PSAC WEST

[IUPTrackMan]

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Joe thinks Mercyhurst is the team to beat. Coaches can't vote for their own squad in preseason rankings.

Good call on that!!

[boatcapt]

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It wouldn't even need to be an upstart. Put WL or IUP or whomever against Duke or Kentucky in February -- real game -- and the D2 would lose by 50+ points. Maybe more.

I agree...For a DII to even stay close (within 20) the D1 would have to have a seriously BAD night or the DII to have one of those unconscious nights were every shot they take finds the bottom of the net. It could happen but only once in 4 blue moons!!

[hawks16]

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Coaches' Preseason Poll:

West

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

East

1. West Chester (6)
2. East Stroudsburg (1)
3. Shippensburg (1)
4. Kutztown
5. Millersville
6. Bloomsburg
T-7 Lock Haven
T-7 Mansfield

Joe thinks Mercyhurst is the team to beat. Coaches can't vote for their own squad in preseason rankings.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Yea...I tend to agree.

Kind of like when a DII plays a D1 "close" in a scrimmage and then their supporters make all sort of grandiose proclamations about how they are ALMOST as good as a D1. It will never happen but it would be interesting for one of these upstart DII's to play the big name D1 in the REAL season and see how differently the D1 approached the game. It's one thing "staying close" in a scrimmage...quite a different thing when the real lights come on and the D1 is playing for realz!!

It wouldn't even need to be an upstart. Put WL or IUP or whomever against Duke or Kentucky in February -- real game -- and the D2 would lose by 50+ points. Maybe more.

[boatcapt]

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Option 2

Yea...I tend to agree.

Kind of like when a DII plays a D1 "close" in a scrimmage and then their supporters make all sort of grandiose proclamations about how they are ALMOST as good as a D1. It will never happen but it would be interesting for one of these upstart DII's to play the big name D1 in the REAL season and see how differently the D1 approached the game. It's one thing "staying close" in a scrimmage...quite a different thing when the real lights come on and the D1 is playing for realz!!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Option 2

[boatcapt]

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That may be more of a bad sign for WL than a good sign for Cal.


Cal's roster just isn't built for a full West season. They are going to get mauled by the big monsters of the West. Different league. Danny will adapt.

ORRRRR...If you believe the information, it could be a bad sign for the PSAC West in that Cal is going to be really good.

OOORRRR...It could be the first scrimmage of the year, we are basketball starved, and we are putting too much emphasis on what effectively is an inter squad practice.

[boatcapt]

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From what I heard, Cal did not look bad at all against WL in a scrimmage this week. Actually up by 2 at the half. Lost by about 15...WL did not shoot the 3 well though. All hear say if anyone can validate.

If we believe the info you received, there was a 17 point swing in the second half. That ain't too bad. Not having seen the game or even have a box score to refer to, it kind of sounds like a typical WLU game. Opponent can hang for a while but ultimately get tired and fade at the end when the Toppers cruise to a double digit win.

Again, not having a box score to see who played and how many minutes makes it tough to gauge. Possible that our starting 5 could have been Hill, Alessandro, Yoakum, Saben and Watson just as easily as it could have been Arnold, Meininger, Bolton, French and Allen...Or it could have been some mix between.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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That may be more of a bad sign for WL than a good sign for Cal.


Cal's roster just isn't built for a full West season. They are going to get mauled by the big monsters of the West. Different league. Danny will adapt.

[Dirtybird]

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From what I heard, Cal did not look bad at all against WL in a scrimmage this week. Actually up by 2 at the half. Lost by about 15...WL did not shoot the 3 well though. All hear say if anyone can validate.

[Golden89]

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Likely nothing and Danny is getting tossed some bones. He's new. They don't hate him yet. The West has some major ego's in the coaching ranks. They butcher these bad every year. I do think, however, from 4-9 is fairly interchangeable.

3-9 is interchangable. If Gannon's vast array of newbies don't get Reilly's defensive schemes early on, the Knights can dig themselves quite a hole and never escape.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Beyond surprised that the VULCANS off 11-17 and this spring's coaching chaos are that high. I realize it means zip but what do the coaches know that no one else does. Puzzling ???

Likely nothing and Danny is getting tossed some bones. He's new. They don't hate him yet. The West has some major ego's in the coaching ranks. They butcher these bad every year. I do think, however, from 4-9 is fairly interchangeable.

[CALUPA69]

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Coaches' Preseason Poll:

West

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

East

1. West Chester (6)
2. East Stroudsburg (1)
3. Shippensburg (1)
4. Kutztown
5. Millersville
6. Bloomsburg
T-7 Lock Haven
T-7 Mansfield

Beyond surprised that the VULCANS off 11-17 and this spring's coaching chaos are that high. I realize it means zip but what do the coaches know that no one else does. Puzzling ???

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Coaches' Preseason Poll:

West

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

East

1. West Chester (6)
2. East Stroudsburg (1)
3. Shippensburg (1)
4. Kutztown
5. Millersville
6. Bloomsburg
T-7 Lock Haven
T-7 Mansfield

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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That's probably being a funny guy and refusing to vote for Kevin Reynolds.

LOL ... first thing I thought of, too.

The coaches mangle these every year. No doubt some spite gets involved in the voting.