MBB: Centennial Conference

[centfan]

hammer went off for 36 for hopkins,brett cohen of haverford off to a great start tonight against ithaca, as well as freshman guard matt sherman from the local philly area.
ursinus continues to struggle, fm seems to lack a true offensive threat in their guards.

[Reserved Seat]

Ugly game for F&M.
Highlights--Jon Salandra overall hustle
                 Terrel Phelps 3-point threat
                 Good hustle off the bench
Lowlights--ED EARLY'S INJURY
                Foul shooting-horrendous
                Lack of offense from key players
                Too many fouls

[Gabriel]

Ugly game for Ursinus too.  Fell behind by 17 in the first half and never could recover, losing by 16 to a veteran and very good Hartwick team.

Krasna and Marciano did not play due to injuries.  Played 11 players including 5 freshmen and 3 sophomores-----and it showed.  Very inconsistent----not having Krasna, their best player hurt.  This Bears team likes to run, but you can't do much of that unless you rebound better.  Clearly, the loss of Krasna and Kamara hurt them.  The good news is, Krasna will be back.

Today against Rosemont at noon----hope they play better.

[Clutch]

Rosemont not a pushover anymore.

[D.B. Cooper]

Diplo-nightmare. It is possible that F&M will not make the CC playoffs with what looks like a lengthy/permanent and critical loss of the talented Ed Early. Dips have nobody that could do what he could inside. How they stuck with and should have beaten Alvernia was stunning, with the loss to fouls of Salandra, Moune & Krong (while I believe Alvernia lost one player to 5 fouls, but they were much deeper with little drop-off). The foul shooting in this game was close to the worst I've ever seen by both teams. Dips made up for making a higher % by being abysmal in the clutch.

One good point was Phelps looked like a real reasonable PG, magnitudes better than anything he had shown in his first 2 years. Until this team figures out how to win (cut down on turnovers & make free throws, after all they are free) they will lose most of their games.
I don't see a game where I would make them the favorite until the seventh game against Ursinus & they could be 0-6 by then. If Early were healthy I think they could have been a respectable 4-2 to show how much I think his tragic loss effects the games . I think this team as it stands now is in for a rough season.

My CC order now would be 1. Dickinson (clearly the team to beat) 2. Muhlenberg 3. JHU 4. Haverford 5/6. F&M/Ursinus 7/8 G-burg/McD 9. WC 10. SWAT

[Gabriel]

DB,

Don't jump to any conclusions about the Dips this early.  GRob will get the them together. All teams have bumps to get over.

Also, don't jump to any conclusions about Ursinus.  They played both games without their best player, Jesse Krasna.  He will be back soon.  I think Kras has a nagging ankle injury.  I don't know what Marciano's injury is.  Also, a promising freshman, John Kanas, is just back from illness and did not play much.   Would they have beaten Hartwick with Kras, probably not.  Would they have beaten Rosemont with him----I think so.  They led the whole game until the two minute mark and could not close it out.  Because of their youth, Ursinus will have many ups and downs this year but will be formidable in February.

[CCHoopster]

Tough weekend for the CC. 7-13 overall. Some losses that stand out

FnM to Baruch
Ursinus to Rosemont
Getysburg to PSU Harrisburg

I am betting only 1 team from the CC gets to the NCAA's. Although early to jump to conclusions, just an opinion.

[CCHOOPS12]

Red Devils and Mules were very impressive this weekend. Too bad we can't see them match up until late Jan. I am not worried about FnM till they lose a CC game. They have deserved that. Don't read too much into JHU loss as Wesley is a VERY talented team. When will Krasna be back? Where is Merlo for MCD and Gordon for the Bullets?

[Clutch]

the CSAC conference has been getting a little stronger the past few years, don't know how Rosemont won nor how Baptist Bible won.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Rosemont now coached by one of the most underrated assistant coaches in this conference... so no surprise they are improving quickly.

[Clutch]

It also helps when you have city boys playing together, and local high school players together . Rosemont is on the up... perhaps the CSAC is feeling the pressure to win since some teams at the top have gotten deeper.

[Reserved Seat]

Well-rounded game by F&M--well-balanced offense, decent defense.
Scoring Moune 15, Porter 13, Krong 12, Phelps 14, and Salandra 12.
Moune had 14 rebounds and 5 blocks.
Keystone had no height, but very athletic. They relied too much on the three and spreading the defense and allowing one player to drive.  Well little team offense
Foul shooting still a problem 11/21 and need to take care of the ball better on offense--too many turnovers.
Looked like a much different team.

[Clutch]

Interesting, wondering how positive or negative the coaching change at Keystone influenced the game flow despite their lack of height.

[CCHOOPS12]

Mules are going to be tough to beat if their 2 freshman played like they did last night....Killing looks like he has picked up where he left off last year and has lived in the weight room this summer

[CCHOOPS12]

11/23 Picks
Haverford- 62 Dickinson- 72 (Fords might not be as bad as I thought but not enough in this one)
F&M- 49 MCD- 42 (It's gonna be a sloppy/ slow slug fest, MCD has no offensive weapons to pull this upset off)
Ursinus 55 JHU 63 (My eye is on gene williams in this game)
Mules 82 Washington 51 (Mules just look dangerous early in the year)

What do others predict? Who is keeping standings?