MBB: Centennial Conference

[centfan]

good luck coach wimberly. i hope life after swat will be good to you.

[Gusthegoose]

Gettysburg over Haverford
Ursinus over Swarthmore
Franklin and Marshall over McDaniel
Washington College over Muhlenberg
Dickinson over Johns Hopkins

[oftdip]

From D3hoops.com 12-3-11

Wimberly out at SwarthmoreMore news about: Swarthmore
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Lee Wimberly is out as head men's basketball coach at Swarthmore. Multiple sources tell D3sports.com that he has resigned.

The Garnet are 0-6 this season. Wimberly's career record was 184-417 in 25 seasons.

The Swarthmore athletics website lists 10th-year assistant Joe Culley as the interim head coach.

Wimberly's 1990-91 team posted 17 wins, the most in school history. His 1996-97 team finished with 16 wins, played for the conference championship, and was invited to the ECAC Tournament for the first time ever. Wimberly's 184 career victories at Swarthmore rank him as the winningest coach in school history.

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Did not know the man but heard that he was a beloved old-school character who truly coached student athletes... I hope he gets what he needs as soon as he can...

[dipphan]

The dips have a tough one today. they always seem to have a let down in this spot.  well see.  i think that the dips have some areas where they can improve.  but as shown in the your sinus gamethe other night they are still the class of the conference with the best player milligan.

[UCHooligan98]

wow, Swat fires their coach who cant even tuck his shirt in and they beat my Bears.  tough day

[Wild10]

They went out there today to win one for Wimbo and they did it.

[Reserved Seat]

F&M game started out slow for both teams, as the teams both played tight defense with few calls.  The calls came more frequently as the game progressed changing the flow of the game.  Milligan and Salandra had good games for the Dips.
Salandra seems to have won a starting position.  Robinson is still tinkering with the sub rotation.  Phelps and Braham played more minutes today, but Braham came down hard on his back and favored it the rest of the game.

[UCHooligan98]

This is a tough one to swallow.  Anytime you lose to Swarthmore, it really is time to rethink your program.  I was very excited and energized by the youth of the team this year, but this loss makes me wonder if we've taken too big a step backwards. 

[centfan]

congrats to swat for a nice victory at a tough time with wimberly resigning and matt turner leaving the team. nice job staying focused and tough.
stick with your team hooligan....it's early in the season. the conference is upside down.

[Swat Fan #1]

I can honestly say it was the best victory I have ever seen. The team was all playing for Coach Wimberly and it showed. What a beautiful gym and campus! It would have been fun to have Ward hit his 1000th point also in the game. Not sure how many college games would have two guys hitting their 1000th point in the same game.

[Reserved Seat]

Why didn't they play that hard for Coach Wimberly when he was the coach?

[Reserved Seat]

Sounds like Culley was pleased with his first victory.  Hopefully, we'll see more victories for the Garnet.
Good luck, Coach Culley.
Well wishes to Coach Wimberly in retirement.  I'll miss seeing his antics on the sidelines.  It was always fun trying to guess when the shirt tail would come out.

[Reserved Seat]

Here goes nothing.  The coaches' preseason picks weren't very on target to start the season.  Between John Hopkins and Ursinus, my picks are going nowhere.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Muhlenberg
Haverford
Gettysburg
Washington

Saturday, December 10, 2011
Franklin And Marshall
Dickinson
McDaniel

Saturday, December 17, 2011
Washington

Sunday, December 18, 2011
Elizabethtown
Muhlenberg

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

Here are my selections for Wednesday (12/07) night's "Pick-Ems" games:

Muhlenberg over Dickinson
Haverford over Ursinus
Franklin And Marshall over Gettysburg
Washington over Swarthmore

I will be posting the updated standings (through and including Saturday's games) shortly. The next update (after Wednesday's games) will be delayed as I have some out-of-town traveling to do. I will probably not get to see the Diplomats play until Saturday at Haverford. Regards to all.

Eric

[diplomaniac1]

I have compiled the updated "Pick-Ems" standings through and including Saturday's (12/3) games. There are as follows:

NAME   LAST NIGHT   TO-DATE   PERCENTAGE         

Diplomaniac1   4 – 1   29 – 7   .806
Wild10                0 – 0   17 – 7   .708
D. B. Cooper   2 – 3   32 – 14   .696
Gusthegoose   3 – 2   16 – 9   .640
Gabriel                2 – 3   23 – 13   .639
Reserved Seat   2 – 3   29 – 17   .630
centfan                1 – 4   9 – 11   .450

Standings through and including Saturday, December 3, 2011

I trust that the above is accurate. Please double-check the chart and let me know if any corrections are needed. Please remember that the next set of predictions are due by game time on Wednesday evening. Good luck!

Enjoy the games. Regard to all!

Eric