MBB: MAC Freedom League

upton · February 05, 2007, 05:44:14 PM

The article from the Beacon was good. However, I disagree with one of the statements made. I said something like Wilkes has won the majority of the meetings over Scranton in recent years. In reality, Scranton holds a 7-5 record over Wilkes this year and the 5 seasons prior. To me, that is recent history.

saratoga · February 05, 2007, 06:07:18 PM

My favorite part of the Wilkes/Scranton rivalry was the Royals winning about 73 straight from 1920 until Jerry arrived on the Wilkes campus. Ahh, the good old days!

cold_case · February 05, 2007, 06:29:19 PM

Hey Toga,
Do you remember the bloodbath Scranton had with Wilkes back in 1980? I still have the newspaper story about it.

saratoga · February 05, 2007, 07:20:50 PM

CC: I do indeed. The names of Earle Crockett & Dave Capin come to mind. By the way CJ, isn't it the Marts Center at Wilkes as opposed to the "Martz'(like the bus co.) Center? Jeez, that's worse than the reporter at the Scranton Times still referring to you guys as Wilkes College.

naismith · February 05, 2007, 10:15:59 PM

Wilkes/Scranton

I seem to remember a Steve Ference led team winning one at the Long around 74-75??
No?

Wilkes was a wrestling powerhouse in that era winning the very first DIII tourney which was hosted at Wilkes.
The Colonels crowned 3 NCAA individual champs: John Chakmakas @ 134, Artie Trovei @ 142 and Mike Lee @ 150.
Coach Reese, however, did not get COY (went to the runnerup team John Carrol I think).
Shortly thereafter, Wilkes went DI....

If u think I might have been there.....well.....maybe I was......

Naismith

naismith · February 05, 2007, 10:20:50 PM

As to Mr. Capin,

I was absent in that era living in Beantown watching Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe play hoops, Dave Cowens drive a cab, Terry O'Reilly crosscheck with Cheevers in goal.....Bucky Dent hitting playoff homeruns......Rise Jim trounce all comers at Sufferin (Suffolk) Downs......quaffing a few brews at Sam Malonr's bar (pre Cheers).

Mr. Capin, however, never really left and can still be found wandering the streets of Scranton at lunch hour looking for a game...lol.

Naismith

cold_case · February 06, 2007, 07:50:39 AM

Quote from: naismith on February 05, 2007, 10:20:50 PM
Mr. Capin, however, never really left and can still be found wandering the streets of Scranton at lunch hour looking for a game...lol.Naismith

Or a left hook.

NEPAFAN · February 06, 2007, 09:30:56 AM

LoyalRoyal and Upton coming with posts out of nowhere and CC and Saratoga talking ancient history

.....Too bad we are all migrating to the Landmark board in a few months!

NEPAFAN · February 06, 2007, 10:12:48 AM

Quote from: cold_case on December 31, 2006, 12:29:33 PM
Two final things. One is that Scranton is going to be annoucing "BIG" news, but not until everything is finalized. Yes, Corporal and wb, it has to do with basketball and you may want to feel lucky Scranton is leaving the Freedom.

CC,

Don't think I have forgotten this post from a few months ago.....can you disclose? Or was your big news a vision of the Royals get a screw job from the refs in Jersey?

cold_case · February 06, 2007, 10:20:31 AM

Oh, you mean about the 6-9 kid they got from Connecticut? Is that the news you wanted?
He's at Scranton now but won't play until next year. He does go to all the games from what I'm told.

NEPAFAN · February 06, 2007, 10:25:19 AM

Quote from: cold_case on February 06, 2007, 10:20:31 AM
Oh, you mean about the 6-9 kid they got from Connecticut? Is that the news you wanted?
He's at Scranton now but won't play until next year. He does go to all the games from what I'm told.

A Big East transfer from UCONN??!?! Forget College of Charleston!

cold_case · February 06, 2007, 10:28:52 AM

Don't be a toolbox.

He's from the state of Ct., not from the school itself. He graduated two years ago and was supposedly headed to a small D-I but decided against it.

BJ - DSU SID · February 06, 2007, 11:21:42 AM

For those junkies that are interested, I spent my spare time last night (while watching Jack Bauer try to save the world) creating what I will call the Freedom Conference Playoff Matrix.

I borrowed the template from a friend and it outlines the current standings, upcoming schedules and current records vs. each conference opponent to help with those who like to try and figure out the Freedom Conference playoff scenarios.

My hope is that I will have time to post this after each set of games is played and if I have the energy and care, I'll post playoff clinching scenarios at the bottom.

Until then enjoy my creation and the end of the hoops regular season.

Follow the link below for the matrix
http://athletics.desales.edu/Pdfs/mbball/2007/2/6/HoopsMatrixM.pdf?path=mbball

saratoga · February 06, 2007, 12:57:40 PM

CC: Wasn't Capin's father the President of Wilkes at the time of the rumble? I had just graduated & was living out of town at that time so I never really knew what happened...just heard the names of the innocent mentioned through the years. NEPA: The transfer spent one semester(fall) at Flordia International...did not play & is now in school. He'll be a soph. next year with freshman eligability. Nothing was mentioned before because everything was contingent on his acceptance.

Coach C · February 06, 2007, 01:07:24 PM

Ahh the intrigue!!!!!!