MBB: United East Conference

[Ralph Turner]

does the winner of the NEAC automatically get a spot in the ncca tournament this year too?

I believe that they retain their AQ.

[UCgrad45]

SUNY IT has no reason not to win this conference. When I hear that Caz is being picked at the top of the conference...... wow.

[bballfan44]

Well SUNY IT has a chance to win it,  The NEAC is probably tougher then they will expect. 

PSU-Harrisburg does not have Seth LEwis on there roster which hurts the team since he was the player of the year last year.

Wells finally has there roster up and they have a few good players.  The player to watch out for it Juan Paulino.  He played two years at Finger lakes.  first year he averaged 21 pts, 21 rbds, the second year he averaged 17 pts, 20 rbds.  He got him self in a little trouble so he dissappered for two years.  And they dont have a D1 player from Chicago,  the only kid from there playd D2 Juco.

Season starts tomorrow should be a good year:

Perdications:

PSU-Berks vs Rutgers-Camden:  Berks wins by 6 (with Askew).  If Askew isn't back then i think Rutgers will pull out the win.

Wells vs Alfred-  Wells will start there program off with a win, probably by 15

D'Youville vs Lancaster Bible-  Easy win for DYC, should be up by 20 at half and wont look back.

SUNY Cobleskill vs SUNY Oneonta-  Lost to many players, Oneonta wins by 18-20

Cazenovia vs Utica-  Utica returns alot, Utica wins by 10

Sunday:
Wells vs PSU-Harrisburg-  Wells wins another game by 15

Tuesday

SUNY IT vs Paul Smith-  Starts the year with the NEAC playing a light weight, should be easy win for IT

Keuka vs SUNY Canton-  Going to be a tough game for Keuka, so thats why i think Canton will win by 8-10

[WNYHoops]

Is Askew back with Berks? I saw him play a couple years ago in Buffalo and I thought he was pretty good.

Wells has a loaded roster that looks good on paper for a first-year program. They are huge up front (6-10, 6-6., 6-6). They are a surprise team in this league.

Harrisburg also has a new coach. If they don't have Lewis and Hitz they will be in trouble. Neither is listed on their web site roster.

Interesting to see Smith from Keuka transferred to Caz. That hurts one NEAC program while strengthening another. He should help make up for the loss of Latendress.

SUNY IT will be a factor, but to say they should win it hands down just because they came from the SUNYAC is a stretch. Remember, they were pounded in the SUNYAC. It is not like Brockport or Geneseo joining this league.

I will be at the DYC game tomorrow and report back. I guess they won their exhibition game over a Canadian school by nearly 40. I don't have any details on it however.

[bballfan44]

I think if askew is back he will be battling Paulino (wells) and Walker (DYC) for player of the year award. 

Don't worry about the 6'10 kid,  he didn't play alot of mins at Homer High School, so the only thing the kid has going for him is he is tall.  I saw him play, no basketball skills, might be good in a few years with alot of work.

Well i live in Utica, so i will be swinging in to watch the Caz game.  I will let you know how they do and how they should compare to the rest of the league.

Good Luck NEAC

[WNYHoops]

What do you know about this Paulino kid from FLCC?? What happened to him and did he drop out? How in the world is he going to cut it academically at Wells?? That is a pretty elitist school. Looking at their team pix on the web site ... I can't imagine it reflects the profile of the entire student body!

[bballfan44]

I know he is good,  He was a beast at FLCC and alot of big schools wanted to give him a scholarship to play but he couldnt get by the NCAA academic rules.  But i know wells let anyone in to get the program going.  The kid from TC3 barely had a 2.0 and he got into wells.  They let everyone in

[FutureD3playa]

paulino isnt eligble till the 2nd semister..so wells will prob struggle till then but they do have talent...just a youung team to win with....a lot of turnovers i saw on there stat sheets on wells.edu...tonight they play hilbert...they need a win

[WNYHoops]

I saw D'Youville Saturday and they really struggled against a decent Lancaster Bible squad. The Spartans jumped out 23-10 by pressing and trapping ... then they fell apart. Had trouble scoring, missed a ton of jump shots and turned it over like it was their job. Maybe I have overestimated this team. They did not look too good at all and they are small. No sign of Butler (last year's starting center) and Kowalski was on the bench in street clothes again. A couple of the frosh looked promising and started, but overall they lacked a lot. Maybe middle of the pack in the NEAC judging by this performance.

[FutureD3playa]

Wells got there first win ever tonight defeating Hilbert 77-59....Darrell had 25 pts(Chicago)JR....greg jones 20(VA)FR.wells is 1-2 now and could easily be 3-0

[Ralph Turner]

does the winner of the NEAC automatically get a spot in the ncca tournament this year too?

I believe that they retain their AQ.

NEAC has the AQ this season.

[Ralph Turner]

SUNY-Morrisville to join the NEAC.

Third-year provisional in 2008-09.

Does UDallas have a two-year deal?  SUNY-Morrisville could fill the void.

I think that College of St Elizabeth (NJ) is the other team that joins the NEAC in 2009-10.

"...The NEAC has also accepted four associate member institutions and will be adding two additional full members in 2009-2010...."

http://www.neacsports.com/Admin-Facts.shtml

[Caz Bombers]

I wondered when that Morrisville move might happen.  If SUNYIT, whose programs I would describe simply as "not good", decided to leave the SUNYAC for the NEAC kiddie pool, then Morrisville making the switch is beyond obvious.  The 'YAC is not for the faint of heart. 

In two years, the Mustangs were 2-30 in league games in men's basketball and 0-32 in women's hoops.  As long as the league lets them remain associate members for those 2 "left behind" sports (I think it was ice hockey and field hockey as per the article), then everything is copacetic for them.  It reads as if FH had to keep Morrisville around to maintain their auto bid.

[larry_u]

Can someone post your NCAA team's profiles in here:

http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=6299.0

[magicman]

David Golembiowski of SUNYIT named to the All-East Region 2nd Team. Only sophomore to make the squad. Congratulations Dave. Here's the entire list:


Men's All-East Region Team
Players were nominated for these awards by the Sports Information Directors at the various schools. All SIDs in the region were given the opportunity to vote.

Player of the Year: Sean Burton, G, Ithaca
Coach of the Year: Jim Mullins, Ithaca
Rookie of the Year: Chad Burridge, F, Oswego State

First team

Pos. Player School Yr. Hometown
G Sean Burton Ithaca Sr. Yorkville, N.Y.
G Scott Morton Geneseo State Sr. Syracuse, N.Y.
F Mike Chmielowiec Rochester Sr. Batavia, N.Y.
F Sam Simmons RPI Sr. Newburgh, N.Y.
C Mark Carson Rochester Tech Sr. Voorheesville, N.Y.

Second team

Pos. Player School Yr. Hometown
G Corey McAdam Nazareth Jr. Fairport, N.Y.
G Tom Wopperer St. Lawrence Sr. Manlius, N.Y.
F Ryan McAdam Nazareth Sr. Fairport, N.Y.
F David Golembiowski SUNYIT So. Barneveld, N.Y.
C Jeff Bostic Ithaca Sr. Geneva, N.Y.