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[Quote: Originally Posted by daviddaman24] Cornell -2.5 - Going to roll with Cornell here, not because of any look ahead or let down angle, simply because they're playing at home and I think they're the better team. This isn't your Cornell team from 2008-2010 when they were the class of the Ivy league. Things have taken a step (or three) back for the Big Red since then, but lucky for them they'll be at home tonight facing a Yale team that I don't think much of at all. Cornell likes to get up and down playing at the 34th fastest pace in the nation and I'm one who believes it's easier to control and dictate pace when playing at home. A nice edge here for Cornell. By now i'm sure many of you are thinking, how on earth is Cornell a better team? Yale is 15-5, compared with Cornell's 8-12. Yale is 5-1 in conference, compared with Cornell's 3-3. The difference... strength of schedule where Cornell ranks 100th in the nation and Yale comes in at 275. Yale has beefed up that record playing the sisters of the poor and I for one am not fooled. Even that 5-1 conference record is bolstered by the fact they've only played one ivy league road game to this point. Looking for a reality check for Yale here. They aren't that good and tonight it'll be shown. 

 

Ill take yale's big man who is also a potential NBA player against a freshman of Cornell any day.  I am not sure you have seen either team play.  If not, go to YouTube and look at the teams.  There is no way Cornell is a BETTER team.  They may win but they aren't a better team.  As far as SOS,throw that out the door when your playing conference games.  Especially when Yale has one of the better coaches in the league.  BE SMART PEOPLE, TAKE YALE.

 
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Quote Originally Posted by tkells1414:

Quote Originally Posted by daviddaman24:

Cornell -2.5 - Going to roll with Cornell here, not because of any look ahead or let down angle, simply because they're playing at home and I think they're the better team. This isn't your Cornell team from 2008-2010 when they were the class of the Ivy league. Things have taken a step (or three) back for the Big Red since then, but lucky for them they'll be at home tonight facing a Yale team that I don't think much of at all. Cornell likes to get up and down playing at the 34th fastest pace in the nation and I'm one who believes it's easier to control and dictate pace when playing at home. A nice edge here for Cornell. By now i'm sure many of you are thinking, how on earth is Cornell a better team? Yale is 15-5, compared with Cornell's 8-12. Yale is 5-1 in conference, compared with Cornell's 3-3. The difference... strength of schedule where Cornell ranks 100th in the nation and Yale comes in at 275. Yale has beefed up that record playing the sisters of the poor and I for one am not fooled. Even that 5-1 conference record is bolstered by the fact they've only played one ivy league road game to this point. Looking for a reality check for Yale here. They aren't that good and tonight it'll be shown. 

 

Ill take yale's big man who is also a potential NBA player against a freshman of Cornell any day.  I am not sure you have seen either team play.  If not, go to YouTube and look at the teams.  There is no way Cornell is a BETTER team.  They may win but they aren't a better team.  As far as SOS,throw that out the door when your playing conference games.  Especially when Yale has one of the better coaches in the league.  BE SMART PEOPLE, TAKE YALE.


Respect your opinion, but we're going to have to agree to disagree here. The line is the way it is for a a reason. If Yale was truly as good as you think they'd be favored here. Vegas isn't drinking the cool-aid and neither am I. Best of luck to you 
 
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Loyola (MD) +2 - It isn't enough to go against a team like Iona when their playing so well, but that's what I'm going to do here. Iona comes in here 19-5 overall and 11-2 in the MAAC, they have an up tempo offense and highly efficient offense led by the solid trio of Scott Machado, Momo Jones, and Robert Glover. Tonight however is a game that I don't feel stacks up well for them. Iona as I mentioned is a team that loves to run. They'll run every chance they get, and tonight those chances might be limited. Loyola knows their only hope to spring an upset here is to slow the game way down, which is what they look to do to begin with. Loyola comes into this one playing at about 65 possessions a game (261st in the nation) and their last 6 games have been played at 64, 58, 63, 60, 63, and 61 possessions. This is a team that will do everything they can not to let Iona run, and when Iona can't run they're a different team. I can't sit here and claim Loyola has the talent Iona does, because they don't. What they do have however is a nice 1-2 punch of Dylan Cormier and Erik Etherly to go with Robert Olsen who chips in about 12 per game on 46% 3 point shooting. There are many things Iona does well, defense isn't really one of them. On the defensive end their basically middle of the road and I expect Loyola to have some good looks tonight and the ability to score some points. if they can slow the tempo, control the pace, and knock down open looks on the offensive end I like their chances to get a win here. 
lol damn Dave I graduated from good old Iona College in New Rochelle New York last year so I can't bet against my friends lol though the spot/situation for Loyola is very intriguing not gonna lie because it just seems like  a good spot to take them, at home and plus points and they know Iona's game and how they have to stop it matter of execution, but I can't go against that talent difference the Gaels have. I know a few of these kids, they're hungry. For most it's their second coach while at Iona or coming from another school. These guys all finally found the right fit, including Momo. This spot though seems intriguing for Loyala bcuz they're at home and they have a nice home crowd so the place should be jumping. Iona plays good D if you come down And try to go 1 on1 and don't use the shot clock. Make them work and after the first pass they break right down, it's terrible. They play NO help D and like I said you make them work on D they crumble. If Loyola can't make Iona work on D, execute the shot clock,  and also make a few threes then kiss them goodbye this Iona team will run all over you and they don't take that foot off the gas ever. Once they're in that groove, which pretty much relies on Machado, they can play with anyone in the nation. Momo has been great and Optimus Prime aka Mike Glover is in shape and a force in that post. I have a feeling this is going to be a pretty good ball game though, might just stick with being a fan for this one.   lol Ivy league Friday is the quiet before that Saturday storm of games. Good luck Dave and all
 
