PSAC WEST

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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UPDATED STANDINGS



WEST

IUP (9-1, 16-1) - Cal, (at) Clarion and (at) Seton Hill make up the next three
Slippery Rock (9-1, 12-5) - Rock has reeled off 10 straight wins after 2-5 start
Mercyhurst (6-4, 11-4) - Lakers ended three-game skid by winning past three outings ... the 'First to 50' game tomorrow with Gannon
Pitt-Johnstown (6-4, 11-6) - Lost late to Mercyhurst last night. Trip to Morrow tomorrow.
Gannon (5-6, 7-10) - Knights have taken advantage of schedule stretch and won past four ... may have figured some things out. Time to prove it tomorrow.
California (4-6, 6-10) - Bad home loss to Seton Hill ... daunting road trip to the KCAC up next.
Clarion (2-8, 4-10) - Clarion is playing in the intramural building this year. Lately, they have looked like an intramural team.
Seton Hill (2-8, 4-12) - Big win at Cal. Griffins have improved despite record. Lot of close losses.
Edinboro (1-9, 4-11) - Things are getting real bad in McComb. Scots get must-win trip to Clarion prior to hosting SRU, Mercyhurst and UPJ. Yikes.


EAST

Shippensburg (8-2, 14-4) - Hosting Mansfield tomorrow should cure the Lock Haven hangover prior to Saturday's big one in West Chester
West Chester (8-2, 12-5) - Rams have tore off 7 straight W's, but face a brutal week -- (at) ESU and hosting Ship.
East Stroudsburg (8-2, 11-5) - Rough 3-game stretch starts tomorrow: West Chester, (at) Kutztown and Millersville
Millersville (6-4, 10-7) - Finally broke out and got a big win at Kutztown last night. Lock Haven and a rejuvenated Gannon both visit up next.
Kutztown (5-6, 11-8) - Bears dismal NCAA hopes likely evaporated last night.
Lock Haven (5-6, 6-8) - The Haven gave West Chester a game before losing by 10.
Bloomsburg (2-8, 5-10) - Seton Hill and Mansfield up next ... should give the Huskies a chance to get back on course
Mansfield (0-11, 1-15) - Eleven games left and it's all over.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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IUP up 65-25 at halftime? Was it as awful as the score would have indicated? With the 58 second half points they gave up against Gannon, that's 123 points given up by the Scots in a 40 minute stretch. Yikes.

Easy win for Gannon ... up 30-14 at halftime and cruised to an 18 point victory. Might be the first boring win of the season - we'll take it. Gannon is a much better version of themselves, but boy, did Clarion look awful ... I thought they weren't the punching bag they were in years past.

It's onto the annual awful struggle-to-score-50 Mercyhurst / Gannon game at the Mercyhurst Athletic Center. Prepare for basketball to be set back many decades. I dread it every year, but I still go ... can't look away.

I'd love to watch it. Never get to as it never lines up right. Do the students get up for this one? Not an easy assignment for the ref crew.

[Golden89]

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IUP up 65-25 at halftime? Was it as awful as the score would have indicated? With the 58 second half points they gave up against Gannon, that's 123 points given up by the Scots in a 40 minute stretch. Yikes.

Easy win for Gannon ... up 30-14 at halftime and cruised to an 18 point victory. Might be the first boring win of the season - we'll take it. Gannon is a much better version of themselves, but boy, did Clarion look awful ... I thought they weren't the punching bag they were in years past.

It's onto the annual awful struggle-to-score-50 Mercyhurst / Gannon game at the Mercyhurst Athletic Center. Prepare for basketball to be set back many decades. I dread it every year, but I still go ... can't look away.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Today's scores:

Mercyhurst 74 UPJ 69

East Stroudsburg 111 Bloomsburg 82

Seton Hill 72 California 70

IUP 102 Edinboro 53

Gannon 66 Clarion 48

Kutztown vs Millersville (7:30 p.m.)

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Huge, 3-game week (for most) on tap for the PSAC. This is going to be the week that separates the pack. Some teams are going to sink or swim over the next 7 days. It appears the league should get 3 teams in to the Big Dance for sure. A fourth is possible but I wouldn't bank on it.

A quick look at teams still in the race -- some with a quickly-shrinking margin for error.

