1LotteryPick1969
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Re: Penn game thread 03-11-17 05:02 PM - Post#226351
In response to gokinsmen
I've said it before, but Stephens is our MVP and go-to scorer. He's the true Ivy POY.
Personally I agree.
Penn did a great job keeping Cannady from open looks.
Weisz struggles against quicker opponents.
Amir Bell shooting great from 3--should have had more shots.
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Tiger69
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Re: Penn game thread 03-11-17 05:04 PM - Post#226353
In response to gokinsmen
To Penn's credit, they neutralized our offense and I was all but certain that we had lost near the end of regulation. But today belongs to Myles. But, if I haven't already said it, THIS TOURNAMENT SUCKS!
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Coloradotiger
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03-11-17 05:07 PM - Post#226356
In response to SRP
Bell's shutdown of Betley should not be overlooked. It kept us in the game in the first half.
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Old Bear
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03-11-17 05:08 PM - Post#226357
In response to gokinsmen
Not great games from Weisz and Cook, but Stephens bailed them out. Despite the whining on both the PU and UP Boards, the game was well called.
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SRP
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03-11-17 05:11 PM - Post#226361
In response to Old Bear
It was better than some of the Saturday games during the season, but not a shining example of officiating.
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SRP
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03-11-17 05:13 PM - Post#226362
In response to SRP
And it figures that technical difficulties would prevent the ESPNU interview with MH, because everything else that could reduce attention to Princeton's success this year already has.
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1LotteryPick1969
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03-11-17 05:28 PM - Post#226369
In response to SRP
I was playing chess with my granddaughter and watching the game obliquely.
What was the deal with the shoving match with Weisz and the Penn player? Which Penn player was it?
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bradley
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03-11-17 05:42 PM - Post#226373
In response to SRP
Thanks for the game log.
Out of curiosity, how much did the ESPN crew attempt to justify the idiocy of the IL Tournament and the home court advantage for the Quakers. Gotta sell the product.
Robin Wolfe and the merrymen dodged the bullet as apparently, so did the Tigers. It appears that 19 in a game runner Vermont pulled out a victory in their tournament.
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SRP
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03-11-17 05:48 PM - Post#226375
In response to bradley
Hey, Bradley. Glad to meet your request for a game log.
The announcers were pretty diplomatic, and did talk about how exciting the tourney was, but they did say at the end that Princeton's victory was a blow to the anti-tournament faction as disaster had been averted. Dalen Cuff really knows the Ivy League and is an excellent commentator IMO. He spoke again about how in his days at Columbia they would often feel out of it after going 3-3 early on and that the tourney would have been very popular with his teams.
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bradley
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03-11-17 06:02 PM - Post#226378
In response to SRP
Tiger shooting stats were brutal. Top guys played a lot of minutes. Hit the sauna and ice tub.
Not surprising at all that Quakers would play them very tough. Quakers deserve credit for turning around their season and playing so much better.
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sparman
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03-11-17 06:23 PM - Post#226380
In response to bradley
The fact that a team that is eliminated early wants another bite at the apple or that a team that lost twice already makes it a game the third time around is not surprising.
I just don't see how that justifies turning regular season into a meaningless set of de facto scrimmages. If the point of competition isn't to determine a winner, why keep score? The P-P game merely showed that if you keep giving more chances, you can expect an upset.
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Tiger69
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03-11-17 07:13 PM - Post#226391
In response to sparman
With only one bid, the tourney has it backwards. The 14 game winner should get the NCAA bid and the tourney winner an NIT guarantee or, if it shows well, a shot at a 2nd bid. Motivation for 14 game winner in Tourney is how well it will be seeded in NCAA. If same team wins both, there is no NIT guarantee.
I think that that addresses everything more fairly and provides incentive for everyone in the tourney.
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SRP
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03-11-17 07:14 PM - Post#226393
In response to Tiger69
Yale upsets Harvard, so the Tiger will be facing the deep blues tomorrow.
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gokinsmen
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03-11-17 07:25 PM - Post#226395
In response to Tiger69
I fully support a PROPER conference tournament. But there's no way in hell it should take place at a predetermined homecourt like the Palestra. I get the logistical challenges of waiting to see who earns the top seed, but at the very least, it has to be a neutral site. If you can't do that, then don't have a tourney yet. End of story.
Myles Stephens saved the league a lot of embarrassment today.
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gokinsmen
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Penn game thread 03-11-17 07:27 PM - Post#226396
In response to SRP
Yale upsets Harvard, so the Tiger will be facing the deep blues tomorrow.
If Harvard took it easy last week to give Penn homecourt today, then karma surely bit them in the butt.
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bradley
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03-11-17 07:34 PM - Post#226399
In response to Tiger69
If Harvard, Yale, Princeton or someone else goes 14-0 next year, will they go thru the same process as the Tigers this year?
Robin may put in a new feature next year that an undefeated team keeps playing until they lose to someone as the Ivies may simply not want to send their "best" team to the Big Dance -- simply brilliant.
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bradley
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03-11-17 07:40 PM - Post#226401
In response to SRP
Coach Jones is a tough guy. Somehow, he brought Yale back from the abyss towards the end of the regular season and to win today is a testament to the team's mental toughness.
They will give the Tigers a battle and it will be another challenge to beat the same team three times. At least, it will be at a neutral court.
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sparman
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03-11-17 08:26 PM - Post#226405
In response to Tiger69
That's a very, very sensible approach for 1-bid leagues, but I believe the NCAA requires the tournament champ to be the NCAA rep, and the NCAA controls the NIT entry rules, so it's not happening.
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Chip Bayers
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03-11-17 08:27 PM - Post#226406
In response to bradley
It was a pretty bad afternoon overall for some key seniors: Weisz played poorly, Howard misses the FT with 12 seconds with a chance to ice the game on two makes, and Chambers throws the ball away on Harvard's final possession.
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whitakk
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03-11-17 10:33 PM - Post#226417
In response to Chip Bayers
Funny that Princeton's three biggest plays this year have all been offensive rebounds: http://www.nycbuckets.com/2017/03/1-princeton-7 2-4...
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