MBB: Centennial Conference

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

D1 has replay if the school's game is being televised or has the capabilities otherwise... it doesn't happen every where in Division I.

And I have seen refs look at monitors of a game that was being streamed on the internet, BUT the internet stream had NO capabilities for replay.

Depends on the schools, the broadcasts, and the set-up.

[r.w. mcnickels]

Well, after looking at it again, I realized that I was looking at the old 3-point line (red), which is much more visible on the stream than the current line (blue?).  I can't tell for sure that his toe is behind the line and would never have brought it up if I had realized how close it was.

I was sitting across from the bench with a good view of the shot. Both of Porter's feet were clearly behind the line. I was shocked to look up at the scoreboard and see 53-52 instead of a tie game.

More concerning to me was the inability of Hayk, Salandra or Georgio to get into any kind of rhythm. The Mules did a nice job making life in the paint difficult for F&M. I thought Alecxih's outside shooting would help in these situations, but he's not getting much time.

The F&M game is the biggest on every team's schedule, and next week I could see Hopkins and Dickinson doing exactly what Muhlenberg just did if the Dips aren't hitting their shots.

[fritzdis]

Well, after looking at it again, I realized that I was looking at the old 3-point line (red), which is much more visible on the stream than the current line (blue?).  I can't tell for sure that his toe is behind the line and would never have brought it up if I had realized how close it was.

I thought Alecxih's outside shooting would help in these situations, but he's not getting much time.

I thought the same thing as I was watching the game.  He didn't play at all, which was very curious to me.

[r.w. mcnickels]

Well, after looking at it again, I realized that I was looking at the old 3-point line (red), which is much more visible on the stream than the current line (blue?).  I can't tell for sure that his toe is behind the line and would never have brought it up if I had realized how close it was.

I thought Alecxih's outside shooting would help in these situations, but he's not getting much time.

I thought the same thing as I was watching the game.  He didn't play at all, which was very curious to me.

He played decent minutes at the Sponaugle tourney in early January, when he first joined the team. Maybe he's having trouble learning the system. Whatever the case, they need a 3-point threat desperately - Beckford has been disappointing, and Porter doesn't often pull the trigger when he's open. It's still surprising to me that this team has been as successful as it has the past four years with such a lack of perimeter shooting. They've been riding good defense, inside scoring, and Georgio, but I think they need more than that to go deep this year.

[diplomaniac1]

folks -

The following are the updated "Pick-Ems" standings for the end of January and early February, including this weekend's games:

NAME             RECENT GAMES   TO DATE           PERCENTAGE         

Gusthegoose   11 – 4                 27 – 10               .730
centfan                11 – 4                 40 – 15               .727
Diplomaniac1   12 – 3                 42 – 20               .677
Reserved Seat   10 – 5                 41 – 20               .672
D. B. Cooper   10 – 5                 29 – 20               .592
UCHooligan98   2 – 3                 37 – 28               .569
Gabriel                9 – 6                 31 – 24               .564
oldends                0 – 0                 0 – 0               .000
Wild10                0 – 0                 0 – 0               .000

Standings through Monday, February 6, 2012. (Includes games of Saturday, January 28; Wednesday, February 1; and Saturday, February 4).

Please double-check and let me know if I made any errors missed anything. If so, I will be happy to correct.

Regards to all,

Eric

[centfan]

2/8/12
Hopkins over Mcdaniel
Muhlenberg over Dickinson 
Washington College over Swarthmore
F&M over Gettysburg
Haverford over Ursinus

[Gabriel]

Picks
2/ 8/2012
JHU over McDaniel
Dickinson over Muhlenberg
Washington over Swat
F&M over Gettysburg
Ursinus over Haverford

2/11/2012
Dickinson over Haverford
Washington over Gettysburg
Ursinus over JHU
Muhlenberg over McDaniel
F&M over Swat

[Gabriel]

Lots of discussion this year about F&M and rightfully so--as the seem to be the only team in the CC capable of moving forward in the post season.  I am a Bears fan and have seen the Dips play but twice.  Nevertheless, these are my observations regarding F&M:

--Clearly the best team in the CC---well coached---a terrific defensive team.  I would use more full court pressure defenses--traps, double teams etc.  Very athletic, they can go at least 10 deep in their roster.  Dips have the best one thru twelve roster in the CC.  Make use of your strength--your defense.

