MBB: Colonial States Athletic Conference

chizwiz · January 04, 2007, 09:04:37 AM

Quote from: Coach C on January 04, 2007, 12:41:11 AM
I think that Eastern continues to develop as a program. I am not sure they are where they can get to yet, and they arent at the level of the Cabrini teams that won the PAC or went to the Sweet 16, but they are improving. They are good enough to win this league.

I wasn't surprised to see Coleman in quickly. I think the philosophy of this coaching staff has been to forgive transgressions after appropriate penance. He did his time and now he gets another chance. Hopefully the impression is made.

As for Widener, this is a talented team that lacks experienced depth. Coaches in thier first year with a team often don't get the full potential out of a squad because it takes so long to get to know a team and the NCAA give us so little pre-season time. I think this is a teams that will finish 4th in a good, but not great MAC-C.

C

As for Widener

Good job there, C. I'm hoping that you're wrong about where Widener finishes, as it will give Eastern a better QOW if it finishes #1 in MACC.

chizwiz · January 04, 2007, 09:07:15 AM

I may have mis-communicated what I thought about Ty Coleman. I'm glad he got in, but didn't think that Coach N would have played him more because he just got back, maybe he isn't physically (legs and lungs) ready. Rust factor, you know?

Either way, he sure brings a spark when he wants.

Coach K · January 04, 2007, 11:54:33 AM

Good win for the Eagles against a MAC school!

Any other good games on tap for this weekend? Let's talk more about on the court then off the court

WolfPAC · January 04, 2007, 02:19:10 PM

Funny... since the McTamney's showed up at EU the team has been on the up! Knowing Bob personally, he likes hard-nose ram it down your throat basketball; something that is mysteriously missing at Cabrini now.

Amazing what happens when coaches change institutions. Coach N. is doing a great job in realizing those EU boys need to get more physical and the McTamney's support this with their philosophy as well.

EU was usually intimidated by the Cavs across the street, but the tide is turning. Perhaps if EU gets more physical & confident, they could compete with Alvernia and steal a playoff win.

hoopzwiz · January 04, 2007, 02:24:56 PM

Quote from: WolfPAC on January 04, 2007, 02:19:10 PM
Funny... since the McTamney's showed up at EU the team has been on the up! Knowing Bob personally, he likes hard-nose ram it down your throat basketball; something that is mysteriously missing at Cabrini now.

Amazing what happens when coaches change institutions. Coach N. is doing a great job in realizing those EU boys need to get more physical and the McTamney's support this with their philosophy as well.

EU was usually intimidated by the Cavs across the street, but the tide is turning. Perhaps if EU gets more physical & confident, they could compete with Alvernia and steal a playoff win.

I saw Eastern earlier in the year, they are pretty good.
Is McTamney the older looking guy?

Has Eastern ever made the PAC finals or Semi-finals? This might be the year.

Jon · January 04, 2007, 02:29:35 PM

Happy New Year Sports Fans!

Nice to see all the back-and-forth over the Christmas break, but I'm eager to have some real hoops to talk and get past the philosophical analysis of the looming demise of the PAC.

The Crusaders are back on the floor tonight hosting Penn State-Berks, and as always, home games will have a live webstats broadcast. Cruise over to athletics.alvernia.edu and check the Men's Basketball schedule page for links.

There's a nice slate of non-conference action on the men's side tonight with the full-time conference schedule just around the corner.

Delaware Valley @ Eastern
Rowan @ Neumann
Marywood @ Wilkes
PSU-Berks @ Alvernia

Looking forward to observations from our fans in the stands.

Jon · January 04, 2007, 02:35:53 PM

hoopswiz,

The Alvernia College Men's Basketball record book, which is available on the web (athletics.alvernia.edu > click on Men's Basketball > Records), has the complete PAC results on page 24. Eastern is 1-7 in seven appearances in the PAC Championships. The lone win, over Cabrini in '04, put the Eagles in the semifinals for the first time.

chizwiz · January 04, 2007, 03:38:11 PM

Quote from: WolfPAC on January 04, 2007, 02:19:10 PM
Funny... since the McTamney's showed up at EU the team has been on the up! Knowing Bob personally, he likes hard-nose ram it down your throat basketball; something that is mysteriously missing at Cabrini now.

