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Post by rgs318 on Jan 6, 2017 5:22:07 GMT -5
I am glad we are at home on Sunday (1:05pm start - youth camper day).
Massey makes Bucknell a 3 point favorite at the Hart (64-61) with a 58% chance for the win.
PL Standings: 1. Bucknell 3-0 / 11-5 1. Boston 3-0 / 8-7 3. Holy Cross 2-1 / 8-8 3. Loyola Maryland 2-1 / 8-6 3. Lafayette 2-1 / 6-8 6. Lehigh 1-2 / 7-7 6. American 1-2 / 4-10 6. Colgate 1-2 / 3-13 9. Army 0-3 / 6-9 9.Navy 0-3 / 5-10
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Post by rgs318 on Jan 6, 2017 5:45:44 GMT -5
PROBABLE STARTERS: 23 Thomas, Zach..........F (Jr 6'7" 228) 16 ppg / 6 rpg / 30 mpg 20 Foulland, Nana........C (Jr 6'9" 230) 14 ppg / 8 rpg / 28 mpg 01 Mackenzie, Kimbal..G (So 6'1" 190) 11 ppg / 2 rpg / 30 mpg 02 Brown, Stephen.......G (Jr 5'11" 165) 10 ppg / 4 rpg / 31 mpg 11 Toomer, Avi..............G (Fr 6'3" 187) 2 ppg / 1 rpg / 13 mpg
TOP SUBS: 22 O'Reilly, Matt...........G (So 6'3" 200) 5 ppg / 1 rpg / 16 mpg 04 Sestina, Nate..........F/C (So 6'8" 234) 6 ppg / 4 rpg / 13 mpg 13 Moore, Bruce...........F (Fr 6'8" 210) 2 ppg / 1 rpg / 8 mpg 00 MacLeay, D.J...........F (Sr 6'7" 235) 2 ppg / 2 rpg / 6 mpg
This is a young, talented Bucknell team. They have only one senior in their top 9 players (and he gets only about 6 minutes a game).
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 6, 2017 11:43:54 GMT -5
A quick update on some player milestones. Malachi Alexander passed Glenn Tropf, Chris Rojik, and Frank Powell on the career scoring list last night. He's now in 39th place with 1,105 career points and should pass Ernie Floyd (1,109) and Marty Halsey (1,112) in the Bucknell game and perhaps Brian Reale (1,123) if he has a good game. MA is certain to pass many more all-time greats with continued solid play and can finish in the top 20 (Gene Doyle is #20 with 1,332 points) if he can average 14-15 points a game, particularly if we go deep in the PL playoffs. Robert Champion is at 845 points and, at his current 13.7 points per game, projects to hit 1,000 in the first half of the Army game at the Hart Center. Karl Charles has passed 500 points midway through his sophomore year and the sky is the limit for this talented player. Note the great improvement in KC's three point shooting (many sophomores do improve) this season, I wish he'd take shots--twos as well as threes
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Post by purplenurple on Jan 6, 2017 14:12:20 GMT -5
A quick update on some player milestones. Malachi Alexander passed Glenn Tropf, Chris Rojik, and Frank Powell on the career scoring list last night. He's now in 39th place with 1,105 career points and should pass Ernie Floyd (1,109) and Marty Halsey (1,112) in the Bucknell game and perhaps Brian Reale (1,123) if he has a good game. MA is certain to pass many more all-time greats with continued solid play and can finish in the top 20 (Gene Doyle is #20 with 1,332 points) if he can average 14-15 points a game, particularly if we go deep in the PL playoffs. Robert Champion is at 845 points and, at his current 13.7 points per game, projects to hit 1,000 in the first half of the Army game at the Hart Center. Karl Charles has passed 500 points midway through his sophomore year and the sky is the limit for this talented player. Note the great improvement in KC's three point shooting (many sophomores do improve) this season, I wish he'd take shots--twos as well as threes If KC stays out of foul trouble, he should have no problem putting up points. I'd like to see him make a point of attacking the rim when the opportunity presents itself.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 6, 2017 14:35:53 GMT -5
A quick update on some player milestones. Malachi Alexander passed Glenn Tropf, Chris Rojik, and Frank Powell on the career scoring list last night. He's now in 39th place with 1,105 career points and should pass Ernie Floyd (1,109) and Marty Halsey (1,112) in the Bucknell game and perhaps Brian Reale (1,123) if he has a good game. MA is certain to pass many more all-time greats with continued solid play and can finish in the top 20 (Gene Doyle is #20 with 1,332 points) if he can average 14-15 points a game, particularly if we go deep in the PL playoffs. Robert Champion is at 845 points and, at his current 13.7 points per game, projects to hit 1,000 in the first half of the Army game at the Hart Center. Karl Charles has passed 500 points midway through his sophomore year and the sky is the limit for this talented player. Note the great improvement in KC's three point shooting (many sophomores do improve) this season, I wish he'd take shots--twos as well as threes If KC stays out of foul trouble, he should have no problem putting up points. I'd like to see him make a point of attacking the rim when the opportunity presents itself. I'd like to see KC take more shots (get more aggressive?). Here's this year versus last year (full season versus partial season with different opponent mix) FGA/40 Minutes LY/TY RC= 13.6/14.4 MA= 10.2/12.7 , a meaningful increase--going to him more, perhaps MH= 11.1/11.1 but he's making a higher percentage this year KC= 10.5/7.9 a big reduction in attempts from my POV AT= 8/9/7.6 MZ= 10.4/7.5 PB= 6.2/6.8 JF= 8.7/6.1
