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SFU’s

We await


How Pomeroy See It

SFU (3-6) Ranked 217th
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LU (6-3) Ranked 146th
LU wins by 8 (85-77)


Pomeroy and LU

To date, Pomeroy has hit our last 8, missing only the opener against Monmouth when he went with the Hawks by 4. LU, you might remember, won the opener by 24.

Game Opponent Pomeroy Pick Actual
1 Monmouth Monmouth by 4 LU wins by 24
2 Miami Miami by 16 Miami wins by 21
3 Marist LU by 9 LU wins by 6
4 Princeton LU by 4 LU wins by 15
5 Siena LU by 7 LU wins by 11
6 K. State K. State by 16 K. State wind by 19
7 Arkansas St LU by 1 LU wins by 12
8 Yale Yale by 8 Yale wins by 10
9 MSM LU by 10 LU wins by 7
10 SFU/PA LU by 8 ?????
11 W. Va. ???? ????


Pomeroy National Ranking (Then and Now)
Then (before opener in OOC play)
Now (Dec. 20, 2018)

LU 187 146 up 41
Bucky 202 179 up 23
CU 204 152 up 52
HC 207 149 up 58
AU 224 205 up 19
BU 235 194 up 41
LOM 298 288 up 10
AWP 226 263 down 37
LC 289 319 down 30
Navy 273 316 down 43


Bucky, Bucky, Bucky

After giving Ohio State everything they had in a 2-point loss on Saturday, the Bison ‘didn’t show up’ on Wednesday and fell to 47th ranked St. Mary’s 85-56. The Bison continue their westward march to Hawaii and will play URI next. Oh yeah, the gang from Rhode Island put down the 41st ranked Mountaineers of West Virginia by 13 on Sunday. Go Luck, Bison!


Comparative Scores of Interest? (you decide)

HC and BUCKY
Holy Cross (ranked 146th) fell at home to URI, 79-63.
Bucky (ranked 179th) ??????????? to URI


CU and LU
Colgate beat Marist by 16, Siena by 5 and Monmouth by 13
Lehigh beat Marist by 6, Siena by 11 and Monmouth by 24

AU and Loyola
AU fell by 1 to MSM
Loyola beat MSM by 10

LU and Loyola and AU
LU beat MSM by 7
Loyola beat MSM by 10
AU lost to MSM by 1

HC and LU and CU
HC beat Siena by 12
LU beat Siena by 11
CU beat Siena by 5


Looking Ahead to the Start of PL Play

No doubt LU, AWP and CU are with back to back home games scheduled, while
Bucky, HC and LC hit the road for not only their opener but Game 2, as well.

Nice to get back in the swing of things with a win. Did not see much of the game on PLN, but the box says something, I'm not sure exactly what. We shot a blistering 56% from 3, 51% overall (29 of 56). St. Francis held to 26% from 3, 37% overall (27 of 72). In rebounding our 27 misses we got 3, St. Francis 25(?). Of their 45 misses we got 20 rebounds, they retrieved 25.

Obviously we were red hot from the field. And I assume our defensive intensity had something to do with their shooting troubles. But our offensive rebounding.... is that by design?

game of 2 halves, first half we could not defend and looked a step slow (finals hangover?) second half looked like world beaters\

too many unforced turnovers to suit me

Oh, and SFU has some nice players, so good win for our guys

Pomeroy hits again:

Forecast: LU by 8 (85-77)
Actual: LU by 12 (88-76)

Got to love..........
A. Our Big 4 hitting 13 of 19 threes and scoring 76 overall
B. 17 of 19 FTs (JK even sank 4)

Got to worry ( some more ) about....
A. Our "5's" scoring just 8 on 2 for 9 shooting and looking, more often than not, uncomfortable in doing so
B. Getting out-rebounded (again). This time 29 to 45 and yielding 14 second chance points

It's off to #49 West Virginia who just sneaked by Jacksonville State (ranked 139th) this afternoon by the score of 74-72. Should be fun!

Got to see 2nd half. Team pretty much put it all together. D intensity and great shooting. My one quibble would be rebounding. The bigs didnt really contribute much.

No question this team has the elements to have a special season. Need to be focused every game. As shown by some of the comparative scores, nothing is a given, and anyone not ready to 'go' pays the penalty.