MBB: University Athletic Association

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New edition of Emory student newspaper the Emory Wheel is out for January 17.

Emory Wheel Staff Writer Dan Ziment wrote this article on the Emory men's basketball team's performance in their first three UAA games.

The article includes comments from Emory player Alex Greven and can be found at:

http://www.emorywheel.com/detail.php?n=29161

Note:  Alex Greven is calling Emory coach Jason Zimmerman by the player-given nickname: "Coach Z"

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The "Eagle Watch" on the Emory Athletics Web site has just recorded some comments from Emory men's basketball coach Jason Zimmerman.   These comments review the three UAA games that Emory has played, and give a preview of the upcoming Case/Carnegie Mellon weekend for the Eagles.  The video is almost 3 min. long.

The "Eagle Watch" can be found on the Emory men's basketball site at:

http://www.emoryathletics.com/sports/mbkb/index

[deiscanton]

The Wash U Student Life student newspaper has just come out with their first edition of the second semester today, Jan. 19, 2011

In the Student Life paper today, Wash U Student Life sports reporter Alex Cornblath has an article on the recent struggles of the Wash U men's basketball team.    The article has brief comments from Wash U head coach Mark Edwards, as well as from Wash U players Caleb Knepper and Dylan Richter.

The article can be found at:

http://www.studlife.com/sports/mens-basketball/2011/01/19/bears-open-uaa-play-0-3-for-the-first-time-in-25-seasons/

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 Weather update for Boston

National Weather Service declares Winter Storm Warning from  2 AM Eastern to 3 PM Eastern Friday January 21 for the metro Boston area.

Weather forecast is calling for 7 to 10 inches of snow to fall on Boston Friday morning into early Friday afternoon.

This does not impact travel for Chicago-- except from going from the hotel to/and from campus for shootaround-- as they will arrive in Boston tonight before the snow hits.  The UAA doubleheader will play Friday night as scheduled.

However, this may impact my ability to travel to Brandeis to see Friday evening's doubleheader vs. Chicago.  I will make a decision tomorrow morning when I see how bad it is snowing-- in this age of internet technology, I may lean toward staying home and not travelling to Waltham.

[Mr. Ypsi]

  Weather update for Boston

National Weather Service declares Winter Storm Warning from  2 AM Eastern to 3 PM Eastern Friday January 21 for the metro Boston area

Weather forecast is calling for 7 to 10 inches of snow to fall on Boston Friday morning into early Friday afternoon.

This does not impact travel for Chicago-- except from going from the hotel to/and from campus for shootaround-- as they will arrive in Boston tonight before the snow hits.  The UAA doubleheader will play Friday night as scheduled.

However, this may impact my ability to travel to Brandeis to see Friday evening's doubleheader vs. Chicago.  I will make a decision tomorrow morning when I see how bad it is snowing-- in this age of internet technology, I may lean toward staying home and not travelling to Waltham.

Well, aren't you a wimpy fan!

In Chicago, 7-10 inches is considered 'snow flurries'.

[deiscanton]

  Weather update for Boston

National Weather Service declares Winter Storm Warning from  2 AM Eastern to 3 PM Eastern Friday January 21 for the metro Boston area

Weather forecast is calling for 7 to 10 inches of snow to fall on Boston Friday morning into early Friday afternoon.

This does not impact travel for Chicago-- except from going from the hotel to/and from campus for shootaround-- as they will arrive in Boston tonight before the snow hits.  The UAA doubleheader will play Friday night as scheduled.

However, this may impact my ability to travel to Brandeis to see Friday evening's doubleheader vs. Chicago.  I will make a decision tomorrow morning when I see how bad it is snowing-- in this age of internet technology, I may lean toward staying home and not travelling to Waltham.

Well, aren't you a wimpy fan!

In Chicago, 7-10 inches is considered 'snow flurries'.

