MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[jams0325]

I know it is a little ways off still, but the Wesley-St. Mary's contest is setting up to be for the top spot in the region, assuming La Roche fails to win out.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

jams - consider this... La Roche is near Pittsburgh... meaning they aren't going to really play a factor probably in terms of hosting in the true Mid-Atlantic region... so even if La Roche finishes #1 in the final rankings, Wesley, St. Mary's, CSAC teams will have those opportunities .

But to throw a wrench into it, the Mid-Atlantic teams are also close enough to Atlantic and South Region teams that could be strong enough programs in regional rankings to host themselves, sending teams like SMC, Wesley, F&M, etc. to New Jersey, Virginia, etc. Heck... they could ship F&M to La Roche... (i.e., I don't see SMC hosting two straight weekends like last year... I also am not sure they will even host one due to the fact they can be easily sent to Virginia Wesleyan and Randolph-Macon - Wesley can easily go up to New Jersey).

Way too early to make that kind of prediction with a few more weeks to play and plenty of action to help figure out where everything is... but it is worth considering...

[Pat Coleman]

D3hoops.com is partnering with PrestoSports and Ustream to give a pretty cool packaged production for the CAC men's basketball championship game. Read on and tune in!

http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2011/02/cac-championship-game

[ronk]

Pat,
In a landmark broadcast for Division III athletics, fans will be able to watch a conference championship game and view live stats all in the same window.
I'm assuming this was intentional.

[Pat Coleman]

It was written by committee, so I can't take credit for that line.

[watcher]

I just want to give my thanks to the seniors at St. Mary's who took a program that had never won a more then 16 games or a conference championship and was seen as a bottom feeder and turned it into a national powerhouse.  That included 3 regular season championship 3 conference championship 3 NCAA appearances 2 sweet 16's 1 elite eight

[Pat Coleman]

The Mid-Atlantic Shuffle continues: http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2011/05/stevenson-hood-join-mac

[bbald eagle]

Preseason D-3 Hoops ranking: #15   St. Mary's (Md.),   25-6   last season

[Ralph Turner]

Preseason D-3 Hoops ranking: #15   St. Mary's (Md.),   25-6   last season

St Mary's MD made the news for something else today...

Maryland School Will Use Cruise Ship As Dorm

[purpleheart22]

St Marys dominates this conference again this year.  SMCM is on a level that nobody can compete with.  They are the new Catholic of this conference.  Its ashame this board is so dead it used to be a good spot in the early 2000's.  Bring it back to life people. Maryland has best D3 kids in the country if you cant get kids in this conference from MD then you need to reevaluate coaching strategies. 

[ycp]

Spartan head coach Jeff Gamber has announced that he will retire concluding the 2011-12 season. Full release available here: http://www.ycpspartans.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20111102krj4l2

[Reserved Seat]

Enjoy watching Gamber coach.  Also, enjoyed watching him play in high school.  He played excellent defense.

[ronk]

  I watched a creditable performance by St. Mary's in a loss to St. John's 77-70 on espn3.com. It was close throughout and tied with 4 mins left, despite reduced mins from McAuley who picked up 2 fouls in 1st min. Game is available for viewing on the website under the replay link.

[purpleheart22]

Salisbury University takes Pride of MD championship for first time in tourney history.  Seagulls are 3-0. St Marys is 2-1, heard Mary Washington beat a tough Christopher Newport team tonite. CAC is rolling right now.  Hopefully the league is competitive this year.

[SUADC]

Salisbury University just upset the number one team in the country. New Coach - New Year - New Team = Great News
Also, I think I can say that there will be more dunks by Salisbury University than there local highschools. Congrats on winning the pride of maryland tournament and big upset over Virginia Wesleyan. Good luck the rest of the season.

Let's Go Seagulls.