WBB: Landmark Conference

[ronk]

Wed semis: Drew @ Scranton, Catholic @ Etown

[Augie2020]

So does 3rd set of regional rankings come out this week?I expect Messiah to drop or no in regional rankings?

[saratoga]

Yes...Regional update will be out Wednesday.

[Augie2020]

Anyone see that altercation between Michigan and Wisconsin.Them coaches are great role models to them students.Probably big suspension for Howard and 2 or 3 days for Gard!(It was nasty couldn't tell who Howard and his players were hitting behind the bench in the stand either?)

[NEPAFAN]

There is a home game at the Long Center tonight right?

[saratoga]

Eerily quiet on the cusp of playoff action. 
Does Drew finally overtake the Royals for their first victory against Scranton in their history?
Can E-town take care of business at home against Catholic on back to back Wednesday's?
Word has it that Vegas reduced the Scranton spread from 10 to 7.
E-town favored by 3 over the Cardinals.
I'm tempted to go with the Lady Royals and 7.
However, I don't see E-town taking 3 straight from Catholic so I'm going with the not really an upset...upset.
Thinking Scranton/Catholic in the title came.
That said, if it ends up Drew/E-town, that wouldn't surprise me either.
I watched number 8 seed TCNJ knock off number 1 seed Kean last evening.
Here's wishing to two great games.

[ronk]

 Have they a defense for Joey Meyers? She's always shown a nose for the ball

[saratoga]

Yep...need a chaser on Meyers as she'll kill you on the 3, the mid-range jumper & the drive if it's there.
Erin Frederick has to be forced to her right & the Lady Royals interior players did a nice job of that last game.
Should be a dandy.
Scranton has more individual talent & depth but if not hitting from the outside & Drew hangs around...anything can happen.
In the immortal words of Al Davis.....Just win baby.

[NEPAFAN]

Zzzz where are the students?

[Augie2020]

Even though the Ladies had an off night shooting they still won by 16.Love that 100% from ft line 1-1 lol.

[saratoga]

The sad reality is shooting free throws is a real strength of the Lady Royals & by not even looking inside or attempting to drive, that takes points off the board for them.
Probably why Drew stayed zone as long as they did.
Not getting to the line, getting killed on the offensive glass & missing layups will be their undoing.
Catholic played possessed tonight (sans Jason Miller) vs. E-town.
Can Coach Donahue break the Royals streak at 6 conference championships in a row?
Lack of student support is a disgrace & nothing being done to rectify it.

[ronk]

Not a good opening quarter - 6 offensive rebounds allowed & 3 turnovers; at least the offensive rebounds were limited in the rest of the game.
Too many ballhandling/bad passes for this late in the season; how many passes were deflected into the Royals' bench in the 2nd half? If it can be deflected, maybe it shouldn't have been attempted in the 1st place.
Time to let the ballhandlers handle/pass the ball and the others just shoot or rebound(avoiding turnovers).
These things become more important from now on as each possession is more critical with the opposition better and better, starting Saturday with Catholic.

[Augie2020]

So 15 minutes up the road Saturday will be two local teams playing for the CSAC Championship(Keystone vs Clark Summit 15 minutes apart)!Saratoga is this Clark Summits best season ever?

[saratoga]

Absolutely their best team thus far.
Not deep nor overly talented but they play hard & they play smart.

[Augie2020]

I could understand if it was Fr,So, making the passing mistakes but it's not!I think 4 times this Sr passed the ball right into the defenders hands trying to get it into an inside player.(Agree you can't have them lazy ass passes this late in the season)!Like I said not a great night shooting but they still won is all that counts!