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Post by bison137 on Mar 15, 2024 14:38:34 GMT -5
The recent brawl is not a recruiting tool. sadly, there are a lot of players who wouldn’t view it as any kind of negative.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 15, 2024 14:29:49 GMT -5
Her father, BTW, is Danny Strong, who was a very good player for NC State.
UConn fans are hoping she is holding off on her decision until Aaliyah Edwards formally announces that she is going to enter the WNBA draft. Thankfully South Carolina, who was one of her semi-finalist, is apparently out of the running.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 13, 2024 16:29:43 GMT -5
Fischer was touted as the recruiting guru during Paulsen's tenure at Bucknell, but apparently couldn't recruit for himself. His only successful season was his first, with his predecessor's guys. The Peter Principle strikes again. In Fisher’s successful first season at W&M, three of his five starters were players he recruited after he landed the job: good transfers from Wisconsin (a 7 footer),Milwaukee, and Penn. At that point it looked like he was going to be successful but then things never clicked after that. That’s surprising because he was a fabulous recruiter at Bucknell, being responsible for landing many of their top players.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 11, 2024 14:55:47 GMT -5
this could be a useful site. However, using full season statistics makes them worthless, given how large the differences were in OOC schedules between various teams.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 9, 2024 19:46:23 GMT -5
Apparently a conflict with a wrestling tournament. BU up a bunch early but AU cuts the lead to 7 Bucknell never envisioned they'd be in either the 8/9 or 7/10 game when they made this schedule for Sojka Pavilion. they certainly didn’t envision it. However, even if they had, I’m sure they would’ve been happy to host the EIWA. It is a big money maker, and also prestigious in the wrestling community.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 9, 2024 19:45:12 GMT -5
What court are they playing on? It looks like instead of turning the clock forward an hour they turned it back 50 years instead. Looks like the original Bucknell gym. As mentioned, they are playing in Davis Gym, which I believe was built in 1939, due to a conflict with Sojka Pavilion hosting the EIWa wrestling championships. Davis Gym was Bucknell’s basketball arena until 2002. It used to have at least twice as many seats as now, they took out the seats close to the court and also took out the student seating at both ends, in order to accommodate volleyball. Many of Bucknell’s wrestling meets are also held there, and it is used occasionally for basketball practices.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 9, 2024 16:42:06 GMT -5
Laf’s best two players are seniors - I disagree It’s been long enough and her teams just don’t show up too much (See our game in Easton which was a 30 pt game in the 3 qtr and today’s no show) Antignoli will be the only reliable player for them next season One of their two best players is a junior, Abby Antognoli. She made All-PL last year, and made All-PL again this year
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Post by bison137 on Mar 8, 2024 15:44:56 GMT -5
MM might not have put Flanagan on the ballot (senior vs. sophomore) Thanks, I was not aware that Coaches put names on the ballot. I assumed everybody is eligible. Good to learn something new. Yes, coaches make the nominations for all of the postseason awards. However, there is no limit on how many players they can nominate. The only issue might be that if you nominate too many, they might split the vote. Also, the coaches or the SIDs nominate all of the players for the weekly honors for all sports. . In that case, however, you can only nominate one player for a given award. Every now and then, that limitation makes no sense if two players on the same team have tremendous weeks.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 7, 2024 16:08:30 GMT -5
Langel would take that job in a heartbeat. He has been holding out for a Philly job for years, and Penn is his alma mater. I've been expecting Langel to end up at La Salle, where his mentor, Fran Dunphy, came out of retirement to save the program. He is almost certain to retire again shortly and likely will push hard for Langel. With the financial state of LaSalle I am not sure taking the job at LaSalle would be a wise choice for a hot coaching prospect like Langel. The problem is that when you limit yourself to only considering five or six jobs, you are not really a hot prospect. St. Joes, Temple, La Salle, and Villanova all made recent coaching changes - and Langel did not get any of those jobs. He likely could have moved up the ladder to a number of other conferences but has shown no interest.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 7, 2024 14:08:20 GMT -5
