Game Note’s
http://www.lehighsports.com/custompages/Game%20Notes/Men's%20Basketball/2016-17/14%20-%20Lehigh%20vs.%20Loyola%20notes%20010517.pdf
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KenPom Rankings and Prediction
LU (7-6, 1-1) Ranked 101st
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Loyola (7-6. 1-1) Ranked 2654th
LU wins by 14 (78-64)
Mr. Pomeroy was off base last week in 3 of his 5 predictions, but nearly nailed it in Bucky’s win over Army’s by 8. Let’s hope he does better this week – including a big win by LU.
It’s probably too early to worry, but while LU is ranked 29th in the nation in 3-poinnt accuracy at 39.6%, we’re dead last in the PL Conference play at 24.4%. We’re also 10th in the Conference in something KenPom refers to as Offensive Efficiency (OE) at 84.1 – a reflection of the number of points we might be expected to score in 100 possessions. Pomeroy also tags us 9th in Offensive Rebounding @ 19.3/game. I mention these stats because our opponent on Thursday, Loyola, is 3rd in Offensive Efficiency, 1st in Offensive Rebounding and has defended the three pretty well 30.8% – good for PL’s 4th best – in games played against AU and LC.
What else might we expect to see on Thursday? How about………
a continuation of our home court dominance? Since that dark day back in March when HC got the best of us, we’re 4 and 0 at Stabler.
two recruits brought on because of their ability to knock down 3’s (JC and PA), showing us their 1 for 11 exploits to date in League play is not indicative of what we can expect going forward.
an appearance by Mr. Lieb. Just what do we have in this 6’10” Brewster Academy grad? We certainly can use help off the bench and not likely to go all the way to a Championship playing eight men a game.
KL reprising memories of perhaps his best game last season – a home outing against Loyola in which the first year man scored 20 on 7 for 10 shooting in 39 minutes. FYI, KR joined the party that night kicking in 16 with 8 helpers. Can the two do it again?
a good crowd – say 1300 or so. We presently rank 5th in the league, attracting a home crowd which now averages 976/game. Bucknell tops the chart with 2,394/game. Boston U. sits in last place with a following of 591 fans.
or simply
a comfortable win marked by solid play on both ends of the court….anything to take away the sting of Monday afternoon’s performance up in Boston.
Finally, in an 18-game schedule, all games become “big.” But how about the clash next Wednesday out in Lewisburg when TK takes on Bucknell’s Nana Foulland . The latter just picked up his second Rock Patriot League Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. TK owns four of the weekly honors so far this season.
travism 8 years, 1 month ago.
van.