CH=11.1 LY EG= 10.4 LY
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Post by bison137 on Jan 6, 2017 14:50:59 GMT -5
PROBABLE STARTERS:23 Thomas, Zach..........F (Jr 6'7" 228) 16 ppg / 6 rpg / 30 mpg 20 Foulland, Nana........C (Jr 6'9" 230) 14 ppg / 8 rpg / 28 mpg 01 Mackenzie, Kimbal..G (So 6'1" 190) 11 ppg / 2 rpg / 30 mpg 02 Brown, Stephen.......G (Jr 5'11" 165) 10 ppg / 4 rpg / 31 mpg 11 Toomer, Avi..............G (Fr 6'3" 187) 2 ppg / 1 rpg / 13 mpg TOP SUBS:22 O'Reilly, Matt...........G (So 6'3" 200) 5 ppg / 1 rpg / 16 mpg 04 Sestina, Nate..........F/C (So 6'8" 234) 6 ppg / 4 rpg / 13 mpg 13 Moore, Bruce...........F (Fr 6'8" 210) 2 ppg / 1 rpg / 8 mpg 00 MacLeay, D.J...........F (Sr 6'7" 235) 2 ppg / 2 rpg / 6 mpg This is a young, talented Bucknell team. They have only one senior in their top 9 players (and he gets only about 6 minutes a game). Thats an accurate list. The only comment I would add is that Nate Jones, who is a 6-5 SF, is normally a starter. He has been out with a foot injury sustained December 22nd and is unlikely to play. However there is an outside chance you could see him on Sunday. In his absence 6-3 Avi Toomer has been starting as an undersized three. He will have to guard Charles on Sunday, which is a mismatch from the height perspective. Bucknell only has two real threes, Jones and freshman Ben Robertson. In addition to Toomer, 6-8 Bruce Moore has also seen time at the three, but he really is more of a four. In last nights game at American, Toomer played 25 minutes and Moore played 20 minutes.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 6, 2017 15:29:29 GMT -5
The Patriot League all-kenpom.com team has both Zach Thomas and Nana Foulland. Bucknell fans also have to be really happy with the play of soph Kimbal MacKenzie who is getting a lot more minutes this year and playing very, very well.
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Jan 6, 2017 15:53:47 GMT -5
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Post by ncaam on Jan 6, 2017 15:53:47 GMT -5
Bucknell the pride of the Patriot League . Will take a herculean effort by the Crusaders!
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jan 6, 2017 16:05:26 GMT -5
Bucknell the pride of the Patriot League . Will take a herculean effort by the Crusaders! The game is basically a coin-flip.
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Post by lou on Jan 6, 2017 16:17:23 GMT -5
Bucknell the pride of the Patriot League . Will take a herculean effort by the Crusaders! The game is basically a coin-flip. kenpom 116 vs 193 ... a coin flip?
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jan 6, 2017 16:22:21 GMT -5
The game is basically a coin-flip. kenpom 116 vs 193 ... a coin flip? Yes, coin-flip. If the game was at Bucknell, they'd be favored by about seven. It's at HC, and Bucknell is favored by one.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 6, 2017 16:25:46 GMT -5
In support of the "home court advantage": in the PL regular season last year the home team won 48 of 90 games.
That's actually a pretty low percentage compared to other conferences, #27 of the 32 conferences. I checked the SEC: home team won 69.8% of games last season--wow.
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Post by bison137 on Jan 6, 2017 16:52:01 GMT -5
kenpom 116 vs 193 ... a coin flip? Yes, coin-flip. If the game was at Bucknell, they'd be favored by about seven. It's at HC, and Bucknell is favored by one. And really only a fraction of a point. Bucknell is given a 51% chance of a win.
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Post by bison137 on Jan 6, 2017 17:07:11 GMT -5
In support of the "home court advantage": in the PL regular season last year the home team won 48 of 90 games. That's actually a pretty low percentage compared to other conferences, #27 of the 32 conferences. I checked the SEC: home team won 69.8% of games last season--wow. That was down from the previous year, when the home teams went 54-36 (60%). Pomeroy published data in February 2015 that found the national average was 60% as well for home teams in conference games. Pomeroy also gave gave this example of the effect of the home court: "Beating the 90th-ranked team on the road is about as difficult as beating the 50th-best team on a neutral floor, which is roughly as difficult as beating the 20th-best team on one’s home floor. (The exact relationship can vary by season.) So it’s poor form to ignore this when some teams in college never go on the road in non-conference and others rarely get to play a non-conference game at home."
