MBB: University Athletic Association

[WUPHF]

In addition to Case Western Reserve at Bucknell, there are at least two other UAA schools playing exhibition games against Division I opponents.

Chicago played at Butler over the weekend, losing 88-45, while playing with only two starters, I believe, from last season in Nate Brooks and Jordan Smith: http://athletics.uchicago.edu/sports/mbkb/2014-15/boxscores/20141101_ta6u.xml 

Royce Muskeyvalley is out for the season and did not play!  This is an absolutely devastating loss for the Maroons.

Emory will play the College of Charleston this weekend.

[Gregory Sager]

Agreed, WUH. The loss of Muskeyvalley is a crushing blow for the Maroons.

[WUPHF]

Emory fell to Division I College of Charleston 78-68. Emory scored 13 unanswered points while trailing late in the game to pull within 6.

Press Release
http://www.emoryathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/20141108ouh8vm

[ADL70]

CWRU preview

http://athletics.case.edu/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/20141111l99yhd

[AndOne]

In addition to Case Western Reserve at Bucknell, there are at least two other UAA schools playing exhibition games against Division I opponents.

Chicago played at Butler over the weekend, losing 88-45, while playing with only two starters, I believe, from last season in Nate Brooks and Jordan Smith: http://athletics.uchicago.edu/sports/mbkb/2014-15/boxscores/20141101_ta6u.xml 

Royce Muskeyvalley is out for the season and did not play!  This is an absolutely devastating loss for the Maroons.

Emory will play the College of Charleston this weekend.

As good as he is, this was hard to believe, but information from a very well placed source indicates that Muskeyvalley would not be starting, at least at the beginning of the season, should he have been healthy. Obviously, I can't reveal the source of the information, but knowing where the info came from, I'd be willing to bet a very large sum of money that the info is valid beyond any shadow of doubt.                       

[WUPHF]

Washington University leads Rhodes at the half 39-35 in a game with multiple lead changes.  The Bears led by as many as 11.

The Bears starting line-up including David Fatoki, Matt Palucki, Nick Burt as expected with Luke Silverman-Lloyd and big Mitch Styczynski getting, I believe, their first career starts.

Coach Edwards played 12 players in the first half.  Besides the starters, freshman Matt Highsmith is the only other player to score, scoring 7 on 3-3 shooting and a free throw.  Matt Highsmith is a Parkway South product.

I am on following along with the live stats, though I have watched parts of Chicago at Lake Forest.  The Maroons are up 41-25 at the half.

[WUPHF]

Mitch Styczynski with 7 in the second half and Palucki with 18 as the Bears lead by two with six minutes to go.

[WUPHF]

Washington University leads by 9 with 3:04 to go. Styczynski with 11 while Fatoki and Silverman-Lloyd have 16 and 14 respectively.

Chicago holds a 10 point lead with 6:XX left to go.

[WUPHF]

Washington University gets the win over Rhodes 85-71.

Chicago leads by four late in the game against Lake Forest.

[WUPHF]

Chicago held on to win 75-68 over Lake Forest College thanks largely to a career high 27 points by Jordan Smith.

Box Score
http://athletics.uchicago.edu/sports/mbkb/2014-15/boxscores/20141115_ryn3.xml

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As for Royce Muskeyvalley, I find it hard to believe that Muskeyvalley would be coming off the bench to support Tyler Howard, but anything is possible.  In the limited play I watched today, the bench looked as good as the starters, excluding Jordan Smith.  It is only the first game, but based on tonight, I am not sure if Coach McGrath has the starting line-up set.

I have no insider knowledge, so I am not aware of any other issues with Muskevalley, but given his prior three years, at least for the moment, I still consider this a devastating loss.

Muskeyvalley Bio

Career:

    As of the end of 2013-14, ranks No. 8 in school history with 229 assists

2013-14:

    Second Team All-UAA
    Started all 25 games with 10.1 points and 1.8 rebounds per game
    Led the team with 92 assists (3.7 per game) and 34 steals (1.4 per game) on the season
    Posted 11 games with double digits in points
    Made three game-winning jumpers on the season versus Whitman (Nov. 22) and twice against Carnegie Mellon (Jan. 24 and Feb. 21)
    Scored a season-high 24 points with five assists versus Case Western Reserve
    Recorded 22 points with five assists versus Washington & Lee
    Tallied 17 points and a season-best eight assists against Carnegie Mellon

2012-13:

    Honorable Mention All-UAA
    Started 23 out of 25 games played; averaged 8.4 points, 3.4 assists and 1.8 rebounds
    Tallied double-digit points in 10 contests
    Dished out nine assists with 12 points versus Dominican
    Scored a season-best 18 points against Rochester
    Handed out eight assists versus Albion

2011-12:

    Played in all 25 contests; averaged 4.1 points, 2.1 assists and 0.9 rebounds per game
    Ranked third the team in assists (52) and steals (13)
    Had 12 points and four steals against Kalamazoo (Dec. 2)
    Season-high 16 points (7-9 from the field) at Emory (Feb. 3)
    Dished out season-high seven assists and added six points versus Berry (Dec. 17)

[WUPHF]

Carnegie Mellon over Pitt Greensburg 99-93
Rochester over Nazareth 61-53
NYU over John Jay College 80-51

[WUPHF]

Hendrix lead Washington University by 7 with seven minutes to play in the first half.

[WUPHF]

Hendrix maintains the lead over Washington University, 34-32 at the half.

[WUPHF]

Washington University goes 2-0 on the season with a 75-68 win over Hendrix. Nick Burt leads the way with 17 while David Fatoki drops in 16.

[WUPHF]

The UAA is 20-5 after the first two weekends with two games left today.

Emory, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western Reserve, Rochester, and Washington University are all undefeated while Chicago is 2-1, NYU is 2-2 and Brandeis is 0-2.

Emory began the season with a 104-77 win over Oglethorpe in a game in which the Eagles compiled the following notable stats: 14 three pointers, 51 rebounds, and 23 assists.  Alex Foster scored 38 on 15-23 shooting while three other starters scored in double figures including 18 by Will Trawick. 

Chicago fell to Worcester Polytechnic Institute yesterday in overtime after defeating Lake Forest and Dominican.

Carnegie Mellon is averaging 91 pointers per game (53% field goal percentage) as they move to 4-0 on the season thanks largely to Serbin and Cordts who are averaging 20 and 19 points per game.  They are also shooting 50% from three point range.

Case Western Reserve is 3-0 with Dane McLoughlin averaging 19 points per game.  The Black twins have as making an impact as freshmen, averagine 14 and 9 points per game respectively.  Eric Black scored 22 on 9-10 shooting against Wilmington.

Washington University moves to 4-0 with a 73-69 win over Wheaton last night in a game reminiscent of the four point win a year ago.  Nick Burt and Matt Palucki finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds each, but the story off the bench is Matt Highsmith who scored 14 on 7-10 shooting and four rebounds in 25 minutes.   Highsmith is averaging 7 points per game in 15 minutes.  It is worth mentioning that the Bears had a mere 7 turnovers last night after struggling with turnovers in the first two games.

Last December, I suggested that it was way too early to reference the Massey Ratings, but since I do not expect to get this chance again, let me indulge myself and say that after just two weekends worth of data: Washington University is currently No. 1 and the UAA is currently the No. 1 conference.