I have been to Chicago with the Brandeis basketball teams during one of these storms a few years ago, and I have made the trip to Brandeis before during winter storms.    I have also been to Rochester in the snow belt as well, and I may indeed make the trip after all-- I just have not made a decision as to whether or not I will definitely do this trip.  However,  it may mean that I may have to travel in the height of the storm-- between 8 AM and noon-- just when it is snowing the heaviest-- to get me time needed to get from Canton, MA to Waltham, MA., as the MBTA commuter rail will be slow tomorrow.  When I was 25 to 30 years old, I wouldn't hesitate on this-- and I may just travel in the early morning too, as this is not a blizzard. 

I am also not driving-- so this is not a problem.   However, the commuter rail will be slowed by this storm.

The winter storm warning was just issued by the National Weather Service at 3:50 PM Eastern today- it initially was not supposed to be as bad as this in my immediate area.

Remember, my area has just been hit by two blizzards over the past month.-- not exactly of the magnitude of the Blizzard of '78, but they did have significant impact in the metro Boston area-- shutting down intercity bus and Amtrak in the height of both storms, for instance.  Fortunately, I did not lose power in either one of those storms, but communities south of mine did lose power in them.

[Gregory Sager]

  Weather update for Boston

National Weather Service declares Winter Storm Warning from  2 AM Eastern to 3 PM Eastern Friday January 21 for the metro Boston area

Weather forecast is calling for 7 to 10 inches of snow to fall on Boston Friday morning into early Friday afternoon.

This does not impact travel for Chicago-- except from going from the hotel to/and from campus for shootaround-- as they will arrive in Boston tonight before the snow hits.  The UAA doubleheader will play Friday night as scheduled.

However, this may impact my ability to travel to Brandeis to see Friday evening's doubleheader vs. Chicago.  I will make a decision tomorrow morning when I see how bad it is snowing-- in this age of internet technology, I may lean toward staying home and not travelling to Waltham.

Well, aren't you a wimpy fan!

In Chicago, 7-10 inches is considered 'snow flurries'.

Seven to ten inches of snow in Chicago over a twelve-hour period, like Boston's supposed to get tomorrow, would be a major disaster that people here would talk about for a very long time afterwards. That's about the same rate of accumulation per hour that resulted in the Great Blizzard of '79 that cost Michael Bilandic his job as the city's mayor and led to the rise of Jane Byrne.

Chicago is not in the Snow Belt; it's on the wrong side of Lake Michigan for that. It's western Michigan and northern Indiana that get all the heavy snowfall due to lake-effect snow.

Chicago isn't known for its heavy snowfall; it's known for its bitterly cold winter termperatures. Like this weekend's, f'rinstance.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Yeah, I know that - and have assured deis that I was just kidding him.  (To keep it a UAA joke, I probably should have said Rochester or CWRU, but it was UChi they were playing!)

I would have said Holland, but not sure whether Hope and Brandeis have ever played each other!

[Gregory Sager]

If you want to talk about snow in a UAA citadel, the conversation begins and ends with Rochester. Seven to ten inches over twelve hours is a light dusting in the Kodak City.

[Hugenerd]

They are only expecting about 5-8 inches of snow in Boston, so its really just 5 hours at about an inch of snow an hour.  Unfortunately, those hours are supposed to be 6 - 11 AM tomorrow, so the morning commute will be rough.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/snow-forecast-timing-northeast_2011-01-20

[Ethelred the Unready]

If you want to talk about snow in a UAA citadel, the conversation begins and ends with Rochester. Seven to ten inches over twelve hours is a light dusting in the Kodak City.

Not sure they would even report that amount of snow.....

[deiscanton]

Hello.

I just wanted to report that I left my home about 5:30 AM Eastern this morning.  The ride on the commuter rail wasn't bad.   I'm on the Brandeis campus now to ride out the storm-- I got to Brandeis around 8 AM Eastern.

[WUPHF]

Seven to ten inches of snow in Chicago over a twelve-hour period, like Boston's supposed to get tomorrow, would be a major disaster that people here would talk about for a very long time afterwards. That's about the same rate of accumulation per hour that resulted in the Great Blizzard of '79 that cost Michael Bilandic his job as the city's mayor and led to the rise of Jane Byrne.

