MBB: Liberty League

[stlawus]

My way too early preseason rankings:

1. Ithaca
2. SLU
3. Hobart
4. Skidmore
5. Union
6. RPI
7. Clarkson
8. RIT
9. Bard
10. Vassar

[d3d3d3]

2019-20 LIBERTY LEAGUE MEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL

1. Ithaca, 76 (5)
2. Skidmore, 70 (2)
3. Hobart, 66 (3)
4. Union, 57
5. St. Lawrence, 50
6. RPI, 41
7. Clarkson, 33
8. Vassar, 26
9. RIT, 22
10. Bard, 9

(First-place votes are in parentheses)

[stlawus]

With so much roster turnover I don't see any reason to complain about these rankings.   Any one of the top 5 teams in that list can win the league IMO.   

[Caz Bombers]

Hartwick at Union and Becker at Bard get the LL 2019-20 men's hoops season rolling tonight.

Union should win at home as Hartwick's best days seem to be behind it; Bard will at least get some kind of baseline for its young and small roster against what was a pretty poor Becker team a year ago.

[Caz Bombers]

Union wins by 9; Bard falls by 5 in OT. The Raptors only played 7 guys and I think I saw they only have 10 total. Hoo boy.

Jackson Mannix, who feels like he's been at Union since 2008, scored 17 to lead the Dutchmen past 'Wick.

[Caz Bombers]

5 games on tap tonight where 5-0 ought not to be out of the realm of possibility.

Potsdam at St. Lawrence
Union at St. John Fisher
Clarkson at SUNY Canton
Skidmore at Hartwick
Wells at RIT

[thebear]

Bears at SLU, last year Bears prevailed 90-77 at Jerry Welsh Gymnasium.

Scene shifts to Burkman Gym at Canton tonight.

SLU loses three starters, Naclerio, Crawford and Miner, plus top outside shooter Dom DeRegis

Potsdam loses three starters, Langley, Onabor, and Kane.

Hope to be there, should be an interesting game.

[stlawus]

Injuries to both centers for SLU tonight, if Potsdam wins this game it will be in the paint.

[d3d3d3]

SLU gave up 63 points. In the first half ...

[stlawus]

Potsdam taking advantage of open shots against the zone.  SLU injuries are also killing them in the paint. Both 6'10" centers are out for this game.

[stlawus]

Hicks injured early in the 2nd half cements a brutal start to the season.   Both centers already injured and the team's best player gets injured to boot. 

[stlawus]

Nice win for Potsdam, lights out shooting in the first half win the game.  SLU very banged up, would have liked to seen this game at full strength.

[d3d3d3]

Canton 60, Clarkson 52
Potsdam 84, SLU 74
Union 89, St. John Fisher 71
Hartwick 66, Skidmore 56
RIT 79, Wells 70

[thebear]

Nice win for Union [my graduate alma mater] over preseason Top 25 [or so] SJF.

[stlawus]

I was very impressed with Union last year.  I have no idea why their record was as bad as it was.   They beat SLU at Burkman and then lost to Clarkson which knocked them out of LL playoff contention.