MBB: Centennial Conference

[cocoh2oDad]

Hey Mulefreak, an FYI, the "precious star player", as you call him, is from Laurys Station , Pa. 20 minutes north of Billy Joels favorite city to visit AND play. Never lived or schooled in Atown even though sometimes listed as such. Someone else should go to school before spouting off himself.

[Gabriel]

Picks for 12/30/2011

Gettysburg over Methodist
St John Fisher
JHU
Christopher Newport
Carthage
Ursinus

1/2/2012

Swarthmore
F&M
Haverford

[centfan]

shenandoah
f&m
haverford

[D.B. Cooper]

Apparent big win for the CC over the vaunted CCIW as Sho'man take out Carthage.

[Gabriel]

Abysmal performances by Ursinus in Las Vegas losing big to two very good teams in Ramapo and Skidmore.  Clearly, the Bears were not ready to compete with either.

Ursinus played decent defense---particularly against Skidmore but they were miserable on offense in both games---shooting a collective 36% with 39 turnovers.  No excuses---just lousy performances.

Of note---they are getting no production out of their seniors and very little from their juniors other than Jon Ward----and he did not play well in either game as he let both opponents got into his head.  60-65% of the playing time and over 50% of the point production came from sophomores and freshmen.  You don't win that way.

The Bears have not given up and, we hope, this was a learning experience that they can build on.

[oftdip]

Dips looked... OK... tonight... a little rusty though having no competition in 23 days...
I love the new addition in Alecxih... what a classic Glenn Robinson find... reminds me a thicker Clay Scovill from the Final Four team from Manheim Township (local HS in Lancaster)... 'dude can shoot the rock...'

From Weekly notes on F&M...

New Face: F&M added a player to its roster for the second half of the 2011-12 season. Austin Alecxih comes to Lancaster from Divison I Quinnipiac after spending his freshman year at UNC-Asheville. Alecxih is a Lancaster County native, playing at Penn Manor before finishing up his high school career at Oak Hill Academy. At Oak Hill, Alecxih averaged 11 points and five boards to help lead the team to a 40-1 record. He scored 22 points a game at Penn Manor his junior year with seven boards a contest. His brother, Chas, is a senior defensive tackle at the University of Pittsburgh.

[Reserved Seat]

Looking a little ragged after a long break, F&M defeated Misericordia 68-55.  After a defensive first half, the scoring broke loose in the second half.(25-14/43-41)  Jon Salandra had a career game feasting off the lobs from Milligan.  Salandra scored 18 points and played tenacious defense on Eidhhorst who managed only 11 points.  Greene lead Misericordia scorin with 15 points off most 3-pointers in the second half.  Milligan and Hayk seemed to be especially rusty but the opponent played tight, physical defense on both.  Austin Alecxih, a transfer from D!, played well and appears to have a nice outside shot.  F&M got good play from numerous big men-Hayk, Jon, Ed, and Kevin.  F&M continues to use a deep bench, very unusual for them.  Milligan ended up with 16 points and 9 assists, mostly lobs to the big men.
Hobart's up tomorrow.

[UCHooligan98]

Hey Mulefreak, an FYI, the "precious star player", as you call him, is from Laurys Station , Pa. 20 minutes north of Billy Joels favorite city to visit AND play. Never lived or schooled in Atown even though sometimes listed as such. Someone else should go to school before spouting off himself.

thanks coco, that guy is a typical know-it-all Muhlenberg fan who thinks he has a clue because he picked up a media guide.  Happy new year to you and my fellow Bears fans out there! 

[cocoh2oDad]

 Your welcome hooligan, Happy New Year to you and the rest of the guys and gals on here. Lets hope the Bears resume conf play where they left off before the break and not at how they played in Sin City over New Years. The time for one game on one game off will hurt them big time in the second half. Conference is too balanced for that.

[Reserved Seat]

1/3/12  Picks
Roanoke over Swarthmore
Frank. & Marsh. over Hobart
Dickinson over Carnegie Mellon
Johns Hopkins over CCNY
New York U. over Haverford

[Reserved Seat]

UC fans--good interview with Ward from Las Vegas.

[mulefreak02]

Hey Mulefreak, an FYI, the "precious star player", as you call him, is from Laurys Station , Pa. 20 minutes north of Billy Joels favorite city to visit AND play. Never lived or schooled in Atown even though sometimes listed as such. Someone else should go to school before spouting off himself.

thanks coco, that guy is a typical know-it-all Muhlenberg fan who thinks he has a clue because he picked up a media guide.  Happy new year to you and my fellow Bears fans out there!

hooley and cocoh2odad, shame on me for assuming the ursinus roster was correct in listing mr. ward from allentown. if the player's own school can't get it right, how do you expect the rest of us to?

happy new year to all! it's going to be a great one for my mules.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

UC fans--good interview with Ward from Las Vegas.

Thanks for calling it good... I personally would call it fair :-).

Here is a link, in case anyone is looking for it: http://www.d3hoops.com/classic/2011-12/ursinus-ward

[cocoh2oDad]

No shame necessary Mulefreak, just correcting you and your un necessary smug, name calling attitude. That was what I had a problem with. " Precious star player"??. Your standout player, Mr Liddic, as I've commented in the past, seems to be a smart, intense, devoted player and team mate who deserves all the accolades he gets. Don't understand what labeling these young men with such sarcasm and envy accomplishes. Enjoy the second half and what these guys work hard to present each time they step on the floor. 

[cocoh2oDad]

Thanks Dave D-Mac, your coverage and broadcast of the Vegas tourney and Ursinus was much appreciated by those of us who could'nt tag along to Sin City.