MBB: Landmark Conference

[TheGrove]

Maybe Banzhaf read all the crap and got ticked off.

the crap? what was the crap?  saying he needed to have a big game?he did need to, and he did have one, and they did win.   dunno if that was per say 'crap'.

but what i said early in the season i still believe...he is just not that impressive to watch.  he scores off of plays that his teammates make.  a great drive and dump off to him for a layup.  finishing wide opens bunnies from 5 ft just dont leave you with the feeling like, WOW, gosh, he must get national recognition.  i'm sorry, and you can take as many karma points as you want, but its just my honest opinion! and im not just taking jabs.

catholic very clearly was the better team and deserved to win this game, no doubt about that.  perhaps after saying that you believe that my JB assessment really just is from a non-bias spectaator, basketball fan standpoint.  i could give criticism to many of the SU players as well, but then again, they arent the topic of the 'crap' going on here.

Not from you.  From your friend. 

I don't care if he's impressive to watch or not.  If he's gonna put up a 23-12 in a big game on the road, he can look however he wants.

I have to say I agree with both points here. I was at the game and did not see a "wow factor" out of JB. He's a lunk (No disrespect intended, of course). Joel Patch, for example, was smooth and could lay down the dunks, so he was a fan fave.

BUT, as Matt said, Banzhaf got the job done, so who cares how prettily he plays.

[susiddad]

wow means nothing.  wins count.  JB gets plenty for his team.  The truth is, he would make any team in this league a lot better and if he were on SU or USMMA we would be looking at tournament team with sweet 16 potential.

 

[TheGrove]

wow means nothing.  wins count.  JB gets plenty for his team.  The truth is, he would make any team in this league a lot better and if he were on SU or USMMA we would be looking at tournament team with sweet 16 potential.

 

Oh, now you're going to play nice?

[lefty2]

wow means nothing.  wins count.  JB gets plenty for his team.  The truth is, he would make any team in this league a lot better and if he were on SU or USMMA we would be looking at tournament team with sweet 16 potential.

 

Oh, now you're going to play nice?

+1

[hoopit123]

Maybe Banzhaf read all the crap and got ticked off.

I think Banzhaf is secretly posting as susidad.

upon reading his last post, at first, i thought maybe sussidad just had a little man-crush on JB....but your inference is much more fun haha

[susiddad]

I thought it was ridiculous last year to promote jb as the player of the year.  This year i dont.  Any interestingly enough letourneauaueasueause hasnt campaigned for him. 

Do you know why? 

Becasue this year he doesn't have to and if you do your research, I told all of you last year, it was Patch's award, and that JB would win the next two.

When it comes to matter's like this i am always dead on.  Except for the goucher win over su this year my predictions were pretty much dead on in years past.

so as "crazy as i post"  if you ask the world who wins POY this year, it is Banzhaf, ask the world if Howes self promotion is lie a local politicians, it is.  Ask the world if Scranton does a good job?  they do. 

Ask the SU community how far Marcinek has turned this program around, he has.  No one is more dead on then the SUSIDAD. 

Also, I wouldn't be surprised if Drew cancels their bball program in the next two years.

[NEPAFAN]

Sorry, to date Zach Asworth is player of the year.

[cold_case]

But whatever...obviously there's not much to do in DC, and clearly CUA basketball is the most exciting thing going on in the whole city, so I must be wrong about why attendance seems lower on the weekends.  Right?
Cause that was my point---not the relative merits of attending school in Washington, DC, or Selinsburg or Scranton or Towson...

There is tons to do in DC. But having to look over my shoulders when doing it just doesn't sit well with me.

[susiddad]

interesting point.  maybe it is ashworth's year. kid can shoot.  id prefer JB though.

First team this season is pretty easy if you ask me.

g - majors
g - ashworth
f - spenser
f -  banzhaf
c - heuber


roy - burke
coy - krikorian
poy - split ashworth and banzhaf

[saratoga]

Based upon the numbers & how certain kids are playing from an overall basis...I'd have to move Majors out & Eli Londo in.

[TheGrove]

interesting point.  maybe it is ashworth's year. kid can shoot.  id prefer JB though.

First team this season is pretty easy if you ask me.

g - majors
g - ashworth
f - spenser
f -  banzhaf
c - heuber


roy - burke
coy - krikorian
poy - split ashworth and banzhaf

Marcus???

[Matt Letourneau]

But whatever...obviously there's not much to do in DC, and clearly CUA basketball is the most exciting thing going on in the whole city, so I must be wrong about why attendance seems lower on the weekends.  Right?
Cause that was my point---not the relative merits of attending school in Washington, DC, or Selinsburg or Scranton or Towson...

There is tons to do in DC. But having to look over my shoulders when doing it just doesn't sit well with me.

Well, then you probably aren't cut out for the big city.  Fair enough--but that's true for ANY big city.  If you were to stay on Catholic's campus and then take Metro or drive to the other popular parts of the DC area that students frequent (Georgetown, Adams Morgan, Pentagon City)--you'd be just fine.

CUA is in a lousy neighborbood--but there's never really a reason to even go to the neigborhood--not when you have your own Metro stop.

Personally, I'm not a DC lover--its where my industry is located so that's where I live and why I went to school here.   I have much more affection for Boston as a place to live.  I live in the outer suburbs because I prefer suburban life--but as a place to go to school, it was great.

[Matt Letourneau]

I thought it was ridiculous last year to promote jb as the player of the year.  This year i dont.  Any interestingly enough letourneauaueasueause hasnt campaigned for him. 

Do you know why? 

Becasue this year he doesn't have to and if you do your research, I told all of you last year, it was Patch's award, and that JB would win the next two.

No--because I don't think the award should be pre-ordained and that in a given year it is somebody's "turn" to win it.  I've never believed in that.  Jason WAS the best player in the league last year, and thus deserved to win it.

This year--he hasn't been as consistent.    I knew his numbers would be down a little bit because the offense has better distribution, but he's still struggled a little more often.  I'm not saying he's not POY--I'm saying I don't know.  There's still some key games left and I haven't spent much time looking at other people's numbers.  But I'm not willing to say player x or y should be POY at this point.

I would like to throw Sean Holmes' name out there in the ROY discussion--again, I haven't looked at stats, I'm not even sure where his numbers are--I imagine around 7 ppg--but he's been pretty impressive.

 

[susiddad]

Letttttetttornope.  JB was not the best last year, JP was, and he won the award.

As far as Londo in and Majors out, I think it is Majors time to win in it.  He is leading the league in steals and assists for like the 3rd straight year.  He also has the highest assist to turnover ratio in the league for the second straight year.  That gets my vote after being snubbed last year to a degree.

Londo is a good player, but again, even if the performances were even....Eli Londo was a "bust" up until this year.  Majors has been a starter for 4 years and has earned the accolades.

[NEPAFAN]

Letttttetttornope.  JB was not the best last year, JP was, and he won the award.

As far as Londo in and Majors out, I think it is Majors time to win in it.  He is leading the league in steals and assists for like the 3rd straight year.  He also has the highest assist to turnover ratio in the league for the second straight year.  That gets my vote after being snubbed last year to a degree.

Londo is a good player, but again, even if the performances were even....Eli Londo was a "bust" up until this year.  Majors has been a starter for 4 years and has earned the accolades.

Yeah but it isn't a legacy award for lifetime achievement.