Who Is running the Grinnell system?

[TeeDub]

Jordis Rocks-
Big Deal! All we care about right now are turnovers!

I'm looking good on that end...Redlands' opponents are up to 30.3/game average...that was XXL in case you forgot.

Amir had 47 pts. and 34 pts. respectively in those two games (he played 22 minutes in each of those games)

[hjmphelp]

But Redlands "system" sucks, man! If you had recruited me you would have spent 4 years at the top of the conference by now, I swear on the Monmouth Bible!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Your references are getting less veiled by the minute, Jeff.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I'm sure we'll hear something from someone about that rather soon.

[TeeDub]

I was hoping Mazarei would get some TOTW recognition...averaging 40.5 pts/game and 14 3's in a single game.

[hjmphelp]

Great to see he has "unslumped", shall we say?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Ouch, somebody has it in for me.  I went down two points in the last hour.  I must have said something really controversial somewhere.

[digs]

Over on the MWC board there was some discussion of playing system games back to back and the toll it takes on the teams.  There is some good science out there about the ideal steps for recovery to make a player ready for the next game.  Hockey teams play back to back, speed skaters compete back to back, track athletes, Lance Armstrong (and those other guys that rode behind him through France the last 7 years)--what do these athletes do and don't system teams and opponents use some of the same science?  Jordis do you have any insight?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I know the tour de france guys do about a three hour massage after every stage and then carbo-load 12,000 calories.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

They also sleep in hyperbaric chambers at night.

That might be out of the budget for most d3 programs, but I'm guessing Grinnell could swing it if they really wanted to.

[TeeDub]

Over on the MWC board there was some discussion of playing system games back to back and the toll it takes on the teams.  There is some good science out there about the ideal steps for recovery to make a player ready for the next game.  Hockey teams play back to back, speed skaters compete back to back, track athletes, Lance Armstrong (and those other guys that rode behind him through France the last 7 years)--what do these athletes do and don't system teams and opponents use some of the same science?  Jordis do you have any insight?

Redlands plays a Wednesday/Saturday format, so the fatigue factor doesn't come into play so much from game to game.  What plays into Redlands' opponents, sometimes, is that players who wouldn't normally have the greenlight to shoot, do against the SYSTEM and then those same players think they still have it against more traditional style teams.  Unfortunately, those same players don't necessarily have IT when it comes to playing more traditional style defenses. 

Redlands has traditionally (a short life to measure) done well in back to back situations.  It wasn't until the SYSTEM was unveiled that they won their own 8-team, 3-day tournament.  The first tournament championship coming against Pomona Pitzer College who went on to win conference.  Redlands, due to the volume of players and limited minutes played per contest had fresh players on day 3, while it appeared the opponents did not.  The same happened the following year when Redlands beat Loras and Hayward on way to a second tournament championship.

Add in that SYSTEM teams have little opponent preparation necessary because rarely does their opponent get to run their normal stuff.  The SYSTEM games are played the way the SYSTEM dictates, not so much the way the opponent does.

What does that mean....nothing....but I think there are both mental and physical challenges to playing the day after a System game and I think there are mental and physical benefits to a SYSTEM team playing back to back nights.

[Pat Coleman]

I was hoping Mazarei would get some TOTW recognition...averaging 40.5 pts/game and 14 3's in a single game.

Do you know if he was nominated?

[TeeDub]

I was hoping Mazarei would get some TOTW recognition...averaging 40.5 pts/game and 14 3's in a single game.

Do you know if he was nominated?

I don't know, that is why I was "hoping" he would get some TOTW love...I'll bang the SID again this week since it appears Amir is trying to out do last weeks numbers...last night's57 pts, 5 rebs, 5 assts, 2 steals and ZERO turnovers against the #15 team in the country should help garner some consideration.

[TeeDub]

Does anyone know what the highest single game scoring mark this year is?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I think it might be the 57.  I don't think I've seen anything else that high, besides Josh Hinz' 50 against Grinnell.  I'll do some checking.