Apparently the Finnegan Fieldhouse operates through Christmas Break. Today I was rummaging around the Athletics section of one of my favorite websites and found that there has been some new game recaps posted about our beloved Barons. I cannot say when they were put up because they have no time stamp, but I can say two things about them.
1. The game recaps are a little bit late.
2. (And since we do not like to be critical here at the Baron Blog) at least there are recaps up.
Here are the two latest games
Waynesburg and Altoona
and here are two other game recaps that were recently posted
Ohio University Eastern and Hiram.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
Wow. 27 Turnovers.
1-11. 9 straight loses. I guess its because we're playing really good teams or something.
Again, FUS does not have an article on its Athletics page. But fortunately for you the Yellow Jackets of Waynesburg and the Baron Blog came through. Their account can be found here, but I will summarize it.
1. Score at halftime was 52-17.
2. Again we jacked up 3s, but only made 2-12 in the first half, 16.7%.
3. And not to overdo it, but we had 27 turnovers.
Again, FUS does not have an article on its Athletics page. But fortunately for you the Yellow Jackets of Waynesburg and the Baron Blog came through. Their account can be found here, but I will summarize it.
1. Score at halftime was 52-17.
2. Again we jacked up 3s, but only made 2-12 in the first half, 16.7%.
3. And not to overdo it, but we had 27 turnovers.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Altoona?
At least I have one more chance for Santa to give me a Baron win.
Last night the Barons fell to the Altoon Lions, or whatever they call themselves. It wasn't a pretty score, 76-57, but it was close at one point when the score was 48-43 with 13 minutes left in the second half. Maybe the score was a little lopsided because we jacked up 28 3s. I don't know, maybe? Chas Marks led the way with 20 and Nate got 17. And apparently Nate Stanton is going to join the AMC conference next year, I guess thats pretty rare for a player. That little tidbit is courtesy of the Penn State Altoona website. You can read the rest of their coverage here, but you will be unable to find any FUS coverage. Interesting, no?
The Barons have another game tonight when we travel to Waynesburg University, game time at 7:30.
Prediction: I think we get this losing streak done with, get some momentum going into the second half of season with a win.
Fearless Predictions:
1) Score-68-60
2) "5-5" has another huge game
3) Zach brings down 15, all offensive boards
Last night the Barons fell to the Altoon Lions, or whatever they call themselves. It wasn't a pretty score, 76-57, but it was close at one point when the score was 48-43 with 13 minutes left in the second half. Maybe the score was a little lopsided because we jacked up 28 3s. I don't know, maybe? Chas Marks led the way with 20 and Nate got 17. And apparently Nate Stanton is going to join the AMC conference next year, I guess thats pretty rare for a player. That little tidbit is courtesy of the Penn State Altoona website. You can read the rest of their coverage here, but you will be unable to find any FUS coverage. Interesting, no?
The Barons have another game tonight when we travel to Waynesburg University, game time at 7:30.
Prediction: I think we get this losing streak done with, get some momentum going into the second half of season with a win.
Fearless Predictions:
1) Score-68-60
2) "5-5" has another huge game
3) Zach brings down 15, all offensive boards
Thursday, December 13, 2007
All I want for Christmas is another Barons W
Sorry to all our adoring fans for not posting in a long while, but there has been no home games as of late to blog about. The Barons do have two (2) huge games coming up. With a win it would bolster our record to 2-9 and possibly 3-9. It's too bad that none of us here at the "The Baron Blog" will be use our gas cards and travel with the team. But of course we will resume blogging once the spring semester begins. We will continue with the most consistent, compelling, and up to date coverage of our beloved Barons.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
A response to our "All Weather Fan"
Greetings from Baronville!
Well we've encountered some resistance.... from students and administration alike. But we're trying for a peace offering with administration, but with our "all weather fan", let's respond to your post. For those of you too lazy to click on the comments link in our assessment of the St. Vincent game, I will repost his comment here:
Man, after the obviously qualified hide-behind-my-computer-blog-coach(charles) noted such a great improvement in play following the St Vincent game it sure would be great if we had an update from him regarding the away game at Hiram tonight....win or lose he obviously knows more than the man hired to actually lead the team (and the years he has spent ACTUALLY on the court coaching).... oh wait, he only bashes the team when it doesn't take a toll on his gas card....
