MBB: Commonwealth Conference

[Coach C]

sleeprcell -

Metal detectors?  When did these go in?  What are you talking about with the rims?  Who filed a protest with whom?  How exactly did the refs screw Widener?

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[Coach C]

Hoopsdafin203 -

2:30 is a LONG time.  Heck, I once saw a kid socre 7 points in 18 seconds.  I wasn't there either, so I can't say, but usually blowing lead has a lot more to do with playon the floor than coaching.  not always, but usually.

What now -

Duda had a majority of his own players on his early teams.  if you look at who contributed, he brought in some studs his first year, both freshmen and transfers.  yeah, there were some holdovers, but I would not say that they were the reason Duda had success out of the gate.

The guy has put up some monster numbers in his tenure there.  He can certainly recruit and he wins a ton of games.

Yeah you can fault the schedule that they play out of conference some, but Duda is not alone in the region in his scheduling philosophy.

Duda is the AD, but coaches at Widener are held to a pretty high standard.  He's a winner though and my guess is he is just fine. 

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[rollingthunda]

Last minute lines for the weekend

Albright at Etown...Albrights frontcout could cause Etown problems....Albright -7
SusQ @ Widener...Widener at home off a loss???....Widener -19
LVC @ Messiah...LVC cant pull off the back-to-back upsets...Messiah -15
Juniata @ Moravian...fighting for the last playoff spot and coming off a loss...Juniata -11

In other new...I will be in the house on Saturday for the Etown game.  I had to go with an honest line, but I hope I turn out to be wrong.  I see the physical frontcourt giving Etown a little trouble.  Albirght has caused some serious trouble the last couple of years.  Lets go Jays!!!

[hoopsdafin203]

Etown by 3 over Albright at Thompson Gym today. Jays held a 10 point lead with 4:41 to go and Albright cut it to 1. Etown managed to hold on with a pair of Mike Schatzman free throws with 5 seconds left. Trevor Deeter appeared very hampered by a herniated disk and could only play in 3-4 minute spurts at the most. That could prove fatal for Albright as conference play rolls on. Etown looks very good again.

I can't blame rollingthunda for his line on the SusqU/Widener game, but SusqU looks like they could be a force to be reckon with the rest of this season. What has happened to Widener? How do you lose to SusqU at home? Att: Dave Duda you need to win some games to even get into the playoffs at this point.

[FalconFan]

Messiah 75  -  LVC 59

LVC jumped put to an early lead with very effective outside shooting.  Messiah had trouble getting into a rythm offensively early in the game.  LVC lead for most of the first half, with Messiah taking the lead toward the end of the half.

From the start of the second half, Messiah was shooting much better.  In the second half it was LVC that struggled on offense.  Messiah never trailed in the second half. 

[sleeprcell]

Wow.... I am transferring next fall.... This is a joke... We have 7 guys 6-6 and up who happen to be athletes...Can we beat Susquehanna? 

I can add a few more reasons why I owuldn't join the staff....How about Clarkson giving up 30 to the SU center?  Unreal.

I think Messiah is the best team in the league....I am picking them.....

[rollingthunda]

Interesting weekend on this side of the MAC.  Etown looked very solid against Albirght on Saturday and proved my Albirght -7 line wrong.  Good win fellas!!!  After all the smack the Widener fans were talking and then watching Etown this weekend, Etown is a very underated team.  Their top 8 are all solid players and Coach Schlosser has them playing there best ball when it matters most.  This was a big week for Etown as they knock off both Widener and Albright who both go 0-2 for the week.  Deeter (and the rest of the Albrights front court) were non-factors much to my surprise.  If he infact does have a health problem, Albright might not even get the chance to defend their crown this year.  And on top of that, Juniata falls a game behind, losing to previosly winless (in the conference) Moravian.  Any explanation for the Widener debacle or the Juniata game?

Very gutsy pick on Messiah sleeper.  They are clearly a cut above the rest of the league at the moment due to the simple fact that they are winning the games against the lesser half of the conference.  Its still anybodys conference to win, but Messiah is definitely in the drivers seat.  Will SusQ be a factor down the stretch or are they bluffing?  I have the top four shaking out as they stand now, although not in the same order.  Juniata once again will play the 5th man and be on the outside looking in, while the bottom 3 are all pretenders.


MESSIAH....................   6-2   
WIDENER...................   5-3   
ELIZABETHTOWN.......   5-3   
ALBRIGHT..................   5-3   
JUNIATA.....................   4-4 
LEBANON VALLEY.......   3-5 
SUSQUEHANNA..........   3-5   
MORAVIAN.................   1-7   

[Pat Coleman]

Wow.... I am transferring next fall.... This is a joke... We have 7 guys 6-6 and up who happen to be athletes...Can we beat Susquehanna? 

Transferring from Susquehanna?

[Coach C]

Huh?  he's not a Widener guy?

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[FalconFan]

I thought he was refering to transfering from Widener, because they couldn't beat Susquehanna at home...   His posts are a little hard to understand at times.


Messiah has Juniata at Grantham tonight.  This is an important game for the falcons as it is one of two remaining home games.  I don't see them runninng the tables in the remaining road games, so it is important to take care of business at home.

[FalconFan]

[sleeprcell's] posts are a little hard to understand at times.

A "little hard"?

So I was trying kind 

[FalconFan]

That should read I was trying to be kind.  Is it possible to edit a post? 

[FalconFan]

Hmm...  I don't see a "modify"   

[sleeprcell]

   Widener graduate....  Hope we can get this thing going in the right direction....and some fans at the game.

[rollingthunda]

I have been looking for a modify or edit button for awhile now too and still have yet to find either one.