MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

x33ycp · February 24, 2006, 01:15:46 PM

x33 and those kind of fans just got a little cocky......

I dont think I was ever cocky Matt....when your team beat CUA and Salisbury within the last month by a combined 65 points or so....I dont think it would be unusual for me to think that YCP would ease through the tourney. Im sure Im not the only one who felt that way. But congrats to Salisbury on a great win. YCP layed an egg and from what I heard from numerous people at the game, looked pretty flat for most of the game. Confident yes....cocky no.

Matt Letourneau · February 24, 2006, 01:34:01 PM

Quote from: x33ycp on February 23, 2006, 12:57:12 PM
cuabigdog,

You are dreaming if you think Catholic is going to come into Wolf and beat York. They showed me a couple weeks ago (when they lost by 30) that they simply dont have the firepower to beat York at Wolf Gym....wont happen...not a chance....York has too many weapons, and is playing the best basketball ive seen them play in the past 2 years!!

YCP- 88
Sal.-70

CUA-66
MWC-63

YCP-76
CUA-59

Well, I read that above as cocky. "Won't EVER happen." "Not a chance." Now granted you were talking about Catholic there, but since you picked York by 18 (!!!) against Salisbury I can't imagine you felt differently.

And there was somebody else---a Catholic fan, I think--that said something like 'there's no way anyone is going to come in and beat York.'

Its just dangerous to be THAT confident. I've been there rooting for a really good team myself and all but one of those years, somebody beat us--even at home. Great teams still can have bad days. There's always a way. That's all I'm saying.

Matt Letourneau · February 25, 2006, 11:23:41 AM

Almost 24 hours without a post!

Guess all the off the court drama has ended.

Good luck today to the Cardinals. If both teams play at their best, I feel confident that Catholic will be the CAC Champions. I'm sure the rest of the league will be rooting for us! (yeah, right...)

bisonpride · February 25, 2006, 04:55:37 PM

CAC Final at DuFour Center.

Catholic Cardinals lead over Salisbury Seagulls, 31-26 at halftime.

20 more minutes before the CAC Championship would be award to either of those teams.

jrott24 · February 25, 2006, 04:56:54 PM

GOOD LUCK Today SU..............

Pat Coleman · February 25, 2006, 05:11:09 PM

Quote from: Matt Letourneau on February 25, 2006, 11:23:41 AM
Almost 24 hours without a post!

Guess all the off the court drama has ended.

Good luck today to the Cardinals. If both teams play at their best, I feel confident that Catholic will be the CAC Champions. I'm sure the rest of the league will be rooting for us! (yeah, right...)

There always seems to be a calm before the storm.

bisonpride · February 25, 2006, 05:38:49 PM

Cards leading 70-58 with 1:27 remaining at the DuFour..

bisonpride · February 25, 2006, 05:48:14 PM

Final from DuFour...

CARDINALS WIN THE CAC CHAMPIONSHIP!!

Salisbury - 70
@Catholic - 79

Congrats to Catholic for earn the automatic bid to NCAA tournament. Salisbury did play well but came short at the end.

unreallawns · February 25, 2006, 06:42:22 PM

Congrats to Salisbury on a good season. Should be favored to win the conference next year.

Matt Letourneau · February 25, 2006, 06:59:48 PM

Raise another banner at DuFour!

Catholic played a bit sloppy in the first half, but finished very strong and built a double digit lead against Salisbury. I don't have any stats yet, Dwyer had a big game for Catholic. Shooting was not as lights out as the previous two games---Fumai had a tough night---but Satalin played well, had some 3's, and Papageorge had a huge 3 right when it looked like Salisbury might make a run.

Overall, a good game. VERY tightly officiated. Not sure either coach was very happy. A Salisbury guard did pick up a tech after he got called for a charge and didn't like it.

What a ride for the Cardinals this season. Bottom line: 4 CAC Championships in 6 years. Well earned. Following up Mike Lonergan was an extremely daunting task for Steve Howes, but he's lived up to it. 41-16 as head coach and now a title and a trip to the Big Dance.

andre james smith · February 25, 2006, 07:38:15 PM

Looks like we have 4 teams headed to the tourney this year as the Marymount women will join UMW and Catholic and York on the men's side. It seems like a good opportunity to start gaining some respect for the CAC that will help everyone in the future.
Interesting box score from Catholic... Salisbury shoots 50% from the field to Catholic's 31.5%, but CUA goes to the line 29 more times! I can't imagine how much this board would be lighting up if those numbers were reversed.
A disappointing end of the season for my eagles, but next year would seem to be their year with the top 7 scorers returning with another year under their belt.

Matt Letourneau · February 25, 2006, 08:16:46 PM

Well Salisbury did a LOT of fouling in the last 4-5 minutes of that game trying to get steals and then stop the clock. Every one was a double bonus. Must have accounted for half those free throws. Both teams got to the bonus at almost the exact same time.

I would have preferred the refs to let them play more--there were too many touch fouls called. I don't think anybody at the game would reasonably argue it would have changed the outcome, but it would have been nice to see in a championship game.

unreallawns · February 25, 2006, 08:38:48 PM

You can't go to Catholic and expect to get calls. You have to go in knowing that not much is going to get called in your favor. That's just part of the game and you have to play through it.

Matt Letourneau · February 25, 2006, 10:25:53 PM

One interesting note about Catholic's season. For all the talk about the great homecourt advantage that York had this year (and it did), Catholic actually nearly matched York. The Cardinals were 13-1 at the DuFour Center (York was 14-1).

I copy and pasted this from the FAQ part of the d3hoops.com site about the way the tournament works. Basically, if Catholic is seeded in the bottom 10 of the tournament, they'll play Thursday and then if they win advance to face one of the 5 top seeded teams. I would be very surprised if Catholic isn't seeded higher than that.

Otherwise, the Cardinals would join 3 other schools at a 'pod' and play Friday night. I couldn't begin to guess where they would go--presumably somewhere in PA, or perhaps Virginia Weslyan.

In men's: Five teams get first-round byes. The teams that play off to face those top seeds will meet in one of Thursday's five first-round games (this year, that's on March 2), which would in theory be games between No. 8 and No. 9 seeds. The other 44 teams meet in 11 four-team regionals on Friday and Saturday, effectively stripping home-court advantage from 11 teams that would otherwise have earned it in previous years.

ronk · February 25, 2006, 11:55:44 PM

I'm projecting the Mid-Atlantic subregionals:
Bethany-York and Catholic-Centennial
Messiah-Lincoln and Scranton-Alvernia
on the guess that no one will get a bye in the region.

The NCAA will probably replace Bethany with a good team from another region to strengthen the Mid-Atlantic