Congratulations to Marcel Esonwune (York) and Richard Jean-Baptiste (Brooklyn) on being named D3 All-Americans!!!

Nicely said Back2Back and congrats on seeing the big picture! I am proud of your team and coach Podias - keep up the great work.

Congrats to Baruch and York for making it an All-CUNY ECAC final and to Baruch on a great performance in the win. Second straight year the ECAC title stays in NYC, but next year we hope to see similar results in the NCAAs...the 2010-11 season has begun...at least the recruiting and reloading portion. Good luck to all our teams!

PS - Thanks to all the seniors and good luck to RJB in the senior All-Star game.

CUNY Semifinals on Tuesday at CCNY;

5:30 pm - #1 York vs #4 Hunter
7:30 pm - #2 Brooklyn vs #3 Baruch

Friday, Alumni Reception and Basketball Games at Hunter (+ 3-pt. shootout for current SAs).
Scheduled to play; CUNY's all-time scoring leaders Shawn McCartney & Lauren Cargill, plus some of the best to ever play from each school.

Saturday at CCNY; Men's Final at 5 pm. Game will be televised by Time Warner Cable.

BTW, can't wait for Tuesday's semifinal games at CCNY.

PS - The alumni event at Hunter next Friday will have a reception in the West Building lobby for ALL former CUNY student-athletes in ALL sports at 6 pm. Then starting at 7:30 pm we will have two alumni basketball games (sprinkling in a few "celebritites" or friends) bringing back some of the best that ever played in CUNY as well as the current student-athletes 3-pt. shootouts (male and female). Hope to see you all there! Kindly respond to cunyathleticconference@yahoo.com with your information (Name, school, sport, year of graduation, shirt size) so that you may receive your gift. Zak 

Hmmm...interesting thoughts about the admission standards at various schools. Clearly there are some exceptional, high-caliber academic institutions which are private and require A LOT for admission. It is also clear to me that I am not talking about those schools. There is a huge number of institutions of higher learning who survive on meeting their quota, or number of students that pay their tuition in order for the college to operate on a certain level.
The private schools, and maybe I see a lot of them in this area and Pat is (perhaps) rightfully objecting to me making it a national argument and the 80% part...however, we can go down the list of private schools and apply to these schools and get it with subpar grades because you are paying the tuition outright...these schools LOVE kids who are paying the full and very high tuition costs. Again, the 10-20% of privates with awesome standards and reputations are not in this conversation!
If you still think I am wrong, so be it...but apply to ALL privates in the nation that cost above $30K and don't check off that you are seeking financial aid and that you are willing to pay the full tuition with let's say a subpar HS average of 78, and let's see if my theory is still as wrong as some of you claim!
It's not disparaging at all to say that, it's economics!

PS - Assuming that Marcel doesn't have the grades is a low-blow to him as a person. And why would you assume that ?

I really dislike when people question players' choices of schools, as if basketball is the only reason why a college is chosen! Please stop your stupid and ignorant comments !!! Has anyone stopped to think that no one wanted, recruited or paid special attention to a kid that hails from a foreign country and is quite raw with his talents in NYC? Has anyone considered that perhaps a coach (or a staff) is often the second parent that some kids need to be pushed to achieve academically and on the court? Have you Bubba Chuck thought about the hard work that the York coaching staff put in with Marcel to improve his play to this level in just 2 years? I doubt many looked twice at him 2 years ago.

Could it also be that Marcel LIKES York as a school and what it offers him as an individual??? Do you think that some of those D 1 and D 2 schools in the area are better academically than York or other CUNY schools ? Is it not a fact that most of the private schools in the nation will accept a kid, any kid, if he can walk, chew gum and pay the $35-40,000 annual tuition? And in CUNY we actually have standards for admission, whatever they may be school to school and all student-athletes must have a 2.0 to play sports. I am a little disturbed by AG, you ought to know better as a former player and coach.

These kids are not in D3 and in CUNY for basketball; could it be that they don't want to be playing ball 24/7/365 and actually go to get a degree and have a balanced college life? A shocking concept !!!

It's quite easy to post on here, but a little more difficult to post facts, as you might actually need to know them first.

Here you go, our tie-breaking rule. Zak

Tiebreakers in all sports

1.   Won / loss conference record only
2.   Head to head results between tied teams only
3a.   Won / loss divisional record only (if applicable, otherwise use 3b)
3b.   Won / loss collective record versus all teams seeded higher than tied teams. (ex. If two teams are tied for 4th spot, use collective record vs. top three seeds)
4.   Record vs. conference opponents, from top to bottom.
5.   Record (by winning percentage) vs. common non-conference opponents.
6.   Record vs. currently ranked NCAA regional teams; region may vary from sport to sport.
7.   Coin flip in every case except for the last seed, in which case a playoff game is required to be played.
* In all scenarios, including if multiple teams are tied, once one team is seeded, we put all the remaining teams in the pool and begin the procedure from the start.