--Salandra is their best big man---not Hayk.  Hayk scored a total of 10 points in two games against Ursinus. Hayk spends way too much time officiating the game and was easily controlled by our freshman.

--Convince GRob to let them play.  The are playing scared---to shoot from more than 10 feet from the basket.  They pass up wide open perimeter shots which they can make if they try.  They need to know they will not be benched if they miss.  Most of these kids are excellent athletes so let them play.

These are just a few observations.  Please shoot at them.

[cocoh2oDad]

Gabriel,
Heres my opinion. F&M might be a hair ahead of the conference as far as talent and depth of bench goes, they do go pretty deep. That being said, a few teams, I feel, are right behind as far as depth, talent and who can win the conference. As we know in team sports it's not always who has the most talent that takes home the spoils. This year, more so than the last couple, it seems like a number of teams could win this thing based on other factors. Who I see winning it is the team that puts all these factors together at the right time, that being in the next month or so of course. Not as wide a margin for F&M separating them from the rest as many boast about on this site. Washington, Muhlenberg, Dickinson and our Bears have come from behind late in games and won because of bench strength, TEAM PLAY, unselfishness (key), defense, court energy etc... all big factors needed to make a run at this. I see it like this Gabriel, one of these teams mentioned WILL put it together in time to win this thing not F&M this year. They are beatable more so this then the last couple of years. Both times The Bears played them youth, (turnovers and defensive lapses) was our Achilles heel. Especially the recent home game where they had 28 turnovers and still were in the game late. We have seen glimpses of them putting things together BUT consistency is the key these next 4/5 weeks. Thats a big BUT for the Bears, so we will see. Last but more importantly, congrats to Spencer Liddic and Jon Ward for their recently announced academic/athletic honors. Both were voted to the Co Sida/Capital One Academic All District 1st Team. Only two in the conference named as such. They both move on for voting to the All American National Team based on that 1st Team All Pennsylvania honor. Not enough focus is on these guys and their balancing act of athletics and academics. And we are'nt talking about sports management 101 either! Congrats to both! Good luck to all teams coming down the stretch, should be fun for us fans for sure.   

[sunny]

Both were voted to the Co Sida/Capital One Academic All District 1st Team. Only two in the conference named as such. 

Not true. The Maryland schools are now in a different district for AAA and two guys from Hopkins made it in that district.

[cocoh2oDad]

my mistake, did not know of the change, congrats to the Hopkins guys also

[Gabriel]

Cocoh2oDad

I agree with you.  No one is conceding to F&M.  They have been beaten on their home court before and they are not dominant this year.  Given their success thus far, they will likely get into the post season even if beaten in the CC tournament----the only way we get two teams in.

[D.B. Cooper]

2/8 picks

JHU
Dickinson
Washington
F&M
Ursinus

2/11

Dickinson
Washington
JHU
Muhlenberg
F&M

[centfan]

to me the only team that is likely to beat f&m in the playoffs is muhlenberg (who already has). and they are also the only team that is close to being even with f&m in talent but they are not as deep on the bench. dickinson seems like they would have an outside shot but they are not as athletic or talented. muhlenberg has good guards and a good big in liddic. curry is a very good defender and killing is dangerously quick and scores. liddic is the most reliable/consistent big in the conference in terms of both rebounding and scoring .he rarely has a weak or mediocre game. dickinson has a good point guard and a solid big in wixted but are not as talented, deep or as skilled as f&m. they do play very hard though. i don't see ursinus matching up well with f&m or muhlenberg, even though they actually beat muhlenberg (a surprise). killing had on off game and the ursinus guards shot much better than usual. the bears guards are not very athletic and the bigs don't match up great with salandra and hayk in the paint. kamara rebounds and ward scores but salandra and hayk can do both. krasna is a good point guard but the ursinus guards lack quickness, speed and size in comparison to f&m. milligan is the best guard in the conference when the money is on the line. he likes big games and performs well in crunch time. he is mentally tough. i think f&m or muhlenberg will win the conference when the playoffs come along unless some very strange fluke (which is possible) happens.

[Gabriel]

Cent fan

Good points,however, I dispute your big man comparison.  I their two head-to-head games, the Ward/Kamara combo has totalled 40 points and 27 rebounds versus the Hayk/Salandra totals of 40 points and 15 boards. Looks like slight advantage Ursinus.