MBB: University Athletic Association

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Way to go hugenerd, above and beyond with the statistical analysis.

[Wydown Blvd.]

How about Tyler Nading the prospective and my probable UAA rookie of the year?

22nd in the UAA in scoring with 9.6.
6th in the UAA for field goal % at .527
13th free throw % at .689

And one of the best defenders in the UAA. The best defender on Wustl's team.

[Bba11man]

Who's gonna be all UAA this year with the parity the league has shown? Maurer and Boone are locks for first team I'd say, along with kildare, barlow-wilcox, stone, and ruths probably on first team.

[TheFence]

I think Mauer, Wilcox and Boone for sure.  Gildare should be a lock but some times point guards get overlooked.  After that it's up in the air but I would take the Kid from Rochester Onyiriuka and Deluca from Brandeis over Stone and Ruths. 

Player of the year is between Boone, Barlow-Wilcox and Mauer in my book.   Maurer is more flashy and maybe more talented but the Wilcox kid never takes a break. Becasue Barlow-Wilcox and Mauer will split some votes my guess is that Boone will get it.

[hugenerd]

I think it depends on who wins the conference.  If NYU wins then it will be Boone, if CMU it will probably be Maurer (his numbers are at or higher than Wilcox's in every category in conference except for steals and FG%).

[TheFence]

You're probably right.  I guess I just don't like how Maurer disapperas for stretches of games, while Wilcox plays hard every second. I would agree he is the most talented player in the league and from what your telling his numbers back it up.

[cmubobcat]

Carnegie Mellon basketball returns to the airwaves this weekend on WRCT 88.3 FM Pittsburgh and online at www.wrct.org.  The games can be heard online through the regular station streams at the top of the WRCT home page.

Friday, Feb. 17:  Tartans @ Emory
6:00 Women
8:00 Men

Sunday, Feb. 19:  Tartans @ Case Western
1:00 Men
3:00 Women

[Wydown Blvd.]

I think Mauer, Wilcox and Boone for sure.  Gildare should be a lock but some times point guards get overlooked.  After that it's up in the air but I would take the Kid from Rochester Onyiriuka and Deluca from Brandeis over Stone and Ruths. 

Ferderigos from Emory should definately get consideration for I guess, second team. Simply becasue I can't find a place for him in first team. He is "oh so nasty" and takes over games. He scored 23 straight of his teams points in the game vs. Wash U. this past weekend, and it wasn't because he wanted to be like Kobe.

Ruths is an offensive power and a defensive guru. And Scott Stone is the best shooter in the UAA, as a shooting guard averages 3.50 assists, and is second to Ferderigos in steals. I would have to have one of the two on my 1st team.

And isn't it Kildare, not Gildare? And I agree with him as a lock.

[Bba11man]

i've been impressed at sometime this year with every team in the UAA, almost every team seems to have a player they can go to when they're down: washu either ruths or stone, emory ferderigos (or hall now that he's back), case-oren or lafe (even though he doesn't start), carnegie maurer or wilcox (even though everyone can score), brandeis de luca or rexhepi, nyu boone or kildare, roch i guess you could say Onyiriuka, chicago really doesn't have anyone.  all those guys can shoot or get a shot on their own whenever they need to. actually, it's kind of surprising chicago has an above .500 record without any threats like that, talent wise they might have the least in the league, what they seem to have is size and that's about it. then again they play nyu, brandeis and washu to end the season.  every other team though, it's been fun to watch some of their individual players go off at different times this year.

[Rhodes Scholar]

One of the better players in the UAA who nobody has mentioned is Marques Johnson of Carnegie Mellon. He might be the most underrated player in the conference. He is a very solid all-around ballplayer. He can shoot outside, has a good midrange game and can post up smaller defenders. He is also a good defender and a pretty good rebounder. He's averaging 13 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.64 assists per game. Plus, he's shooting .569% from the floor. All told, he's among the league leaders in seven statistical categories. And those categories don't take his defense and toughness into account.

[hugenerd]

Marques is a very good player and was exceptional in high school.  He also has the healthiest head of hair of anyone in all of DIII. He has gotten a shot this year and is taken full advantage of it.  He also gets a lot more looks and mismatches than he would on almost any other team, though, because CMU has so many threats and Wilcox and Maurer draw so much attention.

[username1111]

Out of Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Wash U, and Rochester, who has a chance to host a regional? Does anyone? I know the system is different this year, but I don't quite understand.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

It will all depend on where they are sent.  I could see CMU getting sent East.  I doubt WashU will host because of how deep the region is.  NYU isn't getting too much love either, but they or Rochester could host if the end up winning out and some other teams in the East lose.  CMU would be a good option for the NCAA, because they could bring teams from Eastern PA and from Ohio to try and even some of the brackets out... I doubt the NCAA cares enough about fairness to do it though.

[bouttime]

Marques is a very good player and was exceptional in high school.  He also has the healthiest head of hair of anyone in all of DIII. He has gotten a shot this year and is taken full advantage of it.  He also gets a lot more looks and mismatches than he would on almost any other team, though, because CMU has so many threats and Wilcox and Maurer draw so much attention.

I can second that Marcus as the best hair in all of D3. He's had it corn-rowed most of the year but I think he should bring back the afro that he sported last year. Another note about Marcus is the fact that he had very limited minutes for the Tartans his first 3 years on the team. He has been a very nice surprise being able to perform so well this year with limited experience.

[hugenerd]

It will all depend on where they are sent.  I could see CMU getting sent East.  I doubt WashU will host because of how deep the region is.  NYU isn't getting too much love either, but they or Rochester could host if the end up winning out and some other teams in the East lose.  CMU would be a good option for the NCAA, because they could bring teams from Eastern PA and from Ohio to try and even some of the brackets out... I doubt the NCAA cares enough about fairness to do it though.

I doubt Carnegie will host, unless the NCAA doesn't care about venues.  Skibo Gymnasium may report a capacity of 1100, but that is with like 500 of those people standing up.  It is a nice floor but in my opinion it isn't a great place to hold a tournament, only one side of the court has bleachers that they pull out.  Then again I dont know how they choose locations.

If I had to rate gymns in the UAA, I would put WashU first, Chicago second, Rochester 3rd, and NYU 4th.  Case and Carnegie have similar gymns but Case has a lower ceiling so I would but CMU at 5th and Case at 6.  Emory and Brandeis both play their games in these big athletic complexes where they have curtain dividers, which I hate, so I will put them at the bottom.  Due to the fact that Emory has the crappiest floor (with about 50% dead spots), I would put Brandeis at 7 and Emory at 8.