MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[mwgoonie]

Lee is having an off year, not a horrible year.

1. one of 3 Jr (only one Sr on the team who sees time mainly in backing up Jr Fitzgerald who is out, and the other Jr barly sees the court)
2. No inside presence for UMW (Baker has been running point since Fitzgerald went down.)
3. Draws double teams nightly.
4. Still averaging 14.8 PPG. 40% 3PT 5.2 RPG 3.7 APG 1.76 SPG.....Still a good line

So not a horrbile season esp since they're still in 2nd with a chance of winning out and grabbing the #1


also, for reference: Bakers line  19.3 PPG  40 % 3PT 7.5 RPG 3.7 APG 1.1 SPG

so, again, not horrible.....

[bisonpride]

Gallaudet cruised over Seahawks in it's avenged victory at Field House!

SMCM Seahawks - 53
@Gallaudet Bison - 72
Halftime: GU lead 35-28

Gallaudet won 72-53 over St. Mary's College of Maryland Seahawks at Field House in front of big crowd that included the HBO camera crew and Tyson Lesesne's fan club. HBO will feature Gallaudet Men's Basketball team in special show that suppose to be air on March 7th. More details about that can be found by click into this link, http://athletics.gallaudet.edu/mbbhbo.php. Lesesne had some interesting fan club at the Field House, one of the sign stated that "Tyson, we found this 46 grams in your locker room". It's obivious was relate to old posts in past on our posting up page.

Bison's stingy defense led the way to shut down Seahawks' offense and mostly, the Lesesne's one-man show. Lesesne got 7 points in first half with 3-6 FG, and 1-2 3FG but along with 7 of team's 16 turnovers. Lesesne end up with just 15 points compare to last game, which he bombed the Bison with 27 points. Follow up with Lesesne's 15 points were 8 points by Way III, Wise and Sullivan scored 7 points each and rest of them were shut down so badly. Gallaudet's highest lead were 22 points in mid-late second half.

St. Mary's:
Lesesne - 15 points (6-13 FG, 2-5 3FG, 1-2 FT), 8 TOs (7 in 1st half), 3 assists, 3 steals and 3 rebounds
Way III - 8 points, and 4 rebounds
Wise - 7 points and 7 rebounds
Sullivan - 7 points
Preston - 5 points
Engelstad, Jordan and Carr - 2 points each

Gallaudet:
Weedon - 20 points and 3 steals
Haney, Jr. - 18 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 steals and 2 blocks
DaSilva - 12 points
Mowl - 10 points, 5 assists, 3 rebounds, and 2 steals
Johnson - 9 rebounds, 4 assists

Gallaudet (13-9, 6-5) renew it's winning streak once again and improve to 13-9, 6-5. The Seahawks of the St. Mary's drop to 8-13, 3-8. After the lost to York at home, Gallaudet had a +15.2 margin in last 5 games which result in 4-1 record (only a point away lost to UMW).  The Bison will take on Marymount at 4pm this saturday in Field House for final home game of the season. Bison will look to avenge it's lost on the road at Marymount, after leading at the halftime in Verizon Arena. Also, during that night, we will honor those 8 seniors in their own Seniors' Night.

[unreallawns]

Either Ray Williams or Segun Odemeru should be considered for all-conference.  If those two weren't playing on the same team, they would each be averaging over 20.  They compliment each other and will be the best back court in the CAC next year.

[andre james smith]

Sorry, but I'd take a healthy Lee and Fitzgerald in their senior year over your Seagulls....

[unreallawns]

Luckily I'll have the pleasure this weekend to be at the UMW/SU game and will get to see those two talented back courts in action.  Ray WIlliams outplayed Lee in the last game but not by much.  It will be interesting.

[unreallawns]

After looking at their stats, other than points, both back courts are pretty comparable

[mwgoonie]

A.J Fitzgerald should still be out this weekend. However, Baker should be running the point with Mike Lee at the 2. I'd take Baker and Lee still over SU's guards.

[mwgoonie]

Andre,

-2 karma?  No love for MW here.

