MBB: Commonwealth Conference

[rollingthunda]

Lines for the mid-week games:

Juniata @ Messiah...the pep band is too much for the Eagles on the road...Messiah -4
SusQ @ Etown....Etown avenges earlier loss...Etown -14
Moravian @ Albright...Albright -9
Widener @ LVC....Pioneers too talented to have as dogs in this game despite playing crappy ball lately...Widener -8, but your guess is good as mine


In other news...congrats to Brian Schrieber for making the MASCAC weekly honor roll.  He is playing big time ball in big time games averaging 18 ppg, 8.5 rpg, and 2.5 apg in the Jays two wins last week.

[Pat Coleman]

We don't give out the modify and edit buttons to new posters. We've had some issues with rookie posters cutting and running.

I think you get those privileges around 50 posts.

[FalconFan]

No problem, I just hate adding another post to a thread just to sa "that shoudl have said..."

[Coach C]

Oy my head!

C

[rollingthunda]

Have you ever noticed that Oy, is just Yo backwards?

[FalconFan]

Juniata 55   -  Messiah 52

Tough physical game, with lots of defense.   It was a tight game the entire time, and I can see why these teams went to double overtime in the last meeting.

[hoopsdafin203]

Sounds like a great game tonight in Grantham. Did Juniata slow it down? It was a pretty low scoring game. A four way tie atop the standings is now possible. All the different tie breakers could come into effect by the end of the regular season. It is going to be very interesting to see how this shakes out.

[FalconFan]

Both teams were putting on a lot of pressure defensively, and it seemed neither team could get into much of an offensive rythm.  It seemed to me that these two teams match up pretty well to each other and any game they played would end up close.

Shooting percentages were 37.8 for Juniata and 35.1 for Messiah, so you can see why the game was low scoring.  Messiah had the edge in rebounds, and Juniata shot much better behind the arc.  Most of the stats, however were very even.

This definately keeps the conference interesting.  Juniata is still very much in the playoff hunt, and Messiah now is forced to come up with some tough road wins.

[rollingthunda]

Same ol' typical year in the MAC Commonwealth.  Etown needs to not play down to their competition tonight.  They have been playing some good ball lately and with a win could find themselves perched atop (with some company) the conference standings.  I'd like a show of hands who thought that was possible before the season started, and I dont think you will find any hands in the air except the hands of the guys suiting up in the home lockerroom of Thompson Gym tonight.  Get 'er done fellas!!!

[hoopsdafin203]

what gives this year in the commonwealth? I think I'm pulling my name out of the hat as far as predicting games goes. The first seed in the playoffs could end up with four and possibly five losses! Everybody is beating everybody up this year and there is clearly no favorite to run away with the first seed or the conference title for that matter. As a matter of fact it is going to be very intersting to see who even gets in the conference tournament.  My head hurts just trying to think about it. All I can say is, Lets go Jays!

PS. Great performance by the Adams Family last night.

[sleeprcell]

A wins a wins A win...Back on track despite what some might say a poor performance...

Even with the unpredictability, Juniata has so many veterans I have to think they are the playoff team in the 4 spot.  Veteran teams just get big wins....

We all know in the end Widener is in, despite the rally cries for albright Etown....Add Messiah in there and one of these 3 are going to be denied. Junaita vs. Widener championship.  I'll take the pioneers.  Best bet is that the fastest horse wins the race.

Clarkson for pres.

[rollingthunda]

Stunned yet again by the result of last nights game at Etown.  What happened?  From the looks of the box score the Jays tired in the second half, shooting only 26% after halftime.  The Jays struggled shooting the ball in the last meeting too.  Is SusQ doing something special against the flex or just chalk it up to bad shooting nights?  Whatever the case may be, SusQ now has 3 very good wins in the last couple of weeks.  They are running 10 guys in double-figure minutes too, so they must be pretty deep.  The way the seaon is going it looks like its gonna be 6 teams for the 4 playoff spots if SusQ keeps putting numbers in the W column.

Etown needs to get back on track this weekend against LVC to gain a little momentum for the mid-week trip to the sticks next week.

Whats the story with the Adams Family, Finmate?

[Coach C]

A T from Coach Duda is unusual.  He is often outspoken, but I can say that i have not seen him earn many Ts.

C

[Coach C]

Hard to say.  Most coaches will create a T for themselves to motivate the team.  If that was the case, sounds like Coach Duda needed somethign else!

C

[rollingthunda]

Weekend lines....

Etown @ LVC  +9
Morav @ SusQ -5
Widen @ Jun    -2
Mess   @ Alb   -4

Go Jays!!!