First of all my all weather friend, we are not here to bash this team. We are here to give our opinions. We give credit where we think credit is due, and complain when we think something should be fixed. It's our opinion. And so far we have been equal opportunity employers, when a player does good, we say good job, when he does bad we say so. And as far as the coach goes its the same thing. When he does a good job we say so (St. Vincent), when we think he didn't we'll say so too (JCC). We love this team, the athleticism, the youth, the leadership, this university. We aren't here to bash. Show me one place where we have said somebody sucks at basketball. Or should quit. That's bashing. We don't do that. We respect the players and what they do. But a little constructive criticism, or praise for that matter, doesn't hurt anyone. We aren't mean. Otherwise I wouldn't be so nice right now.
Second we might not be coaches, but we've played one in a blog. Kidding. But seriously everyone is entitled to their opinion. If you want to create an all love fest blog go ahead. Conform to the University's unwritten policy of criticism is a sin. But we are trying to give our opinion, with a humorous twist on it. That's fine to disagree, but don't challenge our decision to "hide" behind our computers. We did that on purpose. There was already a witch hunt to try and get us out. And I don't see you using your real name either.
All three of us have prior playing experience, one of us even at the college level. We might not be coaches but we can still figure out that if you're going to keep 32 players on the roster, you might as well use them. Especially if they have some real talent.
Finally, we, like yourself, are college students. This blog is something we do to get out our "creative juices" and show our love for sports. But we're college students first. No I'm not going to travel 2 hours to go see us lose by 20 when I have exams starting the next night. That's too much pain for a recreational hobby. Obviously this team means a lot to you. Did you go (And it doesn't count if you had to go as part of the team or a manager, etc.)? If you didn't go and are worried about last night's score we still got it for you. It will be coming soon after this post. But in the long run we might go check out some away games, but for the most part we'll update you on the scores, but not much else.
So that's what we've got to say to you Mr. All Weather Fan. Calm down a bit. Don't get your panties all tied up in a knot.
It's just a blog.
It's just a game.
It's just a 1-8 D-III team.
If you don't like our opinions there's a little red box with an X, in the right top corner of your screen. Click it.
Otherwise stop being an ass. My firewall I "hide" behind can't block that.
PS- Thanks for reading and commenting on our blog! Please pass it along to friends if you like it.
-The Baron Bloggers
Well we've encountered some resistance.... from students and administration alike. But we're trying for a peace offering with administration, but with our "all weather fan", let's respond to your post. For those of you too lazy to click on the comments link in our assessment of the St. Vincent game, I will repost his comment here:
Man, after the obviously qualified hide-behind-my-computer-blog-coach(charles) noted such a great improvement in play following the St Vincent game it sure would be great if we had an update from him regarding the away game at Hiram tonight....win or lose he obviously knows more than the man hired to actually lead the team (and the years he has spent ACTUALLY on the court coaching).... oh wait, he only bashes the team when it doesn't take a toll on his gas card....
First of all my all weather friend, we are not here to bash this team. We are here to give our opinions. We give credit where we think credit is due, and complain when we think something should be fixed. It's our opinion. And so far we have been equal opportunity employers, when a player does good, we say good job, when he does bad we say so. And as far as the coach goes its the same thing. When he does a good job we say so (St. Vincent), when we think he didn't we'll say so too (JCC). We love this team, the athleticism, the youth, the leadership, this university. We aren't here to bash. Show me one place where we have said somebody sucks at basketball. Or should quit. That's bashing. We don't do that. We respect the players and what they do. But a little constructive criticism, or praise for that matter, doesn't hurt anyone. We aren't mean. Otherwise I wouldn't be so nice right now.
Second we might not be coaches, but we've played one in a blog. Kidding. But seriously everyone is entitled to their opinion. If you want to create an all love fest blog go ahead. Conform to the University's unwritten policy of criticism is a sin. But we are trying to give our opinion, with a humorous twist on it. That's fine to disagree, but don't challenge our decision to "hide" behind our computers. We did that on purpose. There was already a witch hunt to try and get us out. And I don't see you using your real name either.
All three of us have prior playing experience, one of us even at the college level. We might not be coaches but we can still figure out that if you're going to keep 32 players on the roster, you might as well use them. Especially if they have some real talent.