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lol damn Dave I graduated from good old Iona College in New Rochelle New York last year so I can't bet against my friends lol though the spot/situation for Loyola is very intriguing not gonna lie because it just seems like  a good spot to take them, at home and plus points and they know Iona's game and how they have to stop it matter of execution, but I can't go against that talent difference the Gaels have. I know a few of these kids, they're hungry. For most it's their second coach while at Iona or coming from another school. These guys all finally found the right fit, including Momo. This spot though seems intriguing for Loyala bcuz they're at home and they have a nice home crowd so the place should be jumping. Iona plays good D if you come down And try to go 1 on1 and don't use the shot clock. Make them work and after the first pass they break right down, it's terrible. They play NO help D and like I said you make them work on D they crumble. If Loyola can't make Iona work on D, execute the shot clock,  and also make a few threes then kiss them goodbye this Iona team will run all over you and they don't take that foot off the gas ever. Once they're in that groove, which pretty much relies on Machado, they can play with anyone in the nation. Momo has been great and Optimus Prime aka Mike Glover is in shape and a force in that post. I have a feeling this is going to be a pretty good ball game though, might just stick with being a fan for this one.   lol Ivy league Friday is the quiet before that Saturday storm of games. Good luck Dave and all

Some solid points there and good insight man. Very solid post. I agree with Iona has the clear edge in talent, can't dispute that and won't bother to even try. This one just boils down to Loyola at home giving it a maximum effort and doing everything they can to control the tempo. If they can do that, and hit open shots. I like their chances. I agree with you, if they can't... they'll lose, and possibly lose big. 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by daviddaman24:


Respect your opinion, but we're going to have to agree to disagree here. The line is the way it is for a a reason. If Yale was truly as good as you think they'd be favored here. Vegas isn't drinking the cool-aid and neither am I. Best of luck to you 

 

I am not drinking KOOL(not coo) laid pal.  You go with what you want as am I.  All I am saying is that Yale was favored to place 2 and they have an NBA type player(only one in the league).  They got throttled at home vs Harvard and I am thinking that they are on a mission to be undefeated since then so the rematch for Harvard is going to matter.  I cannot take a team that is shooting 40% from the field against a team that is playing their best defense thus far.  Good luck to you but I just don't see any logic in this one. 

 
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I am not drinking KOOL(not coo) laid pal.  You go with what you want as am I.  All I am saying is that Yale was favored to place 2 and they have an NBA type player(only one in the league).  They got throttled at home vs Harvard and I am thinking that they are on a mission to be undefeated since then so the rematch for Harvard is going to matter.  I cannot take a team that is shooting 40% from the field against a team that is playing their best defense thus far.  Good luck to you but I just don't see any logic in this one. 


GL to you sir. Just saying if it were as always as taking the team that's better on paper and has the better record to cover we'd all be rich. 
 
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is any of these teams looking ahead to another game?  or did any one come off a big win?  lol

 
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Quote Originally Posted by yuncie:

is any of these teams looking ahead to another game?  or did any one come off a big win?  lol


No real let down or look ahead spot for either team here. 
 
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Posted: #34
david, wouldnt the best bet on loyola be the under .. u keep mentioning the tempo...
 
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Quote Originally Posted by yuncie:

david, wouldnt the best bet on loyola be the under .. u keep mentioning the tempo...

