MBB: University Athletic Association

[WUPHF]

I am sorry to hear that...

I hope you feel better.

And, I hope Washington University finds a way to play defense in the second half as they trail the 1-3 Mount St. Joseph at the half, 55-35.  The Bears are playing better overall, but have been quiet from downtown (1-7) and have played mostly without Andrew Sanders who left the game yesterday with an injury.  I say mostly because the live stats suggest that he is 1-1 from the field.  I am not sure he has played.

MSJ shot a blistering 20-28 from the field so far and that is the difference in the game.

[WUPHF]

Sanders is definitely not playing.

This is a much different team on both sides of the court without his services.

[WUPHF]

Washington University will lose and lose badly to Mount St. Joseph, 94-76.

At the point in which the coaches had cleared the benches, MSJ had been shooting around 70% from the field and 63% (12-19) from three point range thanks in part to 21 assists.

Washington University struggled mightily to defend the lightning quick guards and gave up 28 points in the paint.  They had the same issues against Tufts and Principia.   

The Bears proved today that they need Andrew Sanders in the game.  I do not trust the box score enough to comment further about the individual performances.  I see at least two mistakes.

[jaybird44]

Sanders definitely did not play because of an injury received in yesterday's game vs. Ohio Northern.  The stats and the video scoreboard were absolute messes.  Preliminary final stats had all 5 Wash-U starters with 40 minutes played.  That did not happen.

MSJ had a shooting performance for the ages...no dropoff from the 60-70% range all game.  That said, you are correct...Wash-U did have some problems stopping dribble penetration today.  And, the Bears did miss their pre-season All-American on both ends of the court.  Sanders is especially adept at being a secondary distributor out of the post when the first or second option is not open.  Today, after those first two passes, there was a pause more often than not that said, "What do we do now?  The timing of the offense was disrupted as a result.

Tip your hat to MSJ...it didn't allow the door to be left open in the 2nd half for a big Wash-U run.  And, it gave Wash-U lots to think about in the upcoming week--even if Sanders is able to return to action for the next game at Alma next Sunday.

[WUPHF]

I'll never get around to reporting all UAA scores, but one game that was worthy of mention was the Sunday game between Emory and Maryville (TN).  Emory defeated Maryville 102-92.

Romin Williams started yet again for Whit Rapp who did not play.  Williams led the way in every regard: 23 points (8-14, 5-10), 9 rebounds, 8 assists.  Just a freshman and most likely leading the league in per 40 points.  Freshmen combined for 55 of those 102 points.  4 of the 5 reserves who played were freshmen.

[deiscanton]

I'll never get around to reporting all UAA scores, but one game that was worthy of mention was the Sunday game between Emory and Maryville (TN).  Emory defeated Maryville 102-92.

Romin Williams started yet again for Whit Rapp who did not play.  Williams led the way in every regard: 23 points (8-14, 5-10), 9 rebounds, 8 assists.  Just a freshman and most likely leading the league in per 40 points.  Freshmen combined for 55 of those 102 points.  4 of the 5 reserves who played were freshmen.

Romin Williams has 59 points on the season.

Lawrence Sabir, a Brandeis freshman, scored 26 pts yesterday in Brandeis's loss to UMass Dartmouth, and is currently leading all UAA first year players with 70 points scored this season so far.  Sabir also scored 26 pts in Brandeis's win at Lasell just before Thanksgiving.  The Judges need more work on defense, however, as they have given up early leads twice so far this season.  More people who can rebound wouldn't hurt, as Latye Workman is doing 1/3 of the Brandeis team rebounding so far.  Free throw shooting has gone well for the Brandeis men-- hope this continues.  Brandeis is only playing 9 of their 12 players on the roster so far this season.

Freshmen among top 10 scorers in UAA

Lawrence Sabir of Brandeis is averaging 17.5 ppg-- 4th in UAA
Romin Williams of Emory is averaging 14.8 ppg-- 9th in UAA

[WUPHF]

The point that I made as I mentioned in the post was that Romin Williams is leading in points per 40 minutes.  I said most likely because I knew it would be close and the Emory stats do not break it down as far as I can tell, but Williams is leading the UAA freshmen in points per 40 minutes.

The points per 40 is more relevant than overall points in my opinion because, at least for this season, Emory is the deeper team.

No question that what Lawrence Sabir is doing is very impressive.  I added him to my fantasy league team yesterday (though I believe I misspelled his name). 

[ADL70]

Curious results for WashU and CWRU last weekend in Cincinnati.

