MBB: University Athletic Association

[ADL70]

CWRU beats Trine (6-3, with a win over OWU) 80-73.

[WUPHF]

CWRU beats Trine (6-3, with a win over OWU) 80-73.

Congratulations to CWRU who has matched their best season starts in program history.  I have only seen a few minutes of David Black, but I cannot wait until the Spartans come to St. Louis.

It will be very interesting to see how both CWRU and Carnegie Mellon do in conference play.  The Spartans will have to play arguably their four toughest games--Carnegie, Emory, Washington University, and Chicago--on the road in the first half of the season before the schedule flips.

[WUPHF]

Emory is getting ready to host No. 8 Virginia Wesleyan in what will be their last game before conference play begins.

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http://emoryathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/schedule

[WUPHF]

Foster and company just about ready to finish off Virginia Wesleyan.

[y_jack_lok]

Foster and company just about ready to finish off Virginia Wesleyan.

The game wasn't as close as the final score. If VWC's Khory Moore hadn't had a huge second half it could have been really ugly.

[DagarmanSpartan]

With a win tomorrow, we'll secure our best start ever.

I hope that if we do win, that we can continue this kind of success in conference play.  UAA competition has always been a KILLER for CWRU.

[ADL70]

With a win tomorrow, we'll secure our best start ever.

I hope that if we do win, that we can continue this kind of success in conference play.  UAA competition has always been a KILLER for CWRU.

Only BW of the d3 opponents could crack the top half of the UAA, and that just barely.  That was the only quality win the Spartans had and they had a bad loss to Denison.  IMO, they need to schedule tougher OOC opponents to get ready for the UAA.  JCU and Mt Union come to mind.

Interestingly the Spartans have frequently subbed five for five with a whole bench five replacing the starters.  Last night the bench outscored the starters 41-35, although the Black twins are fourth and fifth on the team in Min/g.  David did start five games, but Edel was back in the starting lineup for the last four games (I believe he was injured as he didn't play in the first four of the games David started). 

[WUPHF]

KSDK did a nice feature of Coach Edwards: http://www.ksdk.com/videos/sports/2015/01/07/21425369/

Frank Cusumano mentioned that Coach Edwards holds the WUSTL career record for fouls, but I believe that was surpassed by Tyler Nading.  If only the record book included that statistic.

[Gregory Sager]

It would be amusing if online or media guide record books contained negative stats such as most fouls, most turnovers, lowest shooting percentage, etc., but I don't think that it would please basketball alumni very much.

[ronk]

It would be amusing if online or media guide record books contained negative stats such as most fouls, most turnovers, lowest shooting percentage, etc., but I don't think that it would please basketball alumni very much.

I submitted the occurrence of a quad-double to "Around the Nation" last year but it went unmentioned, probably because one of the doubles was turnovers.

[Pat Coleman]

Well, in fairness, we didn't have an Around the Nation columnist last year, so it might have otherwise found an interested ear.

[hopefan]

It would be amusing if online or media guide record books contained negative stats such as most fouls, most turnovers, lowest shooting percentage, etc., but I don't think that it would please basketball alumni very much.

Greg, do you have the nerve (as I'm sure there would be objections) to starting a room dedicated to various'poor' performances... by teams or individuals....  just a place to go and feel sorry for someone.... for instance a player for Prin two years ago had 10 turnovers in 14 minutes against Spalding.. Prin had 29 turnovers in that game....poor shooting from the field the FT line and turnovers, maybe even team fouls could be areas of consideration...

[ronk]

Well, in fairness, we didn't have an Around the Nation columnist last year, so it might have otherwise found an interested ear.

  Well, upon further reflection, it was "Around the Mid-Atlantic/Atlantic" and he was soliciting prospective material; I think you've since assigned him to "Around the Nation".

[Gregory Sager]

It would be amusing if online or media guide record books contained negative stats such as most fouls, most turnovers, lowest shooting percentage, etc., but I don't think that it would please basketball alumni very much.

Greg, do you have the nerve (as I'm sure there would be objections) to starting a room dedicated to various'poor' performances... by teams or individuals....  just a place to go and feel sorry for someone.... for instance a player for Prin two years ago had 10 turnovers in 14 minutes against Spalding.. Prin had 29 turnovers in that game....poor shooting from the field the FT line and turnovers, maybe even team fouls could be areas of consideration...

I wouldn't do something like that, not because of a lack of nerve but because of a lack of inclination. I was kidding about the mythical negative stats section of school record books being amusing, because I know that college programs would never foster that sort of self-directed negativity.

As a broadcaster I'll criticize poor play because it's my job, and as a d3boards.com poster I'll criticize poor play because it's honest. But devoting a room specifically to enshrine poor play seems gratuitously cruel, especially where individual players are concerned, and especially at a level where student-athletes play only for the love of the game rather than as a means to merit a scholarship or to prepare for a future career as a pro player somewhere. Losing's bad enough punishment for playing poorly. Why add to it with something that, whatever the original intent, could be construed as permanently rubbing it in?

[WUPHF]

It would be amusing if online or media guide record books contained negative stats such as most fouls, most turnovers, lowest shooting percentage, etc., but I don't think that it would please basketball alumni very much.

Fouls are generally considered a negative statistic, but in the case of Tyler Nading, and taken in the context of his career, the career record in fouls is as close to a positive as you can get.