MBB: University Athletic Association

[Marty Peretz]

Falcon just picked up his fourth with 5:30 to go. MUST be some kind of conspiracy.

[ILive4This]

wow just got back from the chicago/brandeis game, and what a game that was. chicago had a pretty good lead at the half, but brandeis came out defending the 3 much better in the second half, forcing the skinny maroons to go inside which they simply could not do. brandeis actually gained a 1 pt lead, but free throws began to be an issue with about 6 minutes left. with the uc up 69-66, andre roberson missed a 3 that rimmed out and that took the momentum away from the judges. the maroons held on to win, although a quick 3 from steve deluca gave the judges hope again bringing them back within 4 with about 20 seconds left.

chicago played very well, but their team is very one-dimensional, and im not referring to turning their thin bodies sideways. whoever is the shooting coach on the south side deserves a promotion because no matter what they shoot the 3 and an impressive number of them go in. Although its shocking how even when it looks like they have a good look inside they kick it back out for the extra point. so many times i watched the ball get passed deep into the paint under the basket and kicked back outside for a 3.

to sum it up, another great game after the nail bitter on the womens side. great game played by both sides.

[dblock]

Anyhow, I do think WUSTL will take the NYU game, 74-68.

Falcon just picked up his fourth with 5:30 to go. MUST be some kind of conspiracy.

a little upsett are we??

[hugenerd]

Falcon just picked up his fourth with 5:30 to go. MUST be some kind of conspiracy.

Wow no one fouled out for NYU and they only had 18 fouls for the game.  That is a swing of 25 fouls in just 5 days (+20 to -5), great coaching Coach Nesci.  He was able to completely reteach his team the art of playing defense without fouling in just 5 days.

In all seriousness though, NYU deserved to win, they shot well above 50% from 2 and 3 while dominating the boards again.  They still had 21 turnovers, but their overall domination was rewarded tonight. 

Also, good job on the call guys, done very professionally and a pleasure to listen to.

[hugenerd]

The CMU-CWRU game looks like it was really ugly.  40 combined missed FTs.

[Rhodes Scholar]

I saw NYU beat Washington U, 73-57 earlier tonight. Glad to say that the refs played no part in the outcome of this game. Washington led very early in the game, but once NYU took the lead they never relinquished it. The Violets led 30-21 at the half and led by double digits for much of the second half. The Bears made a run to cut the lead to seven, but they faded down the stretch.

NYU looked very good tonight. The team played a solid all-around game. There was good passing and ball movement, Boone and Chael Clark were effective down low, DeCorso and Parker shot the ball well from long range and the team's defense was very good as well.

With the sole exception of Troy Ruths, the Bears relied exclusively on the outside shot. In fact, the Bears hit 10 three's but scored only seven two-point baskets, which is very odd. 

Michael DeCorso led the Violets with 18 points. Charlie Parker was next with 17 and Jason Boone added 16.  Tyler Nading was high man for Washington with 22 points and Ruths added 12.

[All-around]

I have seen Boone play over the last two years. I feel that he either just doesn't try to dominate (which I think he could if he chose to) or NYU does not decide to pound the ball inside, because I believe that if he wanted to he could get 20 and 10 every night. Anyone know what he plans to do after graduation?

[Pat Coleman]

Wash U even got within four, but NYU scored the next eight.

Wash U got a couple big stops and another possession when NYU missed two foul shots while the game was still in doubt, but couldn't do anything with them.

[username1111]

I have seen Boone play over the last two years. I feel that he either just doesn't try to dominate (which I think he could if he chose to) or NYU does not decide to pound the ball inside, because I believe that if he wanted to he could get 20 and 10 every night. Anyone know what he plans to do after graduation?

The NYU game programs and a local newspaper article have both said he would like to continue his basketball career if possible.

[Hoop Dreams]

The Bears are an excellent team, but I'm not sure they are good enough to go 14-0 in the UAA. Not that there ever really has been a team good enough to go 14-0 in the UAA.

In fact, three teams in UAA history have gone unbeaten in conference:

1997-98 Chicago
- Senior year for the All-American backcourt of Rusty Loyd and Aaron Horne (also my senior year at UC).  This was a terrific team with Final Four potential; unfortunately, they had to play their Sweet 16 game up in Platteville, WI against Bo Ryan and the Pioneers.  UWP went on to a perfect season and the national title.

