MBB: Liberty League

Bartman · January 23, 2019, 02:58:41 PM

Quote from: stlawus on January 22, 2019, 09:05:45 PM
Another solid win tonight for my alma mater in Geneva. Got off to a hot start on both ends of the court but Hobart started hitting 3's to end the first half to make it within 8. They came out firing from beyond the arc to start the half but SLU kept answering with jump shots. Very impressed with the team's defensive resiliency to get some key stops the final 8 minutes to open up the lead a bit off a spark initiated from a Karera dunk. This has been a very pleasantly surprising season as everyone including myself had us finishing in the bottom tier at the start of the campaign.

Hobart is still a solid team even with the injuries. A little too reliant on the 3 ball I think, but I guess it doesn't matter if they can keep the 3PG% consistently high. You can tell their injuries are hurting their inside game. The rematch in Canton should be a good one.

Congrats to SLU on the win, they got off to a fast start and played very strong on defense. You were kind to Hobart, they played like ****, no excuses for injuries. The last 5 minutes when they had a chance to get back in it, they were turning it over and taking some poor shots. SLU was the better team , and frankly, they have my vote over Skidmore right now. If Hobart wants to get back in it, they need to STOP the TOs and drive to the basket better and either make the close in shots, get fouled or kick it out for open threes...they have plenty of three point shooters , but SLU was cheating towards the three line and the Hobart offense was not running enough effective plays close in. It is too bad they are missing a couple of their Bigs, but Edens Fleurizard has really stepped up this year, although he is used to having a complementary Big and we just don't have it this year.

UfanBill · January 23, 2019, 03:37:35 PM

In a game postponed from last Saturday to last night, the Union Dutchmen remained in the LL race by defeating RPI in Troy 72-69. The Dutchmen used hot shooting, 25/46 54.3%, 13/23 56.5% on 3's to just hold RPI at bay. Union has a crowd favorite shot blocker coming off the bench. Rhonda Eseyade a 6'8" soph from Lagos, Nigeria via Bergen Catholic has seemingly a 7+ footers wingspan and quick jumping ability. Something you don't see that much in the LL. He comes in the game, hustles, blocks shots and generally disrupts the opponents inside game. Often changing what they're trying to do on offense...and he's only going to get better. The Dutchmen are beginning to get the confidence they need to make another LL championship run. Tough games at Skidmore and Ithaca await this weekend.

stlawus · January 25, 2019, 08:33:24 PM

17-64 shooting performance against Vassar earns SLU its biggest egg of the season. That was atrocious.

d3d3d3 · January 25, 2019, 08:54:45 PM

A bit surprising to see St. Lawrence lose to Vassar. Such a strange league.

Scores
Skidmore 78, Union 67
Bard 73, Clarkson 49
Hobart 92, Ithaca 81 (huge late rally)
RIT 70, RPI 68
Vassar 70, SLU 49

Bartman · January 26, 2019, 07:25:44 AM

This league is wide open, just get into the tournament and anything can happen. Hobart was as good at the end of the Ithaca win last night as they were bad against SLU on Tuesday. THE top 3 teams are all even against each other so far.....I take back my earlier comment that SLU was better than Skidmore......very bad SLU loss against Vassar , a team with a losing record that is 3-2 against the top 3 teams....pretty much says everything about league parity this year

d3d3d3 · January 26, 2019, 05:54:34 PM

Saturday
Skidmore 81, RPI 50
Hobart 65, RIT 60
Clarkson 80, Vassar 55
Ithaca 85, Union 69
SLU 53, Bard 46

Standings
Skid 10-2 12-6
SLU 9-2 12-6
Hob 8-3 11-7
Bard 6-5 10-8
RPI 5-6 10-8
Ithaca 5-6 9-9
Union 4-7 8-9
Vassar 4-8 8-11
Clark 3-7 4-13
RIT 1-9 4-13

hopefan · January 26, 2019, 07:48:40 PM

What an embarrassment for RPI. Losing to Union, losing to last place RIT , losing by 31 to Skidmore....I was led to believe by the glowing preseason write up from Coach Gilbride that this team was going to be a contender for the Conference championship. Instead, it appears to me to be a team that has quit even before February has been reached. VERY DISAPPOINTING.

thebear · January 26, 2019, 07:58:20 PM

Crazy results

Bard beats Clarkson by 24
Vassar beats SLU by 21
SLU beats Bard by 7
Clarkson beats Vassar by 25

SLU beat Clarkson by 5 at SLU,

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Caz Bombers · January 29, 2019, 03:20:24 PM

Bard at Union PPD tonight due to the snow. Until a couple minutes ago, it looked like the women were going to play but the men weren't, which didn't make a lot of sense to me, but now both games are postponed which is the smarter decision.

Hobart (and William Smith) still scheduled to play tonight at RPI.

UPDATE: Bard-Union will go tomorrow.

d3d3d3 · January 29, 2019, 08:37:14 PM

Down 19-5 halfway through first half, Hobart wins at RPI, 66-55. Engineers' leading scorer Horvat DNP

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d3d3d3 · January 30, 2019, 09:38:47 PM

Bard 90, Union 72 (Bard scored first 20 points of the game, was up 37 in second half)

LibertyLeagueGuru · January 31, 2019, 03:06:26 PM

Fun game last night in Union, Bard really showed what they can do when they put everything together. Previous performance against St. Lawrence showed that they are vulnerable against bigger teams with length. Bard is 7-1 against the 5-10 seeds and 0-4 against the top 3. Updated standings:

Standings
Skid 10-2 12-6
SLU 9-2 12-6
Hob 9-3 12-7
Bard 7-5 11-8
Ithaca 5-6 9-9
RPI 5-7 10-9
Union 4-8 8-10
Vassar 4-8 8-11
Clark 3-7 4-13
RIT 1-9 4-13

Absolutely huge game on Friday night for Union against RPI. If they win, they move into playoff position and secure the tie-breaker over RPI due to previously beating them @RPI. RPI on the other hand has a tough weekend coming playing at Union and then having to travel to Ithaca the next day. Lots of fun games on Friday with Hobart playing at St. Lawrence with the winner having the upper hand for a top 2 seed, a Bard-Vassar rivalry game and a must win game for Ithaca home against a powerful Skidmore team.

hopefan · February 01, 2019, 07:12:20 PM

RPI vs Union hoops... used to be the big rivalry game of the year.. not a full house, but pretty darned near... I turn the game on tonight, the stands behind the team benches might have 20 fans.... what a shame...

jmcozenlaw · February 01, 2019, 07:54:30 PM

Skidmore is getting monkey stomped at the half up at Ithaca, 55-33. Skidmore has an insane height advantage but you wouldn't know it. Meren and Rupkus have COMBINED for 10 first half points. Ithaca has 10 steals. Skidmore has 14 turnovers. Ezema has 17. Flood has 11 and Thopmson is battling through an injury and has 10. The Skidmore players are yelling at each other. Let's see what Burke and the boys figure out in the locker room at halftime. If I wasn't watching it with my own eyes, I would never believe this first half.