MBB: Centennial Conference

[Swat Fan #1]

RW - I had the same problem, but I looked at last year's first team and they had six players on it. I am torn with McNally as he is obviously a first team player, but not sure how they will look at missed games. I also like Mike Baker! So, I'll stick with my six. If they only pick five, I move Ward to second team and Hilton to honorable mention. I will say I was most impressed with Milligan this year. So calm and cool under pressure. Really a terrific player! If he ends up POY I will not be surprised.

[Reserved Seat]

Let the upsets begin.
Pool C gets larger as Ramapo drops into Pool C.
Every upset makes it more important for F&M to win its conference title.

[LustyLarryintheToilet]

honestly, i think Ramapo is in trouble moreso than F&M would be.  Ramapo does not have a signature win, at least just by glancing at the schedule.  Kean on the other hand has a few nice wins that i believe are considered in-region (alvernia, albright, desales, ramapo). And let it be known that since i'm trying to score with a girl from Ramapo, i'd love to see them advance and host my Dips.  That bias aside, i think Kean posts the better resume than both Ramapo and FandM.

Seat your point is well taken.  an expanded pool c would definitely make f&m sweat.  on the flip side though, if F&M does get a pool A berth, and more upsets occur, they could have a better shot at hosting. 

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

Here is my best guess for tonight's "Pick-Em" game:

Haverford over McDaniel

Regards to all.

Eric

[Swat Fan #1]

I am confused at the second team and the honorable mention. I had most of the honorable mention on second team and the second team as honorable mention. The Haverford selections confuse me as I saw the the two as honorable mentions easily on the second team. Got the POY correct. Wow.

[r.w. mcnickels]

Here is a link to the All-CC team:

http://static.psbin.com/n/u/8yk9f8vu4mhjpi/All_CC_MBK.pdf

Congrats to Georgio Milligan on being named Player of the Year, and to all players recognized. I thought Liddic or Powers would be POY, but you can't go wrong with any of the three.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Final Regional Rankings before Selection Sunday: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/category/ncaa-stuff/regional-rankings/

[LustyLarryintheToilet]

i think its humorous that DMac practically spammed every single board on the site letting us know that regional rankings were posted, as if the regulars were too blind to see it on the d3 home page, or know that wednesday is the weekly regional rankings day.

The rankings are quite intriguing.  LVC jumps F&M on the heels of a long winning streak (despite really not beating anyone).  I'll be interested to see how things shake out, but the annual selection narrative can already be written.  There is a great dichotomy between the D3hoops rankings and the regional rankings, and with the emphasis on geographical matchups we will probably see a split that does not favor competitive balance, at least according to the D3hoops list. 

If you look at the past two years, the committee seems to have four geographical regions:  a Northeast, east/midatlantic, south/midwest, west.  But what top teams will anchor the east/midatlantic region?  Right now, youre looking at VA Wesleyan / RMC as the highest d3hoops ranked teams in that portion of the bracket, LaRoche will be sent to the midwest.  Oswego would be a great anchor, but they do not even make the sites top 25. 

[cocoh2oDad]

first off this business of picking 2 guards and 3 big men for each team of the all conference is ridiculious. All conference or all league should be best players on the floor OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, PERIOD, regardless of the positions they play!!!!! For Jon Ward to not be on the first team is a crime. Dolan over him. Ward was second team last year as a freshman and improved on all his stats this year except his shooting % is a wash year to year. He led the Conference BOTH years in that stat catagory. He averaged 5 points more per game then Dolan 1 less rebound and shooting % of 130 points higher. He was a sneeze from being leading scorer in the conference, but the most important factor that goes unsaid most of the time with the REAL big men on all these all conference or all league teams is this. If you watched each Ursinus game this year Ward was double or even at times triple teamed every time he touched the ball and every shot that went up every big man on the opposing team looked to put a body on him. He put up his stats despite these defensive measures night in night out, in reality getting the s_it beat out of him, the times he went to the line show that.  And in closing this unwritten rule of juniors and seniors having an edge is garbage also. If 5 freshman outplayed the juniors and seniors then they deserve the accolades, PERIOD!! I'm biased but I also played this sport most of my life on all levels except the pros. What's fair is fair and this omission wasn't. 

[Swat Fan #1]

Coco - I totally agree with you. I feel the exact same way. Three sophomores were in the top six in scoring...... At least Ward made the 2nd team and didn't go backwards from last year.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Lusty - if I didn't do it, Pat would have done it. That is part of our job. We post on all active and relavent boards the rankings BECAUSE not everyone actually starts on the D3hoops site before coming here to the boards... and not everyone checks all the boards or any beyond their own conference's... so we are trying to be as informative as possible.

By the way... I have done it three out of the four weeks... thanks for noticing.

[Pat Coleman]

... as if the regulars were too blind to see it on the d3 home page, or know that wednesday is the weekly regional rankings day.

You'd be surprised.

[oftdip]

New guy to the board...

What's everyone's thoughts on tomorrow's semis?

My picks:

F&M over Haverford in a tight one... tough to win three straight vs. the Fords but Dips are playing for the seniors lives

Dickinson over Gettysburg... They finally figure out Powers and play big again...

[bball2020]

Also new to the board, long time reader and a first time poster. I am a Gettysburg fan, and from what I see, I am the only poster that will mention Gburg so I assume am their only fan on this board.
My first thought, how is Powers not the POY?? Milligan has a loaded team, two other 1,000pt scorers, and they finished where they should have, and actually lost some games the shouldn't have.  Not taking anything away from Milligan, he is a fabulous player with many skills.  BUT, Powers is playing with a bare cupboard, losing three players at the end of the 1st semester, which is about 30pts per game, and yet they finished in the third spot.  He has been double and triple teamed all year, he is the only player on the team averaging over 9ppg, and lead his team to an amazing finish this year.  They probably don't have any business winning some of the games they have won.  Also, his scoring increased when he lost his teammates, which is when all the teams only had to focus on him.  He clearly has done what a POY is suppose to do.  Take Milligan off that team, and they probably still finish in the 1 spot.  Just my thoughts.
Second thought in response to the last post, looking at the numbers, I think that Dickinson has already figured Powers out.  They have done the best against him than any other team. 

F&M over Haverford
Gburg over Dickinson

[Gabriel]

Picks for Saturday

F&M over Haverford---Fords will play hard but not enough talent
Dickinson over Gettysburg---Powers alone is not enough

Regarding the POY selection, Powers, Liddic and Milligan were all deserving and I am sure the selection committee had a tough time with the decision.  I could not argue against any of the three.  Milligan's value does not always show up in the stats but opposing coaches know how good he is.