MBB: Centennial Conference

[Gabriel]

Regarding student support, the best promoters of student participation are the players themselves.  I know in the 2003-2006 era the Helferrich Hooligans were at their best because Brian McEvily, Brett Jenkins, Mike McGarvey and their teammates knew everyone on campus and promoted their team.  They were the leaders/promoters and we had a terrific young lady (can't remember her name) who was the ring leader.  This carried on through the 2008 season and could be done again.   It will take some leadership and effort by the students themselves.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Does anyone know when the NCAA's first regional rankings of the season will be released? I thought it was about this time last year when they first appeared. Thanks.

Eric

February 8th... there will be just three regional rankings before selections are made for the NCAA tournament.
F&M will certainly be ranked... but keep in mind that a lot of home games will work against them in the equation... I expect to see Cabrini #1 at this point... and F&M could end up #2...

[centfan]

tomorrow's games 1/28
Hopkins over Muhlenberg
Washington College over McDaniel
Gettysburg over Swathmore
F&M over Haverford
Dickinson over Ursinus

[centfan]

coco,
i wish you all the best...joy, humility, and kindness.
enjoy the rest of the season.
god bless and good luck to your team.

[Gusthegoose]

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

[cocoh2oDad]

Gabriel, while I will agree to a point that the players themselves can talk up the season, attendance and generate interest in the team I truly feel those in charge need to take the point and promote the team, create excitement, interest, etc.. The coaches, the AD, the SID so forth. Even if the SID or AD had an assistant who exclusively just promoted participation, attendance and interest. A great start and intern experiance for someone majoring in marketing etc..  It was my experiance, especially in college, to always see flyers around the school promoting the home games, special promos for the home games,(give a ways, local charity tag alongs, etc..) I do know winning breeds a bunch of this also but it still would be nice for the students themselves to have some interest and generate some school pride and support for their fellow students who are working harder than most to play a sport and focus on the more important academics. This, of course, can be said for all sports. I'm sure better attendance by students would be appreciated by all the athletes and their teams. But the reality is the big three usually are better attended, just would like to see more of it at Ursinus. 

[cocoh2oDad]

 Sorry for my lazy spelling mistakes on last post, in a hurry. Getting on the road to Dickinson. Should have spell check on here

[Swat Fan #1]

Man, three games in a row with a lead with under five minutes in the game only to lose. What I am happy about is Swarthmore is still fighting even with a terrible record. This has been a very long year but the team is showing a ton of character by staying in games.

[UCHooligan98]

Man, three games in a row with a lead with under five minutes in the game only to lose. What I am happy about is Swarthmore is still fighting even with a terrible record. This has been a very long year but the team is showing a ton of character by staying in games.

i cant imagine this year is any longer than any other year for swat fans.

i had some work to take care of today, but from the game recap looks like my Bears were shot out of the buidling early and never got started.  Tough break, in basketball you have those with young teams.  Hopefully the current Hooligans will be on display Wednesday!

[Reserved Seat]

Methodical game for F&M.  Early, Gyokchyan, and Salandra displayed an arsenal of post moves and defensively controlled the boards.  F&M out rebounded the Fords 51-23.  Milligan lead 4 players in double figures with Milligan contributing 23, mostly in the second half.  Gyokchyan had a double-double(15 points), Salandra had 13 and Porter scored an early 10 points.  F&M tried to get too fancy at times leading to 16 turnovers.

[Reserved Seat]

BEST GUESSES

Wednesday, February 1, 2012:
Franklin And Marshall(Ursinus is struggling)
Washington College(playing tough
Gettysburg(home team-Hopkins falling apart)
Dickinson
Muhlenberg

Saturday, February 4, 2012:
Ursinus
Haverford
Johns Hopkins
Washington College
Franklin And Marshall

Wednesday, February 8, 2012:
Johns Hopkins
Dickinson
Washington College
Franklin And Marshall
Haverford

Saturday, February 11, 2012:
Dickinson
Washington College
Ursinus
Muhlenberg
Franklin And Marshall

[Gabriel]

Picks

Weds, 2/1/2012
F&M over Ursinus  (It pains me but the Bears are struggling to say the least)
Washington over Haverford
Gettysburg over JHU
Dickinson over McDaniel (this will be a battle in Westminster)
Muhlenberg over Swat (can't see Swat winning in the mule barn)

Saturday, 2/4/2012
Ursinus over Gettysburg (Bears get it back together)
Haverford over McDaniel (home team)
JHU over Swat (could go the other way since game is at Swat)
Washington over Dickinson (could be the game of the day in the battle for second place)
F&M over Muhlenberg (could be a tough test for the Dips)

Wednesday, 2/8/2012
JHU over McDaniel (homecourt)
Dickinson over Muhlenberg
Washington over Swat (Swat went south after they lost their coach)
F&M over Gettysburg (Getty does not have the horses this yezr)
Ursinus over Haverford (home team)

[oftdip]

I am impressed with the level of prognostication of the group. The numbers do not lie... great job!!!
I believe the next two weeks will determine whether or not the Dips have the backbone they need to be truly entitled a 'tournament' team... Some very tough road venues - UC, Berg and JHU - will prove challenging... As well as they are playing defense at the moment, they still need to keep scoring from their fundamental roots... Staying within the Robinson scheme for the next two weeks might prove to be that springboard before playoffs...

[ddm1027]

What do people think the top basketball rivalries are in the league?  After seeing Amherst-Williams at Amherst, Swarthmore-Haverford (especially at Haverford) is every bit as intense and maybe even better.  Overall, it does not stack up with the Amherst-Williams rivalry across all sports but basketball seems to be the primary sport for the Swathmore-Haverford rivalry while football is the biggest sport for Amherst-Williams and the hockey rivalry is also strong during the winter season.

Have many of you seen Swarthmore play this year?  I was looking at their statistics and I can't say I've seen a team shoot so poorly from top to bottom.  I'm sure the defenses in the league are pretty good (as usual) but their shooting is just plain bad.  The leading scorer has averaged 17.4 points per game over the last three years shooting only 36.5% from the field and none of the top 5 scorers shoots 40%+.  It is very hard to win with just those shooting numbers alone.

[UCHooligan98]

What do people think the top basketball rivalries are in the league?  After seeing Amherst-Williams at Amherst, Swarthmore-Haverford (especially at Haverford) is every bit as intense and maybe even better.  Overall, it does not stack up with the Amherst-Williams rivalry across all sports but basketball seems to be the primary sport for the Swathmore-Haverford rivalry while football is the biggest sport for Amherst-Williams and the hockey rivalry is also strong during the winter season.

Have many of you seen Swarthmore play this year?  I was looking at their statistics and I can't say I've seen a team shoot so poorly from top to bottom.  I'm sure the defenses in the league are pretty good (as usual) but their shooting is just plain bad.  The leading scorer has averaged 17.4 points per game over the last three years shooting only 36.5% from the field and none of the top 5 scorers shoots 40%+.  It is very hard to win with just those shooting numbers alone.

after i graduated Ursinus and F&M became big rivals into much of the last decade.  Ursinus was clearly the best CC school of the decade, with F&M #2 so naturally they formed a rivalry.  As for swat/haverford, that must be due to proximity.  Swat has always had a terrible team, which borders on unwatchable.  In our heyday, Swat wouldnt even be close the Bears (shows you how things have fallen for Ursinus, but hopefully soon going to bounce back).