MBB: Landmark Conference

[Great Day to be a Royal]

Ronk,
I think the Lady Royals were given a less than 1% chance to defeat Pitt yet it still happened.
Regarding the men hosting...I'd say first of all, let's see if they even make it to the tournament.
If they do, certainly the possibility would be there but it would depend on whether or not they win the Landmark outright or get a Pool C.
Unless the committee is desperate, I don't see an at-large hosting in what will be a competitive field.
I know its happened before & geography plays a crucial role but most things being equal that first weekend & with no real tournament history by Scranton in a long time, I see them packing.
Leave the tournament hosting to the team that has the best shot of winning the weekend...the Lady Royals. 

Not only does geography play a crucial role, which helps Scranton, but also does the size of the area. Mutliple hotels so you can spread the teams out. Long way to go for that!  Let's speculate hosting if there is a conference championship

[saratoga]

Absolutely agree.
If Scranton wins the conference, then good for them & they should be in the conversation.
In the meantime, way too early to start chilling the champagne & printing the tickets.

[NEPAFAN]

Any thoughts on the Holy War match up Saturday?

[Great Day to be a Royal]

Any thoughts on the Holy War match up Saturday?

If they were as flat as last night, they are in trouble.
The need to make the put-backs and shots within the paint. Far too many misses.

[saratoga]

This Royal squad is smoke & mirrors.
Barely knocking off a horrible Lyco team at home seems like a recipe for disaster vs. the Holy Roman Empire.
I can envision them taking it right to Sammy, getting him on the bench with foul trouble then pulling away.
Whether or not the Cardinals can actually pull that off remains to be seen & is the 64K question.

[Great Day to be a Royal]

The soft bounce passes into the paint happened multiple times, and lead to deflections or turnovers.

Multiple times defenders got caught with their backs to the ball as Lyco came down the floor. Have to tighten both of those parts of the game.

[ronk]

 Catholic under Coach Kelly seems to consistently play to their ability so chalk favors them; it would take top games  from more than 1 Royal(Tornabene, Carr, or Spatola) to prevail.

[NEPAFAN]

Hopefully the Royals get to play Catholic three times this season...