MBB: Centennial Conference

[docmarc]

Winning!  Too funny.

[CCHoopster]

Congrats F&M.

IMO- If F&M is to win tonight I think they need to shy away from the 3 ball a bit on offense. They shot over 46% from the field total and included in that number was a very bad 2-14 from 3 for just over 14%. Their shot selection was poor from behind the line while their bigs shot the ball at an efficient rate and took smart good shoots. Hayk, Baker and James were 6-7, 5-9, and 4-8 respectively. Pass up a good three look for a better look inside and they can shoot 55%plus from the field. When F&M attacks the lane and gets the ball inside for touches early in the shot clock, they become dominant. When they settle for early, bad jumpers and just swing or dribble the ball around the perimeter, they are very beatable (i.e Dickinson last game of reg season). Big games from Hayk, Baker and James gives F&M a better shot at winning than doing it with their gaurds. Everyone has guards (for the most part) at this point in the tourny; not every team has talented bigs who can defend, play one on one in the post on D (not needing much help so you dont have to leave shooters on the perimeter to double down or across) and can score. \
Good luck F&M and F&M fans....... Travel safe , weather may be slightly messy!
I am going Lusty and Doc v BBall and Coleman in a tag team version of celebrity death match!To take place at halftime of the CC tourny next year! lol

[donho]

hoopster, not a bad idea. The one weakness VWC has is that their big men are not big. If you pound them inside you  my have a chance. If you all try to run with them (IMO) it's over ,finished, done.

[docmarc]

Swat, the game is at 7pm.  as per viewing capabilities, last night the video feed was borderline unwatchable.  Cut out too many times, and was roughly 90 seconds behind live stats and 30 seconds behind the audio.  hopefully it'll be better tonight. 

The quality got better in the second half, along with the delay issue.  The broadcaster sounded like a college freshman and he was messing up information.  I do not care though- I will be there live tonight!  

[bball2020]

Lusty and docmarc, you two clowns are still proving your ignorance!  When will this end, when F&M gets knocked out? Docmarc, I AGAIN, wonder why you continue to mention that fandm is still playing and my team is at home?? Is this suppose to make me feel bad?  It just isn't working. Considering I don't play for gettysburg or coach them, I have more important things to concern myself about then what their outcomes are.  I guess is what I am saying is that my day is not decided on a team, be it F&M or Gettysburg.  But, I see that F&M and Glenn's family is your life which is fine. 
I wish one of you two clowns could answer my question as to who has trouble crossing the street?  The both of you continue to bring this up and I don't know who said this?  Please help?
And finally you F&M lovers, you don't even know your own team! Neither knew who recruited the players that you are bragging about, and now docmarc thinks that McNally had a concussion!! You two are a disgrace to F&M's players, please quit embarrassing your team.  You are making yourselves look very foolish, which "I can't lie, is quite funny!"
Your opinions are laughable at best.  But at least they are not biased whatsoever?
Good luck to F&M

[Pat Coleman]

Looks like a tough task for depleted Dips against VWC in Norfolk. Coach Macedo's crew reminded me of a super powered, taller, deeper version of the Battlin Bishop squad that gave Dips some trouble until late. It will be on the road with 90% of a hostile crowd in an uproar (however a bit reminiscent of the St. Mary's Sweet 16 game in that regard).

Heck even that sinister Marlin image on center court might give me nightmares. It makes Moby Dick, the legendary Kraken or even the mechanical Jaws monster look like Lassie.

Imagine the women's final four played there. I went to one of those and because of TV, they put a NCAA logo over the Marlins logo. That logo was gigantic.

[LustyLarryintheToilet]

Congrats F&M.

IMO- If F&M is to win tonight I think they need to shy away from the 3 ball a bit on offense. They shot over 46% from the field total and included in that number was a very bad 2-14 from 3 for just over 14%. Their shot selection was poor from behind the line while their bigs shot the ball at an efficient rate and took smart good shoots. Hayk, Baker and James were 6-7, 5-9, and 4-8 respectively. Pass up a good three look for a better look inside and they can shoot 55%plus from the field. When F&M attacks the lane and gets the ball inside for touches early in the shot clock, they become dominant. When they settle for early, bad jumpers and just swing or dribble the ball around the perimeter, they are very beatable (i.e Dickinson last game of reg season). Big games from Hayk, Baker and James gives F&M a better shot at winning than doing it with their gaurds. Everyone has guards (for the most part) at this point in the tourny; not every team has talented bigs who can defend, play one on one in the post on D (not needing much help so you dont have to leave shooters on the perimeter to double down or across) and can score. \
Good luck F&M and F&M fans....... Travel safe , weather may be slightly messy!
I am going Lusty and Doc v BBall and Coleman in a tag team version of celebrity death match!To take place at halftime of the CC tourny next year! lol

great analysis hoops.  if fandm plays smart tonight i think they will win. VaWes has a low shooting percentage. IF F&M takes smart shots and limits possessions the game will play right into their hands

[CCHoopster]

The Luster-

That's what I was trying to get at when we were talking about a teams efficiency.... Find what you do best and drill it all day. That will eventually take the pressure off of what you struggle at and allow those things to come rather force (i.e 2-14 from 3, with most of their shots being truly contested). Pounding in will open out.

