What can Brown do for you? (CH2k8)

[VandyRedskins21]

Re: What can Brown do for you? (CH2k8)

Once again check Post #135 for the updates on the other IVY contenders. You will also notice that one of the teams have disappeared and are no longer contenders.

[Knickerbocker91]

Re: What can Brown do for you? (CH2k8)

Big win for Brown. Just two games back, time to root for Cornell to take down Harvard while you play Penn.

[VandyRedskins21]

Re: What can Brown do for you? (CH2k8)

Brown Bears
Pos	Player	Injury Note
F/G	Taylor Wright	*Available (Sprained Knee) - Estimated 1 week until he gets 100%

[VandyRedskins21]

Re: What can Brown do for you? (CH2k8)

Matchup Preview | March 1, 2012
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Penn Quakers 10-16 (2-8)		Brown Bears 9-16 (6-5)
Stats Comparison 67.6 Points Per Game 66.5 72.8 PPG Allowed 71.6 41.0 Field Goal % 45.8 35.1 3-Point % 34.8 66.8 Free Throw % 70.8 32.5 Rebounds 27.7 18.4 Turnovers 9.8 Projected Starters Zack Rosen (Sr) Point Guard Joe Sharkey (Fr) Miles Cartwright (So) Shooting Guard Christian Gore (Fr) Larry Loughry (Jr) Small Forward Taylor Wright (Fr) Tyler Bernadini (Sr) Power Forward Tucker Halpern (Jr) Fran Dougherty (Sr) Center Andrew McCarthy (Jr) Injury Report Larry Loughry (Jr) *Available (Sprained Knee) Taylor Wright (Fr) *Available (Sprained Knee) Dau Jok (So) *Out (Broken Patella) Game Notes PENN: The Quakers are last place in the IVY League. Fran Dougherty is 2nd in rebounding in the IVY League. BROWN: Joe Sharkey still leads the IVY League in assists per game. The Bears are 1st in assists per game in the IVY League.

Pregame Quotes:

With Penn not in the hunt, what do you expect from them tonight?

I am expecting them to give it their all, especially from their seniors. I don't think this will be an easy game by any means.

How bad is Taylor Wright's injury?

It's not bad enough to keep him out of the game. It will be a feel thing on whether or not I think he should play a lot. He will start though.

The last time you played Penn, Loughry and Bernadini combined for 32 points. What will you do to stop them tonight?

Well the last time we played them, we just let Loughry do whatever he wanted. I'm gonna have Tucker guard him while Taylor will defend Bernadini. Bernadini is only 6'6, so his size won't be an issue with our small forwards.

[VandyRedskins21]

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BROWN PULLS AWAY IN SECOND HALF

3/1/12 - Providence, RI: In the last home game of the year for the Bears, they were led by freshman Joe Sharkey (17 points, 7 assists) to stay in the hunt for the IVY League championship.

"Our defense today was spectacular" said Rogers, "The game was pretty fast-paced today and forced some bad shots."

Brown got a season-high 40 rebounds as well.

"Our effort was really good today. It was really nice to see us go after the ball and grab it. They didn't get many second chance opportunities."

Taylor Wright, who hurt his knee in the Princeton game, only played 13 minutes.

"He had a pretty bad game tonight. He was obviously favoring his knee the whole game and it would have been dumb to play him too much. He should be feeling almost 100%. Once again it will be a feel thing all through practice next week and during the game against Harvard."

Pennsylvania Quakers at Brown Bears
Mar 1, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Pennsylvania Quakers 10-17 (2-9)	22	30	52
Brown Bears 10-16 (7-5)	27	44	71

Pennsylvania Quakers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Zack Rosen (Sr)	29	3-8	0-3	0-0	1	2	1	0	2	6
Miles Cartwright (So)	25	0-6	0-2	2-2	0	2	0	0	1	2
Larry Loughry (Jr)	25	1-8	0-4	1-1	3	0	1	0	1	3
Tyler Bernadini (Sr)	20	5-11	2-3	2-3	6	3	2	0	1	14
Fran Dougherty (Sr)	32	5-9	0-0	0-2	7	4	2	2	2	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mike Howlett (Sr)	18	2-6	0-0	0-0	7	2	0	0	0	4
TEAM TOTALS		21-60	5-20	5-8	34	14	6	2	10	52

