MBB: USA South Conference

[notamensa]

i didnt suggest that they were a top 25 team, but rather questioned why they had not received a single vote. you would think that those that voted them #1 in their division would have also given them a vote in the d3hoops.com poll. maybe they are not the same voters?

Yeah, oddly enough, the CUNYAC coaches poll and the D3hoops.com Top 25 have different voters.

Also, winning the CUNYAC has traditionally meant ... well, pretty much nothing on the national scene.

thanks guru, but narch already schooled me on that a couple of days ago (see reply 1808).

[old_lion]

but i think even george bush fans can agree (if they're being honest) that it's obvious "w" didn't get the most out of his substantial education...a perfect example of my earlier point "different students have different experiences at each school"

narch, are you 100% certain about that? 

Personally, I'd say my faith in the competence and motives of any politician rate somewhere on the same approximate level as my faith in the competence and motives of the outstanding officiating crew we had at Ferrum last w/e. 

In other words, should you find yourself in the unfortunate situation of being in a communal shower with any of the lot of them ... and someone drops the soap ... I'd advise you to let someone else pick it up. 

[cnubbballer]

Good luck Captains this weekend.   Some random observations of a basketball fanatic! 

1) CNU guards Barton and Seldon are as good as any guards in D-III, hands down.   Keep it up!

The difference maker as to how fare we go will be the play of our big men and the bench. 

2) Lewis is a talented #4 and he can be unstoppable.  Two things:  watch the silly fouls (reaching) and play strong around the basket.   **Do not always settle for the outside shot.  Outstanding job against VWC after a slow start.   We need you on the court during crunch time!!!

3)  Riley has some GREAT moves around the basket.  Key there is he is not Romeo the three point shooter, but his inside play offsets Romeo's outside play.  Plus Ed can rebound and block shots with the best of them.    See ** above.   Great post moves. 

4)  Blasingame showed his potential and skills in the match up with Adair.    Two things:  play with enthusiasm always!  I saw it against VWC.  Offensive rebound, CNU needs offensive rebounds, go for it!  Nice job of handling the ball against the press at VWC.   Not many 6'8" guys at the D-III level can do that. 

5) The bench.  Baker is a great addition.  Silky smooth.  Kraut really NICE job in 6 minutes played against VWC.  Love to see you shoot when you have the opportunity.  I have watched during warm-ups; nice stroke.   Big Mike Witham, throw that weight around big guy, you're as strong as they come, make'em pay.   

Lastly, passes to the post.   OK, but, sometimes it goes in, comes out, our big guys reset and it does not go back in.  Take your time and make'em pay.   

[CNU85]

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when a supposedly educated person has to resort to petty name calling, i feel it is a direct reflection on the education they are receiving or have received - educated people typically have a bank of information from which to draw what they want say...those who lack the mental capacity and education to do so revert back to 6th grade antics - note that i never said anything negative about greensboro college as a whole...i'm sure gc is a wonderful educational institution...but we all know that different students have different experiences at each school

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I would have substituted "weed" for "head"!! 

[notamensa]

im not until monday, so ill be going to this board tonight for information on how cnu played against sva. id appreciate it if someone that attends the game would post a recap asap. thanks in advance, and go cnu!

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

You can listen to the game or keep up with it on livestats. Just go to the front page of the CNU athletics website.

[Capt-Schemer]

im not on campus until monday, so ill be going to this board tonight for information on how cnu played against sva. id appreciate it if someone that attends the game would post a recap asap. thanks in advance, and go cnu!

Allow me Notamensa...
Bill Parcells was quoted as sayng of his new Quarterback, "He keeps dodging bullets...they are flying all around him and luckily, none of them have hit him."  (I paraphrase)  Well, the Captains did just that tonight.  Someone please tell them we have a 35 second shot clock just like the other team, and they don't need to try and force something that's not there when they bring the ball up court.  A very different team than VWC saw Tuesday night...but we'll take the "W".
We won 91-87, and it could have easily been 115-87.

[Pat Coleman]

i didnt suggest that they were a top 25 team, but rather questioned why they had not received a single vote. you would think that those that voted them #1 in their division would have also given them a vote in the d3hoops.com poll. maybe they are not the same voters?

Yeah, oddly enough, the CUNYAC coaches poll and the D3hoops.com Top 25 have different voters.

Also, winning the CUNYAC has traditionally meant ... well, pretty much nothing on the national scene.

thanks guru, but narch already schooled me on that a couple of days ago (see reply 1808).

Well, I thought perhaps a reply from the person who has run the site for 10 years and assembled the poll panel might be of use. My bad.

[notamensa]

You can listen to the game or keep up with it on livestats. Just go to the front page of the CNU athletics website.

thanks. i knew about the live streaming, but there were too many people to see and places to go yesterday to listen to just the audio. maybe if they were on tv?

[notamensa]

im not on campus until monday, so ill be going to this board tonight for information on how cnu played against sva. id appreciate it if someone that attends the game would post a recap asap. thanks in advance, and go cnu!

