Don't think he turned it down

Definitely sad to see sour grapes from such a proud program like Hamilton. In my opinion, JHU guard play was so much better than Hamilton's with James, Windley, Yeutter, and Nixon beating their man so often that the Continentals struggled to stay in front and resorted to fouling. Just watched the entire game back on demand and I don't think legitimately any of the fouls called were incorrect or at least not very debatable, weren't too many head scratchers. Hamilton shot 29% from 3 and 46% from the free throw line, if they were going to beat the better team (Hopkins) Saturday, they probably should've played better. Thank you for these gems though:

"NESCAC is looking like the league that we all know they are"
"Wouldn't be surprised to see all 4 teams advance today"
"I watched Hopkins play last night and was not impressed at all by them, I expect a Hamilton win tonight on Hopkins home floor"
"Iron sharpens iron so let's just say that the 4 NESCAC teams are 4 of the sharpest in this tournament"

Hilarious post that I will remember for ages because of how bad it backfired! Better luck next year!

Death. Taxes. Hopkins vs Swat in the Centennial Championship game. This is the 5th consecutive year the two teams will meet, should be a great game!

Close will be playing his 5th year next year. To this point, Delaney also technically has another year of eligibility because of his injury in '18-'19. Although he's been in school for 5 years, he's only used 3 years of his eligibility.

40 Way Too Early Top 25 Candidates (Alphabetical Order)

Amherst
Augastana
Buena Vista
Calvin
Case Western
CNU
Elmhurst
Emory
Gettysburg
Guilford
Hope
Ithaca
Johns Hopkins
La Crosse
Linfield
Marietta
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Maryville TN
Millikin
Mount Union
Nebraska Wesleyan
North Central IL
Oshkosh
Oswego
Pacific Lutheran
Platteville
RMC
RPI
St. John's MN
St. Norbert
Swarthmore
TCNJ
Trine
Tufts
Ursinus
WashU
Wheaton
Whitworth
Williams
WPI

I've heard that Close and also Dan Gaines may return, which would make the conference very interesting. Don't know who is back for Hopkins, but Sidney Thybulle, Carson James, Lincoln Yuetter are the only 3 non-graduating players who played more than 10 minutes/game so they'll need help from somewhere if they want to be at the top of the league again.

Ursinus and Gettysburg will both be very good next year, since they lose almost no one. Swat keeps most of their scoring and 3 all-conference players. Hopkins loses a lot, making me think the league will be wide open in 2022-2023.

Pick 4 in any order for top 4 from:

Ursinus
Gettysburg
Swat
Hopkins

Pick one from the rest to be team #5:

Dickinson
Haverford
F&M
Muhlenberg
Wash
McD

Centennial Conference Standings (as of 2/6)

1 Swarthmore 12-2, 18-3

The Garnet control their own destiny with four games to play after completing a sweep of rival Johns Hopkins in the regular season. While the two heavyweights in the Centennial do have the same conference record, the tiebreaker remains with Swat due to the head-to-head victories. Sophomore Vinny Deangelo is 3rd (16.8) in the Centennial conference and Junior George Visconti is 6th (14.0).

2 Johns Hopkins 12-2, 16-3

Johns Hopkins responded to their second loss this year to Swarthmore by beating McDaniel and Haverford by a combined 65 points last week. The Blue Jays are hoping for a Swarthmore slip-up in the next 2 weeks to move into the one seed, but as of right now are very securely in the #2 position. All-American Conner Delaney is 2nd in the Centennial in scoring. (19.2)

3 Gettysburg 9-5 13-7

The surprise so far in the Centennial has been the Bullets, who after being picked to finish 7th are sitting relatively securely in 3rd place now. Gettysburg's next two games are extremely important, as they'll travel to 4th-place Dickinson on Tuesday and host 6th-place Haverford on Saturday. Carl Schaller is almost a lock to become the 4th freshman point guard in a row to win Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year, following the likes of Vinny Deangelo, Dan Gaines, and Conner Delaney. Senior Avery Close is also 8th in scoring in the conference at 12.8 points per game.

4 Dickinson 7-5 8-9

The Red Devils have really turned their season around after starting 3-9, currently riding a 5 game winning streak to 4th place in the conference. Senior Ryan Robinson is the spark for the Devils averaging 12.2 points per game, good for 11th in the Centennial.

5 Ursinus 7-6 10-8

The Bears are one of three teams vying for the last two spots in the Centennial Conference tournament. Ursinus is currently tied with Haverford for that 5th spot, which they hold the tiebreaker, but the Bears still have to play front-runners Swarthmore and Johns Hopkins again while the Fords only have to face Swat again. It would benefit greatly, if not be necessary for Ursinus to steal one of those games to feel confident in their hopes of making the conference tournament. The Bears are led by the conference's leading scorer, Ryan Hughes, who scores 19.3 points a game on 51.1% shooting from the field.

6 Haverford 7-6 11-9

Haverford is another team trying to wedge their way into the tournament at 7-6. The Fords will still play Dickinson twice and Gettysburg once, crucial games to the playoff implications in the Centennial. The Fords need to go at least 2-1 in these contests to have a chance at that last spot. The frontcourt of Harry Johnson and Nate Torres lead the Fords, both averaging double digits, 11.7 and 10.7 points respectively.

7 Franklin and Marshall 5-9 8-13

The Centennial powerhouse of old is going through their rebuilding phase after the retirement of coach Glenn Robinson. The Diplomats likely need to win out to have a chance at one of the last spots, and every loss hurts especially bad going forward. Senior Solomon Mathis is a bright spot for the Dips, scoring 14.1 points per game, good enough for 5th in the conference in scoring.

8 McDaniel 4-10 9-11

The Green Terror need to win the remainder of their games to make the Centennial playoffs and the practicality of that plan is low as they still have to face Swarthmore before their conference schedule is finished. Senior Mike Wallace is wrapping up a nice career in Westminster, averaging 15.2 points, good enough for 5th in the Centennial.

9 Muhlenberg 4-10 7-14


The Mules are just not the same team without leader Dan Gaines, who is out for the year with a wrist injury. They also need to win their remaining games to even dream about postseason basketball. Freshman Jayson Williams-Johnson has really taken over the reins for this program and will be an all-conference player in the future. (11.0 PPG, 49% 3PT)

10 Washington College 1-13 4-17

The Shoremen are having a rough year but are developing some nice young talent. Sophomore Kedrick Frink is 12th in the conference in scoring at 12 PPG.

Gaines was in a cast for Muhlenberg-Gettysburg last night, looks like an arm injury of some kind. Also, was listening to Hoopsville around last week sometime and heard Dave mention that Hopkins had some internal conflicts but said it was hard to elaborate on. Was wondering if anyone knew more about that or if Dave could give an explanation.