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Originally posted by Scrub View Post
That year in Wheeling was the year I bought the full-weekend pass and went to all the games. It was a blast.
Might have been the last time Kutztown was in the tourney as well. They were tough that year if I recall.
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Originally posted by IUPalum View Post
True statement! I still wonder what happened to that guy!
They were something like 31-3 and he wanted him gone.
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The tournament gets underway today out west. Point Loma, winners of 23 straight is the host and favorite.
For what it’s worth, D2 sports reporter extraordinaire Wayne Cavadi has Nova SE meeting Point Loma and IUP facing NWMS in the final four. NWMS over Nova in the final.Last edited by Chuck Norris; 03-10-2023, 08:43 AM.
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Originally posted by Chuck Norris View PostThe tournament gets to underway today out west. Point Loma, winners of 23 straight is the host and favorite.
For what it’s worth, D2 sports reporter extraordinaire Wayne Cavadi has Nova SE meeting Point Loma and IUP facing NWMS in the final four. NWMS over Nova in the final.
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Originally posted by IUPalum View Post
I don't think Nova makes it that far.
And I don't say that as a way of suggesting the system should be abandoned. There's no shame in winning the MEC yearly, having the longest active streak of consecutive NCAA tourney appearances, competing to host the Region, etc. There's something to be said for building a consistently strong program, and that system seems to be a way to do so in what is otherwise a "basketball desert" of northern WV. I'm really proud of what WLU has built and maintained.
I just don't know if it's possible for this system to overcome really tough Elite 8 & Final 4 match-ups against big, strong, complete teams.
[I admit I do like Cavadi's picks for the Atlantic (they're 100% the same as mine!)]
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Originally posted by IUPalum View Post
I don't think Nova makes it that far.
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Originally posted by Scrub View Post
I agree. Nova will have an off-shooting performance somewhere along the way and/or run into a bad match-up (such as the Augusta match-up last year). I've just seen it too many times before with WLU (both with Crutch and after)--the system is a well-oiled machine until it's not, until it meets a match-up problem that it can't overcome. I have a bad feeling Mercyhurst will be that match-up problem for WLU this year. I don't know who that problem will be for Nova, but until I see Crutch or WLU win one, I have my doubts that the system is built to go the distance.
And I don't say that as a way of suggesting the system should be abandoned. There's no shame in winning the MEC yearly, having the longest active streak of consecutive NCAA tourney appearances, competing to host the Region, etc. There's something to be said for building a consistently strong program, and that system seems to be a way to do so in what is otherwise a "basketball desert" of northern WV. I'm really proud of what WLU has built and maintained.
I just don't know if it's possible for this system to overcome really tough Elite 8 & Final 4 match-ups against big, strong, complete teams.
[I admit I do like Cavadi's picks for the Atlantic (they're 100% the same as mine!)]
nova' chances have declined due to injuries to Rogers and Moore, which is about 25 pts a game lost.
but they are much better shooters than last year, with 7 players over 40%.
what helps Nova is that they don't take bad or difficult shots, unlike teams with talented d1 types that take shots because they are "feeling it".
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Originally posted by Columbuseer View Post
Matchups are so important. One coach who beat many Mec teams this season but got smacked by Wlu said as much. He said that they beat many teams because they had a guard oriented offense. But they had no success due to wlu's great defensive guards.
nova' chances have declined due to injuries to Rogers and Moore, which is about 25 pts a game lost.
but they are much better shooters than last year, with 7 players over 40%.
what helps Nova is that they don't take bad or difficult shots, unlike teams with talented d1 types that take shots because they are "feeling it".
Concord is a solid but very average team.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
Todd May went 15-15 this year and 10-12 in the MEC. West Liberty beats them up because they have much better players (and many more of them).
Concord is a solid but very average team.
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Originally posted by Scrub View Post
I agree. Nova will have an off-shooting performance somewhere along the way and/or run into a bad match-up (such as the Augusta match-up last year). I've just seen it too many times before with WLU (both with Crutch and after)--the system is a well-oiled machine until it's not, until it meets a match-up problem that it can't overcome. I have a bad feeling Mercyhurst will be that match-up problem for WLU this year. I don't know who that problem will be for Nova, but until I see Crutch or WLU win one, I have my doubts that the system is built to go the distance.
And I don't say that as a way of suggesting the system should be abandoned. There's no shame in winning the MEC yearly, having the longest active streak of consecutive NCAA tourney appearances, competing to host the Region, etc. There's something to be said for building a consistently strong program, and that system seems to be a way to do so in what is otherwise a "basketball desert" of northern WV. I'm really proud of what WLU has built and maintained.
I just don't know if it's possible for this system to overcome really tough Elite 8 & Final 4 match-ups against big, strong, complete teams.
[I admit I do like Cavadi's picks for the Atlantic (they're 100% the same as mine!)]
You just wait until East Stroudsburg sends Gary back to Erie tomorrow and he spins tires out of the Hilton parking lot again -- busting up your whole bracket. LOL. Don't say you weren't warned.
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