MBB: Centennial Conference

[LustyLarryintheToilet]

good day of bball today.  personally, i felt the referees in the fandm game were very good.  i only have two hopes for two night:

that the tables are good to me at the casino, and that Diplomaniac picks Dickinson to win tomorrow!

[docmarc]

Lusty I was 3-1 off your lines.  I hit gburg and over and f and m game push.  Anyway I am setting the championship line at f and m -4. Over and under number at 130

[r.w. mcnickels]

Good afternoon of hoops in Mayser today. Dickinson is peaking and the Dips are missing something. I think the Devils are a bad matchup for F&M at several positions. Final score: Dickinson 74, F&M 68. ECAC time for the Dips.

[bball2020]

The Dips wouldn't really go for an ECAC game would they??  My impression is that that is for a young and upcoming team trying to get more games under their belt.

Good day of basketball today.  Gettysburg just doesn't have the guards to give help to Powers.  Kennedy played a great first half and a good 2nd half.  Congrats to Powers on one of the best careers in Centennial history. 
Good luck to Dickinson and F&M tomorrow.  My hope is that Dickinson pulls the "upset."  Just can't stand Coach Robinson's behavior on the sideline.  But Georgio and Company are very tough.  No surprise really with whatever the outcome is. 

[docmarc]

Bball-  glad you appreciate the antics of a coach who has won 803 games and gon to 5 final fours in 40 years!  Hoping for a Dickinson win in the CC final?  Why so the Dicks can be one and done in the NCAA tourney.  There is great representation for the Centennial Conference. 

Bball and others-  stop feeding into the anti F&M sentiment that sometimes exists about this time of year on this site.  Remember Pat Cummings in 2002???   Lusty will tell you about that.

Today F&M wins a tight one by 4.  McNally and Beckford are basically absent and they are still the most talented team in the CC.  With the loses by some of our regional friends, Glenn Robinson Court at Mayer Gym may be hosting 1st and 2nd round games with a F&M win today- which would be their 6th CC title!

[diplomaniac1]

Lusty Larry -

You won't catch me picking the Devils. My blood bleeds blue after following the Diplomats for almost thirty-five years!

Eric

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

My pick for today is the Diplomats in a close win over Dickinson. Well, I am off to Mayser Center now. Enjoy the games. Regars to all.

Eric

[bball2020]

Sorry to have struck a cord with you domarc!  Didn't mean to upset you or anybody else on this forum.  I just know a little bit more about Coach Robinson and his recruiting(or lack there of) and coaching that gives me those sentiments.  Thanks for giving me his career records too, I didn't notice all of that by looking at their website for their basketball team.  Not sure if they are promoting their team or if the site is glorification of Coach Robinson! I suppose I would wonder why you would think that Dickinson would be one and done if they were to win?  Being that that would have meant they would have beaten F&M two out of three times!  Does that mean that F&M will be a one and done also??  As of now, it looks as though the Dips will be moving on anyway unless the Devils go on a run.  Good luck to the winner in the NCAA's!! 

[Reserved Seat]

Thank goodness, no more Pool C hypotheticals.
F&M played well enough to beat a scrappy Dickinson.
Now F&M just has to wait to see where they go.
Unfortunately, it won't matter to me since I have to go to my son's graduation from F-15 training.  Almost 4 years of training.  Can't miss it.  Hoping to get into the F-15 simulator.
Hopefully, McNally's knee will be better by the next game; but with McNally out of the line-up, Hayk has gotten an opportunity to develop his skills.
Baker, Tolliver, and McNally will have to keep their careers going.

[docmarc]

Bball-  this disrespect for Glenn Robinson will not be tolerated.  Who are you to talk about a great coach that way?  Did he coach his way to beating a tough Dickinson team.  And what do you expect f and m to do in terms of promotion?  The guy has given the school national attention. 

[d3hoopsfan]

Docmarc, I think it is time to get a life...  Bball was simply stating his opinion.  After all this is a conference forum not just for F&M and Robinson supporters...

[Reserved Seat]

Sixteen number one seeds did not win their conferences.  One number five seed actually won their conference automatic bid.

[docmarc]

D3hoopsfan- get a life?  I don't have a life because I am responding to someone blasting F&M's coach and F&M.  What is this- Pat Cummings revisited?

[LustyLarryintheToilet]

I made the point early in the week, i was not as scared of dickinson as most F&M supporters.  You have an up and coming squad against an established veteran group that had 12-13 post season games over the past two years.  Next season we'll see if Dickinson grows from this experience and takes the next step, or if this was as high as they'll get.

The game itself was marred by poor officiating.  As good i felt the officials were on saturday, they were that bad on Sunday.  the Devil's strategy (and mind you a good one) seemed to be to hand check and tug on jerseys and bump every chance they got and just hope the officials wouldnt call everything.  Then the refs would call some weak F&M fouls to try and even it out, as if it was their way to "control" the game.  Refs gotta be brave enough to call some T's early in game to keep the whole game from being as chippy as it was.  Basketball is not a sport for over-agressive play.  two hands on a ball carrier is a foul, so is a jersey pull, so is flailing out of control lunging at aball carrier.

[bball2020]

Agian I apologize docmarc.  Didn't realize you were such a Robinson fan! No disrespect, just my thoughts.  Next time you speak with Coach ask him when the last time he went out recruiting! You better hope his assistants do a better job this year with bringing in players than last year.  When this group graduates there will be a lot to replace. Then Glenn may realize how much he misses Chris Rogers!!  If it wasn't for Chris he wouldn't have the players he has! If you don't believe me, ask Coach how many times he saw McNally, Milligan, etc. play in high school?  I would think in terms of promotion they would promote their TEAM/PLAYERS, I believe they are the ones on the court!! I know this will fire you up, so this will be my last opinion post on THE LEGEND OF GLENN!
I would think that the Dips will be hosting now.  Best of luck! 
Great season for Dickinson! Their players and staff should be proud!! Great career for Dolan also!