MBB: Centennial Conference

[highhoops]

congrats to milligan on 1,000 points and to the fords on one of the few out of conference wins recently. go centennial!!!

[d3hoopsfan]

I just saw today on their website that both Poarch and Zurn are no longer on the Gettysburg roster...

[highhoops]

if they are gone that is really too bad for gettysburg and the league...they are good players.

[Gabriel]

Picks of Saturday 1/8/2011

Haverford over Dickinson----Fords are good and they are at home
Ursinus over JHU---think the Bears improved defense will be enough
Gettysburg over WC----home court even with the loss of two key players
Muhlenberg over McDaniel---home court and Lidic should be enough
F&M over Swat---no team is more familiar with their home court than the Dips

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

In case anyone missed it... Coach Bill Nelson won his 500th game earlier this week... congrats to a pretty good coach at Johns Hopkins.

[Reserved Seat]

Are we still doing picks?
F&M toyed with Swarthmore.  Baker and Tolliver played great games.  Baker and McNally are both closing in on landmarks.  Baker and McNally need 40+ points for 1,000 and the school record respectfully.  Unfortunately, both will probably make their marks away.  Muhlenberg on Thursday could be the day for either.

[diplomaniac1]

Reserved Seat and Others -

Although I have been neglecting the "Pick-Ems" recently, Yes - we are are still making picks. Here are the two games for tonight:

Muhlenberg @ Johns Hoplins

F&M @ McDaniel

Picks are due by tip-off. Within the next several days, I will post the standings from the first half of the season. I will also post the rest of this week's games sometime tomorrow.

Due to the weather forecast and the earlier game time, I will probably not make the trek to Westminster to see the Dips play tonight. To those who will travel to games tonight, have a safe trip. Good Luck! Regards to all.

Eric

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

Here are my selections for tonight's games if they are indeed played:

Mhulenberg over Johns Hopkins

F&M over McDaniel

Enjoy!

Eric

[r.w. mcnickels]

The Gill Center has been a tough barn for F&M in recent years -- the Dips have not won at McDaniel since 2006. McDaniel used an aggressive defense to hold F&M to 57 and 51 points in the last two meetings in Westminster, while Georgio Milligan shot only 3-for-20 from the field in those games combined. If F&M can't handle the pressure from the McDaniel guards, tonight could be a repeat of the past two meetings.

[pizzashop]

Tim Murray, who calls F&M's home games on GoDiplomats.com, will be calling the game for WTTR AM 1470 in Westminster: http://radio.securenetsystems.net/radio_player_large.cfm?stationCallSign=WTTR

He will also have the audio from Memorial Hall at Muhlenberg Thursday evening on the GoDiplomats.com media portal: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/fandm.portal

[Gabriel]

Picks for tonight  1/11/2011

Muhlenberg over JHU
F&M over McDaniel

Both road teams win.

[r.w. mcnickels]

Different year, same result in Westminster:

McDaniel 61, F&M 53

F&M point totals over the last three years in the Gill Center: 57, 51, 53

[Gabriel]

F&M won't run the table after all.  They could well lose another game or two.  They are too good not to win the conference in the regular season but the playoffs----another story.  They had better hope they host.

[Reserved Seat]

Another ugly night in Westminister.
McDaniel played very aggressive as they seem to do every time I've been there.
McNally got frustrated with the officiating as he got called for what I believe was his first technical of the year.
He was constantly being hammered which lead to his horrendous shooting(6/20).
F&M seemed comfortably in the lead with an 8 point lead with 6 minutes to go.
From that point on, everything fell apart, including Baker and Tolliver fouling out.
There's still plenty of hope, knowing that we've lost at Westminister every year that McNally, Baker, and Tolliver have played there and still end up with a decent record.
The stat that stood out for me was McDaniel's 10 blocks.  The McDaniel players did as excellent job of contesting every shot.
By the way the weather was pretty, but the driving back to Lancaster was nerve-racking.

[highhoops]

i am not surprised that F&M lost a game. As we all will agree, they are the best team in the league but on any given night worse teams step up and play better than better teams. The league this year is still not sorted out and seems like alot will change by the end of the season. There is alot of parity this year. It has recently been F&M, Gettysburg and Ursinus at the top but this year is up for grabs. it makes every week a bit more exciting and unpredictable.