MBB: Landmark Conference

[Matt Letourneau]

I've got no real problem with any of the awards handed out except Defensive POY. I'm sure the young man that won it did some real nice things & hounded the heck out of certain players this season. However, regardless of how good his D was, where did it get the Crusaders?
  On the other hand, Paul Hawk got everyones toughest assignment & where did his total shut down D get the Royals? Well, at least to Lancaster & the first round of the NCAA tournament. No doubt about it, his D on Banzoff & all the others before him are the reason the Royals may be headed for a showdown with the Fighting Amish...provided they get by the black robes first.

You're right.

[BCannon]

I've got no real problem with any of the awards handed out except Defensive POY. I'm sure the young man that won it did some real nice things & hounded the heck out of certain players this season. However, regardless of how good his D was, where did it get the Crusaders?
  On the other hand, Paul Hawk got everyones toughest assignment & where did his total shut down D get the Royals? Well, at least to Lancaster & the first round of the NCAA tournament. No doubt about it, his D on Banzoff & all the others before him are the reason the Royals may be headed for a showdown with the Fighting Amish...provided they get by the black robes first.

You're right.

2nd that...

Congrats to all those awardwinners.  It was a nice sweep.  I think the program is in a better place than most people think.  A lot of talent on the bench this year that can be major contributors next year. 

Mcdevitt was a great player for SU and so was Patch but the team returns an awful lot and I am excited to see what they can do next year.

The coaching staff did a great job this year after losing kevin and josh arguably the two best players in the league last year.

I heard Banzhaf is going to the F + M game and he might be going there next year.  Any truth Matt? 

I agree that the program is in a much better place then most might think. IMO Hunter McKain, Spenser, Cosgrove (if in shape), and Majors are a very nice returning group. Throw in a few of the other younger guys on the bench who will get their opportunities next season and a new freshman class (Coach Marcinek has done a great job recruiting in the past no reason for it not to continue) and this should be a good group.

I think the loss of Patch and McDevitt is going to sting a little early on. McDevitt was a great glue guy and was the reason they were able to secure the regular season title in '08, and IMHO Patch was the MVP of that team the last three years (not the most talented but the most valuable). Think you saw that this year with a little addition by subtraction losing some of the guys from last years squad. This years team while not as talented far exceeded the level of play of the teams SU has had the last few years (while Patch's individual numbers improved with the change as well).

And two best players??? Come on. I'll give u J-Rob being the most talented but taking Cuff over Arnold, Bicknell, Miller, and Earley? Not to mention your first year assistant coach from the 'Don via the 'Port. Thats just to much orange and maroon kool aid for you my friend.

[NEPAFAN]

Found some info on Brandeis. So you put DPOY Hawk on Deluca and Biagoli on the Center?

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    Re: 2009 NCAA Tournament Team Profiles
« Reply #15 on: Yesterday at 03:38:58 am » 

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Brandeis University Judges     
Rank in last d3hoops poll: NR         
Pool C qualifier from the University Athletic Association
17-8 Overall; 10-4 SCAC; Home 9-4; Away 8-4     
Head Coach - Brian Meehan (sixth season)         

Key Wins         
12-4 vs. Rhode Island College (75-61), 1-11 vs. Carnegie Mellon (69-57), 1-20 at Amherst (73-58), 2-13 at Carnegie Mellon (66-63)

Record Against NCAA Tourney Teams - (4-4) W-Rhode Island College, Amherst, Carnegie Mellon (twice); L-WPI, Umass-Dartmouth, Wash U (twice)         

Starters         
1 Andre Roberson, Point Guard      5'9," Jr    10.4 PPG, 4.7 APG, 79.6 FT%
25 Kenny Small, Shooting Guard           6'0" Jr    12.7 PPG; 59.1 3PT% (leads all of college basketball)
4 Kevin Olson, Small Forward                   6'4", Sr    11.5 PPG; 4.2 RPG; 24 STL
2 Steve DeLuca, Power Forward      6'6", GRAD 15.2 PPG; 6.8 RPG
52 Rich McGee, Center                      6'7", Jr     2.9 PPG, 3.0 RPG

Key Reserves         
33 Terrell Hollins, forward   6'4", Jr   9.1 PPG, 6.0 RPG
5 Christian Yemga, forward   6'5"  So   4.4 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 55.1 FG%
11 Tyrone Hughes, guard   5'9" Fr   3.2 PPG

Statistics         
Points/Game: Brandeis (72.7) Opponent (63.4)         
Rebounds/Game: Brandeis (32.1) Opponent (28.9)         
FG%: Brandeis (48.7) Opponent (43.3)         
3PT%: (45.4); FT% (72)         

Notes         
-Brandeis is in the tournament for the 3rd consecutive year; advanced to Round of 8 last year and 2nd round the year before that.