1999-00 Chicago
- Team's two leading scorers were freshman Derek Reich and senior Brad Henderson.  The Maroons closed out their perfect conference slate with a 61-59 win at Wash U.

2001-02 Washington
- Team was led by the inside tandem of Chris Jeffries and Jarriot Rook.  The Bears added their name to the roll of the unbeatens by winning their final conference game, 64-62 in overtime at Chicago.  Matt Tabash's layup with :04 remaining was the game-winner in that contest at Henry Crown Field House.

Congratulations to the NYU on the win Friday night.  The number of perfect UAA records will stay at three for another year.

[Rhodes Scholar]

Last night's UAA results:

Carnegie Mellon 70, Case Western Reserve 68
Chicago 74, Brandeis 69
Rochester 81, Emory 65
NYU 73, Washington U. 57


1) The visiting team won three out of the four games. NYU was the only home team to win.
2) The team with the better conference record going in to the contest won three out of the four games. NYU was the only team with a poorer conference record to win a game.
3) Washington U. suffered their first conference defeat.
4) Chicago moved into a first-place tie with Washington U.
5) Emory remained stuck on one conference win.
6) Case remained winless in conference play.

[Marty Peretz]

Had a lot of trouble with the webcast and didn't get to hear the WU Brandeis action. ANyone have a score/highlights?

[David Collinge]

Had a lot of trouble with the webcast and didn't get to hear the WU Brandeis action. ANyone have a score/highlights?

http://www.d3hoops.com/schedule.php?date=2007-02-04&team=mens

[sean-o]

I kept a little track here at the end: http://maroon.uchicago.edu/sportsreport/?p=138

I'm sure the box and recap will be much more descriptive, but this works more off the (three) overtime broadcast.

[deiscanton]

Congratulations to the Brandeis men's basketball team on becoming the first Brandeis men's team to defeat Wash U since the 1991-92 season.  It had to take triple overtime to do it, but Wash U wasn't going to go down without a fight. 

To put a little perspective into this:

Auerbach Arena opened in January, 1992, and the Brandeis men's team was led by what is now known as Brandeis's "Big Three"-- Andre James, David Brooks, and Steve Harrington.  These three were the senior captains of that team, and all 3 had scored over 1,000 career points for Brandeis.  Andre James could take it inside for big-time dunks; David Brooks could also hit it from the inside, and Steve Harrington was the shooting guard who would hit the "3" if opposing defenses concentrated too much on stopping Brooks and James.  The novelty of Auerbach Arena drew large numbers of Brandeis students every game to support their team-- even if Brandeis was only playing an average local team that night.

The 1991-92 Brandeis men's basketball team qualified for the ECAC New England tournament as the #6 seed, and defeated 3 NESCAC teams on the road in Bates, Williams, and Colby (and all 3 would have been in the top 25 in my opinion-- if weekly polls had existed at the time-- along with Brandeis)  to capture the title.  At the time, NESCAC prohibited its members from competing in the NCAA DIII tournament, and the NCAA DIII men's basketball tournament only consisted of 40 teams-- I didn't have a clue at the time as to how the teams got selected for the NCAA tournament back then.

Although Brandeis alum Ken Still was the head coach of the 1991-92 team, he assumed his position in October, 1991 after the previous coach, Kevin O' Brien, resigned to take an assistant coaching job at Harvard.  Kevin O' Brien is now a professional scout for the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team.  Larry Greer was an assistant coach on the 1991-92 Brandeis men's basketball team-- today Larry Greer is a scout for the NBA's Houston Rockets.  Larry's older brother, Andy Greer, also helped recruit talent that ended up as seniors on the 1991-92 Brandeis men's team-- today Andy Greer is also a scout for the Houston Rockets.

Steve Harrington (Brandeis '92) currently is the head coach for the Watertown (MA) high school boys basketball varsity team, and all the members of Brandeis's "Big Three" are members of the Brandeis Athletics Hall of Fame.

Throughout this season, I always felt that this year's Brandeis men's team is the best team that I have seen since the 1991-92 season, and now I have a tangible result to prove it.  If this season is remembered for nothing else, it will be remembered for this Brandeis win over Wash U today.