Saturday CWRU beats MSJ 74-69 and WashU beats ONU 77-73

Sunday ONU thumps CWRU 87-48  while MSJ beats WashU 96-74

[deiscanton]

The point that I made as I mentioned in the post was that Romin Williams is leading in points per 40 minutes.  I said most likely because I knew it would be close and the Emory stats do not break it down as far as I can tell, but Williams is leading the UAA freshmen in points per 40 minutes.

The points per 40 is more relevant than overall points in my opinion because, at least for this season, Emory is the deeper team.

No question that what Lawrence Sabir is doing is very impressive.  I added him to my fantasy league team yesterday (though I believe I misspelled his name).

Pts per 40 minutes, by my unofficial calculation--

Lawrence Sabir scored 70 pts in 115 minutes of action-- approx 24.35 pts per 40 min.

Ronin Williams scored 59 pts in 98 minutes of action-- approx 24.08 pts per 40 minutes.

It is close-- edge to Sabir so far, but that will change as the season goes on.

Sabir is currently averaging 28.8 minutes per game to Ronin Williams's 24.5 min per game.

[WUPHF]

I should probably let it go rather than explain my rationale because I may be standing alone in this calculation, but since I am not calculating stats in any official capacity, I'll admit that I added in the points and minutes from the Lipscomb game. 

It was an exhibition game.  Lipscomb had to play it like a regular season game.  They played the regular season rotation of 8 players.  I understand all the reasons why others would disagree including the NCAA.  Just the way I did it.

[Mr. Mo]

Curious results for WashU and CWRU last weekend in Cincinnati.

Saturday CWRU beats MSJ 74-69 and WashU beats ONU 77-73

Sunday ONU thumps CWRU 87-48  while MSJ beats WashU 96-74

Playing their fifth game in nine days; coming off of a very physical game with ONU the evening before on an 18 hr turnaround; and adjusting to playing without their preseason AA who rolled an ankle, the Bears were a little out of sorts on Sunday.  Add in a white hot shooting MSJ team (75% from 3 in first half;70% overall for game) and it was tough day for the Bears.
As the bench guys get more comfortable and grow into their roles, I think they will be fine.

[deiscanton]

The point that I made as I mentioned in the post was that Romin Williams is leading in points per 40 minutes.  I said most likely because I knew it would be close and the Emory stats do not break it down as far as I can tell, but Williams is leading the UAA freshmen in points per 40 minutes.

The points per 40 is more relevant than overall points in my opinion because, at least for this season, Emory is the deeper team.

No question that what Lawrence Sabir is doing is very impressive.  I added him to my fantasy league team yesterday (though I believe I misspelled his name).

Pts per 40 minutes, by my unofficial calculation--

Lawrence Sabir scored 70 pts in 115 minutes of action-- approx 24.35 pts per 40 min.

Ronin Williams scored 59 pts in 98 minutes of action-- approx 24.08 pts per 40 minutes.

It is close-- edge to Sabir so far, but that will change as the season goes on.

Sabir is currently averaging 28.8 minutes per game to Ronin Williams's 24.5 min per game.

Update as of November 30 at approx 2:15 AM Eastern--

Ronin Williams of Emory scored 26 pts in 32 minutes of action against Birmingham Southern Wednesday night.  He led all Emory scorers in the 91-86 win over Birmingham Southern by shooting 7-15 from the field, 1-3 from 3 pt land, and 11-12 from the charity stripe.

He now has scored 85 pts in 130 minutes of action for the season.  My unofficial calculation now has Ronin Williams at 26.15 pts per 40 minutes of game action after the game vs Birmingham Southern.  That is good enough to take the lead over Sabir in the freshman category of most points scored per 40 minutes of game action.

[deiscanton]

Through results of last night's games--

Ronin Williams of Emory is averaging 26.15 pts per 40 minutes of game action.  He is averaging 26 min of action per game.

Lawrence Sabir of Brandeis is averaging 24.35 pts per 40 minutes of game action.  Sabir is averaging 28.8 minutes per game.

All calculations unofficial.

[Mr. Mo]

Playing their fifth game in nine days; coming off of a very physical game with ONU the evening before on an 18 hr turnaround; and adjusting to playing without their preseason AA who rolled an ankle, the Bears were a little out of sorts on Sunday.  Add in a white hot shooting MSJ team (75% from 3 in first half;70% overall for game) and it was tough day for the Bears.
As the bench guys get more comfortable and grow into their roles, I think they will be fine.

Really like what I see from the two newcomers - Reinmiller and Nolan.  Excited to see how they do as they settle in.

[Greek Tragedy]

So it looks like it may be pretty hard to sit Williams if and when Rapp returns.