MBB: Landmark Conference

NEPAFAN · December 19, 2018, 05:11:28 PM

I will also give Dave credit, for all the grief he gets from certain Scranton fans, he has them at 22 in his poll. Higher than I thought he would.

Welcome, Royals81 by the way!

saratoga · December 19, 2018, 07:03:25 PM

Totally agree.

To get amped up over a poll is kind of silly.

In the scheme of things, what difference does it make?

Keep winning & you'll get noticed.

The problem with Scranton is that they've rarely started out this good or played an exciting brand of up tempo basketball since the Bess years.

Yes, they'd win the Landmark with 7-8 losses overall & get in the NCAA tourney but we all know it was a rare year when they'd ever win once the tournament started.

Nice to see actual talented freshmen contributing in such a big way but before we submit this roster to the Naismith Archives, let's let them take this as far as possible knowing full well that at some point there will be some bumps in the road.

Until then, whether 25th, receiving votes or 11th.in the country, let's enjoy the fact that this group will be entertaining us for years to come regardless of SOS, OSS, PMS or LSD.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · December 20, 2018, 06:35:16 AM

I'll be interested to see what they do tonight. TCNJ is probably the best team Scranton has faced so far.

Rofrog · December 20, 2018, 07:23:41 AM

Today game is it 3pm

Rofrog · December 20, 2018, 05:46:46 PM

Great comeback Royals down 25-8, heart baby ,16-0 to start!!!!

NEPAFAN · December 21, 2018, 09:27:44 AM

Nice Christmas present from the Royals, down 19-2. Any doubt how this goes last year?

Nice game by Nolan off the bench...and a good gut check for them all ...they can't all be easy.

ronk · December 21, 2018, 03:38:49 PM

For the older Scranton fans,
Obit today for Willie Murrell, former Kansas St star(20 pts/10 rebs/g) over career who played for the Scranton Miners(Eastern League) when I was in college there in mid '60s and kept stats to get into their home games free.
Willie was really good at a time in the Eastern League when there were only 9 NBA teams- just think of the caliber of the NBA today minus 9 teams worth of players. He played with Kentucky All-American Bill Spivey and some with Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim.

Rofrog · December 21, 2018, 07:03:10 PM

Ronk:My uncle went to all those games He said what a player he was.He didnt know you went to those games.Lol small world

Rofrog · December 22, 2018, 12:55:19 PM

Would like to wish all a Merry Christmas!!!!

ronk · December 23, 2018, 06:24:24 PM

Christmas came early this year in the form of entertaining Scranton men's basketball play; grateful for their play thus far and hopeful that they can build on it in the coming weeks.

Merry Christmas!!!

NEPAFAN · December 24, 2018, 11:36:31 AM

Merry Christmas Guys!

saratoga · December 29, 2018, 03:46:55 PM

Good win today by the Royals as they shook off the rust vs. Wilkes.

Kings video operation needs to remind their camera person that the game of basketball goes back and forth & that keeping the camera focused in the same half of the court kind of misses the point as well as much of the game.

saratoga · December 30, 2018, 04:00:26 PM

Scranton has been playing on the edge the past several games & has been very lucky to have survived them unblemished.

If they don't stop reading their press clippings & start playing with some intensity, they will lose todays game to a very underwhelming opponent.

No offensive boards, they seem to have forgotten how to run, lazy passes, lazy handling of the ball, no offensive flow and the 2 plays that absolutely can't happen, the Royals have a 6'8" kid on Kings smallest player & he gives him 6 feet to shoot.

Result...2 in your face 3's.

Scranton needs to jump start their defensive intensity to get their running game going.

Otherwise, this looks like the Royals felt this one was over before it started.

For kings, win this one & it takes away the sting of their 2-9 record.

NEPAFAN · December 30, 2018, 07:39:36 PM

woof. Grinding is right. W is a W I guess.

ronk · December 30, 2018, 08:52:40 PM

Kings didn't look like a 2-9 team
Things improved in the 2nd half from Saratoga's 1st half description, but there's those problems to work on this week.
Troubling play at end of game - the strategy is to have Deverna dribble out end-of-half/game when in the bonus because he's the best foul shooter on the team. So Kings hits a 3 to cut the lead to 3 with 3 secs left. Who inbounds the ball to a frosh? It's Deverna, instead of him letting someone inbound to him. The frosh misses both FTs, giving Kings a shot at tying it up. They have to play smarter than that.