Iup basketball

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Shepherd, including their coach, can be a demonstrative bunch.

I remembered you saying that in the past. Their HC was an odd bird last night. He was quiet as could be the first 25 minutes of the game. Then he went borderline nuts the last 15 minutes. He easily could have been T'd up two different times.

It would be maddening to be a fan of that team. I watch them on the computer sometimes and they look incredible. Last night they lost to IUP's remaining parts by 30.

[Ship69]

"Danny is likely praying to the Snow Gods this storm hits and the PPD the game."

Ship's game at Bloomsburg has been moved to Friday. Even though Bloom is coming off a hammering (as is Ship to a lesser extent), Nelson has always given Ship fits and he figures to do so again with the Raiders small lineup.

[Ship69]

Shepherd guard nominated today for an Oscar.

Lambert (140 lbs) hit this dude and he flew (flopped) like 1989 Tyson decked him.

It was hilarious


Lambert got called lol

Shepherd, including their coach, can be a demonstrative bunch.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Bryce is a good shooter but not that good. That was his ceiling last night. You can’t expect him to drop bombs inside half court the rest of the year.

Let’s be clear, all the scoring last night came from 3 players. If one is off they could struggle.

Defense travels! They’ll be in ball games with D like that.

I don’t believe Clarke will be back until he is. NCAA is a joke! D1 the players don’t even go to class, collect NIL, etc!

Somebody has to step up a bit as the fourth option.

Now that Waldo is playing he seems like an option. Time for Joe to take off the diapers.

Petteno does a lot away from the ball but by now it's clear he's not the scorer they thought they were getting. Lambert could be that guy although he never got going last night.

Brooks is actually pretty dominant around the rim (when he catches the ball). They run nothing for him, however.

It's not going to be KJ or Sark. They have a definite red light.

Not many options when you're down to 9 guys.

If they do somehow get Clarke back that obviously changes everything.

[IUPNation]

Bryce and Stewart went bonkers.

78-48 Final

Good....let the Swifties get a taste of their own medicine even if it's not in foosball.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

While I certainly don’t expect to see that type of shooting every night, it’s nice to know the capability is there. I never would’ve believed a performance like that was possible 24 hours ago. Honestly with the possible exception of Gannon, who I admittedly haven’t actually watched yet, there probably isn’t a team in the west that IUP can’t beat, but there’s also, with the possible exception of Edinboro, not a team that can’t beat them. In the end though, I think they still face the same question as when Dallis and Clarke were playing. Can anybody outside the big 3 score when those guys aren’t cooking?

Edinboro is getting better. Never say never. They gave ESU a serious run yesterday for about 38 minutes.

If (huge if) Cal can ever get healthy I still think they'd be the best team. WCU played out of its mind yesterday and barely beat them.

However, Gannon will likely hammer their makeshift lineup on Saturday.

Danny is likely praying to the Snow Gods this storm hits and the PPD the game.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

MacNamara apparently got an upper body injury while at home over break. It wasn’t basketball related per Joe’s pregame interview last night. It sounded like he’d be back for the next game. Joe was reluctant to provide any details but it might be something that has some humor to go along with it reading between the lines.

Shepherd guard nominated today for an Oscar.

Lambert (140 lbs) hit this dude and he flew (flopped) like 1989 Tyson decked him.

It was hilarious


Lambert got called lol

[EyeoftheHawk]

Per WCCS:

Dallis had knee surgery yesterday.

Denzel is having knee surgery tomorrow (explains that).

Also, redshirt PG Anthony Watson appears shut down for the season with an arm injury.

Obviously Clarke is out.

Callum MacNamara didn't dress last night.


So, that's a third of the roster on the shelf.

MacNamara apparently got an upper body injury while at home over break. It wasn’t basketball related per Joe’s pregame interview last night. It sounded like he’d be back for the next game. Joe was reluctant to provide any details but it might be something that has some humor to go along with it reading between the lines.

