MBB: Liberty League

with age came? · January 04, 2016, 09:34:16 PM

P.S. I went to Beaver River but I was from Beaver Falls...

magicman · January 05, 2016, 12:57:22 AM

Quote from: with age came? on January 04, 2016, 09:15:46 PM
Time to heat up this board again like the Buffalo weather where we don't get snow anymore in November and December! Go Knights!! And where did this Bard stuff come from??? Magic please tell me??? lol

Bard defeats Skidmore in a big upset. No Aldan Medunjanin for Skidmore is certainly not helping. Came back finally for the 2 games out in Vegas but got hurt again in the 1st game back against Ramapo and only played 15 minutes. Has not suited up since then.
You take away your All American point guard and you will feel the pain. The Thoroughbreds need to regroup because they still have enough talent to win the LL without him. I'm hopeful he will be back, in the not to distant future. Why do I care, you ask? Because I drafted him in the 8th and final round with my last pick in the NCAA Futures Fantasy League. Everybody stayed away because they knew nothing about his injury. I was there when he went down back in November and felt sure he would return, He did, but now is injured again.

Bard has been slowly improving and is no longer the guaranteed win that they used to be. They come to play and will continue to get better. Several decent recruiting classes in the last few years because if they wanted to be more than a bottom feeder in the Liberty League they needed to land some good recruits. Top 4 scorers on the team are either sophomores or freshmen. They have a rotation of 8 players (it was 9 but appear to have lost a decent freshman, I think, over the holidays) and only 1 of them is a senior.

d3d3d3 · January 05, 2016, 09:40:12 AM

The fact that Bard won two LL games on the road last weekend just tells you where the LL is right now. The days of Richie Bonnie, John Coleman ... and now Aldin Medunjanin ... are over until the next great players step forward. So every team in the league looks young, and with Aldin out, every team has hope. Skidmore coach Burke said in an interview that he's certain Aldin's career "isn't over," but that makes you think he's going to be out for quite a while. If he is, the LL is the Wild, Wild West this winter and it's up for grabs. No teams are great, nobody stinks, and maybe everyone will go 8-8.

with age came? · January 07, 2016, 08:51:24 PM

I love it!!! Everybody at 8 and 8 would one interesting tie breaker scenario???

Reminds me of the .500 Knights beating the Saints and the Hamilton Conts to go to the dance.....oh what lovely memories....back in the day

Bengalsrule · January 08, 2016, 11:21:54 AM

Quote from: with age came? on January 07, 2016, 08:51:24 PM
I love it!!! Everybody at 8 and 8 would one interesting tie breaker scenario??? Reminds me of the .500 Knights beating the Saints and the Hamilton Conts to go to the dance.....oh what lovely memories....back in the day

Sounds like you were at that game??

d3d3d3 · January 08, 2016, 10:54:31 PM

Skidmore just lost another home game in-conference, this time to RIT. I'm not sure these are upsets any more.

LibertyLeagueGuru · January 14, 2016, 09:39:14 AM

Interesting conference season so far. I thought Hobart would have some better results considering they were pretty decent out of conference. Interested to see how they will do this weekend in North Country. Definitely seems like every game is going to be a dog fight this year, no team in the league is great but every team is pretty good.

AJ Horde of RIT seems to be the favorite for conference player of the year right now leading RIT to a 3-0 record while putting up some serious numbers (47 points against Union on Tuesday!).

Also was surprised to see Clarkson beat St. Lawrence on Tuesday. It's almost impossible to predict who will be in the playoffs this year. RPI was very good out of conference this year and looked like a solid pick but they are obviously struggling right now.

with age came? · January 15, 2016, 12:21:09 AM

Could not agree more..everybody is going to go 8 and 8 and let the tie breakers begin???haha

Way to go Knights - nothing better than beating St Lawrence!! Biggest shock to me is Skids hitting the "skids" a little?? Thought they would be the one to beat but the season is young?? Shock 1a - Bard - nobody is kicking sand in their face anymore!!??

P.S. Hey Bengals- you know dam (misspelled on porpoise) well I was there and it may have been the "purest athletic high" of my life when the Knights beat Hamilton to go to the "dance" for their only time....

Still watch that game on a DVD copy...proud parent thing!!

Bengalsrule · January 15, 2016, 11:03:45 AM

Quote from: with age came? on January 15, 2016, 12:21:09 AM
Could not agree more..everybody is going to go 8 and 8 and let the tie breakers begin???haha Way to go Knights - nothing better than beating St Lawrence!! Biggest shock to me is Skids hitting the "skids" a little?? Thought they would be the one to beat but the season is young?? Shock 1a - Bard - nobody is kicking sand in their face anymore!!??

P.S. Hey Bengals- you know dam (misspelled on porpoise) well I was there and it may have been the "purest athletic high" of my life when the Knights beat Hamilton to go to the "dance" for their only time.... Still watch that game on a DVD copy...proud parent thing!!

I can feel the pride through your post. Damn typo's......I gotta stop posting on my phone, while driving in snowstorms..at night!!

d3d3d3 · January 15, 2016, 10:18:02 PM

This 8-8 thing could actually come true. Vassar beat Skidmore. Union beat Bard. Clarkson beat RIT. Hobart beat St. Lawrence. Everyone has at least one league win and one league loss. It's madness. And mediocrity.

d3d3d3 · January 16, 2016, 07:15:22 PM

Liberty League standings, through three weeks:

St. Lawrence 3-2
RIT 3-2
Clarkson 4-3
Union 4-3
Skidmore 3-3
Bard 3-3
Hobart 2-2
Vassar 2-3
RPI 1-4

with age came? · January 18, 2016, 01:20:49 AM

Damn RPI is screwing up the whole 8 and 8 thing!!?

AUPepBand · January 18, 2016, 09:32:20 AM

Quote from: Bengalsrule on January 15, 2016, 11:03:45 AM
Quote from: with age came? on January 15, 2016, 12:21:09 AM
Could not agree more..everybody is going to go 8 and 8 and let the tie breakers begin???haha Way to go Knights - nothing better than beating St Lawrence!! Biggest shock to me is Skids hitting the "skids" a little?? Thought they would be the one to beat but the season is young?? Shock 1a - Bard - nobody is kicking sand in their face anymore!!??

P.S. Hey Bengals- you know dam (misspelled on porpoise) well I was there and it may have been the "purest athletic high" of my life when the Knights beat Hamilton to go to the "dance" for their only time.... Still watch that game on a DVD copy...proud parent thing!!

I can feel the pride through your post. Damn typo's......I gotta stop posting on my phone, while driving in snowstorms..at night!!

Bengalsrule, you know darn well that you'll never let those incidental distractions (or that stupid no texting while driving law) disrupt you from posting. You were born for the boards!

with age came? · January 19, 2016, 05:23:03 PM

AU Pep if I knew how to give out karma I'd do it for that last post!!!

AUPepBand · January 19, 2016, 06:49:09 PM

Quote from: with age came? on January 19, 2016, 05:23:03 PM
AU Pep if I knew how to give out karma I'd do it for that last post!!!

Haha....stick around and keep posting. Once you get past being a "starter," Sir Pat will grant you a magic wand with which you can grant karma (or smite) anyone you please. Meantime, here' some +K for ya.