IUP (8-1, 15-1) -- Hawks' difficult schedule seemingly lightens up (finally). Edinboro and Cal visit the KCAC this week prior to a trip to Clarion next Saturday. Pending a major upset, IUP should go 3-0 this week.

UPJ (6-3, 11-5) -- The Mountain Cats start a grueling 72 hours tomorrow -- first visiting Mercyhurst and then hitting the road again Wednesday for a trip to Slippery Rock. UPJ rounds out the week with Seton Hill. To stay in the NCAA conversation, they have to win 2 of 3 this week. It won't be easy.


East Stroudsburg (7-2, 10-5) -- The Warriors should hammer Bloomsburg tomorrow but then get West Chester and Kutztown to finish the week. ESU hosts a suddenly-hot WCU and travels to the unpredictable Kutztown.

Slippery Rock (9-1, 12-5) -- No doubt the Rock is on a tear, but the fact remains they still took 5 early losses. UPJ visits Morrow prior to a road trip to a struggling Edinboro next Saturday. UPJ is know for some upsets each year but they'll have zero answer for the Rock's size and strength. Hard to see SRU losing this week. Looking at potential tie-breaker scenarios for the NCAA field, SRU lost head-to-head to both Notre Dame and Fairmont State -- two teams likely to be in the mix for spots.

Kutztown (5-5, 11-7) -- The Golden Bears are on NCAA life support at this point but they aren't dead just yet. A pesky Millersville visits tomorrow prior to East Stroudsburg next weekend. They are idle Wednesday which will help prepare for ESU. No choice but going 2-0 this week to stay alive.

West Chester (8-2, 12-5) -- HUGE week for the Golden Rams. WCU travels to East Stroudsburg and then hosts Shippensburg. Win both and they can take control of the East race. Lose both and their NCAA hopes likely vanish.

Shippensburg (8-2, 14-4) -- Red Raiders host a bad Mansfield team prior to travelling to West Chester. The stunning loss at Lock Haven could haunt Shippensburg this season -- not only in the East race but in its chances at an NCAA bid.

Millersville (5-4, 9-7) -- So many close losses. The Marauders are a good team in a great division. They'll remain a tough out but their NCAA dreams end this week.

Mercyhurst 5-4, 10-4) -- Losing at Shippensburg (by 2) and at home to both Slippery Rock (by 2 in 2OT) and IUP (by 11) took a lot of the buzz away from the Lakers. Don't let it fool you. That's a real strong team. One problem is the return games are at Morrorw and the KCAC. UPJ and rival Gannon visit the MAC this week prior to a trip to California. Mercyhurst has to be looking at this as a 3-0 week -- although it won't be easy.

[EyeoftheHawk]

Bull Durham

[IUPalum]

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Annie Savoy would have solved all your problems.

and created many more!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Bull Durham

[EyeoftheHawk]

Fantastic movie.


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[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Fantastic movie.


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Annie Savoy would have solved all your problems.

[IUP24]

Crash Davis .. the Dean of the Bus Leagues ... agrees.


"I'm the player to be named later."

Fantastic movie.


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[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Crash Davis .. the Dean of the Bus Leagues ... agrees.


"I'm the player to be named later."

[IUP24]

The whole league is now dark tomorrow. I believe that all games have been moved to Monday. Feels like overkill to declare a statewide state-of-emergency, but it is what it is.

[Sec10-A-14]

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Here they are ... the infamous 'break is almost finally over' average attendance numbers:

IUP - 1,004
Gannon - 437
Mansfield - 451
Mercyhurst - 439
Slippery Rock - 408
Edinboro - 398
Kutztown - 396
Shippensburg - 365
East Stroudsburg - 348
West Chester - 263
Millersville - 251
Bloomsburg - 255
UPJ - 196
Cal - 148
Lock Haven - 93
Seton Hill - 83
Clarion - 72

Where have they gone. Back when I lived in Erie GU was it. from 08/09

ATTENDANCE SUMMARY GAMES TOTALS AVG/GAME
HOME.................... 22 38583 1754
AWAY.................... 11 9914 902
NEUTRAL................. 1 0 0
TOTAL................... 34 48497 1427

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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The whole league is now dark tomorrow. I believe that all games have been moved to Monday. Feels like overkill to declare a statewide state-of-emergency, but it is what it is.

Wow. That may be a first.