MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[watcher]

st mary's preseason number 20.....looks good for the cac

[dmac357]

I went out to see Hood scrimmage Catholic University, there may be some surprises and their bench seems to be pretty deep with talent.....

[bbsquared]

Mary Wash took it on the chin in their scrimmage against Gardner-Webb on Saturday. They lost by 19 and never seemed to be comfortable scoring. They shot less than 30% and that does not bode well considering the loss of the backcourt of Hale to graduation.

[CACsportsnut]

Congratulations to York College who won the championship in their own tournament last night, with a 33 point victory Saturday over Penn State-York, and a hard fought, well-deserved win over a very very impressive Catholic team in OT. The Banzhaf kid is very good. Maybe a different team in York PA then last year?

Why is this board so dead in comparison to others?

[bbsquared]

Mary Washington split this weekend at the V Foundation Tournamanet iat Roanoke. They won in double overtime against a Lynchburg team picked 11th in the ODAC and lost by 2 to Roanoke, who is picked 6th in the ODAC.

Altman lost a tooth in the scum against Lyncburg. At least we know now that CAC officiaiating is as bad as it is in the ODAC.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Seeing a lot of CAC teams this weekend at the Pride of Maryland Tournament. And there are some suprises.

Salisbury played very well last night against St. Mary's in the semi-finals. Didn't know what to expect since the Seagulls barely beat Goucher on Friday night... but Salisbury looked good. Just a missed three at the end of the game kept them from winning.

Salisbury played solid on both ends of the court. McGrew is a lot better this year, adding bulk and even some inside moves. Guard play is improved... both shooting and running the offense.

St. Mary's I thought might slip a little from last year's squad - lsoing Irmer could be considered a lot - but they are just as good, if not faster then last season. Franz has really stepped up his game. He showed full-court pressure defense that really suffacated the Salisbury guards; he found ways to get other guys involved on offense with timely passes and good ball movement; he also found ways to penetrate and get baskets inside along with stepping out and being a threat from the wing. He might be the early favorite for POY in the CAC (granted, I have only seen four teams! ).

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Now for the real surprise... Hood. I honestly didn't know what to expected from the Blazers. I know they have been rebuilding over the last few seasons, but I didn't have high expectations for them. After the game against Johns Hopkins, I was impressed. They certainly have a lot of good talent especially in the guard position and inside they have good atlhetic guys who can create. They are not going to be a spoiler, but a true player in the CAC. Can they win a title? Maybe a bit early for them... but they are going to keep St. Mary's and other honest.

As for Stevenson... the struggles continue. Inconsistent play from different units is really the team's achilles heal. Coach Adams continues to try and find what five-guys can perform with one another well, which lead to whole-sale substitutions and different starting lineups this weekend. Unfortunetly, the Mustangs just don't have the talent to compete with the Hood's, SMC's, and SAL's, and York's of this conference. But if they can figure out a few things and get better at playing with one another, they could play spoiler late in the season when conference seedings are on the line.

[dmac357]

As I stated before, there may be some surprises from Hood and there bench, they Gave St. Mary's a run for the Pride of Maryland and if not for so many turnovers could be on the other side of the winners circle.......keep your eyes open, spoiler maybe not, but a contender....I'll be the first to say I Think So!!

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

dmac357... your not the first... I said it in the post beforehand:

Now for the real surprise... Hood. I honestly didn't know what to expected from the Blazers. I know they have been rebuilding over the last few seasons, but I didn't have high expectations for them. After the game against Johns Hopkins, I was impressed. They certainly have a lot of good talent especially in the guard position and inside they have good atlhetic guys who can create. They are not going to be a spoiler, but a true player in the CAC. Can they win a title? Maybe a bit early for them... but they are going to keep St. Mary's and other honest.

And are you trying to steal my moniker?

[kitchenrat]

I really didn't know what to expect from the Spartans this year, especially when I heard that Julian Watson wasn't back on the squad. But so far I've been real impressed with how this young team has played. With 8 freshman as well as two upperclassmen new to the team no one would have been surprised to see them struggle out of the gate while they got used to playing together, but that hasn't been the case.

With tonight's win in the closing seconds of a game that they trailed nearly the whole way YCP has improved to 5-0 More importantly they seem to be coming together incredibly fast which is a testament to the coaches and the senior leadership of Nick Brady and Jeremy Keefer.

I'm looking forward to seeing how the teem is playing going into CAC play, but am very optimistic about the 09-10 team being formidable in conference. 

[dmac357]

Okay d-mac you did state that they may be contenders in the CAC...It's all good!!  I noticed the talent they had while scrimmaging against Catholic University, and was impressed..also note earlier post.  I have been following them for 3 years now, since there big center Jesse "G" graduated a few years back they have been rebuilding and I think they've finally gotten to a point that they can make their presence known once again in this conference.  This is going to be an exciting conference this year......

As far as the moniker......depending on how old you are, I've been carrying mine through 27 years of military service, and I've been retired a couple of years now.  So who is using whose moniker can be debated..LOL!!  8)

[watcher]

First night of conference game showed alot I expected St mary's to win which it did but I was surprised by salisbury lost at home to hood. I thought both teams are about even after watching them in the pride of maryland but that salisbury would win because it held the home court. Also I havent seen Mary Washington or Wesley this year so if anyone was there yesterday could give us a update how the teams lost last night it looked like was a good game from the score. Finally Stevenson beating galludet Idk if that is upset because I expect the teams to be around the same but it being at galludet I think a god win for stevenson

[spartanfan13]

Had the opportunity to see York beat St Marys last night.  Just a couple observations.  I feel like the key to the victory was Jeremy Keefer.  It was good to see him playing with passion.  I think he will be the key to this team.  Nick Brady and Kevin Whaley are going to score points, but we need Jeremy to play with the passion he showed last night.  Being a senior, he probably wants to show leadership by being by scoring a lot of points.  I feel like the leadership will come through by being tough on the boards (like last night) and just staying in the offensive flow and take opportunities when they arise.  York is a good 3 point shooting team but there are going to be nights when they just are not falling and rebounding and defensive pressure will be the keys.  The defense was there last night, Franz and Griiffith were mostly kept in check.

It seems like Coach Gamber will mostly go with a nine man rotation.  After the starters he has 3 freshman and Matt Moley coming off the bench.  The freshman need a little more time to get used to the speed of the college game, even though Skloda has shown that he can shoot.  I love watching Matt Moley play smart basketball and tough defense. 

In short, York has alot of potential, but still has a way to go.

[kitchenrat]

It's nice to see Nick Brady and the Spartans on the front page of D3hoops.com again!

[kitchenrat]

I had to look at the box score from tonight's York win over Wesley three times to see if I was reading it right. The Spartans shot 67.9% from the floor, 85.7% from the line and 58.3% from three. Way to shoot it Spartans!