MBB: Landmark Conference

saratoga · November 16, 2008, 10:13:24 PM

Gman-WU...yes, I did see the attempt at a local synopsis. As you indicate...not quite as comprehensive as it should be...but, better than the usual nothing. Chances are we'll see nothing but 2 sentence write ups from this point till early Feburary & then, should either Royals team start playoff action...there may be an actual sighting of a reporter or a facsimile thereof. It wasn't that long ago that the Royals AND Lady Royals had their own assigned reporters covering each & every game...now JV high school ball gets as much coverage. Congrats to the Royals for winning the Championship of the Lycoming Tourney...Zach Ashworth...MVP. If it wasn't for the Scranton SID Dept. giving the actual writeup to the paper...they'd have no clue whatsoever. Can't wait to see tomorrows writeup!

Matt Letourneau · November 17, 2008, 01:14:01 AM

Catholic blew out Saint Joseph's of Brooklyn today 88-43 to win the Mount Aloy. tournament in PA. Cardinals were led by Jason Banzhof's 18 points. I believe he had 28 in the opening round win.

Nice way to start the season. Catholic's first home game is Wed. against Washington and Lee.

TheGrove · November 17, 2008, 02:41:42 PM

Susquehanna beat Neumann, 59-57, for the White Rose City Classic Championship this weekend. They beat Misericordia in the opener, 76-67.

NEPAFAN · November 19, 2008, 10:50:24 AM

According to Scranton's really old and slow website:

http://academic.uofs.edu/department/athletics/mens_basketball.html

Tonight's game at Cabrini will be on Video, Radio, and Live Stats!

TheGrove · November 19, 2008, 01:49:46 PM

I thought I heard Scranton was getting a new website? Not yet? I agree, that old one is bad.

saratoga · November 19, 2008, 04:55:15 PM

NEPAFAN & The Grove: You are so right about Scranton's antiquated web site. I swear that is the poster child for the Slowski turtles. The sad part is their Athletic Dept. has been stating that they are in the process of "redesigning" that site since mid September. They've already lost all their fall sports and are now into the second week of the basketball season with no visable upgrade. Their delay in improving the site is an embarrassment to the university and beyond unfortunate for all the fall student athletes that have missed out. Perhaps the next time this administration proposes an "upgrade"...they may want to start in June so it will be functional when school starts. I mean Al-Qaida web sites are up & running in no time after they've been hacked & infected with state of the art virus implants from the C.I.A. yet the powers that be in the Long Center appear to be in no apparent hurry to enter the 21st. century.

Matt Letourneau · November 19, 2008, 09:06:45 PM

The young Cardinals are off to a 3-0 start with a 80-68 win over Washington and Lee tonight. Details to come.

Catholic takes on Stevenson Saturday night at home.

ronk · November 19, 2008, 09:16:34 PM

Good news and bad news about the Royals 81-64 loss to Cabrini tonite.
The good : the video and play-by-play was excellent.
The bad : 12 Royal turnovers(8 steals) in first half in turning a 16 -7 lead into a 40-34 halftime deficit against an ordinary opponent. PG remains a weakness and no defensive stopper; they are mobile enough to block shots and did limit Cabrini to one shot for the 1st 10 minutes.

saratoga · November 19, 2008, 09:36:23 PM

In a game that was seemingly reminiscent of last years NCAA game I thumping by Elms...Scranton gets crushed at Cabrini. Looks like another typical Scranton season we've become accustomed to over the last 6 or 7 years...beat up on the weak, play about .500 against similar teams in terms of talent & get totally lost rather quickly against teams that are physical & quick. No inside defense whatsoever & Cabrini scores at will. As many have said...let Scranton get set & shoot & they can be lights out... play them physically & have a little speed to go with some banging & they are in for a long night. Looks like another season that will end early when you arn't even somewhat competitive against a team such as the Cavaliers. Not a knock on them at all as they've already picked up wins against the supposed top 2 teams from the Landmark...just that they were not the # 5 team in the country the last time I checked.