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Post by rgs318 on Jan 6, 2017 18:12:48 GMT -5
PROBABLE STARTERS:23 Thomas, Zach..........F (Jr 6'7" 228) 16 ppg / 6 rpg / 30 mpg 20 Foulland, Nana........C (Jr 6'9" 230) 14 ppg / 8 rpg / 28 mpg 01 Mackenzie, Kimbal..G (So 6'1" 190) 11 ppg / 2 rpg / 30 mpg 02 Brown, Stephen.......G (Jr 5'11" 165) 10 ppg / 4 rpg / 31 mpg 11 Toomer, Avi..............G (Fr 6'3" 187) 2 ppg / 1 rpg / 13 mpg TOP SUBS:22 O'Reilly, Matt...........G (So 6'3" 200) 5 ppg / 1 rpg / 16 mpg 04 Sestina, Nate..........F/C (So 6'8" 234) 6 ppg / 4 rpg / 13 mpg 13 Moore, Bruce...........F (Fr 6'8" 210) 2 ppg / 1 rpg / 8 mpg 00 MacLeay, D.J...........F (Sr 6'7" 235) 2 ppg / 2 rpg / 6 mpg This is a young, talented Bucknell team. They have only one senior in their top 9 players (and he gets only about 6 minutes a game). Thats an accurate list. The only comment I would add is that Nate Jones, who is a 6-5 SF, is normally a starter. He has been out with a foot injury sustained December 22nd and is unlikely to play. However there is an outside chance you could see him on Sunday. In his absence 6-3 Avi Toomer has been starting as an undersized three. He will have to guard Charles on Sunday, which is a mismatch from the height perspective. Bucknell only has two real threes, Jones and freshman Ben Robertson. In addition to Toomer, 6-8 Bruce Moore has also seen time at the three, but he really is more of a four. In last nights game at American, Toomer played 25 minutes and Moore played 20 minutes. Thanks, bison. Your input is always appreciated.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 6, 2017 19:19:17 GMT -5
In support of the "home court advantage": in the PL regular season last year the home team won 48 of 90 games. That's actually a pretty low percentage compared to other conferences, #27 of the 32 conferences. I checked the SEC: home team won 69.8% of games last season--wow. That was down from the previous year, when the home teams went 54-36 (60%). Pomeroy published data in February 2015 that found the national average was 60% as well for home teams in conference games. Pomeroy also gave gave this example of the effect of the home court: "Beating the 90th-ranked team on the road is about as difficult as beating the 50th-best team on a neutral floor, which is roughly as difficult as beating the 20th-best team on one’s home floor. (The exact relationship can vary by season.) So it’s poor form to ignore this when some teams in college never go on the road in non-conference and others rarely get to play a non-conference game at home."
Bingo!.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jan 7, 2017 1:48:14 GMT -5
If students were on campus and the weather were not a factor, I'd have bet that Sunday's attendance would be in the 3000-3200 range. Bad timing.
I'll be there -- looking forward to making the trip. Assuming the roads are OK.
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Jan 7, 2017 18:41:30 GMT -5
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Post by lou on Jan 7, 2017 18:41:30 GMT -5
What's the weather in Worcester?
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 7, 2017 19:57:57 GMT -5
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Post by HCFC45 on Jan 7, 2017 20:44:02 GMT -5
12 miles SE of Worcester we have about 6 inches of snow, likely a little less in Worcester because of the storm track. Storm over by 11:30pm tonight. Cape got clobbered with 12 to 16+ inches. Wind gust to 30 mph tonight with the light fluffy snow drifting. Winds will taper off by morning. Sunday is supposed to be sunny with and a slight chance of a snow shower in the afternoon. Temps will be in the teens to 20's. Big warmup starting Wednesday, temps to hit the 50's with rain on Thursday and Friday... maybe goodbye snow cover!
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Post by HCFC45 on Jan 8, 2017 7:27:23 GMT -5
No "mosquitos" here, currently 12 degrees with blue skies above!
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Jan 8, 2017 10:36:10 GMT -5
Every reason to respect the Bison; no reason to fear them - we've gone 8-5 after the 0-3 start, and have been in every single game. Hope the team (and fans!) bring it today....GO CROSS GO!!
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 8, 2017 11:09:18 GMT -5
You, you, you . . . . oooooon, YOU!
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Post by dadominate on Jan 8, 2017 12:09:43 GMT -5
he's had a somewhat slow start compared to some other freshmen in the patriot league, likely due in part to playing for a pretty good bucknell team, but bruce moore is one of the more decorated pl freshmen coming out of high school. he had a bunch of offers and has a solid inside/outside game, somewhat in the mold of malachi alexander. as in the story below, it's always interesting to read why kids choose their schools at our level. the chance to play in the ncaa tournament - and the track record to back it up that bucknell has - always seems to be big. i think that's one of the reasons why we have a stronger recruiting class coming in next year, as we could (and i'm sure, did) emphasize our ncaa tournament appearance. www.baltimoresun.com/sports/high-school/varsity-letters/bal-mcdonogh-forward-bruce-moore-commits-to-bucknell-20150915-story.html
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Bucknell
Jan 8, 2017 12:59:33 GMT -5
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Post by cmo on Jan 8, 2017 12:59:33 GMT -5
This is not your older brother's HC-Bucknell crowd
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