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Per WH of the A10 board:
http://www.basketballforum.com/atlan...4-fordham.html
FORDHAM
L - BROWN
W - SACRED HEART
L - HAMPTON
W - LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY
W - HARTFORD
L - At Harvard
L - At Lehigh
W - MANHATTAN
L - ST. JOHNS
W - KENNESAW STATE
L - At Georgia Tech
L - vs American (Cable Car Classic in SF)
W - vs Delaware (Cable Car Classic in SF)
NONCONFERENCE RECORD: 6-7
The key to Fordham's success is to, well, do everything better! More specifically, the team under new coach Tom Pecora needs to defend (13th in the A-10 in FG% defense); find someone to help Chris Gaston rebound (Fordham was 11th in rebounding margin at -3.5); and locate some more shooters (28% 3PG, 13th in the league). There are a lof of new faces, however, so it's impossible to predict how good the newcomers are and how quickly Pecora can put his stamp on the program.
Fortunately Fordham loaded up on home games vs. very beatable teams, which could prevent the Rams from being such an RPI anchor on the A-10 like the program was last year. Still, I might be generous assigning Fordham six wins in noncon play. I am gambling that Pecora will at least get the Rams playing hard and digging in more on defense. That's what nearly all of his Hofstra teams. And one of the recruits, 6-10 juco Kervin Bristol, has a rep as a premier shotblocker. If he pans out that would be huge for Fordham.
The Rams start out with five straight home games and all are winnable. However, I predict an opening-game loss to a decent Brown team with a good returning core (for an Ivy League squad), putting Rams fans back in a temporary panic. The panic subsides with win over a weak Sacred Heart program, but resumes in a close loss to Hampton. Hampton thwacked Fordham down south last year, but the program graduated several top players and is ripe for the picking. The Rams bounce back with wins over LIU and Hartford.
A two-game road trip - the first games away from Rose Hill - ends sourly as the Rams lose to Lehigh and Harvard. Lehigh is one of the favorites for its conference and Harvard returns lots of vets from a 20-win team, though star Jeremy Lin has moved on to the NBA (he's on the Golden State roster).
The Rams return home and take advantage of a Manhattan team with huge roster turnover from last season. Then St Johns comes into Rose Hill for a rare visit and smacks Fordham good after a competitive first half. Lavin's Johnnies return all five starters from last season's NIT team. The Rams console themselves by getting revenge on a so-so Kennesaw team the very next game at home. (Fordham lost at Kennesaw last year.)
Finally a three-game swing down south and out West. Ga Tech trashes the Rams and then Fordham loses a tight game to American in San Francisco. They finish the noncon slate with a win over a Delaware team that lost 24 games last season.
BONUS A-10 PREDICTION: 3-13 (9-20 overall)
THe Rams pair up with Bonaventure, Rhode Island and Temple (which replaces Xavier from last year's sked). There might be a win, perhaps even two, in this group if every thing that went wrong last year goes right this year. Yet every game will be tough for Fordham and I don't foresee any road wins for a team that went 0-16 in conference play (first time that's happened since GW in the early 1990s, I believe). Crediting the Rams with three wins might be very generous, but frankly, the league would be much better off if Fordham turned out to be that competitive. It would a clear sign of Pecora having an early effect.
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In the pre-game show, they mentioned PW missed a couple of practices due to the flu this week. Should play.
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CHANNEL 7 - PLEASE FIX YOUR AUDIO - for like the 3rd game in a row, only one channel is coming thru the internet feed. WHY????
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Originally Posted by Levelbest
CHANNEL 7 - PLEASE FIX YOUR AUDIO - for like the 3rd game in a row, only one channel is coming thru the internet feed. WHY????
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Picture is awful as usual!
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Staten with the jam to put us back up. Kid can get up there.
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Spearman with two nice plays in a row. I think he's going to be a really good one by the time he graduates.
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Trying my best squinting, and watching the halting internet feed... but I do not believe I have seen Benson on floor yet? Is that correct?
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Originally Posted by Buster
Trying my best squinting, and watching the halting internet feed... but I do not believe I have seen Benson on floor yet? Is that correct?
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And as soon as I hit send! He picks up foul!!!
Oh, yes, There he is!!!
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Originally Posted by Buster
Trying my best squinting, and watching the halting internet feed... but I do not believe I have seen Benson on floor yet? Is that correct?
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No hes been in. About 2-3 minutes of play. Just committed that last foul.
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Obligatory hedge foul forty feet from the basket with 5:40 left in first half.
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I like what I am seeing from Spearman and Oliver. Both very aggressive.
-OK Oliver just missed 2 freethrows, but that aside, he looks better.
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Originally Posted by Levelbest
CHANNEL 7 - PLEASE FIX YOUR AUDIO - for like the 3rd game in a row, only one channel is coming thru the internet feed. WHY????
