Well, I spoke to soon. pciked it up with better shots and working ball in much better

wow watching the Wash U-Brandeis game. Is that Brandeis' game again, back to hoisting threes and praying. Ugly?

Interesting year for the UAA, a really down NYU-where is Janice Quinn when you need her , a Case team that looks interesting, I don't know what to make of Rochester, does anyone have any thoughts?, Maroon's can beat anybody on any given day, Brandeis back to its long ago self, throw up 3's and hope and a Wash U team that again is the team to beat.

Re: Allen's comment about shutting down Chapin, its the first weekend that they played a team that understands defense and a staff that knows you don't have to outscore somebody only by going shot for shot

Pat,

These were just thoughts but I am thinking that The Polar Bears, Wash U, Brandeis etc have rep, and deservidly so. But there were teams out there that had better records, for example I watched LVC after Isaw an update on D# Hoops realized that Goclowski was the coach and he was a former assistant at Brandeis. They lost 5 games ALL to 2 teams that were in the tourny, Albright and a final 4 team Messiah. They lost 2 games in season to them but beat Albright in the conference semi's, then went on to lost a 7 point decision in the Conference Championship at Messiah. At 23-5, that seems better to me then Wash U or Brandeis who was 18-7 (18-6 in region) and needed nailbiters and final shot wins beating the likes of Case only to get somoked at Kean (as did Chicago).

Piont is I think like NYU a couple years ago, reputation helps....Quality of Wins or not.

When all is now said and done, I think the UAA was down this year as a whole but I also think the schools are all tightening up (save CMU). Next year will be interesting as I think WU,  Emory, Case and NYU will be improved. I think UC could improve (a lot of turnovers this year that should decrease nect season), I think RU should be the same (but Shieble gets a lot out of his talent so they could improve), I think Brandies could go either way (I think guard play will be better).

Probably shouldn't have had 4 in NCAA's, but seems like the "rep" of the teams, like the Polar Bears and others will always get them the benefit of the doubt.

Fun season, not enough online fan support so the board hasn't been as much fun.....Where are Sandman and Allan when you need them......

Allen,

Any Thoughts!!!! NCAA bid I am sure for Chicago!! GO Emory!!!

I have been quiet not wanting to jinks anything these pat few weeks but Wow what a double header we just had at the Rat, both the Maroon men and women make second half comebacks to beat Brandeis and with that put their fate in their own hands for next weeks home double header against Wash U where noth will have a title shot!

JUST NOTICED FROMER BRANDEIS ASSISTANT MAKES GOOD

Lebanon Valley Raises Over $3,400 On Think Pink Night
Feb 06, 2008
Press Release posted by Lebanon Valley
ANNVILLE, Pa. - Lebanon Valley College's first-ever "Think Pink" women's basketball game Tuesday night raised more than $3,400 for the American Cancer Society of Lebanon to help in the fight against breast cancer.

LVC's match-up against Lycoming College drew a program-record 1,310 fans, and the two teams gave those in attendance a fantastic show as the Dutchmen pulled out a 76-75 win in overtime. In addition to a $1,000 check from LVC presented to the ACS before the game, fan contributions added another $2,400 to the total.

The "Think Pink" initiative was started by the Women's Basketball Coaches of America (WBCA) as a way to raise awareness about breast cancer.

Each year, more than 700 colleges and universities around the country participate in "Think Pink" games to show their support. Fans are encouraged to wear pink to the game, and LVC asked attendees to make a donation in lieu of an admission charge.

"What a wonderful event it was around such a difficult subject as cancer," said LVC Head Coach Todd Goclowski. "We talked about our challenges on the court and how they pale in comparison to someone experiencing that battle."

The night was full of raffle prizes and giveaways thanks to dozens of local businesses that supported the event, and local youth league teams from ELCO and Annville Elementary played at pre-game and halftime. The event also encouraged prevention and early detection of breast cancer with educational materials from the American Cancer Society.

"It was an amazing college basketball atmosphere and it was wonderful to have a game like that for such a great cause," Goclowski said. "It was a perfect night."

Its only an opinion but for the first time in recent memory I truely believe that the UAA is NOT one of the better conferences in the country this year.

I think it is a down year, but kudos to Case and Emory because I think they are improved, put that with the fact that I believe Brandeis, Chicago, NYU and Wash U are all below the THIER own quality of the past several years. Rochester also is the only improved team of the top 5 from last year, which bodes well for them for the rest of the season.......Lets root for Emory and Case to start winning out and for CMU to win a couple.......Rebuilding year......

Well, This weekends games should give a little clearer picture of the UAA.
With Chicago and Wash U visiting NYU and Brandeis, I think real strength in the Association will start lining up 1-8. If Rochester doesn't get caught sleeping at either Case or Emory-something that I don't think is out of question-I expect to see Rochester at the top of the standings come Sunday evening. I also think Wash U is likely to win two game, but it also is not impossible for NYU and Chicago to win two games. The odd man out I think is Brandeis. They have been inconsistant at best and normally do not beat Wash U-so to me that is a give me, I think it is also quite possibe that Chicago can reveerse last years losses to Brandeis and hopefully NYU. Should be a great weekend of games.
As an aside I hope Brandeis men beat Wash U.

Brandeis runs off 4 straight cuts it to 53-52 with 6 minutes left

18-17 Emory with 8 minutes left in 1st half

DOES IT GET BETTER THEN THIS...
Sitting at the Rat as the Emory game begins, watching the UR/Brandeis game on the laptop,  Lot of ill advised shots in a close game

OR you can watch the webcasts being presented by UR

games all went as expected, I thought all along that Rochester maybe the sleeper winner of the Association this year. I was sitting at my desk and took advantage of watching some of the Brandeis/CMU game and then switched to the UR/NYU game. Much fun being able to see these games, although the CMU game was quite dark, I guess the lighting there is not that good. Tough to get a read on Brandeis as they were just running past CMU, both teams seemed to miss a lot of shots, but then Brandeis did play everyone. Then caught the other game and to be honest there were stretches of no scoring there and a lot of missed shots as well, but they seemed to be more intense, obviously from the competitiveness.
Live stats were good for the other two games and I was superised when checking them how close those games were, should be a great season.