MBB: Liberty League

[Hoaf]

Hamilton beats nationally ranked Depauw in OT.

It's about time they get it together for a win over a legit team. What happened against Middlebury?

[met_fan]

I can never understand why they have such problems with Middlebury.  They do it every two or three years.  DePauw is definitely a good win to go along with the Utica game.  But until they start beating the teams they're supposed to beat consistently by double figures I won't feel confident about this team. 

[shooters]

Good win by Hamilton, someone on this site said there wouldn't be any freshman that were "instant players" well from the two games i've watched Jay Simpson late in the game has taken over (one in the loss to Middlebury only reason it was close was b/c of Simpson) and then yesterday taking complete control at the end. He is a big time player, he might not be putting up huge numbers but he can get to the bucket any time he wants and is distributing the ball to the big men (something that didn't happen last year) TK and Wood are playing really well and even Giorgi looked good yesterday. Once Nick hits his stride this is going to be a pretty good team. Sure there are going to be growing pains but I'm excited with the conference about to begin!

[labart96]

what the deal with the hobart bb team these days?

i haven't really kept tabs on them to be honest (i am more of a football and lax guy), but i believe that coach roche had done a good job turning the program around until he resigned/got fired/left the school a couple of years ago.

from the looks of the early results, the team has regressed back to being it's usual sub-.500 standing in the LL.

any thoughts from the BB LLPP?

[b4the3isme]

Any fans out there that know why Ray Byrant did not play against Clarkson last night?  Another solid win for Clarkson.... who knows could be a sleeper...

[Hoaf]

Even without Ray Bryant that's an excellent win for Clarkson. The Liberty League regular season is going to be fun to watch this year. Hamilton lost to Brockport State today by almost 20. What's with the SUNYAC? They must have pretty good teams. Hamilton struggled to a win against Plattsburgh State in the NCAA tournament last season. Brockport State is 7-1 this season.

[FisherDynasty]

That is a pretty impressive onslaught. Hamilton is a talented team that usually is pretty athletic and likes to run similiar to Bport.  After seeing the Bport vs Fisher game, Bport is a team that can beat anybody if they are forcing turnovers and hitting there 3's, however when the shots aren't fallin, they can be beat against just about anybody.  But, needless to say, I'm very surprised they blew out hamilton like that.

[shooters]

You can say what you want about whatever but to get beat by 20 pts. what an embarassing loss for the conts.

[Hoaf]

I second that.

[pg04]

Maybe not as embarrassing as Brockport defeating St. Lawrence by 30 today, 102-72.   Not a good weekend for the Liberty league vs. the Golden Eagles. 

[Hoaf]

Now, that Hamilton and St. Lawrence have lost to SUNY-Brockport I am excited for them to play eachother. Clarkson is also having a great season and i can't wait to see them.

What's the story on St. Lawrence and Clarkson? They weren't that exceptional last year...

[woot returns]

i am not excited about anything hamilton does anymore. they should not lose to anyone on their schedule. hamilton players need to have some pride and stop being a bunch of bums. but check out how the minutes were distributed. tk with 16 minutes an jones with 19 minutes?. that is a sin and should result in an immediate resignation from everyone at the hamilton athletic department and a letter of a apology to all the fans for playing like **** and running a ****ty operation.

[b4the3isme]

Haven't seen St Lawrence but I hear they have everyone back and are relatively deep, though a 30 point loss doesn't seem to bear that out.  Clarkson is senior laden ( they only graduated one player from last years team) and they seem to have gotten more comfortable with the system that 2nd year Coach Stockwell has installed.  They have been shooting the ball well and they seem go get really hot at least once in the second half at the right time.  I agree the league could really be interesting this year.  Hamilton is probably still the favorite but St Lawrence, Clarkson and RPI could challenge.  Hobart and Union are question marks this year, while it seems that Vassar and Skidmore are rebuilding and have the potential to be dangerous.  It should and hopefully will be wide open and exciting.   Brockport must be really strong because their lone loss was to Potsdam after the Bears came back from 19 down to win I believe.  I'll be shocked if Brockport doesn't get some top 25 votes in the next poll.  They certainly deserve them.

[rjcarter8]

Any fans out there that know why Ray Byrant did not play against Clarkson last night?  Another solid win for Clarkson.... who knows could be a sleeper...

Over on the E8 board they answered the same questions.

Re: Ray Bryant

Utica OD story this morning says Bryant is sitting out four games to concentrate on his academics. The writer said yesterday was the second of four that he will not be playing.

The same story says that the two Hartwick starters who were not in the line-up were not playing for disciplinary reasons.

[shooters]

Woot,

Apparently TK didn't practice all week or something to that effect with some type of injury. I do agree that they don't seem to playing as a team. I'm not sure I'm excited about this season either.............but we'll see what happens. Maybe they'll pull it together but the St. Lawrence loss definitely restores a little faith in the Hamilton program.