MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

muchacho · February 28, 2006, 08:36:37 AM

Take a look at the stats for Widener.

http://www.widener.edu/SiteData/docs/teamcume/5f519106618642bfd25ccad05e0894be/teamcume.htm

This Kris Clarkson kid looks like an absolute beast on paper! He is averaging 20 and 10, while also ranking second on his team in assists. And then check out his defensive numbers...42 block and 76 steals!
Those are Ben Wallace defensive numbers with Shaq's offensive game.
The good news for Catholic is that they do have a lot of big bodies to defend him with, but CUA also relies on two of those guys...Sowden and Dwyer, to get their offense started. Looks like CUA would benefit from Wheeler, Spierenburg, and one of the youngsters stepping up and playing some serious D on this guy.

thereiis · February 28, 2006, 02:22:51 PM

Widener fan here....figure I'd come in and say some things. First, Why is anyone talking about the beginning of the season playing Galluadett? Just curious. Anyway, I know nothing about Catholic, so Ill keep it simple, Widener's too athletic, Blakey controls the court too well, Clarkson's too nice, do what you will to stop him, the other players will just pick up there games. Widener advances by 6.

x33ycp · February 28, 2006, 03:01:40 PM

Well let me tell you a bit about Catholic.....Im sure Matt can add to this.....first they are very big and will be able to match-up with Clarkson.....Sowden is 6-8 as well and is very athletic....they also have a number of other big bodies that will be able to help control Clarkson. Dwyer and Fumai from what I hear are really stepping up late in the season. Lastly, they are very well coached, and know how to win big games....that said, I think Salisbury woke up a sleeping giant.....YCP advances to the Sweet 16 this weekend and closes down Wolf in style.....

Matt Letourneau · February 28, 2006, 03:08:05 PM

Thanks for sharing...nothing.

"I know nothing about Catholic" pretty much makes your prediction irrelevant, doesn it?

Some of us prefer to be informed about who our teams are playing before shooting our mouths off, so since we have two members of this league that have seen Widener play, I was asking fans from those schools for a scouting report.

The Gallaudet folks played Catholic twice and Widener once, so they can compare the two teams at least in terms of personnel. On paper, they look like they match up pretty evenly. Catholic's got a lot of size and depth. Sounds like Widener goes with less of a rotation but has one superstar and some nice players around him.

Catholic's offense is evenly distributed. They've got 4 guys over 6'6 that play good interior defense. When their guards and SF are shooting well, it opens up the inside game and the team is really clicking. They play an uptempo style and have no problem running up and down the court thanks to their ability to go 11-12 deep in a game.

I'm sure this will be a real battle. Widener sounds good. But Catholic is, too.

BisonKiller · February 28, 2006, 03:08:31 PM

Quote from: thereiis on February 28, 2006, 02:22:51 PM
Widener fan here....figure I'd come in and say some things. First, Why is anyone talking about the beginning of the season playing Galluadett? Just curious. Anyway, I know nothing about Catholic, so Ill keep it simple, Widener's too athletic, Blakey controls the court too well, Clarkson's too nice, do what you will to stop him, the other players will just pick up there games. Widener advances by 6.

You suck

muchacho · February 28, 2006, 03:26:51 PM

QuoteYou suck

You stay classy San Diego!

thereiis · February 28, 2006, 03:30:43 PM

Bisonkiller, clever......that take you awhile to come up with??? Stop thinking too hard you might hurt yourself.

Matt, I never said Catholic wasnt good. They are obviously a good squad or they wouldnt be here. Obviously i would think the team im backing would win the game, so ignore the prediction. My point, which i guess i should have explained in more detail for those less literate and capable as Bisonkiller, is that every team thus far has tried to stop Clarkson, and sometimes it has worked doubling him, but overall it hasnt. the teams that have won have either won on a buzzer beater (messiah) or purely off of widener not coming to play (missed free throws and or layups) so, their strength isnt in solely clarkson, but their guard play as well. do u guys have the big guys to stop clarkson?? sure u do. but i dont think u have the guards to match with ours. Bisonkiller, u still following or should i translate into a more readable form? you jackass. anyway, should be a good game. Ill still stick to my prediction based, now on more info thanks to some, that wideners guard play from the 1-3 spots are a tad more athletic and thus winning the game. Good luck. See you at the game.

BisonKiller · February 28, 2006, 03:35:38 PM

Quote from: thereiis on February 28, 2006, 03:30:43 PM
Bisonkiller, clever......that take you awhile to come up with??? Stop thinking too hard you might hurt yourself.

