MBB: Liberty League

[Caz Bombers]

Hobart blew a double digit lead and lost by one at F&M. That's gonna sting in March.

[Greek Tragedy]

I thought it was interesting that St. Lawrence really hammered home a "Two year plan" in their season preview and also in the off-season. It hleps to have a healthy Naclerio.

Clarkson season outlook:
1. They may not be very good this year
2. Not sure how competitive they'll be
3. They have some work to do
4. They might probably suck

[Caz Bombers]

St. Lawrence fell on the road to a probably very good Scranton today while Bard with a road win at Dean to win that tournament.

Eight games Tuesday before we break for Thanksgiving.

[d3d3d3]

Mount St. Vincent 71, Vassar 66
St. Lawrence 94, Canton 71
#9 Hamilton 97, Bard 88
Oswego 80, Clarkson 60
Alfred 88, RIT 76
Hartwick 81, Skidmore 72
Hobart losing big to Rochester
RPI blowing out Sage

[Caz Bombers]

Bard's loss was better than either of those two wins. We're not exactly tearing it up in OOC play, looking extremely 1-biddish.

[stlawus]

Wow, Hartwick beats Skidmore.   I was not entirely impressed with them, perhaps Ursinus and Scranton are much better teams than I thought. 

[NEPAFAN]

Wow, Hartwick beats Skidmore.   I was not entirely impressed with them, perhaps Ursinus and Scranton are much better teams than I thought.

Is Skidmore good?

[ucaafan]

Skidmore is very sound. All American candidate in Rupkus, soph Meren scored 39 in last game, excellent coach in Burke. Voted to finish second in LibertyLeague poll.

[Caz Bombers]

Union beat NVU-Lyndon (fka Lyndon State) 101-59 at home after only being up 8 at halftime. The Dutchmen scored a GSW-esque 62 in the second half. They will play Westfield State tomorrow in their tournament championship game.

RPI down 6 to unbeaten Montclair State in the 2nd half at the U of R tournament.

EDIT: RPI can't get a three to drop on the final possession (they went 12-34 from beyond the arc) and loses 76-73 to MSU. Engineers get Elmira tomorrow in the consolation game.

[Caz Bombers]

Union beat Westfield State and RPI beat Elmira. 5 OOC games on deck for Tuesday and we start league games on Friday.

[ucaafan]

TROY, N.Y. – After earning All-Tournament Team honors at the Sig Makofski Invitational over the weekend, freshman Mike Concannon of the Union College men's basketball team picked up his second straight Liberty League Rookie of the Week award on Monday afternoon.

Concannon had another good weekend to start his collegiate career, averaging 12.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game in helping Union to its first Sig Makofski title since 2012. The freshman hit 7-of-11 shots for 16 points to go with seven rebounds and five assists in a win over Northern Vermont University-Lyndon on Saturday, then added eight points, six rebounds and five assists on Sunday in the title-game win over Westfield State University.

Through three games, the freshman ranks second on the team by averaging 13.7 points per game, while also leading the team with 16 assists and 23 rebounds in a team-high 33.3 minutes per contest.

Concannon and the Dutchmen will look to keep their undefeated record intact this weekend, when Union kicks off Liberty League play on Friday at 7 p.m. against preseason favorite Hobart College in Geneva.

[Caz Bombers]

0-5 night for the LL in its final pre-conference showcase. Good grief. I give up.

[stlawus]

I cannot wait for this Skidmore team to graduate everyone this year.  I am so damn sick of watching SLU allow them to shoot 60% from the field literally every single time they play each other. 

[stlawus]

Skidmore shoots a ridiculous 64% from the field.   I guarantee they won't come close to shooting like that the rest of the season.   

[Caz Bombers]

at Ithaca 87, Vassar 68; Riley Thompson 27 points on 5-7 from distance. IC up 22 at halftime and cruised in.

Bard 83, at RIT 58; Armando Dunn 21 and 9 to lead 4 in double figures. The Raptors...might actually be a thing.

RPI 96, at Clarkson 84; balanced scoring and 29-13 FTA disparity lead Engineers.

at Hobart 73, Union 66; Statesmen shake off cold night from three to finally get one over on the Dutchmen.

Skidmore 83, at St. Lawrence 67; Noah Meren 28 points/7 assists, as mentioned above Skid shot the lights out.