MBB: Centennial Conference

[pizzashop]

The countdown continues for Robinson: http://www.godiplomats.com/sports/m-baskbl/2010-11/800/index3

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

Read them and weep! The following chart shows the cumulative standings for the "Pick-Ems" contest for the second half of the 2010-2011 season through and including all of the games played on Wednesday (1/26), Thursday (1/27), and Saturday (1/29) of last week:

NAME   LAST NIGHT   TO-DATE   PERCENTAGE
         
R. W. McNickles   0 – 0   1 – 0   1.000
Reserved Seat   7 – 2   19 – 5    .792
HighHoops   6 – 3    13 – 6    .684
Gabriel   4 – 5    23 – 13    .639
Diplomaniac1   4 – 5    19 – 12    .613
BRCE4   0 – 0    0 – 0    .000
         
Does anyone know when the McDaniel game that was to be played on Wednesday, January 26, has been rescheduled to? Reserved Seat went 7 - 2. His crystal ball must really be working overtime!

We do not seem to have very many prognosticators participating this year. We need a few more of the "old pros" to return for the rest of the second half of the season! I will post this weeks games sometime tomorrow.

Again, I think that I have double-checked eveyone's selections against the various game results several times. However, be sure to let me know if I have made any errors that need correcting. Enjoy!

Go Dips! Regards to all.

Eric

      
         

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

For our ongoing "Pick-Ems" contest, the following listings show this week's Centennial Conference Men's Basketball games:

Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Ursinus @ F&M
Gettysburg @ Johns Hopkins
McDaniel @ Dickinson
Muhlenberg @ Swarthmore
Washington @ Haverford

Saturday, February 5, 2011
Swarthmore @ Johns Hopkins
Haverford @ McDaniel
Ursinus @ Gettysburg
Washington @ Dickinson
Muhlenberg @ F&M

Assuming the games are not rescheduled due to inclement weather, all picks must be in by game time on their respective dates along with "a certification that your crystal ball has been inspected and is still working"! Come on, let's have a few more prognosticators participating making some predictions.

We are now finally getting down to crunch time as there are only about three weeks of regular season play left! Travel safely and enjoy the games. Good luck! Regards to all.

Eric

[Gabriel]

Picks for Wednesday 2/2/2011

F&M over Ursinus---breaks my heart but F&M is just better this year
Gettysburg over JHU---Hopkins is just not good enough
Dickinson over McDaniel---home team wins
Muhlenberg over Swat---Mules have more guns
Haverford over Washington College---another home team win

Picks for Saturday 2/5/2011
Swat over JHU---Swat wins one on the road
McDaniel over Haverford---Terror can beat anyone at home
Ursinus over Gettysburg---Bears due to win one on Getty's home court
Dickinson over Washington College---Dickinson plays well at home
F&M over Muhlenberg---F&M just does not lose at home this year

[dipfanatic]

Any word on when McNally will be back?

[2twotoed]

At this point in the season which teams have been the biggest surprises and the biggest disappointments? It seems like most of the schools have long term coaches that employ the same system year in and year out. Fun chess matches to watch.

[Reserved Seat]

Guesses

Wednesday, February 2, 2011
F&M--McNally returns
Gettysburg --Powers delivers again
Dickinson--at home
Muhlenberg--just better than Swarthmore
Haverford--at home

Saturday, February 5, 2011
Johns Hopkins--toss up
McDaniel--rough play at Westminister
Gettysburg--more 'Power"
Dickinson--at home
F&M--won't lose at home

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

Here are my selections for tonight's "Pick-Em" games:

F&M over Ursinus
Gettysburg over Johns Hopkins
Dickinson over McDaniel
Muhlenberg over Swarthmore
Haverford over Washington

Looks like we will all do very well or be terribly wrong since we agree on all of today's games!

Assuming the game is indeed played, I will be at Mayser Center tonight. Drive carefully. Good luck. Enjoy the games! Regards to all.

Eric

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

First Regional Rankings: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2011/02/02/ncaas-mens-regional-rankings/

[Swat Fan #1]

Almost a two hour power-outage at Swarthmore tonight about eight minutes into the women's game. Men's game probably won't start until around 10:00. Late night tonight!

[Reserved Seat]

Playing without McNally again, F&M sprinted out to an early lead, before Ward fought to bring Ursinus back into the game.  Another well-rounded game by F&M as all the starters contributed to the victory.  Ursinus deserves credit for not packing it in after the early domination by F&M.
It's shocking Ursinus has a losing record.

[Gabriel]

Playing without McNally again, F&M sprinted out to an early lead, before Ward fought to bring Ursinus back into the game.  Another well-rounded game by F&M as all the starters contributed to the victory.  Ursinus deserves credit for not packing it in after the early domination by F&M.
It's shocking Ursinus has a losing record.

Reserved Seat,

It is shocking that they have a losing record.  F&M played well and I don't want to take anything away from what they have accomplished.

You could see some of the reasons for the Bears coming up short at the end of the game.  That was a very winnable game for the Bears but they could not get it done at crunch time.  First, they missed some big free throws---Ward & Krasna.  Also,  Krasna is a really good freshman and will be a top player for the next three years.  But-----he is a freshman and his decision making at the end was not good.  He tried to do too much himself, dribbled too much and was not effective.  Credit Milligan's defense too.  Also, their forwards disappear for stretches at a time and they do not rebound tough all the time.  Case in point---F&M had 17 offensive rebounds.  That's a lot of second chances.  Also, the Bears need another wing who can score.  I think they have the players in Adams and Vasturia, but----they are freshmen too and have had turnover problems.  All I can say is wait until next year!

[LustyLarryintheToilet]

Any win over Ursinus is Just. too.  sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

I obviously dont follow other Mid Atlantic teams, but F&M being 9th in the regional rankings is a strong message to the team:  If you dont win your conference tournament you are more than likely out of the NCAAs.  Obviously a lot can happen, but lets look at most likely scenario for a non-F&M Conf tourney victory (4-1 down the stretch, a win over Muhl/dickinson? in rd 1 then a loss to Gburg/Muhl in final).  If committee takes regional rankings seriously i just cant see 5 wins against .500 or below teams helping F+M.

[r.w. mcnickels]

It's shocking Ursinus has a losing record.

I thought Ursinus would finish second or third in the CC this year. There is a lot of talent on that roster. Ward is almost automatic when he gets the ball in the paint against one defender (and sometimes against a double team), and Hilton is a deadly shooter.

I obviously dont follow other Mid Atlantic teams, but F&M being 9th in the regional rankings is a strong message to the team:  If you dont win your conference tournament you are more than likely out of the NCAAs.

F&M definitely needs to win the conference to make it this year. They don't have any horrible losses (the teams that beat F&M all have winning records), but the Dips don't have many impressive wins. Had a couple of opportunities against St. Mary's and Ithaca but lost. And when it looked like F&M would play Albright in the Rotary Tournament, Elmira upset the Lions for what remains their only win of the season.

[commish]

A few weeks ago during an online chat, some viewers asked us to let them know when we created an NFL "Red Zone" style channel for Centennial hoops. Well, it's not quite the Red Zone, but I think you'll enjoy it.

Introducing the "C Zone" Channel. We have created a web page that has all the video streams from our member schools. It provides you with a window into all the day's action on one screen. Hope you enjoy!

http://www.centennial.org/sports/mbkb/c-zone