MBB: University Athletic Association

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Final today-- CWRU 85, Earlham 55

Mitch Prendergast came off the bench for the Spartans today for his first game of the season.

Prendergast scored 12 points today in 11 minutes of action on 4-8 from the field, 3-5 from 3 pt range, and 1-1 from the charity stripe. 

[ronk]

 Conversed with my CWRU contact today @ our fitness center; said Prendergast is on a time restriction(minutes played).

[deiscanton]

I just watched NYU defeat Hanover, 78-60, on livestream.  The livestream did acknowledge the attendance of Coach K in the building to watch his grandson play for NYU.

Hanover did not play a bad game vs NYU, but the 18 point halftime hole was too deep for the Panthers to completely climb out.  Hanover made their run to get back into the game in the first 5 minutes of the second half, but with 10 minutes left in the ball game, NYU had completely countered that run. 

Tomorrow's NYU at Roanoke game at 2 PM Eastern is now a must-watch appointment game on livestream for me.

A lot of d3hoops afficinados think that NYU will take their first "L" tomorrow vs a very deep Roanoke squad.  We will see.

Today was the start of a 5 game road stretch for NYU, with the grand opening of the new basketball court at the site of the old Coles Sports Center at 181 Mercer Street in Manhattan less than a month away.

I would make NYU a road favorite at UChicago (even with Bryce Hopkins in the Maroons lineup) right now given the way that the Violets played Hanover today.  I am not making any assumptions that NYU could start 3-0 in the UAA before their new home court opens, but given the way that the Violets are playing right now, I would be more surprised if NYU went 0-3 in the UAA before their new home court opens than the other way around.

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I am watching CWRU host Hilbert on livestream with Ron Jantz doing play by play-- no student color commentary today.

At the half, CWRU is leading 59-43 in what is most likely the final non-conference game of the season for the Spartans, unless CWRU is able to find another non-conference opponent to replace Buffalo State.  Due to complications from the blizzard that struck Buffalo over the Christmas weekend, CWRU's scheduled make-up Wednesday January 4th afternoon game at Buffalo State was cancelled on December 29 and will not be made up. 

Mitch Prendergast made his first start of the season today-- he had been out most of the non-conference season recovering from a broken wrist.  Mitch's dad made the trip to Cleveland to attend today's game in person, according to Ron Jantz.

In the first half, Mitch Prendergast has scored a game high 19 points on 7-12 shooting from the field, 5-8 from 3 pt land, and 0-0 from the charity stripe.  He has also dished out 3 assists.     Danny Frauenheim has dished out a game high 6 assists so far for the Spartans today.

[deiscanton]

Final today from Cleveland was CWRU 96, Hilbert 78.

With 14:28 left in the game and CWRU up 81-46, the Spartans sent Mitch Prendergast and Danny Frauenheim to the bench for the rest of the game and mostly played their second and third unit players.

Final stat line for Prendergast today-- Game high 23 points in 24 minutes of action.  For the game, Prendergast shot 9-15 from the field, 5-9 from 3 pt land, 0-0 from the charity stripe.  Prendergast grabbed 2 rebounds, made 1 steal, dished out 3 assists, and only turned the ball over one time.

Second leading scorer for CWRU today was Umar Rashid, who came off the bench to score 12 points in 22 minutes of action.

Leading rebounder today for the Spartans was Aaron Rucker, who grabbed 7 boards in 8 minutes off the bench.

Cole Frilling scored 10 points for the Spartans today and grabbed 6 rebounds in 14 minutes of action.  Frilling got into foul trouble with 4 fouls today.

Danny Frauenheim scored 8 points for CWRU today and dished out a game high 7 assists in 23 minutes of action.

CWRU enters UAA play next Saturday vs Carnegie Mellon at 10-0 with 1 non-conference game having been cancelled.

[ADL70]

Prendergast scored 16 straight points for CWRU over a two-minute and 40-second stretch that helped the team turn a 21-19 deficit into a 35-27 lead by the 7:32 mark.

His return makes the Spartan's starting lineup shorter as 6'1 Prendergast replaces 6"6 Umar Rashid.

[WUPHF]

Prendergast scored 16 straight points for CWRU over a two-minute and 40-second stretch that helped the team turn a 21-19 deficit into a 35-27 lead by the 7:32 mark.

His return makes the Spartan's starting lineup shorter as 6'1 Prendergast replaces 6"6 Umar Rashid.

That was an extremely impressive stretch by Prendergast.  I was surprised when he finally missed...

[deiscanton]

Prendergast scored 16 straight points for CWRU over a two-minute and 40-second stretch that helped the team turn a 21-19 deficit into a 35-27 lead by the 7:32 mark.

His return makes the Spartan's starting lineup shorter as 6'1 Prendergast replaces 6"6 Umar Rashid.

That was an extremely impressive stretch by Prendergast.  I was surprised when he finally missed...

I agree with WUPHF's point that was just posted.   I was about to go back over the play by play stat sheet.

Over that 2 min 40 seconds period of aforementioned game time in the first half vs Hilbert yesterday, Prendergast went 6 of 8 from the field and 4 of 5 from 3 pt land.  Definitely looks like Mitch is ready for UAA play starting Saturday.

[WUPHF]

Best of luck to the Judges this afternoon against Christopher Newport, @deiscanton.

