Iup basketball

[boatcapt]

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We all thought that this year too...


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Not so for WLU. There were many question marks heading into last season and they were super young. Not that they should have been sub 500 but they certainly were not projecting to get to the regional championship game. Getting to the NCAA tourney and MAYBE winning a first round game was what most of us projected...basically get a year of experiencing and seasoning before a big push starting this year and next year.

Second year HC...replacing 3 of their top 4 scorers...leader who was a second year player playing with one eye...tallest player being 6'5"...senior sharp shooter with a bum leg that kept him out for the first half of the year...light scoring PG who was backed up by a senior returning from cancer...two first year starters in the starting line-up...topped off by a JUCO transfer that refused to play within the WLU system and "left the team" after 13 games. Expectations were about as low starting last season as they get at WLU.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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We all thought that this year too...


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If Joe can avoid any zone defenses ...

[IUP24]

Call it a hunch but I think this will be the year they run in to each other in March.

Both stacked for next season.

We all thought that this year too...


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[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Call it a hunch but I think this will be the year they run in to each other in March.

Both stacked for next season.

[boatcapt]

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Dont think either coach really wanted to play the other. If they had, the easy answer would be a two year series with a coin flip for who got the first game AND visitors get to bring an officiating crew from their conference. Fact that it never happened just proved that neither side wanted it. And to be honest, who can blame them. Both probably realized that playing and losing would effectively kill any chance for them to host the regional tourney.

[IUPalum]

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Joe also wanted two here and one there.

I truly believe this...

If they do two and two then I'm certain he'll want the first and third at home with this talent.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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The story I always heard was that Crutchfield refused to play the series unless it was always going to be MEC officials regardless of the venue.


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Joe also wanted two here and one there.

[IUP24]

Joe wants the standard IUP contract for non-conference games: The first 9 meetings in Indiana and the 10th meeting on the road.

WL wants officials brought in from the NBA.

The story I always heard was that Crutchfield refused to play the series unless it was always going to be MEC officials regardless of the venue.


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[IUPbigINDIANS]

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That's why the schedules haven't been released yet. Those two are still negotiating the terms. Lol

Joe wants the standard IUP contract for non-conference games: The first 9 meetings in Indiana and the 10th meeting on the road.

WL wants officials brought in from the NBA.

[IUP24]

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It's now official Virginia State isn't coming back to this year's tip-off weekend at IUP. Nor is Concord.

IUP and West Liberty haven't revealed their schedules yet. Wouldn't that be a fun way to start the season.

That's why the schedules haven't been released yet. Those two are still negotiating the terms. Lol

[IUPalum]

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It's now official Virginia State isn't coming back to this year's tip-off weekend at IUP. Nor is Concord.

IUP and West Liberty haven't revealed their schedules yet. Wouldn't that be a fun way to start the season.

It'll turn out to be Cal, Wheeling and Penn State Altoona.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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It's now official Virginia State isn't coming back to this year's tip-off weekend at IUP. Nor is Concord.

IUP and West Liberty haven't revealed their schedules yet. Wouldn't that be a fun way to start the season.

[IUPalum]

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Redshirt is really a D1 construct were a player has 5 years and 4 playing seasons of eligibility. We use the term in DII but it really doesn't mean anything. DII players have 10 total semesters and a maximum of 4 playing seasons.

I was suppose to quote this above...

[IUPalum]

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These are solid picks. I think that 1, 2, 8, and 9 are pretty set and it would be surprising if they finished anywhere else. 3-7 is going to be a crapshoot. I can't argue with where you have them, though.

You're wrong... Devon Cottrell at IUP was redshirted as a freshman, then played 3 full years, got hurt a couple games into his senior year and was then medical redshirted, he then played as an 11/12 semester player.

He's not the only player in D2 history to do it but was the first one off the top of my head.

[boatcapt]

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UPJ is going to be real good next year. Basically the whole team is back. Those freshmen won't be 'freshmen' any longer. They've played in that gadget offense for a year now.

The West is going to get decided in the IUP vs UPJ series next year. IUP will have quicker, better athletes, but UPJ runs that system so well that it can offset the athletic disadvantage.

Josh Wise is probably poised to break IUP's division POY streak. I think IUP is going to have too much scoring spread out as opposed to having one star rack up major stats.


My 'way too early' West prediction:

1. IUP - To be the man, ... ya gotta beat the man. Until that happens, Joe's the front-runner. And, he's loaded.

2. UPJ - Should be the D2 version of the Hickory Huskers next winter

3. Slippery Rock - Roster is locked in a vault but so long as Till is still on it, SRU will be competitive.

4. Cal - This could be a real sneaky team in Danny Year 2

5. Mercyhurst - Major rebuilding year but Gary has a knack for doing it quickly

6. Edinboro - They'll score a lot next year. Give up a ton, too. Coleman returns. Him and Simpson can fight over who gets to take 50 shots and who only gets to take 45.

7. Gannon - We need to see who is coming back to the Grassroots Hammermill before moving up the Knights much further.

8. Seton Hill - Griffins actually improved as the year wore on ... then the season ended and most of the good players graduated or left. Davis will go for 30 ppg this season. Problem is the rest may go for 10 ppg -- combined.

9. Clarion - New coach told to build a whole roster, starting in June, with no money. Good luck. Hopefully he's found The Captain Loomis.

Till could be a problem. He was at NC State starting in the fall of 2014 though Sept 2015...Provided he practiced with the team, that would be 3 of his 10 semesters of DII eligibility. Then he played a season at Hartford CC...2 more semesters of his 10 (total at that point 5 semesters used)...Then 17-18 and 18-19 at SRU (4 semesters used...meaning his has used 9 of his 10 semesters of DII eligibility). Unless he sat out a semester along the way, he may only have one semester of eligibility remaining and since a BB season covers two semesters, he MAY have to sit out one this coming season.