Iup basketball

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Great win for Ship. Joe out-coached badly. Amazing it was that close.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Armoni will leave here as Joe's best guard ever. Scary to think he's just a sophomore. He's 5-Tool to borrow a baseball term. He's 6'4" with PG speed and elusiveness. Shutdown defender. Great shot and driver.

Chucky doesn't light up the score sheets in his role, but he's the glue to this team. Ultimate team player -- on and off the court. I so wish he'd have arrived here earlier (straight from high school) but IUP is very fortunate to have him.

Oddly the thing this team is struggling with is the deep shot. When it clicks they could be deadly. I'd still like to see them crash the boards a little harder.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

It sure wasn't easy. That final is a bit deceiving as they had a huge run to end it.

Tell you what ... Shepherd has a nice team. Balanced. They'll be a tough out in East play.

[IUP24]

IUP 76
Shepherd 62

Final



It wasn't easy. Great road win. Shep can play.



Ethan looked lost in the first half ... then took over. Mr. Porterfield grew up tonight. I can't imagine what he'll be as a junior and senior.

[IUP24]

[IUPbigINDIANS]

IUP 76
Shepherd 62

Final



It wasn't easy. Great road win. Shep can play.



Ethan looked lost in the first half ... then took over. Mr. Porterfield grew up tonight. I can't imagine what he'll be as a junior and senior.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Ethan and Chucky ... MAKIN' SHIZ RAIN when it counts.


Wow. Clutch.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

The record against the PSAC West is incredible to look at. They have dominated and I'm not sure we've appreciated that the way that we should. I feel like I can remember every one of those losses to Mercyhurst, Gannon, and SRU. Gary Manchel and formerly John Reily were the only guys that had the scheme to beat Joe, or play him close, with any regularity. Players obviously have a lot to do with that, but schematically, they both just seemed to really match up well with Joe when they were able to play their system to perfection. The losses to SRU, all on the road, were "freaky" games. With the exception of the loss up there last year where they kinda just got beat, they have gotten into some odd games up there the last couple of years. I can remember my sophomore year they hit a half court shot or a buzzer beater of some sorts to win the game. I listened to Jack on the radio in my dorm room on a Saturday afternoon. That would have been January 2013. Remember, that was before there was a stream for almost every game.

The thing about that 31-7 team is that they just got hot at the right time. It typically takes catching some fire to get on a run.

The Rock trip isn't easy. They go nuts for that game. Only game all year anybody attends there and it gets packed.

They get a lot of homecooking there, too. The shot clock conveniently breaks every visit. Scoreboad malfunctions at key times. Lots of interesting things.

Luckily the trip up there in two weeks will be like an IUP home game of sorts. It will be empty. Wednesday night over break.

And, as you said, SRU always plays their best game of the year against IUP inside Morrow. Last year up there Joe tried to play that slow-down game at their pace and they clocked us. The rematch down here Joe went full speed and called off the dogs up 35 points. He could have hung 50 on them that night.

SRU has had some really good teams in the past decade. Tough teams.

But, you know going up there ... there will be shenanigans. I make the trip every year. Always entertaining.

Two years ago during the women's game Tom was just blowing SRU out of Morrow. McGraw freaked out and got T'd twice and ejected. Then he wouldn't leave. Security walked him off the court. It was nuts.

Speaking of McGraw and his 'we are winning the west' quote ... he got blasted by 30 at Notre Dame the other night ... falling to 2-7 on the year.

[IUP24]

Chalk this up to too much time sitting in an airport, but, nevertheless, some of you will find these stats interesting.

These are numbers for Joe's team based on the past (5) years (starting with 2014-15 season) -- including the first (6) games of this season.

OVERALL	CONFERENCE	HOME	AWAY	NEUTRAL
138-30	94-17	82-12	50-15	6-3

The two best records of this stretch:

2016-17: 28-4 (eliminated in Round 2 of NCAAs by Fairmont State, which eventually lost in the national title game)
2018-19: 30-3 (eliminated in Round 2 of NCAAs by Mercyhurst)

The two worst records of this stretch:

2015-16: 21-8 (missed NCAAs largely because of regular season-ending loss at Seton Hill)
2017-18: 22-8 (missed NCAAs - this was the snakebitten team with injuries and the infamous Glover suspension / Dante broken wrist at Seton Hill)

Not the best record but the team that went the deepest:

2014-15: 31-7 (lost in national title game)




Last (5) years against PSAC West opponents (including all postseason meetings)

California	10-0
Clarion	10-0
UPJ	12-1
Seton Hill	9-1
Edinboro	9-2
Gannon	8-3
Slippery Rock	8-3
Mercyhurst	9-5

The record against the PSAC West is incredible to look at. They have dominated and I'm not sure we've appreciated that the way that we should. I feel like I can remember every one of those losses to Mercyhurst, Gannon, and SRU. Gary Manchel and formerly John Reily were the only guys that had the scheme to beat Joe, or play him close, with any regularity. Players obviously have a lot to do with that, but schematically, they both just seemed to really match up well with Joe when they were able to play their system to perfection. The losses to SRU, all on the road, were "freaky" games. With the exception of the loss up there last year where they kinda just got beat, they have gotten into some odd games up there the last couple of years. I can remember my sophomore year they hit a half court shot or a buzzer beater of some sorts to win the game. I listened to Jack on the radio in my dorm room on a Saturday afternoon. That would have been January 2013. Remember, that was before there was a stream for almost every game.

The thing about that 31-7 team is that they just got hot at the right time. It typically takes catching some fire to get on a run.

[boatcapt]

Yep. This is early in third season. I watched replay of them putting 154 on clayton state. They have all the pieces to win it all. Deep team with size that went to elite 8 last year with star player out.

And at the risk of beating a dead horse...# of DII OOC teams Nova has played that are +500? One...Cedarville (6-5) who they beat tonight by 7 points 91-84.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Big road trip for Tom's ladies this weekend. Friday night they take on an 8-1 Shepherd team and Saturday they get a Shippensburg (5-4) team that's won two straight (one of which was over Cal).

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Of note Porterfield made his first career start today.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Today's game summary:

Nobody got hurt and just about 1,000 were in the building.


The end.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Over / Under on Joe's attendance today is 190

[Scrub]

Yep. This is early in third season. I watched replay of them putting 154 on clayton state. They have all the pieces to win it all. Deep team with size that went to elite 8 last year with star player out.

Yup. The system clearly works. And when you're not attempting to recruit 18-22 year-olds to a deserted hilltop in West Virginia, it works even better!