MBB: MAC Freedom League

[wilkes72]

Hopefull that the Scranton Student Section will show up and give it to Shovlin and company on Saturday...

Just like the King's section that kept up with "Shovlin sucks".  It really worked for them.

[naismith]

Hopefull that the Scranton Student Section will show up and give it to Shovlin and company on Saturday...

Just like the King's section that kept up with "Shovlin sucks".  It really worked for them.

Easy now '72'......kids are kids...I've seen worse behavior by adults especially at Little League games. CS actually seems to thrive on all that in your face stuff.

Seriously, Scranton presents a much different matchup than Kings.

One week ago, Wilkes won the 2nd half of the Kings game by 11 pts.
They were ahead 11pts. at the half tonight.


That's 22 points over 40 minutes....
Think Wilkes figured something out about matchups etc.?

Now, Scranton is a different story....The Royals have the top Freedom league point guard in Randy Arnold....a fearless and quick defender who handles the ball. He can penetrate and shoot. Add in Kirk, Cannon , Alfier from the perimeter and you have one tough bunch.

Bicknell has become a legit big man. With some help, Scranton can match Wilkes inside as well.

Time to pore over those Chestnut Hill tapes.

Naismith

[cold_case]

Wilkes72,
Unlike King's, Scranton has some size and depth inside. It's also pretty good.
Regardless, whoever wins the Freedom will get whacked badly in the NCAA's. It's just not a good year for the league.

No whining about the officiating? Wilkes must have won.  

Nais, you have a ways to go in your pursuit of catching me for the peculiar post award.

[kingjames]

Cousart?  First team all conference?  He carries the ball or double dribbles EVERY time down the floor. 

Wilkes beat King's tonight and looked good.  To go into a hostile environment and win like that is impressive.  How far can they go?  Give Kable some credit tonight for hitting some big 3's in the second half.  Constantine had a great first half.  SHovlin had a great all around game.  His penetrating towards the end of the game was the key.  Wlater's had a good game.  Gould scares me and not in a good way.  He and Constantine almost threw the game away, literally.  Should be interesting up da U.  "The Rick" has got to give Shovlin the green light to shoot. 

[cold_case]

Nais, my sources tell me Alfier may not play Saturday. They said he got worn out chasing Pribble all over the court tonight.

[saratoga]

Without going into much detail...James Powell & Nick Alfier chased Pribble from the opening tip & gave him little or no room to shoot all night. The defense these two kids played on him would have brought a smile to Bobby Knight's face. I don't think he had 10 points tonight...and he worked his tail off for those. Just doing one last perception check...Lyco has the PLAYER of the YEAR, they have the ROOKIE of the YEAR, they have a 4 year point guard yet they end up 4th. in the conference...but, that's good enough to earn their coach...COACH of the YEAR honors??? What a classy league!

[naismith]

It is the 1970's.
Wilkes (a College then) has dominated wrestling winning the MAC championships year after year.
They wrestled DI schools like Oregon State, Oklahoma, Syracuse, Navy and the powerhouse Lehigh.

They won the first ever Division III National Championship in their own house.
Artie Trovei, John Chakmakas and Mike Lee won individual championships in their respective weight classes. Another couple of guys were national runner-ups.

Wilkes won by a large margin.
Coach of the Year:

Not Wilkes coach John Reese but the runner up coach from John Carroll in Ohio.

Wilkes went DI shortly thereafter.
On Point: this stuff happens all the time..... 

As AI might say...."This is the Freedom League Man.....we're talkin bout the Freedom League ...."
Time to move on.
Naismith

[naismith]

Nais, my sources tell me Alfier may not play Saturday. They said he got worn out chasing Pribble all over the court tonight.

No big deal. Coach D. could probably win with some walk ons.

[NEPAFAN]

It is the 1970's.
Wilkes (a College then) has dominated wrestling winning the MAC championships year after year.
They wrestled DI schools like Oregon State, Oklahoma, Syracuse, Navy and the powerhouse Lehigh.

They won the first ever Division III National Championship in their own house.
Artie Trovei, John Chakmakas and Mike Lee won individual championships in their respective weight classes. Another couple of guys were national runner-ups.

Wilkes won by a large margin.
Coach of the Year:

Not Wilkes coach John Reese but the runner up coach from John Carroll in Ohio.

Wilkes went DI shortly thereafter.
On Point: this stuff happens all the time..... 

As AI might say...."This is the Freedom League Man.....we're talkin bout the Freedom League ...."
Time to move on.
Naismith

First of all : It scares me that you know about 1970s wilkes wrestling. Second, who cares about wrestling? Third, what else are we suppose to talk about?