Not saying it is going to happen but if UPenn parted ways with Steve Donahue would Langel be interested in the job. UPenn didn't make the Ivy League Tournament for the first time since 2017 and did not have a very good year. I am not sure Langel is going to be as hot a coaching candidate as he is right now. Colgate is losing some very strong players this year. Langel would take that job in a heartbeat. He has been holding out for a Philly job for years, and Penn is his alma mater. I've been expecting Langel to end up at La Salle, where his mentor, Fran Dunphy, came out of retirement to save the program. He is almost certain to retire again shortly and likely will push hard for Langel.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 7, 2024 10:44:43 GMT -5
Bronagh has made her PoY case down the stretch, averaging 25pp over the last five, shooting 52/49/86. Best player on the best team. We'll know shortly Boston’s blowout loss in a key game last night certainly did not help Weimer’s case. She did have 20 and 15, but a loss by that many points in a key game at the end of the year is certainly bad optics. It cost Boston a co-championship.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 6, 2024 11:05:02 GMT -5
As an example as to how tight the standings are, Bucknell can win and tie for 1st place in certain scenarios. Probably a 3 seed. On the other hand, if they lose, the team could fall into a tie for 5th through 8th and get the 8 seed.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 4, 2024 20:15:30 GMT -5
Not sure Bucknell is consistent enough to run the table. But having said that, they have been getting better each game the last four weeks. With a starting lineup of four sophomores and one freshman, the future is pretty bright if they don’t lose players to the portal. One reason for their improvement is that PG Blake Matthews has gotten healthy and started living up to her potential. The starting PG the first half of the season was senior Caroline Dingler, but unfortunately, she suffered a really bad concussion in mid-December and is out for the season. It took a while for the team to get used to not having Dingler, their captain and only senior who played a lot. But they seem to have put things together the last four weeks. Do you expect Dingler back for her covid year? Very unlikely. Bucknell has not allowed any 5th years to return, so the only possible reason likely would be if the concussion symptoms are so bad that she is unable to complete her coursework. She did have to postpone her MCATs, but I think she is now able to handle the academics again. Obviously interested in med school. Btw, theoretically she might be able to play two more years since she could take this year as an injury redshirt.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 4, 2024 18:11:01 GMT -5
My heart says HC, my darkhorse is Bucknell, my likely is the winner of the Colgate/BosU game Wednesday. How you like that hedge Not sure Bucknell is consistent enough to run the table. But having said that, they have been getting better each game the last four weeks. With a starting lineup of four sophomores and one freshman, the future is pretty bright if they don’t lose players to the portal. One reason for their improvement is that PG Blake Matthews has gotten healthy and started living up to her potential. The starting PG the first half of the season was senior Caroline Dingler, but unfortunately, she suffered a really bad concussion in mid-December and is out for the season. It took a while for the team to get used to not having Dingler, their captain and only senior who played a lot. But they seem to have put things together the last four weeks.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 4, 2024 18:04:52 GMT -5
Mark Butler is an interesting selection for the All Rookie team. He had a boatload of assists but shot 0-17 from three. But he also hit 56% on twos and had one of the leagues top assist rates. Also was fifth in the league in assists per game and led the league in assist to turnover ratio.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 4, 2024 15:01:15 GMT -5
I sort of liked the short lived experiment from close to 20 years ago, when they split up the tournament into 2 league site pods (HC hosted one). I believe they played the quarters and semis at the 2 sites, then the highest overall seed hosted the final (I might not have this completely accurate). It at least gave off a bit of tournament vibe, while still rewarding regular season performance. That was in 2005 and 2006. The pods were hosted by the top two teams in the league, which not surprisingly were Bucknell and Holy Cross. At that time, of course, there were eight teams in the league, so it was easier to execute that sort of model.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 4, 2024 12:13:29 GMT -5
Nope. It is simply that Army plays all of their weekday home games at 6 PM. The other play-in game at Navy starts at 7 PM. I don’t think other men’s teams use 6 PM starts, but a number of PL women’s teams start their games at 6 PM. They have found that the majority of their fans prefer a 6 PM start to a 7 PM start. I don’t think that’s the case on the men’s side in many places, however. more concession money if you don't have time to grab a bite before tip off That’s likely true, but the teams using the 6 PM start all switched to that time because they did a survey of their women’s ticket holders and found that the majority wanted 6 PM.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 4, 2024 11:20:51 GMT -5
