MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[bbald eagle]

STEVENSON, MD-- Shane Sowden scored 18 points and was one rebound shy of a double-double as CUA earned a crucial road win over Villa Julie, 67-59.

The line score in my copy of today's Washington Post says Villa Julie 59, Catholic 57.  Don't believe everything you read in the Post. Glad I checked Posting Up.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

DUH! I was thinking Dickinson the entire time.

Sorry about that... I have been a bit out of it recently with all this damn snow coverage and earlier than usual mornings. So, as I posted that I certainly was thinking Dickinson.

To ammend... CUA has a VERY tough game against Davidson to finish up - but it won't hurt them since in the world of Division III, that game doesn't appear on the win or loss column (it will be there, but not when talking about teams making the playoffs).

[thebison]

I didn't realize the article was talkin abt the St. Mary's in California- either way I posted it as a joke with all the hoopla about the article about the drug bust-

Are there any more important CAC games remaining before the break? I know that St. Mary's is playing Wesley on December 19th, so I think it'll be a good measuring stick for Gally's win last night.

[mlb]

d-mac

Thanks for the amended response.  I thought that maybe you really were biased against CUA.

As for remaining games, CUA has Davidson and McDaniel.

[mlb]

I noticed that both teams CUA beat early in the year are starting to win - Salve-Regina and U Mass - Dartmouth.  Salve-Regina is 6-2 and UMD is 4-3.  In total, CUA is 5-0 against teams with a combined record of 22-8 against opponents other than CUA.  Haverford is the only team with a losing record.

Does this matter when evaluating schedules?

[Pat Coleman]

If the opponents are regional ones yes, otherwise, it's unlikely to become a factor.

[mlb]

Why is it that the NCAA is so focused on "regional" games as it relates to D-III.  They are purportedly trying to establish a "national" champion, but if a particular region has an abundance of strong teams it seems that the field is weakened due to the regional limitations.

I understand travel and the scholar-athlete.  What is the real issue - money or academics?  My bet is that it is the $$$ and that they hide behind the academic argument.

I will also bet that if they just admitted to the $$$ issue, the teams that needed the money to travel in the tournament would be able to raise it.

So how do we get it changed?

[muchacho]

I'll be interested to see how Catholic competes against Davidson tonight. Davidson is 4-2 and has beaten Missouri, St. Joes, and UMass. One of their two losses was to Duke. I think there are a lot of upper level D1 schools that would be worried about playing Davidson, much less a D3 school.

[mlb]

Muchacho

I agree with you relative to Davidson - two Atlantic 10, a Big 12 and an ACC game on their schedule and they have won 3 out of 4.  Davidson is a good basketball program.  I'm not sure why they picked up two D-III schools.  Their RPI rating was high.  I believe that it was in the top 20 in the country.  I am sure that will fall after these two games.  Especially if they don't blow the two D-III schools out of the gym.

I watched R-MC play George Washington last year.  GW is a top 20 team.  They were going to play Wake Forest the following week.  They blew R-MC out of the gym.  It was something like 107-48.  Not sure what either team accomplished.

I am a little worried about Catholic and how they approach this game.  Davidson will pressure CUA full court and make them run.  CUA has some good shooters and if they can avoid turnovers, it could be a fun game.  CUA is also deep.  They don't lose much when they go to their next 5. 

I am going to listen to the game for awhile anyhow.  It is being broadcast via the web on teamline.com.  The link is below for tonight's game.

http://www.teamline.cc/sportpages.html?teamcode=1143&eventcode=0021

Not sure why it didn't post as a link, but this is the address anyhow.

Let's see how they do.  Go Cards!

[Matt Letourneau]

Thanks MLB.  I was contemplating going down to Charlotte, but just too tough--if it wasn't Christmas season (only this and next weekend left, really, since Christmas is on a Sunday!)

Cards are off for finals until Dec. 19 against McDaniel, then resume action at Susquehanna Jan 4, with the next home game not until Jan. 7-8 for the Pepsi Classic.

As for Davidson, I hope they're able to keep it a game, at least.  I'm sure that the game, is, shall we say, good for the program...

[ycp]

Ray Williams hits a runner in the lane to give Salisbury a two point lead over York with 1.6 seconds left. More details shortly.

[ycp]

Final from Salisbury....

Salisbury 69-York 67

York's inbounds pass is picked off as the Gulls knock off their second ranked opponent at home this season.

More details when I get the box

[unreallawns]

Wow!  A huge win for Salisbury.  6-4 going into the break with all of the momentum.  Salisbury did play York tough last year.  They are definitly a team to watch for.

[unreallawns]

Washington College played Davidson 2 years ago and lost 114-51.

[ycp]

Final stats from Salisbury..
Williams leads the Gulls with 21 points while Justin Rice adds 14. Gary Ward is the third Gull in double figures with 12 points.

Kenny Fass leads York with 19 points while Brandon Bushey contributes 17. Chad McGowan records 12 points while Paddy Lee has 10 rebounds, four points, five assists, and three steals.

Salisbury out rebounds York 45-39 and the Gulls go 11-for-22 from three for the game. Salisbury remains unbeaten at home and the loss is the first for YCP.

York travels to Juniata on Monday for their final game of the first semester schedule. Game time is 7:30

Game Box
http://www.ycp.edu/sports/mens_basketball/2005/YCPMBB06.HTM