MBB: University Athletic Association

howardjp · January 30, 2009, 06:48:26 PM

Quote from: deiscanton on January 27, 2009, 08:01:57 AM
For people who can't make it to Brandeis on Friday, Brandeis is not yet putting their home games on streaming video, but there will be live stats and the WBRS audiocast for the Wash U at Brandeis game-- just a reminder.

As for Marty's situation, you can follow the Friday game on-line and catch Wash U at NYU in person on Sunday.

Well, as long as they are considering selling off some art from the Rose, maybe they could buy some video equipment!

... just kidding

pabegg · January 30, 2009, 07:12:04 PM

I'm live from Brandeis, midway through the second half of the womens' game (40-38 WU).

I'll update the men's game once we get going.

First time for live blogging!

ILive4This · January 30, 2009, 08:19:11 PM

Cheap but fair comment about the rose art museum, I know this is not a forum for this type of discussion, but maybe it could be. The university is one of only 2 in the UAA with an endowment under 1 billion. Can you guess the other....CMU (although they have so many other smaller seperate endowments and trusts that they do not have much to worry about). The Rose's collection is valued at 350 to 400 million, and there were plans to build a 20+ million dollar studio art complex that there is no longer funding for and the Rose will be turned into, so add the opportunity cost and the addition to the endowment is more than significant.

A loss of culture, perhaps, but less than 15,000 viewed the art at the museum itself each year. The basketball team saw more activity at a school that does not take its athletics all that seriously (I refer to the student body) and takes its art extremely seriously.

Just putting that out there, I may be one of the few Alums that is not up in arms about this...maybe I should be?

Marty Peretz · January 30, 2009, 08:53:15 PM

Wash.U. men lead Deis at half, 37-33. Were up by as many as 11, but the Judges did a nice job cutting the lead. Should be an exciting second half.

pabegg · January 30, 2009, 08:55:29 PM

WashU 37, Brandeis 33 at half.

WashU got the lead up to 10 due to some poor Brandeis defense yielding a lot of open shots.

Brandeis tightened up the D and cut it to four at the half. WashU having a lot of trouble with the physical play of the Judges, as the refs are really letting them play (only 14 fouls in the half).

ILive4This · January 30, 2009, 09:19:10 PM

The Bears have a very balanced offensive attack thus far with no players in double figures but many with 6 or 8

T990 · January 30, 2009, 09:38:09 PM

After trailing most of the game, UR took the lead w/ about :11 left to beat Case 78-75. 17-8 stretch by UR to finish the game.

ILive4This · January 30, 2009, 09:43:54 PM

Interesting pause in the WU/BRANDEIS game, as a breakdancing performance during a time out went wrong and a performer is down on the court. Not sure who this break in the action helps more.

pabegg · January 30, 2009, 09:47:27 PM

Quote from: ILive4This on January 30, 2009, 09:43:54 PM
Interesting pause in the WU/BRANDEIS game, as a breakdancing performance during a time out went wrong and a performer is down on the court. Not sure who this break in the action helps more.

Yeah, it's really weird here, 4:29 to go, WashU up 71-63.

Dancer goes down with apparent broken leg. They're waiting for the stretcher at this point. Teams are warming up at their baskets like it's pregame (there's about 15 people huddled around the dancer at midcourt).

ILive4This · January 30, 2009, 10:00:58 PM

any announcement on whether the dancer was a student or a member of the group status quo from america's next dance crew on MTV as rumored?

Marty Peretz · January 30, 2009, 10:21:15 PM

Bears win 80-75. Good basketball game, but (at least from listening on the radio), you never really got the idea that the game was in doubt. Call me presumptuous or biased, but I think it's pretty tough to argue that Wash.U. isn't in terrific position to take the league title with 8 games to play and 5 of those being in St. Louis, including the three against the UAA's current 2-4 teams.

Looking forward to my first live look at the Bears on Sunday.

BUBeaverFan · January 30, 2009, 10:36:31 PM

AT had 18 his highest total against Brandeis. Tyler Nading held Deluca down a bit. Wash U was able to answer Brandeis' runs just enough to pull out a tight game. The break in the action was certainly one of the stranger reasons to stop a game that I have heard of. Wash U goes into NYU Sunday not as rested as they went into CMU last weekend. Had the Case game on as well, the Spartans just can't finish a game.

Hugenerd · January 30, 2009, 10:53:20 PM

Quote from: WashU33Fan on January 30, 2009, 10:36:31 PM
AT had 18 his highest total against Brandeis. Tyler Nading held Deluca down a bit. Wash U was able to answer Brandeis' runs just enough to pull out a tight game. The break in the action was certainly one of the stranger reasons to stop a game that I have heard of. Wash U goes into NYU Sunday not as rested as they went into CMU last weekend. Had the Case game on as well, the Spartans just can't finish a game.

No disrespect to NYU but, unless they start playing drastically better, I dont think WashU has much to worry about. NYU goes down to Chicago tonight. It was Chicago's first road win of the year.

CMU also beats Emory (improving to 4-2 in the UAA), winning for the first time in Atlanta since 1995 (had lost previous 13 matchups in the ATL).

There is now a log-jam for second in the UAA with Brandeis, Rochester and CMU all at 4-2. So far, CMU has beaten Rochester, Rochester has beaten Brandeis, Brandeis has beaten CMU, and all 3 have lost to WashU.

tommygun · January 31, 2009, 08:35:05 AM

4 for the road teams last night. I think at this point things are pretty clear. Wash was and remains clearly the best team. Brandeis, CMU, and Rochester are in the next tier below them, and are the teams with realistic shots at the NCAA's. CMU remains in extremely good shape, as I think a 4-4 finish which with their remaining schedule they should get relatively easily should be enough. Rochester probably needs a 5-3 finish which is a little tougher task but still extremely doable. Brandeis on the other hand is in some trouble. They really needed last night's game to give them some breathing room. If they lose at Wash (a reasonable assumption,) then they are running out of room. They need to run the table (other than Wash.) to be safe. Of all the teams they might be the most likely to get in at 17-8, however, to do that they would need to win six out of seven. To top things off they got 5 home games the first go round. So they still have games at Rochester, CMU, Chicago, and NYU. A very tall order for the Judges. My gut tells me they have the second best team in the league so if anyone can do it they can. However, they've been plagued by inconsistency and winning all of those games is tough for any team. So they are now completely up against it.

As for the rest, I would rank Case, Chicago, and NYU in the next group with NYU maybe being a notch above. Maybe. Anyway and no disrespect to dblock and his ardent NYU support, but they are, at this point, clearly not as good as the teams mentioned above. There is no reason to believe they are going to be able to handle Wash at this point. It's a shame Case can't finish or they might be above these two teams.

As for Emory they seem to be the same as last year, only without Ferdirigos so they can't score, it's hard to see them winning more than a game or two.

All right have a good day.

WAS A PLAYER · January 31, 2009, 10:25:02 AM

Marty, I for one, love your loyalty. There are a few here on the board (not I) that get irritated at your redundancy. Wash U is obviously in the best position, but a wise man once told me "the minute you think you are good, you are not". I think the Wash U players realize this and this is one of the things that makes this team special. They look past no team. The UAA is still the UAA and there are no gimmies. The remaining games should be very interesting.