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TV audio and picture both suck!
And why is the radio 15 secs. or so behind the TV?
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Killing them on the glass! 21-13
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Ralph Hill has to be wondering if this is his chance to see some floor time.
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37 - 20 at the half.
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Just got here and looked at stats - dominating the boards and have a nice lead, but are we really 1-6 from the FT line and we took 17 3 pointers already? Are these correct?
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Originally Posted by IAFlyer
Just got here and looked at stats - dominating the boards and have a nice lead, but are we really 1-6 from the FT line and we took 17 3 pointers already? Are these correct?
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Does Fordham run an offense? They're bad.....I mean horrible....I'm not even sure they're playing basketball...
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Originally Posted by rollo
Does Fordham run an offense? They're bad.....I mean horrible....I'm not even sure they're playing basketball...
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They stole it from us.....
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Nice CW, can't really shoot through the bottom of the RIM.
But wow, what about becoming an Olympic high jumper?
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Originally Posted by Falcon7
Nice CW, can't really shoot through the bottom of the RIM.
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Putting kids to bed. Missed beginning of 2nd half.
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Originally Posted by backtolife
Putting kids to bed. Missed beginning of 2nd half.
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They started warming up the bus.
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Originally Posted by backtolife
Putting kids to bed. Missed beginning of 2nd half.
What did I miss?
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You missed it, Kav blocked a shot.
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Originally Posted by flyerfanatic86
Ralph Hill has to be wondering if this is his chance to see some floor time.
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If the walk ons get in before him, you really have to wonder what is going on?
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If we double up Fordham does that mean that UC would quadruple them?
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Parker is feeling it. He's making ridiculous shots now.
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Originally Posted by Falcon7
You missed it, Kav blocked a shot.
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I took physics in Sherman hall. I'm pretty sure that isn't possible. Tell me the truth c'mon!
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I guess the Fordham program is taking a step back tonight.
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Who said Oliver was slow? He was flying on that last layup!
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Originally Posted by Jets Flyer
I guess the Fordham program is taking a step back tonight.
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To Division II. That is one bad team. Who in the world did they beat?
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I wish this game said more about Dayton than it does about Fordham.
Still fun to watch, though.
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By the way - it's 73-37 and Staten's about to shoot a free throw.
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Up 37. Still no Ralph Hill.
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So it doesn't affect the result - but that was a bad defensive series for Fabrizius. Misses the rebound when the Fordham player rebounds over top of him, and then fouls him and sends him to the line.
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76-38. 5:47 to go.
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Originally Posted by FlyingArrow
I wish this game said more about Dayton than it does about Fordham.
Still fun to watch, though.
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I don't think that is fair! They've played pretty well.
42-30 on the glass.
19 offensive boards
only 5 turnovers and 23 assists
Held opponent to 28 percent shooting.
If we are going to hammer the team (not saying you are) when they don't play up to standards (generally discounting the play of the other team good or bad) then we need to give credit when credit is due!
That said, you are right in that Fordham is awful tonight!
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So is Parker the Player of the Game?
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I thought 9 was the record for threes in a game, not 8. Shawn Haughn?
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Ralph Hill sighting
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Originally Posted by flyerfanatic86
Up 37. Still no Ralph Hill.
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He is in.
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Haughn has Dayton's record for most 3's without a miss (8). Grevey had 9 in a game, though. The NCAA record is like 15 or something absurd like that. Not sure of the NCAA record for 3's in a game without a miss.
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Great minutes for the freshman! Lets hope this builds some confidence for Oliver and Spearman. Good rest for the starters too! And the sick, PW! A week off and low minutes so no excuses on Wednesday.
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And, nice to see a game where the walk ons can get in.
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Now that is what I expected to see every game. I know it was a perfect storm, we shot hot and the Rams laid an egg. (Is that biologically possible?)
Nice to see Hill at least get in, but he immediately looked a bit lost on defense. Wonder why we don't see at least a minute here and there for him. Doghouse?
Congrats to Parker. Now do it again. Oliver & Spearman logged some solid play.
I predicted a 3 point, teeth gnashing win. Maybe I'll predict that for every game from now on...
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As of this moment... Juwan Staten is leading the Nation with 10 Assists for today's games. What a stud!
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask..._/stat/assists
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Some fun highlights to watch... Bring on the Spiders!
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I know Fordham was really bad, but Juwan just owned the floor game last night. It's the first time in my memory where a team tried to full court press us and our point guard became a one-man-press-breaker. I don't know how many times we got CJ a wide open 15 foot jump shot with the half court baseball pass from Juwan. It was clinical, to the point where I was feeling bad for Fordham.
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I know fordham isn't a good team, but if you look at their scores noone has beaten them nearly as bad as last night. Their losses seem to be in the 10-14 point range and we just hammered them.
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