Iup basketball

[boatcapt]

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Very solid win for Pitt over a Saint Louis team expected to finish near the top of the A-10. Maybe they are better than we thought.

IUP would still crush them.

I heard that somewhere!! I guess by the rules of osmosis, IUP would beat every team in the A-10 as well?? But only in a scrimmage or exhibition game! By that same rule of osmosis, Lincoln (PA) would beat WLU since Kutztown beat WLU and Kutztown lost to Lincoln. Heck, same rule would have Lincoln (PA) besting West Chester (WLU lost to Kutztown but beat WCU and Lincoln beat Kutz) Hahahaha!!!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Good work!!! A lot of great points and info. Still a lot of development to get to the promise land. Dancsecs surely can shoot but can he defend?

That is called too much time in the Admirals Club at the airport. I'd never want to see the amount of hours of my life spent waiting for planes.

[Chuck Norris]

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Very solid win for Pitt over a Saint Louis team expected to finish near the top of the A-10. Maybe they are better than we thought.

IUP would still crush them.

[IUPalum]

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Good work!!! A lot of great points and info. Still a lot of development to get to the promise land. Dancsecs surely can shoot but can he defend?

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Some early season statistics after four games (small but decent sample size):

Record: 4-0

PPG: 84.3 Opponents PPG: 70.3

FG%: .496 Opponents FG%: .417

3PT%: .360 (32-89) Opponents 3PT% .404 (36-89)

FT%: .750 (63-84) Opponents FT% .796 (43-54)

RPG: 35.8 (versus 32 rpg)

Assists: 64 (16 per game)

Turnovers: 51 (12.8 per game)

Steals: 39 (9.8 per game)

Blocks: 14 (3.5 per game)

Attendance: 1,017 avg / 4 home games


Individual stats of note:

Jacobo Diaz: 24.5 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 35.5 minutes per game

Malik Miller: 15.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 13 to 12 assist to turnover

Dante Lombardi: 15.8 ppg, 26 to 10 assist to turnover (big improvement), 37.5 minutes per game (too high), 7 steals

Willem Brandwijk: 10.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg, .533 FG% (for the type of shots he is taking this needs to improve)

Armoni Foster: 8.8 ppg, 8 assists to 8 turnovers, 7 steals, 27 mpg (increasing each game)


Concerning area's early on:

* Dante's deep shot has been sporadic (10-32 for 31%)
* Giving up (9) made treys a game ... far too many open looks
* FT shooting at 75% is lower than most Joe teams (kept the Va State game way closer than it should have been)
* Rebounding has been about even (when you toss out Westminster) ... need to get more aggressive -- particularly on the offensive glass. Very aggressive rebounding teams like SRU, Gannon and Mercyhurst will cause this team some major problems if not fixed.
* Dante and Cobo are playing WAY too many minutes. Long season. Cobo didn't need to be playing with 3 minutes left against Westminster.
* IUP is about 2 for 30 in its last 30 alley-opp attempts. Time to put that to bed.
* The 'press' wasn't real impressive despite the size, speed and athletes IUP has ... need to keep working it and make it a huge tool for down the road.
* Marko Krivacevic and Chucky Humphries: Starting to see glimpses. Each game they are playing more aggressive. Need to keep the development moving forward.
* Offense is getting kind of predictable. If a team scouts IUP thoroughly they will pick up on a lot of tendencies.


Positive area's

* Cobo has hit elite status
* Malik Miller can do things at guard we haven't seen in awhile. Armoni Foster will be a star.
* The increased depth is huge. Bearer, Chucky and Marko, although not lighting up the stat sheet yet, keep the offense and defense in normal flow. Don't be shocked to slowly begin seeing Andrew Dancsecs.
* Defense, while not great, held Concord, VSU and Bowie to 72, 67 and 65 points.
* Far less erratic play than a year ago
* Willem is a completely different player than a year ago. He's a true presence now that has to be accounted on both ends.
* The 'knucklehead' factor is gone. The team is playing and not talking (nearly as much).

[Chuck Norris]

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This year's Pitt edition looks to be MUCH improved over last season. Some legit backcourt talent for the Panthers. But I think that we all agree that it is currently a construction site down in Oakland. It's going to take a few years before Capel can build something that will be competitive in the ACC. I think that he can do it.

North Alabama seemed to be a pretty decent team. But I guess we'll have to keep our eye on them to really know. It's still early. 5-0 so far fro Pitt. Only three more wins to equal last year's awful team. Let's hope for the best.

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[IUP CRIMSON HAWKS]

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This year's Pitt edition looks to be MUCH improved over last season. Some legit backcourt talent for the Panthers. But I think that we all agree that it is currently a construction site down in Oakland. It's going to take a few years before Capel can build something that will be competitive in the ACC. I think that he can do it.

North Alabama seemed to be a pretty decent team. But I guess we'll have to keep our eye on them to really know. It's still early. 5-0 so far fro Pitt. Only three more wins to equal last year's awful team. Let's hope for the best.

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[IUPbigINDIANS]

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First poll release:


http://campus.mst.edu/athleticsarchi...l/d2hoops.html

[Chuck Norris]

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Big difference between giving them a game in a scrimmage or exhibition...quite a bit different than beating them (or even being close) in a real game.

[boatcapt]

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Big difference between giving them a game in a scrimmage or exhibition...quite a bit different than beating them (or even being close) in a real game.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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May not be a coincidence Westminster scored more on IUP than Concord, Virginia State or Bowie could.

I don't want to hear the not trying b.s. either. I saw it live. Joe didn't pull off until the final two minutes. IUP's bench came in and hit three straight treys to get it up to 30 points.

Westminster's PG could start for just about any PSAC team. The shooting guard that smoked IUP last night would be in the rotation here.

They'd be a .500 team in D2.

[Chuck Norris]

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OK...If you have a DII team made up of FIVE DII Players of the Year, like Hankins, I'll say that team could hang with a P5 D1. But I know of no team that has five DII Players of the Year on their roster.

FYI...Xavier was picked 6th in the Big East this year after finishing first last year. They stand 2-2 on the year after absorbing two losses to basketball powerhouses Wisconsin and Auburn...They did, however, beat an IUP...that being IUPUI.

[IUPalum]

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Pitt almost lost to North Alabama a couple days ago. PITT BLOWS!!!

[boatcapt]

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Look at Zach Hankins. He left Ferris State after last season and is now starting for Xavier -- a very strong D1 program.

OK...If you have a DII team made up of FIVE DII Players of the Year, like Hankins, I'll say that team could hang with a P5 D1. But I know of no team that has five DII Players of the Year on their roster.

FYI...Xavier was picked 6th in the Big East this year after finishing first last year. They stand 2-2 on the year after absorbing two losses to basketball powerhouses Wisconsin and Auburn...They did, however, beat an IUP...that being IUPUI.

[boatcapt]

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Just like the Mt. Union argument in football.

Pitt may beat IUP but there's zero chance it's not going down to the final five minutes.

Ferris State would have blown Pitt out of the building last year.

I'm a Pitt fan ... had basketball season tickets for years. They are now just much closer to D2 than the ACC.

I think fans of DII often over rate the relative abilities of DII as compared to D1. I envision on some D3 message board somewhere there is a fan of D3 Nebraska Wesleyan saying oh yea, we could blow the doors off of Pittsburgh State!! And quite possibly there is a fan of Plattsburgh State saying they would be able to get to the last five minutes tied with IUP.