Then find what you do best defensively, dominate it, take care of the ball and be smart in transition and you will be practicing Monday/Tuesday. If not, you will be watching the second weekend online, hopefully with a better feed/anouncer!

Jay Wright said it best at a coaching clinic... "Focus on what you do (you do= offense, defense, player rotation, transition) and be great at it. Never change what you do because of who you are playing. If you don't believe enough in what you do, then you should probably be doing somehting else. At Villanova, we worry about us, our D, our sets, our transition and effort. We talk about opponents inidividual tendencies, show an inbounds play or two and thats that, we go eat."

[Reserved Seat]

What's bball2020's axe to grind?
Shouldn't Centennial Conference followers support Centennial teams?  If a Centennial team wins, it makes the league look better.
I supported Gettysburg and Ursinus in the past, and I'll even support Swarthmore next year.
I talk to F&M team members every day, so the word concussion has been used on a regular basis.  The extent of the concussion has fluctuated. 
I agree F&M has to forget the three and pound the ball inside.  Baker, Hayk, and, hopefully, McNally can provide the support Milligan needs; and Tolliver and Beckford can add some consistent shooting.
Wish I could be there, but I'll be missing only my fourth game of the season, the most I've missed in one season for a long time.
If F&M can win, I'll be there next weekend.

[docmarc]

Hey genius bball why was mcnally out of action for several games in late January?  If it was not a concussion which was listed what was the injury.  Maybe you had a concussion as a kid because you continuously look bad on this board.

[docmarc]

The tag team match with lusty would be funny.  I do not think bball can make it because of the awful parking that he claims is present at f and m.  Good analysis of the game everyone.  This is a tougher test than last year at st marys but not impossible.  F and m has to handle the zone well which they do inconsistently.

[Reserved Seat]

VA Wesleyan stats
Category   Rank   Actual   
Won-Lost Percentage (402 ranked)   13   85.2   
Scoring Offense (402 ranked)   100   74.7   
Scoring Defense (402 ranked)   72   64.9   
Scoring Margin (402 ranked)   31   9.8   
Field-Goal Percentage (402 ranked)   242   43.2   
Field-Goal Percentage Defense (402 ranked)   182   43.3   
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game (402 ranked)   59   7.7   
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage (320 ranked)   152   34.7   
Three Pt FG Defense (402 ranked)   83   31.7   
Free-Throw Percentage (402 ranked)   205   68.7   
Rebound Margin (402 ranked)   133   2.2   
Assists Per Game (402 ranked)   270   12.4   
Assist Turnover Ratio (402 ranked)   113   0.99   
Blocked Shots Per Game (402 ranked)   54   4.0   
Steals Per Game (402 ranked)   130   8.0   
Turnovers Per Game (402 ranked)   63   12.6   
Turnover Margin (402 ranked)   21   4.3   Grin
Personal Fouls Per Game (402 ranked)   284   19.5   

[donho]

The tag team match with lusty would be funny.  I do not think bball can make it because of the awful parking that he claims is present at f and m.  Good analysis of the game everyone.  This is a tougher test than last year at st marys but not impossible.  F and m has to handle the zone well which they do inconsistently.

If this is a tougher test than what you had at St. Mary's last year the dips are in real trouble.

[bball2020]

Agree with reserved seat, i do wish the CC well, and f&m too! I never mentioed anywhere that inwanted them to lose. I hope they continue to win. I just think lusty and docmarc are sad and ridiculous! Although i do thank docmarc for calling me a genious! That was nice. Since when does a chiropractor solve concussions??
Again, best of luck to f&m.

[Dips75]

Docmarc, do you read the post before you respond??
I clearly explained how i know their freshmen abilities!
No classes needed, do u need a reading class??
I wouldn't bring up taking classes at f&m! U would think gburg and f&m are similar and their standards are similar, but it certainly is not. I will not bring up names as to who plays for you team that gburg couldn't touch because academically didn't cut it.
So please stick to basketball talk.

If you wish to laud academic prowess, you may wish to avoid typing "genious" in the future. It really doesn't help your case to incorrectly spell such a basic word, when you are talking about academics.

Several people here, including Pat Coleman, have been interested in discussing the basketball side of it. Why must you insist on trolling like this, with the parented troll defense of the halfhearted "I'll be rooting for F&M" defense?