MBB: MAC Freedom League

[naismith]

CJ,

After watching Drew and Del Val versus Wilkes the past two weekends, I tend to agree.
It looks like Wilkes, Kings, Scranton and, my guess, "DeSales Prevails".  But it is early.

Seems the top conference teams have found a way to 'slow' down Lyco's Pribble. He has some help but apparently not quite enough.

As far as Del Val goes, they are pretty athletic team that still plays a bit to much one on one. For whatever reason, they seemed to have throttled Pinckney quite a bit. He is an explosive scorer but did not handle the ball as often in the Wilkes contest and seemed to play fewer minutes.

Drew had a very young roster. Was impressed with Lopez. Solid fundamentally. Nice shooter and plays hard. Drew ran a lot of high post give and go stuff with screeners trying to free their shooters on the wing.
They had little inside presence. 
Drew substituted freely and must have played 10 or more.
Thye are not real tall, but, as I said, they are young and not without potential. If they recruit an inside scorer and 'power' type guy to hit the glass, they could be a threat.

Wilkes was able to get open looks from the 3 pt. line and penetrated as well.
Evan W. fouled out ......(I hate to say again)......maybe 1 or two were borderline calls but it is a consistent problem. Kline played well as did all four guards. (Gould, Shovlin, Kable and Constantine).
Sclafani put in a few minutes he would probably like to forget.  He needs to stop pressing. He can play some but just seems to get down on himself.  Adams continues to impress with his energy and inside play. Cardamone still isn't an offensive "finisher" and smiles even when making a foolish play. 
Goode has disappeared on the bench and the rest saw some time at game's end.

If Wilkes handles FDU, they are 7-0 first half with the DeSales, Kings, Scranton stretch on tap...starts to get interesting.....

[Leo The Lion]

Naismith-

If I'm not mistaken, the MAC schedule has been slightly altered this year and King's doesn't play Wilkes till the last Tuesday game of the regular season.  I believe this game would be King's Senior's Night.

-Leo

[naismith]

Stand corrected.  2nd half shedule is different than 1st.
Thanks Leo.

Sure wish they wouldn't schedule Wilkes and Kings home-home and away-away.

It's been feast or famine recently.

Regards

Naismith

[Leo The Lion]

Tomorrow's game feature both Wilkes-Barre teams traveling to The Garden State.  Not sure if I'll be there in person to see Kings vs. Drew, the two hour drive on a Wednesday night may be too much for me.

Game of the night though will be DeSales vs. Lyco.  Seems like this is a much bigger game for the Bulldogs.  Considering a 2-5 first half (if they lose) is likely a dagger to their season.  Granted, anything could happen, but a team that only beats DelVal and one of the Jersey teams in the first half doesn't seem like much of a playoff contender.  Just my $.02

-Leo.

[Section J Guy]

Leo,

Save your gas and your money!

[naismith]

Leo,

How many Monarchs suited up for tinight's action?

Why you ask?

Read this (today's Citizen's Voice):



http://www.citizensvoice.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15995361&BRD=2259&PAG=461&dept_id=455154&rfi=8

A coach's  nightmare I would think.

Naismith

[uofs]

Pat maybe you could help me.How do you consider Scranton having 4 loses in the region.I`m pretty sure New jersey wouldn`t count in the region so if that is the case Scranton should only have 3.

[gordonmann]

UofS:

There are two ways that a game counts in region. 

First, the opponent could be in the region as defined by the NCAA.  Chestnut Hill, Wilkes and CUA quality under that criterion.

The second is that the opponent is within 200 miles of you, regardless of what region they are in.  Ewing, NJ is within that distance of Scranton, PA.

[Leo The Lion]

First last night's game,

After reading the boxscore, It appears that all went well for the Monarchs with good performances out of Dwebeng, Scalzo and Cousart.


Now onto other issues,
I did indeed see that Voice article.  It appears that there were no suspensions last night, as two of the Monarchs named in that article did appear in the Box Score.  The third one was not in the box, but hasn't received significant playing time this year, so it is likely he dressed too. 

I'm not going to mention these players by name here, because its really not fair to these young men.  This is not a D-1 school, these athletes receive the same benefits as other students (no athletic scholarships) so I think it is unfair to write an article like this. 

I don't know how far the people on this board are removed from their college days, but there are 2 givens in almost every campus in the country.  1) The majority of college students drink alcohol and 2) the majority of college students are underage.  I'm not saying its right/wrong or illegal/legal, but those are just the facts.  I'm willing to guess that there have been many students and student-athletes over the years from Wilkes and Kings that have been cited for similar violations.  Yet most of these violations don't appear in Citizen Voice articles (at the most they show up in the police blotter). 

I just think the article was unfair to the players, because there have likely been similar situations to this that have gone unmentioned.  I wish them all the best though and hope they can put this behind them.

[ColonelJohn4Life]

Wilkes, Scranton, and King's win.  Notable because Wilkes and King's both rack up wins in Jersey.  Win 'em all at home, win 'em both in Jersey, and you win the division.

King's students drinking underage?  No way.   As a Wilkes fan, I recognize we are not without sin, so I won't cast any stones.  I'll ask for a quick show of hands - who didn't have their first beer until they were 21??  Just as I thought...

[cold_case]

I'm willing to guess that there have been many students and student-athletes over the years from Wilkes and Kings that have been cited for similar violations.  Yet most of these violations don't appear in Citizen Voice articles (at the most they show up in the police blotter). 

I just think the article was unfair to the players, because there have likely been similar situations to this that have gone unmentioned.  I wish them all the best though and hope they can put this behind them.

Leo the Lion.
I take it you don't approve of the "new" Citizens' Voice.

[saratoga]

Is this the same writer that broke the story about 6 years ago of a certain Wilkes coach hanging with some Wilkes mens players watching some Wilkes womens players do their best to win a wet tee shirt contest at some bar in WilkesBarre???

[naismith]

Leo and CJ,

Agreed, most undergrads should probably tap into their studies rather than kegs of Gibbons or Steg.
I wonder what kind of beer they drink on campus these days?
Probably some high octane, lo-carb, lo-cal, lite beer that comes in 50 flavors.

In my day, National Bohemian was the cheapest stuff at the local distributor ($2.50 per/case).
Occasionally we'd all pool our pennies for a quarter of Lowenbrau (when it was still German brewed).
An old Vietnam Vet chopper pilot turned us on to that brand.  Very potent and smooth---as one classmate dubbed it, "The Nectar of the Gods..."

As to the CV story, I think the fact that this involves a 'police arrest' and isn't just a campus investigated incident makes it news.  Certainly, athletes, even at the D3 level, should expect scrutiny....
Especially if one is arrested.
Most teams I played on had a 'policy' regarding drug and alcohol use. I'm sure JP does as well.

Leo and CJ, if you were the coach and the allegations were proven true, what would you do?

[naismith]

Cold-Case,

What clues led you to that conclusion....   You sound a bit forensically challenged. Better watch the reruns.


Or are you just jockeying for the Pulitzer Prize Poster award? 

Who is you write for anyway?? the TL, CV or some other local rag???
Inquiring minds would like to know?

Naismith

[cold_case]

Who is you write for anyway?? the TL, CV or some other local rag???
Inquiring minds would like to know?

Naismith

If they're local rags, why do you read them?