Probably a dumb question, but could it be just to give the winning team 1 extra hour for travel/prep for the quarterfinal? Nope. It is simply that Army plays all of their weekday home games at 6 PM. The other play-in game at Navy starts at 7 PM. I don’t think other men’s teams use 6 PM starts, but a number of PL women’s teams start their games at 6 PM. They have found that the majority of their fans prefer a 6 PM start to a 7 PM start. I don’t think that’s the case on the men’s side in many places, however.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 1, 2024 13:16:07 GMT -5
This year's nightmare will soon be over. Brighter days are ahead Do you’re really see this season as a nightmare? I’ve seen a this team improve greatly from where they were at when the season started. Their D is much better, the offense is more fluid, the rebounding is better.. yes these are all my eyeball opinions, I have seen every game, home in person. I may have the purple lenses in, I still like the direction the program is heading. Seems like we have a good class coming in. I think we are a good big away from being a factor in the league. A Justin Vander Bahn or Keegan Records would vault this team up the league standings. Keegan Records yes. But Vander Baan is at best an average PL center. He's a good shot blocker but not above average in any other category. Lafayette btw currently ranks #315 in the nation and has a 10-19 record. VDB was helpless against Bucknell's Williamson and had to be benched on several occasions. And Williamson is still very much a work in progress. Very little experience and lacks strength.
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Post by bison137 on Feb 29, 2024 18:30:45 GMT -5
Clark just announced that she’s entering the WNBA draft in 2024 - will be interesting to see if she fits In immediately Not surprising, given that Iowa would probably not have been a Big 10 contender next year.
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Post by bison137 on Feb 29, 2024 18:20:31 GMT -5
Bang out the roof so they have to play this doubleheader in Agganis Arena next year. Any PL interest in having the whole M+W PLT at BU using both Case and Agganis to keep the trains running on time? Would the BU hockey coaches nix that idea? In recent years, the attendance for Boston U's home games with HC has averaged just over 600 (including no shows). The capacity of Agganis for basketball is 6400. Having over 90% of the seats empty is bad optics that Boston U wants no part of - and it also makes it a losing proposition to even open Aggans. As for having the PLT there, the PL has no interest, nor do the individual schools. Btw. the first few years after Boston U joined the PL, they were required to play league games in Agganis because the PL didn't like the idea of a member playing in a gym with a capacity of maybe 1500. After a few years of "crowds" of 650 people packed into Agganis, the PL and Boston U agreed to stop butting their heads against an immovable wall, and they moved all games to Case, whose 1500 capacity is more than Boston U will ever need.
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Post by bison137 on Feb 29, 2024 15:15:23 GMT -5
Massey makes HC a 4 point underdog at home (65-69) with a 36% chance for the win. Underdogs on our home court...ouch! (... to a team we already beat at their place!) We are playing at Case. Pomeroy has us as ten point dogs. Massey has Boston U as a nine point favorite. masseyratings.com/cb2024/796
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Post by bison137 on Feb 29, 2024 13:40:29 GMT -5
Just finished watching. BPC made a case for P.O.Y. for herself. It was a great mock exam for upcoming playoff intensity. And Weimar, who I think is the favorite, also made a case in a crucial win over Lehigh. She had 16 points on 7-9 shooting, plus 9 boards, 2 assists, 1 block, and 1 steal.
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Post by bison137 on Feb 29, 2024 12:15:56 GMT -5
Pending today's results, the top seven teams in the PL are .500 or above. Good balance. Lehigh has now dropped below .500, but there is still a scenario where the league ends in a six-way tie for 1st. Very unlikely that will happen, since I can't see HC losing to LC, but it is at least theoretically possible.
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Post by bison137 on Feb 29, 2024 9:55:08 GMT -5
Paige Bueckers just made the right financial and happiness decision to remain at UConn for her Covid year - she (like Clark) make much more playing in college. Another legit reason Bueckers is coming back is because she has missed so much time due to injury, while Clark has generally been injury free. Bueckers, in fact, could possibly play two more seasons. Next year she will be using the Covid year, but she also missed all of the 2022–23 season with a torn ACL.
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