Iup basketball

[ctrabs74]

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The key player for me is going to be RAMON CREIGHTON. Before he was hurt, he was averaging 17.1 ppg and really becoming the lead player MCBRIDE was looking for. If someone has to get hurt it likely is better it happen early to allow a lot of reconditioning time. Can't wait to see how the newbies fit into the scheme along with CREIGHTON and RICHARDSON.

Neither of whom are listed on the 2017-2018 roster...

http://www.calvulcans.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball

[ctrabs74]

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I sure wouldn't want to bet any money on who wins the Atlantic this year. It's deep. You could make a legit case for 5-6 teams.

IUP took a killer non-conf schedule. The MEC will beat each other up a bit. My guess is the Region weekend gets played at Ship ... they are going to roll through that schedule. Fite should have beefed it up a bit.

Findlay and Ferris State right out of the chute, then Virginia State and Bowie State out of the CIAA, then capped off with Fairmont State and Urbana from the MEC? Not to mention a usually decent USciences team? Killer would be an understatement. If IUP can go at least 4-3 through that gauntlet, then they'll have a pretty good shot at being among the contenders in the region (it also doesn't hurt that Shippensburg isn't on IUP's crossover schedule this season).

[IUPalum]

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I'm excited to see what this team can do and if a few of these recruits are as good as advertised.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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I sure wouldn't want to bet any money on who wins the Atlantic this year. It's deep. You could make a legit case for 5-6 teams.

IUP took a killer non-conf schedule. The MEC will beat each other up a bit. My guess is the Region weekend gets played at Ship ... they are going to roll through that schedule. Fite should have beefed it up a bit.

[IUP Extra Mile]

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D2 Bulletin Preseason Top 25 announced

4. Shippensburg
8. IUP
12. Ferris State
18. West Liberty

Yet, WL is voted 3rd in their conference preseason..I actually agree more with the conference poll, than the national one...

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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D2 Bulletin Preseason Top 25 announced

4. Shippensburg
8. IUP
12. Ferris State
18. West Liberty

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Men's Exhibition

Slippery Rock at Pitt / Nov. 4


Kind of jealous ... would have liked to see IUP take a shot at them this year.


On that note, the IUP women do play at Pitt on Nov. 5.

[CALUPA69]

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You could see it as the year went on last season. They were much better in mid-Jan and FEB. The new coach was a good hire. He needed a year to change the system. They will resemble an MEC team more and more with each class he signs -- obviously that's his background. The MEC plays such a different style -- up-tempo, athletic bigs, etc. IUP is built like an MEC team ... which is why they've mostly dominated the PSAC West the past decade.

He's a very good X's and O's guy. Tony Richardson is a big key but he needs to be in way better shape. He's a cast-off of the Bill Brown era in style but was just so winded playing that system last year that he was very ineffective by halftime. By default, McBride had to leave him out there because there was just nobody else. That will be different this year.

Now, how good will the second place team in the West be on a Regional level ... we'll see. The West was completely awful last year. It can't be any worse this season.

Gannon is a big question mark. They have a couple nice players left and will, as its norm, grind out some wins. Mercyhurst had its down year. Gary Manchel is a very good coach. I don't expect them to be down two straight seasons. Boro will be a one-man show again. UPJ will get some wins. Seton Hill could be the sleeper with Bogden coming back after missing last season. Clarion will be a JUCO team. Rock and Cal will battle for second. I'm taking Cal because McBride will have a more disciplined team.

Not that it matters, but the IUP/Cal game up here last year wasn't close. IUP was up by 25 or so with 3-4 minutes left and emptied the bench. Cal hit a bunch of treys to make it look better. Now, the one down there was a close game and was actually in doubt in the final minutes. Reference the above ... they got much better as the year went along.

The key player for me is going to be RAMON CREIGHTON. Before he was hurt, he was averaging 17.1 ppg and really becoming the lead player MCBRIDE was looking for. If someone has to get hurt it likely is better it happen early to allow a lot of reconditioning time. Can't wait to see how the newbies fit into the scheme along with CREIGHTON and RICHARDSON.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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You could see it as the year went on last season. They were much better in mid-Jan and FEB. The new coach was a good hire. He needed a year to change the system. They will resemble an MEC team more and more with each class he signs -- obviously that's his background. The MEC plays such a different style -- up-tempo, athletic bigs, etc. IUP is built like an MEC team ... which is why they've mostly dominated the PSAC West the past decade.

He's a very good X's and O's guy. Tony Richardson is a big key but he needs to be in way better shape. He's a cast-off of the Bill Brown era in style but was just so winded playing that system last year that he was very ineffective by halftime. By default, McBride had to leave him out there because there was just nobody else. That will be different this year.

Now, how good will the second place team in the West be on a Regional level ... we'll see. The West was completely awful last year. It can't be any worse this season.

Gannon is a big question mark. They have a couple nice players left and will, as its norm, grind out some wins. Mercyhurst had its down year. Gary Manchel is a very good coach. I don't expect them to be down two straight seasons. Boro will be a one-man show again. UPJ will get some wins. Seton Hill could be the sleeper with Bogden coming back after missing last season. Clarion will be a JUCO team. Rock and Cal will battle for second. I'm taking Cal because McBride will have a more disciplined team.

Not that it matters, but the IUP/Cal game up here last year wasn't close. IUP was up by 25 or so with 3-4 minutes left and emptied the bench. Cal hit a bunch of treys to make it look better. Now, the one down there was a close game and was actually in doubt in the final minutes. Reference the above ... they got much better as the year went along.

[CALUPA69]

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Cal to finish second is very bold!!!

Last year with basically a pick-up squad, late hire of new coach in a very strong conference and region, the VULCANS came within 1 1/2 games of making the PSAC tourney. Lost to IUP 65-78 and 72-77. Lost to GANNON 88-93 OT and 67-74. I think better times are coming.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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The men's team photo hit the web site today ... Willem is a big boy.

Slippery Rock is still the lone West team not to post a roster yet.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Street and Smith's Preseason Poll and Accolades:

IUP picked No. 3 behind Northwest Missouri State and Queens (NC). Ferris State is No. 9.

First Team All-American: Dan Monteroso (West Liberty) and Dustin Sleva (Shippensburg)

Honorable Mention: Will Vorhees (ND), Dante Lombardi and Cobo Diaz

Notable individual snubs: Wheeling Jesuit's Pat Moseh and Hayward Highsmith
Notable team snubs: Wheeling Jesuit and Ship -- neither in preseason Top 10. That's bad.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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http://iupathletics.com/news/2017/9/...americans.aspx

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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The court system is slow.

[IUPTrackMan]

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Slippery Rock is a dark horse. It will be standard ... they won't come out of the gate hot but will be a strong team by JAN.

I haven't been able to confirm this, but I heard from the wife of a former SRU BB coach, that SRU has 6 guys on the roster that are 6-9 or bigger. As usual Kevin is waiting as long as he can to post his roster. Probably still brokering a deal or two.

It's always a crapshoot if his players come together but his team's that have good chemistry are tough to beat. Other ones have infighting and attitude problems and never add up to the sum of the parts.