MBB: Centennial Conference

[Gabriel]

Picks for this week

12/1
McDaniel---always tough at home
Gettysburg---at home and one of the top two teams in the league
Ursinus---if they play better defense and rebound the ball they could win.  So far they have     not done well defending or rebounding.  Young Bears need to mature in a hurry.
Muhlenberg---Swat has improved this year but tough to win in the barn
Washington---home court advantage but game should be close

12/4
Gettysburg---on the road but too talented for the Fords
JHU---home court advantate against an improved Dickinson team
Ursinus---tough to win at Swat but will tough it out in a close gam
Muhlenberg---on the road at Washington--always tough at home
F&M---a guess--- since I know nothing about their opponent at Wash U

Most of the teams seem to be struggling right now but the conference will be much more competitive in February. 

[BRCE4]

McDaniel at home too much for devils
F&M tough road venue at Ursinus but hard to pick against them
Muhlenberg again at home against ever improving Swat
Gettysburg at home
Haverford just might be tough enough to win in Chestertown

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

Here are the Pick-Em games for tomorrow night:

Dickinson @ McDaniel
JHU @ Gettysburg
F&M @ Ursinus
Swarthmore @ Muhlenberg
Haverford@ Washington

Selections are due by game time. Enjoy. Regards to all.

Eric

[highhoops]

mcdaniel
gettysburg
f&m
muhlenberg
haverford

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

Here are my selections for this evening's Centennial Conference games:

McDaniel
Gettysburg
F&M
Muhlenberg
Haverford

Good Luck to all! I hope to make the trip to Collegeville this evening to see the Diplomats take on Ursinus.

Eric

[Reserved Seat]

Finally more activity on the board.

Picks
McDaniel--scrappy at home
Gettysburg-should have enough to win easily
F&M--need a win after Saturday's debacle
Muhlenberg--tough to win Allentown
Washington--home should be enough of an advantage

[Reserved Seat]

After a dreadful first half, F&M fought back in the second half to pull out a win against Ursinus.
Ursinus started strong as Ward and Janowski used their height and shooting to get the Bears off to a dominate start.  Ursinus built a 14-point lead as the first period was coming to a close, but a flurry of points cut the lead to 7 as the teams went to the locker room.
At the start of the second period, F&M quickly closed the gap and held on win by 9(78-68)
McNally was held scoreless in the first period, but came back for 16 in the second half. Baker and Gyokchyan struggled with foul trouble trying to keep Ward off the boards.  Milligan had difficulty penetrating in the first half.
A penetration drive on the last possession of the first half netted 2 points to cut the margin to 7.
Beckford played one of his best games since putting on an F&M uniform.  He finished with 18 points and 7 rebounds.
Foul shooting continues to cause the fans to look away.  F&M(13/24)  Ursinus(18/22)
Ursinus's shooting was the 3-point arc was lacking(5/18) despite some early hits.
Unfortunately, my streak of continuous games ends tomorrow as F&M travels to St. Louis for 2 games this weekend.  The streak was over 50 games.

[Gabriel]

Reserved Seat,

Good summary.  Thanks.  I could not make it to the game but will see the Bears next week.
The Bears are young and will make mistakes.  They are improving each week after a disastrous start at the Wesleyan Tip Off tournament. 

They dress only eleven players and six of them are freshmen and sophomores.  Losing 6'7" Mike Walther before the season started was a major loss.  The three freshmen are good and will only  get better.  Jess Krasna is really good.  He will have to adjust to the defensive pressure at the collegiate level.  He has good court sense and will adjust---and will be a force at point guard for the next four years.  Ryan Adams will be good as well---maybe not so much this year as a freshman---but likely a starter after that.  At 6'6" he gives the Bears some length at the 3 and can shoot the ball with confidence.  Right now they have three 5'11" guards as starters which could be a problem against taller teams.  Adams may have to play more.

Jon Ward is good now as a sophomore.  Kevin Janowski is gaining confidence and starting to play like he is 6"8".  He needs to bring it every game---consistently.  He can hit the three.  The Bears will be much better in February.  I just hope they are still in contention at that time.

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

Here are the pick-em standings through and including last night's games:


NAME   LAST NIGHT   TO-DATE   PERCENTAGE
         
BRCE4                   3 – 2    8 – 2    .800
Reserved Seat   4 – 1   14 – 4    .778
Diplomaniac1   3 – 2    11 – 7    .611
HighHoops   3 – 2    3 – 2    .600
Gabriel                   3 – 2    10 – 8    .556
         
I will post the games for this weekend sometime tomorrow morning. Good luck to all. Regards,

Eric

[ronk]

Reserved seat,
  F&M listed for video @  5 Fri/Sat.

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

Here are the Pick-Em games for today (12/3) and tomorrow (12/4). All selections are due by game time.

Friday 12/3

Claremont M-S vs. F&M @ Washington University (St. Louis)

Saturday 12/4

Gettysburg @ Haverford
Dickinson @ Johns Hopkins
Ursinus @ Swarthmore
Muhlenberg @ Washington
F&M vs. Tsinghua University (China) @ Washington University (St. Louis)

Enjoy. Regards.

Eric

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

Here are my picks for the games involving Centennial Conference teams today and tomorrow:

Today
F&M over Claremont M-S

Tomorrow
Gettysburg over Haverford
Johns Hopkins over Dickinson
Ursinus over Swarthmore
Washington College over Muhlenberg
F&M over Tsinghua U

To those traveling to the games - safe travels. Regards to all.

Eric

[BRCE4]

12/3  F&M
12/4
     In what I am sure will come back to haunt me I'm picking the 4 road teams to win:
Gettysburg
Ursinus
Dickinson
Muhlenberg and
F&M at a neutral site

[D.B. Cooper]

Wow is it painful to watch F&M shoot free throws. The Wash U announcer keep saying how impressed he was with the Dips & that they didn't have an apparent Achilles Heel. The charity stripe is their obvious hole (perhaps consistent 3-point shooting or bench point production are also possible issues). Baker has got to wake up or I may have call for Gyokchyan to take his time.
I predict the Dips will lose 2 or 3 needless games this year because of poor free throw performance. Be all this, congrrats to Dips on beating a quality team far from home, it's a shame they can't play Wash U & are instead stuck with an exhibition game that only leaves me hoping nobody gets hurt during the sideshow with the Chinese team.

[r.w. mcnickels]

D.B., couldn't have said it better. That was no work of art. FT shooting will hurt the Dips at some point, as it did a couple times last year. Still, a good win over a resilient CMS team after a nice road win at Ursinus on Wednesday night.

Beckford's 3-point shooting over the past two games has impressed me.

Looking forward to seeing what kind of style Tsinghua plays, and how the Dips match up with them.