Brown Bears
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Joe Sharkey (Fr)	26	6-11	2-5	3-3	2	7	1	1	2	17
Christian Gore (Fr)	25	3-9	3-9	0-0	2	3	0	0	0	9
Taylor Wright (Fr)	13	0-7	0-6	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	0
Tucker Halpern (Jr)	25	8-15	2-6	2-2	7	1	1	0	0	20
Andrew McCarthy (Jr)	22	0-1	0-0	0-0	8	1	2	0	0	0
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Sean McGonigil (So)	14	1-3	1-2	0-00	0	4	1	0	1	3
Robert Maia (Fr)	17	1-2	0-0	0-0	8	1	1	0	0	2
Dockery Walker (So)	15	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	4
Tyler Ponticelli (Jr)	14	3-3	0-0	0-0	5	1	3	0	1	6
Matt Sullivan (Jr)	18	3-11	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	1	1	7
Josh Biber (So)	9	1-3	1-2	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	3
Jon Schmidt (Fr)	0+	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		28-68	10-32	5-5	40	19	10	2	6	71

[VandyRedskins21]

Re: What can Brown do for you? (CH2k8)

Check post #135 for updates for the IVY League contenders!

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Mar 3, 2012
RK	LW	TEAM	RECORD	CONF RECORD
1	1	Connecticut	22-7	11-5
2	2	Pittsburgh	23-6	15-2
3	4	North Carolina	21-8	12-2
4	3	Ohio State	22-7	9-7
5	8	Florida	22-6	12-2
6	7	Gonzaga (#1 Mid-Major)	24-6	11-3
7	5	Kansas	20-8	8-7
8	12	West Virginia	23-6	12-5
9	10	Minnesota	20-7	10-6
10	11	Xavier	24-6	14-0
11	9	Duke	19-8	9-5
12	13	Saint Mary's (#2 Mid-Major)	24-4	11-3
13	15	Washington	22-8	12-5
14	6	Kentucky	22-7	11-3
15	17	Michigan	20-9	11-6
16	21	Michigan State	18-8	10-6
17	14	Wisconsin	19-9	10-6
18	16	Missouri	20-9	11-3
19	19	Butler (#3 Mid-Major)	24-6	17-1
20	24	USC	18-8	9-7
21	UR	UCF	20-6	10-4
22	18	Vanderbilt	19-10	7-7
23	22	Syracuse	19-11	11-5
24	23	Creighton (#4 Mid-Major)	19-7	12-6
25	UR	Purdue	18-11	9-7

IVY League Conference Standings - Updated: Mar 3, 2012
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB	RPI
Harvard Crimson	18-10	.642	9-3	0	126
Princeton Tigers	9-16	.360	8-3	0.5	265
Cornell Big Red	13-12	.520	7-5	2.0	191
Brown Bears	10-16	.583	7-5	2.0	219
Yale Bulldogs	13-11	.541	5-7	4.0	227
Columbia Lions	11-15	.423	5-7	4.0	281
Dartmouth Big Green	9-16	.360	4-8	5.0	314
Penn Quakers	10-17	.370	2-9	So many games...	304

[VandyRedskins21]

Re: What can Brown do for you? (CH2k8)

Matchup Preview | March 7, 2012
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Brown Bears 10-16 (7-5)		Harvard Crimson 18-10 (9-3)
Stats Comparison 66.7 Points Per Game 74.7 70.8 PPG Allowed 68.6 45.6 Field Goal % 41.5 34.6 3-Point % 33.9 71.2 Free Throw % 72.8 28.2 Rebounds 31.8 9.7 Turnovers 14.5 Projected Starters Joe Sharkey (Fr) Point Guard Brandyn Curry (Jr) Christian Gore (Fr) Shooting Guard Laurent Rivard (So) Taylor Wright (Fr) Small Forward Christian Webster (Jr) Tucker Halpern (Jr) Power Forward Kyle Casey (Jr) Andrew McCarthy (Jr) Center Keith Wright (Jr) Injury Report Andrew Van Nest *Out (Broken Wrist) Game Notes BROWN: The Bears only scored 15 points in the first half the last time these two teams played. Tucker Halpern has scored in double digits in every game but 1 since Brown played Harvard. HARVARD: Keith Wright is leading the IVY League in rebounding (9.5) The top 3 players in the steals category are all on Harvard.

PRE-GAME QUOTES:

The last time these teams played, it was a blowout. What will you do different?

"We have to come out with more of an urgency. We were horrible at the start of the game against them and it gave us no chance to come back. Also, Brandyn Curry had 9 assists so we have to make him uncomfortable and disrupt their flow offensively."

Josh Biber scored 14 points last time you played Harvard. Will he get some playing time tonight?

"Well most of those came when we were down 20 and it didn't matter. But hey you never know he may get some PT tonight."

How do you plan on stopping their post game?

"Our big guys have to play hard tonight. We have to be physical because there is no doubt in my mind that they will give it their all tonight. This game means as much to them as it does for us.

[delija66]

Re: What can Brown do for you? (CH2k8)

HUGEEEE game

GO Bears GO!

