MBB: Landmark Conference

[cold_case]

anybody else catch (or attempt to catch) any of the broadcasts from Goucher Saturday? The comments we've received so far have been all over the place -- some extremely positive, some really negative and even a couple that like cold case weren't able to connect to it.

NEPA always has to play the Devil's Advocate, silly Jets fan.

I was disappointed that the game didn't come in. I tried IE and Google but it didn't work.
The CU stream was nice. Nary a problem.

Matt using such words like "cathatric" sounds hoidy-toidy, like NEPA.

[Matt Letourneau]

anybody else catch (or attempt to catch) any of the broadcasts from Goucher Saturday? The comments we've received so far have been all over the place -- some extremely positive, some really negative and even a couple that like cold case weren't able to connect to it.

NEPA always has to play the Devil's Advocate, silly Jets fan.

I was disappointed that the game didn't come in. I tried IE and Google but it didn't work.
The CU stream was nice. Nary a problem.

Matt using such words like "cathatric" sounds hoidy-toidy, like NEPA.

You spelled "cathartic" wrong.

Well, my CUA degree is good for something...

[saratoga]

This topic has been under the radar this season...Banzhof/Ashworth???
Looks to me like old Zach has his best games vs. Catholic & has put the Royals on his back since his freshman year. Two titles & the chance for a third has me thinking the debate is finally over??? 

[NEPAFAN]

anybody else catch (or attempt to catch) any of the broadcasts from Goucher Saturday? The comments we've received so far have been all over the place -- some extremely positive, some really negative and even a couple that like cold case weren't able to connect to it.

NEPA always has to play the Devil's Advocate, silly Jets fan.

I was disappointed that the game didn't come in. I tried IE and Google but it didn't work.
The CU stream was nice. Nary a problem.

Matt using such words like "cathatric" sounds hoidy-toidy, like NEPA.

Why don't you write a letter to the Scranton AD to get the last Landmark school on board with streaming video?

[Matt Letourneau]

This topic has been under the radar this season...Banzhof/Ashworth???
Looks to me like old Zach has his best games vs. Catholic & has put the Royals on his back since his freshman year. Two titles & the chance for a third has me thinking the debate is finally over??? 

Oh, boy.  I don't have the energy tonight.  I'll hit you tomorrrow.  Jason's having his best season, is once again the focus of everyone's defense as the primary scoring option, and is putting up huge numbers efficienty and consistently. 

[NEPAFAN]

This topic has been under the radar this season...Banzhof/Ashworth???
Looks to me like old Zach has his best games vs. Catholic & has put the Royals on his back since his freshman year. Two titles & the chance for a third has me thinking the debate is finally over??? 

Oh, boy.  I don't have the energy tonight.  I'll hit you tomorrrow.  Jason's having his best season, is once again the focus of everyone's defense as the primary scoring option, and is putting up huge numbers efficienty and consistently. 

Yet he was only on the floor for 32 minutes against Scranton?

[cuabigdog]

Pat,
im quite sure my dad could ell you many stories of the early yrs of catholic basketball as he hasn't missed a home game since 1947  and in the 50s 60s and early 70s even drove the vans to away games....

[cold_case]

Oh, boy.  I don't have the energy tonight.  I'll hit you tomorrrow.  Jason's having his best season, is once again the focus of everyone's defense as the primary scoring option, and is putting up huge numbers efficienty and consistently.  

You spelled "efficiently" wrong.

Well, my Scranton degree is good for something...

Deja vu, sort of?

[ronk]

Pat,
im quite sure my dad could ell you many stories of the early yrs of catholic basketball as he hasn't missed a home game since 1947  and in the 50s 60s and early 70s even drove the vans to away games....

  I should remember him then since there were only 30 or so of us at the Scranton-Catholic game in the pre-Landmark days when it was held on Thanksgiving weekend.

[Pat Coleman]

Pat,
im quite sure my dad could ell you many stories of the early yrs of catholic basketball as he hasn't missed a home game since 1947  and in the 50s 60s and early 70s even drove the vans to away games....

No doubt -- but what I was looking for was schedules and results, not stories. We didn't even have schedules and results! If I had still been around the past few years it would have been a different story, but someone else is going to have to write the book.

[Matt Letourneau]

Oh, boy.  I don't have the energy tonight.  I'll hit you tomorrrow.  Jason's having his best season, is once again the focus of everyone's defense as the primary scoring option, and is putting up huge numbers efficienty and consistently.  

You spelled "efficiently" wrong.

Well, my Scranton degree is good for something...

Deja vu, sort of?

I was trying to prove that I wasn't really hoity-toidy.

[Matt Letourneau]

This topic has been under the radar this season...Banzhof/Ashworth???
Looks to me like old Zach has his best games vs. Catholic & has put the Royals on his back since his freshman year. Two titles & the chance for a third has me thinking the debate is finally over???  

Oh, boy.  I don't have the energy tonight.  I'll hit you tomorrrow.  Jason's having his best season, is once again the focus of everyone's defense as the primary scoring option, and is putting up huge numbers efficienty and consistently.  

Yet he was only on the floor for 32 minutes against Scranton?

Bet if the game was on a Wednesday it would have been more like 36.  Still...I was no math major but that's 80% of the game.   In fact, he played more minutes than anybody else on the court except for Ashworth and Dixon.  And let's be honest--Danzig knew he probably wasn't going to need Ashworth for another 39 the next day.

Ashworth takes a ton of shots and therefore scores a lot of points.  Banzhaf is leading the league in field goal percentage (.602).   Ashworth is shooting .411.  To put that in perspective, JB is averaging 19.1 ppg, 11.6 field goal attempts per game, 4.6 free throw attempts. Ashworth is averaging 20.2, but on 13.3 attempts and 7.3 free throw attempts.  Of course, that doesn't take into account the fact that over half of Ashworth's points come  on 3 pointers--yet he's actually shooting a lower precentage even on 3's than Jason, though of course JB has a much smaller sample.

It is difficult to compare two players who play completely different positions.  But Jason's leading the league with 9.8 rebounds per game, and Ashworth isn't among the leaders in any other major category.

So that's my case for JB to this point.  And I think he'll win the award.

[cold_case]

So that's my case for JB to this point.  And I think he'll win the award.

He may win the battle, but will he win the war?
Also, you touched on statistics where he takes 11.6 shots per game. Maybe that's the problem. If I have a "stud" like him, do you think he's getting that amount of shots or many more per game?

[NEPAFAN]

I agree  I think the POY award is a bit tired at this point. I am sure the kid would trade it for a postseason appearance and a run.


How about Asmer Capers as POY?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Capers should certainly be considered... and my other vote would lean towards Ashworth. I understand Banzhaf is having a consistent season and almost ten boards a game is pretty good... but vast majority of those boards come on the defensive end (107-61).

Ashworth can just produce on all aspects of things, for the most part. He will score from outside and in and the other night when I thought there was no way he was going to make something happen, he did.

Ashworth, Capers, Banzhaf is my order... especially considering how well or not well their teams are playing through their efforts.