MBB: Landmark Conference

[ronk]

  Royals were sloppy tonite with their passing and ballhandling but with a 5-pt lead in OT, Tim Lavelle made a strong catch of a contested inbounds pass, was fouled, and made both ends of consecutive 1-and-1s to ice the victory.
  Interesting technical on Travis late in 1st half- he was called for an offensive foul dribbling along baseline;he showed a slight displeasure with the call by moving his arm in disgust; the ref was surprised but didn't call a tech at that time; instead as he moved to the center to signal the offensive foul, he walked near Travis to give him the opportunity to say something additionally. Travis evidently obliged him so he called the tech at that point. Case of the ref looking to do it.
  Hopefully, the Royals can ramp things up, intensity and performance-wise. Since Sat will b the 1st home game in 2 months b4 the student body, I anticipate more enthusiasm from the fans, at least.


CUA      10-1
Scr         7-4
Jun         7-4
Sus         5-6
Mor         5-6
MMA       4-7
Gou        3-8
Drew      3-8

My projected finish:

CUA      12-2
Scr       10-4
Jun         9-5
MMA       6-8
Mor        6-8
Sus        6-8
Drew      4-10
Gou        3-11

[TheGrove]

NEPA, Marcinek landed the second coming of Josh Robinson and Spenser Spencer combined. 

'toga, I duly gave Mr. Grove crap about said headline, but he can duck out by way of the fact that he doesn't work the sports desk. All he does is steal space from them for obits. Which may be why the U doesn't get enough hoops coverage.

Hey, at least you don't have Bucknell to compete with for coverage, as SU does.

[NEPAFAN]

NEPA, Marcinek landed the second coming of Josh Robinson and Spenser Spencer combined. 

'toga, I duly gave Mr. Grove crap about said headline, but he can duck out by way of the fact that he doesn't work the sports desk. All he does is steal space from them for obits. Which may be why the U doesn't get enough hoops coverage.

Hey, at least you don't have Bucknell to compete with for coverage, as SU does.

Sorry Grove, I was asking about Football, I need a team since Scranton doesn't have one!

[NEPAFAN]

Any cancellations for tomorrow?


Is snow the only way Scranton can stop CUA?

[gordonmann]

I just heard from Scranton that tomorrow's game with Catholic is still on. The Cardinals are apparently traveling north today so they'll hopefully beat the storm.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Though Keystone already adjusted their schedule... so CUA getting up there is good, but I hope they can get out.

[TheGrove]

The worst of it is supposed to be tonight and into tomorrow morning. By afternoon should be clear, so yeah, CUA should be able to get out.

[Pat Coleman]

Though Keystone already adjusted their schedule... so CUA getting up there is good, but I hope they can get out.

Storm Center Dave is tracking!

[onetinsoldier]

I just heard from Scranton that tomorrow's game with Catholic is still on. The Cardinals are apparently traveling north today so they'll hopefully beat the storm.

the storm is supposed to be over by the time time us Northeast folk wake up tomorrow.  However the last time there was plowable snow (about 3 inches over chirstmas), the city of Scranton only had a few of the city's major roads plowed or even salted 2+ days after the storm.  So in reality, who knows!

[gordonmann]

Yeah, I'm with Onetinsoldier on this one. Who knows.

I hope to see the game, but I also hope not to careen off a snow-glazed I-476 into the tree tops of Jim Thorpe. So we'll see.

[NEPAFAN]

Gordon:

Do you get one of the corporate boxes at the John Long Center

[TheGrove]

Sun's out here in NEPA. Some blowing snow to content with, but otherwise not bad. Looks like about six inches here in the Abingtons. Unless you're trying to make it in from Connecticut, I'd say it's not a bad day to head to Scranton for the game.

[ronk]

  Royals hang on to defeat CUA, despite saving the special Kearney defense for a possible meeting in the conference playoffs. Royals clinch a playoff spot. Royals can finish anywhere from 1 to 3, but, most likely 2.They do hold Limberiou scoreless in final 9 mins; no way he can be left alone no matter what is going on with the other 4 players. Tim defended him well late and forced him to take a well-contested shot on at least one occasion.
  bits and bytes
      Early in 2nd half, Royals missed 6 consecutive shots from 5 feet or closer.
      Audio goes out eaely 2nd half(Harry Dammer pulling the plug?)
      Videocast doesn't swing to scoreboard during timeouts in final 6 mins, leaving non-scorekeeping viewers in the dark.
      Goucher does win a road game coming from way back to defeat Drew.


CUA      10-2
Scr         8-4
Jun         7-5
Mor         6-6
Sus         5-7
MMA       5-7
Gou        4-8
Drew      3-9

My projected finish:

CUA      12-2
Scr       10-4
Jun         9-5
MMA       7-7
Mor        6-8
Sus        5-9
Gou       4-10
Drew      3-11

Most remaining conference games will affect the playoff spots.

[Pat Coleman]

Does Scranton know it can marry up its live stats with its Ustream video? That puts it all in one place for times that there isn't audio.

[ronk]

Does Scranton know it can marry up its live stats with its Ustream video? That puts it all in one place for times that there isn't audio.

Pat,
  I don't know; hopefully the SIDs can resolve it.

Gordon,
  Just listened to ur post-game interview with Coach Danzig and Travis Farrell. Nice job and glad you went the extra effort to take in the proceedings in person, especially with the big storm or did ur wife drive the car? . I thought, going in to the game, that the student body would be a positive factor with the 1st home game in 2 months. Intersession is a bummer, bball-wise, but that's the reality-it's not ur father's schedule, in a manner of speaking.
  I've always found Travis' dad to be knowledgeable and enthusiastic when I'd meet him at various road games. Hope we have a few more meetings b4 Travis' career comes to an end.