MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[Salem, VA]

Well I spoke to soon...

CONGRATS CHAD on player of the year really deserved it when he took the team on his back after a 4-4 conf start.  Actually had a chance to win there 3rd straight conf title this year. 

CONGRATS NICK BRADY- will be a force next year with Chad.  These two should carry the load for a possible CAC championship next season

CONGRATS TO ALL WHO MADE FIRST AND SECOND TEAM AS WELL AS COACH DICKMAN HE DESERVES IT!!!

[kitchenrat]

Congrats to Chad, Nick and Coach Dickman. I think all three were very deserving and I think Nick was a hands-down winner. On a personal note I hope Chad and Nick are happy about this for about a week and then start thinking about next season and how much they want to win the CAC, but, I'm sure they are way ahead of me on that.

I think the all-CAC teams are a good representation of the league. A full half the players are from CUA and Hood, and they were the two top teams in the league by far. In all, 7 of the 9 teams placed a player on the teams and that can be seen as fair with the type of season Goucher and Gally had, although I'm sure D-Mac can put forth a solid argument for Russo. (Hell, I could probably make that argument having seen him 5 or 6 times over the last 4 years.) 

[Salem, VA]

Kitchenrats idea but i had time to go through the schools so how about this..

The Holiday festival December 29th, 2007

Landmark vs CAC

Catholic @ York
GAlly @ Us Merchant Marines
Susquenna @ Mary Wash
Salisbury @ Scranton
Juniata @ Hood
St. Mary's @ Goucher
Morivan @ Marymount
Villa Julie@ Drew (Not a traditional CAC team but its either them or Wesley)

OR have a 2 day event at the Grumbacher Sport and Fitness Center.   

[Matt Letourneau]

Well, I can't argue too strenuously against those All CAC picks.  I made my case for Steve Howes for COY, but I can certainly understand giving it to Coach Dickman.

I was wondering if McGowan's weak finish would cost him POY, but apparently not.  I can't argue with that pick either, he really did carry York this year and without him I don't think they would have been all that competitive.

I'm glad that the emphasis was on Hood and Catholic for the all conference--in years past, I thought there was a little too much bottom feeding there.  I'm particularly pleased that Scott Fumai, Stephen Wheeler and Pat Dwyer all were recognized.  I don't know how you would have picked between those three, they all were noteworthy.   A special congratulations to Stephen Wheeler---I think Scott and Pat were fairly predictable winners, but not Wheels.  He made himself into an All-CAC caliber player this year by working hard and sticking with it. 

Probably the most glaring omission is Roy Williams, but he played on the #7 seed and he took a ton of shots.  Close call between him and Lesense.

[kitchenrat]

I'm glad that the emphasis was on Hood and Catholic for the all conference--in years past, I thought there was a little too much bottom feeding there. 

Yeah, like last year when only McGowan and Bushey made it?

[bbald eagle]

Congratulations to all CAC honorees. All of them deserved to be honored.

[Salem, VA]

Any snubs, I am suprised Russo did not get 2nd team

[Matt Letourneau]

Yikes---Catholic's RPI is #17, QoWI #22, and they only got a couple votes in the Top 25 poll.

Tough crowd! 

[smcmsid]

Probably the most glaring omission is Roy Williams, but he played on the #7 seed and he took a ton of shots.  Close call between him and Lesense.

Matt - I think your omission was just an oversight as Ray was named to the First Team.

[Pat Coleman]

Yikes---Catholic's RPI is #17, QoWI #22, and they only got a couple votes in the Top 25 poll.

Tough crowd! 

What's the ranked team Catholic has played, let alone beaten? The national voters surely care little about anything based solely off regional records like those two numbers you cite.

[Salem, VA]

Matt- Your right...Catholic deserves at least a top 25 slot and Hood deserves some votes but again the CAC gets no respect.

[Salem, VA]

Pat- that is the problem, the voting is very biased towards certain conf.  When has the Mid-Atlantic ever gotten respect.

[Pat Coleman]

Just step back for a second and take a glance at what the region has done lately. Beating other weak regions like the Atlantic and East doesn't do much -- the Mid-Atlantic right now is lucky to be sixth of eight regions. For the CAC, two teams losing the first weekend last year doesn't help and congrats on the one tournament win being against a .500 team.

That's reality in Division III, my man. You gotta do something.

[Salem, VA]

Pat- I agree with you...York was disappointing last year by not getting past the first weekend.  They played a hot team.  That should not diminish the conf.  If Hood and Catholic both make it too the 2nd weekend they both deserve the top 25 ranking.  I just think the voting is a little biased thats all.

[Pat Coleman]

The CAC's voter hasn't given any teams a vote most of the season. If they don't vote for them then why should anyone else?