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Subject: Re: Lafayette & This League Author: BUFan [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 22:58:30 01/18/06 Wed In reply to: jck45 's message, "Re: Lafayette & This League" on 22:53:43 01/18/06 Wed Playing in Worcester will still be hard. At Lehigh will be no cake walk either. Regarding McNaughton, he was a non-factor tonight, and it was still a dominating BU win. Losing Badmus too will hurt, but BU will be fine. Vegotsky will have a great career, and it sounds like BU's recruiting class is the cream of the crop in the league. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Re: Lafayette & This League Author: eric... [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:06:24 01/19/06 Thu im not even sure where to begin... there will be more depth in this league starting... next year. i really dont want to go through it all, but bucknell is losing more (in bettencourt and lee) than any other pl team. there is still NO reason to assume we are going to dominate the pl for years go come. were 4-0. wonderful. but we struggled against american last week, the same american that very nearly lost to army last night. we will lose our edge when mcnaughton is done. this isnt to say we cant keep winning the league. obviously, its too early to tell. but he is a huge advantage. drawing a double team almost every time he touches the ball occasionally opens up a shot, you know. will we lose a pl game this year? if a pl team is ever going to go undefeated, this is the season. so honestly, yes, i think they will go 14-0. but as was pointed out, weve still got two pretty good road tests on our schedule. holy cross has indeed lost some of its talent edge. but this is the same school that did much better than us in the patriot league last season. and if it werent for a complete lack of bench play, id be worried about them going 13-1 again. thomas-hamilton-simmons, when healthy, IS the best backcourt trio in the league. and unlike us, two thirds of theirs is returning. theyll be very good next year. you dont have to worry about that. will bucknell be fine? yes, i think we now have the momentum to compete for a patriot league title every year for the next several. our recruiting class is indeed looking very good. it probably has the most upside of any in the league. but both lehigh and holy cross are also bringing in excellent classes. depending on who you ask, hc's andrew keister or lehighs marquis hall is the top pl recruit. navy is also bringing in a solid class. armys is better, as well. right now our team is clearly the best in the league. thats wonderful. but lets actually win a regular season title... heck, maybe two or three in a row... before we start belittling our opponents in this way. even then, id hope we could win with a little more class. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Lafayette & This League Author: VoB [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:15:12 01/19/06 Thu One thing that must be noted.....Thomas-Hamilton-Simmons...may be the best STARTING backcourt.....although I think Lee-Bettencourt-Badmus....is at least as talented, but you can't give HC that title because they don't have the best backcourt in total. Who on HC matches Vegotsky and Griffen? At the end of the game this past Saturday...HC had nothing left in the tank...NOTHING...because they are forced to play with 3 starters. Their frontcourt is an embarassment and they have nobody off the bench. You can't win in the long run with 3 players. Bucknell has 8 or 9 kids who can all play quality minutes. That is easily what seperates them from anyone else in the league. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Lafayette & This League Author: bison137 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:47:47 01/19/06 Thu It is clear that HC has no bench. No question. However, don't forget that guard Pat Doherty was one of the top frosh in the league last year, at least at the Griffin level. As a matter of fact, there was a group on the HC board last year who argued that Doherty should be starting ahead of Torey Thomas, and he did start 9 games at the point while Thomas came off the bench. Unfortunately for HC, Doherty is out for the year with a foot injury and thus their backcourt depth is non-existent. As for frontcourt depth, they had two players, who may have been pretty good prospects, transfer out for varying personal reasons. I forget the names but I'm sure some HC fan knows them. I'm not sure how good they would have been, but it does help account for the big-time lack of depth. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]