MBB: MAC Freedom League

[cold_case]

Lefty, one other thing, I guess you'll be rooting for the Steelers this weekend. Oh, wait, I forgot, they didn't get in the postseason. Sorry.

[saratoga]

CC...Classic! Karma commeth your way!

[cold_case]

CC...Classic! Karma commeth your way!

LOLOL, I knew you'd like it. However, I can't take all the credit.

[saratoga]

I wonder if the Landmark Champions will have their school banner flying from the top of this magnificent symbol each year?

[cold_case]

I think we can do a little graphics work to have the school banner waving atop the point.
Point?

[NEPAFAN]

Plus Karma if I could give it......dye the monument purple while your at it!


Sat ....UOFS at Drew.....hopefully the team remembers what happened during their trip to Madison last year.

[Leo The Lion]

The FDU power house keeps on rolling, right over Lyco. 

So four teams are tied for first, and four are tied for last.

[cold_case]

It's funny how certain King's fans only post when their team wins. Hmmmm!

[naismith]

CC,

Keep that Karma coming......lol

We may have global warming but your posts are glacial and your Karma colder than the polar ice caps.

I think I better buy you that dinner and get you stoked up with a few belts of your favorite whiskey.
Hey, Leo's team is clicking on all cylinders ...so let him be happy....

Anyway, a lot of folks seen shaking their heads leaving the Marts this afternoon.

Though never in control, Wilkes looked like they were playing well enough to win this one for the first thirty or so minutes. For that period, the Franklin Street trio of Kool Hand Kline, Grizzly Dan Adams and Krispy Kreme Kresge controlled the glass and played very tough inside. (Dan Adams best performance as a Colonel imho---4 steals of low post entry passes) and he even took a shot outside of 1 foot (he made it too...lol).

Crunch time belonged to DeSales. Some pivotal steals and timely shooting gave them the spurt they needed to put the game away late. Stricker plays a very solid game and Krickzy (sp.) shot lights out.
DeSales did a nice job of running him off multiple screens to free him up. Reminded me of some of the Lyco plays used to free up Pribble....(and boy do the Colonel faithful remember him!!).
Seems they have a nice freshman guard in #20 (forget his name) ...

So, the Colonels have their work cut out for them ....so it seems....heading up to Da U on Wed and still to face a seemingly formidable FDU squad.......
Wilkes needs to find some answers offensively. The defense has played well enough to win. Wilkes has created turnovers and rebounded well. The only consistent weakness has been the inability to close out and deny the ooponents top scoring threats outside. (Welch in the Kings game and Krickzey today).

The offensive focus, so far,  has been to pound the ball inside and play inside-- out. They seem to have trouble posting Kresge and getting him in rhythm early. Too many shot clocks winding down resulting in rushed or forced shots. Wilkes also doesn't run that much and, when they do via turnover etc., they have trouble finishing.  Despite the  shooting ability of the team overall, the ghosts of free throws missed still haunt the Marts. Where is Rick Barry when you need him?? 
The only consistent offensive theme has been improved inside play. Steve Kline has emerged as a force,  Dan Adams gets some nice hustle points, AG had demonstrated he can score inside as well as Tom K.

The simple truth:
Wilkes needs more offense....I might consider putting Kresge at the point on offense ala the old Celts and Larry Bird.

Enuff for now...gonna listen to the Gov beat up on the Eagles....lol

Naismith

[cold_case]

Nais,
Someone posed a question to me last night that I had to think about for the longest time.
The question was this: Would I rather have Peter Angelos sell the Orioles or take the Colts victory in BALTIMORE?
Since Angelos, who destroyed a once pround franchise, would have a positive, long term effect, I was leaning that way.
Then, I decided to take the gutless way out and didn't answer.
Anyway, I was checking over some local scores from yesterday. That's all, I was just checking scores.

[saratoga]

Well, one half of the Jersey equation is complete for the Royals...a very good game at Drew. In two weeks it will be FDU & they played the Royals tough at the Long Center before fading down the stretch...and we all know what they just did at home to Desales. However, two weeks in the MAC is like an entirely different season sometimes...just worry about the next game right now which I'm sure is the Royals approach going into Wed's. game. Remember: "If you look too far forward, there may be nothing to look forward to". Dean Smith. By the way, the womens & mens games @ Drew were the best officiated games I've seen in the Garden State...ever! Far better than most games I've seen at the Long Center or elsewhere in the MAC. I have no idea who the 6 were, but they called the obvious, let the nickle/dime stuff go, had control from start to finish & they hustled as much as the players.

[Leo The Lion]

CC,

If you would take some notice, I believe that I had one post after the Wilkes win, one post after the DelVal win, and one post after the DeSales loss... or as i like to call it, the Beatdown at Bilera

[ColonelJohn4Life]

The Wilkes - DeSales game was this simple.  Wilkes led 49-46 with 8:30 or so to play.  Wilkes proceeded to score 0 field goals over the next 7-8 minutes, allowing DeSales to get out to a double-digit lead.  DeSales stayed in their game offensively, making it 64-51 before Wilkes connected again from the field.  What was a winnable game, aye, results in a home loss.  1-3 in conference - due up next: at Scranton, at Drew (in NJ, never easy), and home for FDU.

Unrelated - saw a ref's call that I'd never seen before.  DeSales made a 3 pointer, and simultaneously got fouled, giving the shooter a 1 and 1.  My question - how?  If the foul occurred before the shot, the guy shoots 1 and 1 and the basket doesn't count.  If the foul occurred during the shot, the guy gets his 3 pointer, plus 1 free throw.  If the foul occurred after a made shot, the 3 pointer counts, possession changes, and it's foul without free throws, right?  If you don't have possession, you don't get a 1 and 1.  Either way, the basketball gods willed the front end of the 1 and 1 to rim out, making it all irrelevant.

[Pat Coleman]

After the shot, while the ball was in the air, perhaps?

[ljk]

To the Wilkes faithful,  remember what Al McGuire said, "the best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores",  unless you're Greg Oden and you become a lottery pick!