MBB: Centennial Conference

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The final stats are in:

Click Here: http://www.centennial.org/basketball/Men/2008stats/CONFLDRS.HTM

Enjoy

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Congrats to Ursinus on a great season! It was too bad Shattuck was unable to play at his very best on the weekend, but the team shouldn't hang their heads. They made an incrediable run and deserved to be there.

I also want to say how much I enjoyed meeting and chatting with the McGarveys and the Shattucks at Hotel Roanoke. Nice to see family and fans making the trip to Salem/Roanoke!

[r.w. mcnickels]

The final Top 25 poll has Ursinus at No. 7.  It's unfortunate that Shattuck wasn't healthy in Salem -- it looks like the voters realized that by keeping the Bears solidly in the Top 10 despite their Final Four showing.

Gettysburg just misses the Top 25, eight points behind Chicago.  I thought the Bullets would end up with a ranking around No. 20 because they went 24-1 against teams not named Ursinus.  With no major losses to graduation, they should get a decent amount of consideration in the preseason poll.

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The Lancaster paper had an article about the local college basketball teams.. you must scroll down to find the info about F & M, but all but one are back for next year.. looking good..

Click here: http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/218629

[ac08]

to echo previous sentiments..
Congrats to Ursinus on a great year. Speaking as an Amherstian, let me say that trips to Salem (regardless of the outcome), motivate current players and pull in fresh, young talent..the benefits you will gain from this experience will far outweigh this past weekends results...I all but guarantee it.

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Even though is was noted before, the llocal paper had a nice article about Nick Shattuck and Alverina's Terrence Shawell

Click here: shortened link

enjoy

[r.w. mcnickels]

Hope summer is treating everyone well.  Here's an article about McDaniel's recruits that was recently posted on the CC site.  Any recruiting news from other schools?

Also noticed that F&M has a new athletics site, and the basketball page is much improved.  The Dips have also posted their schedule -- very early compared to most years.

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Thanks for the info RW.. Did you notice the changes in the Centennial Conference pages.. Nice I thought.

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Well highlights and past games can be seen on You Tube:

Click here: http://www.youtube.com/centennialconference

Enjoy

[pizzashop]

F&M Hoops Class of 2012: http://godiplomats.com/sports/m-baskbl/2008-09/news/2008-09_Recruits

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It is hard to beleive that two months from now the conference teams start play. I have been thinking how to run the Pick-ems. I'll start with the non-conference games just to get us warmed up, and call that the first half. The second half will be the conference games. Looking forward to the start of play.

[diplomaniac1]

Fellow Diplomat Fans -

Greetings! Welcome back! It won't be too long before practices start and the games begin - just under two months. Some of us long-time fans can hardly wait!

I was just on the F&M Men's Basketball Page and notice that the revised rsoter is now posted. It contains some changes from the roster originally posted in early September when the freshman recruiting class was announced. Here is a link to the page:

http://www.godiplomats.com/sports/m-baskbl/2008-09/roster

Some notable highlights - no seniors and nine freshman (three more than initially listed). I thought that Scovill would be a Senior this year. Does anyone know if he received an extra year of eligibility and under what provision? Several underclassmen who played a fair amount of minutes last year apparently did not return. These include: Ryner, Sullivan, Stone, and Rodd. In my opnion, the biggest loss of those is Rhyner.

Does anyone have any thoughts or insights on either the roster or the non-returnees? Here are my thoughs. I suspect that Rhyner was in GRob's doghouse. He could score but wasn't consistent and often got lost on defense. It seemed like he was too fragile for GRob's coaching style. Sullivan never seemd to get the hang of running the offense and also had defensive shortcomings - another fragile personality.

Regards to all. Let the games begin!

[diplomaniac1]

r. w. -

I meant to post this earlier. Thanks for posting the link to the new athletics page. I had not noticed it yet but I also like the new style and format of it.

Eric

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Seems that  few of the schools are keeping the freshman names from us, by only posting last years returning players.

Nov 21 starts the first set of games for the Conference teams, pickems start a few days before that. Some of the games will start on the 22nd of Nov.

It will be here before you know it.

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Here is the Conference schedule only. This does not include pre-season games:
Click here: http://www.centennial.org/Schedules/2007-10/PDF/M-Hoops.pdf