Under would be a nice bet if Loyola can control the tempo... Which I think and hope they can. In a game like this it's safe to say if you think Iona will cover you probably like the over. If you think Loyola will control tempo you'd lean under. At the end of the day I very rarely play totals. In a close game like I expect this to be I don't feel like having to sweat out late fouls and having to dodge OT as well. Your point is well made though.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by tkells1414:

 

I am not drinking KOOL(not coo) laid pal.  You go with what you want as am I.  All I am saying is that Yale was favored to place 2 and they have an NBA type player(only one in the league).  They got throttled at home vs Harvard and I am thinking that they are on a mission to be undefeated since then so the rematch for Harvard is going to matter.  I cannot take a team that is shooting 40% from the field against a team that is playing their best defense thus far.  Good luck to you but I just don't see any logic in this one. 


The logic is simple. This game should be up and down. Both teams play fast. Cornell plays super fast. 

In a fast game, shooting percentages can be thrown out. Especially when you have one team that shoots the 3 as often as Cornell does. 

Let's take 10 possessions for instance and match up percentages. Dumb example, but I'm bored.

In ten possessions, Yale will shoot three 3-pointers and seven 2-pointers. EFG% is 48%. So let's say they make one 3 and three 2's. That's 9 points.

In ten possessions, Cornell will shoot five 3-pointers and five 2-pointers. EFG% is 46%. They make two 3's and two 2's. That's 10 points.

May be a bit off, not interested in comparing the exact #'s. But, this should be a game where quantity over-rides quality. Now add the home-court, yadda, yadda.

IF, and that's a big IF, this games is up-tempo, how much does Mangano play a role here? Yes, he's going up against a freshman, but the freshman has some absolutely solid #'s against a very tough SOS. 

More a hunch for me than anything really. But the #'s sort of back up the hunch. Yale's played one road game in the conference, and it came in a b2b against a team they struggled with at home in Brown. Home court has to mean something here.

Probably comes down to how well Cornell shoot's it, and how well Yale defends it (see Riccio's thread for more).

GL
 
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The logic is simple. This game should be up and down. Both teams play fast. Cornell plays super fast. 

In a fast game, shooting percentages can be thrown out. Especially when you have one team that shoots the 3 as often as Cornell does. 

Let's take 10 possessions for instance and match up percentages. Dumb example, but I'm bored.

In ten possessions, Yale will shoot three 3-pointers and seven 2-pointers. EFG% is 48%. So let's say they make one 3 and three 2's. That's 9 points.

In ten possessions, Cornell will shoot five 3-pointers and five 2-pointers. EFG% is 46%. They make two 3's and two 2's. That's 10 points.

May be a bit off, not interested in comparing the exact #'s. But, this should be a game where quantity over-rides quality. Now add the home-court, yadda, yadda.

IF, and that's a big IF, this games is up-tempo, how much does Mangano play a role here? Yes, he's going up against a freshman, but the freshman has some absolutely solid #'s against a very tough SOS. 

More a hunch for me than anything really. But the #'s sort of back up the hunch. Yale's played one road game in the conference, and it came in a b2b against a team they struggled with at home in Brown. Home court has to mean something here.

Probably comes down to how well Cornell shoot's it, and how well Yale defends it (see Riccio's thread for more).

GL

Very well put as usual bud. Wouldn't expect anything less. 
 
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DAVID...why does your card list loyola +2.5 when you had them at +2??
 
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My mistake, your right... it's +2

had 2.5 on the brain for my cornell play. 
 
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Final Card:

Loyola (MD) +2
Cornell -2.5
Penn +5.5
 
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Loyola blowing the doors off Iona, Cornell and Penn will come down to the wire. Only need to hit 1 of those 2 to assure another winning day
 
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Wow. 2 horrible beats on Cornell and Penn. Penn late fouls cause me to lose by the hook. Then Yale nails a worthless 3 at the buzzer to cover. Unreal
 
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That yale was brutal i just knew it was coming.  ridiculous
 
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Lets not mention the missed ft to ice the cover, bad beat on to the next one gl
 
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0-2 WHERES SPAR????????TY
 
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Lets not mention the missed ft to ice the cover, bad beat on to the next one gl

Very rough one there man. Killer
 
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0-2 WHERES SPAR????????TY

1-2
 
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I WAS JUST FIGURING HOW WHEN YOU LOSE A FEW IT SEEMS YOUR BUDDY LOVES TO BASH YOU  GOOD OLE SPARTYKEEP UP THE GOOD WK DAVID
 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by poolman11:

I WAS JUST FIGURING HOW WHEN YOU LOSE A FEW IT SEEMS YOUR BUDDY LOVES TO BASH YOU  GOOD OLE SPARTYKEEP UP THE GOOD WK DAVID

Ha thanks bud same to you 
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