MBB: Centennial Conference

[Reserved Seat]

Ward/Kamara  118 minutes played
Hayk/Salandra  91 minutes played

[Gusthegoose]

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

[Gabriel]

Ward/Kamara  118 minutes played
Hayk/Salandra  91 minutes played

So?

[CCHoopster]

to me the only team that is likely to beat f&m in the playoffs is muhlenberg (who already has). and they are also the only team that is close to being even with f&m in talent but they are not as deep on the bench. dickinson seems like they would have an outside shot but they are not as athletic or talented. muhlenberg has good guards and a good big in liddic. curry is a very good defender and killing is dangerously quick and scores. liddic is the most reliable/consistent big in the conference in terms of both rebounding and scoring .he rarely has a weak or mediocre game. dickinson has a good point guard and a solid big in wixted but are not as talented, deep or as skilled as f&m. they do play very hard though. i don't see ursinus matching up well with f&m or muhlenberg, even though they actually beat muhlenberg (a surprise). killing had on off game and the ursinus guards shot much better than usual. the bears guards are not very athletic and the bigs don't match up great with salandra and hayk in the paint. kamara rebounds and ward scores but salandra and hayk can do both. krasna is a good point guard but the ursinus guards lack quickness, speed and size in comparison to f&m. milligan is the best guard in the conference when the money is on the line. he likes big games and performs well in crunch time. he is mentally tough. i think f&m or muhlenberg will win the conference when the playoffs come along unless some very strange fluke (which is possible) happens.

Anyone can beat F&M, not just the Mules. I kind of remember Washington beating them and Dickinson loosing a very close one, 2 pts I think, to F&M. If you think Wixted from Dickinson can not compete with Liddic or the F&M bigs, you are nutz. I am not saying Dickinson is my team or better than F&M, but to say only Mules can compete is idiotic.

[Reserved Seat]

Good points,however, I dispute your big man comparison.  I their two head-to-head games, the Ward/Kamara combo has totalled 40 points and 27 rebounds versus the Hayk/Salandra totals of 40 points and 15 boards. Looks like slight advantage Ursinus.

30% more playing time-yet rebounds and points are similar.  To have a slight advantage shouldn't their stats be 30% higher?
Statistics don't always tell the whole story.

[CCHoopster]

Were there enough fans to fully blanket even 3/4 of the court?  I would be impressed it there was a real court storming!  I see no problem with it when you beat a team at home that is a large favorite.  F&M fans should be pleased that their team is good enough to warrant a court storming.  Do you think anyone rushes the court when they beat McDaniel or Dickinson?

Marcus Denmon's quotation last night after Mizzou beat Kansas and he stopped students from running on the court was very telling: "We know Kansas is a great team but we're at home and we expect to win."

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/Marcus-Denmon-topples-Kansas-then-stops-a-court?urn=ncaab-wp8196&active_dimension=carousel_ept_sports_blog&ysp_frm_woah=1

The MC-F&M game was not a case, like the KU match-up, where the game was thought of as something close to a true toss up going into it, so I think they should be able to celebrate a bit.

That is an irrelevant link, comment ect in regards to rushing the court. Why in the heck would a team ranked top 5 rush the court after beating another top ranked team. It was logic and common sense to not rush the court- Would make Mizzou look like they didnt deserve or expect to beat KU. No ranked team should rush the court after beating another ranked team when your seperated by a ranking place or two. Especially in January.

[CCHoopster]

Were there enough fans to fully blanket even 3/4 of the court?  I would be impressed it there was a real court storming!  I see no problem with it when you beat a team at home that is a large favorite.  F&M fans should be pleased that their team is good enough to warrant a court storming.  Do you think anyone rushes the court when they beat McDaniel or Dickinson?

Marcus Denmon's quotation last night after Mizzou beat Kansas and he stopped students from running on the court was very telling: "We know Kansas is a great team but we're at home and we expect to win."

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/Marcus-Denmon-topples-Kansas-then-stops-a-court?urn=ncaab-wp8196&active_dimension=carousel_ept_sports_blog&ysp_frm_woah=1

The MC-F&M game was not a case, like the KU match-up, where the game was thought of as something close to a true toss up going into it, so I think they should be able to celebrate a bit.

That is an irrelevant link, comment ect in regards to rushing the court. Why in the heck would a team ranked top 5 rush the court after beating another top ranked team. It was logic and common sense to not rush the court- Would make Mizzou look like they didnt deserve or expect to beat KU. No ranked team should rush the court after beating another ranked team when your seperated by a ranking place or two. Especially in January.

Stats are for fans. Last month Kobe bryant had something like 4 straight games of 40 plus and they lost all four.

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

Here are my predictions for tonight's (2/8) "Pick-Ems" games:

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

Enjoy the games. Drive carefully. Regards to all.

Eric

[centfan]

CC hoopster...please re-read my post before you call me nutz or idiotic....
i believe i said that muhlenberg is the only team "likely" to beat F&M and also that wixted is "a solid big". can other teams beat F&M...any team can but most are not likely to do it. like washington doing it...unlikely, i would say, but yes, they did it, and congrats to them.

[Swat Fan #1]

Swarthmore beats Washington tonight 84-78! Looked like a whole different team tonight! Great win!

[Reserved Seat]

Great win for Swarthmore.
F&M had a second ragged game.  Milligan struggled for most of the game until down the stretch when he came up with a key steal at 52-50 and scored an easy lay-up.  He preceded to hit his foul shots in the last minute.  Hayk had problems scoring as Gettysburg packed the paint and kept several bodies on him, so he was unable to maneuver.  Early and Salandra both came up with 12 points following only Milligan who had 13.  F&M played good defense as did Gettysburg.
The Bullets controlled the boards 36/30.  F&M held on to win 60-53 maintaining their defensive average.

[Reserved Seat]

Some strange results today. Routs/Upsets

[r.w. mcnickels]

Some strange results today. Routs/Upsets

I thought the Haverford-Ursinus score was a typo when I first saw it. Haverford winning doesn't surprise me, but by 41?

[CCHoopster]

CC hoopster...please re-read my post before you call me nutz or idiotic....
i believe i said that muhlenberg is the only team "likely" to beat F&M and also that wixted is "a solid big". can other teams beat F&M...any team can but most are not likely to do it. like washington doing it...unlikely, i would say, but yes, they did it, and congrats to them.

Cent fan, with all respect, my words were meant towards the post no to be personal to you. I can see how you felt that way and I apologize if you took it as such, since it was not my intention. My apologies to CENTFAN I was saying it is nuts or idiotic to think noone else could beat F&M.

[oftdip]

Swat - UC score makes Senior Day at Mayser at lot more interesting than previously planned... F&M was again flat last night and both Georgio and Hayk just did not have it... Hayk was in trouble from the get-go and has been getting out-muscled recently... Georgio, IMHO, is trying to do too much by himself and unless Porter and Beckford can keep pace, that threesome is somewaht dysfunctional... Everyone is packing the paint now and Salanadra and Early are the Dips' only answers... last nigth was a fortuante evening where a couple of buckets either way could have produced a different result...

I just gotta say it... UCHooligan... haven't heard from you today? 41 points to Haverford? Goldberg had a career night...