MBB: Landmark Conference

[TheGrove]

Banzhaf is a good player, but I think Patch does more for the guys around him and is better off the ball then Banzhaf. Just my opinion - and based on more than just stats.

And that's why it's "Player of the Year" and not "Highest Stats of the Year." 

(Matt, not trying to rile you up either, and lord knows I'm not qualified to judge, just like seeing some love for my SU boy.)

[Innerloop]

I HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THE SUNDAY GAME. BANZHAF HAS A REAL KNACK OF KNOWING EXACTLY WHERE HE IS 6 FEET FROM THE BASKET. THE LEFT HANDED OFF GUARD DID A NICE JOB. REED TOOK SOME BAD SHOTS BUT SEEMS LIKE A TOUGH KID. THE DIXON KID PLAYED OUT OF CONTROL. THE REDHEAD PLAYED WELL IN THE FIRST HALF. 23 LOOKS LIKE A GOOD SHOOTER BUT COULDN'T GET OPEN. 22 MAKES THE TEAM CLICK. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY COACHES ON A CATHOLIC BENCH BEFORE. THEY MUST VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME. THE SPENCER SPENCER KID IS THE REAL DEAL. THERE IS MY 2 BITS.

[Matt Letourneau]

Banzhaf is a good player, but I think Patch does more for the guys around him and is better off the ball then Banzhaf. Just my opinion - and based on more than just stats.

And that's why it's "Player of the Year" and not "Highest Stats of the Year." 

(Matt, not trying to rile you up either, and lord knows I'm not qualified to judge, just like seeing some love for my SU boy.)

I don't blame you!  He deserves some love.

I know we have had this debate before, but I would argue that it is tougher being the "the guy" that every team knows they have to stop every single night.  From the moment the games start, teams double Jason--I love the other guys on the team but let's face it, right now there are not a ton of other scoring options.  So to do what he does every night--with the opposing team all over him--to me, anyway, makes it all the more impressive.

[ronk]

How about Scranton's 27 for 28 effort at the line? Believe that Danzig got T'd up halfway through the first half, his team responded and away they went in the second half.

I watched on USMMA feed rather than listening to "the voice of the Royals". Next weekend should be very interesting indeed , to bad we have to wait a whole week!!

Nepa,
   What was the MMA's broadcasters' impression of the Royals? While some here have said the Royals couldn't offset a poor shooting game with their defense, this may be an example of the flip side-that they win a game with very good shooting in spite of their defense.

[NEPAFAN]

How about Scranton's 27 for 28 effort at the line? Believe that Danzig got T'd up halfway through the first half, his team responded and away they went in the second half.

I watched on USMMA feed rather than listening to "the voice of the Royals". Next weekend should be very interesting indeed , to bad we have to wait a whole week!!

Nepa,
   What was the MMA's broadcasters' impression of the Royals? While some here have said the Royals couldn't offset a poor shooting game with their defense, this may be an example of the flip side-that they win a game with very good shooting in spite of their defense.

Ronk,

No broadcasters, just video. Interesting concept, not sure if I would prefer it over just audio. Everytime there was a timeout they just video taped the scoreboard. Take aways from video and no audio was Luke Hawk's ability to take the ball to the hoop with success, if Scranton has an open three anyone on the team is confident to take the shot, an impressive flurry where Scranton took the commanding lead in the 2nd Half (everything was going in) and a nice contigent of Royal fans behind the Scranton bench. As I said before , I saw Danzig get T'd up mid way into the 1st half.

How do the Royals prepare for Player of the Year Banzhaf on Saturday Night?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

How do the Royals prepare for Player of the Year Banzhaf on Saturday Night?

Does anyone, especially living closer to Washington, D.C., have a pin? I think we may need to deflate an ever enlarging head of my good friend Matt!!!

NEPAFAN - didn't your team already play the Player of the Year? Patch!

[tpm4286]

It has been 4 consecutive losing seasons for Leonard Trevino's Goucher Gophers. When will the bleeding stop in Towson, MD. It isn't the lack of talent as one blogger mentioned that the recruiting at Goucher is a joke. I wouldn't say it's an absolute joke, but there are certain reasons to lead people to believe that it is.  This is at the fault of Trevino's inability to develop and maintain talented players that have the necessary skills to be a productive .500 or better ballclub. A good coach can take a team that is lacking talent and make them overachieve; a great coach can take loads of talent and concentrate on the strengths of the individual players to come together to work in his favor to produce a winning team. Trevino has failed miserably over the past 4 years and as our Country has elected for change, I believe that the Goucher Gophers should do the same. Ask him to resign or fire him for his lack of success. Change is inevitable and in this instance it is necessary if the Goucher Men's Basketball program wants to win again. They need a change for the better of the program and its supporters. I know for a fact I wouldn't tolerate 4 straight losing seasons from any coach no matter how many years he has put in. It's not just losing seasons but struggling to get to 6 or 7 wins a year and remaining at the bottom of the standings, unacceptable. Trevino has been terrible over the past 4 seasons and it's unfortunate that talented players have had miserable losing seasons at the feet of his incompetent coaching ability and strategies. HE HAS TO GO, VOTE FOR CHANGE.


I'm still sticking with Joel Patch as player of the year. I saw him this weekend dominate. He had 23 points at one point while the entire Goucher team had a total of 21. Pretty convincing performance I would say when you could have beaten a team by yourself if you would have played all 40 minutes. He's a lock sorry Banzhaf.

[ronk]

How about Scranton's 27 for 28 effort at the line? Believe that Danzig got T'd up halfway through the first half, his team responded and away they went in the second half.

I watched on USMMA feed rather than listening to "the voice of the Royals". Next weekend should be very interesting indeed , to bad we have to wait a whole week!!