Oh yeah Wilkes at Scranton 3 pm. Can anyone tell me why the women have prime time game at 7pm?

[saratoga]

Just a hunch...perhaps so Coach Danzig can coach his Royals & also make it down to Lewisburg to take part in the festivities of seeing his dads # retired? Because in all the other years when both the women & men had these games they were at 6:00 & 8:00. On another topic...the Royals are now ranked 7th. REGIONALLY. A win on Sat. is a free pass to the NCAA's...but even with a loss in the Freedom championship...might they still get a bid???

[naismith]

Without going into much detail...James Powell & Nick Alfier chased Pribble from the opening tip & gave him little or no room to shoot all night. The defense these two kids played on him would have brought a smile to Bobby Knight's face. I don't think he had 10 points tonight...and he worked his tail off for those. Just doing one last perception check...Lyco has the PLAYER of the YEAR, they have the ROOKIE of the YEAR, they have a 4 year point guard yet they end up 4th. in the conference...but, that's good enough to earn their coach...COACH of the YEAR honors??? What a classy league!

Sounds like Scranton game planned well.  
Pribble has never been great at 'creating' his own shot. He is excellent at shooting off screens etc. Still think his best stint was a few years back when Lyco featured the 2 skyscrapers. Great career.

As far as the job Scranton did defensively, 16 second half points speaks for itself.  

As to Wilkes-Kings, it went pretty much as I expected. Wilkes came out intense and pressured the ball. Just like last Wed., the Kings guards played a bit tentative and Wilkes led by 11 at the half. It could have been more but Wilkes didn't really shoot that well.
Kings brought Scalzo outside in the 2nd half and screened for him.  Nice and effective adjustment. VS made a number of key '3''s whcih brought the Monarchs back. They actually tied the game at one point. With Walters and Cardmone saddled with 4 pf's each....it looked like a Colonel Car wreck was about to take place.
But Jeremy Kable-----a real clutch performance----hit a trey and Wilkes persevered.  Nice energy from Dan Adams who filled in some critical minutes. Some nice moments for almost all.......but CS and JK really showed up.
For Kings, VS and John S. played extremely well. They just didn't get the support on the perimeter in the first half. John S. had a look of exhaustion late in the game. That kid is 100% effort. Kings got very little scoring from the guard position or the bench.
Wilkes was the better team last night.

Should be an entertaining game Sat. Looking forward to it.

Naismith

[naismith]

It is the 1970's.
Wilkes (a College then) has dominated wrestling winning the MAC championships year after year.
They wrestled DI schools like Oregon State, Oklahoma, Syracuse, Navy and the powerhouse Lehigh.

They won the first ever Division III National Championship in their own house.
Artie Trovei, John Chakmakas and Mike Lee won individual championships in their respective weight classes. Another couple of guys were national runner-ups.

Wilkes won by a large margin.
Coach of the Year:

Not Wilkes coach John Reese but the runner up coach from John Carroll in Ohio.

Wilkes went DI shortly thereafter.
On Point: this stuff happens all the time..... 

As AI might say...."This is the Freedom League Man.....we're talkin bout the Freedom League ...."
Time to move on.
Naismith

First of all : It scares me that you know about 1970s wilkes wrestling. Second, who cares about wrestling? Third, what else are we suppose to talk about?

Oh yeah Wilkes at Scranton 3 pm. Can anyone tell me why the women have prime time game at 7pm?

On the third point, "What else are we suppose to talk about"

If you didn't miss Class at Senunas' last night, you might have found out....

And if Coach CD is the focal point of your interests in life......well CJ, CC what say you about misguided youth???

Naismith

[NEPAFAN]

I meant what else are we supposed to talk about on the MAC FREEDOM board, smart guy.

[Leo The Lion]

Just a few comments:

Saratoga,
Scranton has an outside shot of getting an at large bid (two from each region this year?) but I wouldn't rest on that.

CJ4L-
I've heard some talk about the "hockey jersey" on this board.  Were you wearing said jersey last night?  If so watch out, the WB Fashion police may be on your trail.

KingJames-
Why the obsession with Rickrode over not letting Shovlin shoot.  Seems to me Rickrode did a fine job last night. 

My prediction for Saturday:
Scranton 68, Wilkes 63 

-Leo

[cold_case]

Nais, speaking of peculiar, according to a Lyco source, he said fellow coaches called Don Friday, wishing him good luck against Scranton. Hmmmmm.
He didn't say who those coaches were. Hmmmmm, Part II.
From this day forth, I'll call this, "The Danzig Conspiracy."