[IUP24]

Bryce is a good shooter but not that good. That was his ceiling last night. You can’t expect him to drop bombs inside half court the rest of the year.

Let’s be clear, all the scoring last night came from 3 players. If one is off they could struggle.

Defense travels! They’ll be in ball games with D like that.

I don’t believe Clarke will be back until he is. NCAA is a joke! D1 the players don’t even go to class, collect NIL, etc!

There has to be more to the Clarke story (maybe there is and I've just not read it). To be ruled academically ineligible midseason heading into the next semester seems like a credit issue, not necessarily grades. I wonder if something got mixed up with his transfer. That said, if he is actually ineligible because of his grades, I would have to image that there could have been warning signs of that from his transcript.

Either way, what a mess.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Per WCCS:

Dallis had knee surgery yesterday.

Denzel is having knee surgery tomorrow (explains that).

Also, redshirt PG Anthony Watson appears shut down for the season with an arm injury.

Obviously Clarke is out.

Callum MacNamara didn't dress last night.


So, that's a third of the roster on the shelf.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Bryce is a good shooter but not that good. That was his ceiling last night. You can’t expect him to drop bombs inside half court the rest of the year.

Let’s be clear, all the scoring last night came from 3 players. If one is off they could struggle.

Defense travels! They’ll be in ball games with D like that.

I don’t believe Clarke will be back until he is. NCAA is a joke! D1 the players don’t even go to class, collect NIL, etc!

I agree with the above comment that they'll look like that occasionally -- and on other nights get blown out of the building.

Is what it is at this point. Only so many guys left. Redshirts are still in tracksuits.

[IUPalum]

Bryce is a good shooter but not that good. That was his ceiling last night. You can’t expect him to drop bombs inside half court the rest of the year.

Let’s be clear, all the scoring last night came from 3 players. If one is off they could struggle.

Defense travels! They’ll be in ball games with D like that.

I don’t believe Clarke will be back until he is. NCAA is a joke! D1 the players don’t even go to class, collect NIL, etc!

[Chuck Norris]

While I certainly don’t expect to see that type of shooting every night, it’s nice to know the capability is there. I never would’ve believed a performance like that was possible 24 hours ago. Honestly with the possible exception of Gannon, who I admittedly haven’t actually watched yet, there probably isn’t a team in the west that IUP can’t beat, but there’s also, with the possible exception of Edinboro, not a team that can’t beat them. In the end though, I think they still face the same question as when Dallis and Clarke were playing. Can anybody outside the big 3 score when those guys aren’t cooking?

[IUPbigINDIANS]

BTW, rumor is they think Clarke is going to win his appeal and could be cleared to return very quickly (by next game).

[IUPbigINDIANS]

As far as IUP is concerned, I think it was more about it being one of those nights and I thought a favorable matchup. Shepherd looked very slow to me. They have some big bodies but they don’t move well and struggled to defend IUP’s quick guards. IUP defended very well though and I think that’s what can be counted on moving forward more than the offense. Few teams are going to go 16-23 from deep consistently. I was surprised that Joe went to the press so much with a thin bench. Credit to the players for being able to maintain pressure throughout. They never seemed to tire. I also thought Waldo did a nice job defending at mid court in the press. His long wingspan made it difficult on Shepherd getting the ball across.

Cal fighting injury issues again. Interesting.

You could tell early Shepherd had no idea who Bryce was until he lit them up in the first half. Second half they adjusted to him which opened up Stewart and Ethan. Of course, Bryce just started hitting them from deeper.

Needless to say he'll get a lot of attention moving forward.

Shepherd was fresh off a win against Mercyhurst and has played some others pretty tough.

Last night anyway I thought IUP's intensity caught them off guard.

That was a real big game for Stewart, too. Nice to see him finally have a green light.

Obviously they won't shoot like that every night but in a painful season it was nice to see them have a big night. They smothered Shepherd's two top guards. McCain-Corley was visibly frustrated.