Iup basketball

[IUPbigINDIANS]

It was really nice to see Demo look like the old Demo in the UPJ win.

He went for 11 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals in 28 minutes. Both his dunks really elevated the crowd. He went 1-6 from deep but two of the misses were half way down and came back out. He's a gunslinger when he's feeling it so it was great to see him not shying away.

It was a nice boost as Tomiwa got in foul trouble for the first time in a long time. He ended up playing just 17 minutes.

With the Polce injury, I suspect Dillard will play about 32 minutes on Wednesday. Radford will be the backup for David and Dillard.

[Ship69]

Tough game coming Wednesday regardless of which team wins. Most years the Round 2 game is fairly easy. The West is too deep this year.

The day of rest is big for IUP. Cal and SRU have been playing non-stop for nearly the past 3 weeks.

Unless there are some upsets in the first round, I don't look for any easy games in the East second round.

[EyeoftheHawk]

Two games Saturday and only one Sunday! Past practice the games were 1pm and 3/3:30 on Saturday and 3pm Sunday. Yes, IUP would be game two on Saturday if they win Wednesday.

[IUPalum]

Two games Saturday and only one Sunday! Past practice the games were 1pm and 3/3:30 on Saturday and 3pm Sunday. Yes, IUP would be game two on Saturday if they win Wednesday.

[EyeoftheHawk]

[IUPalum]

Tough game coming Wednesday regardless of which team wins. Most years the Round 2 game is fairly easy. The West is too deep this year.

The day of rest is big for IUP. Cal and SRU have been playing non-stop for nearly the past 3 weeks.

[Ship69]

It's all clicks. D2 unfortunately doesn't generate enough of them.

Pittsburgh is a professional sports city first and foremost. Then there is Pitt. Then comes Duquesne. High school sports get a ton of coverage.

And, occasionally when filler is needed, D2, fishing/hunting, and everything else.

Ship gets almost zero attention from the Harrisburg area media. The Harrisburg ABC channel actually did a piece on the local Penn State branch campus the other day.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Tough game coming Wednesday regardless of which team wins. Most years the Round 2 game is fairly easy. The West is too deep this year.

The day of rest is big for IUP. Cal and SRU have been playing non-stop for nearly the past 3 weeks.

[IUPalum]

I lean toward IUP against low major d1 teams. But with mid to high major teams, I would lean toward WL as having better odds of pulling a major upset. My rationale is these d1 teams will dominate your bigs. One has to change the game. Press Virginia proved high level d1 teams can't handle full court traps. Also D1 bigs are not used to to guarding complete players 25 ft from the basket who can drive by them or hit the three. However, wl would need to shoot 50% from three and force 20 turnovers to have a chance.
That is why D1 teams have no interest in playing WL.

What? This makes no sense!

[Columbuseer]

I'd probably take IUP in that scenario. WLU doesn't have the size/physicality to compete with a D1 on the defensive end, but IUP does.

I lean toward IUP against low major d1 teams. But with mid to high major teams, I would lean toward WL as having better odds of pulling a major upset. My rationale is these d1 teams will dominate your bigs. One has to change the game. Press Virginia proved high level d1 teams can't handle full court traps. Also D1 bigs are not used to to guarding complete players 25 ft from the basket who can drive by them or hit the three. However, wl would need to shoot 50% from three and force 20 turnovers to have a chance.
That is why D1 teams have no interest in playing WL.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I'm shocked Duquesne is tanking with Dambrodt. People want him canned already.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I've always wondered why IUP & WLU don't get more attention from Pittsburgh media. Two of the best D2 programs in the country are within the Pittsburgh media's circulation/viewing area, and those outlets so rarely take the time to pay attention to the extremely high quality D2 basketball right in their backyard.

It's all clicks. D2 unfortunately doesn't generate enough of them.

Pittsburgh is a professional sports city first and foremost. Then there is Pitt. Then comes Duquesne. High school sports get a ton of coverage.

And, occasionally when filler is needed, D2, fishing/hunting, and everything else.

[Scrub]

I'd probably take IUP in that scenario. WLU doesn't have the size/physicality to compete with a D1 on the defensive end, but IUP does.

[EyeoftheHawk]

I've always wondered why IUP & WLU don't get more attention from Pittsburgh media. Two of the best D2 programs in the country are within the Pittsburgh media's circulation/viewing area, and those outlets so rarely take the time to pay attention to the extremely high quality D2 basketball right in their backyard.

[Scrub]

Great article on today's game by Craig Meyer of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Maybe they'll finally learn about the best kept secret in Western PA.

I've always wondered why IUP & WLU don't get more attention from Pittsburgh media. Two of the best D2 programs in the country are within the Pittsburgh media's circulation/viewing area, and those outlets so rarely take the time to pay attention to the extremely high quality D2 basketball right in their backyard.