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#1
Region 5 men's basketball / Re: Landmark Conference
March 05, 2017, 03:54:54 AM
D Mac correct as usual, looks like SU is heading to Middlebury to take on Williams.
Williams is beatable if they aren't making 11 3s in a single half. They have a good post defender, but I believe playing them on a neutral court is advantageous.

Congrats to the Susquehanna players, Coach Marcinek and his staff on advancing to the sweet 16 as they haven't gotten much respect lately with the tough end to the regular season. Hope the program earned some chatter on a national level with the 2 W's this weekend.
#2
Region 5 men's basketball / Re: Landmark Conference
March 04, 2017, 02:58:37 AM
Survive and advance is what both Susquehanna and Scranton did Friday night. A solid showing for the Mid-Atlantic region as well with I think only one loss. 

The Ex-crusaders now take on a very good Eastern Connecticut squad. Ironically teams may have some familiarity with one another both having played in the same D3 Holiday tournament in Miami, although not against one another.

Scranton will have a tough one at Williams, but should have some confidence after finding a way to win vs Osw St.

I'm still rooting for a Landmark matchup in the sweet 16, possibly at the Long Center? Good luck to both squads tomorrow evening.

#3
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: MBB: NESCAC
March 02, 2017, 12:18:17 PM
Quote from: BigMike33 on March 01, 2017, 11:37:09 AM
Williams Fans...

Let's analyze your pod.

If Williams survives that match-up...the team to fear is MIT.  Susquehanna has been "exposed" on film. Trinity also lost a close one to them early. MIT plays a high IQ, deliberate, defensive style that would contrast to Williams' style. Talented as their multiple good games with Babson show.     

Big Mike, Landmark Conference fan here. I agree Susquehanna did not finish the season as they would have liked. Ended in a 3 way tie for first in the conference, and because of tie breakers ended up as the 3 seed, and went on the road for the first round of conf playoffs.

Curious as to what you saw on tape that has "exposed" SU. I am not saying you are wrong, I am just interested to hear what someone from outside the conference sees as major flaws in the River Hawks squad.

Looking forward to a great weekend of games.




#4
Region 5 men's basketball / Re: Landmark Conference
March 01, 2017, 11:29:10 PM
Landmark Post Season awards
COY- Justin Potts and staff are very deserving of this award, taking the Greyhounds to the title game in just year two at the helm. I think recruits will want to play in his up tempo style, and Bethlehem is a short car ride from some bball hotbeds.
POY- Steve Weidlich I was a little surprised when I first read this, while Weidlich does fill up the stat sheet and can defend opponents best scoring guard, I thought Vitkus, McGuire, or even Jay Howard were more likely to take home POY honors
DOY- Vitkus very good choice an athletic big who can move his feet defensively. There is a younger Vitkus on The Royals roster, the rest of the conference should hope he doesn't turn out like his big brother.
ROY- Riley Collins didn't see much of Collins this year but plays similar to former Drew guard Mike Klinger

NCAA tournament: Medaille at Susquehanna - should be a winnable game for the Hawks who havent played in 9 days
Scranton v Oswego St - The Royals will have to slow down All-American guard 6-2 Brian Sortino 22ppg who does a bit of everything for the Lakers.

If Scranton and Sus were to win both friday and Saturday they would meet in the sweet 16, in what would be a good thing for the Landmark in regards to national attention and a guaranteed Elite 8 squad. However, in order to play both teams would need to combine for 4 tournament wins, which Im guessing would be a Landmark record.

Congrats to the All Conference selections and Good Luck  to Scranton and Susquehanna this weekend. I hope the trend of early exits for Landmark squads is broken. Survive and Advance!!
#5
Region 5 men's basketball / Landmark Conference
February 22, 2017, 08:23:12 AM
First day of Landmark Playoffs kick off tonight  and the 3rd regional rankings will be released. Will SUS hang on to the 2 spot in the region? while they have the misfortune of playing a road first round playoff game

Jay Howard will be making his first appearance in uniform at the Long Center tonight, will be interesting to see how that game plays out. 

Predictions:
Scranton by 7
Sus by 4 on the road, due to playoff experience and strong road record over past 2 seasons. Moravian could absolutely win this game with the way they shoot the 3, especially in Behtlehem.

Enjoy what should be 2 well played games.
#6
Region 5 men's basketball / Landmark Conference
February 15, 2017, 11:28:07 AM
Heavy weight bout tonight at the Long Center, or a fly weight bought according to D Mac  ;). A win tonight from either side would put the victor in the driver seat to host throughout Landmark playoffs.

I believe Sus has the better players and deeper bench, but the Scranton matchup zone can bottle up any offense on any night.

As I mentioned before the first matchup, Traub and Vitkus staying out of foul trouble will be imperative for both squads.

Should be a good one in the Electric City, Cousin Sal from the desert has this one as pick'em.
#7
Region 5 men's basketball / Re: Landmark Conference
February 05, 2017, 05:40:39 PM
Toga while I do agree the Landmark Conference scheduling needs some work, with multiple teams playing 4 consecutive road games, I don't think playing back to back on the weekend is the answer. Players and Coaches I have spoke with did not like preparing for 2 teams simeltaneously during the week, and they also felt players were more injury prone in the second game of the back to back.

While it may provide a slight advtange in preparing for the NCAA tourney, I think the reason UAA and NESCAC teams are successful in tournament is due to good players as opposed to conference scheduling format.