Matt, I never said Catholic wasnt good. They are obviously a good squad or they wouldnt be here. Obviously i would think the team im backing would win the game, so ignore the prediction. My point, which i guess i should have explained in more detail for those less literate and capable as Bisonkiller, is that every team thus far has tried to stop Clarkson, and sometimes it has worked doubling him, but overall it hasnt. the teams that have won have either won on a buzzer beater (messiah) or purely off of widener not coming to play (missed free throws and or layups) so, their strength isnt in solely clarkson, but their guard play as well. do u guys have the big guys to stop clarkson?? sure u do. but i dont think u have the guards to match with ours. Bisonkiller, u still following or should i translate into a more readable form? you jackass. anyway, should be a good game. Ill still stick to my prediction based, now on more info thanks to some, that wideners guard play from the 1-3 spots are a tad more athletic and thus winning the game. Good luck. See you at the game.

Dont need to go into details because its not necessary....Once again, I'll just go straight to the point....YOU SUCK

thereiis · February 28, 2006, 03:52:16 PM

clever

CACFan01 · February 28, 2006, 04:04:58 PM

Quote from: thereiis on February 28, 2006, 03:30:43 PM
Bisonkiller, clever......that take you awhile to come up with??? Stop thinking too hard you might hurt yourself.

Matt, I never said Catholic wasnt good. They are obviously a good squad or they wouldnt be here. Obviously i would think the team im backing would win the game, so ignore the prediction. My point, which i guess i should have explained in more detail for those less literate and capable as Bisonkiller, is that every team thus far has tried to stop Clarkson, and sometimes it has worked doubling him, but overall it hasnt. the teams that have won have either won on a buzzer beater (messiah) or purely off of widener not coming to play (missed free throws and or layups) so, their strength isnt in solely clarkson, but their guard play as well. do u guys have the big guys to stop clarkson?? sure u do. but i dont think u have the guards to match with ours. Bisonkiller, u still following or should i translate into a more readable form? you jackass. anyway, should be a good game. Ill still stick to my prediction based, now on more info thanks to some, that wideners guard play from the 1-3 spots are a tad more athletic and thus winning the game. Good luck. See you at the game.

CACFan01 · February 28, 2006, 04:20:35 PM

Quote from: thereiis on February 28, 2006, 03:30:43 PM
Bisonkiller, clever......that take you awhile to come up with??? Stop thinking too hard you might hurt yourself.
He's right, you suck
Matt, I never said Catholic wasnt good. They are obviously a good squad catholic will winor they wouldnt be here. Obviously i would think the team im backing would win the game, so ignore the prediction. My point, which i guess i should have explained in more detail for those less literate and capable as Bisonkiller, is that every team thus far has tried to stop Clarkson, and sometimes it has worked doubling him, but overall it hasnt. the teams that have won have either won on a buzzer beater (messiah) or purely off of widener not coming to play (missed free throws and or layups) so, their strength isnt in solely clarkson, Clarkson had led in points and rebounds almost every game!but their guard play as well. Their second and third best players averaged 13 pts a game and their 4th scorer averaged 6 pts a gamedo u guys have the big guys to stop clarkson?? sure u do.Sowden and the Company will stop him, periodbut i dont think u have the guards to match with ours.Haha, since you dont know Catholic, then shut up. Catholic guards are quick and are capable of matching any guards. I believe they will stop the Widener guardsBisonkiller, u still following or should i translate nto a more readable form? you jackass. anyway, should be a good game. Ill still stick to my prediction based, now on more info thanks to some, that wideners guard play from the 1-3 spots are a tad more athletic and thus winning the game.Catholic will win by 5Good luck. See you at the game.

Quote from: CACFan01 on February 28, 2006, 04:04:58 PM
Quote from: thereiis on February 28, 2006, 03:30:43 PM
Bisonkiller, clever......that take you awhile to come up with??? Stop thinking too hard you might hurt yourself.

Matt, I never said Catholic wasnt good. They are obviously a good squad or they wouldnt be here. Obviously i would think the team im backing would win the game, so ignore the prediction. My point, which i guess i should have explained in more detail for those less literate and capable as Bisonkiller, is that every team thus far has tried to stop Clarkson, and sometimes it has worked doubling him, but overall it hasnt. the teams that have won have either won on a buzzer beater (messiah) or purely off of widener not coming to play (missed free throws and or layups) so, their strength isnt in solely clarkson, but their guard play as well. do u guys have the big guys to stop clarkson?? sure u do. but i dont think u have the guards to match with ours. Bisonkiller, u still following or should i translate into a more readable form? you jackass. anyway, should be a good game. Ill still stick to my prediction based, now on more info thanks to some, that wideners guard play from the 1-3 spots are a tad more athletic and thus winning the game. Good luck. See you at the game.

