MBB: Great Northeast Athletic Conference

[pjunito]

Dave, I was up top today.. missed ya at the game. You hit it right on the head for the first half.

Whatever Oliver said in the locker room worked. Falcons use a 16-1 run to pull away in the second half. Final score 73-52. No Davis meant no offensive flow. He was cheering pretty hard and looked like he could dribble. But, was icing pretty much all game. Most impressive part of the 16-1 run was that Watson had to leave because he had blood on his leg, Vic and Larson were on bench with fouls. on the court was Jackson, Jennings, Walker, Wiggins, and Gibbs. They played great defense, rebounded well, and Wiggins and Jennings made some shots. If they had better offensive players it would have been a 24-1 run, they had 3 turnovers and some bad possession during that stretch.

Let's see if Davis comes back for Wednesday's game vs Elms.

[pjunito]

Albertus up to #20 in d3 poll.

[lildave678]

You didn't see me because I wasn't there haha, I watched the first half while at work. Wish I watched the 2nd half instead!

[Saint-Paul]

The J&WU website allows you to watch the video of their games after they are played.  Not all the schools do this.  So I watched their game against St Joe and was very impressed with the number of different ways that J&W can score.  Obviously transition is their best method, they can really finish at the rim. I was also surprised to see how well they shoot the 3 ball against the St Joe zone.  Usually teams who are strong at attacking the basket are not a great outside shooting team but J&W doesn't hesitate to step into 3 point shots if the defense is packed in below the arc. Third way they score is by dribble penetration against the St Joe man defense. They are quick off the dribble and can really turn the corner off of ball screens.  I thought that St Joe was a quality team who played a very unselfish game, moved the ball, and shot well from the perimeter and I was very impressed with the J&W victory.  Every time St Joe tried to attack the basket they were met by a swarm of J&W defenders who played a very tight shell defense.  J&W looked like a very well balanced team at both ends of the floor.

[pjunito]

Saint, that is great to know... If we have a snow day tomorrow, I will watch the game between JWU and St. Joe's. I think I speak for GNAC and Dave when I say JWU always have long athletic players. Their coach loves to run and they play an aggressive style of defense. Not a press per say, but very active hands and quick feet to double key guys. They've also always had one guy who is their go to scorer (seems like it might be Greenway this year).

I just did some research - Looks like they have two guys who didn't play much until Conference play started - not sure if they transferred in or were hurt. Garrick and Touze. Touze is second on the team in scoring and leads the team in rebounds. He is 6-6 and probably very athletic. Shoots 71% from the field and  hits enough free throws to rack up points. I would imagine he gets a lot of his points on putbacks and around the rim.

JWU plays 7 guys, this leads me to believe they play a lot of zone. Can't get key guys into foul trouble. They have this big man, 6-7 transfer from Franklin Pierce (D2 and former President), but his stats don't say much. He does start, but probably a scare tactic, try to make smaller teams stay away from paint.

Looks like Greenway, Touze, and Lewis are their big 3.

[FormerGNACplayer]

Hello guys, I haven't posted in a while but I do keep up with these post. This is by far the best Falcons offensive team I've seen. Albertus hasn't been strong defensively since the 1st championship year with Lora as a freshman and Reaves being a defensive Anchor, Alex Muniz and st.juste were fast, Askew erasing the boards both ways. No way  Falcons team could  defend the st.joes team that had Kelly and Obrien Petzy. Falcons would simply out score anybody. Gnac seems a bit down in talent. I like JWU scoring chances against Albertus but all bets are off if Albertus shooters get hot. Watson, wiggins, and Jennings are as good of shooters I've seen.  I'm a couple of years dated thinking of the gnac when they had Lassell standout Jose Giton (butchered the spelling) Jermey Shannon, Lamont Thomas, bean and the older bro from Rivier and a bunch of great role players. If Albertus can defend as they did against Central, they are an elite 8 final 4 team. If they continue to let teams score at will with layups, 2nd round exit is evident again.

[Charles]

Hello guys, I haven't posted in a while but I do keep up with these post. This is by far the best Falcons offensive team I've seen. Albertus hasn't been strong defensively since the 1st championship year with Lora as a freshman and Reaves being a defensive Anchor, Alex Muniz and st.juste were fast, Askew erasing the boards both ways. No way  Falcons team could  defend the st.joes team that had Kelly and Obrien Petzy. Falcons would simply out score anybody. Gnac seems a bit down in talent. I like JWU scoring chances against Albertus but all bets are off if Albertus shooters get hot. Watson, wiggins, and Jennings are as good of shooters I've seen.  I'm a couple of years dated thinking of the gnac when they had Lassell standout Jose Giton (butchered the spelling) Jermey Shannon, Lamont Thomas, bean and the older bro from Rivier and a bunch of great role players. If Albertus can defend as they did against Central, they are an elite 8 final 4 team. If they continue to let teams score at will with layups, 2nd round exit is evident again.

really? they have the 320th most difficult schedule in D3 and their defense is ranked 253 according to Massey. Let's see how they do against Purchase.

[GnacBballFan]

Funny bc I was looking at old gnac posts yday and Charles is the same guy who was bitter about coach Oliver lol then disappeared. Nice karma rating there Charles. Yea can't wait for purchase. You bring up their D yet fail to leave out that Albertus' offense is ranked 5th nationally. Keep trolling bud we love it

[Charles]

Funny bc I was looking at old gnac posts yday and Charles is the same guy who was bitter about coach Oliver lol then disappeared. Nice karma rating there Charles. Yea can't wait for purchase. You bring up their D yet fail to leave out that Albertus' offense is ranked 5th nationally. Keep trolling bud we love it

Coach Oliver has a nice program not sure what you're talking about. I know the program and have been to several games ove the years.
However, I'm not sure they are a final 4 team, I just think that their schedule is weak becasue of the league they play in.



http://talismanred.com/ratings/hoops/divisioniii.shtml

[middhoops]

Folks, Charles can always be counted on to say what he thinks.  He consistently gets lots of -k for it, but from my experience, his statistic are usually correct, even if tact isn't something he attempts. 
If you read between the lines, he really is a pure D3 basketball fan.

[GnacBballFan]

Midd, I appreciate the honesty ty. I'll take it into consideration, Charles my bad.


Albertus played without preseason all American honorable mention Darius Watson. Not sure why hope he's ok. No Darius no problem 113-97 falcons

[lildave678]

Yeah why didn't Darius play? Got me nervous haha hopefully PJ or Junkie can fill us in.

[Charles]

wow a little love from the GNAC board, thanks. 

[ECSUalum]

Is Darius Watson hurt?
Nice win by the Falcons tonight over Elms 113-97.  Hope Mr. Watson is OK!!

[lildave678]

Us too! By the way, Jennings launched 10 more 3s and only hit 3 of them whereas Wiggins was 5 for 9...