Mercer (3/19/18)

[MCMLXXX]

3 hours ago, southsideguy said:

 

Player	#	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Summary
Jordan Strawberry	5	SR	G	6-1	175	Anaheim, CA	South Kent School	11.4 Pts, 3.5 Reb, 5.0 Ast
Demetre Rivers	23	SR	G	6-8	180	Ladson, SC	Stratford HS	11.1 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Stephon Jelks	34	SR	F	6-6	225	Marietta, GA	North Cobb Christian School	9.7 Pts, 7.3 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Ria'n Holland	10		G	6-0	148	Fayetteville, NC	South View	17.4 Pts, 2.8 Reb, 2.4 Ast
Desmond Ringer	0	SR	F	6-9	255	Mcdonough, GA	Eagle's Landing/South Carolina	9.0 Pts, 5.4 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Ross Cummings	20	SO	G	6-3	165	Dickson, TN	Creek Wood HIgh School	8.9 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Marcus Cohen	3	FR	G	6-4	180	Tampa, FL		4.4 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 2.5 Ast
Cory Kilby	1	JR	F	6-7	195	Ada, OK	Ada High School	4.0 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Ethan Stair	14	SO	G	6-5	205	Hazel Green, AL		5.9 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Jaylen Stowe	2	JR	G	6-2	205	Harrisburg, NC	Hickory Ridge High School	3.0 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Ryan Johnson	11	JR	G	6-6	190	Greensboro, NC	New Hope Christian Academy	2.4 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Mason Green	21	FR	F	6-10	220	Mcdonough, GA		1.3 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Mac Brydon	33	FR	C	6-10	280	Charlotte, NC		0.9 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.1 Ast

 

They have a "Ringer", hopefully McCasland can find a way to neutralize him.

Edited March 15, 2018 by MCMLXXX

[CMJ]

I still think your Charles Whitman joke on the KSU board in 2010 will never be beaten.

[TreeFiddy]

23 minutes ago, CMJ said:

I still think your Charles Whitman joke on the KSU board in 2010 will never be beaten.

Don't Charles Whitman jokes practically write themselves?

[wardly]

The DMN has no scores of Monday's CBI games in today's newspaper.Sad.

[MCMLXXX]

7 minutes ago, wardly said:

The DMN has no scores of Monday's CBI games in today's newspaper.Sad.

Proving that they are not pre-cognizant.

[TreeFiddy]

Results from 1st round of CBI.  Season ending RPI listed in parenthesis:

Eastern Washington (UR)	65
Utah Valley (86)	87		Utah Valley
Colgate (190)	68		San Francisco
San Francisco (139)	72
North Texas (235)	90
South Dakota (90)	77		North Texas
Mercer (174)	78		Mercer
Grand Canyon (157)	73
Miami OH (159)	87
Campbell (266)	97		Campbell
UTRGV (229)	74		New Orleans
New Orleans (238)	77
Central Arkansas (224)	92
Seattle (171)	90		Central Arkansas
Jacksonville State (147)	80		Jacksonville State
Canisius (126)	78

[Matt from A700]

27 minutes ago, TreeFiddy said:

Results from 1st round of CBI.  Season ending RPI listed in parenthesis:

Eastern Washington (UR)	65
Utah Valley (86)	87		Utah Valley
Colgate (190)	68		San Francisco
San Francisco (139)	72
North Texas (235)	90
South Dakota (90)	77		North Texas
Mercer (174)	78		Mercer
Grand Canyon (157)	73
Miami OH (159)	87
Campbell (266)	97		Campbell
UTRGV (229)	74		New Orleans
New Orleans (238)	77
Central Arkansas (224)	92
Seattle (171)	90		Central Arkansas
Jacksonville State (147)	80		Jacksonville State
Canisius (126)	78

Thank God UTRGV is out. Don't want to see them again.

[meangreenJW]

22 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

It's no NIT and we do have to pay to host but I still think it's a cool experience to host a playoff game at our own gym. Hopefully the students will take notice and provide a bigger showing.

One thing I didn't know until I read Vito's article is we keep all revenue. I doubt we get anywhere near $40k coming in but if we sell a few tickets and concession, I'd think we be between $10-$20k. Get a few donors to chip in and you can make it work. After this round, if you host Vito's article said there isn't a fee. You send actual ticket revenue back to CBI.

[drex]

After looking at Mercer's schedule with w's and l's, they will be a handful.

[UNTLifer]

43 minutes ago, drex said:

After looking at Mercer's schedule with w's and l's, they will be a handful.

I thought so as well.  To me, their overall competition appeared stronger than South Dakota's.

[MeanGreenTexan]

2 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

I thought so as well.  To me, their overall competition appeared stronger than South Dakota's.

RPI disagrees with y'all by quite a bit.

[UNTLifer]

Just now, MeanGreenTexan said:

RPI disagrees with y'all by quite a bit.

I realize that, but I would argue that Mercer's conference was much stronger than SD's.  I would assume Mercer's losses affected their RPI quite a bit.  I honestly don't know how all of that works.  Pure speculation.  Either way, Mercer will be a tough game.

[CMJ]

Wasn't it he's the best shooter to come out of TX since Whitman?  LMAO

 

That was seriously funny.

[THOR]

espn has it 54-46% for mercer

[jdennis82]

Looking at Mercer's offensive profile, I think we're looking at a similar philosophy to Marshall - Moreyball.  They rate #23 nationally in lowest % of their shots coming from two point FG attempts not at the rim...

Marshall FG Attempts

• At the Rim - 37.7%
• Threes - 45.6%
• Non-rim Twos - 16.7%

Mercer FG Attempts

• At the Rim - 40.8%
• Threes - 40.6%
• Non-rim Twos - 18.6%

Compared to Marshall, they actually shoot better from three

• Marshall 3pt % - 35.2%
• Mercer 3pt % - 38

Perimeter defense will be a key to victory

[greenminer]

@jdennis82 How close to the basket does one have to be for it to be considered "at the rim"?

[jdennis82]

5 minutes ago, greenminer said:

@jdennis82 How close to the basket does one have to be for it to be considered "at the rim"?

Not certain...

Here's my source: http://barttorvik.com/teampbp.php?sort=6&year=2018&conlimit=

[THOR]

you should have gone back and corrected them about the mean green nickname...they claim it's from some nfl guy

[THOR]

On 3/16/2018 at 5:09 PM, THOR said:

espn has it 54-46% for mercer

now it's 51-49 north texas....

[EagleMBA]

THIS JUST IN!! ESPN flipped for us because of a nasty practice accident, leaving the Bears one man short in their starting rotation.

[southsideguy]

went by apogee to buy tickets for the game and the ticket office was closed, i forgot it was spring break.... 

[FirefightnRick]

 

 

 

Rick

[diehardUNTfan]

Mean Green MB sent out a tweet telling season ticket holders to look out for something. ( Maybe a good deal on tickets, idk ) Does anybody have any insight to what this might be regarding? GMG

[CMJ]

Don't wanna look ahead, but has anyone else noticed that we could end up playing UNO at some point in this tournament?  Personally, I think it'd be kinda cool to renew our rivalry with them.  They were a school that always seemed to own us back in the day, but I am really glad they've made their way back up to competitive DI basketball after they decimated their program a few years back.

[greenjoe]

And to reiterate not looking ahead, but who would NT play and where if, while not looking ahead, say NT were to win tonight ?