Yes, it looks like the league will be weak again this year.
Couple of scores caught my eye:
Ohio over Iona in New Rochelle. Heard TC has been out ill, not sure he was back last night, but they continue to struggle OOC. Bucknell over Hofstra fairly easily after defeating Monmouth handily.
Yes, it looks like the league will be weak again this year.
Couple of scores caught my eye:
Ohio over Iona in New Rochelle. Heard TC has been out ill, not sure he was back last night, but they continue to struggle OOC. Bucknell over Hofstra fairly easily after defeating Monmouth handily.
believe he has been out for 3 weeks now. team looks disoriented
Men's basketball: Iona's Tim Cluess continues to address health, won't coach opener
When the Iona men's basketball team christens the renovated Hynes Athletics Center Wednesday night, it will do so without head coach Tim Cluess.
The five-time MAAC tournament champion is still away from the team to address his health. The 60-year old has been absent the last two weeks for undisclosed reasons, including Saturday's season-opening 70-64 overtime loss at La Salle.
"Iona head coach Tim Cluess will not be in attendance at Wednesday night's game vs. Ohio as he continues to monitor a health matter," the college said in a statement. "In his place, Tra Arnold will serve as acting head coach. The Iona community will respect coach Cluess' privacy and looks forward to his speedy return to the sidelines."
Saturday marked just the second missed game during Cluess' nine-plus seasons in New Rochelle. The other occurred in late 2016 when the flu forced him to miss a 63-54 loss at Delaware......
Friday, November 15 Monmouth at Kansas at 7:00 P.M.
Saturday, November 16 Quinnipiac at Miami at 2:00 P.M. Saint Peter's at Providence at 12:00 P.M. Albany at Manhattan at 7:00 P.M. Marist at Fordham at 7:00 P.M. Bucknell at Canisius at 7:00 P.M.
Sunday, November 17 Fairfield at Loyola Maryland at 6:00 P.M. Rider at Arizona State at 6:00 P.M.
Monmouth loses by a few dozen at Kansas and makes the news by acting like idiots at the end of the game. Kansas was dribbling out the clock with under 10 seconds to play. A Monmouth player steals the ball, goes in for the dunk, and then trash talks a Kansas player ... while his team is losing by a gazillion points.
Monmouth loses by a few dozen at Kansas and makes the news by acting like idiots at the end of the game. Kansas was dribbling out the clock with under 10 seconds to play. A Monmouth player steals the ball, goes in for the dunk, and then trash talks a Kansas player ... while his team is losing by a gazillion points.
This is the kind of stuff that makes me so negative about sports. It's not this specific incident, it's the culture.
IMO, coaches and PARENTS from an early age create this inflated importance of athletics in the scheme of life.
I understand athletes train hard and are competitive. I enjoy the trill of victory as much as the next guy.
However, it's sports, not life or death.
Not to mention our culture places a higher value and adulation for an NFL quarterback than a research scientist or dare I say, a great teacher.
King Rice did the right thing. The kid did something stupid and that is certainly forgivable. It didn't physically injure anyone but I am sure this morning he is not happy about what it did to his reputation. But he is also victim of the environment that has molded him for 18 years.
Many avid sports fans will disagree, but the Lombardi quote (whether he said it or not as there is some dispute) has raised my blood pressure for decades.
Winning in sports is not the only thing. Sometimes you lose, and if its sports, its not the end of life. You learn from the experience and you move on.
The kid broke an unwritten rule. Another rule he kept though was 100% effort whenever he’s on the floor. Situational basketball is very emphasized during every college basketball practice - they however don’t teach what to do when you’re down 50. I wouldn’t want to be good at down 50.
Post by nittanystag on Nov 16, 2019 9:29:28 GMT -5
Ferron Flavors, 11 points, 7 boards in a loss to Cal. He also put up 14 against undefeated Texas earlier in the week. Watching the streams, he appears to have bulked up a bit since his Stag days.
The kid broke an unwritten rule. Another rule he kept though was 100% effort whenever he’s on the floor. Situational basketball is very emphasized during every college basketball practice - they however don’t teach what to do when you’re down 50. I wouldn’t want to be good at down 50.
Well apparently common sense is something a bit lacking with this kid, or at least it was in the moment. The sad thing from a Monmouth point of view however is that this action, especially because it was against Kansas and therefore gets national attention, reflects poorly on the entire team and program. Maybe that's unfair, but unfortunately it's the truth. Lesson to be learned and I'm sure King Rice will use this as a teaching tool by making his players understand that there are indeed consequences to their actions, especially because as D-1 athletes they are basically public figures. After that, life moves on, hopefully for the better after everything calms down.