MBB: Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference

[upb88]

Congratulations to the Steelers. The stars were definitely aligned for them, that's for sure. But they made their own luck -- huge plays were the difference.

I guess I have to say something about the AMCC to make this post legit. Big one tomorrow night. Frostburg at Mount Aloysius. And are there any more upsets in the making? Behrend at Hilbert... La Roche at Lake Erie.

[NewportPlayer3]

Though a bad record PS Altoona is a dangerous team. They play everyone tough. And now it seems that they are starting to finish games off instead of fading in the last 3 minutes. They are playing hard nose defense and team ball on offense

They have had 4-5 games where they have had the lead int he finals minutes only to let it slip. THey might get some upsets in the final weeks.


I would say JJ ferguson is one of the top shooters in the league. But with the team hes on he neverseems to be taking the most contested shots neither

[NewportPlayer3]

Who else is up there?

[baller3]

hawks of hilbert looking to upset behrend tonight in the Burg, vander sluis has to body Buczynski and Gahan and MUST contest 3 point shots because behrend can shoot the lights out, however, leave ufland or reinard open and they will kill you from beyond the arc.  bench players leight and mcHale need to step up and continue to play physical in the post, get behrends big guys in foul trouble early, reyes has to play calm and continue doing what he does best, distributing the ball and playing hounding defense and i see no problem with the hawks pulling an upset win and inching closer and closer to that goal of postseason play...

yours truly,
SKT

[hut1]

http://www.upb.pitt.edu/athletics/varsity_sports/mens_basketball/medm0207.htm#GAME.BOX


Panthers get big win !

[upb88]

And not to steal Hawk Backer's thunder, but Hilbert edged Behrend. That sound you heard coming from Western New York was Hilbert arriving in the AMCC. Great win guys!

[cantbestopped]

what happened to mcneil, anyone know

[NewportPlayer3]

Greensburg Escapes with a win against a weak altoona team. From what i hear the game was tied with 1-2 minutes left. Altoona dressed 8 and  played without #24 their 2nd leading scorer. PSa had great looks against PG but jsut missed shots from 3 (under 20% tonight)they had been making (43% on the year)....

[upb88]

Time to take a deep breath and reexamine the AMCC. Lake Erie is on top, but they've proven themselves mortal. Behrend is in disarray (how come their fans only post when they're winning?). OK, the word disarray is just a jab at my Lion pal on here. Behrend has just lost some very close games. Pitt-Greensburg is on fire and looks to be hell bent to avenge their AMCC championship game loss a year ago. Top three teams? That's fair to say. But the Hilbert Hawks of Hamburg are knocking on heaven's door and seem to have arrived as a force in the AMCC. One team that is threatening to make some noise: Pitt-Bradford, which has won three of four on the road, including a win at Hilbert that now seems a little more impressive. Frostburg is up and down. I don't have a good handle on Mount Aloysius, but their loss to Frostburg could be a killer. La Roche is fading, but Altoona is stirring, although they are resigned to playing the spoiler. Medaille is gaining respectability (they're out of the basement at least), but the postseason is still at least a year off. Bottom line: the AMCC is as wacky as ever. I can't get into players and strategies like others on this board -- how's my analysis, guys?

[Hawk Backer]

I don't think you can call Hilbert a force quite yet, but it was a very impressive win that they had last night.

Granted, Behrend is a little discombobulated at the moment, but a win over an NCAA team from a year ago is pretty impressive nonetheless.

All of your other assessments are pretty much on.  I would say Greensburg is playing the best basketball out of anyone right now...  Lake Erie, no doubt, has more talent top to bottom but with Duke Cooper running the show he can make people around him better and take control of the game late.

