MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Majors misses the front end of a 1-and-1... Goucher takes the ball down and Standford (for some reason) drives and misses the lay-up.... Diamond rebound... makes both free-throws after being fouled.

Standford then drove and hit a layup with 3 seconds left... but not enough time.

Marymount holds on to win 70-67... in a very chaotic, sloppy... but also hard-fought game.

Goucher needed to win tonight to right the ship... they are struggling.

Marymount didn't look great... but they fought hard to win... so congrats.

A strange day in the CAC... things are very tight!

More later !

Stanford

[MuMu]

Marymount seems playing well now.Any word how the playoffs might look

[muchacho]

Good to see Catholic knock off Hood today. Its interesting to see the boxscore show that Catholic had only 2 bench points. I can't remember any games where Catholic's bench doesn't have a lot to contribute. However, I think that this is a sign of where Catholic's program is at right now. They don't have the depth of previous years, and if they want to be successful to end the season they will have to rely on just a handful of players to get it done. An off night by one or two of Dwyer, Wheeler, and Fumai probably means a loss right now. Its good to see Nick Olivero stepping up as the year goes on. Aside from Dwyer and Fumai, Coach Howe has altered his lineup a lot this year. Olivero seems to have made himself a permanent starter, and with Wheeler's progression as the year has gone on, Catholic now has a firm starting 4. I liked seeing Wasilenko at the point against Hood today, but it seems that Howe has never committed to Mike at that position.

[unreallawns]

Looks like Salisbury is starting to get back on the right track.  They moved over 500 in the conference.  They have both of their post players back and Ozi Menakaya had 19 boards.  Wow.  Ray Williams has to be definitly considered for POY!

[ycp]

There's been very little drop off since Mike left--and that's a huge credit to Howes.  He deserves a CAC COY award before he leaves the conference.  I could be wrong on this, but I believe he'll have the best 3 year record of ANY coach EVER in the CAC.

Matt,

Coach Howes has done a good job but this is not a lifetime achievement award. My contention is that no one, except for the coaching staff and players, thought York would be in this position (tied for second, a game back of first) at this time of the year. Losing what the Spartans lost from last year and still be highly competitive is something that is worthy of COY consideration.

That being said, this is a huge week for York. At a hot St. Mary's squad on Saturday, hosting Catholic Thursday, and at Marymount on Saturday before returning home to close out the regular season against Hood on Valentine's Day. A pretty challenging slate but then again, every game in this conference this year is challenging.

Also, I hope you meant first three years of a career because the last three years overall.....York 67-15, Catholic 57-21

[Matt Letourneau]

Yes, I meant first three years as a head coach.  I'm pretty confident that Coach Gamber didn't have a 57-21 career record his first three years as a coach. 

Its true York is doing quite nicely, but its also true that the non-Catholic fans on this board weren't exactly high on the Cardinals chances this year either.  Maybe a little higher than they were York's, yes.  But at what point does a coach get rewarded for being consistently good.  The way this award seems to work is that you have to be a mediocre team/program and have a good year in order to win it.  If you are consistenly good, you've got no chance.  That seems backward to me.  Its like saying Joe Torre should never win AL Manager of the Year because the Yankees are usually good.  There's a reason for that, and it starts with the coaching.

[ycp]

That's what I thought you meant. I am now curious and will have to research other three-year starts.

I believe the coach of the year should be the guy that does the best job with his available talent. I also think it should not carry over from one year to the next. Every year is a new journey and I don't believe the COY (or any of those yearly awards) should be a carryover from the previous year.

That being said, I am not sure the men's basketball coaches all view the award the same way. Look at the list of winners over the last 15 years and there can be a lack of consistency in the voting. That comes from eight (now nine) coaches having very little guidelines in terms of the post-season awards.

I would also submit that in men's lacrosse, Jim Berkman, the Salisbury coach, has won a number of national championships but has very rarely won the CAC Coach-of-the-Year award. It doesn't make much sense but that's happened a number of times throughout the CAC. The arguement is that he has the most talent so therefore he should win and maybe doesn't do the best coaching job. I don't necessarily agree with that but that's the mentality.

If coach Howes was to win the award, last year probably should have been the year. Winning the CAC championship in his second season was an accomplishment but you know how that voting went.

It's always an interesting vote as I am sure it will be again this year.

[ycp]

By the way, getting much sleep with your little point guard?

Get through the first six to nine weeks and you will be fine.

[Matt Letourneau]

No, not much sleep!

But he's worth it.

[ycp]

They are worth every second!

[ycpfinal4]

Watch out for YCP.  They are picking up some speed.  There are guys on that team who know what it takes to win.  They will be a tough team to beat if they can remain composed.

[ex_mu14]

Look like Mike Gray had another double double (21pts 10rebs) against Goucher... Big match up Tuesday at home against Hood.  After this L, they'll be back with the rest of the league.....

[bbald eagle]

But he's worth it.

Is that a CUA logo on his chest?     

[MuMu]

Matt,
you know every boy loves the color Blue, I will put in a good word for you and junior.

I thought Hood would lose a couple.

Dmac,
what is the most chatted and posted conf on d3hoops?

[ex_mu14]

Yeah, we know how much Matt loves MU and the verizon...haha