Allow me Notamensa...
Bill Parcells was quoted as sayng of his new Quarterback, "He keeps dodging bullets...they are flying all around him and luckily, none of them have hit him."  (I paraphrase)  Well, the Captains did just that tonight.  Someone please tell them we have a 35 second shot clock just like the other team, and they don't need to try and force something that's not there when they bring the ball up court.  A very different team than VWC saw Tuesday night...but we'll take the "W".
We won 91-87, and it could have easily been 115-87.

i hope that they dont play to the level of their competition all year, which is what it seems like they are doing so far. that is a good way to end up with a .500 record. thanks for the comments.

[notamensa]

i didnt suggest that they were a top 25 team, but rather questioned why they had not received a single vote. you would think that those that voted them #1 in their division would have also given them a vote in the d3hoops.com poll. maybe they are not the same voters?

Yeah, oddly enough, the CUNYAC coaches poll and the D3hoops.com Top 25 have different voters.

Also, winning the CUNYAC has traditionally meant ... well, pretty much nothing on the national scene.

thanks guru, but narch already schooled me on that a couple of days ago (see reply 1808).

Well, I thought perhaps a reply from the person who has run the site for 10 years and assembled the poll panel might be of use. My bad.

bad? i dont get it. the thanks was sincere.

[cnubbballer]

I am with the Capt, who were those guys last night?!  Defense was terrible, T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E!  Listening to post game on 99-1 last night, LMAO, the color guy blamed it on the big guys lack of defense!!  From my perspective they were left out to dry a WHOLE lot last night.   The SVA guards were dribble penetrating at will.  And ONLY the left handed guy went left!    OK, I could go on and on and on and on, but hey, it's a "W" 'nough said.   Hope the "real" Captains show up tonight!

[notamensa]

information from the daily press online article – three ties, including the last one with 3:15 left. sva shot 52 percent from the floor in the second half, but missed four of their last five shots, including three 3-pointers. captains shot 6-for-6 from the free throw line in the last 1:43. my conclusion from just reading the article is that cnu was very, very fortunate to win this game. weve not always made free throws, so a couple of misses from the line combined with better (or average) shooting on their part at the end would have been disastrous. im glad to see were shooting free throws better (16/18 in the game). it looks like riley had an off night. 1/9 in the game, 0/2 from long. why is he even shooting threes? theo baker must have had a good game (18 points). does anyone think maybe we'll see riley back as sixth man with baker in the starting lineup? baker sure reminds me of romeo, so that would make us a lot like the team from last year. blasingame with only 4 attempts all night, and no free throws? where was he? you guys that were at the game fill in the gaps here and give us your thoughts. where is cnu85?

[notamensa]

i didnt suggest that they were a top 25 team, but rather questioned why they had not received a single vote. you would think that those that voted them #1 in their division would have also given them a vote in the d3hoops.com poll. maybe they are not the same voters?

Yeah, oddly enough, the CUNYAC coaches poll and the D3hoops.com Top 25 have different voters.

Also, winning the CUNYAC has traditionally meant ... well, pretty much nothing on the national scene.

thanks guru, but narch already schooled me on that a couple of days ago (see reply 1808).

Well, I thought perhaps a reply from the person who has run the site for 10 years and assembled the poll panel might be of use. My bad.

bad? i dont get it. the thanks was sincere.

guru

ive read your initial response to my post, as well as the trail of subsequent replies and I see how you could have interpreted mine as less than appreciative. if it came off that way it was because i didnt see why the person who has run the site for 10 years and assembled the poll panel would even be engaging a jv poster with less than 20 posts under his belt. that truly was MY bad. but im starting to get into the flow of things now so id like to engage on your thoughts and input like I should have in the first place. narch really did get me up to speed on the whole voting panel thing, but the other part of your comment really did surprise me, specifically that the cunyac is not a well respected concfernce. this surprises me because it just seems logical to me that the nyc area would be a huge source of talent, and that the cunyac would be full of really good teams. i dont know anything about admissions there, but I would guess that ny has similar public school tuition guidelines like vas, which i know well since cnu is a state school. why do you think it is that the cunyac is not better respected?

[cnubbballer]

1) I don't think CJ will send Riley back to 6th man this early in the season.  He'll give the team a chance to develop chemistry.  However, Ed needs to play  Jamar Claxton style and not Jeremy Romeo style.  He causes match up problems and needs to use this to his advantage inside. 
2) Theo is a heck of ballplayer and has a silky smooth shot, but I think he is yet to develop Romeo's toughness and I think Jeremy's senior leadership is much overlooked.  One of the challenges this year, who is the go to guy in crunch time?
3) Blasingame look frustrated last night.  SVA played a lot of zone, not sure why we didn't attack the soft spot in the middle more.   He was in foul trouble (hope this is not a trend and one was OBVIOUS frustration!), but he picked up two huge offensive rebounds late in the game and had one no look pass to Davon that was outrageous after one of those rebounds.
Yes, we were fortunate to win, VERY.   Sometimes you gotta win ugly and quite frankly a lot times you have letdowns after a tough game.