MBB: Centennial Conference

[Reserved Seat]

Wednesday, January 4, 2012:

Gettysburg
Johns Hopkins

Thursday, January 5, 2012:

Franklin And Marshall
Arcadia

[Swat Fan #1]

Thank you FM for beating Hobart! As I have said before, I am a northern supporter of the Centennial Conference and tell everyone around here how good the conference is. One of my former players played against Liddic and got his a** handed to him by Liddic. I told him how good he was but I don't think he wanted to listen. I don't think FM will have any problems with Oneonta. I would love to see FM play Skidmore as that would be a great game! And, a DI transfer? Oh great, like they needed any more help!  =)

[Gabriel]

Other picks for the rest of the week:

1/4/2012

Gettysburg over Messiah
JHU over Hood

1/5/2012
F&M over Oneonta
Arcadia over Swarthmore

1/7/2012
Dickinson over Haverford
McDaniel over Muhlenberg in an upset
F&M over Swarthmore in what could be a close one
Ursinus over JHU
Washington College over Gettysburg

1/8/2012
Virginia Wesleyan over Haverford

[centfan]

messiah
hood

f&m
arcadia

haverford
muhlenberg
f&m
hopkins
washington

virginia wesleyan

[UCHooligan98]

i'm a centennial fan and respect certain teams in the conference, but swatdad is way off base in his generalization.  F&M, my Bears, GB earlier in the century have all put teams on the floor that are respected, talented and can hang with upper-echelon D3 programs.  but c'mon some of these programs like Swat and dickinson (save finally last year) have gone through long horrid stretches.  And when was the last time Freak's team did anything?  This is why, in the long run, i see a good run coming for ursinus for years to come.  its not that hard to go from the middle to the top of this league

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

Here are the first half "Pick-Ems" standings through and including the games of December 30, 2011:


NAME            LAST NIGHT   TO-DATE   PERCENTAGE         
oldends                3 – 0   8 – 2   .800
Diplomaniac1   9 – 7   43 – 16   .729
Wild10                0 – 0   17 – 7   .708
D. B. Cooper   8 – 3   45 – 19   .703
Gusthegoose   2 – 1   23 – 12   .657
Reserved Seat   12 – 4   44 – 25   .638
Gabriel                7 – 9   37 – 22   .627
UCHooligan98   0 – 0   13 – 9   .591
centfan                4 – 3   15 – 16   .484

Standings through and including Friday, December 30, 2011

I believe that the above chart includes all of the games and all of the predictions from December 11 through December 30. However, please check your results to be sure that I have made any errors or missed any selections. Let me know if I did and I will be glad to correct and update. The standings are not yet final because I don't yet have UCHooligan's results. I will finalize the standings after I receive them and confirmation that I haven't made any errors.

Belated Happy New Year to all!

Eric

[Reserved Seat]

Thanks for the update.

[diplomaniac1]

Fellow Prognosticators -

Welcome Back! The following is a listing of the "Pick-Ems" games involving Centennial Conference teams over the next week or so:

Saturday, January 7, 2012:

Haveford @ Dickinson
Muhlenberg @ McDaniel
Franklin And Marshall @ Swarthmore
Johns Hopkins @ Ursinus
Gettysburg @ Washington

Sunday, January 8, 2012:

Haverford @ Virginia Weslyan

Monday, January 9, 2012:

Gettysburg @ Swarthmore

Tuesday, January 10, 2012:

Johns Hopkins @ Muhlenberg

Thursday, January 12, 2012:

Muhlenberg @ Franklin And Marshall
Washington @ Dickinson
Ursinus @ Gettysburg
Haverford @ McDaniel

Saturday, January 14, 2012:

Johns Hopkins @ Haverford
McDaniel @ Ursinus
Swarthmore @ Dickinson
Gettysburg @ Muhlenberg
Washington @ Franklin And Marshall

The above information was taken directly from the Centennial Conference website. Hopefully, there are no errors. However, let me know if you spot anything that is incorrect or missing and I will correct. These games will count toward the second half standings. Good luck with your predictions!

