MBB: Landmark Conference

[Great Day to be a Royal]

Crowd felt like an 1230 game on Monday after finals week when everyone goes home.

Overall, the staff stayed up on the team, and lots of positive talk.

They turn it over a ton, not a lot of good looks, outsized, and they just have guys playing that aren't ready to be out there yet.

[saratoga]

Other than that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln? 

[ronk]

 Sounds like a recipe for a barnburner on Saturday against Goucher.

[saratoga]

The injury bug keeps hitting the Lady Royals yet they keep on movin' on.

Tonight Maddy H. returns from a hamstring injury & Jenna L. played in her first game of the year since her pre-season foot injury.

Hanna still wearing das boot from her injury vs. Wilkes & Victoria in street clothes & appearing to be hobbling.

In the meantime, the subs keep coming in & accruing valuable playing time as well as doing some nice scoring & playing D.

[saratoga]

Sorry...meant this for the women's board.

[NEPAFAN]

Sorry...meant this for the women's board.

It's okay. We could use the positive vibes here.


Greyer than usual on Linden Street this Winter.

[NEPAFAN]

The site is down every other day, should we establish alternative comms to make sure we can continue our mission to make Scranton Basketball great again?

[saratoga]

Part of me says the Royals end their slide today against one of the conference's usual cellar dwellers.

However, in Lee Corso's best...not so fast, I think there may be too many variables working for the Gophers today that will help them pull this one out.

Not too many times a former player gets to return as a coach and go against his old team.
It happens today.

Add in that his dad is still employed at the UofS & was their greatest soccer coach & his mom was the D3 National Player of the Year leading the Lady Royals to a National Championship & you can throw out all the advantages the Royals may have.

Justin's return to the Long Center will be a happy one as his kids reach deep & pull this one out.

Goucher:66/Scranton:63.

[Great Day to be a Royal]

15 point loss at home. To Goucher. I think there is a new cellar-dweller. Yikes. Might need to change my user name.

[saratoga]

The Royals situation isn't only because of a few injuries or a starter quitting...the issues run much deeper than that.

Just the past 2 games alone the Royals have come out of halftime in relatively close games & been trounced by giving up something like 15-16 uncontested points.

One coach is clearly making appropriate adjustments & one coach is lost.

I've never seen this program lower than it is right now, & it's been trending to this point for years.

It's time.

[Great Day to be a Royal]

Injuries have decimated the team, as well as player being removed. But I have a hard time with idea that recruited kids can't perform at some level. This makes 03-04 look like a champion team

[NEPAFAN]

Injuries have decimated the team, as well as player being removed. But I have a hard time with idea that recruited kids can't perform at some level. This makes 03-04 look like a champion team

Congrats to Justin! Scranton isn't competitive against the bottom third of D3, can't wait until the Catholics and Susquehanna's of the worlds come into the Long Center.

Just as a reminder and I don't know the details of his transfer, but Ryan Ems still has eligibility is playing minutes at Rowan, and the aforementioned Luke Braaten left the team last year.

[saratoga]

How bad are the Royals this season??

Well, he's been out-coached by his long time assistant who's now coaching a team (Cabrini) that's closing its doors in May.
Truly a dead team walking that lost 6 kids to transfer after the news broke but they still found a way to beat the Royals.

Then this past Saturday, Justin returns home & his kids from a very weak Goucher team totally dismantle Scranton in every phase of the game.

Not really going out on a limb here but I'm convinced if Justin were coaching the Royals, they would not have lost to the Gophers.

Conversely, I seriously doubt if Ryan were coaching the Royals, they would not have lost to a school having a going out of business sale.

There seems to be a theme emerging & I don't think it bodes well for the future of men's basketball at Scranton.

[Great Day to be a Royal]

Bad.

My point remains the same. Injuries, and a departure yes, but you brought each kid on the roster in because you felt they fit the program. At this point, when it is next man up, they should be able to play. They have absolutely no scorers, and that is only the beginning. Maybe they will reload quickly like they did for the 04-05 season.

[saratoga]

Unfortunately, I don't see this team ever re-loading.
Danzig is not a good recruiter & has always depended on others to find his talent.
When Ryan left for PS Abington, it stopped all recruiting going forward.
I'm sure Asst. Coach Frank is doing his best but he's brand new & pretty much unknown locally.
I just don't see this mess getting cleaned up any time soon.