Finally, we, like yourself, are college students. This blog is something we do to get out our "creative juices" and show our love for sports. But we're college students first. No I'm not going to travel 2 hours to go see us lose by 20 when I have exams starting the next night. That's too much pain for a recreational hobby. Obviously this team means a lot to you. Did you go (And it doesn't count if you had to go as part of the team or a manager, etc.)? If you didn't go and are worried about last night's score we still got it for you. It will be coming soon after this post. But in the long run we might go check out some away games, but for the most part we'll update you on the scores, but not much else.
So that's what we've got to say to you Mr. All Weather Fan. Calm down a bit. Don't get your panties all tied up in a knot.
It's just a blog.
It's just a game.
It's just a 1-8 D-III team.
If you don't like our opinions there's a little red box with an X, in the right top corner of your screen. Click it.
Otherwise stop being an ass. My firewall I "hide" behind can't block that.
PS- Thanks for reading and commenting on our blog! Please pass it along to friends if you like it.
-The Baron Bloggers
Monday, December 3, 2007
St. Vincanity
OK, this game wasn't as out of control as the name suggests, but we can all appreciate a Vince Carter reference.
The Barons played a much better game against the best competition the home crowd at Finnegan has seen this year.
We were supposed to lose this game, but we were supposed to lose this game by much more. To quote a player on the team, "Dude, please don't come".
This writer, however, was glad that this suggestion wasn't taken to heart. The Barons showed a glimpse of what this team could be. The Barons may have made an amazing comeback in the first home game, but that was the same old 3-point dependent basketball that has excited, but more commonly, broken the hearts of the Baron faithful the last year and a half. Today, however, was the start of something special.
Okay, for a fastbreaking team we don't fast break like one, and our zone defense is something that could maybe stop Catholic Central, but is not at all intimidating in DIII ball, but I am still encouraged after this game, believe it or not.
But today showed that the baron bench is deep and very usable (not to say I tolja so, but...).
Andrew "A-O" Kay - This kid has the potential to be the best big man in recent history at this school. Don't get me wrong, this kid is OBVIOUSLY a freshman. But with his inexperience comes much confidence down low that is sorely need on this undersized squad. O yeah, and this kid can play some serious post D.
Dan "Headband" O'Brien. Looks like this kid's dedication in the weight room has payed off (seriously, does he do anything else?). Came in and and controlled the game like someone who hasn't been riding the bench all season.
Zach "Sidewinder" Hohenburg (have you seen the side spin on this guys shot? eh, it goes in). Zach displayed a new found jumper that was money today and drove to the hole with authority. AMEN!
PROPS TO COACH DONNY
The man coached with crazy emotion in a game that we all knew we couldn't win AND explored the depth of his 42 men bench. Hopefully this wasn't just an experiment in a game that was a throwaway, but rather a realization of the potential of this team. God only knows.
The Barons played a much better game against the best competition the home crowd at Finnegan has seen this year.
We were supposed to lose this game, but we were supposed to lose this game by much more. To quote a player on the team, "Dude, please don't come".
This writer, however, was glad that this suggestion wasn't taken to heart. The Barons showed a glimpse of what this team could be. The Barons may have made an amazing comeback in the first home game, but that was the same old 3-point dependent basketball that has excited, but more commonly, broken the hearts of the Baron faithful the last year and a half. Today, however, was the start of something special.
Okay, for a fastbreaking team we don't fast break like one, and our zone defense is something that could maybe stop Catholic Central, but is not at all intimidating in DIII ball, but I am still encouraged after this game, believe it or not.
But today showed that the baron bench is deep and very usable (not to say I tolja so, but...).
Andrew "A-O" Kay - This kid has the potential to be the best big man in recent history at this school. Don't get me wrong, this kid is OBVIOUSLY a freshman. But with his inexperience comes much confidence down low that is sorely need on this undersized squad. O yeah, and this kid can play some serious post D.
Dan "Headband" O'Brien. Looks like this kid's dedication in the weight room has payed off (seriously, does he do anything else?). Came in and and controlled the game like someone who hasn't been riding the bench all season.
Zach "Sidewinder" Hohenburg (have you seen the side spin on this guys shot? eh, it goes in). Zach displayed a new found jumper that was money today and drove to the hole with authority. AMEN!
