MBB: Colonial States Athletic Conference

[WolfPAC]

Whats wrong with EU stealing one from the Vern?

Jon, seriously,  do you think EU has a chance with the your boy lighting up the board at this time of the year?

Wouldn't it be great though if EU shocked them???

It's funny, the other day I found myself sticking up for the Griffins in a discussion with other Mid-Atlantic schools, but now to see a Cabrini backer supporting Eastern...never thought I would see the day.

Coach N. is a great guy.    If the Vern was across the street from Cabrini I would probably be there too.

[Coach C]

Sorry - I wasn't in the house.

The point is essentially meaningless.  If you make it, the only shot they can realistically make is a long 3, however you get a few seconds to organize a defense on the inbound.  I think that is a better situation that trying to miss a shot, leqave your guys in the lane to slow down the rebound and then hope your guards relase fasat enough to play D in the half court.

My preference is to make the shot and force them to run an inbound.  That's a defensive situation you (hopefully) pracitce every day.  Missing a shot and setting up a defense on the fly is not a situation you have likely practiced too often.

I will acknowledge there some would say that you miss the shot with .8.  i just would prefer not to.

C

[Jon]

Big day in PAC hoops...I think you have to be intrigued by all five matchups.  Chiz, you care to pontificate on today's lineup?

Immaculata @ Marywood
Eastern @ Alvernia - http://athletics.alvernia.edu/live/mbball/
Wesley @ Neumann
Cabrini @ Misericordia
Arcadia @ Gwynedd-Mercy

[Jon]

Wow, scores indicate the exact opposite of what I was thinking earlier.

Immaculata 69, @ Marywood 58
@ Alvernia 70, Eastern 49
@ Neumann 82, Wesley 62
@ Misericordia 82, Cabrini 61
Arcadia @ Gwynedd-Mercy (no score yet)

Unfortunately I was running around a bit more than I had hoped today and didn't get to see much of the PEC action, but in the early going Eastern missed some looks that it needed to hit to hang around and Alvernia posted its fifth 50-percent 3-point effort of the season.  Shawell opened the game with a pair of 3s and King opened the second half with eight straight points.

[lefty2]

I saw something today that I've never seen before.

A head coach was in the bleachers scouting while his team was playing a game two hours away.

[Jon]

Scarlet Knights by 23 at the Griffin Complex...no wonder that result wasn't readily available    Boettcher goes for 27 and 11 and starts fencing in the yard around his cozy little spot on the All-PAC First Team.

[chairman]

how many wins is going to take to make the playoffs?
Right now I'd say 9 1/2. I think there will be a nine win team that makes it and a nine win team that doesn't.
Any thoughts on this? Assuming Marywood and Cabrini are out, and by all appearances they are only mathamatically alive if that, and Alvernia is in. There are two teams that look pretty safe in Neumann and Gwynedd-Mercy (eight wins apiece), that leaves five teams scrambling for 3 spots. EU has two wins over Misericordia, but two losses against Wesley. They have already split with Arcadia, that might make the EU-Immaculata game at Immac pretty important.

Lefty-- was there a suspension involved?

[gamefan]

Lefty:

Where was the coach and has there been a suspension? Was he at your place or somewhere else?

[lefty2]

I don't know if there was a suspension - I doubt that was case.

I think I know the reason why he was there - his team was playing a winless team and is facing a tough opponent in the near future.

Regardless, I'd never seen it before.

[chizwiz]

Big day in PAC hoops...I think you have to be intrigued by all five matchups.  Chiz, you care to pontificate on today's lineup?

Immaculata @ Marywood
Eastern @ Alvernia - http://athletics.alvernia.edu/live/mbball/
Wesley @ Neumann
Cabrini @ Misericordia
Arcadia @ Gwynedd-Mercy

Jon, was away from the computer and unable to pontificate, as such.  Sorry.

Well, your boys beat the bejeezus out of EU this weekend.  It would be nice to see my guys pick it back up tonight against Scarywood.

Here's my predictions for tonight:

Marywood @ EU - EU by 7
Alvernia @ GMC - Vern by 10
Neumann @ Immac - Macs by 3
Wesley @ Cabrini - Wesley by 5
Miseri @ Arcadia - Miseri by 7

[chizwiz]

chairman, I think you have a point with the "9 1/2 win" thing.  While Immaculata is important, I sure hope the guys can do a better job of focusing their intensity on the next game and then the next game, and so on.

[Jon]

chiz,

I will likely refrain from associating lines with college games as a pracitce for the timebeing, but suffice it to say I am surprised by either pick or spread in almost all of your selections.  Last time that happened I vaguely remember helping myself to a delicious serving of broiled crow following a win for a certain team from St. Davids.

Now that February is right around the corner, I have returned to the practice of updating my PAC Men's Basketball Matrix.  The pdf version can be found on the home site at http://athletics.alvernia.edu/Pdfs/mbball/2007/1/29/0607%20PAC%20MB%20Matrix.pdf.  Please let me know if you see any errors.

Crusaders at the Griffins live from the Complex tonight at 6:00 and 8:00.  It's not exactly Tiger in HD, but if you're free, tune us in.

[chizwiz]

Marywood loses by 20, 51-71 @ EU.

Does anybody think Coach Grundman will be looking for another job next year?  5-15 right now and 4-21 last year.

Jon, I didn't understand what you meant by "suffice it to say I am surprised by either pick or spread in almost all of your selections."

Did you mean that I have made some really bad picks?  Not quite sure what you mean.

[chairman]

Eastern forced the Pacers into 31 turnovers. Blacknall, who played pretty well at the point in the first match up was out (injured?) and the other two kids running the point combined for an astounding 21 turnovers. The game was never tight. Wesley walloped Cabrini in the other game on Eagle Road. I think the final was 80-55, but whatever it was, it was a lot.

After seeing both Gwynedd and Alvernia in the past week, I could not have been more surprised by the result out of Gwynedd Valley. The other big surprise of the night has to be Immaculata over Neumann. Looks like the Mighty Macs dared the Knights to shoot fromdistance and did a good job of taking care of the glass.

Thanks for the Matrix Jon. The Wesley- Arcadia games could be critical for one or both teams.

[Jon]

chiz,

I was surprised by your spreads on both Eagle Road games and picking Misericordia to win at Arcadia.  The Scarlet Knights are a fine outfit.

A rather un-Crusader-like output tonight.  The worst long range effort of the season thus far at roughly 15 percent...and I believe rough is the proper choice there.  Game was tied with under three to play and the Griffins hit two tough shots, one from Smith and one from DelBrocco to earn the win.

The matrix is reloaded (I promise to never use that joke again...just indulge me this once) http://athletics.alvernia.edu/Pdfs/mbball/2007/1/29/0607%20PAC%20MB%20Matrix.pdf