MBB: University Athletic Association

[deiscanton]

Brandeis  74, Emory 50

Brandeis was able to put this game away at halftime with a 21 point lead-- (Brandeis led 39-18 at the half), and this game was never in doubt.

High scorers for Brandeis were Steve DeLuca with 19, Kenny Small with 13, Andre Roberson with 10, and Florian Rexhepi with 10. 

Roberson played his best game so far as a point guard today-- he got his first double-double with 10 points and 10 assists.

High scorers for Emory were Shawn Bailey with 12 points and Spiros Federigos with 11 points.

Brandeis made 8 3's for the game to Emory's 1 trey.

Brandeis got half of their points from the starters, and half of their points from the bench.  The Brandeis bench outscored the Emory bench, 37-15.

Brandeis coach Brian Meehan remains undefeated against Emory-- Brandeis is now 7-0 against Emory under coach Meehan.

[Marty Peretz]

Wash U 73 Carnegie Mellon 49

The Bears again cruised in this one, as it was never even close. WU struggled a bit offensively in the first half, but the Tartans inept offense gained just 16 points and WUSTL took a 30-16 into the half. WashU turned it over 10 times in half one, but quickly took control in the second half, going on a big run and opening up a 30 point lead which they more or less maintained for the bulk of the second half. Edwards pulled Wallis and Ruths with almost 7 minutes left and there was an extended garbage time. CMU hit a couple late threes to make the score a bit more respectable. This one was all WashU.

Four Bears checked in with double figure days, led by Ruths who went 7-12 and finished with 15. Wallis had 15 and 5 assists. Nading had 12 and 9 boards. Freshman point guard Aaron Thompson, who has really come into his own of late, added 14 on an efficient 5-9 shooting including 2-4 from three.

Onto Brandeis and NYU and looking to open up a bigger edge in the UAA standings. Early lines: -9 against Brandeis. -7 against NYU. 7 days until Ruths vs. Boone Round I...

[hugenerd]

CMU's lack of experience and scoring threats is catching up with them.  They lost their 5 top scorers from a year ago (plus a senior big man, Greg Gonzalez, who is out for the year with an injury) .  They have some good young talent, but it will be difficult for them in league play against experienced opponents, especially on the road.  They may make a few upsets at home, but I wouldnt be surprised if they only had one or two wins on the road (in-conference) this year.

[ILive4This]

One thing allen left out is that andre was just 2 boards shy of a triple double, the 10 and 10 pts and assists are key stats, but what might be more impressive is that at 5-9 he took down 8 rebounds. he will be a key player in the games to come, especially if kwame gets in foul trouble early like he did this weekend.

[Hoop Dreams]

Since I haven't seen it noted here, I thought I'd mention that Chicago set a new UAA record with 17 three-point field goals in Sunday's win over Rochester.  Senior Jesse Meyer led the way with a 6-for-6 effort from downtown.

The three-point shot has been such a weapon for UC in the Cunningham/McGrath era (thinking of Jason Milesko, Matt Morycz, Andy Strommen, even Derek Reich), that I'm actually surprised 17 is the record.  But, I guess 51 points on threes is quite a lot.

[deiscanton]

On Monday, I got interviewed by the Chicago Maroon in advance of this weekend's games involving Brandeis.

The interview is in today's edition of the Chicago Maroon-- which you can read at http://maroon.uchicago.edu

My comments on the article are posted in the UAA Women's Discussion forum, but I also wanted to add that I'm flattered about the effect that my trip to the Midwest had on the Chicago fan base. 

That being said, I'll be glad to listen to this weekend's games on my computer, and then prepare for the next weekend-- when Chicago and Wash U come to Auerbach Arena to play Brandeis.

[Rhodes Scholar]

That was an informative interview, deiscanton. It's nice to see your dedication and passion recognized. I don't think there's much debate about who Brandeis's #1 Fan is.

[David Collinge]

Allen, I've long been a fan of you and your posts.  I enjoy your comments and have learned quite a lot about Brandeis and the UAA through you.  I'm glad to see your support recognized outside our little world.  I'm sorry that you consider yourself to be held back by "karma," so I've proudly added one point to your tally and will continue to do so whenever I think of it.  Keep up the good work! 

[old_hooper]

deis, you are what makes DIII basketball special!  And kudos to the Maroons for article.

[deiscanton]

Many thanks for the kind remarks.

I just wanted to add that the UAA put in the various links to follow the internet game action this weekend on both the men's and women's basketball pages-- I put in how to follow the respective games this weekend on the UAA women's forum.

The UAA Conference page is at http://www.uaa.rochester.edu

Follow the links for men's and women's basketball, and the game links are on those pages.

Review of the tip times for the men's games this weekend

Friday, January 26

1.)  Case at Rochester-- 8 PM Eastern
2.)  Emory at Carnegie Mellon-- 8 PM Eastern
3.)  Brandeis at Wash U-- 8 PM Central/9 PM Eastern
4.)  NYU at Chicago-- 8 PM Central/9 PM Eastern

Sunday, January 28

1.)  Case at Carnegie Mellon-- Noon Eastern
2.)  Emory at Rochester-- Noon Eastern
3.)  Brandeis at Chicago-- Noon Central/1 PM Eastern
4.)  NYU at Wash U-- Noon Central/1 PM Eastern

[gordonmann]

Deis:

I echo Collinge's thoughts and dished some karma your direction.

