MBB: Centennial Conference

centfan · February 06, 2013, 07:11:01 PM

thanks for the apology, coco, and you enjoy the rest of the season as well.

njf1003 · February 06, 2013, 08:35:54 PM

Quote from: centfan on February 06, 2013, 07:08:02 PM
as usual it all gets decided in the last few games. the conference seems split in 2 at this point...a top and bottom. despite their season, i think F&M still has the strongest bodies and most athletes out there, and other teams play more together and in more control (dickinson, gettysburg, hopkins)

No usually F&M's about to clinch home court by now. The race to host does make it more exciting but also more stressful. If only the Gburg score could stay like it is.

Reserved Seat · February 07, 2013, 09:32:23 AM

F&M held on as the officiating went south.

ronk · February 07, 2013, 09:43:46 AM

Quote from: Reserved Seat on February 07, 2013, 09:32:23 AM
F&M held on as the officiating went south.

Not east or west?

onetinsoldier · February 07, 2013, 09:47:16 AM

Interesting regional rankings. Not too much to digest for Centennial fans as the Diplomats sneak in with a regional ranking. Maybe Centennial fans can answer this, but when was the last time anyone other than F&M got a regional ranking from the conference? Was it pre 2009? Either way, depending on the size of the bubble, one would have to believe that the Centennial is a 1-bid league no matter what happens with F&M in the CC tourney.

Pat Coleman · February 07, 2013, 10:25:22 AM

Quote from: onetinsoldier on February 07, 2013, 09:47:16 AM
Interesting regional rankings. Not too much to digest for Centennial fans as the Diplomats sneak in with a regional ranking. Maybe Centennial fans can answer this, but when was the last time anyone other than F&M got a regional ranking from the conference? Was it pre 2009? Either way, depending on the size of the bubble, one would have to believe that the Centennial is a 1-bid league no matter what happens with F&M in the CC tourney.

Almost. In 2009 McDaniel was ranked in the final published ranking:

http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2009/02/25/final-public-ncaa-regional-rankings/

Reserved Seat · February 07, 2013, 06:10:19 PM

Could have been east, west, or possibly even north, but definitely south.

go south (American informal) to lose value or quality

go west (old-fashioned) if something goes west, it is destroyed or lost

ronk · February 07, 2013, 06:57:55 PM

I meant east-favoring F&M or west-favoring Gburg; south implies bad for all concerned.

centfan · February 09, 2013, 07:21:45 PM

F&M falls to Swat in OT
Dickinson tied with F&M for 1st after beating Haverford
Ursinus still can possibly end in 5th and make playoffs

Reserved Seat · February 09, 2013, 07:23:54 PM

F&M pulls off the rare basketball trifecta--the first place team losing to the bottom three teams of the league.

njf1003 · February 09, 2013, 08:14:46 PM

Quote from: Reserved Seat on February 09, 2013, 07:23:54 PM
F&M pulls off the rare basketball trifecta--the first place team losing to the bottom three teams of the league.

I don't think that's something we should be bragging about...
It all comes down to F&M v. Dickinson Saturday for hosting and then probably a rematch the next weekend for an NCAA bid.

Reserved Seat · February 09, 2013, 09:13:15 PM

Just commenting on the inconsistency of the team. After watching F&M since 1966, I'm pretty sure that trifecta never happened before.
F&M will have to continue their home court streak.
Fortunately, the final two games are at home.

onetinsoldier · February 11, 2013, 09:37:31 AM

Quote from: Reserved Seat on February 09, 2013, 07:23:54 PM
F&M pulls off the rare basketball trifecta--the first place team losing to the bottom three teams of the league.

I really dont understand how you lose those games. From a competitive standpoint, those three teams just are not on the same level in an efficiency standpoint. One, maybe two, sure those games happen to average-to-good teams on every level. And especially when you look at the haverford box score, those games happen. But three times in one season? Even though the Diplomats are undefeated at home, i just cannot see them pulling off four straight wins against more legitimate competition

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · February 11, 2013, 10:40:19 AM

Being on the road has always been interesting for F&M, especially over the last four or five seasons. For whatever reason, they are prone to play bad games when away from Mayser. This year it appears that this flaw is far more exposed in a conference that isn't exactly the best top to bottom in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Everyone wonders why Glenn Robinson schedules so many games at home if he can... and this may be the biggest example of why... though, why his teams are so much more beatable on the road than at home is up for others to figure out.

onetinsoldier · February 11, 2013, 11:07:39 AM

Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 11, 2013, 10:40:19 AM
Being on the road has always been interesting for F&M, especially over the last four or five seasons. For whatever reason, they are prone to play bad games when away from Mayser. This year it appears that this flaw is far more exposed in a conference that isn't exactly the best top to bottom in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Everyone wonders why Glenn Robinson schedules so many games at home if he can... and this may be the biggest example of why... though, why his teams are so much more beatable on the road than at home is up for others to figure out.

I think the anomaly isnt as much F&M as a good home team vs bad road team (I mean they have won two big road games in the NCAA tourney in recent years), its their propensity to lose to, no offense, bad teams. They won this year at Muhlenberg, JHU and Gettysburg, which makes the three bad losses so hard to figure.

And as for scheduling, with the true 18 game double round robin, F&M just isnt going to schedule a lot of non conference road games. The Tip-off and the New years tournaments are decades old traditions which i cannot imagine ending anytime soon.