Quote from: bed on March 06, 2006, 11:30:34 PM
casey,

what about culkin?  the guy was a legend at skidmore.

Bed - being a top scorer does not equal being a legend!  He scored a lot of points, and that is about it.  Other players that were on the same teams with him, and have played after him, played as part of team - and achieved team goals.  While playing as a team Skidmore was then able to have a player of the year, winning seasons, and players named as players of the week, and to first/second team numerous times. 

I usually do not post, but I do follow the posts regularly and I wanted to point out a few things about Skidmore. 

UCAAHoops21 asks "Will Skidmore and Clarkson get any better?" and rjcarter8 states "Skidmore has been down toward the bottom of the league for a couple years now, or at least it seems that way, and I don't expect them to climb into contention next season." 

The 2004 and 2005 seasons were very successful for Skidmore College and as cliché as it may sound, 2006 was a "rebuilding" year that did have positive moments for individual players that will be built upon for next season. 

So I would have to answer "Yes, Skidmore can get better."  And Skidmore has not been down toward the bottom of the league for a couple of years now and stranger things have happened – so Skidmore might just "climb into contention  next season." 

Here are the highlights from a few past seasons:

2004 Season
For the first time ever, the Thoroughbreds swept UCAA champion Hamilton College, besting the Continentals in Clinton, 86-83 in overtime, and again at Skidmore, 78-64. Skidmore also swept Hobart and Vassar.

Dana Martin '05 was chosen UCAA Player of the Week three times and ECAC Upstate Player of the Week twice.

ECAC Upstate New York Tournament advanced to the semifinals.

Overall record ..... ...........16-10 (Conference 7-7)


2005 Season – Sweeps of Clarkson and RPI during the regular season.

Second seed in the Liberty League Tournament (second seed), and advanced to the ECAC Upstate NY semifinals for the second straight year.

Ranked regionally throughout the season.

Dana Martin named to the first team, and player of the year.  Had 3 players named honorable mention.

Dana Martin name to ECAC Division III Upstate First Team

Graduated 7 seniors (5 were starters)

Overall Record ...........16-10 (Conference 9-5)


2006 Season –
A "rebuilding" year – a team that started out the season with 10 new players, including 7 incoming freshman (including two who did not play this season due to injuries pre-season) and only 4 returning players (2 sophomores and 2 seniors) who saw limited playing time from the 2005 season.  Skidmore is a team that will continue to strengthen and definitely build during the off season.  And time will tell what the incoming freshman for the 2006-2007 season will bring. 

Overall Record...........   (4-20)   

Quote from: unionalum on February 05, 2006, 11:23:15 PM
I just got a first hand report from one of Union's players about the end of the game. (keep in  mind this is from the point of view of a Union player)
Apparently the Hamilton crowd was as ruthless and vulgar as ever... yelling chants that if i repeated them here, would get me kicked off the server.
After the game, a group of hamilton students approached Union's bench and kept yelling things, including some racist comments to one of union's black players....
Montana went to security nearby and asked them "you have this under control right"... apparently they did nothing and were just very laid back about the whole thing... finally a student about 2 feet from Montana yelled something about his wife, or ex-wife, and Montana kind of snapped on him.

I dont think he ever got to the kid, security, players and parents were all restraining him and no punches were thrown but there was pushing between people.  Sounded like an ugly scene.

Note about the game:  Montana started basically 5 guards, that would explain the lack of rebounding and unbelievable amount of 3pt attempts

This also happened at the Skidmore game on Friday night.  A group of Hamilton students, especially one particular student, sat behind the Skidmore bench yelling comments at  the players and coaches.  The student was sitting next to/nearby an administrative security personnel and he was doing nothing, as was the rest of security personnel.  .  After the security was approached the student was finally escorted from the building and within 2 mins returned (without his costume) and was allowed to remain for the game yelling the same rude and vulgar comments.  So it seems that this continued through to the Union game the next day - but was allowed to go to yet a higher level of rudeness and vulgarity! 

Skidmore just beat Hobart 76-75.