This is what the All Conference Team will probably look like:

   First Team

Tyler Franklin
Dallas Reinard
Kevin Buchynski
Derrick Thonton
Robert Williams

Second Team

  Roman Mims
  James McNeil
  Dan Thomas
  Antoine McCall
  Darnell Campbell

Honorable Mention

Stacy Grady
Dale Deberry
Sam Hanik
Glen Ufland
Quinton Dziabo


Player of the year: Dallas Reinard
Newcomer of the year: Zach Spitz Altoona
Coach Of the year: Al Seretti Altoona

La Roche loses to medaille at home...Mcneil 25 points
Lake Erie beats Behrend at PSB...Buchynski 26 points in loss....
Altoona wins at UPG...franklin 23 pts
Hilbert loses at home to bradford...reinard 30 points...probably the best player in the amcc this season....point wise
This is how I see the top 6 getting in

1. Lake Erie
2. Behrend
3. Hilbert
4. Bradford
5. Frostburg
6. Altoona or  La Roche

As we hit the winter break for mens basketball there are really no surprises. Hilbert at 1-3 is a little bit of a shocker but they seem to be alright. Behrend, Bradford, and lake Erie are all undefeated. Frostburg is right behind them. I think after that Hilbert is the next best team, with Aloysius right behind them. Altoona isnt a bad team, they just upset Lincoln university. After them you have La Roche, Medialle, and Greensburg who are all very inconsistent. if you had to pick a first team right now this is how I think it would look.

First Team
Roman Mims 20.4 ppg, leads the conference in 3's made, can score 30+ any night
Tyler Franklin 20.5 ppg, 54% from the field
Kevin Buchynski  16.9 ppg, 57% fg team is 4-0 8.0 rpg
Dan Thomas- team is 4-0 in the  AMCC  16.4 ppg, 4.5 apg, 82.0 ft % 72 fta
Antoine McCall  13.7 ppg. 5.0 rpg, teams best overall player 3-1 in amcc play

Second Team
Corey Vander Sluis
Dallas Reinard
Robert Williams
Brian Green Jr.
Darnell Campbell


Honorable mention
James McNeil
Stacy Grady   
Keith Hazel   
Dale Deberry
Howard Washington

If Niland gets that job Behrend will not be the same team next season..not even close.they will be a .500 club..he has his players believe in his system..I could see him leaving they pa the head coach there about 85,000 a year and niland woldnt have to teach like he does at behrend...he prolly makes around 45 at behrend....As for richardson..he is for sure a division 2 player...there are numerous teams he would start on...maybe not every..but he would start for Slippery Rock...Lock Haven..Clarion...look at cooper he started at robert morris and went to greensburg it was a better  fit for him...Watch out for Pitt Bradford nex season....Thomas, Race, Copley, Austin and some recruits...they will be a good team...Duke cooper not getting POY is a joke..no offense to Bucysnki but this was his first year even starting...Cooper was a complete player game in and out and was the overall best player..and was mosgt valuable to his team

Vander sluis is a good player...not 1st team worthy tho......2nd team now for sure......to tell u the truth tho......the only teams that are consistent and actually decent are lec...behrend and upg...the rest are very "average".......I can name a handful of players who should be first team over vander sluis....mims...franklin.....ferguson if he wasn't hurt second half....I like lake erie 2 take it all beings there undefeated at home all season....reggie and duke shuld be co players of the year.....as for stewart smith.....he shuldntof even played the kid practically broke his ankle he's a tough kid and still a great player...he'd give u work clown.....kenney was a average player...culdnt hold goias jock strap.....those 8 and 10 teams in the conference all stink....inconsistent.....as for next season watch for bradford......they return thomas race copley austin will be playing....there goona be tough....they had a hard luck season.....a lot of teams are on the rise...so la roche and frostburg beter start recruitng or they will be the ones on the odd end out....next season

The Playoffs are shaping up..heres how its goona be....
1. lake erie- bye
2. greesburg -bye

3 behrend bs 6 frostburg
4 hilbert vs 5 la roche

behrend will defend and win the first rd game easily
hilbert and la roche will be a good game....the game is at hilbert that is in their favor....if la roche can start hot they have a chance...they have been playing inconsistent all season...no 1 wants to step up on that team..vandersluis has been one of the best players in the conference this second half of the season...

