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[IUPbigINDIANS]

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In the Erie newspaper Mercyhurst coach Gary M. has a quote thanking his AD for letting the team stay over the night before last night's game. Said they wouldn't have played as well if they didn't.

Lol .. isn't Erie to SRU like an hour? Max? Maybe they just need a nicer bus.

With the distance to IUP he may want them down here today. Avoid the bus-lag.

[EyeoftheHawk]

No doubt. Looking forward to it. Should be two great games.


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[Golden89]

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You said it. Should be a fun day of hoops! Will be watching webcast when I can!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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This is a HEAVYWEIGHT Final Four on Saturday.

Mercyhurst vs. East Stroudsburg

WCU vs. (at) IUP

No Cinderella appearances this year. The best four are booked.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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West Chester coming off back-to-back losses drops the HAMMER tonight on Ship. Didn't see that (margin) coming.

Likely all she wrote for Ship unless Notre Dame chokes.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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The Rock is eliminated 73-68. Pratapas for Mercyhurst was their MVP. In what seemed like a 6 minute span when the Rock took the lead he came in and made 5-6 from the floor (4 threes) with his only miss resulting in a tip in bucket. Those 16 points were huge.

Baffling. Kid plays 8 minutes a game and makes shots from the parking lot. How do teams let him shoot?

[IUPTrackMan]

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The Rock is eliminated 73-68. Pratapas for Mercyhurst was their MVP. In what seemed like a 6 minute span when the Rock took the lead he came in and made 5-6 from the floor (4 threes) with his only miss resulting in a tip in bucket. Those 16 points were huge.

[IUPTrackMan]

[IUPTrackMan]

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Till is not in uniform tonight

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Correct. I still try and block that game out. Recall IUP was up at the end of OT and it appeared over ... and then WCU hit that buzzer-beater. Awful memory. LOL.

Two years ago at the KCAC recall they played the de-facto title game on Saturday when IUP played Shippensburg (another IUP OT loss). What a thriller that game was ... Sleva at his finest along with a massive IUP comeback in the second half (20-some points if I remember correctly).

[Chuck Norris]

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There is a little side note to this tournament. If IUP were to win tonight, the Crimson Hawks will then host the lowest remaining East seed on Saturday.

In other words the bracket would be re-shuffled tonight if IUP and Kutztown were to win. In the likely event ESU wins (along with IUP), IUP would then play the Ship/WCU winner and the initial bracket remains the same.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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There is a little side note to this tournament. If IUP were to win tonight, the Crimson Hawks will then host the lowest remaining East seed on Saturday.

In other words the bracket would be re-shuffled tonight if IUP and Kutztown were to win. In the likely event ESU wins (along with IUP), IUP would then play the Ship/WCU winner and the initial bracket remains the same.

[EyeoftheHawk]

[boatcapt]

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Do you think so? Isn't there a well-worn talking point among analysts on national media that it's incredibly difficult to beat a team three times in one season? I'm not necessarily questioning your assertion or your memory, as it may be the case that talent disparity in DII causes for different trends. But you often hear from national media outlets about the DI game that they think it's very hard to beat someone three times, so it would seem the underdogs have a slight edge in those 3rd time match-ups. I'm honestly not sure.

But to be totally honest, I don't suspect IUP, Mercy, or ESU to struggle at all tonight. So again, maybe the "conventional wisdom" applied to DI teams isn't applicable to DII. [Just thinking aloud here--sorry for the ramble]

I'd say it's more law of averages than anything physical or psychological. Kind of like flipping three straight heads. Individual flips are 1 in 2 (.500) but the chances of doing it three straight times are 1 in 8 (.125). Obviously a basketball game is not as random as a coin flip and there are a lot of variables, but two relatively even teams are running up against some pretty long odds of winning three straight games against the other.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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A look back in time:

2018-19 PSAC Coaches' Preseason Poll

1. IUP (8)
2. Slippery Rock
3. Gannon
4. Mercyhurst (1)
5. California
6. UPJ
7. Edinboro
8. Seton Hill
9. Clarion