MBB: Commonwealth Conference

FalconFan · February 10, 2006, 04:54:20 PM

QuoteHopefully the weather doesn't cause any cancellations.

The Messiah/Moravian games were moved up to afternoon games in hopes of avoiding the worst of the weather. The women are to play at 1:00 with the men following at 3:00

hoopsdafin203 · February 10, 2006, 10:49:36 PM

sleepercell: Know how to spell your teams names. It's spelled Blakey not Blakely. And the Brian you were asking about it is the one who scored 7 points in the last 2 minutes to seal the deal the last time Etown and Widener met. Just to clear that up.

Speaking of the Etown/Widener game, the start time got moved up incase of inclement weather. Women at 12, Men at 2. Can't wait to see Duda whine alllllll day tomorrow.

Reserved Seat · February 11, 2006, 10:36:02 AM

People who live in glass houses shouldn't cast stones.
Learn grammar.
Everyone understand to whom sleepercell was referring.

hoopsdafin203 · February 11, 2006, 10:58:07 AM

Oh. my Bad for referring to they're playe'rs names. And Your the expert I sea. Thanks for you're enput; i really appreciate you're opinion. Atleast spell names right.....c'mon

rollingthunda · February 11, 2006, 06:04:37 PM

People who have glass jaws should watch their mouths.

thereiis · February 11, 2006, 06:46:22 PM

Well its been awhile since I posted, so after Wideners beating on Etown today, I figured Id write up to say that I hope all of your crow is well cooked. lol. Interesting how each respective team lost at home. Any thoughts on Widener getting an at large bid with 20+ wins? Assuming they get there, which is probable, and or dont win the league, which is unlikely the way they are playing. On a different note, Clarkson got his 1000 pt. and I heard Thomas literally jumped over someone during the game and banged on him. Ouch. He did it to some poor kid on Albright too but I heard this was worse. Im sure Ill be back soon....

hoopsdafin203 · February 11, 2006, 07:02:20 PM

It's all true thereis. That was one of the best dunks I've ever seen in a D3 game considering the fact I've seen maybe 10 dunks total in four years. Clarkson is a good D3 player and he deserves 1000 points, but after watching him today it is evident that he is playing at the right level. A lot of his points come off of steals and rebounds that he would simply not get at a higher level. Widener was very imprresive today and it is hard to imagine them losing to Etown at home and Susquehanna. If they play the way they did today in the 2nd half (defense in the passing lanes and pushing the ball) then they will be hard to beat. The only person that could screw that up is Duda. When he tried to control the tempo in the 1st half and run half court offenses they let Etown in the game. If he would loosen the reigns a little bit and let his kids play they would run teams out of the gym just about every night. With all that athleticsm it doesn't make sense to slow the game down. Malcom Thomas is a stud, he's the one that should be playing at a higher level. Also, Brandon Blakey did not attempt one field goal today in 35+ minutes but completely controlled the game on both ends, pretty impressive. I still think they are succeptible to a let down in the playoffs, but I could see them getting an at large bid especially with the expanded tournament.

FalconFan · February 11, 2006, 08:11:31 PM

Moravian was able to get the upset this afternoon in Grantham. If my memory is working correctly, the score was 74 - 68 (I would rather forget that game $:-\$ )

Wiernicki was able to pass 1000 points in front of the home crowd. Moravian shot much better from the foul line than Messiah, and Messiah did not have a particularly good night shooting from the field. I did think Moravian looked better than their 3 - 9 conference record would indicate.

This puts Widener squarely in the drivers seat for top seed in the conference.

thereiis · February 11, 2006, 08:36:40 PM

hoopsdafin,

glad to see we're on the same page. i disagree with the Clarkson comment though. obviously this is just my opinion, but i honestly think he could play at the next level. just look at some of the starters on Philly D-1 or D-2 schools. St joes big men?? Philly U??? (atleast in the recent past, I dont know any of them now), Delaware??? this is a long shot, but even Nova big men? Clarkson, although a clueless wonder at times, is just as athletic as them and at times more skilled. Add 10-15 pounds of muscle and you have any of the above mentioned schools big guys. Of course this could be argued for ever, but who knows. Anyways, should be interesting to see what happens in the playoffs.

ps: i need to see video of this dunk

rollingthunda · February 13, 2006, 10:37:21 AM

After the weekend here the conference standings are as follows:

Widener 9-3
Messiah 8-4
Albright 7-5
Etown 6-6
SusQ, LVC, Juniata 5-7
Moravian 3-9

Playoff picture...

