MBB: Colonial States Athletic Conference

[chizwiz]

For those who care, it's been an interesting game here in Cavs-land, with Cabrini trailing, 47-36.

[chizwiz]

BTW, 7 minutes left.

[chizwiz]

Cabrini loses at home by 6 points.  Wow, this slope is getting slippery.

[WolfPAC]

Guess that settles it !

Cabrini's winning basketball program is history.

[chairman]

Any more details on the game? Misericordia appears to have recovered well from their Arcadia loss. Two massive losses in a row for Marywood.

Wesley at EU tomorrow. Did anyone else notice the ridiculous league schedule given to Eastern. They play Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday. NCAA rules require a day off, so the league hamstrings them with 4 games in seven days. Eastern will have to prepare for two teams in one of their practices.

Any other PAC teams get this?

[WolfPAC]

Any more details on the game? Misericordia appears to have recovered well from their Arcadia loss. Two massive losses in a row for Marywood.

Wesley at EU tomorrow. Did anyone else notice the ridiculous league schedule given to Eastern. They play Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday. NCAA rules require a day off, so the league hamstrings them with 4 games in seven days. Eastern will have to prepare for two teams in one of their practices.

Any other PAC teams get this?

The schedule builds character and makes EU more focused.  I am sure they will do well with the way they prepare for games.

[chizwiz]

I think Eastern has the biggest upside as a program in general. Since the Coach N era, they consistently improve every year. I think they are still a year or two away from a championship, but I like their improvements. GMC and Alvernia have been the dominant forces as of late; so their wasn't much room for improvement. With Eastern being not a good program before; they ony had one way to go; which was up. Give them credit for building their program to be a legitamate contender. People would laugh when you mentioned Eastern as a contended 4 years ago.

I think Cabrini has the thoughest non-conference schedule. I give their coach credit for scheduling games with the top teams in the country; but not for anything else. The only problem is they lost by about 50 points. Maybe you should beat teams your own caliber before stepping into Wooster's gym. Wasn't that guy suppose to get fired? Chiz, any info coming from across the street?

East Coast, no news from across the street.

This is speculation on my part, but I think the school will just wait for the season to end.  I have heard some interesting things, but discretion (this time) keeps me from saying anything.  Either way, I think Cabrini's season may end up looking a lot like the EU women's season from last year.

[East Coast Eagle]

Thanks Chiz, feel free to email me.... where descretion does not exist!

[Coach C]

I think I will be stopping by St. David's tonight.  Hope to see all of the PAC Chat guys in the house.

C

[Jon]

Any commentary from the PAC Chat reunion at St. Davids last night.  Wesley looksto be putting things together recently.  Big runs in last night's game that appear to be sparked by efficient shooting by the Eagles, and forced turnovers and offensive rebounding by the Wolverines.

[chizwiz]

Jon, you said it.  EU had great (did I say great?) shooting from 3 and overall.  However, EU was not able to rebound on defense, thus Wesley got a lot of free trips down the court without having to dribble, if you know what I mean.  And those turnovers hurt . . . a lot.

That Johnson kid is amazing.  Did I say he is amazing?  Wow.

[chairman]

Wesley had 24 offensive boards. The officials allowed them to really go after it on the glass, and they were able to earn two or three shots on several possessions that started with a missed free throw. I think that Wesley is talented enough to play with anyone I've seen, but I am not sure how successful they would have been with a game called a little tighter. Johnson is a great player- he scored ten points in the decisive two minutes of the game last night- but I thought he could have fouled out twice just going over guys for offensive boards. If he gets in foul trouble... they are done. Eastern really executed well on the offensive end of the floor for the first 33 minutes, but one bad spell of turnovers really cost them. DiMaria was unstoppable inside in the second half.

Now it is Cabrini.

[Coach C]

chairman -

I think that blaming the officials for Wesley being able to go at the boards is a bit misleading.  the oficials were letting BOTH teams go after missed shots.  Wesley did it BETTER than Eastern last night.

In general, Eastern played a good game, but in each half had 3-4 minute time frames where they were out-hustled and the floor matchups were not good for them.

Wesley is a young team that looks to be rounding into form.  they work hard on the glass and they also have good sets to get Johnson the ball.

C

[Pat Coleman]

Wesley had 24 offensive boards. The officials allowed them to really go after it on the glass, and they were able to earn two or three shots on several possessions that started with a missed free throw. I think that Wesley is talented enough to play with anyone I've seen, but I am not sure how successful they would have been with a game called a little tighter. Johnson is a great player- he scored ten points in the decisive two minutes of the game last night- but I thought he could have fouled out twice just going over guys for offensive boards. If he gets in foul trouble... they are done. Eastern really executed well on the offensive end of the floor for the first 33 minutes, but one bad spell of turnovers really cost them. DiMaria was unstoppable inside in the second half.

Now it is Cabrini.

Did you get the private message I sent earlier? Not sure you did. Link at the top of the page.

[chizwiz]

chairman -

I think that blaming the officials for Wesley being able to go at the boards is a bit misleading.  the oficials were letting BOTH teams go after missed shots.  Wesley did it BETTER than Eastern last night.

In general, Eastern played a good game, but in each half had 3-4 minute time frames where they were out-hustled and the floor matchups were not good for them.

Wesley is a young team that looks to be rounding into form.  they work hard on the glass and they also have good sets to get Johnson the ball.

C

Coach C, I think that blaming the officials for a loss would be a bad idea 99.9% of the time.  I don't think that chairman was doing that.  However, his statement left some subtlety to what he was really saying, to which I agree.  The officials were allowing the "aggressive" rebounding style of Wesley to go a little unchecked.  Most officials wouldn't allow it, but these did.  To say that they were letting both team do it is a bit incorrect.

I guess you could also say that some officials allow both teams to travel, or do moving picks, etc.  Just because one team isn't willing or won't do it doesn't mean it is properly officiated.  And I'm not saying that this wasn't properly officiated.  Just that very few officials would allow such type of aggressive rebounding (i.e. over the back).  Wesley will have problems with fouls in the future if they continue to do so.

By the way, those officials are very good anyway.  I'm just not used to seeing them allow that.

Either way, EU lost the game on their own.  Too many turnovers that were turned into points on the other end by Wesley's skill in such.  Wesley is well coached and has some good players with possibly the best player in the PAC.