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Subject: Good Points BUT. . .

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Date Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 07:53:42pm
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In reply to: Purp 1 's message, "Re: Not NIL/Portal Related ?" on Tuesday, January 20, 07:30:36pm

In the end none of those so called better MAAC schools have been that good in the last number of years. Iona and Siena have not impressed me at all. In fact, for the most part, they have regressed. Look at the first and second halves of the NU vs MSM and CU vs MSM. MSMs on paper is supposed to be one of the better programs in the MAAC. They have Keys, who's a great shooter along with capable height and length. They play very good defense for a MAAC program. YET, both Niagara and Canisius had sizable leads on them for most of the first half; and in fact, led MSM at the half in both games. In the second half of both games, the script turned around and MSM ended up winning both games. My point ? If NU and CU played as well as they did in the first half of their MSM games, they could have won those games. The talent level and recruiting prowess of each MAAC program is not that much better than any of their counterparts. Any team that makes the Tourney can beat any other team in the MAAC Tournament. We have seen that over the years. Is there a talent difference among the programs year to year? YES, but I don't see that much of a talent gap between the programs. That's why there are so many inter conference "upsets" during the season. Who's gonna win the MAAC this season ? Your guess is as good as mine. Sometimes the so called money rich schools just don't cut it in the MAAC. We have seen that with Siena as an example over the years. In fact, Siena has had a number of bad seasons, in the recent past.

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Author: Purp 1 [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 07:58:18pm Author Host/IP: syn-074-070-140-050.res.spectrum.com/74.70.140.50 "If NU and CU played as well as they did in the first half of their MSM games, they could have won those games. " You know how that goes. "If queens had balls they'd be kings. That's exactly it. They can't do it for 40 minutes. If they did they would be 3 notches higher.

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Author: NUSuperfan [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 08:07:38pm Author Host/IP: syn-107-145-011-181.res.spectrum.com/107.145.11.181 Don't disagree at all, just saying that if the personnel you have can put together 2 good halves in a game, you should be able to win. Just asking the same players to do similarly what they did in the first half. But yes, I know what you mean.