[VandyRedskins21]

Re: What can Brown do for you? (CH2k8)

HUGEEEE game

GO Bears GO!

About to post the post-game. It was a fight

[VandyRedskins21]

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IVY LEAGUE HUNT JUST GOT INTERESTING

3/7/12 - Cambridge, MA: With 10:52 left in the game, Oliver McNally hit a 3 to put Harvard up 13 points. Then with 4 minutes left, Sharkey found Gore on wide open backdoor lay-up to take the lead for Brown, 67-66. In the last 4 minutes, the Bears would not hit another shot.

"If you would have told me before the game that if we had a 1 point lead on Harvard with 4 minutes left and we would not hit another shot and that we would still have won, I would say your crazy" said Rogers.

But that is exactly what they would do. The Bears would go 4/4 from the free throw line and would hold Harvard to one basket to win 71-68.

"Our team showed a lot of grit in this game" said Rogers, "To be down 13 points with 10 minutes left and to come back at Harvard shows how hard our guys wanted it. It was a complete effort from everyone tonight. I could go on and on how each player positively impacted this game."

Brown is now within 1 game behind Harvard for the conference title. Cornell and Princeton have yet to finish their games.

"It's gonna be an interesting day tomorrow for sure."

Brown Bears at Harvard Crimson
Mar 7, 2012	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Brown (11-16 (8-5))	31	40	71
Harvard (18-11 (9-4))	33	35	68

Brown Bears
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Joe Sharkey (Fr)	28	2-4	1-2	1-4	3	2	0	0	5	6
Christian Gore (Fr)	24	2-12	0-6	2-2	2	1	1	0	0	6
Taylor Wright (Fr)	27	4-7	1-3	1-2	3	2	2	0	1	10
Tucker Halpern (Jr)	27	6-11	5-7	7-9	5	2	0	2	2	24
Andrew McCarthy (Jr)	24	0-1	0-1	1-2	2	1	2	0	1	1
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Sean McGonigil (So)	12	1-1	1-1	4-4	0	1	0	0	1	7
Robert Maia (Fr)	16	1-2	0-0	2-2	6	2	2	0	0	4
Dockery Walker (So)	13	3-7	0-0	1-2	6	0	0	0	0	7
Tyler Ponticelli (Jr)	12	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	0
Matt Sullivan (Jr)	11	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Josh Biber (So)	5	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	4
Jon Schmidt (Fr)	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		22-50	6-21	19-27	31	14	9	2	11	71

Harvard Crimson
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Brandyn Curry (Jr)	23	4-5	2-2	0-0	0	3	0	0	5	10
Laurent Rivard (So)	30	3-12	1-6	1-2	2	0	1	0	1	8
Christian Webster (Jr)	30	7-14	1-3	1-1	7	3	1	0	0	16
Kyle Casey (Jr)	20	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	2	4	0	0	0
Keith Wright (Jr)	24	3-10	1-2	4-4	12	1	2	1	0	11
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Oliver McNally (Sr)	23	4-20	2-11	2-2	4	3	1	0	3	12
Ugo Okam (So)	21	4-5	0-0	1-1	11	0	0	2	1	9
TEAM TOTALS		26-74	7-26	9-10	42	17	11	3	10	68

[VandyRedskins21]

Re: What can Brown do for you? (CH2k8)

There are 3 teams let in contention for 1st place. And here they are:

Brown Bears 3rd place/ 11-16 (8-5) (1 game back)

Brown Bears 11-12 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Feb 22	at Columbia Lions	L 66-64
Feb 23	at Cornell Big Red	L 78-56
Feb 29	vs Princeton Tigers 8-4	W 66-57
Mar 1	vs Penn Quakers	W 71-52
Mar 7	at Harvard Crimson 9-4	W 71-68
Mar 8	at Dartmouth Big Green

Princeton Tigers: 2nd Place/ 9-17 (8-4) (0.5 game back)

Princeton Tigers 11-12 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Feb 22	at Harvard Crimson 9-4	W 65-60
Feb 23	at Dartmouth Big Green	W 78-56
Feb 29	at Brown Bears 8-5	L 66-57
Mar 1	at Yale Bulldogs	W 96-61
Mar 7	vs Columbia Lions	L 89-76
Mar 8	vs Cornell Big Red
Mar 11	vs Penn Quakers

Harvard Crimson: 1st Place/ 18-11 (9-4) (0 Games Back)

Harvard Crimson 11-12 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Feb 22	vs Princeton Tigers 8-4	L 65-60
Feb 23	vs Penn Quakers	W 83-48
Feb 29	at Columbia Lions	W 66-65
Mar 1	at Cornell Big Red	W 93-87
Mar 7	at Brown Bears 8-5	L 71-68
Mar 8	vs Yale Bulldogs

