he started his move that he was well inside the 3 pt. line and not just a shot where his toe was on the line.  That would have been easier to understand the call being missed.  The other call that looked questionable that came late in the game was a traveling call on Janicot.  He made what looked online as a great post move inside where he kept his pivot foot down and I believe made the lay-up. Again, a travel was called on it but didn't look like one, and i think this would have put UC up 3 with about 2:30 left in the game.  Instead, JHU got ball, went down and scored to go up 1.  Didn't cost them the game, but it was a big possession late that didn't help their cause.  Was hoping UC could get them after the close one at home in early January but didn't happen.  I'll take those 2 losses though if it means a win in playoffs if the 2 teams meet, but they definitely match-up well against each other

I'm biased but I would put Knowles up there for POY. He was playing at a 1st team all league level last year prior to the ACL tear. If he can lead this team to a playoff spot, possibly hosting the playoffs, I think he could get the award.

And I agree with what is being talked about regarding DPOY. I do not believe steals are a good indication of being a good defensive player. Actually, steals could very well be a product of other people playing good defense. Such as great on ball pressure by a defender who deflects a pass to the player stealing the ball. That player will get credit for steal but wasn't main reason for it.

It could very well come down to those 2 teams but by no means are they both heavyweights in the conference. A Heavyweight doesn't go 0-2 in a week where the games weren't even that close. I agree. Free for all this year

Didn't watch that Swat/F&M game but from what's being said it makes them come across as fake tough. Things aren't going their way and they act like that isn't a good look. Hope that stuff wasn't intentional. If it was intentional, the swat player definitely benefited from lack of replay.

Yes, they seem to be getting back to basics with how they recruit and seem to have a team that enjoys playing together/understands their roles on the team.  I am not that sold on Dickinson this year.  They certainly have the athletes on the team to compete in the league this year, but I watched that game last night online, and if other coaches/teams see how UC defended them they might have more troubles moving forward.  They were literally defending their guards standing mostly in the paint.  Dickinson actually was fortunate to have one of their guys hit a couple threes, but it wasn't from any of their athletic guards.  And for as much as their on-ball defense from these guards is talked about, the UC guards, specifically Knowles outplayed them.  Not sure what the Dickinson guards were doing on-ball, but they were giving up straight line drives to the baseline with absolutely no help behind.  UC actually missed more opportunities to take that straight line drive to get more lay-ups.  With their athletes, I'm not sure why Dickinson would be playing so far to one side of the offensive guy pretty much giving up that baseline straight drive.  I think they will struggle to be consistent if they (Dickinson) get defended that way in future games..just my opinion

Polly Math: yes, you make my point for me.  As I was stating the true big, 5 man, back to the basket is going away because it is inefficient to play pounding it into the post to let a guy back down and try to score inside. Those guys you mentioned had the skill set to do damage in many ways, which is what I am saying about the game changing to having versatile F's.  I am not saying that scoring out of the post is going away, just the true 5 man who sits in the post and expects to always play in there.  They may or may not be feasting in the CC today, but that doesn't mean their teams would be good or playoff teams.  I don't think when Ward was at Ursinus they made the playoffs outside his freshman year.  Yes, if there was a Wixted or Gyokchian, then I believe those teams would certainly be better, but, again, much more versatile Forwards.

Very nice win on the road for Ursinus at Dickinson.  Hope they can keep it rolling.

I don't think it's necessarily lack of bigs as to why conference is down. The game of basketball is changing. If you look at points/possession, throwing into the post and playing back to basket trying to score is under 1pt/posession. Th post is just a low percentage area to shoot from. I do think having skilled bigs is very important, but not in their ability to score back to basket. I think the game has changed and will continue to change from this. They need to defend the rim with pick and rolls, run the floor, finish at the rim and be able to pass out of doubles. D3 teams can get away with bigs who play hard and focus in these areas. They don't need guys who run down to the post, throw it in and go to work. Those days have passed. Inefficient basketball

Watched UC/JHU Saturday and agree it was a very tough loss.  As a UC supporter & alum, I was hoping games like this would go our way this year. Especially after being a very young team the past couple years and getting a lot of game experience you would hope they start to close out these type of games.  It was great to watch them fight and claw back into it.  I think that shows a lot about the team because JHU was shooting very well from 3. 

As for fouling/not fouling up 3 at the end of the game, I really think it depends on the situation and game.  In this case, 15 seconds was still quite a bit of time.  If you foul JHU with 8-10 seconds left, they are not necessarily forced to make the first FT and then miss the second.  They could try and make both free throws and then foul UC on the in-bounds pass. I believe UC was still in one and one at that point, so then it would depend on what UC does at the line; being up 1,2 or 3 and what JHU would need to do on that last possession with a handful of seconds left to get up the court.

With that being said, in this game, and how well JHU was shooting from 3, I probably would have tried to foul them before they got the 3 off with I think it was 6 seconds left to be exact and force them to make that decision to make both free throws or make the first and miss the second, and put it on your team to rebound and make free throws.  Hindsight is always 20/20 though.  I've seen games where the fouling has come back to haunt teams as well where the team gets the missed 2nd FT and makes a shot (didnt Swat tie Dickinson that way to force OT earlier this season?).