Matt Letourneau · February 28, 2006, 04:24:37 PM

Alrighty then.

At least we had some life on the board today, I suppose.

thereiis · February 28, 2006, 05:06:45 PM

CAC, although the method you posted was kinda cool, what you said, again, pointless banter supporting your team. I know nothing about your team and to be honest, you nor anyone hear knows anything about mine. Ok great, you looked up what they average and what not online, good work there NBA scouter; and you asked another school, who has yet to reply (atleast from what i can see) about what happened when they played them. Well Clarkson played well and Gallued. lost. Oh sh*t, now you guys really know us. Wait to go fellas. Did u guys send this all to your coach for the game yet? he might need it. the point im making is atleast i came out and said i know nothing about your team. some of you clowns are typing over there with stats, heights, weights and whatever else you can come up with and pretending you know Widener. Support your team, sure why not, but dont act like you actually know Widener like your saying you do. Come friday we'll see who wins and go from there. In the mean time, keep up your great scouting reports, your YOU SUCK comments and "way to much time on your hands" posting methods. They all are realllyyyyy great guys. Good work again. Yeaaaaaa Catholic.

BisonKiller · February 28, 2006, 05:11:09 PM

Quote from: thereiis on February 28, 2006, 05:06:45 PM
CAC, although the method you posted was kinda cool, what you said, again, pointless banter supporting your team. I know nothing about your team and to be honest, you nor anyone hear knows anything about mine. Ok great, you looked up what they average and what not online, good work there NBA scouter; and you asked another school, who has yet to reply (atleast from what i can see) about what happened when they played them. Well Clarkson played well and Gallued. lost. Oh sh*t, now you guys really know us. Wait to go fellas. Did u guys send this all to your coach for the game yet? he might need it. the point im making is atleast i came out and said i know nothing about your team. some of you clowns are typing over there with stats, heights, weights and whatever else you can come up with and pretending you know Widener. Support your team, sure why not, but dont act like you actually know Widener like your saying you do. Come friday we'll see who wins and go from there. In the mean time, keep up your great scouting reports, your YOU SUCK comments and "way to much time on your hands" posting methods. They all are realllyyyyy great guys. Good work again. Yeaaaaaa Catholic.

Classic rant with alot of misspelled words. Perhaps Grammy didn't teach him how to spell correctly.

By the way:

You STILL suck

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · February 28, 2006, 05:51:14 PM

Hey Widener fan... as someone who has seen a bit of basketball in this region... I don't like your chances. If there is ONE thing CUA actually has going for them... it's Wolff Gym. They are at least familiar with the facility and how to play on the kitchen floor.

As for Widener, I didn't get a chance to see them this year since Goucher traveled to their gym. But if you look at the fact Widener did not have an easy game against the Gophers says one thing. They are at best... equal to Catholic.

Because of CUA's experience both in the tourney and at Wolff, the fact Widener will be in an unfamiliar gym, and since CUA would love to get their hands on the Spartans again... I am taking CUA in this game... but 7.

Oh, and by repeatedly talking down to everyone - no matter what they have to say - shows you really didn't care to get the low-down on the team you are facing (or might face), but rather you wanted to cause trouble. Wrong chat room to start it in (from the past experiences here).

Quote from: Matt Letourneau on February 28, 2006, 03:08:05 PM
Catholic's offense is evenly distributed. They've got 4 guys over 6'6 that play good interior defense. When their guards and SF are shooting well, it opens up the inside game and the team is really clicking. They play an uptempo style and have no problem running up and down the court thanks to their ability to go 11-12 deep in a game.

I'm sure this will be a real battle. Widener sounds good. But Catholic is, too.

Matt... not to nit-pick... but CUA's offense is evenly distributed... on paper. I have yet to see them put together an evenly distributed offensive game... consistently from game to game. And while they can play decent inside defense, they can't stop outside shooters. And if your guards are cold... you don't stand a chance (i.e. last time you faced YCP).
However... I still think the Cards can beat Widener... because of the team's knack for rising to the occasion.

Quote from: x33ycp on February 28, 2006, 03:01:40 PM
Lastly, they are very well coached, and know how to win big games....that said, I think Salisbury woke up a sleeping giant.....YCP advances to the Sweet 16 this weekend and closes down Wolf in style.....

Couldn't agree with you more. YCP is going to have a lot going for them... I certainly don't expect them to trip on their way to at least the Sweet 16.