MBB: New Jersey Athletic Conference

[phil]

I'm making a game day decision with my five year old. I'm wondering how long she'll sit with promises of soft pretzels, cheerleaders and a pep band!

[irapthor]

Knightstalker....I am most awake between 6 pm and 3 am.

[Pat Coleman]

I'm making a game day decision with my five year old. I'm wondering how long she'll sit with promises of soft pretzels, cheerleaders and a pep band!

You have to go. Now's the time to indoctrinate her!

[phil]

We're going. A stop at McDonalds, a box of popcorn and cheerleaders have tipped the scales. Plus I spent the last two weekends watching the kids while my wife traveled for work (in Europe no less). So today she gets the one year old terror in diapers who could make grown babysitters cower in fear – I'm off to a bball game with my older daughter!

[Knightstalker]

I will probably see you there Phil, I am most likely coming with the four year old.  The wife wants to be left alone for the day to work on a paper for grad school.  Road trip to basketball game, hotdogs for the kid and then head up 31 to washington to visit grandma.

[Truck]

Ramapo is in!!!!

Not the way I would have wanted it. Both Ramapo and MSU lost, finishing 9-9.

I will have more later...


The brackets are set for playoff play:

http://njac.net/mbbtour.2005-06.pdf



Here are today's scores:
Kean 87, Montclair State 66
NJCU 80, TCNJ 65
Richard Stockton 79, Ramapo 76 (OT)
Rutgers-Newark 69, Rowan 66
William Paterson 77, Rutgers-Camden 54

[Truck]

February 21

NJAC Tournament First Round


Game 1: #6 Ramapo at #3 NJCU, 7:00 PM
Game 2: #5 Rutgers-Newark at #4 TCNJ, 7:00 PM

[Pat Coleman]

Truck,

I did some further research, and it turns out, there would be a play-in game between MSU and Ramapo, regardless of the outcome of any other game, if they are still tied after Saturday night.

Here's the tiebreak rule. I apologize for the initial misinterpretation.

Sixth Place
1.   Head-to-head competition
2.   Two-way tie:  Play-in Game (site determined by coin toss).  In even number years, the play-in game will be Tuesday night, and in odd-number years on Monday night.  If Monday must be used for regular season make-up game, then the play-in game will be Tuesday.  In the event inclement weather pre-empts the play-in game, the game must be played the following night.
3.   Three-way tie*:  Mini-Playoff: Three-way coin toss determines pairings, odd team out given a bye; remaining teams' playoff site determined by coin toss; winner of mini-playoff plays bye team at site of mini playoff winner.

I think a three way tie would come into effect if Kean beats Montclair and Ramapo loses. Kean would be 0-2 vs. Ramapo and 2-0 vs. Montclair.

How did we end up not having a play-in?

[irapthor]

BECAUSE I WAS WRONG!!!!!!!!!!! (That's why I said it was an educated guess.) 

In a three way tie, the tie was broken by head to head among the three.

Ramapo swept Kean and split with Montclair and kean swept Montclair...So:

In this three-way scenario:

Ramapo was 3-1
Kean was 2-2
Montclair was 1-3

And I was 0-2 in projecting the proper scenario.

Oh, and my women's broadcast yesterday on the road was interrupted by the sound of Knightstalker's daughter having a bag of exploding M&M's behind me...At least Mike got to get out of the house...

[Truck]

Ira,

Please tell me you will be broadcasting the game tomorrow...

[irapthor]

Truck, yes and no.

We won't be doing a radio broadcast, because I'm doing the stats and have my typical gameday responsibilities.

However, we have had LiveStats for every home game since 2001, and tomorrow won't be an exception...Go to http://www.njcugothicknights.com tomorrow and you can follow the game live. The link will be posted on our site in the mid-afternoon...We have some major stories up now that I want to keep up for a while.

[Truck]

Truck, yes and no.

We won't be doing a radio broadcast, because I'm doing the stats and have my typical gameday responsibilities.

However, we have had LiveStats for every home game since 2001, and tomorrow won't be an exception...Go to http://www.njcugothicknights.com tomorrow and you can follow the game live. The link will be posted on our site in the mid-afternoon...We have some major stories up now that I want to keep up for a while.

