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Greg Bearer is what I think Joe hoped Jesse Bosnik would be during the 2013-14 season. Which is crazy to say because Boz was a 2,000-point scorer in high school and had D-I offers (including from St. Bonaventure when their point guard got hurt in camp). To be fair, he was coming off about seven years of not playing competitive ball...but still. There are always going to be minutes for a team, on any level, for a Greg Bearer-type.
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The difference in style from the PSAC to the MEC, via the Fairmont St. game notes.
FSU ranks second in the MEC in scoring defense at 78.2 points per game. That would rank 12th out of 18 in the PSAC.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View PostThat's a suckers bet. If IUP escapes Fairmont tonight (big IF) ... that has classic hangover game written all over it. WCU has also had 10 days to prepare for the IUP game. Not that I used to gamble on sports or anything. LOL. But, those are key factors in gambling on games. Not to mention WCU has won three straight in the series. Further, the last game before a long break is always interesting. One team usually seems to already be on break mentally. Real money involved ... I wouldn't touch that game.
WCU has a lot of talent. What's up with the start they've had?
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Originally posted by Horror Child View PostFor next week's pick'em over/under, how about the combined margin of victory of IUP's teams over WCU's?
That's a suckers bet. If IUP escapes Fairmont tonight (big IF) ... that has classic hangover game written all over it. WCU has also had 10 days to prepare for the IUP game. Not that I used to gamble on sports or anything. LOL. But, those are key factors in gambling on games. Not to mention WCU has won three straight in the series. Further, the last game before a long break is always interesting. One team usually seems to already be on break mentally. Real money involved ... I wouldn't touch that game.
WCU has a lot of talent. What's up with the start they've had?
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For next week's pick'em over/under, how about the combined margin of victory of IUP's teams over WCU's?
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IUP at Fairmont State
Inside the FSU numbers:
Record: 6-0 MEC / 8-2 overall
Streak: W8
FSU Opponents' Winning Percentage: 42.28%
Best win: West Liberty
Losses: Ferris State (7-5) & Missouri Western (5-6)
Notes:
* FSU hasn't lost a home game in FOREVER
* Deep team with (9) players averaging double digit minutes
* Top three players average 30+ minutes: Jason Jolly, Vonte Montgomery and Cole VonHandorf (all guards)
* Scoring 85.3 ppg while giving up 78.2 ppg
* Four players averaging double digit points: Jolly (20.4), Montgomery (14.7), Andrew Emrick (11.1) and VonHandorf (10.3)
* Shooting 28 treys a game -- making 40% on season
* Out-rebounding opponents by 5 a game on the season
* 48% FG
* 68% FT
* They play smart -- just 12 TOs per game
* They have some size on the roster but several of their bigger guys don't play much. Emrick (6'9") is a very athletic post player.
* Common theme in both losses was the three-point shot. FSU shot a poor percentage in both games.
* Both teams coming off highly-energized, emotional wins.
Keys to win:
* Push that three-point stripe back. If they want to shoot all night push them out an extra 5' in the process
* IUP doesn't do track meet games. Control the pace. This may be an MEC team but Joe isn't playing an MEC game. Slippery Rock took them to the final 20 seconds.
* Survive the spurts. Call timeouts.
* Jolly will make treys from Row 19 of the bleachers. IUP smothered him last year. The year before he smothered IUP.
* Press all night. When this IUP team hasn't pressed this year they've let teams launch away (reference Ship game 1st half vs 2nd half)
* Two elite guards to handle. Jolly is a nightmare and Montgomery is very good. Add to it VonHandorf is a sniper. Who gets who in man is very important.
* Armoni needs to join the 30-minute club in this game. He's one of IUP's top defenders. And, they'll need top defenders in this one.
* Deep treys equal deep rebounds. No second chances.
* Use all that size. Cobo and Willem (and Marko) are going to be big match-up problems for FSU. Willem has to stay clean. He's been picking up too many quick fouls lately. He can't become the second-coming of Daddy Ugbede on defense.