I am not sure where you live, but my experience in Chicago was much different.  I lived in Chicago for four years and lived through a few 7-10 inch snows.  The response by the city was incredible, thanks to 1979.  In Rogers Park and Lincoln Park, at least, the streets are paved in salt and every street gets plowed.  I had to have a shovel in my SUV in order to get out of my parking spot on a few occasions.  I drove Lake Shore and Highway 90/94 and the worst commute I had in the snow was not much worse than my commute in the hours before Cubs games.

[Ethelred the Unready]

Seven to ten inches of snow in Chicago over a twelve-hour period, like Boston's supposed to get tomorrow, would be a major disaster that people here would talk about for a very long time afterwards. That's about the same rate of accumulation per hour that resulted in the Great Blizzard of '79 that cost Michael Bilandic his job as the city's mayor and led to the rise of Jane Byrne.

I am not sure where you live, but my experience in Chicago was much different.  I lived in Chicago for four years and lived through a few 7-10 inch snows.  The response by the city was incredible, thanks to 1979.  In Rogers Park and Lincoln Park, at least, the streets are paved in salt and every street gets plowed.  I had to have a shovel in my SUV in order to get out of my parking spot on a few occasions.  I drove Lake Shore and Highway 90/94 and the worst commute I had in the snow was not much worse than my commute in the hours before Cubs games.

I was stationed at Ft Ben Harrison (Uncle Ben's Rest Home) in Indianapolis the Winter of 77-78.  A blizzard blew through that wasn't supposed to be too bad in our area but was predicted to knock out Chicago.  So of course all of the heavy equipment at the base and I believe a lot of the stuff from Indy was sent to Chicago.  Of course it hit Indianapolis and closed the city for 3 days.  The dining halls on the base were closed and we were forbidden to go outside for 2 days.  Thank god for beer and snack machines in the barracks.  And the $20 travelers check I found that purchased a 36 cut sicilian pizza on the 3rd day.  Which I sold at a considerable profit. Ahhh....memories

[David Collinge]

Seven to ten inches of snow in Chicago over a twelve-hour period, like Boston's supposed to get tomorrow, would be a major disaster that people here would talk about for a very long time afterwards. That's about the same rate of accumulation per hour that resulted in the Great Blizzard of '79 that cost Michael Bilandic his job as the city's mayor and led to the rise of Jane Byrne.

I am not sure where you live, but my experience in Chicago was much different.  I lived in Chicago for four years and lived through a few 7-10 inch snows.  The response by the city was incredible, thanks to 1979.  In Rogers Park and Lincoln Park, at least, the streets are paved in salt and every street gets plowed.  I had to have a shovel in my SUV in order to get out of my parking spot on a few occasions.  I drove Lake Shore and Highway 90/94 and the worst commute I had in the snow was not much worse than my commute in the hours before Cubs games.

I was stationed at Ft Ben Harrison (Uncle Ben's Rest Home) in Indianapolis the Winter of 77-78.  A blizzard blew through that wasn't supposed to be too bad in our area but was predicted to knock out Chicago.  So of course all of the heavy equipment at the base and I believe a lot of the stuff from Indy was sent to Chicago.  Of course it hit Indianapolis and closed the city for 3 days.  The dining halls on the base were closed and we were forbidden to go outside for 2 days.  Thank god for beer and snack machines in the barracks.  And the $20 travelers check I found that purchased a 36 cut sicilian pizza on the 3rd day.  Which I sold at a considerable profit. Ahhh....memories

I was living in rural Ohio at that time, a senior in a high school district that had 35,000 bus-miles per day, mostly over narrow, hilly, curvy, unpaved roads.  That blizzard shut down the school, and each time we got near to the point where we were dug out enough to re-open, and other storm would drift in and keep us closed.  We ended up being closed for almost the entire month of January (something like the 5th through the 28th.)  Outside my back door, the snow reached the roof of the house.  It was unreal.