[ILive4This]

just heard about this and wanted to let everyone on here know...the chicago maroon, the student newspaper at u chicago has written a feature article on Allen as a set up for this weekends action between chicago and brandeis. in my opinion which doesn't mean much, it is very well written and frankly very nice especially considering it is about a fan off the competition. sorry i have not provided a link but it is not too hard to find on the chicago site.

[Pat Coleman]

On Monday, I got interviewed by the Chicago Maroon in advance of this weekend's games involving Brandeis.

The interview is in today's edition of the Chicago Maroon-- which you can read at http://maroon.uchicago.edu

My comments on the article are posted in the UAA Women's Discussion forum, but I also wanted to add that I'm flattered about the effect that my trip to the Midwest had on the Chicago fan base. 

Allen mentioned it in his post this morning.

[ILive4This]

my apologies i should really read more than just the previous post...anyway, a tough loss for the judges tonight at wash u. wash moves to 6-0 in conference with the 4 pt win, and deis go down to 3-3. joe coppens came back into his usual shooting form with 17 pts, and steve deluca netted a double double with 11pts/11 boards, en route to his 1000th point, becoming the 25th player in brandeis history to reach this milestone. the money number for the judges this weekend and next is 3 for 4, taking their one exceptable loss tonight. however this was expected to be the toughest game of the four.

wash u was impressive from the free throw line, i know that prior to the late game fouls by the judges the bears had been shooting over 90%, compared to the judges 67%, obviously a key factor in tonights game.

[Gregory Sager]

Chicago 62, NYU 60

A slow-paced but very tight game tonight at Ratner. Chicago (14-3, 5-1) led NYU (14-3, 3-3) most of the way, although NYU pulled out in front at the half by one. The Maroons had a lead as big as ten midway through the first half, but they never managed to pull away.

This was Nate Hainje's night. The junior forward, who is so active that there appears to be two of him on the floor at times, had 14 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists for the Maroons. Brandon Woodhead also scored 14, and Drew Adams added 11. Jason Boone, who is as physically intimidating as his numbers would seem to indicate, had 19 points and 11 rebounds, while Michael DeCorso added 16 for the Violets.

Boone is not the only buff specimen on the Violets, who in spite of having the second-wimpiest nickname in all of D3 look more like a pack of NFL linebackers than a D3 basketball team. Strangely enough, however, they don't play as physically as I thought they would. I figured that they'd be throwing the skinny Maroons all over the floor, but NYU appeared to be a lot more finesse-oriented than their size and strength advantage would indicate. I particularly figured that Boone would get more touches in the post, as he has soft hands and a deft inside shooting touch to go with his powerful physique, but he only got off nine shots and went to the line for seven throws. Give Chicago credit for using their quickness advantage and good positioning to deny the entry, but it seemed to me that the Violets could've worked harder to get Boone the ball where he could do some damage.

Boone proved to be his worst enemy. After committing a perimeter foul with two minutes and change remaining and the Maroons up, 60-56, Boone dropped an f-bomb that was caught by the keen ears of head official Kenny Faulkner. Two tech FTs by Adams later, it was a six-point lead in crunch time, and it would prove to be all the scoring that Chicago would need. DeCorso made a layup and was fouled by Hainje, but he failed to convert the three-point play. After shutting down the Maroons on their next possession, Daniel Falcon made a layup to bring the score to 62-60 in favor of the hosts with two minutes left. After an exchange of futile possessions, NYU stripped the ball and set up for the tying shot. But after missing a short jumper, Falcon hacked Hainje with 1:06 left. What Faulkner and the other refs missed, however, was that after the whistle had blown Falcon threw Hainje to the floor and stepped on his chest. It was a pretty egregious display of nasty behavior, but all three refs had their backs turned and were walking down the floor, so they all acted surprised when Hainje staggered off the floor clutching his chest as Chicago coach Mike McGrath called a timeout.

Woodhead lost the ball underneath the basket with a half-minute left, giving NYU yet another opportunity to tie. This time, though, the Violets played for the win, as DeCorso attempted a trey from the top of the key with six seconds left. He missed, and somehow Hainje snuck in front of Boone and Falcon to garner the carom. The burly visitors flung Hainje to the floor in desperation, and it looked as though Chicago was in good shape to wrap it up in a bow.

However, Hainje missed the front end of the bonus, giving NYU one final chance. After a timeout with four seconds left, DeCorso threw the inbounds pass three-quarters of the length of the court, hitting Boone perfectly. But rather than take the ball to the basket himself, Boone passed it off to Charlie Parker on the wing. Chicago freshman Jake Pancratz somehow got his hands on the pass and pushed the ball away; Parker went down on the floor, grabbed it, and threw up a desperation shot while on his back that Woodhead swatted away as the final buzzer went off.

An exciting finish to a great game. The Maroons earned this one the hard way.

That was an informative interview, deiscanton. It's nice to see your dedication and passion recognized. I don't think there's much debate about who Brandeis's #1 Fan is.

I sat a few rows behind Allen during last year's Brandeis @ Chicago contest and really enjoyed his enthusiasm. Sorry you can't make it out to the midwest this year, Allen.