Nepa,
   What was the MMA's broadcasters' impression of the Royals? While some here have said the Royals couldn't offset a poor shooting game with their defense, this may be an example of the flip side-that they win a game with very good shooting in spite of their defense.

Ronk,

No broadcaster's, just video. Interesting concept, not sure if I would prefer it over just audio. Everytime there was a timeout they just video taped the scoreboard. Take aways from video and no audio was Luke Hawk's ability to take the ball to the hoop with success, if Scranton has an open three anyone on the team is confident to take the shot, an impressive flurry where Scranton took the commanding lead in the 2nd Half (everything was going in) and a nice contigent of Royal fans behind the Scranton bench. As I said before , I saw Danzig get T'd up mid way into the 1st half.

How do the Royals prepare for Player of the Year Banzhaf on Saturday Night?

   That's the way Juniata and Muhlenberg do their videocasts. Too bad D3hoops didn't mention that the video was available on their home page.
   As for Banzhaf, we'll see if 1 more bigger body(Paul Hawk) being available or a box-and-one will make a difference. You don't want the star to beat you. Make one of the lesser players try and beat you.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

ronk - D3hoops.com needs to be made aware by SIDs (or whoever is updating information for those schools) that those games are being broadcast on video. We certainly do our best to look around for what might be video/audio/live stat games, but there needs to be a responsibility on the athletic programs to promote themselves. You and everyone else can't expect Pat, Gordon, and myself (along with some others) to find every video/audio/live stats games in the country when at least 400 or so games are being played on a Saturday. It is also even more difficult when some organizations are "experimenting" with the idea of broadcasting and are either not consistent or gave up too easily (i.e. Goucher - my alma mater). And it is tough when some schools websites aren't even being updated with this kind of information at times.

I suggest that if Juniata and Muhlenberg are serious or want to point out to their fans that there is live video and such... then take it upon themselves to contact D3hoops.com or add the link to the site themselves. I know the SIDs have access to update their schedules, since they do put their schedules in and post final scores and sometimes mid-game updates. Thus, links for additional resources like video, audio, and live stats can be added well for games that day or any game on their schedule!

[ronk]

ronk - D3hoops.com needs to be made aware by SIDs (or whoever is updating information for those schools) that those games are being broadcast on video. We certainly do our best to look around for what might be video/audio/live stat games, but there needs to be a responsibility on the athletic programs to promote themselves. You and everyone else can't expect Pat, Gordon, and myself (along with some others) to find every video/audio/live stats games in the country when at least 400 or so games are being played on a Saturday. It is also even more difficult when some organizations are "experimenting" with the idea of broadcasting and are either not consistent or gave up too easily (i.e. Goucher - my alma mater). And it is tough when some schools websites aren't even being updated with this kind of information at times.

I suggest that if Juniata and Muhlenberg are serious or want to point out to their fans that there is live video and such... then take it upon themselves to contact D3hoops.com or add the link to the site themselves. I know the SIDs have access to update their schedules, since they do put their schedules in and post final scores and sometimes mid-game updates. Thus, links for additional resources like video, audio, and live stats can be added well for games that day or any game on their schedule!

Dmac,
    Sounds good to me; I appreciate that D3hoops does what it can along these lines.

[Matt Letourneau]

This is timely:

Jason Banzhaf Earns 4th Player of the Week Award, 3rd in Last 4 Weeks

February 9, 2009

WASHINGTON-- Jason Banzhaf (Livingston, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) earned his fourth Landmark Conference men's basketball Player of the Week award this week after shooting 70 percent from the field and 66.7 percent from three-point range.

Banzhaf earns the honor for the second-straight week and for the third time in four weeks, after a pair of stellar performances. In Sunday's win over Susquehanna he poured in 26 points while grabbing 12 rebounds. This came after a 25-point, 13-rebound effort in a loss to Juniata.  He averaged 25.5 points and 12.5 rebounds for the week.

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Jason went for 22 and 8 against Scranton last time.  A lot of that was at the line--so I'm sure Scranton will try hard to deny the ball inside to him.  Regardless of how good Jason is--and at this point I'm pretty much ready to say that he's the best player I've ever seen wear a Catholic uniform at ANY point--certainly in the top 3--he's going to need help if Catholic is to be competitive in Scranton.

That's a tough place to play and an even tougher place to win. 

As for POY--the difference is that Susquehanna has another major scoring option in Spenser Squared.  Catholic doesn't.  It cuts both ways, because it may take away some points from Patch, but its also a lot easier to do damage when teams are worrying about somebody else.   When teams play the Cardinals, its stop Jason--period. 

[NEPAFAN]

That's a tough place to play and an even tougher place to win. 

Hopefully some students actually show up for the game...

[cold_case]

Jason went for 22 and 8 against Scranton last time.  A lot of that was at the line--so I'm sure Scranton will try hard to deny the ball inside to him.  Regardless of how good Jason is--and at this point I'm pretty much ready to say that he's the best player I've ever seen wear a Catholic uniform at ANY point--certainly in the top 3--he's going to need help if Catholic is to be competitive in Scranton.

As for POY--the difference is that Susquehanna has another major scoring option in Spenser Squared.  Catholic doesn't.  It cuts both ways, because it may take away some points from Patch, but its also a lot easier to do damage when teams are worrying about somebody else.   When teams play the Cardinals, its stop Jason--period. 

Not in any particular order, but all those MVP awards Michael Jordan won was only because he had Scottie Pippen scoring alongside of him?

As for Banzhaf being the best player ever to wear a Catholic uniform.....never mind. You know you're the King of useless posts.
INCREDIBLE!!!

[lefty2]

CC,

Where have you been - the Super Bowl? 

[cold_case]

CC,

Where have you been - the Super Bowl? 

Yeah right, I don't make your salary.