Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 20, 2021, 11:58:52 AM

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on November 20, 2021, 08:25:07 AM
Rowan running some kind of "system"? Stats kind of hint to that. All their scores are over 100 as well.

I don't think so.  They're definitely running a more pro-style offense, for sure - but I think its just pace and efficiency.  They're not subbing like a System team and while they're taking a lot of threes, it's not a system volume, for sure.

Ryan - great points. I do not believe they are playing a "System" per say, however, I do believe Coach Crisspin has that mentality and mindset where they don't really care about sitting in the half court and guarding. They are pressing and running and jumping all over the floor. From the looks of it they are speeding teams up, turning them over and creating more shots for themselves, leading to their high point totals. This is nothing new for the Profs - they have a loaded roster this year with multiple scholarship transfers in Ross, Seager, and O'Leary. Looking forward to the TCNJ match-up tonight. NJAC looks like it is gonna be a true gauntlet yet again.

When do the NJAC pre-season polls get released?

Gotta imagine NJCU will be #1 in pre - season polls since they are ranked top 25?

Is there an early favorite for player of the year in the league? TCNJ looking for three years in a row after Walko and Jocelyn took down the Pony Wilson award in back to back years.

Quote from: saratoga on September 25, 2019, 08:17:00 PM

Well, according to today's update, Scranton is looking to start a home & home relationship with a school within 2 to 3 hours of campus in early Nov. next year and at the very same time, Swarthmore is also looking to start something at precisely the same time frame.

Let's make the call & get these two playing one another. A match made in heaven.

Lose the Arcadia's and Neumann's and book the better teams from the Centennial.

Still can't figure out why the Royal's don't have standing games with Muhlenberg & Ursinus as they're only an hour & a half away.

Love this - would be really cool if the Landmark and Centennial had some sort of tournament annually where they had cross league tournaments.. similar to a big ten / big east challenge. I know that this idea is difficult since there aren't as many non league games for the Landmark (8 teams) as there is for the Centennial (10 teams).

Any idea which Landmark schools have the best incoming freshmen?

I can imagine Scranton, Catholic, and Drew have really strong classes coming in, haven't really heard much about other commits...

Rosters aren't quite updated yet, gotta figure with the new coach coming in that CUA is gonna be locked and loaded for the class of 2020!

Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on September 05, 2019, 09:41:12 PM
Rutgers-Camden took more than six months to "announce" their new men's coach. They actually had the selection made and buttoned up at least a month prior to announcing it - according to sources - but chose to wait. Might have been for financial reasons ...

Rutgers-Camden was WAYYYY over due for a coaching change !

League keeps getting better and better with the new head coaches taking over at some places with great facilities and not that high of academic standards..

Kean and Camden (Montclair a bit)

Who is the favorite for the NJAC this year? I've heard NJCU has some major impact transfers coming in! Nothing new there...

My prediction for playoff teams in no order:
NJCU
MSU
Ramapo
Stockton
TCNJ
Rowan

Walking into a MONSTER team at MSU.. arguably have the most talent returning in the league ... alongside NJCU... that is all dependent on if Myles Mitchell White will be returning.. heard he might be transferring (d2's) with the departure of Coach Sears leaving..

Thank you Phil... I am glad someone on these boards has some common sense.

Big W for Montclair last night over NJCU. Montclair is the only undefeated team remaining in league play. They travel to TCNJ this weekend. Montclair found a special player in transfer Akbar Hoffman... the 2014 HS Graduate has been scoring at will.

I hear you. However, if you guys think these kids are transferring due to anything other than playing time you are both incredibly oblivious. My argument is that we are sending the wrong message to young men. Just because you aren't playing, doesn't mean you can just go to another school. Work harder, get extra shots up, put in more work. Learn the values of handling adversity AND overcoming it. Reward hard work and persistence.

Transferring from Rowan to NJCU is not an academic move. You are transferring to a worse academic institution. How can you see the move is beneficial to that student-athlete's education?

How much is it really happening? A ton... See below just to name a few..

Barnes (stockton to ramapo)
Williams (Kean to Stockton)
Lofton-Harris (Montclair to Newark)
Haddock (Rowan to NJCU - mid year)

Second night of NJAC basketball. Game of the night has to be MSU / Ramapo. Looks like Montclair found a stud in former Newark East Side (2014) Hoffman (Junior).

He leads them in scoring. Him and Mitchell - White have to be the toughest duo back court in the league.

The amount of in league transfers for the NJAC is an absolute joke. Players bounce around from school to school like it's nothing. What kind of message are we sending as "EDUCATORS".  The NJAC needs to figure out some sort of protocol and make it challenging for kids to transfer IN LEAGUE and play right away.

Less thank a week away! College basketball is back! Excited to see who emerges out of the NJAC this year. Gotta think its NJCU's to lose with reigning All-American, Sam Toney leading.

Congrats to Ramapo on reaching the Final Four. Knocking off a Landmark, Centennial, and NESCAC team along the way! Great look for the NJAC - desperately needed a team to make a run ASAP!!

Quote from: phil on March 06, 2018, 10:51:24 AM

Quote from: NJBALLERZ on March 05, 2018, 01:52:52 PM
...I think one of the big differences between the two leagues...

I was merely pointing out one of the other big differences between the two leagues.
And I know all about TCNJ. I went there.

Point taken! I was more so talking just hoops - but I hear you Phil. Being a TCNJ alumni, what do you think of the direction the program is heading?

Quote from: phil on March 05, 2018, 06:49:50 PM
One thing you're overlooking about the NESCAC is that their incredible academic reputation makes the member schools very desirable to attend. Unlike the NJAC, schools like Williams, Amherst, Middlebury, etc., are able to recruit nationally. Williams alone has players from 11 different states on their roster – including four from California and only one from Massachusetts where Williams is located. You may argue that the difficulty of gaining admission to these schools makes up for this, but the continued success of the NESCAC against the rest of DIII in almost all sports suggests otherwise. When you can recruit from 50 states – AND you know that the kids you're going to be coaching have Ivy League smarts – you've got a leg up on the rest of DIII ... and the NJAC.

Case in point  – in a different sport. My daughter is attending a week long softball tourney in Colorado this summer with her team. It's a well known yearly event among select teams and much recruiting is done every year. Last year on my daughter's team we had two 13 yr. olds verbal to Oklahoma and Texas A&M. To start off the week, there are individual camps with mostly all D1 schools. Among them this year are Syracuse, Illinois, Ole Miss, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Utah, Wisconsin, Lehigh... and MIDDLEBURY. Lotsa luck NJAC.

This literally has nothing to do with my most recent post. I am fully aware of the national recruiting ability of most of the NESCAC schools. Not sure what that has to do with the strength of schedule and impact academics have on the NCAA committee.

Every DIII school that competes at a high level grinds on the road and is fully committed to the recruiting trail. It may come easier as some schools - however, still not sure what this has to do with my last post.

I do not disagree with your argument. NJAC schools for the most part are not the most academically challenging. I think most of the NJAC schools are commuter schools. That being said, I do know that TCNJ has been ranked the #1 Public School in NJ and the #1 Public Institution in the North East Region and has a top 35 Business School in the Country, public and private.