MBB: Centennial Conference

[D.B. Cooper]

Dips lose at Gettysburg as RW & I were expecting. From the video cast it looked like Dips played sloppy & inadequate defense & gave up too many easy ones. What can I say about the horrific foul shooting as compared with the Bullets sterling performance at the charity stripe, this could be an Achilles heel for F&M. Hard to say why many of the CC games go the way they do.

Looks like F&M has to beat Dickinson to host CC tourney if McDaniel beats the Bullets in the season finale. The G-burg sweep of the Dips dooms any tiebreak scenario.

How about SWAT (break them up). They have the chance to keep arch rival Haverford out of the playoffs & it wouldn't shock me if they took it to the Fords on Saturday.

[D.B. Cooper]

On another note.

I think if the Dips could somehow get past Dickinson that they would likely have a very strong chance at an at-large NCAA bid no matter when they might lose in the CC tournament. It would be probable that they would maintain the number one Regional seeding based on what all the ranked Mid-Atlantic teams are doing. Only St. Mary's would be close if they first beat Wesley & then lost to them in the CAC championship game.

Dickinson is very dangerous too. It's unanticipated that a squad that is universally thought of as having a poor year was actually unbeaten in out of conference play. They beat Eastern by 29 & also took out Hendrix in a Florida holiday tournament. That is something typically brought up about teams at the bottom of leagues like the CCIW or WIAC.

[D.B. Cooper]

It looks like the Mules won last night without Liddic in the line up. None of the school or newspaper accounts I saw mention his absence. If the Mules are to make a possible impression in the post season against the better CC teams I believe they would need him. Let's hope it's a flu or a minor injury as we all would enjoy seeing his spectacular athletic plays, plus it would be nice to have all the teams at or near full strength for the playoffs.

[r.w. mcnickels]

2/21 picks:

Dickinson
McDaniel
Ursinus
Washington
Haverford

Another tough set of games to pick.  I think the planets will align for McDaniel to host the CC tournament.  Dickinson will beat F&M in the regular season finale, just like last year (the Dips can't win games on autopilot, as they attempted last night at Gettysburg).  The Green Terror will play stingy defense and win a low-scoring affair at Gettysburg to claim the regular season title and bring the tourney to Westminster.

[Reserved Seat]

F&M's game last night was the polar opposite of the game on Saturday.
Shooting    F&M            26-61
                 Gettysburg  24-43
3-pointers  F&M               0-9
                 Gettysburg     3-14
Foul line    F&M                8-14
                Gettysburg    21-23
Assists      F&M                 8
                Gettysburg     17     easy lay-ups

As you can see from the shooting, F&M couldn't buy a shot and Gettysburg had easy lay-ups.
F&M will have to step it up on Saturday, if they want home court advantage.

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Results from 2/18

This week was a little better with UniqueNewYork getting a 4 -1
Gabriel, Terror30, r.w.mcnickels, and Diplomaniac1 going 3 - 2
while the rest of us went 2 - 3. Unique was the only one who picked Swarthmore.

Overall

UniqueNewYork      57  -  23  (.713)
Old Ends               60  -  25  (.706)
Diplomaniac1         58  -  27  (.682)
ReservedSeat        57  -  28  (.671)
D.B.Cooper            53  -  32  (.624)
Brce4                   51  -  34  (.600)
Gabriel                  50  -  35  (.588)
r.w.mcnickels         49  -  36  (.576)
Terror30                13  -  12  (.520)

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Picks for 2/21/09  ( final regular season picks)

F & M            at    Dickinson
McDaniel        at   Gettysburg
Muhlenberg    at  Ursinus
John Hopkins  at  Washington
Swarthmore    at  Haverford

Will run picks for playoffs and NCAA playoff.

By tip off please

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Here is what they were saying about last night:

Gettysburg:  http://www.gettysburgsports.com/News/mbball/2009/2/18/090218_FM.asp?path=mbball

Muhlenberg: http://www.muhlenberg.edu/sports/winter09/218.html

McDaniel: http://www.mcdaniel.edu/athletics/menbasketball/eventrev.cfm?id=277530864201

Ursinus: http://www.ursinus.edu/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=353&srcid=1038

Swarthmore: http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/athletics/2009/02/18/raul-rallies-garnet-on-senior-day/
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enjoy

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Here is the link for the Playoffs.

http://www.centennial.org/championships/basketball/men/index.html

Ursinus may get a break and get into the playoff's. For that to happen

1. Washington and Haverford have to lose( it could happen)
2. Ursinus must win(that alone could be tough)

If Ursinis wins and Hopkins wins, there will be 4 teams at 8-10, of course that is if Haverford also does not win.. Therefore it will be up to the Conference powers of stats and knowledge to figure out the tie breaker.

Steve, I hope it does not come down to that.

[sunny]

Here is the link for the Playoffs.

http://www.centennial.org/championships/basketball/men/index.html

Ursinus may get a break and get into the playoff's. For that to happen

1. Washington and Haverford have to lose( it could happen)
2. Ursinus must win(that alone could be tough)

If Ursinis wins and Hopkins wins, there will be 4 teams at 8-10, of course that is if Haverford also does not win.. Therefore it will be up to the Conference powers of stats and knowledge to figure out the tie breaker.

Steve, I hope it does not come down to that.

In this case, the tie-breaker is not ver complicated.  If those four teams end up tied at 8-10, the tie-breaker is win-loss among tied teams.  Ursinus would be 4-2, Haverford 3-3, Hopkins 3-3, and Washington 2-4.  As such, Ursinus would win the tie-breaker.

This is the same thing that puts Haverford in if Haverford, Washington, and Ursinus all lose.  That creates a three-way tie with Haverford, Washington, and Johns Hopkins.  In games among those teams, Haverford would be 3-1, Hopkins 2-2, and Washington 1-3.

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Thanks Sunny... you have not posted here since last year before the playoffs.

and therefore we will know the balance of the seeding by Sat Night.

[D.B. Cooper]

2/21 picks

Dickinson (this would likely result in Dips/Mules round 3 in Westminster)
McDaniel
Ursinus
Washington
SWAT

The way things are going almost nothing would surprise me in the CC.

[BRCE4]

2/21 picks
F&M(It seems the F&M fans are picking Dickinson, do they know something or are they just nervous)
Gettysburg(if the early season team shows up)
Mules(just too big for Ursinus' small front line)
Wash(a different team in Chestertown)
Haverford(win rivalry game to clinch 5th spot)

[terror 30]

Picks for 2/21

Dickinson
McDaniel
Ursinus
Washington
Haverford

Green Terror Regular Season Champs!

[commish]

You can get all the details on the playoff chase on our Centennial Conference blog.  F&M, McDaniel are in ... but who is the top seed?  Will Muhlenberg or Gettysburg get the first-round bye?  Who will get the final spot - Haverford, Ursinus or Washington?  And to get you ready for the final day of the regular season ... how can you resist Gene Hackman and Hoosiers?