MBB: Centennial Conference

[UCHooligan98]

heres hoping the Bears get a big win!  Thanks to Pat and Dave for their responses.  this forum is usually overrun with F&M fans and its nice to see the perspective of fans that dont have have blue colored glasses!

[Pat Coleman]

I thought Kamara definitely showed signs of growth while we were in Vegas.

[dipphan]

heres hoping the Bears get a big win!  Thanks to Pat and Dave for their responses.  this forum is usually overrun with F&M fans and its nice to see the perspective of fans that dont have have blue colored glasses!

I agree.  We need more Ursinus Bear fans.  You truly add a great deal to this forum. 

This F&M team is so deep it is unbelievable.  The Bears may not win another game this year.  The CC and beyond should go through Lancaster. 

[UCHooligan98]

tough loss tonight.  i finally had a free moment to watch some of the second half and i like the tenacity the team showed on defense.  team simply lacks a second consistent scorer behind Ward.  Also, i thought the refs did a horrible job, especially on the basket that put the game away for GBurg. Never know what youre going to get from a D3 ref, and in this case the ft advantage decided an otherwise good contest. 

[Reserved Seat]

Looks like the Mules have taken a step back from last year.  Killing seems to hurt the team more than help them.  The ball is in his hands too much and the other players just wait for him to shoot.  F&M started with two quick steals in the front court before the Mules ran off a few points to take an early lead, but F&M's defense soon took over even without their top defensive player(Porter) on the bench with 2 quick fouls.  F&M had a balanced scoring attack with Milligan leading the way with 17 followed by Salandra with 15.  Morgan Lee came off the bench to score 14 points in 29 minutes of play after having only played 41 minutes up to this point in the season.  Early added 10 points off the bench.  F&M controlled the boards with a 43 to 29 point advantage.  Curry needs to have more opportunity to get into the flow of the game.  Last year he was very impressed, but he never saw the ball much until the second half when he was trying to throw up desperation shots to get back into the game.

[mulefreak02]

i am not concerned at all by this temporary setback for the mules. the talent is there and we have many games to play. decent game for f&m tonight but the mules will return the favor in allentown. malique learned a lot, and things will be much different next time. conference titles are won in late feb, not mid january! i will now let the board return to the usual f&m and ursinus chatter...

[bullets]

A nice win for the young Bullets last night. They played ok, not great but well enough to get the win. I agree with UCHooligan about the officiating to a degree. I thought Gburg took about 4 charges that all went Ursinus's way. We did get to the line more, but we also were attacking their big men more so than they were. Decent game between to young teams trying to learn and get better.
Mules freak, the board is open to anybody. You can talk Muhlenberg all you want. Who's fault is it that most of the posters are F&M and Bears fans.  Get some friends together and join in. Hopefully it is a good game in Allentown this Saturday!
Go Bullets

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

Here are the updated "Pick-Ems" standings through January 12:

NAME            LAST NIGHT    TO-DATE  PERCENTAGE         

centfan                6 – 1      18 -2         .900
Diplomaniac1   6 – 1      18 – 7         .720
Reserved Seat   4 – 2      17 – 7         .708
D. B. Cooper   3 – 3       8 – 4         .667
Gusthegoose   4 – 3       4 – 3         .571
Gabriel                3 – 4      11 – 9         .550
oldends                0 – 0       0 – 0         .000
UCHooligan98   0 – 0       0 – 0         .000
Wild10                0 – 0       0 – 0         .000

Standings through games of Thursday, January 12, 2012. (Includes games of January 12).

The above standings include the games of January 9, January 10, and January 12. Please review and let me know if any correstions are needed. Kudos to centfan for another great set of picks (6-1) and a gaudy .900 percentage.

Regards to all.

Eric

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

Here are my predictions for tomorrow's (Saturday, January 14) "Pick-Ems" games:

Johns Hopkins over Haverford (just think they are the better team even on the road)
McDaniel over Ursinus (a coin flip - think the Green Terror may be more athletic and deeper)
Dickinson over Swarthmore
Muhlenberg over Gettysburg (rebounds after tough loss to the Diplomats and the "Mule Barn" is tough on visitors)
Franklin And Marshall over Washington (hopefully there is no let-down after big win)

I will post the next group of games either later today or tomorrow. Good luck!

Enjoy the games. Regards to all,

Eric

[Swat Fan #1]

What is with Dickinson having live video for the girls game, but not for the guys game? That sucks! A little reverse Title IX? 

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

No comments on the big story, yet, huh.

Wash College beats F&M at Mayser...

[r.w. mcnickels]

Washington simply played smarter and better today. Reminds me of the shoremen's OT win 2 years ago in Mayser. Dips looked overconfident after the blowout of Muhlenberg.

How did I know dmac would be the first to post today?

[Reserved Seat]

Sorry, Dave, just got home from dinner.  It's only 7:10, give me time to get home.
Washington earned a hard-fought battle with F&M.  Starting with the tip-off, Washington out-hustled and contested every pass.  Washington played as a TEAM with everyone doing their share.  Breslin showed why he should always be in consideration for first team all conference.  Breslin doesn't take any plays off on offense or defense.  The Shoremen caused 19 turnovers to only 10 of their own.  F&M controlled the boards, but had trouble putting lay-ups in. Several times F&M had opportunities for put-backs, but nothing dropped.Washington ruled the threes with 9 for 13 while F&M was 2 for 5.  Washington hit 21 of 27 fouls missing few down the stretch while F&M hit only 18 of 28 and missing numerous shots at the end.  Both teams shot over 45% with the threes making a big difference.  F&M always has trouble with Washington anywhere and McDaniel away.
Milligan lead all scorers with 19 and the rest the team played reasonably offensively, but the defense was not up to past performances..

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

No prob, Reserved... just was interested in people's take on the game.

What you wrote makes a lot of sense... Wash is a very good defensive unit this season. Thanks for the info.

[centfan]

hi swat dad,
what it looks like to me in the conference is that most teams do not defend well and on offense they are reliant on one or two guys. that is a bad basketball recipe. we see hopkins, not particularly gifted, beating more talented teams because they defend and play as a team. dickinson did that last year in much the same way and was successful. if you look at dickinson last year and hopkins this year you see  less talented teams getting wins by playing simple and more team oriented basketball. muhlenberg, swat, ursinus all have one  (2 for muhlenberg) scorer and the other guys seem to stand around once they get the ball because they know it's going up. individual scoring is overrated in relation to team basketball. it is not that all teams having their high scorers that is the problem (it is inevitable), it is when it is lopsided and doesn't help  a team win that it becomes a problem. you can't do it by yourself.ball movement is limted as are well executed picks and overall motion. scorers must play "D". the conference is not loaded with talent but more importantly is not loaded with good fundamental basketball play.