Updated standings

1) Lake Erie (12-2) - Should be 2 easy wins this weekend w/ Aloysius and Altoona
2) UPGreensburg (12-3) - Playing great, on the road against Hilbert and Medaille - Should be two wins but Hilbert may hang tough after upset of Behrend
3) Behrend (10-5) - Struggling a little bit right now - Look to get back on track against Bradford on Saturday
4) Hilbert (7-7) - Fresh off upset of Behrend - Face Greensburg in tough matchup before rematch against Frostburg in a game they could and should win
5) Frostburg (7-8) - Medaille and Hilbert - I look for them to split this weekend
6) Bradford (7-8) - Can the Panthers hand the Lions their third straight defeat?
7) Mt. Aloysius (6-8) - Lake Erie and La Roche - The beat LaRoche earlier this season... is a huge game to keep their playoff hopes alive.
8) LaRoche (6-8) - Aloysius and Altoona - Both tough games with Altoona playing well... Will be crucial to their playoff chances.
9) Medaille (3-11) - Greensburg and Frostburg - A chance to get one against Frostburg... no chance vs. other Bobcats.
10) Altoona (2-12) - Lake Erie and LaRoche - I have no idea how Altoona is going to play but they could pull off the upset against either one of these teams.

[cantbestopped]

Thanks for the McNeil update; medaille is out of the basement for now (still got 4 conference games left), Mavs just don't have the players to compete.  Recruiting there is horrendous; their coach isn't from the area and Buff St. is right up the road, which equals double trouble for Mavs, coach Jacob did a good job recruiting players when he was there, although their personalities where often in question at least there was some success on the court. I know some of you guys are thinking Coach DICK has only been there a couple of years give him a chance.  Coach deGrandpre has only been at Hilbert a couple of years as well.  Coach deGrandpre is from the area and does a hell of a job recruiting, plus he runs a better system, that's why Hilbert contends and Medaille mediocrity is not ending any times in the near future.

As far as the league itself I love to see the parity I think its great, but oddly enough the league overall is 30-37 out of conference and that includes the Mount whipping of some church league teams, but saying that in think if PSB, LE or UPG( I say "if" because you never know if one of the lower seeds get hot in the tourney, because i dont think were getting any at large bids) make it to the tourney any of them could win a game or maybe even two. End of the season should be fun.

[NewportPlayer3]

the difference between the #4 team and #10 team is not that much. On any night any of these teams could beat each other. its crazy

[berlychick]

WOW
I have been away for awhile...
things are heating up and it sounds like Hilbert as taken to the AMCC pretty well this season!

As for Pitt/Bradford...they are still in there...
they have 3 games that they need to get at least 2 of them..
PSUBehrend...Lake Erie and LaRoche...
I hope to make it to one of those games
it will proably be LaRoche which could be a game that they need to get into the playoffs...Nice to see PSUAltoona coming on...

well I love this time of year!
All the games are big ones and everyone is pretty well even when you
think of the end of the season their butts are tired and it all comes down to quote Tim McGraw "How bad do you want it?"...

Good luck guys! 

I love this game!!! 8)

[baller3]

hawks come up big with win over behrend, perhaps my words of wisdom motivated my guys to an upset win over and always deadly behrend team.  ufland comes up big knockin down 4 of 6 for 12 while vandersluis grabs another doube double with 12 and 12, reyes dishes 9 dimes and reinard had dissapointing night but smoothly sinks throws at the end of the game to win it, great win guys!!!

kenney

[David Collinge]

Updated (thru games of Thursday 2/9) QoWIs for GL teams (source: Pat Coleman, QoWI Board, Multi-Region Topics):

1 (7 overall) Carnegie Mellon    11.000    13-2 (regional record)
2 (13) Wittenberg    10.765    15-2
3 (18) Wooster    10.556    17-1
4 (21) Hope    10.500    12-2
5 (23) Baldwin-Wallace    10.400    18-2
6 (29) Calvin    10.111    8-1
7 (45) Albion    9.727    9-2
8 (48) Lake Erie    9.706    14-3
9 (74) Wilmington    9.273    16-6
10 (75) Bethany    9.250    16-4
11 (78) Muskingum    9.158    13-6
12 (92) Ohio Northern    9.000    12-5