I guess I have been away for a while Rhodes as there are WAY TOO MANY comments on here that have too little in common with the truth...don't even know where to begin.

First of all, CUNY is one of very few conferences in the nation that MANDATES a 2.0 GPA start to finish. So our student-athletes are prepared for academic success first and foremost. The dropping off players for academic reasons is a very small percentage these days, quite clear to those that know. More often it's work, supporting families and the nature of commuter campuses. Plus our coaches are mostly part-time, so the oversight is not the same, but getting a lot better.

Academically, schools in ALL conferences vary from 1 to 10, so CUNY is no different. For the record, Baruch, Brooklyn, CCNY, Hunter and Queens are Tier 1 in CUNY which makes them tougher to get into (this year, most students needed well over 85). And there is no Open enrollment at the CUNY senior colleges, please get your facts straight.

As for the coaches, the goal is for the kids to graduate, period! Studies have proven that kids with degrees have a much higher success rate in life (i.e. jobs) so I don't care which CUNY school they go to, and what their final GPA is...they get their degree. Our coaches do a great job overall, keeping kids in school on that road and yes, coach St. John has great track record along with most others in our league.

Lastly, young men and women often times need a second chance as everyone makes mistakes (even in choosing a college) and we are here to provide it for them. Coach Plevritis has done a very nice job recruiting quality student-athletes and time will tell if they are quality students first and foremost.

Please don't jump to conclusions until you REALLY know, as is the case with the altercation at John Jay. We deal with each and every case and levy suspensions (and worse) where warranted. As you can see fro m the first post to the truth, the rumors are often blown out of proportion.

Next time Rhodes I will have to read the board from the NCAA Convention. Zak 

causes serious mismatches in the postseason.

Happy New Year to all CUNYAC fans!
I am a little shocked by Rhodes, whose opinion I respect a great deal on this board. The Atlantic Region is a lot better than you seem to give it credit for. Yes, there was a time when NJAC schools would be in the Final Four on a regular basis, but look at last year with Stockton and Farmingdale having great runs in the NCAAs. Some of the folks voting on D3 hoops aren't giving this region enough respect. Is this year similar to last year in terms of talent? Absolutely, maybe not Stockton and Farmingdale in the same way, but there are several excellent teams. To say Baruch is not top 50 is giving a lot of other teams and regions way too much credit, some deserved and others just being there based on past reputation.
Why not Baruch and WP in 2010? or who knows who else may crash the party in late February or early March? I don't think anyone was saying last January 6th that Farmingdale was going to go so far or that they were ranked? Should they have been?
Bottom line is that teams in the Atlantic are a lot more athletic than teams are used to seeing throughout the year and that c

Thanks Queens...nothing infamous about "Zak" as I am not hiding anything nor who I am. Yes, the CUNYAC Championship will remain at CCNY for the time being as we continue to grow the event. Brooklyn College has a beautiful facility, but clearly not adequate in size nor seating ( about 800) for the conference championship...and CCNY will be much better this year than what people are used to seeing from even the past year!
Baruch and Paterson seem to be the top 2 teams right now in the Region, with Brooklyn in the mix in the top 5 for sure, especially after beating NJCU on the road and Old Westbury. NJAC seems as unpredictable as ever but clearly deeper than CUNYAC or Skyline. York has been unfortunate with losses to Paterson and Montclair on the road after having leads in the final minute...

There is a lot of conversation going on here about individuals, but in the end it's the teams that win, and especially those teams that are winning against quality non-conference teams that ought to be the focus of CUNY teams...who is best in CUNY will be determined in February, but for now it's the games out of CUNY that count, regardless of who will be all-conference before barely stepping on the college floor...a few teams have improved quite a bit, but so far Baruch, Brooklyn and York are winning the good out of conference games..congrats to coach St. John on the 300th career win, joining Ray Rankis of Baruch in that club of current CUNY coaches.

Thanks Rhodes; I meant Baruch is 2 for 2 (not 2-2 record wise) against last season's regional powers Stockton and Farmingdale...York looked good last night at Brooklyn in a good see-saw game with Esonwune having an awesome game. The Cardinals stayed composed and ran their stuff to make up for the loss to Montclair that they had no business losing after leading the entire way. A couple of Marcel's blocks were ridiculously good. Brooklyn is solid, but still too much individual play.