MBB: Liberty League

[labart96]

Great call this weekend from Bart1117.....can't hit the bottom of the net any purer than that!

Sweep this weekend for hobart...

hear hear.  nice to see hobart net a weekend sweeper!

and what's this talk about "scratching balls for life?" 

[Bart1117]

Thoughts on the weekend?...

 

[labart96]

what more can you say but bart is playing pretty good ball right now.  finally evened up the record at 10-10 and winning 5 out of 6 (with the one loss by only 2 pts) is great.

huge weekend coming up with road trip to canton and clarkson. 

better pack some snow shovels.

brrrr

oh yeah - kudos to hobart frosh estep for being award the LL co-guard of the week:

[with age comes?]

Huge weekend..  If any team wins 2 in North (other than SLU who is in already) we'll have a second team in (in my opinion).  So we leave it to Hobart, Hamilton & Clarkson to see who wants it.  Conversely if any teams loses 2 in the North (other than SLU - see above) chances will be greatly dampenned but not totally shot.  RPI on the other hand can not afford a 2 loss weekend or we're in a 4 horse race for 3 spots.  Barring a disatrous weekend for SLU I think the gold will be theirs.

[shooters]

Yes big weekend all around, especially for Hamilton who might be playing without their point guard this weekend. If Hamilton can take back a victory at Clarkson things look pretty good for the Conts in the post season. It should be a dog fight!

[OlBallCoach]

Thoughts on the weekend?...

 

This is a monster weekend in the LL no doubt about that...., one that could very well decide the fates of the 5 teams packed in the middle of league standings from making LL post season play or sitting home and watching it!

Here are my calls for Friday evening affairs........

Hobart @ St. Lawrence - Saints will find the home confines of Burkman Gymnasium much more to their liking in defeating Hobart for the second time this season.
Selection: St. Lawrence

Hamilton @ Clarkson - Knights in-league defense has been nothing less than super so far (giving up only 59.5 per game), yet I'll give the slightest of edges to the Continentals offense to return the favor to Clarkson who defeated them by 10 at M.B.S. Field House.
Selection: Hamilton

RPI @ Union - Union continues to play better as the season has progressed.
But are they playing well enough to up-end RPI, at Viniar Athlertic Center for their 4th consecutive LL win? Slight edge goes to the road team in this one.
Selection: RPI

Vassar @ Skidmore: Albeit on the road, V.C. gets what any doctor would prescribe as a best chance remedy (Skidmore 1-9LL) to cure the back-to-back road losses at Bart and Ham.
Selection: Vassar



"One False Assumption And Logic Will Do The Rest"




 

[labart96]

I'll agree that Hobart has a tough task ahead of themselves in trying to beat the Larries on their home court.  It's not impossible, but Hobart going to need their best effort to get it done.

The bright side of a loss is the opportunity to come up with a split on the weekend (and a chance to move into 3rd place in the League):

http://www.libertyleaguesports.org/standings/mbasketball

[OlBallCoach]

LL Final Scores for Friday Evening Contests:

St Lawrence 69 Hobart 58

Hamilton 59 Clarkson 42

Union 67 RPI 61

Vassar 74 Skidmore 58

[DeckTop]

I'm hearing rumors of an illegible player being used by RPI. Anyone else hear anything?

[labart96]

The Saints outrebounded Hobart 51-29 led by Josh Sharlow's game-high 11.

cant win if you don't rebound....

[OlBallCoach]

Saturday Afternoon LL Scores:

St Lawrence 72 Hamilton 59

RPI 74  Skidmore 69

Vassar 56  Union 44

Hobart v Clarkson 

[OlBallCoach]

Saturday LL Final Score

Clarkson 75 Hobart 72

[labart96]

Saturday LL Final Score

Clarkson 75 Hobart 72

DOH!

[Pat Coleman]

I'm hearing rumors of an illegible player being used by RPI. Anyone else hear anything?

This guy's name is the most illegible one I can see: Kris Kowalczyk.

If you mean ineligible, however, no idea.

[with age comes?]

What a weekend.    Hamilton comes into Potsdam and comes away with victory aided by the fact that Hamilton shoots 48 free throws (not a misprint) on Clarkson's home floor. Clarkson outscored by 22 points from the foul line on their home court in a 59-42 loss. I'm not one to comment on the refs after the fact (and Clarkson did play horrendously) but this crew shouldn't be doing HS JV games let alone college games, but what I say doesn't matter.  I'm sure some other teams will have the "pleasure" soon enough.  So the Knights have to face the hot Hobart Statesman the next day without their leading scorer and rebounder (Elson Pickering) who lay writhing on the floor in the Hamilton game for about 20 seconds in pain before this crew noticed him (how you can miss a 6"7" 235 pound man twitching like a fish out of water for 20 seconds is beyond me-a comment on their eyesight I guess). And as Bart and TGP know Clarkson smoke & mirrors and little bit of Houdini engineers a 75-72 win.  And this just in- Grazioli gets my useless vote for POY.  He was magnificient 12-20 from the floor 8 for 9 from the line numerous rebounds and played many minutes with 4 fouls (Izzi did a lot of offense/defense subbing quite well).  If he wants, he should definitely play pro ball overseas.  The man has skills.  No easy fast break points in this game just nifty back to the basket moves and a soft touch. Statesmen still have viable chance to get into the playoffs but most likely will have to run the table, which means must beat Hamilton tomorrow at home and take care of business against Union and Skidmore at home on the weekend.  RPI has truly difficult task as they too probably will have to sweep remaining 3 games @ Vassar on Tuesday and Clarkson & Saint Lawrence this weekend.  Vassar probably just needs to win 1 of three home games against RPI, Clarkson or SLU to get in.  Clarkson has to win one on the road @RPI or Vassar to have a legitimate shot.  Don't know status  of Pickering but I don't know that the Knights have enough "smoke and mirrors" to accomplish that.  6 teams with legit shots at the playoffs in the final week of the season is pretty awesome. What would be really interesting would be three teams tied for the 4th spot at 7-7 which I think is a possiblity.  I haven't a clue what the tie break would be? That may be my longest post ever so I'll shut up now!!