Friday, November 26, 2004
Thanksgiving Weekend Games
Here's what we learned thus far this week:
-As LC went down to St. Peters, it might not be that Lafayette is really good, but that Dookquesne is really bad.
-Andrew Zidar could be the franchise for Colgate. He leads the team in points and is second in rebounds.
-Colgate could be real. Cornell is the 2nd best team in the Ivys, depending on who you ask, and this could end up their best OOC victory, or a sign of things to come.
-Army and Navy are no better than they were the last three seasons. Navy beat a DIII school by 9, and Army lost to a team that's picked to come in 9th in the America East conference.
-If AU gets hot, they can rack up points (see 2nd half with Wagner).
Coming up this weekend:
Saturday
Bucknell takes on Stephen F Austin in Ames, IA. I've been to Ames. It's going to be really, really cold. I hate to keep getting back to mascots, but man, the Lumberjack is a pretty cool one. SFA is the AU of the Southland conference-- they've been to the conference final the last two years and losing. Bucknell ought to win this one, if they want to still be considered the favorite in the league.
Lafayette hosts Princeton-- and they shouldn't play close with them. Judson Wallace is just too damn big.
Colgate takes on DIII Juniata College for the second time in as many years. I'm not impressed.
Lehigh hosts perennial Ivy league suckfest Dartmouth. The same five starters for Dartmouth won three games last year, one in conference play. This one shouldn't be close. Lehigh by 10.
Sunday
Army goes up to New Hampshire, and guess what: I think they're going to lose!
The VMI Keydets (yes, Keydets) go to Navy. This is a game that's winnable for Navy-- VMI is plain old lousy. But I doubt it happens. VMI by 10.
Holy Cross hosts Marist, who has beaten them the last two years. Marist hit bottom last year, putting up a 289 RPI, a disappointment for a program that has historically been competitive in the MAAC. They're not much better this year, however, and the Crusaders should jump to 3-0 with a win here.
Enjoy your leftovers. @ 1:02 PM
Here's what we learned thus far this week:
-As LC went down to St. Peters, it might not be that Lafayette is really good, but that Dookquesne is really bad.
-Andrew Zidar could be the franchise for Colgate. He leads the team in points and is second in rebounds.
-Colgate could be real. Cornell is the 2nd best team in the Ivys, depending on who you ask, and this could end up their best OOC victory, or a sign of things to come.
-Army and Navy are no better than they were the last three seasons. Navy beat a DIII school by 9, and Army lost to a team that's picked to come in 9th in the America East conference.
-If AU gets hot, they can rack up points (see 2nd half with Wagner).
Coming up this weekend:
Saturday
Bucknell takes on Stephen F Austin in Ames, IA. I've been to Ames. It's going to be really, really cold. I hate to keep getting back to mascots, but man, the Lumberjack is a pretty cool one. SFA is the AU of the Southland conference-- they've been to the conference final the last two years and losing. Bucknell ought to win this one, if they want to still be considered the favorite in the league.
Lafayette hosts Princeton-- and they shouldn't play close with them. Judson Wallace is just too damn big.
Colgate takes on DIII Juniata College for the second time in as many years. I'm not impressed.
Lehigh hosts perennial Ivy league suckfest Dartmouth. The same five starters for Dartmouth won three games last year, one in conference play. This one shouldn't be close. Lehigh by 10.
Sunday
Army goes up to New Hampshire, and guess what: I think they're going to lose!
The VMI Keydets (yes, Keydets) go to Navy. This is a game that's winnable for Navy-- VMI is plain old lousy. But I doubt it happens. VMI by 10.
Holy Cross hosts Marist, who has beaten them the last two years. Marist hit bottom last year, putting up a 289 RPI, a disappointment for a program that has historically been competitive in the MAAC. They're not much better this year, however, and the Crusaders should jump to 3-0 with a win here.
Enjoy your leftovers. @ 1:02 PM
