Iup basketball

[Scrub]

Sunday's game against ESU has been tabbed the first NCAA Showcase Game of the year. It will be streamed on ESPN3.

Nice--can't argue with that match-up as a good place to start. Still a major shame about Smith. If he were playing, it'd be an even spicier match-up. Here's hoping the young man is continuing to battle and recover speedily.

WLU-Charleston is slated for the NCAA Showcase Game on Feb. 8.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Sunday's game against ESU has been tabbed the first NCAA Showcase Game of the year. It will be streamed on ESPN3.

[Chuck Norris]

Many of you will love this news: The word on the street is junior guard Anthony White is taking a redshirt season.

So, the 'redshirt' roster is now: Anthony White, Ousmane Diop, Bryce Radford and KJ Rhodes.

Has to make one wonder WTF is going on over there inside the offices of the KCAC?

It's obviously apparent Benton isn't going to be the 8th man as he's down to just 5 mpg. Porterfield (projected 7th man) is a major work in progress and his minutes are dwindling with each game). Ulrich is out of the equation. Porterfield should continue to get better as the year moves along and hopefully will contribute more in Jan-Feb.

I'll openly say Joe has one of the top 1-6 in the country. But, that isn't sustainable for 30+ games. It will be a real shame if he wastes that 6-man rotation over being stubborn about these redshirts.

They best be in good cardio shape come Sunday. Six guys getting pressed by a 12-man rotation for 40 minutes isn't easy.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Many of you will love this news: The word on the street is junior guard Anthony White is taking a redshirt season.

So, the 'redshirt' roster is now: Anthony White, Ousmane Diop, Bryce Radford and KJ Rhodes.

Has to make one wonder WTF is going on over there inside the offices of the KCAC?

It's obviously apparent Benton isn't going to be the 8th man as he's down to just 5 mpg. Porterfield (projected 7th man) is a major work in progress and his minutes are dwindling with each game). Ulrich is out of the equation. Porterfield should continue to get better as the year moves along and hopefully will contribute more in Jan-Feb.

I'll openly say Joe has one of the top 1-6 in the country. But, that isn't sustainable for 30+ games. It will be a real shame if he wastes that 6-man rotation over being stubborn about these redshirts.

They best be in good cardio shape come Sunday. Six guys getting pressed by a 12-man rotation for 40 minutes isn't easy.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Hope that the Sports Information Department has a big enough staff and crew that can handle both games.

Can't blame the PSAC for not moving the games. Would be difficult for the visiting teams to travel.

Typically, but not in this case. Bloomsburg is at Indiana on Saturday. They only go to Seton Hill on Sunday (40 minutes away from Indiana).

[Golden89]

It appears they are not going to move the basketball games back. The football game is kicking off at 12 p.m. The basketball games are set for 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

It also means there will not be a video feed of either basketball game.

Hope that the Sports Information Department has a big enough staff and crew that can handle both games.

Can't blame the PSAC for not moving the games. Would be difficult for the visiting teams to travel.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

It appears they are not going to move the basketball games back. The football game is kicking off at 12 p.m. The basketball games are set for 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

It also means there will not be a video feed of either basketball game.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Long layoff between games.

Bloomsburg (Saturday) and East Stroudsburg (Sunday) visit this weekend. Both games are scheduled for 3 p.m.

ESU plays at UPJ on Saturday. Tough weekend for the Warriors.


Joe's apparent 6-man rotation will get a workout being pressed for 40 minutes on Sunday.



?????

[IUPbigINDIANS]

So what is the real story of the vanished Thanksgiving Classic. That doesn't just happen less than two weeks away.

Joe may be running a 4-man, ironman rotation by then.

His fascination with playing 6 guys is why that game was even close last night.

The bench is a SERIOUS problem.

[IUPalum]

So what is the real story of the vanished Thanksgiving Classic. That doesn't just happen less than two weeks away.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Malik scored his 1,000th point last night.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Final Stats:

Armoni: 28 points (almost all in second half)
Demo: 22 points and 14 rebounds (almost all points in first half)
Malik: 15 points (really strong game all around)
Morris: 6 points and 4 assists
Chucky: 7 points, 2 steals, 2 assists, 4 rebounds (and a really clutch corner trey)
Shawndale: 4 points and 5 rebounds


TEAM

FG: 56.5%
Trey: 5-18
Rebounds: 42 to 32 in favor of IUP
Turnovers: 17 to 9 in favor of Le Moyne


Some not so good items:

* IUP gave up two double digit leads in the second half
* IUP was down (5) at the half
* Porterfield did not have a good game. He was a liability out there tonight and on the floor for both of Le Moyne's big runs. Baby steps. He logged just 12 minutes tonight and had some deer-in-the-headlights. Le Moyne's offense thrived when he came in and Chucky went out.
* Bench points: IUP 4 Le Moyne 25
* 17 turnovers led to 24 points for Le Moyne (including three baseline turnovers)
* Benton's minutes continue to free-fall. He played just 3 tonight.
* IUP basically played 6 guys tonight
* Anthony White still A-WOL from the floor as was Ulrich. White is hard to figure out. He's certainly capable of playing 8-10 minutes.


Le Moyne has a brutal early schedule but will win a lot of games this year. This will be a good SOS win as the year moves along. They have a nice team. Feisty bunch.



IUP also announced three teams have cancelled on the Thanksgiving Tournament so there will only be one game.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

IUP 82
Le Moyne 78


Final



Great road win.

[Inkblot]

Felician was also scheduled to play Bridgeport and Lake Erie. I guess those two pulled out of the Classic for some reason.

[Golden89]

I was looking forward to the game, too. It's nice to see some new teams every once in awhile. I don't know if they'll be able to fill that spot or not. I doubt it.

I'd love to know why it was cancelled, however. Bridgeport would have been a solid SOS boost. They will need some help to offset playing Clarion and Seton Hill twice each. West Virginia Wesleyan is also off to an 0-3 start.


That's the third game change this year already. Recall Fairmont State was on the original schedule then vanished. Then Lake Erie vanished and Felician got added.

It is rare to see one game vanish from a schedule, let alone three. What is happening?