PROPS TO COACH DONNY
The man coached with crazy emotion in a game that we all knew we couldn't win AND explored the depth of his 42 men bench. Hopefully this wasn't just an experiment in a game that was a throwaway, but rather a realization of the potential of this team. God only knows.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Breaking Down the Match-up: St. Vincent's @ FUS
Big game tomorrow night as the Barons take on the Bearcats of St. Vincent for the second time this season. Last game was a complete blowout, 96-48. The Barons badly need a win to get off this losing streak. Here's our keys to the game:
1. Get the Arby's Train out of the gate early- Liedel was held to only 4 points the last time these two met. For us to have a chance for a 50 point turn around and win this game, we need Matt to get hot early, and often. Adding on to this, everyone needs to shoot better. We are constantly shooting below 30% (including 26.7% in the last match up). For a gunning team we need to do better.
2. Limit the Turnovers- We committed 23 turnovers last time. 23! We need to stop that.
3. Play Defense- This is pretty self-explanatory. Too many Offensive Rebounds. BOX OUT! PRESS!!!! USE ALL OUR PLAYERS!!!! PRESS!!!!!! PRESS!!!!!!! PRESS!!!!!! AND PLEASE BOX OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!
4. Play Smart- This is the most important. Run our Offense, Play Smart Defense. No stupid shots or stupid fouls. Most importantly we need to play with confidence. Overcome our age and not fold under pressure.
Thats it for now. Let's go get win number two! See ya at the game... THE BARONS ARE BACK!!!!
1. Get the Arby's Train out of the gate early- Liedel was held to only 4 points the last time these two met. For us to have a chance for a 50 point turn around and win this game, we need Matt to get hot early, and often. Adding on to this, everyone needs to shoot better. We are constantly shooting below 30% (including 26.7% in the last match up). For a gunning team we need to do better.
2. Limit the Turnovers- We committed 23 turnovers last time. 23! We need to stop that.
3. Play Defense- This is pretty self-explanatory. Too many Offensive Rebounds. BOX OUT! PRESS!!!! USE ALL OUR PLAYERS!!!! PRESS!!!!!! PRESS!!!!!!! PRESS!!!!!! AND PLEASE BOX OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!
4. Play Smart- This is the most important. Run our Offense, Play Smart Defense. No stupid shots or stupid fouls. Most importantly we need to play with confidence. Overcome our age and not fold under pressure.
Thats it for now. Let's go get win number two! See ya at the game... THE BARONS ARE BACK!!!!
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Box Score vs JCC Nov 30
Team Totals FUS
Total Field Goals 29-81 36%
Three-Point 08-32 25%
Rebounding (off/def) 14-17
Blocks 4
Team Totals JCC
Total Field Goals 32-81 40%
Three-Point 07-24 29%
Rebounding 20-28
Blocks 2
Pts Flannagan 19
Reb Liedel 12 (39% of team rebounding)
Ast Feuz/Stanton 4
Liedel had a double-double, 15-12.
Curtis Allen led the team with 3 threepointers.
O'Brien, Moore, Thrun, Fischer and Kay DNP.
Flannagan only shot 6-22, but made all six of his free throws, the only free throws for the whole team.
Feuz, Stanton, and Liedel all played over 34 of a possible 40 minutes.
Zach only grabbed 3 rebounds in 30 minutes.
Total Field Goals 29-81 36%
Three-Point 08-32 25%
Rebounding (off/def) 14-17
Blocks 4
Team Totals JCC
Total Field Goals 32-81 40%
Three-Point 07-24 29%
Rebounding 20-28
Blocks 2
Pts Flannagan 19
Reb Liedel 12 (39% of team rebounding)
Ast Feuz/Stanton 4
Liedel had a double-double, 15-12.
Curtis Allen led the team with 3 threepointers.
O'Brien, Moore, Thrun, Fischer and Kay DNP.
Flannagan only shot 6-22, but made all six of his free throws, the only free throws for the whole team.
Feuz, Stanton, and Liedel all played over 34 of a possible 40 minutes.
Zach only grabbed 3 rebounds in 30 minutes.
2 minutes left in the game...It's coach Donny TIME!!!!!
Gotta Love Donny Osmond's moves. Must be the fourth quarter of his act. Cause thats usually when coach pulls out those sexy spin moves. Really pumps up that crowd. Owww!!!
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