MBB: University Athletic Association

[WBRSsports]

Brandeis men's team looks to respond tomorrow at Framingham State...

You can listen to the broadcast of the game live on www.wbrs.org

[deiscanton]

WBRS Sports--

I didn't know that you were planning to cover the game a few days ago at UMass-Dartmouth.    I also didn't realize that there was going to be a relatively big crowd at that game.  (At Brandeis, 650 people is a near full house the way that the Auerbach Arena is set up for spectator seating, and yes, I know that it is not really considered a full house compared to the crowds for Calvin/Hope or for the CCIW men's basketball games)  Had I known about the coverage, I would have asked for a ride down to the Fall River, MA area, or I would have listened to the webcast.  (The public transportation would have been too expensive as MBTA commuter rail does not serve the Fall River/North Dartmouth, MA area)  It looks like UMass-Dartmouth could contend for the Little East title the way the Corsairs played on Thursday.

Hopefully Brandeis will defeat Framingham State today and finish off the semester with a positive note at Colby-Sawyer on Tuesday.   

[sandman]

Well, Case enters the break at 6-1, following an 86-66 win over Grove City of the PAC.  In the game, the Spartans made 17 three-pointers, including 6 by Rich Mullen, who scored a career-high 22 points, and a half-court shot at the halftime buzzer by Carson Oren, who also scored 22.

Case has now already won more games this year than either of the last two seasons, and the start is the school's best since 1984-85.  They play again on the 29th and 30th when they host the Bill Sudeck Memorial Tournament.  Their best win so far is probably Bethany (who beat a top-tier D2 team), and I don't know how the teams they've played so far compare to the rest of the UAA, but there is a definite improvement from the last couple of seasons, as the players and Coach McDonnell are now more experienced.

[WBRSsports]

For all who are interested, our men's and women's broadcast schedule (for Brandeis basketball) is posted here: http://my.brandeis.edu/athletics/team_doc?group_id=1385&file_id=3599

It may change slightly, but these, right now, are the games we're planning to cover

[bouttime]

Well im glad to see that Case and Brandeis are getting a lot of coverage on this message board. I was going to throw out my thoughts on the up coming UAA conference schedule. It looks record wise that the UAA is going to be very competitive this year. Every weekend is going to be a real dog fight. CMU as shown that it is the real deal this year after knocking off Rochester. The Brandeis/NYU weekend should show how good all three teams are. I would love nothing more than to see CMU 3-0 after that weekend with a good grip on the conference

[cmubobcat]

Listen up!

CMU vs. Princeton
7:30 tonight on WRCT 88.3 FM Pittsburgh
listen online at www.wrct.org

Tune in as the #22 Tartans bid to pull of the second D-3 over D-1 upset this week.

[Pat Coleman]

Excellent.

I hope the WRCT crew is not fooled by the erroneous Princeton media notes for the game. There is no NABC poll for Division III basketball. The poll on the NABC site is actually our poll, the NABC has just been slow to update it.

[deiscanton]

There are plenty of ways to follow the Carnegie Mellon v. Princeton game tonight.

I am currently listening to Princeton's live audio feed, which is currently doing business talk radio right now, as the pre-game has not yet started.

In addition, you can listen to Carnegie Mellon's live audio feed, or you can also check the live stats of the game while it is in progress via Gametracker.   The Gametracker link can be found at http://www.goprincetontigers.com

The last time that I recall an Ivy League team losing to a DIII men's basketball team was during the 1991-92 season, when Babson (then coached by Serge DeBari) defeated Harvard by a score of 100-80, and I attended that one.  Babson ended up being ranked in the top ten of DIII men's basketball that year and made the NCAA tournament, but did not advance past the second round.

And the pregame has now started on Princeton's audio feed...

[deiscanton]

At the first media timeout-- 15:39 left in first half

Princeton 8, Carnegie Mellon 4

[deiscanton]

At the second media timeout-- 10:54 left in first half

Carnegie Mellon 16, Princeton 13

Nate Maurer has not yet checked in for Carnegie Mellon, but the Tartans look to be dictating the tempo of this game right now.  For the moment, Princeton is in trouble....

[deiscanton]

At the third media timeout-- 6:21 left in first half

Carnegie Mellon 18, Princeton 16

[hugenerd]

cmu 26-22 with under 4

[deiscanton]

Thanks for the post.

An amazing shot from Straub from 35 feet a few minutes earlier-- Princeton has turned the ball over 9 times in the first half, while CMU has just turned the ball over for the 4th time.

The way that the game has been playing, Carnegie Mellon has a decent shot to pull off this upset.

Look for the score at halftime.  Princeton is 2-0 when leading at the half this season, but is 0-7 when trailing at the half.

[Pat Coleman]

Those are the same audio links we have on the front page. I don't see any actual gametracker coverage of this game on Princeton's site.

[hugenerd]

Yeah,

The StatTracker Link is up but it isnt working.

CMU is down 3 at the half, 32-29, with I believe 0 points from their leading scoring, Maurer, who didnt start due to an "internal matter."  It will be interesting to see if he can get on track in the second half.  If you remember back to the Rochester game, CMU was down 13 at the half and Maurer had 31 in the second half to pull them back for the win.