Lol, I know as a Swat fan you probably won't believe me, but I thought the Washington Coach should have been in the discussion. He did a great job with them.

http://www.centennial.org/sports/mbkb/2018-19/releases/All-CC

Looks good to me. Anyone have thoughts?

I am kind of shocked at the talent in Swat's region. M.I.T. and Randolph-Macon are both top ten teams. Swat's second and third round games could be very tough. I believe the three of them finished 5,6, and 7 in latest rankings. Can't believe they all ended up together.

I have to say the end of the season for the Centennial was anti-climatic. Swat kind of steamrolled over the last few games and then wasn't challenged in the Centennial Tournament. In fact, their first game was just awful. As I have been saying all year, Cam is the guy who makes the team go and was the obvious choice as MVP of the Tournament. I see this as a final four team. They are on a roll right now and it is the best time for that to happen.

So who gets 4 and 5 place?

Yeah, Swat gave up 57 points in the second half. I was shocked but have to give Ursinus credit. Biggest shocker? Ursinus bench - ZERO points and still a win!

What a wild Tuesday night. Hopkins is on a downward spiral, F&M loses a game while opponent shoots 33% and 15% from 3, and Gettysburg puts up absolutely no fight against Swat in the second half. The standings bunched up last night.  Can anyone from JH explain their downward trend. They were playing some really good ball before the holidays.

Quote from: noonhooper on January 02, 2019, 06:02:05 PM
Totally disagree that Wiley is the best player "by miles". If you like scoring, he can get a bucket on his own pretty regularly and that is great. But what is also great is defending three or four positions (sometimes even five depending on the matchup), rebounding and scoring. Both players are important to their success but Wiley has been out for some games or struggled in some matchups and they have done fine without him. I seem to remember you touting leading scorers in the past as "the best player" and I think the way Swat plays makes that not necessarily true.

I have never said that. However, a guy who leads a team in scoring, assists, and steals and is the clear leader of the team is the best player. He was chosen as an All-American. You have no idea what you are talking about.

Thanks! Any idea what Visconti's injury is? Big win for Swat! I love O'Dell and have said it before, but the best player on the team by miles is Wiley. He is what makes the team go. I am glad to see some guys really stepped up this year and are playing well. Thanks again for game analysis. My internet was really slow so I just did stats. They don't always tell the tale of the tape.

I just wanted to share a stat from the York game the other night that many of you may have missed: Swarthmore out-rebounded York 63-23! By 40 rebounds. I have never heard of a game like that. I also believe York was 4-0 against Centennial teams this year. How in the world do you out-rebound a team by 40 rebounds. I've been involved with basketball for 50 years and I never remember anything like that ever happening at any level.

"As this is a slow time for this board, I am going to revisit the topic of financial aid which we addressed a couple of weeks ago---particularly as it relates to the ten teams that participate in Centennial Conference MBB.  First of all, there are the important NCAA rules:

---Financial aid should be the same for all students.  Student athletes and non-athletes should be treated the same.
---Athletics staff members are not allowed to have any role in determining institutional aid and are not permitted to modify or arrange
          financial aid packages.
---All institutions must participate in an annual electronic reporting process which compares financial aid packages of freshmen and
          transfer student athletes with those of aid packages of other freshmen and transfers.

How much financial aid can an institution award?  That depends on the institution and what they can afford----but, it must be allocated equitably between athletes and non-athletes.  How much an institution budgets for financial aid is probably related to the size of their endowments---more specifically---their endowment ratios per student."

Thank you for that. Financial aid I believe is a tricky thing to figure out. I know my three kids at three different colleges (Swarthmore, Skidmore, and Ithaca College) had widely different financial aid packages. Swarthmore's was by far the best, especially the last two years. I never realized it was a set rule that athletes and non-athletes had to have the same financial aid package. Is that really a NCAA rule or just they should be somewhat close? Why can a kid who is good at science or playing the tuba allowed to get huge scholarship type aid help, but not a kid with a good jump shot? I am really interested why a good tuba player is ok and a good jump shot is not. Thanks. Good and interesting topic by the way.

Quote from: D.B. Cooper on December 01, 2018, 05:21:08 PM
Just saw game on SWAT broadcast. Announcers thought it went off around 0.1 sec. Both of us watching thought on replay it left hand after 0.1 but before buzzer sounded while ball was in air, but it was close.
What a fiercely defended game looking like playoff intensity from beginning to end.
Wiley and Harkins led team to stirring final minute comeback. Earlier Dips rallied 8+ point deficit with Kupa taking over handling the point and scoring in clutch later minutes. I also was impressed with Les Thomas off the bench making 2 free throws after getting clobbered during an intentional 2 foul & making a key long trifecta with shot clock nearly at 0 that seemed to save Dips impressing me with all aspects of his game.

Thanks. I thought ball was still in his hands at 0.0 but it was really close. Good commentary on the game. Defense by both teams was playoff basketball.

Crazy ending at Swat - F&M game. F&M down one, hits three point shot that appeared to be after the buzzer. I watched it a number of times and it looked like he didn't get it off. However, it was very close. I was wondering if anyone else saw it and if they thought it was good?

The financial aid package at Swarthmore was absolutely a game changer. We put three kids through college and the Swarthmore financial aid package was miles better than the other two colleges my kids went to. And, having a Swarthmore degree ain't a bad thing either.

Everyone see this today? Holy Cow!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=33&v=CWcrJ18yjok