MBB: Landmark Conference

[OUVan59]

Royals are 5-1 and actually have a positive rebound differential.

Nick Ruisi is averaging 5.5 rebounds and has scored 19 and 23 in his last two games.

Spatola leads the team in rebounding at 5.8

Real test will be Saturday 12/6 @ Susquehanna! No matter what team Danzing(Bessior also had problems in that sand box)brings in or what team Frankie has it is a hard place to win especially for the Purple/White/Gray. For some reason Frankie loves beating Scranton, hopefully this weekend changes that.I am very surprised of the start for the men and how  young this team is. Keep the momentum going and good luck

 Susque game is 1/10; this Saturday they are @ Juniata.

I'm not sure what I waz looking at I thought it was at Susquehanna but yes at Juniata. Should be another place that is hard to win at. Has anyone seen Etown play yet and if so how good are they?

Etown blew the doors off of Susquehanna the Saturday before Thanksgiving. The River Hawks have one of those games a year it seems (see @Scranton last year) so that might have been it. But Etown seems greatly improved on the defensive end. Last year they only held two teams under 65 points. This year they've already done it three times including F&M and Susquehanna. The emergence of Zuri Harris as a scorer to go along with Finarelli also helps. This is the first time since I started following the conference five years ago that a good team may miss the tournament.  Even the bottom three teams are greatly improved with Lycoming and Juniata already matching their win totals from last season. Makes for an interesting season.

[Great Day to be a Royal]

Years back, the Landmark was a 3-bid conference one season. I wonder if we see that again in the coming years

[ronk]

 Don't see the Landmark attracting enough quality players to get an at-large bid in addition to the AQ. Those bids will continue to go to the NESCAC, UAA, ODAC, and CCIW.