Brandeis has certainly exceeded my expectations.  They, along with Washington University, are one of the younger teams in the league this season, but they should get their share of UAA wins.

And Harris is having a UAA player of the year season so far, even if there are too many 6th year seniors in the mix for him to win the award this season.

[deiscanton]

Final today--

Christopher Newport 79, Brandeis 73

I did take an afternoon nap, but overslept my nap a bit and woke up just after the 5 PM Eastern tip.  Fortunately, I was able to set a 1/2 hour delay on watching the livestream on my Chromebook, but as a result, I could not keep the livestream on a delayed basis when I tried to Chromecast it to my Roku TV, so i decided to just watch it on the computer with a 1/2 hour delay and not look at Twitter during the game so that I could effectively watch it as though it were live. 

i was pleased with the performance of Brandeis in the first half, but I was not too surprised when the Captains made their second half 14-0 run to take the lead for good.  The second half run started when Brandeis had a 48-46 lead with 12:48 to go in regulation.  That was the last time Brandeis had the lead.

Christopher Newport made their 14-0 run to take a 60-48 lead with 7:14 to go.  During the run, the Captains shot 4-6 from the field, 1-3 from 3 pt range, and 5-7 from the charity stripe.

Toby Harris of Brandeis was only whistled for 1 foul in the first half, but fouled out with 1:49 to go with 16 points and without scoring a 3 pointer for the first time all season.

During the CNU 14-0 run, Toby Harris was whistled for his second foul with 12:12 left on a goaltending call.  On watching the livestream, it seemed clear that had Toby Harris left that shot alone and not tried to block it, the ball would not have gone in.  The CNU color commentator on the broadcast, Tracey Cooper, correctly analyzed that one.

Toby Harris's third personal foul with 11:15 left was also called by the officials as a flagrant 1 foul (if this had been a women's game, it would have been marked as an unsportsmanlike foul)-- as signatled by the "X" call that the ref made that would have been called in the old days as an intentional foul.  Francis Tomassino, the CNU play-by-play announcer, announced the call on the broadcast using the old code of "intentional foul".  CNU got two shots and the ball.  The scorebook noted that a technical foul was also called on the bench with 1:49 left when Harris fouled out, but the box score did not record a technical foul on Toby Harris at the 11:15 mark in the second half.  Personally, I am a little confused on how the foul count goes when a personal foul is also charged as a flagrant 1 foul.  It should have been recorded as 3 personals and a technical foul on Toby Harris, not just 3 personal fouls at that point.  Correct, or not?

BTW, the play that got Toby Harris the flagrant 1 foul was that Toby Harris had the ball stolen from him by CNU frosh Collin Hines, and then Harris fouled Collin Hines just a few seconds afterward with 11:15 left in regulation.

Update-- I looked at the current NCAA men's basketball rulebook this afternoon (January 3).  The scorebook is correct, and I am not correct.   The third personal foul on Toby Harris yesterday was called a flagrant 1 personal foul, but it is not a technical foul, even though the penalty for a flagrant 1 personal foul means that the offended team gets 2 free throws and the ball.  See Rule 10, Article 18.d.2  of the 2022-23 NCAA Men's Basketball Rule Book.

[deiscanton]

Named to D3Hoops.com Team of the Week for Week 6--

Spencer Freedman, NYU-- For his performance at the Cregger Invitational.

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UAA Athlete of the Week in Men's Basketball for January 3, 2023--

R.J. Holmes, Carnegie Mellon.   Holmes is being honored, primarily, for his performance at the Mose Hole/Kiwanis Wooster Classic over the winter break.

http://uaasports.info/information/aow/AOW_1-3-23.pdf

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Currently watching RIT at Rochester on livestream.

Ryan Algier has not played for Rochester since December 7, 2022, due to an injury in his shooting hand.   On today's pregame livestream, JC DeLass, the Rochester PxP commentator described it as a broken bone in Algier's right hand.

Algier did not play the Dec. 10 game vs Wooster due to the injury, and he is not playing today vs RIT. 

Rochester is hoping that Ryan Algier will be able to play in UAA action starting Saturday at Emory.

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The D3Hoops.com Top 25 men's basketball poll for Week 5 has just been released.

The UAA now has 4 teams in the top 25 this week, with 1 other team receiving votes.

Rochester is ranked #5 with 518 points in this week's poll.

CWRU is ranked #9 with 364 points.

NYU is the new UAA team now ranked in the top 25-- NYU breaks in at #18 with 175 points.

Emory is ranked #22 with 107 points.

Wash U also received votes on at least 1 Top 25 ballot-- the Bears only have 7 points in this week's poll.

http://d3hoops.com/top25/men/2022-23/week5

[TheOsprey]

Currently watching RIT at Rochester on livestream.

Ryan Algier has not played for Rochester since December 7, 2022, due to an injury in his shooting hand.   On today's pregame livestream, JC DeLass, the Rochester PxP commentator described it as a broken bone in Algier's right hand.

Algier did not play the Dec. 10 game vs Wooster due to the injury, and he is not playing today vs RIT. 

Rochester is hoping that Ryan Algier will be able to play in UAA action starting Saturday at Emory.

Thanks for the update. I was going to ask about Algier. +k