For All Conference I think Rashawn and Griffin are obvious locks.  From there it should be Hale, Altman, Woody, Wright, Gray. And while Gallaudet has only won one game, statistically Sekoe White has had a great season. Top ten in a number of categories including points, rebounds, assists, and a/to ratio.

I have Kobasa as COY with McClary runner-up, Johnson as POY with Griffin the runner-up, and I have Straughn the runner-up for ROY, I have the Tatum kid from Gallaudet.

Well... Most teams have two CAC games done and over with.. The confrence is playing out much like many expected, with St. Marys on top with Mary Washington, and everyone else looking up at them both.

Bisonpride, maybe you should change your posting name... Doesn't sound like you have much pride in your school. Instead of guys like you and Harrishoop being happy that your program is winning, you crush their achievements. Your problem is you think because a team is bad, it can't win.. But the thing about college basketball is you have to play the game to win... It isn't an automatic win because the team isn't as good as you think. Case in point, a highly ranked St. Mary's losing to an unranked Baruch, or Gallaudet losing to a Cal Tech team that lost 184 straight before playing the Bison.
Some of those "cupcakes" that Gallaudet beat this year, they lost to in years past.

No game is easy. Especially when a team expects to win, because thats typically when they play their worst.

I'm not curious about the Bison and their season, they're in rebuilding efforts, and will be for a while. I'm curious about York... They are having quite the up and down year. They are losing to teams they wouldn't think twice about in years past, yet they compete with the likes of a nationally ranked Gettysburg. Any thoughts on York?

Congrats are in order to Coach Brett Adams and his Stevenson Mustangs for taking down York in a Quadruple OT game... Stevenson had three guys playing 55+ minutes, with Greg Woody being the high point man with 30.

The St. Mary's game vs Marymount was a lot closer than I thought it would be. And that was with Ingram going 1-11 from the 3.

Wesley clearly frustrated Gallaudet and blew them out in the second half, never looking back. Looks like Coach Kobasa played Johnson until there was about a minute left in the game..

You stay classy San Diego..

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I got to agree with harrishoop with this comment upward. Coach DeStefano tend to setting up tough schedule compare to this year's cupcake schedule. Also, to be honest with you... CAC was much more competitive and stronger conference in past with Catholic and Goucher in the league.

I predicted that Gallaudet would go 4-0 head start this year then lose to Marymount. But for whatever reasons the team set the schedule this year... maybe was because they need some morale and build team's confidence for the future. Maybe Coach Barber is different from Coach D.

I recalled that Coach DeStefano had those guts to schedule against then nation ranked #6 Nebraska Wesleyan and actually upset them at Field House in one of those old glory days.

All I could say is different coach and different era... Go Bison!
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The "cupcakes" on Gallaudet's schedule have been there before Coach Barber got there.. Look at their schedules in the archives of D3hoops.. They go back to 2002, where Maryland Bible appears. To 2003 where Christendom appears. Coach Destefano started those relationships, Coach Barber just continued them. Also, the CAC isn't less competitive. St. Mary's may be the favorite right now, but everyone on here has been saying anything can happen. We have arguably 2 All-American guys in Griffin(St. Mary's) and Johnson(Wesley). Thats not less competition. Thats more competitive balance.

Yes its obvious that DeStefano and Barber are different. The theory that scheduling upper echelon teams prepared the Bison proved to be untrue. Seeing as how they went 1-13, 1-13,    1-13, 7-7, and 1-15 in conference play since 02-03. And maybe the confidence will serve them well as evidenced by that near comeback at Marymount. However they have a LONG way to go to be considered a top team in the CAC, or even to be in the middle of the pack.

Gallaudet's 4-0 start is a confidence booster, but reality will set in for them at Marymount. While their freshman look talented and White and Mowl are providing  leadership, they are still a much too small team. Their lacking of a post defender will be exposed. CAC teams will assuredly shoot better than the teams Gallaudet has faced so far, if the Bison so choose to clog up the paint on D.

The undefeated team to watch is obviously St. Mary's. They were already a good team, and the Griffin addition has made them even better. It is going to be fun to watch this team play.

Conference play starts up on Wednesday.. Looking forward to it...

Hood had an impressive win over Leb Valley. While Mary Washington looked solid but not spectacular in their first game, not so much against Franklin and Marshall.

But you're right in that there is a lot of talent spread out across the conference... This really is the type of season where anything can happen.

I think we saw some interesting stuff. Like St. Mary's looking like a team that went to the Sweet Sixteen, and can get back. Marymount winning their first three without Elvis was impressive, losing their first with him back in the mix was perhaps a chemistry glitch that can be fixed.. Looks like Gallaudet's Sekoe White is back. He posted a 20-15 in his first game back after an injury kept him out last season.. However, they played a lot of freshman substantial minutes in their win, so they could go through some growing pains.

Salisbury played some tough teams, and didn't shoot the ball particularly well in any of their losses, so things can turn around if shots start to fall for them. Stevenson's scheduling 2 D-1 schools in the first week of the season was probably a great experience for their guys, but it makes me wonder if it took too big a hit on their confidence (except for Woody, who dropped 35 in their loss to CUA). Wesley has 10 players averaging 10 minutes or more, so they can go deep into their bench and surround Johnson with guys that are relatively fresh to run the floor.