Sorry about Siena and New mex St.That was a poor,poor job on my part.Siena was leading 49-36 and just fell apart.Karawanga fouled out and the Foxes 2 gds combined for 45 pts.Marist shot 67% in the 2nd half.Siena was caught looking ahead.
Did win with Brown big.Parlayed Yale and Brown.Played it straight up too.
Manhattan -4 vs Canisius
Not going to bore you guys with a long post.I thought the Jaspers would lose one upstate between Niagara and Can.But to me they had to beat the purple.
Griffs have Dux and Mallory.Dux again is the best pt gd in the MAAC.Mallory can slash and shoot.But the Griffs inside game is in trouble.Holmes,Johnson,and co inside should dominate the glass.
Flores forget.Another 25 pts the other nite.I think he was 16-18 from the FT again.Just dominating every aspect of the game.Shooting,penetrating,passing,etc
Jaspers quickness and inside game give Dux trouble.I know the jaspers haven't won both games up on the NY State Thruway in 10 yrs.So what.I'll take the 6'2 Flores and his 'sign of the cross" when he shoots his FT's over the Griffs.
Niagara -4 over Iona
Iona had a nice win over Canisius the other nite.They are so much quicker then everyone.They have 6 gds that can all fly.But Smith their best player got hurt.he is listed as doubtful[someone else check on that please]
I like the Purple today.Iona's weakness is Niagara strength.Inside game.Reaves and Mendez control the paint.Cruz and Darden the top.Purples weakness again is depth.In the Manhattan game the other nite all those guys played 36 -40 minuts.
But I think they handle the gaels today.I had the number at 2 or 3 so -4 seems a notch to high.Will play it lightly and if Smith is out who is Iona's leading scorer maybe a small upgrade.The problem with that is any of the young Iona freshman can step right up.Thats how talented this group of frosh are.Three of them went to the same HS All hallows.And with young teams you know they get better from a defensive stand point as the season goes on.
Rutgers +6 over the Hall
It's the battle of New Jersey.With a combined record of 4-9 in the BE.Both teams are having major problems.But both are coming off big wins vs Georgetown and the Cuse.Trying to figure these guys out is impossible.
Both teams are having internal problems.Walters can coach though.Orr has no clue.You have heard me say it before.He always does something on the bench that causes a loss.In the Georgetown game he forgot to tell someone he was out.They go out and run that great 2-3-1-1 out of bounds play and score with 7 seconds left.Then Orr plays that 2-2-2 full court press and the Hoyas score off it.Damn.5 guys vs 6 and you defense lets them score.
Anyway if Esherick didn't have his head up his ass he wins this game with a "T".You wait for the inbounds play and then whisper to the ref.Bingo.
But Esherick didn't even know until 10 minuts after the game.
I'll take Rutgers + the pts.I see both of these teams going back and forth.Someone wins by 2 or 3 pts.
Miami +5.5 over the Johnnies.Not a big play.Think the canes gds are playing better.Darius and his partner Jones are tough.Hattan and Eligah are solid.But the Johnnies frontline is always a question mark.King,Cuffe,Shaw,etc
This game has always been close if there not playing at Alumni Hall.
Wake Forest -2.5 over NC
Like there experince and love the name Vytas.
About the Lebron James incident.As an athletic director for over 25 yrs,if you broke the state handbook rules "your gone".Forget all the other stuff.The "hummer" got by the Ohio athletic code.If it happened in NY it would be the same.His mother,a gift,etc.But accepting what he did is against the rules.You can argue about him being taking advantage off,people making money off him and his school.Those are all other issues.
He broke a rule in their athletic state handbook.He broke Rule 243,section 506,on page 35 of the Ohio St Public HS code.
So did Ramone Johnson of Shaker High because he was 19 and Billy Bob of Ravenna because he changed his transcript and is a 5th yr senior.
I'm making this up but I'm sure like NY there are over 20 -30 other atheltics that have been declared ineligible in schools regions or sections.At the December meeting in my area 5 athletes were declared ineligible.One is appealing because of the hardship clause.
The pt I'm making is other kids are declared ineligible all the time.You can't start changing the rules.But every state athletic assc is now writting some new law about gifts,etc. I sat on the eligibilty comm. for 10 yrs in my section.We were always fair. GL today
Bear..I was like you.But inside the paint the Jaspers should dominate.Thats what kept the Purple in the game.Griffs have 6-8 300 pound Spruil.To slowwwwww. be careful with the Griffs.
