Gameday vs Merrimack

[Alvious]

Winner gets Monitor.

 

[NUCat320]

Merrimack’s head coach is the second-most famous Joe Gallo. At least he’s not ‘Joey’.

Northwestern has the chance tonight to change Merrimack’s NCAA D-1 record 1.000 winning percentage. My money’s on the Cats to make history.

 

[NJCat]

Northwestern has the chance tonight to change Merrimack’s NCAA D-1 record 1.000 winning percentage. My money’s on the Cats to make history.

Didn't Merrimck lose by 20 to Maine in their opener?

 

[NUCat320]

Didn't Merrimck lose by 20 to Maine in their opener?

They did! Early morning Wikipedia misread.

Oh well, I guess whether Pat Spencer breaks the all-time NCAA basketball scoring record for former lacrosse players (post-2000, unverified) is at stake tonight. Not much else.

(Was it Dugan who used to post all time stats every few weeks? I wonder if Turner’s got a chance to make the top 100 in free throws made.)

 

[NJCat]

They did! Early morning Wikipedia misread.

Oh well, I guess whether Pat Spencer breaks the all-time NCAA basketball scoring record for former lacrosse players (post-2000, unverified) is at stake tonight. Not much else.

(Was it Dugan who used to post all time stats every few weeks? I wonder if Turner’s got a chance to make the top 100 in free throws made.)

Interesting line-up for Merrimack. Here's who played against Maine:

6'0 G
5'11" G
6'5" G
6'4" G
6'5" F

6'8"F
6'6" G
6'5" G
6'2" G

They played 4 FY's. They jacked up 29 3's and made 6 (21%). Got 16 offensive boards, most likely on missed 3's that came out long. Collins said they like to play zone, so will be interesting to see if NU can push the pace against a zone.

 

[Jonny2TheP]

Interesting line-up for Merrimack. Here's who played against Maine:

6'0 G
5'11" G
6'5" G
6'4" G
6'5" F

6'8"F
6'6" G
6'5" G
6'2" G

They played 4 FY's. They jacked up 29 3's and made 6 (21%). Got 16 offensive boards, most likely on missed 3's that came out long. Collins said they like to play zone, so will be interesting to see if NU can push the pace against a zone.

Good summary Fitzphile...Not a ton out there on Merrimack. Here are a few tidbits I could find:

- As already mentioned, this is their first year in Division 1. The last three years they played D-2 and did make the D-2 postseason tourney each year. Their best result from that tourney was making the Regional Semifinals two years ago.
- They have won 19, 20, and 22 games over the past three seasons respectively.
- Prior to losing their opener by 20 to Maine, they played an exhibition on 10/31 and won 87-26 versus University of Maine- Fort Kent.
- Their leading scorer from the game against Maine was Jordan Minor. The freshman (6 foot 8 forward) had 16 points in his first college game
- To their credit, they did have four different players in double figures in that game, so it looks like they don't rely on just one guy (but this could be a product of not having a really good player on the team).

That's about all I got. Not much to find on these guys.

 

[TheC]

Good summary Fitzphile...Not a ton out there on Merrimack. Here are a few tidbits I could find:

- As already mentioned, this is their first year in Division 1. The last three years they played D-2 and did make the D-2 postseason tourney each year. Their best result from that tourney was making the Regional Semifinals two years ago.
- They have won 19, 20, and 22 games over the past three seasons respectively.
- Prior to losing their opener by 20 to Maine, they played an exhibition on 10/31 and won 87-26 versus University of Maine- Fort Kent.
- Their leading scorer from the game against Maine was Jordan Minor. The freshman (6 foot 8 forward) had 16 points in his first college game
- To their credit, they did have four different players in double figures in that game, so it looks like they don't rely on just one guy (but this could be a product of not having a really good player on the team).

That's about all I got. Not much to find on these guys.

Well.... the one thing this does lead me to ask is.... why the heck didn't we schedule UMaine-Fort Kent tonight instead??

 

[Jonny2TheP]

Well.... the one thing this does lead me to ask is.... why the heck didn't we schedule UMaine-Fort Kent tonight instead??

The same guys that played for U Maine- Fort Kent that night had a volleyball match tonight against some other U Maine campus (just speculation).

 

[Alan Smithee_rivals156293]

Winner gets Monitor.

"Jesse James Hideout!"

 

[NUCat320]

Good thing Maine isn’t on the NU schedule.

 

[NJCat]

Good thing Maine isn’t on the NU schedule.

Or Maine-Ft. Kent.

 

[Dugan15]

They did! Early morning Wikipedia misread.

Oh well, I guess whether Pat Spencer breaks the all-time NCAA basketball scoring record for former lacrosse players (post-2000, unverified) is at stake tonight. Not much else.

(Was it Dugan who used to post all time stats every few weeks? I wonder if Turner’s got a chance to make the top 100 in free throws made.)

It was me indeed. Oh, there is a part of me that is jonesing for firing up the old spreadsheet. But, not going to happen after tonight’s debacle.