MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[kitchenrat]

I really cant speak to where the CAC stands vs the rest of the nation, but I can tell you that i dont think a CAC all star team could have won against UWSP last year and York kept their heads up and played hard nosed ball for 40 min. All i know is that All 8 teams have to play the games vs one another and then try and add some out of conference tournys and games to try and impress those who want to look down on the CAC. I don't know if Virge Wes, WPI, or Kings thought more of the CAC after their games with York last year or not, but I think the conference is poised to represent well this year with so much talent back at many schools and another year of experience under their belts.

All of you who live in the DC area mush remember Marylands senior laden championship run with talent that most people said was in the bottom half of the ACC, there is no reason to think that the York squad or the CUA team couldn't have that type of season this year.

Until the CAC games start I am really pulling for all of the CAC schools to do well so we can stop having to justify our teams performances when they go up against other more historically strong conferences.

[muchacho]

The Pride of Maryland tournament looks like its a great idea. News of the attendance didn't seem so great, but I like seeing all those Maryland schools go at it. Unfortunately for people who want to see an improvement in the overall depth of the CAC, Salisbury and Goucher were the 7th and 8th place teams in the tournament.

Its impressive to see Villa Julie win that tournament. They were amazingly terrible for a long time, but seem to be doing well. I remember CUA struggled to beat them 74-69 at Dufour last season. I remember Villa Julie playing harder than Catholic in the 2nd half, but coming up just short. That was also the game Kelly was lost for the year.  Letourneau, you are probably right on that VJ will not be a pushover.

[muchacho]

Through the first weekend of games, the CAC's record is 9-9. Not awful, but not a sign of a strong conference either. I think everybody is with you kitchenrat in pulling for CAC wins before conference play begins.

[Coach C]

9-9 isn't bad either.  After a few weeks we will see what the SOSI looks like for those teams, but I can tell you that there were WAY worse conference results after the first weekend.

C

[Matt Letourneau]

And if you take out Goucher...



(just kidding, D-Mac.)

[muchacho]

And if you take out Goucher...

Then the record is 8-6. Salisbury would lose a win if Goucher results were taken out. I don't see it happening, but it would be interesting if Goucher and Salisbury managed to play in the CAC tournament, and match up for a 4th time this season.

[Matt Letourneau]

Yes.    In 1999,  CUA and Goucher saw each other 4 times...twice in the regular season, CAC tourney, and NCAA tourney.  CUA won the first game at Goucher, then lost the home regular season game, lost the CAC Championship against Goucher, also at home...

Then got an at-large bid to the NCAA's, and a week or so later beat Goucher on the road in the 2nd round.

This led to all sorts of jokes about DuFour being SRC South and vice versa.  Most of that has gone by the board these days.

[Matt Letourneau]

Hehehe. From the news articles...

"Outside of the rule that states both halves of a basketball game must be completed, there really was no need for the second half of Saturday's Hampton Inn Classic's championship game to be played.
By the break, Catholic University had emphatically demonstrated who was the boss and an hour later it became official when the Cardinal captains accepted the championship trophy from UMass Dartmouth Athletic Director Robert Mullen at center court of the Tripp Athletic Center."


"The Cardinals' bevy of big men scored at will inside and their very quick guards either lit it up from the outside or penetrated easily and either scored or dished to one of the towers for points..."

"When the players left the floor at the end of 20 minutes,Catholic held a 51-27 lead and had connected on a ridiculous 71.4 percent of its shots from the floor (20-28)."

"The only positive for the Corsairs was on the offensive boards, where they held a 5-3 edge, mainly because the Cardinals didn't miss often enough."

"They're a very good team," said Baptiste of the Cardinals. "They're solid inside. They're a big team, a quick team and they can shoot the 3. They had all the pieces of the puzzle."

[mwgoonie]

Check One, Check Two.

Gearing Up for the Season and making sure all systems are a go.

Sad news from UMW as Senior Jon Hurd will not be eligible for this season....meaning more pressure on Lee and Fitzgerald to score.....also a huge question mark is the bench play....I'm sure Wood will have a competitive bunch on all fronts...

Also, Josh Wilson not on the roster either

[Coach C]

mwgoonie -

Whats the story on Hurd?

C

[bisonpride]

I am surprise to hear about Hurd... but what about Bushey's injury? How did he get injury during the game? Congrats to McGowan for getting the first CAC Player of the Week.

[ycp]

Halftime from York...

YCP 39-Gettysburg 34
Another tight York-Gettysburg battle.

Chad McGowan has 12 points while Nate Fry has eight and Kenny Fass has seven.

Erik Fromm has 12 for the Bullets.

[cuabigdog]

Catholic U improves to 3-0 , 0-0 with thier victory tonight over Haverford  86-66 ...next game is at 4:00pm on Sat vs Scranton U.

[ycp]

Final from YCP:

York 89-Gettysburg 80

Details to follow later.

[Matt Letourneau]

Nice game by Catholic tonight.  For comparison, CUA scored 85 or better points only 3 teams all season last year.  This was hardly tis team's best effort, they were a bit sloppy (particularly the guards), but the big guys had great games.  Sowden and Wheeler looked great, Dwyer was solid and Baker and Spirenberg had some quality minutes.

I'll post up some stats later.  The only reason the game was even a 20 point game was because Haverford's senior point guard nailed a handful of NBA (at least) 3's.  Tough kid.  Other than that, CUA's size and quickness wore Haverford down.  They made a late surge but the Cardinals answered.

Guard Evan Yarborough, a freshman, shows a lot of promise.  Very quick.  Fumai had a nice game, Papageorge was off and didn't hit much.

Very tough test against a Scranton team that beat Catholic last year ahead.