mailsy · November 19, 2008, 10:15:38 PM

Really suprised by the score. Always looking for Cavaliers to win (as they use to regularly back in my day). Is Cabrini that much better this year or is it a down year for the supposed top two teams in the Landmark? I am hoping for the former as a Cavs fan. I know....it's still early.

saratoga · November 19, 2008, 10:42:10 PM

mailsy: Congrats to your kids & coaching staff. I've seen Cabrini the last few games vs. Scranton & although they had apparent talent...they usually seemed to just go through the motions & not really even play that hard. This is obviously a new year, a new coach & certainly a new attitude on the court. Totally outhustled the Royals & with the obvious advantage in raw talent, it was goodnight Royals after a timeout and some nice adjustments. Seems your new coach has them all playing on the same page. & that should bode well for them as the season progresses. Best of luck the rest of the year.

mailsy · November 19, 2008, 10:57:49 PM

Quote from: saratoga on November 19, 2008, 10:42:10 PM

mailsy: Congrats to your kids & coaching staff. I've seen Cabrini the last few games vs. Scranton & although they had apparent talent...they usually seemed to just go through the motions & not really even play that hard. This is obviously a new year, a new coach & certainly a new attitude on the court. Totally outhustled the Royals & with the obvious advantage in raw talent, it was goodnight Royals after a timeout and some nice adjustments. Seems your new coach has them all playing on the same page. & that should bode well for them as the season progresses. Best of luck the rest of the year.

Thanks Saratoga. Hopefully we'll have a lot of smiling faces after each game.

It's a whole new regime from top to bottom at the college. A lot of bad memories over the last few years. Hopefully, this is the start of a new successful era of Cabrini basketball. 8)

NEPAFAN · November 20, 2008, 07:43:34 AM

Quote from: saratoga on November 19, 2008, 09:36:23 PM
In a game that was seemingly reminiscent of last years NCAA game I thumping by Elms...Scranton gets crushed at Cabrini. Looks like another typical Scranton season we've become accustomed to over the last 6 or 7 years...beat up on the weak, play about .500 against similar teams in terms of talent & get totally lost rather quickly against teams that are physical & quick. No inside defense whatsoever & Cabrini scores at will. As many have said...let Scranton get set & shoot & they can be lights out... play them physically & have a little speed to go with some banging & they are in for a long night. Looks like another season that will end early when you arn't even somewhat competitive against a team such as the Cavaliers. Not a knock on them at all as they've already picked up wins against the supposed top 2 teams from the Landmark...just that they were not the # 5 team in the country the last time I checked.

Geez can we not write off the season just yet? I agree a that the turnovers and shooting were horrendous, but you are going to have these types of games during the course of the season. Also saw that Paul Hawk was T'd up and tossed with about 5 minutes remaining. Team has to forget about last night and regroup because a tough Ramapo team is coming to the Long Center on Saturday.

Where is Bogovich? I heard he has some talent...

NEPAFAN · November 21, 2008, 01:56:22 PM

Toga,

By the way ...do you want to take bets as to when the new Scranton website will be launched? I will say sometime in January 2009....if we are lucky.

saratoga · November 21, 2008, 03:55:04 PM

NEPAFAN: Let's see...the Scranton Athletic Dept. has been touting this "new" & "improved" web site since mid-Sept. & we've yet to see anything except a collection of uninspiring action photos & a plea for patience. Although one would think that the braintrust in their AD would have had the foresight to anticipate potential delays & start this process in a timely fashion so it would be up & running with the start of the FALL semester...but, I'm sure the AD has a perfectly good reason to be 3 months & counting behind. Therefore, your estimate of "sometime in Jan. 09'" is probably right on the money. My guess is we will see a plea from the AD & his dept. to leave spare change at the hot dog stand so he can come up with the funds necessary to complete payment to the 4 computer software grad. students so they'll finish their senior thesis project ie. The New Scranton Web Site. As for the game itself...I'm thinking a repeat of the Cabrini debacle as Ramapo is very similar...quick, quicker & board crashers. They are averaging 50 rebounds per game...many offensive putbacks have led to numerous second chance points. The holes in Scranton's game were fully exploited by Cabrini...let's see what adjustments have been made to offset Ramapo's strengths.