Did win with Brown big.Parlayed Yale and Brown.Played it straight up too.
Manhattan -4 vs Canisius
Not going to bore you guys with a long post.I thought the Jaspers would lose one upstate between Niagara and Can.But to me they had to beat the purple.
Griffs have Dux and Mallory.Dux again is the best pt gd in the MAAC.Mallory can slash and shoot.But the Griffs inside game is in trouble.Holmes,Johnson,and co inside should dominate the glass.
Flores forget.Another 25 pts the other nite.I think he was 16-18 from the FT again.Just dominating every aspect of the game.Shooting,penetrating,passing,etc
Jaspers quickness and inside game give Dux trouble.I know the jaspers haven't won both games up on the NY State Thruway in 10 yrs.So what.I'll take the 6'2 Flores and his 'sign of the cross" when he shoots his FT's over the Griffs.
Niagara -4 over Iona
Iona had a nice win over Canisius the other nite.They are so much quicker then everyone.They have 6 gds that can all fly.But Smith their best player got hurt.he is listed as doubtful[someone else check on that please]
I like the Purple today.Iona's weakness is Niagara strength.Inside game.Reaves and Mendez control the paint.Cruz and Darden the top.Purples weakness again is depth.In the Manhattan game the other nite all those guys played 36 -40 minuts.
But I think they handle the gaels today.I had the number at 2 or 3 so -4 seems a notch to high.Will play it lightly and if Smith is out who is Iona's leading scorer maybe a small upgrade.The problem with that is any of the young Iona freshman can step right up.Thats how talented this group of frosh are.Three of them went to the same HS All hallows.And with young teams you know they get better from a defensive stand point as the season goes on.
Rutgers +6 over the Hall
It's the battle of New Jersey.With a combined record of 4-9 in the BE.Both teams are having major problems.But both are coming off big wins vs Georgetown and the Cuse.Trying to figure these guys out is impossible.
Both teams are having internal problems.Walters can coach though.Orr has no clue.You have heard me say it before.He always does something on the bench that causes a loss.In the Georgetown game he forgot to tell someone he was out.They go out and run that great 2-3-1-1 out of bounds play and score with 7 seconds left.Then Orr plays that 2-2-2 full court press and the Hoyas score off it.Damn.5 guys vs 6 and you defense lets them score.
Anyway if Esherick didn't have his head up his ass he wins this game with a "T".You wait for the inbounds play and then whisper to the ref.Bingo.
But Esherick didn't even know until 10 minuts after the game.
I'll take Rutgers + the pts.I see both of these teams going back and forth.Someone wins by 2 or 3 pts.
Miami +5.5 over the Johnnies.Not a big play.Think the canes gds are playing better.Darius and his partner Jones are tough.Hattan and Eligah are solid.But the Johnnies frontline is always a question mark.King,Cuffe,Shaw,etc
This game has always been close if there not playing at Alumni Hall.
Wake Forest -2.5 over NC
Like there experince and love the name Vytas.
About the Lebron James incident.As an athletic director for over 25 yrs,if you broke the state handbook rules "your gone".Forget all the other stuff.The "hummer" got by the Ohio athletic code.If it happened in NY it would be the same.His mother,a gift,etc.But accepting what he did is against the rules.You can argue about him being taking advantage off,people making money off him and his school.Those are all other issues.
He broke a rule in their athletic state handbook.He broke Rule 243,section 506,on page 35 of the Ohio St Public HS code.
So did Ramone Johnson of Shaker High because he was 19 and Billy Bob of Ravenna because he changed his transcript and is a 5th yr senior.
I'm making this up but I'm sure like NY there are over 20 -30 other atheltics that have been declared ineligible in schools regions or sections.At the December meeting in my area 5 athletes were declared ineligible.One is appealing because of the hardship clause.
The pt I'm making is other kids are declared ineligible all the time.You can't start changing the rules.But every state athletic assc is now writting some new law about gifts,etc. I sat on the eligibilty comm. for 10 yrs in my section.We were always fair. GL today
Bear..I was like you.But inside the paint the Jaspers should dominate.Thats what kept the Purple in the game.Griffs have 6-8 300 pound Spruil.To slowwwwww. be careful with the Griffs.
