MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[Teamski]

Nice win Wesley Wolverines, hoping to get out and see them play at Cabrini....after the New Year.

That will be a challenging game for sure.

-Ski

[Teamski]

Big time congrads on Wesley's #17 ranking this week, the highest in the program's history!  Well done gents!  Keep it up!

-Ski

[Clutch]

Wesley lost one, but they are still on a roll, not sure what will happen with this team yet.   

[Teamski]

Wesley lost one, but they are still on a roll, not sure what will happen with this team yet.

Yeah, they did the same thing last year, lost their first game after getting ranked.  There is a long season ahead, though.

-Ski

[Seahawk Pride]

Went to the St. Mary's vs DeSales game last night at the Hawkdome.  It was a lackluster performance by St. Mary's.  They were a step late for everything all night.  If the game were a bit closer I would complain that the refs screwed us, but it was not close enough to make that claim......
Fouls (smcm=20, DeSales 12), F.T. attempts (smcm=13, DeSales 29).  The game was not reffed like the HOME team was ranked in the top-10.  Not to say that they should get the benefit of the doubt on every call......but an even/fair game is an expectation and I do not feel we got that tonight.

SMCM was 16/25 from 2pt F.G.'s, but shot 31 3-pters to bail DeSales out and not take advantage of DeSales' lack of size.

With that said DeSales made plays when they had to and made some really tough shots.  Scott has that team playing with a lot of confidence, and the keep people out of the paint very well.  If you are not making shots from the 3-pt line it could be a long night.

The Hawks are now off for Final exams this week then play Susquehanna in Puerto Rico next Saturday.  Coach Harney will have the boys back and ready to go next week in P.R.  This team is not far away from running off a bunch of wins in a row.

[ronk]

Went to the St. Mary's vs DeSales game last night at the Hawkdome.  It was a lackluster performance by St. Mary's.  They were a step late for everything all night.  If the game were a bit closer I would complain that the refs screwed us, but it was not close enough to make that claim......
Fouls (smcm=20, DeSales 12), F.T. attempts (smcm=13, DeSales 29).  The game was not reffed like the HOME team was ranked in the top-10.  Not to say that they should get the benefit of the doubt on every call......but an even/fair game is an expectation and I do not feel we got that tonight.

SMCM was 16/25 from 2pt F.G.'s, but shot 31 3-pters to bail DeSales out and not take advantage of DeSales' lack of size.

With that said DeSales made plays when they had to and made some really tough shots.  Scott has that team playing with a lot of confidence, and the keep people out of the paint very well.  If you are not making shots from the 3-pt line it could be a long night.

The Hawks are now off for Final exams this week then play Susquehanna in Puerto Rico next Saturday.  Coach Harney will have the boys back and ready to go next week in P.R.  This team is not far away from running off a bunch of wins in a row.

  I know of 2 of the refs(1, a friend) and they're very competent, not influenced by external pressure.

[CNU85]

St. Mary' #9. Wesley #21 and CNU receiving votes (#27). Should be a fun year!

[Swish3]

It sure would be nice if we could get a win on Sunday, huh CNU85?  We're way overdue, but it looks like VWC has reloaded, once again....

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Went to the St. Mary's vs DeSales game last night at the Hawkdome.  It was a lackluster performance by St. Mary's.  They were a step late for everything all night.  If the game were a bit closer I would complain that the refs screwed us, but it was not close enough to make that claim......
Fouls (smcm=20, DeSales 12), F.T. attempts (smcm=13, DeSales 29).  The game was not reffed like the HOME team was ranked in the top-10.  Not to say that they should get the benefit of the doubt on every call......but an even/fair game is an expectation and I do not feel we got that tonight.

SMCM was 16/25 from 2pt F.G.'s, but shot 31 3-pters to bail DeSales out and not take advantage of DeSales' lack of size.

With that said DeSales made plays when they had to and made some really tough shots.  Scott has that team playing with a lot of confidence, and the keep people out of the paint very well.  If you are not making shots from the 3-pt line it could be a long night.

The Hawks are now off for Final exams this week then play Susquehanna in Puerto Rico next Saturday.  Coach Harney will have the boys back and ready to go next week in P.R.  This team is not far away from running off a bunch of wins in a row.

Foul totals and number of free throws do not indicate how a game is or isn't called. There is a lot more involved and a game can be very well and evenly called and still see a major difference in those numbers.

[BJ - DSU SID]

Went to the St. Mary's vs DeSales game last night at the Hawkdome.  It was a lackluster performance by St. Mary's.  They were a step late for everything all night.  If the game were a bit closer I would complain that the refs screwed us, but it was not close enough to make that claim......
Fouls (smcm=20, DeSales 12), F.T. attempts (smcm=13, DeSales 29).  The game was not reffed like the HOME team was ranked in the top-10.  Not to say that they should get the benefit of the doubt on every call......but an even/fair game is an expectation and I do not feel we got that tonight.

SMCM was 16/25 from 2pt F.G.'s, but shot 31 3-pters to bail DeSales out and not take advantage of DeSales' lack of size.

With that said DeSales made plays when they had to and made some really tough shots.  Scott has that team playing with a lot of confidence, and the keep people out of the paint very well.  If you are not making shots from the 3-pt line it could be a long night.

The Hawks are now off for Final exams this week then play Susquehanna in Puerto Rico next Saturday.  Coach Harney will have the boys back and ready to go next week in P.R.  This team is not far away from running off a bunch of wins in a row.

If you dive into the stat sheet a bit more...you would see that 18 of DSU's 29 foul shots came in the final four minutes of the game.  When I presume, SMC stepped up its defensive pressure a bit (via full court press) trying to erase an 18-point deficit and thus fouled a bit more hoping the Bulldogs would miss a few freebies, the clock would stop, and the Seahawks could get back into the game.

Not sure you can pin that on the referees.  The other 36 minutes of the game, the foul shots/fouls are relatively even.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Exactly!

[Clutch]

The refs have a tough job as it is ...hey did the guy who twisted his ankle down at Stevenson play for St Mary's , you know one of their best players, sorry have been out of the loop a bit lately.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Nick LaGuerre - hasn't missed a game.

[CNU85]

It sure would be nice if we could get a win on Sunday, huh CNU85?  We're way overdue, but it looks like VWC has reloaded, once again....

It would be nice. But as usual VWC is loaded. The game could get ugly. The one thing I do like about this year's CNU team.....they are full of Dont'e Selden type players.....guys who hate to lose and will not give up. I wish the game was in January or February. CNU will be deeper on the bench then with injured players finally getting in the lineup.

[Swish3]

Huge win for CNU yesterday at VWC....got to stay focused and beat Salisbury on Wednesday!

GO CAPS!