Widener and Messiah are both in, its just a matter of where they end up. Albright needs to win one out of the last two and they are in. If Albright would happen to lose both, there could be a three-way tie at 7-7 for the thrid and fourth spots. I'm not even going to try and figure that one out. They Jays finish up this week with two tough games. They host Messiah on Wednesday and end the regular season @ Moravian who has proved to be no push-over lately. SusQ and Albright both end the season with games against Juniata and LVC. LVC is on the road for both games and SusQ has the benefit of not having to travel. Last week should be a thriller as always to close up the regular season.

rollingthunda · February 14, 2006, 10:42:47 AM

Mid-week games:

Juniata @ SusQ -4
Widener @ Moravian +15
Messiah @ Etown +3
LVC @ Alibright -12

Huge game for the Jays tonight at Thompson Gym. They could really use a win to cement their hold on the final playoff spot. They have been good at home this year and Messiah hasn't be overly impressive on the road, so the Jays got that working for them...which is nice. Another big game in Susquehanna tonight as they host Juniata. I would love to see both teams lose that one. The winner of that game will move into a tie for 4th should Etown falter against the Falcons tonight. I'll be rooting for LVC tonight as well. Go Jays!!!

On an unrelated note...remember the days when the LVC fans flooded this board. Warren, and Donald Horsewater, and Knightstalker, and diehard and the rest of the gang. Amazing how the loss of a savior sends them all into obscurity. I mean, now we don't even have the fans of the good teams talking on here. I guess seeing all those Widener people have a nice meal of crow earlier this year scared all the trash talkers away. And where have all the pimps and hoes been? Since Etown won that game no one has been so quick to bash an opposing team before the game. That being said...Etown is gonna beat the living pee out of Messiah tonight. The Falcons should just save the trip, gas, and meal money and stay home and take the loss. They don't have a prayer tonight. God himself couldnt save them from the beating they are gonna take. Your gonna think Noah was in the building cuz Etown is gonna be raining jumpers all over the place. I hope they bring an ark for the ride home. This ain't soccer Falcon Fans. The Jays are gonna toss Messiah to the Lions Den.

Holla!! Get 'em Jays!!!

thereiis · February 14, 2006, 01:13:48 PM

Strictly directed to rollingthunda,

Pimps and hoes is backkkkk....but in all truth, I never really left. Check the past few days, Ive posted a couple times. but anyway, back to your pathetic attempts at sh*t talking. Its funny how you bring up Widener, inadvertently in your comments, yet fail to mention how they beat the day light out of Etown at your place last game. Mention crow all you want, atleast none of our players actually had someone jump over them, have someones balls dangled in their mouth, then banged on. Oh yea, not once, but I think he did 3 times that game. And im sorry, where are you in the standings as of today?

Rightttttt. Good work in 4th place chief. I love it how ur taking Messiah like they suck. Keep it up, I prayyyyy we play you here or anywhere for that matter again in the playoffs. Prayyyy. And just to let you know, if you lose tonight and any of the 3 teams below you wins, your probably screwed.

PIMPS AND HOESSSSS

thereiis · February 14, 2006, 02:15:57 PM

Correction regarding my previous comment:

....I love it how ur talking about Messiah like they suck....

hoopsdafin203 · February 14, 2006, 03:20:52 PM

Etown= got pimps and hoes

Widener= don't got pimps and hoes

rollingthunda · February 14, 2006, 04:23:50 PM

Thats the thing about Widener...they recruit the players to bang on other people and as you so eliquently put it, "dangle their balls in other peoples mouths", but then they come out and do it once a year. Meanwhile, teams that have one or two guys that can actually pull a dunk off in a game are winning the conference. Maybe this year is different. Maybe not. I was in the front row at Etown Clarkson's freshman year when he had I think it was 5 or 6 dunks that game and Widener blew Etown out of the gym. Did it matter??? Check who standing on the ladder with the scissors in their hands after the conference championship game that year. I'll give you a hint: it wasn't the baby-blue and yellow team. So when they win a conference championship (or 3 in a row) come holler at me.