MAAC opening weekend 2013

[diamonddog]

MAAC opens for business this week. Pulled from the MAAC website, so home team is on the left. Format is a bit crazy, blame the MAAC. Siena not included in this list since they are doing the Buffalo trip...

* Wed, Dec 04 Iona / Marist New Rochelle, N.Y. 7:00 p.m.
* Thu, Dec 05 Monmouth / Rider West Long Branch, N.J. 7:00 p.m. ESPN3
* Fri, Dec 06 Canisius / Saint Peter's Buffalo, N.Y. 7:00 p.m.
* Fri, Dec 06 Marist / Manhattan Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 7:00 p.m.
* Fri, Dec 06 Quinnipiac / Fairfield Hamden, Conn. 8:30 p.m. ESPN3
* Sun, Dec 08 Fairfield / Iona Bridgeport, Conn. 1:30 p.m.
* Sun, Dec 08 Rider / Quinnipiac Lawrenceville, N.J. 2:00 p.m.
* Sun, Dec 08 Niagara / Saint Peter's Lewiston, N.Y. 2:00 p.m.
* Sun, Dec 08 Manhattan / Monmouth Riverdale, N.Y. 2:00 p.m.

Should be an interesting start to conference play.

[diamonddog]

Iona 83 Marist 74 FINAL

Sean Armand- 6 for 10, 3 pt attempts. Whoa.

[SaintMisbehavin]

I expected Iona to drill them a little more than that, even.

Marist is all out of sorts...reminds me of the team Mitch inherited, with two proven, All-MAAC caliber guys (Kemp & Lewis) but can't get the ball rolling.

[diamonddog]

Rider 89 Monmouth 83

Myles 28 points...4 out of 7, 3 pt attempts

[hoopjunkie]

Dec 4, 2013 21:31:42 GMT -5 diamonddog said:

Iona 83 Marist 74 FINAL

Sean Armand- 6 for 10, 3 pt attempts. Whoa.

He's got a legit shot to play in the league....

[greengold4ever]

Dec 5, 2013 8:33:20 GMT -5 SaintMisbehavin said:

I expected Iona to drill them a little more than that, even.

Marist is all out of sorts...reminds me of the team Mitch inherited, with two proven, All-MAAC caliber guys (Kemp & Lewis) but can't get the ball rolling.

game was really never close, Iona handled them all night.....................Marist scored some late baskets in garbage time to shorten the gap............they gave up 17 trifecta's, ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[diamonddog]

Friday scores

St Peters 67 Canisius 82

Heath had 28 points.

Manhattan 70 Marist 59

Marist is 0-9, Beamon no beast mode- only 12 points, but did get a double double (had 10 rebounds).

Quinny 83 Fairfield 79

Bobcats strong on the boards 45 to 33.

[Tony]

Quinny looks solid-- early indications ST Peters- Niagara- Monmouth- Marist and Fairfield stink

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Dec 7, 2013 6:24:08 GMT -5 Tony said:

Quinny looks solid-- early indications ST Peters- Niagara- Monmouth- Marist and Fairfield stink

I watched Monmouth-Rider and they(MU) looked better than I expected. Fairfield has no pg/shooters and is not getting anything from Sidibe or Malcolm Gilbert down low. Marist is playing like Marist of the last five years, no change so far and do not see it coming. St Peters looks like they just do not have much talent. Niagara we just saw what they are.

[diamonddog]

Sunday scores...

Iona 83 Fairfield 72

Sean Armand 28 points, only 1-4 from three

Quinny 78 Rider 90

Rider had three players with 20+ points (Stewart, Myles, Taylor)

Saint Peters 56 Niagara 61

Mason back in form, 35 points to rally the Purple Eagles

Monmouth 66 Manhattan 75

Manhattan was down early to Eagles, rallies back with Tyler (15 points)...Beamon stats are ho hum (11 points, 6 rebounds)

STANDINGS SO FAR

STILL PERFECT (2-0)

Manhattan, Iona, Canisius, Rider

UP AND DOWN (1-1)

Siena, Quinny, Niagara

MIGHT BE A LONG SEASON...(0-2)

Monmouth, St. Peter's, Fairfield, Marist

[$cott]

Dec 8, 2013 16:44:07 GMT -5 diamonddog said:

Sunday scores...

Iona 83 Fairfield 72

Sean Armand 28 points, only 1-4 from three

Quinny 78 Rider 90

Rider had three players with 20+ points (Stewart, Myles, Taylor)

Saint Peters 56 Niagara 61

Mason back in form, 35 points to rally the Purple Eagles

Monmouth 66 Manhattan 75

Manhattan was down early to Eagles, rallies back with Tyler (15 points)...Beamon stats are ho hum (11 points, 6 rebounds)

STANDINGS SO FAR

STILL PERFECT (2-0)

Manhattan, Iona, Canisius, Rider

UP AND DOWN (1-1)

Siena, Quinny, Niagara

MIGHT BE A LONG SEASON...(0-2)

Monmouth, St. Peter's, Fairfield, Marist

Amazing that after two games you already have a reasonable guess at the final standings. Hopefully Siena can move up into that top tier.

[playerparentcoach]

Funny how the preseason Top 4 are intact after the first weekend. I believe Siena will do better than tenth but Iona, Manhattan, and Canisius were everyone's top 3 with Rider 4th in some polls I saw

[diamonddog]

Dec 9, 2013 10:12:51 GMT -5 $cott said:

Dec 8, 2013 16:44:07 GMT -5 diamonddog said:

Sunday scores...

Iona 83 Fairfield 72

Sean Armand 28 points, only 1-4 from three

Quinny 78 Rider 90

Rider had three players with 20+ points (Stewart, Myles, Taylor)

Saint Peters 56 Niagara 61

Mason back in form, 35 points to rally the Purple Eagles

Monmouth 66 Manhattan 75

Manhattan was down early to Eagles, rallies back with Tyler (15 points)...Beamon stats are ho hum (11 points, 6 rebounds)

STANDINGS SO FAR

STILL PERFECT (2-0)

Manhattan, Iona, Canisius, Rider

UP AND DOWN (1-1)

Siena, Quinny, Niagara

MIGHT BE A LONG SEASON...(0-2)

Monmouth, St. Peter's, Fairfield, Marist

Amazing that after two games you already have a reasonable guess at the final standings. Hopefully Siena can move up into that top tier.

$cott not making predictions. Just trying to put the teams into a logical groups. That's all. Guess I should have used "Top", "Middle", "Low"- Sorry for being creative.

I figure things will change a lot this season. If you ask me, out of the four bottom teams, My guess is Monmouth/Fairfield will get wins first. Not sold on Rider. Lots to change, nothing set in stone.

[CellarRat]

A few more games and we will probably be able to figure out if we are progressing. The cc game wasn't good, they looked like pros out there, and we were flat. Why? I don't know. JP looked flat as well.

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Anyone spending Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Buffalo comes out flat - Buffalo is the birthplace of Flat Stanley!