MBB: Landmark Conference

[kate]

PS, Saratoga, i don't think Cedar Crest has worked it's way to a Men's team; however, if Rosemont has one, they may not be too far behind.

[Matt Letourneau]

I'm no Scranton fan, but man, you guys are rough on them. 

[cold_case]

I'm no Scranton fan, but man, you guys are rough on them. 

Ditto.

[hopefan]

I wrote back last May that Catholic had gotten a big man Pete Schramm out of Pittsburgh that my alma matre RPI had recruited hard....  I can see the stats, but how is he really doing?  Is it a fit?

[kate]

Hi Matt & Cold Case, those guys are used to me (been with all of em since 2002).  They also know how i regarded the five teams leaving the league.  However, that said, Happy New Year to those three other non-ex MAC teams in your "new league"    Here's to outstanding basketball in 2011!

[NEPAFAN]

Kate-


Pretty sure that Matt is talking about Saratoga aka The Grinch, who has been rough on the current Royal program for the past few years. I have been hard on them to a certain extent as well based on the high expectations established by the Bessoir era.

[Matt Letourneau]

I wrote back last May that Catholic had gotten a big man Pete Schramm out of Pittsburgh that my alma matre RPI had recruited hard....  I can see the stats, but how is he really doing?  Is it a fit?

Yeah I think overall he's doing well.  He's been asked to probably play a little larger role at times than expected because of an injury to the starting center.  He's struggling with his free throw shooting, and in fact missed a free throw that would have tied a game in the closing seconds which I'm sure was a tough moment for him in what ended up being one of their 2 losses.   But they seem to be a tight group with good comraderie and just from observing from afar it looks like he's enjoying himself and is popular with the guys.  I think he'll have a nice four years at Catholic.  He's deftinitely got some skills and of course great size.

[Warren Thompson]

All I want for Christmas is a College of Charleston transfer!

Check the Wilkes campus. Rumor has it that he's still wandering around looking for Rickrode's office. 

[hopefan]

Mat...  thanks....  I chatted with the Dad a couple of times.... clearly a good family... and while I was disappointed he did not choose RPI, glad to hear things are working out at Catholic.....

[NEPAFAN]

Congrats to the Royals who won the PNC Classic defeating Eastern (8-1) in the Final. Luke Hawk Tourny MVP, Farrell All Tourny Team.



Royals are 8-2 heading into Conference play and they host Drew and USMMA this coming weekend.


Also, congrats to Moravian in bumping off 25th Rank Manhattanville.

[saratoga]

Nice win indeed by the Royals...especially considering Eastern was the pre-season MAC # 2 pick & they already own a win over Kings.
Hopefully, the Royals are maturing a bit as a team as they were able to weather a pretty furious comeback bid by Eastern over the last 8 minutes. Earlier in the season the Royals had a similar lead vs. E-town but let them back in the game & then eventually lost to them in OT.
Yesterday the Royals had a 14 point lead at 8 minutes reduced to 1 at the 2 minute mark but made some key shots & fouls over those 2 minutes to pull away.
I'll take an ugly win over a pretty loss any day.

[NEPAFAN]

Scranton comes out flat and goes down 9-0 to Drew, but rebounds to win by double digits. Apparently Drew has a guard who transfered out of D-1 Rutgers University.

Also enjoyed Dean Corwin and Harry Dammer breaking down the Catholic-Sus game over live stats. Catholic lost in OT and goes 0-2 for the weekend. I do think that the Juniata-Susquehanna trip is the hardest weekend for visiting Landmark teams.

Scranton host MMA tomorrow afternoon which should be a good test.

[ronk]

  Looks like a competitive conference this year with 5 teams vying for 4 playoff spots and Drew and Goucher winning some games at home with those 5 teams. Saw the last 1 1/2 min of reg of both CU games via videocast and they could have won either.

[augie]

Pat Coleman this question is for you what happens now that Scranton will only have played 23 games this season do they have to win there conference to get into the tournament i thought you had to play a full schedule will that hurt them if they do not pick up those two games?

[Matt Letourneau]

Sounds like Banzhaf and Dixon played great this weekend--so certainly very disappointing to lose two games like that.  Both of them on the last possession.  This is a heck of a competitive league and the schedule I think lends itself to that.