Enjoy the games. Regards to all.

Eric

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

Here are my selections for this weekend's "Pick-Ems" games:

January 7

Dickinson over Haverford (home court edge)
Muhlenberg over McDaniel
Franklin And Marshall over Swarthmore
Johns Hopkins over Ursinus
Washington over Gettysburg

January 8

Virginia Weslyan over Haveford

January 9

Gettysburg over Swarthmore

Enjoy the games and travel safely. Regards to all.

Eric

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

Greetings once again! This is to be my final planned post of today. We are now off and running again! The following chart shows the first "Pick-Ems" standings of 2012 and the second half. It includes all games involving Centennial Conference teams through last night (January 5).


NAME           LAST NIGHT   TO-DATE   PERCENTAGE         

centfan                7 – 0   7 – 0   1.000
Reserved Seat   9 – 3   9 – 3   .750
Diplomaniac1   8 – 4   8 – 4   .667
Gabriel                4 – 3   4 – 3   .571
D. B. Cooper   0 – 0   0 – 0   .000
Gusthegoose   0 – 0   0 – 0   .000
oldends                0 – 0   0 – 0   .000
UCHooligan98   0 – 0   0 – 0   .000
Wild10                0 – 0   0 – 0   .000

Standings through games of Thursday, January 5, 2012. (Includes games of January 2, January 3, January 4, and January 5).

Let me know if I have made any errors. Regards,

Eric

[Reserved Seat]

Guesses
Saturday, January 7, 2012:
Dickinson
Muhlenberg
Franklin And Marshall
Johns Hopkins
Washington

Sunday, January 8, 2012:
Virginia Weslyan

Monday, January 9, 2012:
Gettysburg

Tuesday, January 10, 2012:
Muhlenberg

Thursday, January 12, 2012:

Franklin And Marshall
Dickinson
Ursinus
Haverford

Saturday, January 14, 2012:
Haverford
Ursinus
Dickinson
Muhlenberg
Franklin And Marshall

[D.B. Cooper]

Picks Jan. 7

Dickinson
Muhlenberg
F&M
Ursinus
Washington

Jan. 8: Virginia Wesleyan

Jan. 9: G-burg

Jan. 10: Muhls

Jan. 12

F&M
Washington
G-burg
McDaniel

Jan. 14

Haverford
Ursinus
Dickinson
Muhls
F&M

[dipphan]

Ucholligan where are your picks?  swat dad i was upset that there was not any free food at the garnet fieldhouse .  last year there was a nice spread and hot dogs for sale. 

[Reserved Seat]

Disappointing game at Swarthmore.  Not much of a game.  F&M's defense held the Garnet under 35%.  Porter played terrific defense on Gates allowing him few open shots. Offensively, Porter contributed 18 points only sightly behind Hayk's 21. Twenty made foul shots helped keep the score close.  F&M dominated the boards with a 2 to 1 margin.  Early contributed great defense during his playing time and showed he can provide key back up for Jon and Hayk. Beckford got in early foul trouble and was unable to play his usual minutes.  Milligan control the pae of the game without having to score much.  Looking forward to Thursday's game the Mules.

[Swat Fan #1]

I think it is only when the kids are at school. Reserved Seat, it was a pleasure meeting you today. You have a very nice team that can go far this year. I really don't see a weakness in your team. I am a big fan of Matt Porter. Very athletic and an incredible defender. I can't believe he didn't get playing time last year. I watched him in warm ups and couldn't believe how athletic he is. However, my mother in law went up to him after the game and told him to let her poor grandson score. He was so incredibly nice to her. He couldn't stop smiling and gave her a hug after they were done talking. A real class act after a really good game. I also want to let you know I think very highly of your coach. My son spent 20-25 minutes with him after the game. He is a really good guy and a better coach. I wish we could have given you a better game but Swat just doesn't have the horses to match up. Good luck!