MBB: MAC Freedom League

[Knightstalker]

CJ4L, if you want to head to WPU better off taking 80 to 287 in Jersey, unless you are closer to 78, then you could take 78 to 287.

[kate]

Hey, C.J., we have to pull for in league teams, so what's so great about Penn State - Harrisburg beating DVC in ot??  GO MAC!  Good luck to Wilkes guys this season!

[kate]

Ops, left out the whole reason for the post - the words "each other" where they should properly be placed!

[ColonelJohn4Life]

Knightstalker - I'm in Harrisburg, so 78 is much closer.  That said, glad I sat that one out.  Not our best non-conference effort.

That aside, it's good to see the overall standings updated.  What wasn't good to see?  Manhattanville's nickname.  The Valiants?  Their nickname is an adjective??!!  Come on now.  (Of course, I am a Mets fan, and I guess Metropolitan is an adjective...)

[breezy77]

is kings in trouble yet???  losing to baptist bible!!!!  is this truley the way it is every year??  i know i am knew to following kings but come on.  when do they start to turn it on??  do i have to wait until after x-mas?  i'm not so sure they have another gear this year.  what do you think leo the lion??

[Leo The Lion]

Since the 2005-2006 season, here is King's College record against two selected opponents.

Opponent A: 1-2
Opponent B: 3-1

Any guesses on who the two opponents are?  Opponent A would be Baptist Bible College, Opponent B would be THE University of Scranton (the Harvard of the Coal Region as they call it).  Hard to believe that King's has a victory to its name at the Long Center but does not have one in that barn in Clarks Summit.  I hope J.P. doesn't decide to pull a (NAME REDACTED) and refuse to play @ BBC again after King's recent struggles there.

I took a glance at Bob Z's recap and outside of a few exceptions, it didn't look like a particularly great shooting performance.  The biggest shocker for me was seeing Scalzo with only two shots and not a single FG, has this ever happened? 

It's not panic time yet because the letters MAC haven't come into play yet.  I realize that eventually it will be to late for the Monarchs to "turn it around" but that time is not year yet.  Have faith Breezy, the team is talented and they know how to win, it will come around.

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Look like Widener is putting a hurt on Wilkes ---Up by 20 so far

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Game over Widener 75 -- Wilkes  55

[ljk]

Two blow out losses in a row for Wilkes,  the Holiday break better get here soon, time to regroup.  When they get up against an athletic team, N/C.  What are we going to do, Col.?

[wb1313]

Capitulate?  I'm not the Colonel but this is a disturbing trend...

Down year for the MAC???  Some embarrassing losses in the early going!  I'm sorry but you just can't lose to Baptist Bible!!!

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We Hope King's and Wilke's Basketball season does not go like the football season went.

[Knightstalker]

In case anyone is interested.

Caught the NJCU Lyco game tonight.  Good game, NJCU wins but let Lyco get back into the game towards the end.  The Knights did a good job at the line at the end of the game when lyco had to foul.  NJCU is starting to look better, they had good ball movement tonight, played good defense, the press was very effective.  I only caught the second half, but NJCU had the lead and did not give it up.

Lyco has a decent starting five, a couple of good shooters, number 1 and 12 started and were dangerous from outside.  Number 30 came in off the bench and has a real nice shot.  Number 12 is also kind of sneaky, he just seemed to come out of no where a couple of times and make a play.  Lyco does not do a good job against the press, and tried a half-hearted press a couple of times.  They are not bad in their zone d.  They also had good ball movement when they could get into their half court offense, very patient, worked for the shot, and followed up nicely.  NJCU was able to run them into the ground some.  From what I saw Lyco should do fairly well against half court teams but will struggle if you make them run and press them on D.  William Paterson and Ramapo could drive them nuts.

Good game, fun to watch and a nice win for NJCU going into the break,.

[ljk]

Third loss in a row for the Colonels.  This time beaten by Keystone College who showed up at the Marts Center with 9 guys and actually wore Wilkes down.  An excellent job by their Coach, who worked it all night long.  Wilkes blew an eleven point lead in this one.   The turning point was a technical foul called on Matt Gould with Wilkes up by 9 with about 11 minutes to go in the game.  Keystone went on a run and took the lead at about the 6 minute mark and held on for the W.  DeRojas cracked the starting lineup for Wilkes and responded with 14 points and a nice floor game with 6 assists.    Gulla had career night with a double double with 12 and 12.  This Wilkes team is running on empty and looks to be going through the motions.  They have one more game on the road before the much needed break.  They have to go back to the drawing board, shake things up a little, and  regroup for conference play. 

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ljk: looks like your earlier statement about Wilkes needing a break to regroup,, I hope this rest helps them get the game face on. Did I read that they lost to Kean or was that Kings.

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Happy Holidays to all !!!