-Brandeis has had many different starting lineups this season, finally settling on Roberson/Small/Olson/DeLuca/McGee

-Hollins was a second-team all-UAA selection last season.

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[TheGrove]

I think the loss of Patch and McDevitt is going to sting a little early on. McDevitt was a great glue guy and was the reason they were able to secure the regular season title in '08, and IMHO Patch was the MVP of that team the last three years (not the most talented but the most valuable). Think you saw that this year with a little addition by subtraction losing some of the guys from last years squad. This years team while not as talented far exceeded the level of play of the teams SU has had the last few years (while Patch's individual numbers improved with the change as well).

And two best players??? Come on. I'll give u J-Rob being the most talented but taking Cuff over Arnold, Bicknell, Miller, and Earley? Not to mention your first year assistant coach from the 'Don via the 'Port. Thats just to much orange and maroon kool aid for you my friend.

I have to agree that losing Patch and McDevitt is going to be big, dare I say maybe even bigger than the loss of J-Rob and Cuff. Cuff was a great player, probably a bit underrated, and J-Rob had a lot of potential but it just never happened (due to injuries and whatnot). I think Patch and McDevitt are both guys that make the team better, and that was the difference this year.

BTW Cannon, your Ferko cheerleading is cracking me up. It's like Matt and Banzhaf.  Not that Ferko hasn't been a great addition to the coaching staff, but methinks you're drinking a little blue and gold kool aid yourself. 

[susiddad]

Based on the Hawk numbers for Blocks and playoff performances it is hard to argue that.  Majors had an incredible number of steals and some were with the game on the line to actually rip the ball from other players and seal a deal or get the lead in the minute.  He also led the league in assts. and asst. to to ratio .  not that it counts for defensive poy, but i think a share could've gone.

SU was picked 4th in preseason rankings and finished tied for 1st reg season when awards are decided.  That is why Ferko won the award, however I probably wouldv'e given it to USMMA staff. I am not sure they weren't the best coached team I saw in the league. 

As for Catholic winning the award, Letourneau, another example of your inability to see the big picture.  There is a lot of talent there.  They didn't defy odds.  They did what was expected of them this year and certainly underachieved last year which is why the "turnaround" is a little skewed.  The league was far better last year in talent and teams lost players (Scranton + SU esp.)

[TheGrove]

SU was picked 4th in preseason rankings and finished tied for 1st reg season when awards are decided. 

I have no problem with our staff winning the award, aside from the obvious. I don't think people were really expecting the run Susquehanna made this year; most people probably looked at the loss of Robinson and Cuff as more of a blow than it ended up being. Patch has always been a solid player but he didn't have the "star power" Robinson had.

Plus it was said on this board (ahem, Cannon I believe) that they would flame out in the first round of the playoffs. Maybe the awards were voted on before the postseason started, but I really believe this team exceeded expectations overall, and that's why the staff got the award.

As for Majors - I'm totally biased, I love that kid. So I'm not going to try to defend the pick. 

[BCannon]

SU was picked 4th in preseason rankings and finished tied for 1st reg season when awards are decided. 

I have no problem with our staff winning the award, aside from the obvious. I don't think people were really expecting the run Susquehanna made this year; most people probably looked at the loss of Robinson and Cuff as more of a blow than it ended up being. Patch has always been a solid player but he didn't have the "star power" Robinson had.

Plus it was said on this board (ahem, Cannon I believe) that they would flame out in the first round of the playoffs. Maybe the awards were voted on before the postseason started, but I really believe this team exceeded expectations overall, and that's why the staff got the award.

As for Majors - I'm totally biased, I love that kid. So I'm not going to try to defend the pick. 

I did say that and they made me eat my words. Think this was a different kind of group and although I have no knowledge of the situation purely speculating here I think it had a lot to do with the senior leadership they had this year with McDevitt and Patch.

As for Ferko, I am just messing around hoping you all get to mess with him at the gym...as I'm sure he would tell you I was basically his KING for 4 years just keeping tradition alive.

I think Scranton on paper looks like they matchup favorably.

