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Post by trimster on Jan 6, 2024 8:47:22 GMT -5
Probably too busy playing and studying Apparently Boston has both well in hand with a 3.7 GPA heading into his senior year. He does this while commuting 50 minutes each way to school.
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Post by trimster on Jan 6, 2024 1:03:04 GMT -5
Post See new posts Conversation Oldham County Basketball @oldhamcombb Your Colonels take down Sayre!
🔵 Max Green - 28 pts, 4 reb, 6 ast, 2 stl 🔵 Abram Stinebruner- 5 pts, 2 reb, 6 ast 🔵 Cam Roush - 6 pts, 4 stl 🔵 Luis Nava - 17 pts, 10 reb 🔵 Henry Marcum - 9 pts, 7 reb 🔵 Jeramy Harmon - 11 pts 🔵 David Drury - 5 pts
#WeAreOC
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Post by trimster on Jan 5, 2024 16:34:20 GMT -5
If people can keep from jumping out windows or punching out their tv sets and computers, we might be in for some better times. One can hope but the bar is extremely low based on the last 4+ years. The record against D1 opponents is beyond abysmal.
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Post by trimster on Jan 5, 2024 8:49:49 GMT -5
I have no idea if HC has contacted him but a high academic kid from nearby Northfield Mount Hermon worth keeping an eye on is 6’7” wing Vincent Chaudhri. He will probably go high major based on his offers but as they say, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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Post by trimster on Jan 4, 2024 17:33:17 GMT -5
Max looks very thin but he may be able to work around that as a guard.
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Post by trimster on Jan 4, 2024 7:44:34 GMT -5
Size,Strength and Speed missing from this group Shooting is a 4th s.
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Post by trimster on Jan 4, 2024 4:14:49 GMT -5
9-18 free throw shooting and 15 turnovers is not a winning formula.
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Post by trimster on Jan 3, 2024 20:14:14 GMT -5
Say goodnight.
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Post by trimster on Jan 3, 2024 20:09:18 GMT -5
Turnovers will kill you and HC has made many in the last minute of the half and so far this half.
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Post by trimster on Jan 3, 2024 19:49:47 GMT -5
The stat sheet supports that conclusion. Only the brave want to view it.
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Post by trimster on Jan 3, 2024 19:47:30 GMT -5
That was ugly. Both of these programs have a long, long way to go to become respectable.
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Post by trimster on Jan 3, 2024 19:36:46 GMT -5
I think HC just had at least 5 offensive possessions without taking a shot. Bucknell doesn't look very good either, but you can't win turning the ball over repeatedly. Teams are evenly matched.
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Post by trimster on Jan 3, 2024 19:23:48 GMT -5
This is bad basketball.
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Post by trimster on Jan 3, 2024 19:18:20 GMT -5
So far, the rims are getting a workout. The nets, not so much.
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Post by trimster on Jan 3, 2024 9:17:10 GMT -5
Get swept by the top 3 teams in the league. I don't think that's a given. Might be if the top three were all top 200 teams...but outside of Colgate, do we not think we can pick off a game against Lehigh or BU, who are ranked as the next two teams by Pomeroy? Lehigh is 1-8 against D1 opponents. Yeah, we stink...but so does just about everyone else. I think going around .500 in the league is a possibility. Lehigh and Lafayette have both played pretty tough D1 opponents so their awful combined record non-con could be deceptive.
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Post by trimster on Jan 3, 2024 9:13:40 GMT -5
Can't wait for that two game swing to Las Cruces and El Paso. It would probably attract as many alums to the games in Bethlehem and Easton.
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Post by trimster on Jan 2, 2024 18:01:50 GMT -5
Other than Colgate, there is no one that we should view as unlikely to be a competitive game. The wildcards could be Lafayette and Lehigh who have abysmal records against D1 opponents but both have played pretty demanding schedules and it appears for the most part, their games have been at least somewhat competitive. I see a lot of tossups and am going with 10 conference wins.
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Post by trimster on Jan 2, 2024 8:45:16 GMT -5
There is talk that UMass is Conference USA’s top choice for I believe what would be the 12th spot in the conference. UMass would have to join as an all-sport member.
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Post by trimster on Jan 1, 2024 21:11:51 GMT -5
O’Connor had a monster game in the Colonial Classic early in the season at Boston Garden vs UMass. I think he had 21 points and 22 rebounds. Sadly he tore his Achilles not long thereafter vs Assumption.
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Post by trimster on Dec 31, 2023 16:03:50 GMT -5
#20 was Kevin Daley. I wasn’t sure either. I had to look it up. I think that is Gary Witts...His freshman season.. Yes it is. Last HC player in the NBA prior to Malcolm Miller.
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Post by trimster on Dec 31, 2023 13:55:13 GMT -5
Why such selective stats? The one thing that stands out to me is that not one PL team has a winning record at this point. Perhaps the fact HC has 10 games against conference foes that were 6 and 50 against D1 opponents. HC needs to win a lot of those 10 to have a shot at a respectable record.
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Post by trimster on Dec 31, 2023 9:12:35 GMT -5
As requested, here is Massey's Ranking of the PL men as we start league play: 157 Colgate 6-7 281 American Univ 6-7 284 Navy 4-7 290 Boston Univ 5-8 306 Bucknell 3-10 311 Lehigh 3-8 337 Army 4-9 350 Lafayette 1-12 352 Loyola MD 2-11 358 Holy Cross 3-10 Overall PL = 37-89 I guess that victory over D3 Wilkes gave Lafayette quite a boost. Teams not named BU, AU, Navy and Colgate finished 8-60 vs D1.
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Post by trimster on Dec 31, 2023 8:21:16 GMT -5
PL finishes non-con 26-89 vs D1 comp.
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Post by trimster on Dec 30, 2023 10:44:33 GMT -5
If refs are not making obvious calls, that is not on the team. As a former ref, I know that there are times when officials lean in a particular direction - like trying to keep a game from getting too far out of hand. I believe I saw that at times against Elms. Can HC do a better job of establishing a presence under the boards - and possibly drawing fouls? Yes, but that may be one lof the "foundational pieces" that HCDP spoke about in his interview. Hopefully it is because many times free throws make the difference between winning and losing, not just in points scored but in rooting key players on the opponent's bench due to foul trouble.
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Post by trimster on Dec 30, 2023 10:16:55 GMT -5
If the question was serious, IMO the refs were letting a lot go for Elms with no calls. At one point a Blazer (great nickname BTW) was literally draped over the back of one of the HC players - no call. My question was very serious. HC had a decided height advantage and a quickness advantage and managed to get to the line only 11 times? If there was ever a game where HC should have attempted 20+ free throws, this was it. For whatever reason this team isn't very good at getting to the line.
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