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Merrimack isn't actually half-bad. They're 8-6 with an RPI of 177. La Salle is 206.

Hard to blame them. Up until this year, I'm not even sure you could argue that the two teams played the same sport.

Not sure why it's fuzzy, but hopefully still legible.

vanmeter wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 08, 2020 6:46 pm

Bergeron just said that TJ has a hernia - will have surgery soon and will be out for the year.
He said that he would get back the year of eligibility

From pregame show?

Duquesne had second-highest RPI in A10 at 80. Huge road win.

SCSU is D2.

If we had played their schedule we would likely be 9-3 or 10-2. Their SOS is about 50 points worse than ours. I'm still giving the edge to the Zips since it's on their court. This reasoning is the exact reason that our attendance is around 2.2k (For Yale and Maine). Until people believe the team wi...

We are playing a bunch of old timers tonight by our recent standards. I remember one of the magazines saying that they have two fifth year guys and three fourth years. I don't know how well that translates to their expeience and strength, but the age gap might be significant. 31st most experienced ...

Monday, December 30

NET: 128
KenPom: 188
Sagarin: 181
RPI: 149

Here's a must read on football yes or no. Surprisingly, it was a free read for me. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/27/sports/dropping-football-northeastern.html Not my reason for posting, but one section about Northeastern argues against the theory that football helps with enrollment numbers or col...

69MG wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:54 pm

From 12/21:

Liberty (14-0) 80
*Akron (9-3) 67
D.C. Holiday Hoops Fest

I had no idea that Liberty was this good.

Certainly not bad, but they have 0 top 100 KenPom wins.

We obviously won't be in the polls this year, but I thought it would be interesting to have a thread following the team's rankings across the various methodologies. I'll try to update this weekly for the rest of the season. Previous Seasons: https://i.ibb.co/grxhcZL/UM-Rankings.png Monday, December ...

Floyd wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:52 am

I have to think now that the semester is over we'll hear something soon. Pretty crazy it takes so long. Last night would have been a perfect game to work him in the lineup

Why is the semester relevant?

Positive Globe take on things. https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/colleges/2019/12/17/umass-has-lost-six-straight-but-minutemen-are/zUTjLnVquKOkqFgAh6l0UI/story.html Some notable quotes from McCall: "I might be the most happy 5-6 coach in the country." "Our guys want it. They want to learn, they wa...