MBB: University Athletic Association

[Pat Coleman]

Sounds good, but you have to remember that Nesci has made the NCAAs 7 times, even if they were not that recent. He has been coaching NYU for 23 years, has nearly 400 wins, so he deserves some respect. 

Once upon a time, eight teams from a region got tournament bids, regardless of the size of the region. I suspect some of those teams didn't have records any better than teams NYU has had in recent years.

Just saying that devoid of context, "NCAA Tournament bids" could be a misleading stat.

[WUPHF]

So did Vytas get hurt?  How did that score happen?

I looked here before looking at the score.  I figured this meant the Bears by 10 or something, not 70-36.  That is wild.

I did not watch the game, but I am not surprised that the Washington University fans were more vocal for a Sunday morning match, thanks to the alumni association.

[NYCHOOPER]

Sounds good, but you have to remember that Nesci has made the NCAAs 7 times, even if they were not that recent. He has been coaching NYU for 23 years, has nearly 400 wins, so he deserves some respect. 

Once upon a time, eight teams from a region got tournament bids, regardless of the size of the region. I suspect some of those teams didn't have records any better than teams NYU has had in recent years.

Just saying that devoid of context, "NCAA Tournament bids" could be a misleading stat.

and not to mention that Nesci schedules a cupcake non conference schedule every year. 11-0 against the University of I Just Learned How To Play Basketball isn't impressing me.

[Hugenerd]

Sounds good, but you have to remember that Nesci has made the NCAAs 7 times, even if they were not that recent. He has been coaching NYU for 23 years, has nearly 400 wins, so he deserves some respect. 

Once upon a time, eight teams from a region got tournament bids, regardless of the size of the region. I suspect some of those teams didn't have records any better than teams NYU has had in recent years.

Just saying that devoid of context, "NCAA Tournament bids" could be a misleading stat.

and not to mention that Nesci schedules a cupcake non conference schedule every year. 11-0 against the University of I Just Learned How To Play Basketball isn't impressing me.

I agree wih this critique, they do play a poor non-conference slate every year, which I dont think prepares them  for  conference play. There is never any correlation between their non-conference success and their conference play because they are always 11-0 or 10-1 and then are at best average in conference.

[deiscanton]

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The other disappointment was that the Wash U fans at Brandeis were clearly more vocal from the get-go than the 'Deis fans, at least it seemed so on the video transmission. Still on break?

I can't outshout the Wash U Alumni Association Boston Chapter all by myself,  HowardJp.   The students are back in session-- they attended Friday night's game vs Chicago, and the Brandeis Justice did print an edition last Tuesday.

Unfortunately, it is very hard to get students to wake up early on a Sunday morning and show up for an 11:30 AM Eastern tip.   They have either partied too hard on Saturday and are sleeping in, or they are too busy studying for Monday's classes.  I always tend to notice that the Sunday crowds tend to be smaller and older than the Friday crowds.

When I said that I did not want another Brandeis game to go down to the final minute, this game was not what I had in mind-- but at least the game today did not go down to the final minute.....

All in all, though, I had a good time at the Wash U Boston Chapter Party today  (I estimated that 70% of the crowd in Waltham today was Wash U supporters)...  despite the Brandeis blowout losses.... 

[Hugenerd]

They have either partied too hard on Saturday and are sleeping in, or they are too busy studying for Monday's classes. 

I'm going with option A here, I dont know anyone that studies at 11 AM on a Sunday.

[Gregory Sager]

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'm not talking about 7-10 inches over the course of a day, I'm talking about 7-10 inches over a matter of a few hours. You're right that the city does an exceptional job of salting and plowing, but it's simply impossible to deal with that much snow in that short a time frame.

[thebear]

Actually in this part of the country, Our colleges stay open with that kind of snowfall, unless the local authorities close the roads.

We had -27 (actual temp ) this morning on the first day of classes.  No cancellations or delays.

[deiscanton]

The Brandeis Justice is out with their Jan. 25, 2011 edition.

Justice sports reporter Sam Liang wrote this week's article on the Brandeis men's basketball team.

  Comments from Brandeis men's basketball coach Brian Meehan and from Brandeis freshman player Ruben Kanya on the week are included.