I do believe the Landmark conference will be very strong in the coming years with the new coaches at Moravian and Goucher and Schlossers tenure at E-town winding down.
#8
Region 5 men's basketball / Re: Landmark Conference
January 25, 2017, 10:00:57 PM
SU overcomes 17 pt first half deficit thanks to 46 points 16 boards and 5 assists from Callahan, Weiss, and Knecbt off the bench. Traub was on the bench with fouls for large part of SU run, but returned to help seal win down stretch.

Khouri played  well for CUA and Howard was effective coming off an injury only 2 rebs, and 1 assist away from a triple double. The media timeouts Howes opts to strategically use at the Dufour Center were ineffective in the second half and annoying as usual, IMO media timeouts don't belong in non-televised D3 hoops.

Congratulations to Coach Marcinek on 400th career W. Fairly certain all are at Susqu.
#9
Region 5 men's basketball / Re: Landmark Conference
January 18, 2017, 11:27:07 PM
Important W for SU on the road in Huntindgon tonight. First of 4 on the road for the Hawks including at CUA and at Moravian next week...Juniata at 1-4 is a bit of a surprise, having some very tough road games remaining doesn't leave much room for error, although their D should travel well CUA undefeated in conference with two of the toughest conference games of the season on deck... This may be premature to say, as im rooting for Juniata to make things interesting, but it looks to be shaping up to be a very competitive 4 team race.
#10
Region 5 men's basketball / Sus v Scranton
January 11, 2017, 12:51:07 AM
Should be a good one in The Grove tomorrow indeed. I think Sus protects home court and wins by 8. 2 of the conferences best big men in Vitkus and Traub going at it, both will need to defend while avoiding foul trouble.
#11
Way too early pre-season projections...
1. Susquehanna- played in 2 of the last 3 landmark title games, return good core group from last years nationally ranked team. Will need to replace Miller and Hedley
2. Juniata- return majority of team that qualified for Landmark Playoffs last season. Lee will lead the way coming off a 17 ppg and 6 rpg season.
3. Scranton- replacing All American Brendan Boken will be a challenge, Vitkus does appear to be a formidable replacement. Will be interesting to see how he performs when defenses are focused on him. Doolan and Danzig need to step up if team intends to return to NCAA tourney..
4. Catholic- defending champs lose 3 key guards to graduation (Fonville, and both Phanords) and forward Stanford to transfer. Howes will need some guys from his bench/incoming freshman to develop quickly to provide All conference forward Jay Howard with some help defending the title.
5.Moravian- returns their big 3 of Murray, Holder, and Mguire, 2nd year head coach Potts may have Greyhounds in race for playoffs in year 3
6. Drew- need to replace top 2 leading scorers for a chance to battle for playoff spot
7. Etown- Shlosser returns 3 leading scorers from last years squad, hoping to climb out of the basement of Landmark and return program to the glory years of early 2000s
8. Goucher- losing top 2 scorers to graduation,, the Gophers will look to improve on last years 10-15 record.

POY: Howard- CUA and or Weidlich- Sus
COY- Curley- Juniata does a great job of keeping program competitive year in and year out. Huntingdon Pa is not exactly a basketball hotbed
#12
In order to stir up some off season chatter...

Rank the desirability of Landmark Head Coaching jobs based off of: geographic location, basketball history, facilities, majors offered, enrollment, tuition, academics, etc

Curious to see people's opinions.

#13
Region 5 men's basketball / Re: Landmark Conference
March 25, 2016, 01:31:18 PM
Very hard to predict now, but does any one see the Landmark being a two bid conference next year? And do you think the Landmarks 1-4 NCAA tourny record this year will have any affect on at large bids from the Landmark going forward?
#14
Region 5 men's basketball / Re: Landmark Conference
March 15, 2016, 01:38:11 PM
Looking back on the Landmark Preseason coaches poll, no major surprises for the most part. One thing to note that had me confused in the preseason as well, Why would Steve Howes vote Goucher (a team who hasn't finished above .500 in either conference or regular season in the past decade) to finish #1?. Goucher obviously made a coaching change but IMO that is an off the wall pick to win the conference.

2015 Landmark Men's Basketball Preseason Poll
Rank Institution (First Place) Points
1. Catholic (8)
2. Susquehanna
3. Scranton
4. Drew
5. Juniata
6. Merchant Marine
7. Goucher (1)
8. Elizabethtown
9. Moravian 

Congrats to Coach Marcinek, Brendan Boken, Josh Miller, and Bryson Fonville on the All-Region honors.  '16-'17 Will be an interesting year in the Landmark with Boken, Fonville, and Miller all moving on. Time for some new stars to emerge Howard, Vitkus, and Weidlich all appear ready to step into larger roles.
#15
Region 5 men's basketball / Re: Landmark Conference
March 07, 2016, 02:57:37 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 05, 2016, 12:18:58 AM

Kudos to Catholic and the staff there, though.  This is my fifth NCAA tournament and they were, by far, the best hosts I've seen.  Not that everyone else was bad (although some were), but just a first class event all the way through.  I really appreciated it.

Interesting to hear you mention Catholic as the best host you've seen. I would be curious to see if the teams feel the same way, many times Catholic will put visiting team in a classroom with no showers or bathroom. At the Landmark Championship game vs SUS I crossed paths with a few Catholics players in the restroom at half time, maybe their locker room facilities are lacking all around, not just for the visiting teams.