MBB: Centennial Conference

[BRCE4]

Sorry I missed some tourney picks.
Tonight Haverford over Immaculata
Wednesday return to conference play
F&M too strong for Fords
McDaniel should beat Shoremen even at Chestertown
Mules over JHU
Gettysburg over improved Swat
Ursinus beats Dickinson after tough tourney action

[Gabriel]

Conference Picks and here we go

Weds, 1/6/10
F&M
McDaniel
JHU
Gettysburg
Ursinus


Saturday 1/9/10
F&M
Ursinus
Haverford
Muhlenberg
Washington















satur

[Reserved Seat]

The Centennial Conference seems to be struggling outside the conference(non-conference record)
Muhlenberg    3-0    5-4(2-4)
McDaniel    2-0    6-3(4-3)
Franklin & Marshall    2-1    8-2(6-1)
Gettysburg    2-1    4-5(2-4)
Johns Hopkins    1-1    5-4(4-3)
Ursinus    1-2    5-5(4-3)
Washington    1-2    3-4(2-2)
Haverford    1-2    3-5(1-3)
Swarthmore    1-2    2-8(1-6)
Dickinson    0-3    0-8(0-5)

Total (26-34)

Picks for:
Wednesday, January 6
Haverford at #17 Franklin & Marshall(F&M)
McDaniel at Washington(McDaniel)
Muhlenberg at Johns Hopkins(JHU)
Swarthmore at Gettysburg(Gettysburg)
Ursinus at Dickinson(Ursinus)

[Old Man Terror]

January 6 picks for conference play:
F & M
McDaniel (yes they can win in Chestertown)
JHU (Mules go down despite good conference start)
Gettysburg
Ursinus

[division3]

jan  6
F&M
McDaniel
Muhlenberg
Gettysburg
Ursinus

[godips04]

Picks for:
Wednesday, January 6
F&M
McDaniel
Johns Hopkins
Gettysburg
Ursinus

[BTEXPRESS]

My picks for January 6th

F&M
McDaniel
Muhlenberg
Gettysburg
Ursinus

[D.B. Cooper]

Picks for Wed 1/6:

F&M
McDaniel
JHU
G-burg
Ursinus

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

Welcome to conference play. The following are my picks for tonight's games:

F&M

McDaniel

Muhlenberg (tough call)

Gettysburg

Ursinus

I will try to get the finalized statistics from the first half pick-ems calculated and posted later this week. It is just a busy time at work for me. Also, since everyone didn't pick every game, it is requiring some extra effort to make sure that the standings will be correct!

Good luck! Enjoy the games. Happy New Year. Regards to all.

Eric

[BTEXPRESS]

Eric, we appreciate your efforts. I ran the pickems for the football side this season and even though they only played one game a week it was tough to keep track. With so many Basketball games on a weekly basis, it is hard just to keep up with picking each game, let alone keeping track!!! Keep up the good work.

[r.w. mcnickels]

1/6 picks:

F&M
McDaniel
Muhlenberg
Gettysburg
Ursinus

It is probably not wise to pick three road teams in conference play, but this is my best guess for tonight.

Thanks for running the picks, Eric...

[Reserved Seat]

After a first half marred by poor shooting by both F&M and Haverford and a lack of rebounding by F&M, Haverford took a 21-19 lead into the locker room at half-time despite the fact that F&M scored the last 6 points of the half.  McNally kept F&M in the game with his team high 13 points in the first half.
The second half started slow for a minute or two, until F&M went on a scoring spree while holding the Fords to 2 points.  F&M then built of a 20 point lead until Haverford closed the gap against F&M's bench. McNally finished the game with 26 points and 13 rebounds.
Fouls were fairly even Fords-16  Dips-17
F&M converted 83% if their fouls 19-23
Haverford 63% on 10-16 shooting.
F&M can on to control the boards 42-32 despite their sluggish start.
Milligan was held to 2 points.
Henry(8) and Baker(7) followed McNally in scoring as F&M scored most of their points from the big men.
Friddell lead the Fords with 10 points.

F&M still needs to work on putting together 2 strong halves.
Beckford played outstanding especially in the second half when the Dips stepped up their defensive efforts.

[BTEXPRESS]

Boy it has been a rough year in Carlisle. Their only win of the year doesn't even count according to the NCAA. I honestly think they will struggle to win one or two CC games this entire season. I thought things might change with a new coach, guess not!

[diplomaniac1]

Fellow Prognosticators and Fans -

Happy New Year and welcome to the second half of the season featuring the regular conference games! Well, I have finally completed tallying and calculating the "Pick-Ems" statistics and standings from the first half of the season. To the best of my knowledge, they are as follows:

FIRST HALF
   12/28 TO 01/04   TO DATE   PERCENTAGE
BTEXPRESS   13 – 2   41 – 13   .759
GODIPS04   7 – 6   38 – 13   .754
D. B. COOPER   11 – 3   38 – 15   .717
GABRIEL   9 – 5   38 – 15   .717
R. W. MCNICKLES   1 – 2   30 – 12   .714
DIPLOMANIAC1   8 – 3   35 – 15   .700
DIVISION3   11 – 4   32 – 14   .696
BRCE4   2 – 3   30 – 14   .682
OLD MAN TERROR   9 – 4   23 – 11   .676
OLD ENDS   7 – 6   27 – 13   .675
RESERVED SEAT   8 – 4   31 – 19   .620
         
Please double-check and triple-check the results shown versus the selections that you made or think that you made! It was really difficult to keep track of everyone's selections and records due to the two additional games added; the "rolling" nature of the picks over a long period of time; the partial picks; the "anybody but" picks; and some changes to the picks due to second thoughts! Let me know if there are any errors.

There was a fair amount of movement up and down the standings this time around as we had a varierty of records and some folks didn't pick all of the games or the bonus games. Kudos to BTEXPRESS, D. B. COOPER, and DIVISION3 for uncany use of their all-knowing crystal balls! Their records over the last two weeks really made a diffence in the final standings. A 7 - 6 record by Old Ends at the end of the first half really hurt! Overall, most of us were grouped fairly close together.

Congratulations! Enjoy. Feel free to let me know if any corrections or retrations will be needed! Regards to all.

Eric

[diplomaniac1]

BTEXPRESS -

I am not at all surprised by the difficulties being experienced in Carlisle by the Red Devils. Remember, they graduated eight seniors last year and got a new coach. Those two factors combined don't always lead to success right away!

Eric