I found the comments on the performance against Wash U to be a very interesting and frank, if not very pleasant, read on the situation.   I was also pleased with the positive comments on the Brandeis victory over Chicago-- however, I would have put these comments first before the comments on the game against Wash U.   In his comments on the victory over Chicago,  Coach Meehan praised the total team effort of the Judges in the game,  noted contributions of key players for Brandeis on the victory, and called the victory against Chicago "an important win"  "against a good team."   

[deiscanton]

Yesterday, the Emory Wheel came out with their Jan. 24, 2011 edition.

Emory Wheel reporter Gina Chirillo wrote an article on Emory's games against Case and Carnegie Mellon.

Comments from Emory head coach Jason Zimmerman, and Emory players Jake Davis and Michael Friedberg are included:

http://www.emorywheel.com/detail.php?n=29208

(I just wanted to note that the reporter mixed up this weekend's opponents-- she meant to say that Emory will be playing at Brandeis and New York University this upcoming weekend-- she confused NYU with Rochester.)

[deiscanton]

The "Eagle Watch" on the Emory Athletics Web Site has some new recorded comments from Emory head coach Jason Zimmerman.

These comments were recorded on Monday, Jan. 24, and posted on the "Eagle Watch" yesterday.

In this edition, Emory coach Jason Zimmerman reviews Emory's 2 victories against Case and Carnegie Mellon from the past weekend, talks about Emory sophomore Michael Friedberg's 10 block game against Carnegie Mellon, and previews the upcoming road weekend at Brandeis and NYU.

The video is about 2 min. 33 sec. long, and can be found on the Emory Men's Basketball Page at:

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

[deiscanton]

The Wash U Student Life student newspaper has just come out with the Jan. 26, 2011 edition.

Wash U Student Life sports reporter Kurt Rohrbeck wrote an article on the Wash U men's basketball team's performance at Brandeis and NYU in this edition.

The article includes comments from Wash U head coach Mark Edwards, and players Caleb Knepper and Alex Toth.   It can be found at:

http://www.studlife.com/sports/mens-basketball/2011/1/26/bears-record-first-conference-wins-of-season

(My personal rant:  As a Brandeis fan, I do not ever want to read about any more games this season where it looks like the Brandeis players "quit" or "did not compete".    )

[deiscanton]

From the January 24, 2011 edition of the Chicago Maroon--

Maroon sports reporter Alexander Sotiropoulos wrote this article on the Chicago men's basketball team's weekend at Brandeis and NYU.   It contains comments from Chicago players Tommy Sotos, Steve Stefanou, and Derrick Davis, as well as comments from Chicago head coach Mike McGrath:

  http://www.chicagomaroon.com/2011/1/24/brandeis-nyu-hand-chicago-two-more-road-losses

[howardjp]

Alan - it was an honor to meet you at the Emerson game and you do your best.  Hope the students follow suit.  If they don't come out for a Top 25 team (pre-WashU), they don't deserve a Top 25 team.

Go 'Deis!

Best,

H

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The other disappointment was that the Wash U fans at Brandeis were clearly more vocal from the get-go than the 'Deis fans, at least it seemed so on the video transmission. Still on break?

I can't outshout the Wash U Alumni Association Boston Chapter all by myself,  HowardJp.   The students are back in session-- they attended Friday night's game vs Chicago, and the Brandeis Justice did print an edition last Tuesday.

Unfortunately, it is very hard to get students to wake up early on a Sunday morning and show up for an 11:30 AM Eastern tip.   They have either partied too hard on Saturday and are sleeping in, or they are too busy studying for Monday's classes.  I always tend to notice that the Sunday crowds tend to be smaller and older than the Friday crowds.

When I said that I did not want another Brandeis game to go down to the final minute, this game was not what I had in mind-- but at least the game today did not go down to the final minute.....

All in all, though, I had a good time at the Wash U Boston Chapter Party today  (I estimated that 70% of the crowd in Waltham today was Wash U supporters)...  despite the Brandeis blowout losses.... 

[Hugenerd]

Brandeis blows a 20 point lead with 12.5 remaining in the game, game now going to OT.