[VandyRedskins21]

Re: What can Brown do for you? (CH2k8)

Matchup Preview | March 8, 2012
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Brown Bears 11-16 (8-5)		Dartmouth Big Green 9-17 (4-9)
Stats Comparison 66.8 Points Per Game 62.2 70.7 PPG Allowed 68.1 45.5 Field Goal % 41.3 34.7 3-Point % 35.3 71.2 Free Throw % 64.4 28.3 Rebounds 29.6 9.7 Turnovers 17.5 Projected Starters Joe Sharkey (Fr) Point Guard Tyler Melville (So) Christian Gore (Fr) Shooting Guard Krik Crecco (Sr) Taylor Wright (Fr) Small Forward R.J. Griffin (Jr) Tucker Halpern (Jr) Power Forward David Rutful (Sr) Andrew McCarthy (Jr) Center Kevin Mulquin (So) Injury Report Matt LaBoye *Available (Pulled hammy) Game Notes BROWN: The Bears are behind one game with one game left to go. Tucker Halpern scored 27 points last time these two teams met. DARTMOUTH: The Big Green are worst in the conference in ft% R.J. Griffin scored 20 against Brown the last time the two teams met.

PREGAME QUOTES

In the 2nd half against Dartmouth last game, your team put up 52 points. How are you gonna try to recreate that tonight?

"Well I highly doubt we will do that again. They run a bunch of different defenses. Well at least they did last time. And if they do that again, it should be interesting how it will work out."

It's senior night for Dartmouth. How much will that affect the game?

"Well for us it won't make the slightest difference. We do know that they will come out ready to give it their all, so we will have to match their intensity."

What do you think the chances of Harvard and Princeton losing tomorrow are?

"We can control only what we can control."

[VandyRedskins21]

Re: What can Brown do for you? (CH2k8)

Matchup Preview | March 8, 2012
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Cornell Big Red 13-13 (7-6)		Princeton Tigers 9-17 (8-4)
Stats Comparison 70.1 Points Per Game 71.3 68.0 PPG Allowed 74.0 42.3 Field Goal % 44.3 34.3 3-Point % 38.3 71.6 Free Throw % 66.7 29.6 Rebounds 31.2 16.0 Turnovers 17.5 Projected Starters Chris Wroblewski (Sr) Point Guard Doug Davis (Sr) Drew Ferry (Sr) Shooting Guard Clay Wilson (Fr) Errick Peck (Jr) Small Forward Patrick Saunders (Sr) Dwight Tarwater (So) Power Forward Ian Hummer (Jr) Deion Giddens (Fr) Center Will Barrett (Jr) Injury Report Mack Darrow *Available (Sprained Ankle) Game Notes - Princeton won the first match-up 88-77 which started the 7 game winning streak - Ian Hummer (Princeton) was Preseason 1st Team All-Conference - Chris Wroblewski (Cornell) was Preason 2nd Team All-Conference - Doug Davis is leading Princeton with 14.6 ppg, 3.1 apg - Errick Peck is leading Cornell with 15.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg

[VandyRedskins21]

Re: What can Brown do for you? (CH2k8)

Matchup Preview | March 8, 2012
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Yale Bulldogs 14-11 (6-7)		Harvard Crimson 18-11 (9-4)
Stats Comparison 67.6 Points Per Game 74.4 42.8 Field Goal % 41.2 36.6 3-Point % 33.6 66.1 Free Throw % 73.1 31.6 Rebounds 32.1 16.4 Turnovers 14.3 Projected Starters Austin Morgan (Jr) Point Guard Brandyn Curry (Jr) Armani Cotton (Fr) Shooting Guard Laurent Rivard (So) Sam Martin (Jr) Small Forward Christian Webster (Jr) Matt Townsend (Fr) Power Forward Kyle Casey (Jr) Greg Mangano (So) Center Keith Wright (Jr) Injury Report Andrew Van Nest *Out (Broken wrist) Game Notes - Yale beat Harvard last time these two teams faced off 66-64. - Greg Mangano (Yale) was Preseason Conference Player of the Year. He is leading the team with 18.1 ppg, 4.7 rpg - Tommy Amaker (Harvard) was Preseason Conference Coach of the Year. - Keith Wright (Harvard) was Preseason 1st Team All-Conference. He leads the team with 15.7 ppg, 9.6 rpg - Brandyn Curry, Kyle Casey (Harvard) were Preseason 2nd Team All-Conference.

[baccVols]

Re: What can Brown do for you? (CH2k8)

Nice little winning streak. Good Luck with Dartmouth