MBB: Centennial Conference

[Gabriel]

Tough loss for Ursinus at Haverford on Thursday,  The Fords played very well and deserved the win.  They just wanted it more than the Bears as indicated by Haverford winning the battle of the boards 38 to 28.   Ursinus is struggling right now.  They just don't know who they are. Hope they come around before they are shut out of the playoffs.

As an aside, the officiating at Haverford was----to be kind---inept.  Fouls---26 on Ursinus---16 on Haverford.  Freethrow attempts 34 by Haverford versus 17 by Ursinus.  This difference is too significant to ignore.  Why do visiting teams not get objective officiating any more? Perhaps this is something the NCAA should address.  It is not only DIII but seems to be worse at that level.  At Haverford it was not the home crowd as there were only about 170 people in the gym and half were Ursinus fans.

[godips04]

Todays Picks:

Ursinus

Dickinson

F&M

Johns Hopkins

Gettysburg

[r.w. mcnickels]

2/13 picks:

Washington
Ursinus
Dickinson
Johns Hopkins
Muhlenberg

[Reserved Seat]

F&M easily got revenge for their earlier loss(74-58) despite a threat with about 11 minutes to go when the Shoremen cut F&M's lead to 6, but a during a run of about 19-6 F&M hit 4 threes-3 by Milligan.  The scrappy play of Washington kept the Shoremen in the game. Their defense did a good job of denying McNally many open looks.  F&M's scoring attack was well-rounded as F&M had almost 5 men in double figures(Brooks 17-Milligan 14-McNally 12- Tollivar 11-Driver 9)
F&M took control of the boards with a 44-29 advantage.  Breslin lead Washington's scoring with 19 and Kines added 15.  Fouls were about equal after Washington was called for several late in the second half. (F&M 18--Washington 16)  Foul shooting F&M 16-19(too bad they can't do that consistently)  Washington 14-20   Three point shooting  F&M 4/8  Washington 2/13

[godips04]

Picks for 2/17

Johns Hopkins at #15 Franklin & Marshall
Ursinus at Washington
Dickinson at Gettysburg
Muhlenberg at Haverford
Swarthmore at McDaniel

[old ends]

Picks for Mon 2/15/10
John Hopkins

Weds 2/17

F & M
Gettysburg
Washington
Muhlenberg
Swarthmore

Enjoy

[division3]

monday pick
swarthmore

wednesday picks
F&M
Ursinus
Gettysburg
Haverford
Swarthmore

[BTEXPRESS]

Today's pick:

HOPKINS over Swarthmore

[godips04]

Forgot tonights game:

Hopkins

[Reserved Seat]

Final Regular Season Picks

Monday, February 15
Swarthmore

Wednesday, February 17
Franklin & Marshall
Ursinus
Gettysburg
Muhlenberg
Swarthmore

Saturday, February 20
Franklin & Marshall
Ursinus
Gettysburg
Washington
Swarthmore

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

My pick for tonight's make-up game is as follows:

Johns Hopkins over Swarthmore. (JHU needs win to keep its slim playoff hopes alive).

Regards to all.

Eric

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

Very belatedly, here are some updated standings. The chart below shows the results of games played on 02/01 and 02/03 and the to-date standings including those games.

SECOND HALF
   02/01 &02/03   TO DATE   PERCENTAGE
RESERVED SEAT   4 –2   34 – 13   .723
DIPLOMANIAC1   3 – 3   32 – 14   .696
GABRIEL   3 – 3   36 – 16   .692
DIVISION3   4 – 2   35 – 16   .686
R. W. MCNICKLES   3 – 3   33 – 18   .647
BRCE4   3 – 2   32 – 18   .640
BTEXPRESS   4 – 2   32 – 20   .615
D. B. COOPER   3 – 3   31 – 21   .596
GODIPS04   2 – 4   28 – 19   .596
OLD MAN TERROR   2 – 4   18 – 14   .563
OLD ENDS   3 – 3   3 – 3   .500
         
It looks like just about anyone can still end up on top of the standings at the end of the year. I will post other results and standings later on today. Since it has been some time since the games were actually played, please double-check your individual results to make sure that I haven't made any mistakes in recording, tabulating, or calculating.

Enjoy! Regards to all.

Eric

[Gabriel]

Picks

Monday, 2/15
JHU

Wednesday, 2/17
F&M
Ursinus
Gettysburg
Haverford
McDaniel

Saturday, 2/20
F&M
Ursinus
Gettysburg
JHU
Swarthmore

[D.B. Cooper]

Pick re-listed again for tonight: JHU

2/17 picks
F&M
Ursinus
G-burg
M-berg
McDaniel

2/20 picks
F&M
Ursinus
G-burg
Washington
Haverford

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

In my ongoing effort to get caught-up on the recent games played for the Pickems contest, I am posting another set of results and to-date standings. They are as follows:

SECOND HALF
   02/08   TO DATE   PERCENTAGE
RESERVED SEAT   3 –1   37 – 14   .730
DIPLOMANIAC1   4 – 0   36 – 14   .720
DIVISION3   4 – 0   39 – 16   .710
GABRIEL   3 – 1   39 – 11   .700
OLD ENDS   4 – 0   7 – 3   .700
R. W. MCNICKLES   3 – 1   36 – 19   .660
BRCE4   3 – 1   35 – 19   .650
BTEXPRESS   4 – 0   36 – 20   .650
D. B. COOPER   4 – 0   35 – 21   .630
GODIPS04   3 – 1   31 – 20   .610
OLD MAN TERROR   3 – 1   21 – 15   .590
         
The above results are for the games that were played on Monday, February 8. Those games were originally scheduled to be played on Saturday, February 6 and were postponed due to the first big snow storm of the month. Both the results of the four games played that day and the to date standings are shown above. Be sure to double-check your individual results to make sure that I haven't made any mistakes in recording, tabulating, or calculating and let me know if any changes are needed. It was a pretty good day for everyone!

Regards to all!

Eric