[Salem, VA]

I really don't think Garritt should be in any talks for player of the year.  First off, your team needs to have an element where he makes them better and being 1-19 there is nothing showing he makes them better.  Lee is having an ok year after being named player of the year.  And then you look at York and for the most part it is a lot of role players.  But, if you take away McGowan, they may finish 3rd in the conference instead of first.  I'm not just saying this because i am a york college student.  I have seen the best players walk into this gym and not have many good games.  I also went to the game at Catholic and at Goucher.  So I have seen 8 games of York in conference and 9 game out of conference.  It is all about how you view this sitaution.  It is not about stats but player of the year is how you make your team better and wins and losses.  Kobe Bryant should not be the MVP for that reason.  Let's be honest Garritt deserves no votes because there going to finish with 1 win.

Looking foward to the weekends games.  Could be over by tomorrow conference wise.

[Matt Letourneau]

First, congrats to Catholic's Shane Sowden for being named to the District 2 Second Team Academic All District by the SID association.  He has a 3.71 GPA.   Trust me, grade inflation is not particulary prevalent at CUA (grading is still old school--a C is a C) so that's quite an accomplishment.

Second, Salem's post sort of demonstrate's why its tough for us fans to comment on things like POY, at least based on our personal observations.  We only really see our own teams consistently.

From my perspective, Chad McGowan had a flat out bad game at Catholic--7 points on 3-13 shooting.  Really was not a factor at all--Singer was.  Of course he was better at York (played a very good game), but still...I'm not seeing him as good as the York people are because I've only seen him 2 games, and one of those he wasn't very good.  Looking at his stats, clearly, he's a worthy candidate. Just goes to show how hard it us to comment on players on different teams than the one you follow. 

[John Rusnak]

Unless somebody is so spectacular, you really can't make them POY when they are on a bad team.  Or at least, on the worst team.  If they were middle of the road you could make a stronger argument.

But since that isn't the case, POY will likely come from a top 4 team.

[want2b]

folks have been beating up on cua for a while now, so ill throw myself into the discussion. people have been running shane sowden down pretty good this year. i believe that if you look at the stats (cacsports.com) he should be atleast mentioned for the poy and a lock for first team. everyone has been singing the praises of mcgowan. if you use hin as a measuring stink, i believe sowden stacks up just as well. he has played what ammounts to 2 1/2 games less than mcgowan and his stats are just as good. what he does for his team on less time is remarkable. check the stats they dont lie and they arent someones opinion.

[unreallawns]

Just from looking at the statistics McGowan is averaging 5 more points than Sowden.  Over a season, that's alot more points.  He is also averaging one more rebound.  Yes, Sowden is playing less minutes, but why?  If he is contributing so much in less time, why isn't he playing more so he can contribute more?

[x33ycp]

POY in my opinion is a 3 man race.....in this order at the moment..

1. Chad McGowan ( best player on best team...with good numbers)
2. Justin Baker  (does it all on a very good team)
3. Robert Haney (maybe most talented player in CAC on a much improved Gally team)

[ycp]

While we are at it, I will throw this in...
Chad McGowan has had a great year and has been extremely important to York's success this year. That being said, having seen 18 of York's 22 games this year, Brandon Bushey is the most important player on a team full of talented guys. The reason I say this is twofold. One, after getting off to a slow start due to an injury he suffered in the first game of the season, he has been great during the last month and a half. If you take out the first three games he played (four games for the team) in which he scored 3 (before getting hurt) and seven and two in his next games back. In the following 16 games, he is averaging just under 15 points per game (14.8). He has reached double figures in 15 games, he is shooting 52% from the floor, 44.7% from three and 87.8% from the free throw line. He is adding 3.9 rebounds per game and has handed out just over two assists per game.
Two, Brandon is the go-to guy on a team full of players capable of "taking over" a game. Chad, Kenny Fass, and Brandon all have the ability to step up their play but Brandon has show over the course of this year, and his career, that he is not afraid to take big shots during games. Brandon has done a great job of sacrificing his personal statistics to help York win. He could have been the Spartans all-time leading scorer if he would have been more selfish but he bought into the team concept and the team has flourished, in part, because of his willingness to accept what the coaching staff was trying to accomplish.
This is in no means to lessen what Chad has done this year. He would be an easy pick as he leads the team in scoring and rebounding and, if he won, it would certainly be a a good choice. I just wanted to put in my two cents.