MBB: Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference

[diplomaniac1]

Folks -

I am normally a poster in the Centennial Conference room. However, I found this link on the Conference website to an article in The Baltimore Sun containing pre-season previews more than just the Maryland members of the Centennial Conference. So, I am also posting it and sharing in the rooms of several other conferences: AMCC, CAC, and Landmark.

The link follows below:

//http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/basketball/mens/bal-sp.smallcaps06nov06,0,2462025.story?page=2

Enjoy! Bring on the season. Good luck to all teams. Regards to all.

Eric

[StormFront]

Great game tonight, as Lake Erie overcomes second half doldrums to defeat #8 Wooster 86-84.

[Ralph Turner]

Congratulations to the Storm!

Nice win over a quality opponent.  This really helps the conference.

[Hawk Backer]

Well it's that time of year again... AMCC play has begun and the first five games were played on Wednesday.

Let's lead off with defending champion Lake Erie, who pulled off one of the best wins in conference history in beating #8 Wooster. The Storm traveled to Hamburg to take on Hilbert College and the Hawks made a game of it, trailing by only a bucket at halftime. LEC shot just 37 percent in the second half but was aided by Hilbert's complete ineptitude at the free throw line. 4-for-15 for the game will not get it done in an upset bid, but give the Hawks credit, they hung in there against one of the top 25 teams in D3 (in my opinion). Four players reached double-figures for the Storm in a balanced effort. Reigning Player of the Year Dallas Reinard led the Hawks with 23 points, while freshman Andy Marchand added 17, 15 of which came in the first half.

An interesting game developed in rural Pennsylvania as Mount Aloysius upset Penn State Behrend in a low scoring affair by the Mounties' standards. Mount Aloysius built a 13-point advantage at the break, led by sophomore Richard McNutt. The British center had a game-high 19 points while neutralizing Behrend's top gun Kevin Buczynski, who had just two points before fouling out. Good win for the Mounties, who proved they can play a slower tempoed game as well as the up-and-down contests we've seen in the past.

Suprisingly undefeated Medaille took on Pitt Bradford at home and saw an 11-point halftime lead slip away as it fell, 67-64. Jess Whelan had a, what I'm assuming to be, career-high 32 points, including seven three-pointers and a go-ahead trifecta with just under 30 seconds left in the game. Highly-touted recruit Zach Moore was the only other player in double-figures with 11. Scoring machine James McNeil had just seven points and was a miserable 2-for-15 from the field.

Pitt-Greensburg, who finished last in the league last season, started out the 2007-08 campaign with a victory over Frostburg St. The UPG Bobcats shot a blistering 59.1 percent from the floor in the second stanza, including eight from long range. Six players had 10 points or more for UPG, including freshman Dino Tessani. Tessani had 15 points and was a perfect 5-for-5 from the floor, including 4-for-4 from downtown. Brian Anderson led the FSU Bobcats with 17 points.

Finally, La Roche dropped Penn State Altoona, 59-53. The Redhawks fought back from 10 down with 14:33 to play for the win. Dylan Grazier had 13 points while Nate Davis added 12. The Lions, who begin the Tyler Franklin-less era this season, got 14 points from Colin Geiger off the bench.

It's very early in the season, so it's tough to say who is going to be at the top of the AMCC (or should I say, under Lake Erie?). The Storm are clearly the class of the conference and the win against Wooster validates the quality of play in the league. Too bad they chose to go D2... I think it's going to end up being a huge mistake due to lack of scholarship money, facility issues and lack of on-campus housing. But if that's what administration feels is best, then by all means. It's just too bad that the AMCC will now be viewed even worse in many people's eyes and the little respect that they did have will be diminished even more.

[David Collinge]

Jeromy Yetter is the new head coach at Pitt-Greensburg.  Yetter is a 2003 graduate of Lock Haven, and has coached at Juniata, Slippery Rock, Tusculum (Greenville, TN), and most recently at Washington & Jefferson, where he was an assistant coach last season.  Congratulations and best wishes to Jeromy!

[hopefan]

Sorry and surprised that this room has become dormant  -   back in the day it was quite active and I enjoyed reading about schools in my old home area Western Pa.    I particularly remember having fun antagonizing the room's founder, UPB88, regarding the 'regional campus status' of several of the schools in the conference... he didn't take to that too well....  all in fun...   hope some fans can get it going again...  believe me, the players appreciate it.....

[ScotsFan]

Sorry and surprised that this room has become dormant  -   back in the day it was quite active and I enjoyed reading about schools in my old home area Western Pa.    I particularly remember having fun antagonizing the room's founder, UPB88, regarding the 'regional campus status' of several of the schools in the conference... he didn't take to that too well....  all in fun...   hope some fans can get it going again...  believe me, the players appreciate it.....

I'm drawn to the sound of crickets when thinking about this board... 

[tommygun]

I realize this board doesn't get much run these days, but I wanted to take a second to congratulate LaRoche's basketball team tonight.  In what must have been an emotional night they came out with a great win against cross-town foe Carnegie Mellon.  While the importance of winning or losing a basketball game certainly takes a backseat at times like this, they improved to 8-1 and I'm sure played the game in a way that made Coach Lang proud looking down from above.

Congratulations again to the players and coaches of LaRoche for a tremendous effort during these trying times.

[hopefan]

+1 Tommygun... thanks for bringing it to our attention...  Quite awhile back, Coach Lang answered a light question from me regarding LaRoche - I had attended HS at nearby Avonworth in the 60's - with a warm letter and a packet of LaRoche info...  it immediately put LaRoche on my list of schools to check up on from far away..  Wishing continued success to the guys on the team and prayers for their understanding of  the events of last week...

[pittfan]

Really unfortunate news about Coach Lang. Watched his teams for a number of years and saw him play in a summer league around Pittsburgh a few years back. Fine man and coach. Our prayers go out to his family.

[pittfan]

Anyone out there hear anything about the Pitt Bradford coach being let go recently?

[wooscotsfan]

Anyone out there hear anything about the Pitt Bradford coach being let go recently?

Brian Sansom was named the interim head basketball coach on December 22nd.
Here is the link: http://www.upb.pitt.edu/NewsReleases.aspx?menu_id=250&id=21486

[hopefan]

Read some interesting and passionate comments regarding the 'release' of Coach Moore from UPD, including one from former posting pal UPB88....  seems to be a very unfortunate and unpopular situation.... I'm very sorry to hear of it, especially to a guy who has given so much of himself to one school.

[pittfan]

I am somewhat familiar with Coach Moore and although he is very popular in the Olean area I am sure there are some people who aren't unhappy with the move. I have even heard that some are are surprised that it took so long. I know he was suspended for a short time during the 2002 season. Maybe there is a behavior pattern that needs to be addressed. I'd like to hear the other side of the story before I jump to his defense.

[Wydown Blvd.]

Almost brought me to tears

God bless his family and Go Redhawks!