WOW!! No chatter about Mt St Vincents going 10 & 0?!?!? Theyre on the front page of the d3hoops for pete sake...never seen that before.

Purchase 7-0 as well...dare I say the Skyline has become stronger than the CUNY?? 

So the Brooklyn College men's team is 4-5, wins ovwer Potsdam and Marymount are nice, but in region loss to Purchase doesnt bode well for Coach P in the post season...any thoughts on the bulldogs?

Any word on why Will Holly didnt play? Got to think it would be a different game with Holly out there...


Congrats to CSI and Coach Petosa, after a few "down" seasons I imagine they have to be in the mix this year!

seems like this is the quietest spot on the boards..wonder why?

So, The Skyline is looking like things are changing.

St Joe's losing to Elms, looking like they have fallen off a bit from the past few years. Not a guy over 6'4 it seems.

Maritime with a couple of big wins in the post Jody King era.

Mt saint vincents back up to the high scoring, up tempo offense they departed from last year.

MSMC Knights look like they can really stroke it with their underclassmen leading the way.

Any Skyline chatter?

Holly played at kingsboro, a great scorer who will have insurance on D with marcel behind him...anyone know where marcel's younger bro ended up?

Word on the street is John Alesi is already recruiting for Hunter so safe to assume now he is the next coach. Good hire, Hunter should be a good program every year. Interesting twist Alesi is a Baruch guy, word was he was slated as Rankis' successor. Should be an interesting twist to the rivalry. Added excitement is always a plus.

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Quote from: BklynBasketball on September 06, 2010, 10:17:08 PM

I heard Alessi is at ASA a d1 juco in Brooklyn.

I think he'll be at Hunter, at least that's what I heard.

Makes sense, definitely.

City,

I heard Alessi is at ASA a d1 juco in Brooklyn.

King is logical but I like the idea of a young coach who would be at Hunter for a long time better, who are some of the young coaches in the area?

Coach King out at Maritime?  Did he resign for a new position elsewhere?

Congrats to the Bridges...errr...Bulldogs!! They were certainly the most talented team and should have been the favorite in my opinion. They proved me correct.

On to the ECAC, Im a little short of shocked that MEC made it in over Maritime. Any idea as to why?

Ensonwune (sp?) and Baptiste can both play at the d1 level. Would they produce the way they do now? Certainly not, but there are plently of MEAC, NEC and MAAC players who they can compete with.

As to why theyre at division 3 schools? there are so many other factors outside of just the bball. Some guys dont want to put in the work at the d1 level which takes much more dedication, some dont like the schools and love the d3 school, they FIT IN better and like it better.

To say that these guys dont have the TALENT, the raw talent to play at that level is incorrect in my book. There are guys, especially in the city and then also the midwest conferences who could play d1 ball.

Past guys who come to mind who can compete at that level:
Neil Edwards
Damien Santana
Arjun Ohri(Poly - NJIT)
Shahee Martin
Rocco Rubino obviously

there are alot more i just have to think, which hurts. 

Quote from: THE GREAT DEBATOR on February 04, 2010, 07:55:03 AM


FYI- the reason why Stevens and NYU have been playing in Atlantic Region ECAC tournament was due to their schools location (proximity to their own region)----traveling miles are to far for them....

That doesnt seem to make any sense to me though. If you're in the East, you should play in the East ECAC, if you're playing in the Atlantic ECAC due to location than essentially you're in the Atlantic and should be classified as such.

Additionally, if you're an East team who plays in the Atlantic ECAC you are stealing spots from potential Atlantic teams who could and should be in the Atlantic ECAC, you're not supposed to be there.

Quote from: Queens on January 22, 2010, 03:38:12 PM


My statement is not off base about the academics bklyn, its right on the money.  Any coincidence that Skyline and CUNY are two of the lowest rated conferences in the country?  No other conference has the differences academically from school to school.  It hurts the conferences big time. The skyline is a joke of a conference this year.

When i said it was off base my point pertained to you limiting the discrepency to the CUNY. I was just demonstrating how other conferences, such as the skyline deal with the same issues. I wasnt disagreeing withy ou, just tweaking what you said a bit.

Additionally, I dont think the Skyline is a joke this year...maybe youve seen more games than me.

Quote from: FROMAFAR on January 22, 2010, 01:35:34 PM
Brooklyn, that makes sense...... but in CUNY why then is Baruch on top, since academically they are also on top........They have quite a few Molloy players as well as Stuyvesant graduate... Both high academis and basketball wise... lets follow this ..........

I think Baruch is one of the stronglocal teams due to their recruiting. They have kept a core of guys, all good players and im sure good guys, together and have demonstrated success. This is a blueprint I would like to see more local d3 teams follow. Rankis is a guy who polarizes people, some love em some dont, but he has done a helluva job at Baruch, regardless. You have to give him respect.

Quote from: Queens on January 21, 2010, 06:20:02 PM
That a big problem within CUNY.  Baruch and Hunter are so far superior than the other school academically.  Where in other conferences the schools play on a much fairer playing field. 

This statement is a bit off base, look at the other NYC conference, The Skyline.

In that conference you have:

Polytech and Bard which are HIGHLY competitive and very expensive.

Yeshiva, MSV, Sage and St Joe's LI who are less academically competitive than those 2 but still rather competitive and pretty expensive.

Then you have a group of SUNY schools in the league which are way less expensive, way less competitive academically and pretty much can get most players in.

The playing field is definitely not level in the Skyline.

the skyline looks about as wide open as EVER this season, happyholidays!