MBB: University Athletic Association

[mck99]

Season preview with WashU men's basketball coach Mark Edwards, who enters his 37th season at his alma mater. Mark is one of the best in the business. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rca-d0HZjg4&t=25s

[Riley056]

UAA action tonight 11/17

2-2 for the league

Wash U 82 Wabash 70
Rochester 73 Bard 54
Frostburg St 115 CWRU 107 (2 ot)
LaRoche 71 Mellon 64

[WUPHF]

+1 Thanks for the league update.

A few more details on the Washington University win over Wabash...

The Bears trailed 38-31 at the half after building an early 10 point lead, but looked so much better in the second half and quickly reeled the Little Giants in.

Kevin Kucera finished with 19 points and 9 assists, Jake Knupp finished with 12 points and 7 rebounds and Jack Nolan had 17 points on 7-10 shooting and three steals.  A very impressive debut for the freshman who was also asked to guard Jack Davidson in the second half.  Other stats include a 38% effort overall from three point range, 41 (+3) rebounds, 15 assists and unfortunately 2 technical fouls.

It seems as though Coach Edwards has settled on rotations for every position except for the 2 and 3.  Matt Highsmith started at the 3 with Louis Reinmiller coming in off the bench, though he eventually moved Jake Knupp over from the 2 early in the second half.

The Bears will play No. 6 Tufts for the Lopata Classic championship.

[WUPHF]

Case Western Reserve did not know how to handle the Greenville System as they fall 120-111.  I watched here and there, but never did hear what happened to TJ Ducket who finished with 1 point in 11 minutes.

[WUPHF]

Washington University defeats Tufts University, 98-94 to win the 34th annual Lopata Classic

I looked up the definition of barn burner in the dictionary and there was a picture of this game next to the description.  Washington University played great in every aspect of the game.  The Bears held an 11-0 lead early in the first and a 78-60 lead with 10 minutes left in the game.  But, Tufts decided to shoot themselves back in the game from three point range (7-16 in the second half) and it almost worked.  The Jumbos pulled within two with five minutes left in the game but Washington University held tough, engineering a few key stops and closed out the game.

Kevin Kucera joins the likes of Sean Wallis and Alan Aboona as the tournament MVP.  Kucera finished with 21 points (including two clutch free throws with 0:04 left), 10 assists and 3 steals.  Not to mention everything else he did to lead the team through the good and the bad.  This along with his performance from last night.

Matt Highsmith and Andrew Sanders finished with 20 points along with 7 and 8 rebounds while David Schmelter finished with 9 points and 10 rebounds.

I am laughing a little tonight about what I said about uncertainty at the shoot guard and small forward positions.  Coach Edwards clearly has depth to work with and makes adjustments accordingly.

Tufts played a great game tonight.  Patrick Racy could not miss and Eric Savage was absolutely savage tonight shooting for 21 points along 16 rebounds and 8 assists.  He may be one of the best basketball players we will see this season if tonight is an indication.

[ADL70]

Case Western Reserve did not know how to handle the Greenville System as they fall 120-111.  I watched here and there, but never did hear what happened to TJ Ducket who finished with 1 point in 11 minutes.

3PFs  Too slow for "Greenville System"?

[WUPHF]

I would have thought TJ Duckett would have played more based on what I was watching.  I watched off and on but only seemed to watch during times in which Case Western Reserve was playing Greenville evenly or better.

Best of luck against Mount Union.

[WUPHF]

I had a chance to watch large parts of both Chicago games this weekend.  The Maroons beat both Rose Hulman 89-76 and Trinity (TX) 79-67.  Today against Trinity, they took 47 of the 67 shots from the field from three point range making 16 (34%).  Jake Fenlon took 24 of those and made 10 finishing with 31 points.

[Greek Tragedy]

A lot of 3s this weekend. Point hit a team record 22 yesterday. 

[WUPHF]

The Stephen Curry effect maybe?

[Little Giant 89]

WUH,

I've not seen my Little Giants play yet this year.  How did they look against the Bears?

Thanks!

[Mr. Mo]

WUH,

I've not seen my Little Giants play yet this year.  How did they look against the Bears?

Thanks!

I thought they looked very good.  They played hard and gave both Wash U and Webster all that they wanted.  Sad that they had to go home 0-2 after the way they played.
Against Wash U they came out a little slow, but an incredibly hot shooting streak right before half propelled them to an 8 point halftime lead.  It was a very competitive second half until Wash U opened it up mid-way through and cruised to victory.  One of the best matchups of the second half was the freshman point guard battle between Davidson of Wabash and Nolan of Wash U. 
Against Webster on Saturday, I thought the LG's looked a little tired, but still played well.  Webster was really getting up and down the floor and, with some incredibly hot shooting at the end of the second half and in the overtime, was just a bit too much.
If I was a Wabash fan, I would look forward to a fun season.
Not to detract from the effort of the team, but my only negative comment is about the one Wabash fan on Saturday night (I assume a player's parent) in the back row who incessantly and loudly whined about every referee call (correct of incorrect) throughout the second half.  In hopes that this person is a reader of the boards -- sir, you are embarrassing your school and your child; be loud; cheer for your team; but let the refs do their job; if you can't control yourself, at least move up to the front row so the rest of the fans don't have to be subjected to you.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Not to detract from the effort of the team, but my only negative comment is about the one Wabash fan on Saturday night (I assume a player's parent) in the back row who incessantly and loudly whined about every referee call (correct of incorrect) throughout the second half.  In hopes that this person is a reader of the boards -- sir, you are embarrassing your school and your child; be loud; cheer for your team; but let the refs do their job; if you can't control yourself, at least move up to the front row so the rest of the fans don't have to be subjected to you.

Disappointing. If they do move to the front row, at least they will have to look the ref in the eye when complaining.

I am so sick of people complaining... on every call. I get refs miss calls or make mistakes, but this weekend I witnessed complaints about e... very... thing. SMH

[Little Giant 89]

Thanks, Mo!

[Smitty Oom]

Emory has 9 players with 7 or more points... but no Adam Gigax! Unless the live stats from Berry are incorrect. Do we know what happened to him?