Tag: Tom Moore

Can Monmouth (Or Anyone) Stay With Iona In MAAC Race?

Golden Bally Ray Curren photo for Monmouth Quinnipiac on Jan 9 2015

After burying Quinnipiac in a barrage of second half three-pointers Tuesday night at the Hynes Center, the assembled media grilled consensus MAAC favorite Iona about the pressure of being the league leader. David Laury did his best to dance around the loaded questions, and showed his veteran leadership by being tremendously diplomatic.

“We definitely have a chance to establish ourselves, but this is the MAAC,” Laury said. “This conference is a great conference. On any given night, anyone could lose. You can’t just say it’s Iona and everyone else in the conference, there’s great teams in the conference.”

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Five Thoughts: Iona 81, Quinnipiac 73

Iona, in cementing their status as MAAC favorite, dispatched Quinnipiac with an 81-73 victory on Tuesday night. The win avenges their worst loss in MAAC play in a long time and sends the Bobcats reeling, looking for answers as they start 0-4 in league play. Here are some thoughts on the only MAAC game of the night. Continue reading “Five Thoughts: Iona 81, Quinnipiac 73” →

On Quinnipiac And Rebound Margin (Which Is Still Alive Somehow)

(photo courtesy: Quinnipiac Athletics)

On the front page of their media notes (and game program), Quinnipiac proclaims – with statistical evidence attached – that it leads the nation in rebounds per game and rebounding margin, while it ranks second in offensive rebounds per game.

Furthermore, if you read on, since 2010-11 the Bobcats haven’t finished lower than fourth in any of those three categories, impressively leading the nation in all three last season. In fact, of 350 or so Division I teams, little old Quinnipiac is tops two years running in rebounding and three in offensive boards per game.

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Three Thoughts: Quinnipiac 81, Maine 64

In each team’s final non-conference matchup of 2014, Quinnipiac defeated Maine 81-64. The final margin may be indicative of the quality gap between these two squads, but the Black Bears showed toughness as they nearly erased a 17-point first half deficit. Here are three thoughts from Quinnipiac’s victory. Continue reading “Three Thoughts: Quinnipiac 81, Maine 64” →

Why Don’t Majors Play At Mid-Majors More Often? They Might Lose

Quinnipiac got, at least by terms of conference affiliation, its biggest win in school history Sunday afternoon, toppling Pac-12 giant Oregon State 60-52 at the TD Bank Center.

As with much in life, there are a couple of things that aren’t exactly what they seem in the preceding sentence. But before we get to that, let’s start with what appeared to be the $1,000,000 question: What in the world was Oregon State doing playing a game at Quinnipiac?

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Three Thoughts: Quinnipiac 80, Lehigh 65

Quinnipiac coach Tom Moore knew he had seen it. At least in spurts. But maybe that was in practice or was it a scrimmage? Could he have been imagining it? Maybe Gio McLean held the key to it, but he wasn’t going to be playing this season. No, it was there in the season-opening win over a very good Yale team when they put up 88 points, and he had most certainly seen it when his team dismantled a good Vermont defense to the tune of 89 points three weeks ago. Continue reading “Three Thoughts: Quinnipiac 80, Lehigh 65” →