MBB: Centennial Conference

[CCHOOPS12]

can't wait for jhu at mules on dec 7th...jhu looks like a deep and balanced team( I could easily see the CC playoffs being hosted in Baltimore) and Killing looks like a more "complete" player than in the past. Ursinus is in some serious trouble...

[CCHoopster]

I can't find a way that the CC playoffs miss Dickinson and Muhlenberg and end up in Bmore. Not impossible but I would be shocked. Deep and solid team Hopkins has. Still don't think they can beat Dickinson.

[diplomaniac1]

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving and that they survived "Black Friday" if they were out making the shopping rounds!

Here are my picks for this weekend:

Saturday, November 30

St. Mary's @ F&M:  St. Mary's (this hurts for those of us who bleed blue).
Swarthmore @ Bryn Athyn:  Swarthmore (just a guess as I know nothing about the Garnet's opponent).
JHU @ Pamona-Pitzer:  Pamona-Pitzer (wanted to take the Blue Jays but think that the cross-country trip east to west will be a factor).

Sunday, December 1

Eastern @ McDaniel:  Eastern

Let's see if I have any better luck with these predictions! Good luck to all. Enjoy the games. Regards,

Eric

[Reserved Seat]

Saturday, November 30

St. Mary's(can't believe I'm typing this), but still hoping for the upset.
Swarthmore
JHU

Sunday, December 1

Eastern

[Reserved Seat]

F&M handed the game to St. Mary's with 20 turnovers most of them on errant passes to no one.  F&M had the ball in their possession with 22 seconds left behind by 1 and didn't get a decent shot, and then turned the ball over twice in the last 12 seconds.

St. Mary's did not look like a top 25 team.  This team did not compare to previous years.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Sounds clearly like SMC had an off night... because they are a Top 25 team from what I saw last weekend... in fact I have them Top 10.

[Clutch]

St Mary's may have played down to a level of play of the other team or knew they could turn it up a notch when needed.

[Reserved Seat]

Which players for SMU make them a top 10 team?  No one stood out.  F&M defense was in their face all night, and no one stepped up.  SMU seemed to make no adjustments to their offense.

[diplomaniac1]

I will not get to see the Diplomats play again until Saturday when they are on the road at Haverford. Sounds like they had a much better defensive effort against St. Mary's.

The following are my predictions for the games on Tuesday evening, December 3:

Ursinus @ F&M:  F&M.

Washington @ Haverford:  Haverford at home.

Dickinson @ McDaniel:  Dickinson

Gettysburg @ Johns Hopkins:  JHU, even though they had a long flight back east this weekend.

Muhlenberg@ Swarthmore:  Might be a close game. However, I will take the Mules.

Good luck to all. Enjoy the games! Regards,

Eric

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Which players for SMU make them a top 10 team?  No one stood out.  F&M defense was in their face all night, and no one stepped up.  SMU seemed to make no adjustments to their offense.

Preseason All-American Nick LeGuerre, Kyle Wise, Donn Hill, Brendan McFall with an assist from Chris Hutchinson along with the fact they are coached by one of the more respected young coaches in Division III.

You saw one game... I have seen all but one of their games (two in person, one online) to start this season. They saw in-your-face defense from Cabrini as well as Middlebury... you also saw their worst shooting performance of the young season... and it was still .429 which is pretty good.

[Clutch]

Regarding the ST MARY's game against Cabrini....I was there and saw a game with constant defensive pressure.  Either team could have won that night.  St MARY's is definitely a top ten team and can beat anybody on any night even when they are not firing on all cylinders.  The game was a dueling match down in Maryland neither team Cabrini nor St Marys could get more than a 5-7 pt lead the whole game went back and forth.  ST Mary's was able to hang in and take Middlebury as well.  Was there for that game which was a dog fight.  Hard to conclude St Mary's would not be in the top 10 or 15....

[CCHOOPS12]

Who cares about SMC...This is CC board... F & M finally plays well AT HOME and useless conversation starts...

Ursinus @ F&M:  F&M by 30

Washington @ Haverford:  Haverford in 2 OT

Dickinson @ McDaniel:  Dickinson but closer than you might think

Gettysburg @ Johns Hopkins:  Gburg...Trap game for JHU especially after there long trip this past weekend

Muhlenberg@ Swarthmore:  Mules...time for Swat to come back to reality

[Clutch]

considering F&M could have beat St Mary's if they did not turn the ball over so much, and got a decent shot during the last 2o seconds at crunch time they will have to play a lot better at home the rest of the year.

[Clutch]

Was hoping f/m would have won that game.

[centfan]

picks:
f&m
washington
dickinson
hopkins
muhlenberg