MBB: MAC Freedom League

[cold_case]

Cold Case is not a fan of the Monarchs (I hear it is becaused they refused to name the new addition of the gym in his honor) so expect those replies.

True, King's did not put my name on their new digs and yes I'm upset but to say I'm not a fan of the Monarchs?
And as for Saratoga, I doubt you'll be seeing him much. Same goes for Bob Zade's. They're both distant memories.

[ljk]

Hey Nais and fellow posters:  Like AI said, "We talking about practice, man, not the game, practice................"     Let the games begin!

[breezy77]

thanks to leo the lion and naismith for the heads up about cold case.  in response to both their posts.  i think jp can go 8 deep.  the 6'5" freshmen conroy will be the first forward off the bench. freshmen brasky can give solid minutes at the point, although i don't believe cousart will come out very much.  maybe jp will slide cousart to the wing occasionally.  they will stuggle inside if their big boy gets in foul trouble.  they have a senior wing, i forget his name, who will be the 6th man.  their top 6 looks very good with brasky and conroy as 7 and 8.  jp has 4 freshmen who look like they could develop into a good group over 4 years, brasky, conroy, hacker and schlichter

[cold_case]

Nais, I gots me a ton of stuff. Weez be in touch.
And hold onto the veal.
With King's being said deep dis dar year, Scranton made a good move to get out while the gottin' was good.

Leo, if you have any gray matter in your penthouse, don't go too overboard with your remarks of me not being a King's fan. I'm a fan who tells it dar way I sees it, I'm just not like you, a homer. Plain, simple, period!

[saratoga]

CC. Not too distant I hope!!! Leo...good scouting report to the rookie. You don't want to scare him off too soon.

[ColonelJohn4Life]

My 5 favorite holidays read as follows:

5. My birthday.  Because really, who doesn't love their birthday.
4. First Thursday of NCAA D-I Tournament.  16 games that stretch 12+ hours.  No drawbacks.
3. Christmas.  Everybody is off work, families get together.  It's a chalk pick for top 3.
2. Wilkes Basketball Opening Day.  The air just a little crisper today than it was yesterday.  See you all at the Marts Center tonight.
1. Thanksgiving.  Seriously.  It's a day designed around eating, napping, and watching football - and the lazier you are, the more socially acceptable it is.  Genius.

Game on, fellas.  Game on.

[naismith]

Took a look at Manhattanville and Arcadia this afternoon.
Today Manhattanville since they have 2 games (and wins) under thier belt.

Manhattanville won their season opening tourney defeating John Jay and Rose Hulman.

Multi-year starter Brian Fink, a 6'2" off guard seems poised to be primary scoring threat. Was tourney MVP and hit high % of 3's.
Point guard Donte Chisolm seems to pose a real threat. He is a 6' 0" senior.
Last year, he averaged 6 assists per/game with a 1.82 s assist/turnover ratio.
Also averaged 1.8 steals per/game. Scoed 31 points in first two games and is just shy of 1000.

Total team stats for first 2 victories: (combined)

52 for 110 from the floor
14 for 39 from the arc
25 for 31 freethrows
27 assists
28 turnovers
18 steals

Appears from the box scores that four starters play lots of minutes (33-35 each). They may go eight deep but no bench player booked more than 9 minutes.

Not real big. Seems 6'5" 225 Huezo gets some time aliong with 6'8" 200 Walsh and 6-5 225 Horgan (not Brian) but a true County Corker!!.

Seems to me that Manhattanville plays a realtively small lineup and they appear to have some depth at the guard and wing positions.

Looking forward to a trip to Purchase NY at least once this year. I will be spectator #451 according to attendance figures.

Naismith

[breezy77]

kings win lycoming tourney.  looked very average in finals vs. penn state altoona.  they seem to play very average defense and they don't seem to be in very good condition.  penn state altoona was much smaller but very scrappy. kings will need to play much better in the conference if they plan on repeating.

[ColonelJohn4Life]

Despite being down 37-35 at the half, Wilkes beat Baptist Bible 83-70.

I'll admit, I didn't notice this until the paper this morning, but Wilkes had 5 players in double-figures.  Team high was Freshman Chris DeRojas with 16 (14 in the 2nd half).  Steve Kline picks up a double-double, 15 points, 13 boards.

Wilkes was 29-40 from the free throw line.  An improvement from previous seasons.  Actually made more free throws than Baptist Bible took, just indicative of Baptist Bible fouling a lot in the final 1:30.

Credit to Naismith who, at halftime down 2, called a Wilkes win by 12.

[cold_case]

Despite being down 37-35 at the half, Wilkes beat Baptist Bible 83-70.

Credit to Naismith who, at halftime down 2, called a Wilkes win by 12.

Nais really went out on a limb on the BBC prediction.

[ColonelJohn4Life]

CC, notable because the prediction was made at halftime.

First half, there was no indication Wilkes would make a run.  Wilkes got outhustled, offensive sets ended in turnovers, Baptist Bible grabbed rebounds they had no business getting.

At the time, he was way out on a small limb.

[cold_case]

At the time, he was way out on a small limb.

Way out on a limb? Against BBC?

[naismith]

CC,


Funny to see the Wilkes faithful already writing off the entire season at halftime.
The basis of the prediction was simply to "shut up" all the doomsayers.

Watched DeSales and Moravian on cable tonight.
DeSales has just about everyone back.

Braswell was particularly impressive tonight. Seemed a step faster than everyone else on the floor.
Ohlson played his usual solid floor game.
Stricker had fouls and limited minutes in the first half.
Lapinski was a force inside.

DeSales played man to man the entire game I think.  They overplayed quite a bit and really were sharp anticipatiing the passing lanes and helping out.
Offensively, they pounded it in low from the half court set. Not too may 3's attempted.

DeSales released Braswell and others off the opponent's shots and beat Mravian down the floor. Led to many fast break and uncontested layups.

Overall, DeSales was impressive and Freedom opponents better pack their muzzles cause these Bull Dawgs got Bite

[naismith]

how do u change this unreadable background??

[cold_case]

how do u change this unreadable background??

Do what I do: Put on the glasses.