Amazing what happens when coaches change institutions. Coach N. is doing a great job in realizing those EU boys need to get more physical and the McTamney's support this with their philosophy as well.

EU was usually intimidated by the Cavs across the street, but the tide is turning. Perhaps if EU gets more physical & confident, they could compete with Alvernia and steal a playoff win.

Wolfie,

Yeah, the McTamney's have been a great addition to the coaching staff, it seems. I know both, and they are good guys as well as good coaches.

And I do agree that intimidation factor was evident for years against the Cavs. Somehow, I don't think it is there anymore.
Hoopzwiz, not sure McTamney would like being known as the older guy.

But, he is unofficially the oldest guy on the staff.

Chris Panter, GMC SID · January 04, 2007, 07:28:56 PM

Hey gang,
I guess I got caught up in all the holiday doings but I wanted to mention Gwynedd-Mercy is webstreaming all of their men's and women's home games this season. So if you can't make it to Gwynedd Valley, you can sit and watch all of the games for no cost.

On game days, they'll be a link on the main page of the athletics site but if you want the actual URL, here it is:
http://www.teamline.cc/teampage?teamcode=5574

CP

chairman · January 04, 2007, 09:05:02 PM

Smitten an adjective, but I am not sure if it works as a verb. Eastern downs DelVal 77-70. Malloy led the way with 17 and 9. Kevin Raab came off the bench for 16 points in 12 minutes. He had 10 points for the season going into tonight's game. Hero d'jour for the Eagles.

Jon · January 04, 2007, 10:47:46 PM

@ Alvernia 94, PSU-Berks 60

Not exactly the toughest test on the schedule this season. Crusaders took turns with the hot hand tonight. Garrett Etzel scored 16 in a hurry in the first half and Terrence Shawell hit five 3s in the second half as the Crusaders rolled.

Arcadia comes to Reading next Thursday to get the conference schedule rolling again.

chairman · January 04, 2007, 11:39:32 PM

Looks like Marywood got the woodshed thrown at them by Wilkes. Maybe Alvernia and Marywood should have switched non-conference games for the night. Anyone heard anything about Neumann Rowan?

Eastern shot 63% from the floor in the second half tonight. The game would have been a blowout if Eastern had been able to convert on their free throws. The Eagles, who normally shoot just below 70% from the line hit just 13 of 26 including three or four misses on the front end. Not that pretty. Probably has something to do with the two games in two days.

I think smitten is right. It's usually used in a very different context, but the derivation is the same. We might need to call in a linguist. I'm not going to ask Pat to come back or I might lose Karma that I don't have.

"Dr. Beeper is club champion three years running and I'm no slouch myself"
"Don't sell yourself short judge, you're a tremendous slouch."
Nice picture Mr. Panter.

chairman · January 04, 2007, 11:49:10 PM

In the for what it's worth category, I checked the Neumann website for the results of their game against Rowan, and it turns out that they are playing Saturday at 1:00.

Chris Panter, GMC SID · January 05, 2007, 10:27:06 AM

"What'd you shoot today, Ty?" JS
"Oh Judge, I don't keep score" TW
"Well, then how do you measure yourself to other golfers then?" JS
"By height" TW

I can be here all day with quotes...

"Danny, I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber; didn't want to do it; felt, I owed it to them..."

or

"Awww, this is the worst looking hat I've ever saw, I bet you get a free cup of soup with it...oh, but it looks good on you!"

chizwiz · January 05, 2007, 12:21:48 PM

"I haven't even told my father I'm not gonna get that scholarship. I'm gonna end up working in a lumberyard the rest of my life."
"What's wrong with lumber? I own two lumberyards?"
"I notice you don't spend too much time there."
"I'm not quite sure where they are."

"Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-galunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice."