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Saturday, December 01, 2007
While Navy takes a day to bask in the glory of its win over Towson and Lafayette continues to enjoy its rare win over Penn, everybody else is in action. Army visit VMI, Lehigh travels to Central Connecticut and Colgate is at Cornell while Bucknell is home against St. Francis (Pa.), American hosts UMBC and Holy Cross entertains Dayton at the DCU Center. All these following the days big game, the season-opener for the girls of Team Hoop Time, who take on the Carlisle Thunder this morning at 10. We wish we had a scouting report on that one. Meanwhile, here is a look at today's other opponents:
SCOUTING VMI: The nation's highest scoring team a year ago, the Keydets (3-3) are leading the nation again this season, averaging 103.7 points per game. No other school is averaging in triple digits. Those numbers are skewed by oddities like a 156-91 win over Division II Columbia Union and the 135 points they scored against West Virginia Weslyan, another D-II. Still, expect the Keydets to try to turn this into a chuck-and-duck, track meet affair. They don't really know how to play any other way.
Picked to finish third in the Big South, after pulling off two upsets to reach the conference final last season, VMI is young and small. No expected starter is taller than 6-6 and the roster includes six freshmen. We use that adjective "expected" because we are only going by the lineup listed in VMI's game notes. Don't be too surprised if the five that tip it off are different than the five listed in the notes though. Keydets coach Duggar Baucom has used a different starting lineup every game. Ten different players have started already this season. Even Reggie Williams, the team's 6-6 senior preseason All-Big South pick, who is sixth in the nation in scoring (25.2 ppg) has come off the bench twice.
BONUS LINKS:
VMI stats
VMI game notes (pdf)
Sports Network matchup
SCOUTING DAYTON: It will be a real shame if this game doesn't draw a nice crowd to the DCU Center. The Flyers are a program with a dandy pedigree and this year's version is looking strong, coming in at 4-1, riding a three-game win streak. The only loss was a 9-point setback at George Mason.
Brian Roberts, a 6-2 senior guard, leads Dayton with 22.4 points per game. Roberts can flat out shoot the basketball. He came into the season a two-time All Atlantic 10 pick with over 1,300 career points and one of the top three three-point shooting percentages in A-10 history (43.3 percent). Last year he was above his career percentage, hitting over 45 percent from the arc and thus far this season he is well above that, knocking down 56.3 percent of the treys he has shot. Roberts also knows how to dish, averaging 5.2 assists per game.
One of the beneficiaries of Roberts' passes is 6-8 freshman Chris Wright, a genuine blue chip averaging 15.8 points and 7.4 rebounds. Wright was ranked among the top 20 prospects in the nation by some recruiting services and is considered the top frosh in the A-10. Big and athletic, with tremendous hops (39.5 inch vertical leap), Wright is shooting 66 percent from the field.
BONUS LINKS:
Dayton stats
Dayton game notes (pdf)
Sports Network matchup
Willard doesn't want repeat of last year (Springfield Oh. News-Sun)
Preview: Dayton at Holy Cross (Springfield Oh. News-Sun)
SCOUTING CCSU: The Blue Devils come home to host Lehigh after losing two straight on the road, including a 71-54 setback Monday at Lafayette. That was followed Wednesday by a 59-55 loss at LaSalle, dropping CCSU to 1-4.
Senior guard Tristan Roberts leads the team in scoring (13 ppg), even though he has been the top scorer in only one game. Ken Horton, a 6-6 freshman, has been the top scorer in two of the last three games. Horton averages 11.2 ppg.
CCSU is shooting 40.1 percent from the field as a team, while allowing opponents to shoot 46.2 percent. The Blue Devils are also being outrebounded by 4.4 per contest.
BONUS LINKS:
CCSU stats
CCSU game notes
Sports Network matchup
SCOUTING UMBC: The Retrievers bounced back from their overtime loss at Lafayette to post a pair of wins in the last 10 days, downing George Washington and Morgan State to improve to 5-1.
If you want to play a hoops version of the Kevin Bacon game, the Retrievers beat Morgan State 84-76; Morgan State beat American 62-54. Not that you can necessarily attach much significance to a single common opponent, especially when Morgan State was home against AU and at UMBC.
The Retrievers are another small team that likes to go up and down, averaging over 80 ppg. The starting five includes just one player -- 6-8 senior Cavell Johnson -- taller than 6-4. Four of the five are averaging in double figures. Brian Hodges, a 6-3 senior, tops the list at 17.5 ppg. Junior Darryl Proctor plays bigger than his 6-4 height, averaging over 8 rebounds per game. Proctor has reached double figures scoring in every game, averaging 16.3 ppg. Ray Barbosa, a 6-2 senior, has raised his season average to 17 ppg after averaging 22.7 per game in UMBC's last three outings. Johnson is a second half demon, scoring 12 of his 17.2 ppg after the break. He averages 9 rebounds per game.
The starter not scoring in double figures, 5-8 junior Jay Greene, leads the America East conference with 7.8 assists per game.
BONUS LINKS:
UMBC stats
UMBC game notes
Sports Network matchup
SCOUTING ST. FRANCIS (PA): The 0-6 Red Flash are still looking for their first win of the season. Included in their losses are home setbacks against American and Lehigh. St. Francis gives up 72 points per game and allows opponents to shoot 46.3 percent from the field, 39.1 percent from the arc.
Cale Nelson (12.2 ppg), a 5-10 junior, and Chris Berry (11.3), a 6-4 junior, are the only Red Flash players averaging in double figures.
BONUS LINKS:
St. Francis stats
St. Francis game notes (pdf)
Sports Network matchup
Bucknell seniors are opposites that attract (The Daily Item)
Season becoming repetitive (Altoona Mirror)
SCOUTING CORNELL: The high-scoring, three-point shooting Big Red come into this one 4-1, including two wins over Patriot League teams (Lehigh and Army). Cornell, the Syracuse of the Ivy League, is 4-0 at home, its only loss coming at Ohio in its only game outside of Ithaca.
The Big Red love the three-point shot. They are hitting them at a 50.5 percent clip , second in the nation behind Texas. Overall they are shooting 51.9 percent while averaging 85 points per game, tops in the Ivy. It's all about outscoring opponents -- they give up 81 points per outing.
Four guys average in double figures. Sophomore guard Louis Dale (6-0) leads the way at 15.4 ppg. Ryan Wittman, a 6-6 sophomore averages 15 ppg, 6-0 junior Collin Robinson is scoring 12.8 per game off the bench. Fellow reserve Brian Kreefer (6-7 Jr.) averages 10 ppg. Starters Jason Hartford, a 6-9 senior (9.8 ppg) and 6-0 junior Adam Gore (9.4) are just under double figures for the Big Red.
BONUS LINKS:
Cornell basketball blog preview
Cornell stats (pdf)
Cornell game notes
Men's basketball faces second in-state rival (Cornell Daily Sun)
Sports Network matchup
Cornell searching for milestone victory against Colgate (Ithaca Journal)
SCOUTING VMI: The nation's highest scoring team a year ago, the Keydets (3-3) are leading the nation again this season, averaging 103.7 points per game. No other school is averaging in triple digits. Those numbers are skewed by oddities like a 156-91 win over Division II Columbia Union and the 135 points they scored against West Virginia Weslyan, another D-II. Still, expect the Keydets to try to turn this into a chuck-and-duck, track meet affair. They don't really know how to play any other way.
Picked to finish third in the Big South, after pulling off two upsets to reach the conference final last season, VMI is young and small. No expected starter is taller than 6-6 and the roster includes six freshmen. We use that adjective "expected" because we are only going by the lineup listed in VMI's game notes. Don't be too surprised if the five that tip it off are different than the five listed in the notes though. Keydets coach Duggar Baucom has used a different starting lineup every game. Ten different players have started already this season. Even Reggie Williams, the team's 6-6 senior preseason All-Big South pick, who is sixth in the nation in scoring (25.2 ppg) has come off the bench twice.
BONUS LINKS:
SCOUTING DAYTON: It will be a real shame if this game doesn't draw a nice crowd to the DCU Center. The Flyers are a program with a dandy pedigree and this year's version is looking strong, coming in at 4-1, riding a three-game win streak. The only loss was a 9-point setback at George Mason.