CUA vs. GC will be a good game I think. GC plays TOUGH D and is very disciplined. They will try to pack it in and make the CUA guards beat them. CUA in a close one.

[TheGrove]

Hey Cannon, the SU women's staff also won Coaching Staff of the Year... does that mean Ferko was helping them out too?? 

[LandFan]

BCannon,I agree 100% about the senior leadership SU had this yr with McDevitt and Patch.But I must add they also had 3 other seniors on the team as well.All 3 of them had started various times in the last 4 yrs. This year 2 were not in the rotation and the other one was Majors backup. All had great attitudes about the team 1st. They were all about the team winning. That is a testament to Frank and his staff.

On next years favorite it would have to be Merchant Marine in my opinion. But you never know who transfers in or out and what recruits come to each team.

[SUhoops]

Wow, quite the resume for Brandeis...  i'm sure the masterminds up in scranton must be working on a game plan.  All around constistent, solid play (tough big forwards, quick, sharp-shooting guards) in a team is something scranton has probably seen little of this year.

If this DeLuca guy is as 'beastly' as advertised, scranton may struggle.  As good of a SHOT BLOCKER Hawk is, if there is a big man backing him down in the post, i feel hes not as effective because he gets blocks from his length, not strength.  He thrives on guards driving to the basket and throwing up a prayer or big man playing weakly and falling away as they shoot to get his blocks (with all due respect though, the kid def. knows how to block a shot).  But then again, Banzhaf is a back to the basket player and Hawk owned him, so maybe its just a matter of how Paul is feeling that day as to how he will play D.

Scranton guards really need to bring their perimeter D... finally, they get a taste of their own medicine, trying to prevent a top 3pt shooter in the nation from shooting.  The problem is, as we all know and it has been discussed on this board, their perimeter d can be lazy, lacking, nonexistent at times...once again, do they feel like playing D that day?  NCAA tourney round 1---I would think so!!

This will be a true test to see how the top of the Landmark matches up with a really good team...as some have claimed don't exist in the Landmark (i beg to differ).  If they win this game, they can prepare for a similar matchup with FandM (of course, if they win).  Great Forwards, VERY tough guards.

For the sake of the Landmark conference, i hope they go out and gain our conference some respect!
over and out.

[Cardinal guy]

Hope Catholic can pull it back together a little bit and win the ECAC tournament. Would be a nice confidence booster for next year and it always looks nice to have 20 wins.

[NEPAFAN]

If this game was at the Long Center I would be feeling confident. As already mentioned Hawk is going to have to shut down Deluca. I also think Scranton will have to shoot a little better than they did in the Landmark Tournament (I am thinking closer to their average of 47% and 41% from 3PT):

vs. Catholic

FG: 43.6%   
3-PT : 36.4% 


vs. SU

FG: 41.4%
3-PT : 30.8%

[Matt Letourneau]

Catholic defeated Grove City 75-59.  The Cardinals were led by should-have-been Landmark POY (couldn't resist fellas!) Jason Banzhof's 20 points and 10 rebounds.  Spenser Reed also had a nice game with 14.  Catholic trailed by 1 at halftime as GC was very hot from 3.  However, they made some nice halftime adjustments, ran a trap really well for almost the whole second half, and played much better perimeter defense which shut down GC's open looks.  GC is a well disclipined, well coached team but they lack quickness and ball handling which Catholic exploited in the second half.  Offensively, Catholic got much more aggressive in the 2nd half and really took the ball to the hole, which paid off. 

Catholic will take on Washington and Jefferson at Cabrini on Saturday.

[susiddad]

Congrats on the big win for the Catholic program.  WE know the program is in a good place when we are reding about ecac contests against grove city?  The mere fact Catholic is playing in the ecac's and their #1 fan is hootin and hollering should let you know where the program is. 

We read a lot of stuff about the history of Scranton and Danzig getting UNFAIR junk thrown at him, yet Catholic wins 7 games last year and is playin ecac hoops and your keeping it positive?  Surprising.

[NEPAFAN]

Meanwhile in the big boy tournament:


Of course Mr. Coleman has Deluca (Brandeis) on his front page and has Brandeis going to the Sweet 16 and perhaps Eltie 8 by knocking off Ithaca.

I think the general perception is the winner of Scranton-Brandeis can get by F & M and into the Sweet Sixteen.

I heard Cold Case rented a van and is taking some D3hoop all stars including: Colonel John, Saratoga and Warren Thompson to Lancaster.