Also here is my all conference team selections

Co-Players of the year: Duke Cooper/Reggie Richardson UPG-LEC
Coach of the year: marcus Kuhn- UPG (they lost Conlon and Moye and still finished 2nd)
Newcomer- james mcneil Medaille...may be the best scorer in the region

1st team
Duke Cooper - Total team player.. 17 ppg..6 rpg 5 apg..enough said
Reggie Richardson- Iverson like.......team leader..can score pass defend
Roman Mims- 23 ppg....turned around a bad aloysius team
Tyler Franklin- 19 ppg...best players in conference
Kevin Buscynski- behrend go to guy 18.5 ppg...overall 19-6

2nd team
Ryan Race-20 ppg...tough kid..lost alot of close games this season
Dan Ryley- frostburgs leader 14 ppg 10 rpg...does it every year
Dallas reinard- go to guy....good shooter....tough all around 17 ppg
james Mcneil- 25 ppg on a bad team....tough player
JJ ferguson-missed game with an injury..best shooter in conference lights out 14ppg...

Honorable mention
Corey Vander Sluis- really came on in 2nd half 16.5 ppg
Dan Thomas- 15ppg...tough kid quick athletic...will be a good team next season
Nate Davis- 11ppg...5 rpg...60% from the field....la roches most consistent player
Robert Williams- 12.5 ppg....streaky but athletic and team won the regular season conference championship
Bill Scavincky- scrappy player 15.0 ppg...good second option besdies cooper...good down low

Just missed out
Justin Ohler- great career 15.0 ppg this season..injuries hurt him a little bit...overshadowed by mims
Frank Davis- 10ppg..5 rpg...best defensive player in amcc....
Rob Copley- great soph season...with him race and thomas...they could be the favorites next season
Stacy Grady- 13.0 ppg....good shooter...bad defender...inconsistent...overall decent player...will be back next season
Sam Hanik- good option for the mounties.....will be back with mims next seaosn...team will be better..

Dan Thomas has been hot shootin the ball well....No 1 is going ot beat lake erie in the playoffs....they will have home court advantage throughout...and they will be gettin washington back who messed his ankle real bad

McNeil...yes is a gunner...but he has to,,and let me tell you i was at the game when they beat La Roche..hes the truth...yes he takes alot of bad shots...but he makes alot of them...supposedly JJ ferguson from ehrend broke his ankle hes done for the year..as for brent dover he transferred to toledo...where he red shirted this season..im ahead of all of yous!

AS for hilbert you might be right... they are a tough team...they are coached very well also..it will be interesting....frostburgh state is done..peterson quit...they lost some leadership...all they have left is ryley and owen... and they have no perimeter really!

I played for La Roche back when we won the championship in 04...if you remember right we had 7 players and that was it.....We havent had a good point guard since Cliff Foster left.. When we get devin back we will be a totally different team. There isnt a big guy in the conference who can run the floor with him or match up with him athletic wise. THis will also open up alot more open shots for Grady, Frank Davis and will allow Nate Davis to maybe play on the wing more, which is his more natural position. You have to remember yes we lost to Medaille.. but theres 16 more conference games left to play.....Where we need to get tougher is on the defensive end, if this happens and we guard like we can and were supposed 2 we could give any1 a run. As for ryan race, he always seemes to have his best games vs us. he is averagin like 27 a game yes...but he played westmibnster and marietta both teams who like 2 run and gun.. I think he is a tough kid dont get me wrong. But i think Thomas runs that team. You need a good point guard 2 win. When we won we had cliff..... Thats why I think lake erie and behrend are so favored because richardson is very dangerous and believe it or not Justin jennings from behrend is probably the best true point guard in the conference..hes not a scorer but just plays the position well.......Also you must remember it is so hard 2 win on the road...Medialle will win more than one conference game this season... and the kid Mcneil they have is a player from what i hear...all im sayin is that La Roche should move grady to the point so that they have some 1 expereinced there. Dover who was my closest friend transferred...another pg quit...that has been our problem the past 2 seasons just no leadership...if you dont have leadership then you dont have anything at all.....

Lake Erie should get some national recognition...if both games Lincoln and Fisher were at home they would have been two Wins for sure. As for the  AMCC the 2 best obvious teams are lake erie and penn state behrend. Watch out for Pitt Bradford though. No one ever talks about them. Dan Thomas is a very good player, inconsistent but can be very good at times. As for La Roche I think they will squeak into the playoffs, If Devin returns that will help alot but you cant count on one kid. There best players to this date has been Zack Kostorick a freshman and Frank Davis a sophomore. Davis is probably one of the best defnesive players in the Mid Atlantic Region. La Roches problem is mainly that they do not have a point guard who can run the show. Grady is a 2 guard, and will benefit with a good point guard that can penetrate and get him the open look. Thats the strong point of his game. Alot of people are counting La Roche out, but watch for them and Bradford to sneak up on some people. My predicited finishes

1. Lake Erie
2. Penn State Behrend
3. Pitt Bradford
4. Pitt Greensburg
5. La Roche
6. Penn State Altoona
7. Hilbert
8. Mt Aloysius
9. Frostburg State
10. Medaille

Player of the year: Kevin Buchynski Penn State Behrend
Newcomer Zack Kostorick La Roche