MBB: University Athletic Association

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Martin you have nine sevens on that poll.

[martin]

Hoopsfan -

Either the UAA screwed up or one coach did not put anyone third - there are only seven 3's.  There should be eight of each 1 through 7.

The UAA page with the rankings is at:
http://www.uaa.rochester.edu/Weekly_Sport_Updates/MHOOPS_Update.html

[martin]

Opening weekend schedule

Friday, Nov. 17

Babson College/Irving Oil Tournament
First round: Washington vs. Vassar College           
7:30 p.m.

Brandeis Tip-Off Tournament (First round)
Brandeis vs. Newbury College
Colby-Sawyer College vs. Springfield College
6:00 p.m./8:00 p.m.

Case Alumni Association Tip-Off Tournament (first round)
Marietta College vs. Thiel College
Case vs. Medaille College
6:00 p.m./8:00 p.m.

University of Rochester/Chuck Resler Tournament (first round)
SUNY Geneseo vs. Lake Erie College
Rochester vs. Ithaca College
1:00 p.m./8:00 p.m.

West Penn Classic
Carnegie Mellon at Washington & Jefferson College
8:00 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 18

Emory at Mercer College (GA)           
7:00 p.m.

Washington at Babson College/Irving Oil Tournament
Consolation/Championship           
1:00/3:00 p.m.

Brandeis University Tip-Off Tournament
Consolation/Championship
1:00/5:00 p.m.

Case Alumni Association Tip-Off Tournament
Consolation/Championship
2:00/4:00 p.m.

University of Rochester/Chuck Resler Tournament
Consolation/Championship
1:00/8:00 p.m.

New York University Tip-off Tournament (first round)
NYU vs. Alfred University
Moravian College vs. Emerson College
1:00 p.m./3:00 p.m.

University of Chicago/Midway Classic (first round)
Chicago vs. US Coast Guard Academy
DePauw University vs. Earlham College
6:00 p.m./8:00 p.m.

West Penn Classic
Carnegie Mellon vs. Grove City College (@ Meadville, PA)
6:00 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 19
 
New York University Tip-off Tournament
Consolation/Championship
1:00/3:00 p.m.

University of Chicago/Midway Classic
Consolation/Championship U
1:00/5:00 p.m.

All times local
 

[bouttime]

The CMU game on Nov. 17th has been moved to 10pm. They still are opening up against W&J.

[maxpower]

Anyone headed to IC-UR tomorrow night?

[deiscanton]

Once again, the UAA men's title race looks to be wide open-- anyone of 5 teams could take it (NYU, Brandeis, Wash U, Rochester, Chicago), with the youth of defending champion Carnegie Mellon working against the Tartans this year.

Of course, on Saturday CMU can say otherwise.  CMU plays Rochester to open up UAA play, and we will have a good indicator as to the two teams relative strength in a head to head.

Congratulations to Brian Meehan on his 200th career victory.  I'm sorry that I was not able to see the Brandeis victory at Babson on Tuesday, but it is a challenge as a Brandeis fan now to have to support 2 very good basketball teams (men and women!),   Which game to choose when the two teams are away at two game sites?  I hope that I can get to Amherst to support the Brandeis men on the 9th of December, but I don't want the WNEC women to pull off a surprise upset in Springfield if I decide to go to Amherst instead.  Decisions, decisions.....

Tonight, though, Brandeis plays UMass-Dartmouth back home at Auerbach, and Coach Meehan will try to get a winning record at Brandeis for the first time in a while.  A win tonight puts Coach Meehan with 41 wins and 40 losses coaching the Judges.  (Coach Meehan had 160 career victories at Salem State.)

The Brandeis frosh are meshing very well with the returning players.  Frosh Terrell Hollins already won a UAA Player of the Week award for his performances against Suffolk and (then #12) Tufts.  Kenny Small is performing well, and Rich Magee is not doing too badly in the starting lineup, to name a few.

It is also good to see other UAA teams doing well against teams in the top 25 or getting top 25 votes.  NYU defeated York (NY) on Monday, and yesterday, I heard Omar on GoMaroons!  calling the play-by-play as Chicago defeated Wheaton (IL) of the CCIW by 4.  Wash U barely lost to Augustana (CCIW) on the road.

Of course, I would not be surprised if one day, I turn onto GoMaroons audio, and Omar decides to start the Chicago game webcast with either the Champions League theme music or the Fox Soccer Channel's Premiership theme.  To paraphrase Colonel K from the DangerMouse cartoon of the 1980's-- "Ah, good show, Omar!"

[hugenerd]

Once again, the UAA men's title race looks to be wide open-- anyone of 5 teams could take it (NYU, Brandeis, Wash U, Rochester, Chicago), with the youth of defending champion Carnegie Mellon working against the Tartans this year.

Of course, on Saturday CMU can say otherwise.  CMU plays Rochester to open up UAA play, and we will have a good indicator as to the two teams relative strength in a head to head.

Congratulations to Brian Meehan on his 200th career victory.  I'm sorry that I was not able to see the Brandeis victory at Babson on Tuesday, but it is a challenge as a Brandeis fan now to have to support 2 very good basketball teams (men and women!),   Which game to choose when the two teams are away at two game sites?  I hope that I can get to Amherst to support the Brandeis men on the 9th of December, but I don't want the WNEC women to pull off a surprise upset in Springfield if I decide to go to Amherst instead.  Decisions, decisions.....

Tonight, though, Brandeis plays UMass-Dartmouth back home at Auerbach, and Coach Meehan will try to get a winning record at Brandeis for the first time in a while.  A win tonight puts Coach Meehan with 41 wins and 40 losses coaching the Judges.  (Coach Meehan had 160 career victories at Salem State.)

