Lincoln is 3-0. Not necessarily a surprise, since this is a good team, but somewhat surprising based on tonight’s competition, a Division II Sweet 16 team. Good start for the Lions but believe it or not, we haven’t even carved the turkey and they already have just four home games left! They have two brutal road trips over the holidays.
Dominican is 3-0. Definitely a surprise. Not a surprise that they started 2-0, considering they opened at home against SLIAC teams, but the upset of Aurora was a shocker, especially on the road. I saw the two play last year and Aurora won by 24. Aurora led by six with three minutes remaining, but Dominican closed on an 11-1 run. All-American Larry Welton was held to 4-for-18 shooting. The Spartans had started 2-0 against teams that were strong last year (McMurry and Wheaton, Ill.) but who are expected to be down in 2005-06.
Other shadows of their former selves:
Elsewhere: Insert your own shooting joke here (Rhodes men 109, Messenger 22) … Immaculata nearly had a storybook finish in their first-ever men’s home game, won by Eastern 71-70 on a buzzer-beater. … Macalester men surprisingly competitive against UW-Stout (64-55) considering they are missing two of their top guards. … D-I Tennessee State beating Fisk (72-63) is news, since it doesn’t happen every year.
I really like the Daily Dose and the blog for basketball, Pat!
I look forward to reading your comments here this year.
A second to Ralph’s sentiments above.
RMC v. Lincoln (28 November) should be an interesting matchup. Mike Rhoades has a great deal of well-disciplined talent (again) this year, and Lincoln seems to have put together a strong starting five. (They’ll meet again in Macon’s tournament later in the season.)
Lincoln might take over the mantle of D3 Road Warriors formerly borne by Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). SCAD was able to get several Pool B bids during their run in the last decade. Good luck, Lions!
Anyone out there other than Schreiner and Centenary who have matched or bettered their win totals from last season?
Some good stuff to circle heading into tonight, most notably:
Lawrence-Oshkosh on the men’s side…We should find out right away about the Titans against a team that’s been VERY good the last couple years.
NJAC season opens today with what could be the 2 best going head to head in Ramapo and Newark.
I’m told Hobart’s going to be pretty good this season. Let’s see how they fare against St. John Fisher.
What do we peg the combined tally in Grinnell-MacMurray to be? I’ll say 280 points.
Best women’s games are in New England tonight (Southern Maine-Bates in an NCAA Tourney rematch and Springfield-Williams), but B-W/Wittenberg isn’t a bad matchup either.
Lincoln’s orange unis are great. Just looking at them makes me want to break out my vintage early 90s Errict Rhett jersey.
They make me want to return an interception 108 yards for a touchdown. 🙂
They make me want to hold onto something so that I don’t get knocked over by a 50 mph gust of wind.
They make me glad I’m color-blind, I guess.