Brian Roberts, a 6-2 senior guard, leads Dayton with 22.4 points per game. Roberts can flat out shoot the basketball. He came into the season a two-time All Atlantic 10 pick with over 1,300 career points and one of the top three three-point shooting percentages in A-10 history (43.3 percent). Last year he was above his career percentage, hitting over 45 percent from the arc and thus far this season he is well above that, knocking down 56.3 percent of the treys he has shot. Roberts also knows how to dish, averaging 5.2 assists per game.
One of the beneficiaries of Roberts' passes is 6-8 freshman Chris Wright, a genuine blue chip averaging 15.8 points and 7.4 rebounds. Wright was ranked among the top 20 prospects in the nation by some recruiting services and is considered the top frosh in the A-10. Big and athletic, with tremendous hops (39.5 inch vertical leap), Wright is shooting 66 percent from the field.
BONUS LINKS:
SCOUTING CCSU: The Blue Devils come home to host Lehigh after losing two straight on the road, including a 71-54 setback Monday at Lafayette. That was followed Wednesday by a 59-55 loss at LaSalle, dropping CCSU to 1-4.
Senior guard Tristan Roberts leads the team in scoring (13 ppg), even though he has been the top scorer in only one game. Ken Horton, a 6-6 freshman, has been the top scorer in two of the last three games. Horton averages 11.2 ppg.
CCSU is shooting 40.1 percent from the field as a team, while allowing opponents to shoot 46.2 percent. The Blue Devils are also being outrebounded by 4.4 per contest.
BONUS LINKS:
SCOUTING UMBC: The Retrievers bounced back from their overtime loss at Lafayette to post a pair of wins in the last 10 days, downing George Washington and Morgan State to improve to 5-1.
If you want to play a hoops version of the Kevin Bacon game, the Retrievers beat Morgan State 84-76; Morgan State beat American 62-54. Not that you can necessarily attach much significance to a single common opponent, especially when Morgan State was home against AU and at UMBC.
The Retrievers are another small team that likes to go up and down, averaging over 80 ppg. The starting five includes just one player -- 6-8 senior Cavell Johnson -- taller than 6-4. Four of the five are averaging in double figures. Brian Hodges, a 6-3 senior, tops the list at 17.5 ppg. Junior Darryl Proctor plays bigger than his 6-4 height, averaging over 8 rebounds per game. Proctor has reached double figures scoring in every game, averaging 16.3 ppg. Ray Barbosa, a 6-2 senior, has raised his season average to 17 ppg after averaging 22.7 per game in UMBC's last three outings. Johnson is a second half demon, scoring 12 of his 17.2 ppg after the break. He averages 9 rebounds per game.
The starter not scoring in double figures, 5-8 junior Jay Greene, leads the America East conference with 7.8 assists per game.
BONUS LINKS:
SCOUTING ST. FRANCIS (PA): The 0-6 Red Flash are still looking for their first win of the season. Included in their losses are home setbacks against American and Lehigh. St. Francis gives up 72 points per game and allows opponents to shoot 46.3 percent from the field, 39.1 percent from the arc.
Cale Nelson (12.2 ppg), a 5-10 junior, and Chris Berry (11.3), a 6-4 junior, are the only Red Flash players averaging in double figures.
BONUS LINKS:
SCOUTING CORNELL: The high-scoring, three-point shooting Big Red come into this one 4-1, including two wins over Patriot League teams (Lehigh and Army). Cornell, the Syracuse of the Ivy League, is 4-0 at home, its only loss coming at Ohio in its only game outside of Ithaca.
The Big Red love the three-point shot. They are hitting them at a 50.5 percent clip , second in the nation behind Texas. Overall they are shooting 51.9 percent while averaging 85 points per game, tops in the Ivy. It's all about outscoring opponents -- they give up 81 points per outing.
Four guys average in double figures. Sophomore guard Louis Dale (6-0) leads the way at 15.4 ppg. Ryan Wittman, a 6-6 sophomore averages 15 ppg, 6-0 junior Collin Robinson is scoring 12.8 per game off the bench. Fellow reserve Brian Kreefer (6-7 Jr.) averages 10 ppg. Starters Jason Hartford, a 6-9 senior (9.8 ppg) and 6-0 junior Adam Gore (9.4) are just under double figures for the Big Red.
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