* Depth: IUP has fantastic depth. Don't be afraid to use it.Last edited by IUPbigINDIANS; 12-13-2018, 10:33 AM.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View PostI watched their feed for the WL game on Sunday. It's watchable. It doesn't skip and the announcer is good. The actual video quality is poor. Kind of like watching an Atari. It is fuzzy enough you can't read jersey numbers or anything. Crows' Nest camera.
It's about 2.5 hours from Indiana. Not sure if Fairmont students will still be there or not. A ton of schools are in finals week. I think I saw FSU had commencement last weekend.
They had a nice crowd for the WL game but it was far from full. It is a neat facility.
The WV Metro News productions are very good.
I went down there with my dad when IUP played Kutztown in the tournament. We sat up in the upper level during the Fairmont-Bowie State game and then moved behind the IUP bench for the IUP game. Neat place.
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I've always been partial to PI as the sole selection criteria. It takes into account a teams W/L (you get more points for wins than you do losses), and SOS is accounted for (You get a higher # of points for beating and losing to tougher teams). Don't know why the NCAA muddies up the waters by listing all these other criteria unless their intent is to muddy the waters so they can select teams that run counter to what the PI says.
I don't recall what the end of conference tourney PI numbers were last season for SR1 but it would be interesting to compare them to were the teams were actually seeded.
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Interesting stuff.
When you put all the columns together (overall body of work) in the matrix, this is what is spits out (overall rank):
(2) IUP
(17) Mercyhurst
(25) West Liberty (tie)
(25) Chowan (tie)
(33) Concord
(58) Shaw
(59) Fairmont State
(63) Shippensburg
(77) UPJ
(90) Notre Dame
(97) Shepherd
(99) Charleston
(108) Kutztown
(117) East Stroudsburg
(121) Virginia State
Note Kutztown is grading out higher than ESU despite having two more losses but a tremendously better SOS.
These are the current Top 15 in the Atlantic.
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For comparison sorted by two other selection criteria:
Top 10 based on SOS:
Eliz City .6039
SRU .5953
Seton Hill .5838
Bluefield State .5645
St Augustine .5587
Claflin .5554
Bowie State .5482
IUP .5473
Edinboro .5400
Mercyhurst .5350
Top 10 based on Winning %:
Chowan 100%
IUP 100%
Mercyhurst 83.33%
Concord 80%
Fairmont 80%
West Liberty 77.78%
Shippensburg 77.78%
Shaw 71.43%
ESU 71.43
Livingstone 71.43%
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Some numbers from the updated Performance Indicators that Schnautza compiles (only D2 games count):
IUP is currently No. 2 in the overall rankings with an 8-0 D2 record. IUP's opponents winning percentage is 56.25 percent. IUP's opponents' opponents winning percentage is 51.7 percent. Regional record is 8-0. P.I. is 18.50.
For comparison sake within the Atlantic:
Opponents winning percentage (in order of rankings per his report):
Note: This is also the order in which his metric currently ranks Atlantic Region teams (formula is based on NCAA metrics):
IUP: 56.25%
Mercyhurst: 57.94%
West Liberty: 52.87%
Concord: 46.46%
Shaw: 54.01%
Fairmont State: 42.28%
Shippensburg: 43.33%
UPJ: 52.42%
Notre Dame: 43.34
Shepherd: 44.35%
Charleston: 43.88%
Kutztown: 55.06%
East Stroudsburg: 36.59%
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I watched their feed for the WL game on Sunday. It's watchable. It doesn't skip and the announcer is good. The actual video quality is poor. Kind of like watching an Atari. It is fuzzy enough you can't read jersey numbers or anything. Crows' Nest camera.
It's about 2.5 hours from Indiana. Not sure if Fairmont students will still be there or not. A ton of schools are in finals week. I think I saw FSU had commencement last weekend.
They had a nice crowd for the WL game but it was far from full. It is a neat facility.
The WV Metro News productions are very good.
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