MBB: Landmark Conference

Rofrog · February 13, 2019, 10:15:47 AM

Hey ronk: sent you a nice article in the paper from scranton times on Casazza from Moravian.Nice article Ithought you would like it.

Tim the Enchanter · February 13, 2019, 11:56:32 AM

2nd regional rankings should come out today. Middle Atlantic should see a little shakeup with Salisbury, Arcadia, JHU all losing. I expect Scranton to move up at least one spot...

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · February 13, 2019, 01:25:57 PM

Quote from: Tim the Enchanter on February 13, 2019, 11:56:32 AM
2nd regional rankings should come out today. Middle Atlantic should see a little shakeup with Salisbury, Arcadia, JHU all losing. I expect Scranton to move up at least one spot...

They do come out today.

BTW - the biggest reason for a shake up this week is the Results vs. Regionally Ranked Opponents (vRRO) is data that is available now (wasn't in Week 1). vRRO could actually help some of those teams from falling too far and allow others to maybe show up (guessing).

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · February 13, 2019, 03:24:05 PM

The second week Regional Rankings have been released: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2019/02/men-regional-rankings-second

saratoga · February 13, 2019, 09:49:10 PM

Looks like the Royals will be headed back to Madison for the first round in the Landmark Playoffs.

Early Vegas line has Drew + 8.

Any chance of an NCAA bid will be riding on that game.....assuming there are no upsets in Towson.

ronk · February 14, 2019, 12:37:54 AM

Quote from: Rofrog on February 13, 2019, 10:15:47 AM
Hey ronk: sent you a nice article in the paper from scranton times on Casazza from Moravian.Nice article Ithought you would like it.

Got it, thanks. He was a factor in both Scranton games, + in Moravian and - in Scranton.

ronk · February 14, 2019, 12:53:35 AM

Quote from: saratoga on February 13, 2019, 09:49:10 PM

Looks like the Royals will be headed back to Madison for the first round in the Landmark Playoffs.

Early Vegas line has Drew + 8.

Any chance of an NCAA bid will be riding on that game.....assuming there are no upsets in Towson.

And, despite the loss to Drew tonight, the most likely site of a Royals win next Wednesday would be in Madison.

NEPAFAN · February 14, 2019, 08:54:17 AM

Alright road warrior mentality but go get that 20th win first.

Rofrog · February 14, 2019, 09:11:03 PM

Um was DeVerna sick 2 for 11or just didnt show up?

ronk · February 14, 2019, 09:59:09 PM

May have been overly hyped up playing before hometown fans like at least 3 teammates; had an airball on a 3 like 1 of these others; haven't seen that all year. Games before hometown fans have their own additional pressures but may provide incentive to make amends in the replay next Wednesday at the same site. Lets hope so.

saratoga · February 16, 2019, 07:46:18 PM

No Mancuso again, what happened this time???

Juniata with a nice little upset to close the year.

ronk · February 16, 2019, 08:43:49 PM

My understanding is a suspension, probably related to his technical from the bench after fouling out earlier @ Drew on Wednesday.
Nolan played well today; they have him with no blocks, but I thought he had 5 or 6.
Still, too many turnovers. Logan missed a number of close-in, contested shots; just rolled off the rim.

Rofrog · February 17, 2019, 12:30:28 AM

So a 20-5 record is not bad I noticed mary Washington 16-8 will not be in the convo or John Hopkins.So my thought is and it is my thought Scranton gets in with 20-5 record.Ronk your take

ronk · February 17, 2019, 01:18:49 AM

For pool C, Scranton will be either 20-6 or 21-6, depending upon which game they lose in the Landmark playoff. They're on the bubble, depending on how many other conference tourneys are lost by teams currently ahead of them(20 pool C picks this year and they're thought to be #18). If that number is 5(a normal happening); they'd be out; 1 or 2 and they're probably in.
Of course, if they win both games next week, they get the AQ(pool A) and don't worry about pool C

CardsFan · February 17, 2019, 02:33:10 AM

Tough season for Catholic. A pretty inexperienced group. Having seen them early in the season, I figured 13-12 and finishing 4th in the conference was the best they could hope for. This team had some structural problems that it could not overcome. This was most likely the worst shooting team coach Howes has ever had at CUA.

The team will only be more inexperienced next season. They lose 2 of their 3 top scorers and return one player who averaged more than 7 points per game. No underclassmen really developed this season. Long-term, this is 3 consecutive seasons of the record being worse than the season prior.

On the plus side, freshman Will Turgeon looks promising. No flashy performances but plays within himself and contributes in different areas. Nice to see Andre Mitchell get to 1000 points and overall have a good senior season.