The Brandeis frosh are meshing very well with the returning players.  Frosh Terrell Hollins already won a UAA Player of the Week award for his performances against Suffolk and (then #12) Tufts.  Kenny Small is performing well, and Rich Magee is not doing too badly in the starting lineup, to name a few.

It is also good to see other UAA teams doing well against teams in the top 25 or getting top 25 votes.  NYU defeated York (NY) on Monday, and yesterday, I heard Omar on GoMaroons!  calling the play-by-play as Chicago defeated Wheaton (IL) of the CCIW by 4.  Wash U barely lost to Augustana (CCIW) on the road.

Of course, I would not be surprised if one day, I turn onto GoMaroons audio, and Omar decides to start the Chicago game webcast with either the Champions League theme music or the Fox Soccer Channel's Premiership theme.  To paraphrase Colonel K from the DangerMouse cartoon of the 1980's-- "Ah, good show, Omar!"

Another good win for the UAA, in my opinion, was the beatdown Chicago put on Coast Guard.  I am a UAA alum but now live in the NE region, and after watching alot of NEWMAC games last year, I can impartially say that CGA is one of the two best teams in the NEWMAC (they are returning all their best players from a team that got third in the NEWMAC last year).  Hopefully that, along with Brandeis demolishing Springfield and handling Tufts (who was ranked top 12 at the time and is a top team in the NESCAC), will give the UAA some respect from the NE voters.

[ILive4This]

other who were at the brandeis game last night against umass dartmouth may disagree, but from listening to the babson game and watching last nights, i witnessed much more sloppy play then i saw against then number 12 tufts. UMD seemed to be the most athletic team brandeis has faced in their 6-0 run, but again brandeis had the height advantage as they will in many games out of conference. the judges have a quick transition offense that really utilizes their speed for the fast break, this is a givem, but last night it appeared as though they were forcing it too much, attempting to pass the ball before actually having the rebound. in some cases rather than passing the ball they would try to smack it to another player, resulting in turnovers over and over again. too many times last night a brandeis player would be the first to touch the ball off the glass on offense or defense, but the ball would end up in the hands of the opposition, this will no fly against amherst or the conference games. however, chances are the judges will enter rochester for UAA play with a 10-1 record unless something outrageous happens

[FisherDynasty]

Rochester may not go 10-1, they have Fisher thursday night which should be a very good game.  Although Fisher is down a ways from the past 2 years, talent wise, it is pretty close to UofR (with better bigs, weaker guards).  In my opinion, UofR is still away from getting back to leading the UAA.  I predict NYU to take it this year.

[deiscanton]

To clarify a previous post, the Brandeis men could go 10-1 into Rochester in January (assuming Brandeis loses to Amherst and defeats Curry-- Brandeis could go 11-0 if the Judges win their next 2 games).  I hope 'Deis can defeat Amherst on Saturday and still remain undefeated, but Amherst will be a tough opponent.  Brandeis did come very close to defeating Amherst 2 years ago-- the Judges only lost by 4 in Amherst the last time the game was at LeFrak Gym on the Amherst campus.  Brandeis is favored to win at Curry on January 2-- Curry has a very short bench and will have a disadvantage against the deeper 'Deis squad.

Rochester can only go 8-1 at best into the Brandeis game, but St. John Fisher will be a tough opponent for the U of R to defeat.   The Chase Tournament counts as 3 non-conference games for Rochester, so the U of R cannot play 11 games in any season before the meeting vs. Brandeis.

I will check out Amherst tomorrow when they play at MIT.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

How's the height with Brandeis?  Curry's got some big bodies and will be much better if their PG is back from a broken hand.

[deiscanton]

Brandeis currently has the taller roster vs. Curry, height wise.  Starting "Deis center is 6'7", current starting shooting guards are 6'3" and 6'4"-- Kwame at point is 5'11".- DeLuca is 6'6".   'Deis's 6'11" player, John Saucier, is healthy-- hopefully he can be able to earn more minutes as the season rolls along-- he is not yet at prime form.  Brandeis has a very athletic squad with a deeper bench then previous years.

I saw Curry at the UMass-Boston tournament-- I don't know if the injury to Curry's point guard happened before the tournament or not-- all I know is that I saw their games against Colby-Sawyer and Framingham State, so I have an impression about Curry from those two games.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Curry's PG Tim Jones hasn't played since pre-Thanksgiving 2005.  He was out all year last year and borke his hand in preseason this year.  He is very fundamentally sound and the vocal leader on the team.  Without him this very talented roster has just been nothing.

Bowers, from Curry is a big talent, but even at 6'10", when confronted with other big guys, has shown a bit of frustration.  They always stink it up pre-Christmas and probably are no match for Brandeis anyway, however they could certainly do damage if overlooked.

[ILive4This]

so what i find very interesting is that in the week 2 poll, the five UAA teams getting votes are all back to back...how does everyone think the conference stacks up after almost a month of play?

[deiscanton]

Update in reference to Curry's Jonathan Bowers--

Jon Bowers only played a minute vs. Colby-Sawyer in the UMass-Boston tournament and did not play vs. Framingham State, so I did not have a chance to really see him in action.  However, it looks like he saw some significant action over the past 3 games and has come up with some big scoring performances vs. Nichols, Roger Williams, and WNEC.  I'm sure that Brandeis will be able to take Bowers into account for the January 2nd game.

As for this Saturday's matchup between Brandeis and Amherst--

It should be a good one.  I'm excited about this game.  That is all I'm going to say for now about this match.

As for yesterday's Rochester v. St. John Fisher match--

UR had a chance to pull this one off.  The free throw line was not a friend to Rochester last night-- Rochester would have won this game with a normal free throw shooting night of about 70%.