MBB: Liberty League

[XVII]

Gordon was a medical redshirt last year, so this is his second year of eligibility.  Ricky Philatre is out for the season with a foot, I don't believe he can redshirt.

Anyone know the playoff scenarios for this weekend?

and about rpi, i was at the game, and neil wesson did not impress me. he is the most overated player in the LL. he had 6 turnovers tonight, and made bad play after bad play. the two games against vassar he has looked terrible, no idea how he gets the stats he does against other teams.

#24, the kid gordon, did lok very good tonight. dont know what year he is, but he was very active and made a lot of plays for rpi. hes gonna be a plyer for a while in the LL. does anyone know what happened to the 6'8 freshman philatre rpi has? he was in street clothes.

[woot returns]

nick jones of hamilton did have one of the nicest dunks i have seen in d3 basketball in a long time on tuesday. it was jordanesque!!!

[labart96]

We'll see if Hobart can pull another upset tomorrow when they face Hamilton in Clinton, NY.

Given that Bart has only put together consecutive wins only once all season, the odds are pretty good for Hamilton.  Especially since the last time Bart had a "big upset", they lost to the Conts by 24 points.

Still, theoretically the Statesmen could make the LL tourney - if - and that's a huge IF - they win out and Vassar and/or Union lose out.  Not likely either case, but you never know.

Hobart's making a mess of the LL with back-to-back wins over the leaders (SLU and Hamilton) after tonight's 87-86 OT win in Clinton.

WOW!  Wouldn't have believed it if I read it elsewhere.

Sounds like Hamilton just ran into a Bart squad that for whatever reason, was just hitting almost all their shots.

http://www.hws.edu/athletics/hobart/showrelease.asp?id=3661

[b4the3isme]

Pumpkin u must be flying.  Hobart even if they win out and Union loses out may still have a problem with RPI if RPI loses to Hobart but beats Hamilton.  I honestly don't know which of the 7-7 teams would get in?  That would be a question I'd like answered?  I think the only way it seems that the LL could avoid Hamilton being the champion would be to schedule all of their games against the bottom 3  teams of the league (losses to Clarkson, Skids, and Hobart).  Go figure.

[labart96]

Pumpkin u must be flying.  Hobart even if they win out and Union loses out may still have a problem with RPI if RPI loses to Hobart but beats Hamilton.  I honestly don't know which of the 7-7 teams would get in?  That would be a question I'd like answered?  I think the only way it seems that the LL could avoid Hamilton being the champion would be to schedule all of their games against the bottom 3  teams of the league (losses to Clarkson, Skids, and Hobart).  Go figure.

will always take a win over the conts.  they are a quality program and class act.  just sounds like we had "one of those games".

no idea how the tie breaker situations would play out, but realistically bart would need a ton of help to make the final field.  ending this rough year with 10 wins would be an accomplishment in itself.  rpi will be a tough match up, but with back to back wins over the best teams in the league, bart's confidence has to be pretty high.

[Hoaf]

Hobart won't get in the tournament.

That's my little prognostication.

[woot returns]

does hamilton have to win one game this weekend to clinch #1 seed or do they already have it?

[shooters]

There is only a one game lead for Hamilton right now so if Vassar beats them this weekend, then they have to win on Saturday against RPI. If Vassar loses Friday, then Hamilton will have clinched because they hold the tie breaker w/ SLU if they lose on Saturday. I think Hamilton wins on Friday and clinches the title.

[Hoaf]

They have to win one game this weekend in order to clinch.

[labart96]

good luck to bart tonight!  get that 10th win!

[woot returns]

hamilton beat vassar by like 15

[labart96]

bart's on a roll!

http://www.hws.edu/athletics/hobart/showrelease.asp?id=3672

[shooters]

Well that puts a wrap on the conference, I think i was right on Vassar, yes they are a top four team in the league, but that is about it. Hamilton played well and finally shot the ball a little bit. Hobart must have brushed off on them a little.

[bucketsallday]

you cant say vassar is a top four LL team and that's it when you consider the fact that they beat st lawrence at st lawrence and lost to them at home after stl hit three at the buzzer to send the game to ot. vassar caught hamilton on a bad night - after they get beat by hobart. outside of avitable, vassar just couldnt hit a shot. nights like that happen.

does anyone know if hobart or rpi still has a chance to get in if union loses, or does union have the tiebreakers? i think hobart has it over union because they knocked hamilton.

[Hoaf]

Does it really matter if RPI or Hobart get in the tournament? It's not like they could do any real damage. The winner's going to be either St. Lawrence, Hamilton, or Vassar.