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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

PMI, Week 4

Let's get right to it:

1. Siena (10-4, 4-0, 43)
Kenny Hasbrouck is averaging less than 12 points per game, but the Saints keep on winning, mostly with relative ease, and they’re still the class act of the league until someone proves they’re not.

2. Niagara (12-3, 3-0, 57)
Could Rob Garrison (18 points last night in the Eagles’ 82-70 win over Loyola) and Bilal Benn have fit in any better? Don’t be surprised if they’re 6-0 in the MAAC when they play at Siena Jan. 24.

3. Rider (8-5, 3-0, 171)
How did the resurgent Broncs jump two spots from last week? By convincingly winning two conference games they might not have won in late December. They’re 3-0 in the MAAC for the first time in four years, with a shot at Siena coming up on Friday. They have a chance.

4. Fairfield (8-6, 2-2, 100)
The Iona loss hurts, and so does not having Warren Edney. Is this a conference title contender or not? If it is, we’re still looking for some evidence.

5. Iona (6-9, 1-3, 210)
Gary Springer is back. Are the Gaels? Maybe, but someone other than Springer needs to emerge as a consistent double-figure scorer.

6. Manhattan (8-6, 2-2, 212)
Trying to figure out which is worse: the 19-point loss at Niagara or the two-point win at Canisius. That impressive three-game winning streak seems like a decade ago.

7. Loyola (5-10, 1-3, 136)
Who, you ask, is Jamal Barney? Try the MAAC player of the week, the Hounds’ leading scorer at 16 points per game, and the owner of an eye-opening 41-point performance in an 86-62 thumping of Canisius. Record is unimpressive, but stock is rising, and so is PMI rating.

8. Marist (6-10, 2-2, 215)
Who knew Ryan Schneider would turn into a 16 ppg scorer? Maybe Chuck Martin, who says Schneider called him nearly every day over the summer to inquire about Martin’s plans for the Red Foxes and showed a spark early on in practice.

9. Saint Peter’s (4-10, 1-3, 310)
If John Dunne can turn the Peacocks into winners, maybe he can fix the economy too.

10. Canisius (0-4, 5-9, 207)
If the Griffs lose at Marist on Jan. 23, they could go 0-for-January.
Bring back the bright yellow kicks?

1 Comments:

Anonymous Hayward said...

Ben,

Nice job on this blog. Just found it recently on Trentonian website. I'm a Rider alum from '79so enjoy posts.

Is there any discussion of a new gym in Lawrenceville? Would fit nicely with their new student activity center and provide god recruiting tool.

January 6, 2009 1:02 PM 

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