Is anybody going to broadcast the game? I'm sure you can find some communications students who are aspiring to have a radio career in sports broadcasting. This would be a good experience for them.

The LiveStats is similar to a gamecast where you post the score and what is occuring, right? How often is this updated?

[Truck]

Well, I can finally post my thoughts on Saturday's game - Ramapo vs. Stockton...

As we know, Ramapo lost a close one to Stockton. In fact, the game went into overtime where it was also close. But, in the end, Stockton outscored RCNJ by 3 in the extra period to win the game.

Here are the scores by periods:
Score by Periods                 1st  2nd   OT   Total
Richard Stockton..............    30   32   17  -   79
Ramapo College................   32   30   14  -   76


Ramapo still qualifies for the playoffs by virtue of the fact that Kean beat MSU. With all three teams tied
and the way the tiebreaker figured in, Ramapo was the team to qualify and grab that last playoff spot.

Now, Ramapo gets to play on the road against NJCU. That might not be bad at all, considering the fact that Ramapo has a losing Home record in Conference play. They do have a winning record on the road (5-4). How about that? Speaking of which, I think it's time to change Ramapo's opening theme.
"Nobody comes into our house and pushes us around". Yeah, that one...

Ramapo did not come out well in the opening half. Ahmad Mosby was the only one keeping the team in the game with his scoring. He did not sustain this level of play into the second half and scored most of his 17 in the first.

Midway through the first half, Harding was taken out of the game briefly. He then came back in and played a great game with tons of effort. He was active on the scoring end, with rebounds and most of all on defense. He really stepped up in that game. He contributed in both halves and had a great game. 7 out of 13 shooting, 16 pts, 8 rebounds, 6 steals.

In the second half, Ramapo had Pryor carry the team, along with Harding. He was spectacular shooting 7/17 and coming up with the bucket whenever Ramapo was down. He finished with 20 points.

These three players were the ones that carried Ramapo throughout the game. The big men, with the exeption of Malko, had incredibly weak performances. They must step up in the upcoming games.

Overall shooting was bad, although worse for Ramapo. Stockton shot at close to 40% for the game and Ramapo shot at around 36%. The overall game stats are skewed because both teams were shooting well in the overtime period.

I felt that Ramapo played better in the second half, but in fact they ended up being outscored by 2. They closed the first half on an energizing bucket and carried the momentum to the second. They took a small lead in the early stages of the second, but in the end it all balanced out.

Speaking of Ramapo's shooting, the mid-30% shooting percentage can be exemplified by this short clip:
http://d45.yousendit.com/E/3EHISZHE2VUPD35NNAQR84J1Y5/MOV00511.MPG

Ramapo will now have a tough road ahead of them. They must beat NJCU (Reg Season: Split) as the first challenge.

Ramapo has their work cut out for them. They clearly do not have any momentum, as they lost their last regular season game and qualified by virtue of other team's records. That is not the way you want to get in from a mental perspective. Now that they are in, they must forget everything. It's a new season - a relatively short one - and winner takes all.

I hope the team comes out with passion and fire. I know Chuck has it. You can see it in his eyes that he is committed and dedicated to this team. However, the team must respond. What worries me is that they knew the season was on the line. Chuck reminded them many times throughout the game. A win guarantees a playoff spot, while a loss brings uncertainty and possibly the end of the season. Saturday's game was the time to step up since tomorrow was not promised and that game could have been the last one of the year. The players knew that and Chuck repeated that throughout the game. And yet, they were unable to pull out a win in such a situation.

While it will be tough, I am not ready to give up on this team. As long as Chuck is on the bench, I have faith that they can pull out a win and advance.

Let's go RCNJ.

[Knightstalker]

I think there are a couple of good games going on tonight.  RU-N at TCNJ and Ramapo at NJCU where the Knights have only one loss all season in the J-Mac.

[Knightstalker]

I will be there tonight, Probably with the Little Stalkerette, the Missus might show up if it goes to overtime.  She has class tonight.

Looking forward to a good game.