MBB: City University of New York Athletic Conference

[Queens]

The team is stronger than the sum of its parts.  Stevens as individuals is not that impressive.  Greco is a solid PG but nothing overwhelming.  But they play really well as a team and there offense wears you down.  They move the ball really well and are extremely unselfish.  Not taking anything away from Stevens they got a very nice team.  I think there staff is doing an amazing job this season.  I think they put in a new offense i dont recall them running this offense last season. Playing CUNY teams and playing teams in their conference are alot different. 

But what do i know.... 

[FROMAFAR]

Queens you are the $ about them not running this offense last year...... They couldn't they didn't have point guard, Passalaqua just stood around waiting for a 3 and Grey was frustrated because no one got him the ball... he had to create for himself............

BUT the big news..............RIT.... over ALfred... that's a start.. and I think you KNOW A LOT

[THE GREAT DEBATOR]

Regional Rankings are coming out soon. Who is in the top 5?

Here are my picks:
1. William Patterson  18-1            NJAC (7-0)
2. Ramapo                 14-4            NJAC (5-2)
3. Stockton                14-5            NJAC (4-3)
4. Stevens                 13-4            E8     (6-3)
5. York                       14-5            CUNY (7-0)

Honorable Mention

Rowan 13-5 (4-3)
Brooklyn 12-5 (7-1)
Baruch    13-5 (5-2)
Old Westbury 12-5 (10-2)

[Rhodes Scholar]

Regional Rankings are coming out soon. Who is in the top 5?

Here are my picks:
1. William Patterson  18-1            NJAC (7-0)
2. Ramapo                 14-4            NJAC (5-2)
3. Stockton                14-5            NJAC (4-3)
4. Stevens                 13-4            E8     (6-3)
5. York                       14-5            CUNY (7-0)

Honorable Mention

Rowan 13-5 (4-3)
Brooklyn 12-5 (7-1)
Baruch    13-5 (5-2)
Old Westbury 12-5 (10-2)

KnightSlappy, who has crunched the numbers, has come up with the following rankings for games through Sunday (which are posted in the Pool C room on the Multi-Region board):

1. WPU
2. Stockton
3. Ramapo
4. York
5. Rowan
6. MSU
7. Baruch

BTW Stevens is in the East region, not the Atlantic.

[topoftheworld]

york loses to ccny???

WHAAA?!

[FROMAFAR]

Rhodes are you sure about Stevens being in the East? Didn't they play in the ATLANTIV ECAC the last few years?  I follow them but not that closely? I know they didn't play in the EAST ECAC last year?

[Queens]

York beat CCNY.  84-72

Stevens plays in the East region and so does NYU even though they play in the Atlantic ECAC.  I dont know all the rules or why this is, its probably a money issue.  Can we get the Godfather of D3hoops, Mr. Pat Coleman for a ruling?

[THE GREAT DEBATOR]

in March 2008 York lost to Stevens in ECAC Championship game but beat NYU to get to Championship Game. So why are they playing in Atlantic ECAC if they are in the East Region? Your guess is as good as mine..

[Rhodes Scholar]

A few observations:

York is 8-0 in conference action and has won 11 in a row. I don't remember any CUNY team going undefeated in conference play. About 4 or 5 years ago Baruch came close, but lost in the final regular season game to Lehman. York has five conference games left, with four of them at home. There is a good chance that the Cardinals could be undefeated going into the final conference game of the year on Feb. 12 at home against Brooklyn.

Brooklyn is 7-1 in league play and has won 7 in a row. The Bulldogs' sole loss was at home to York, 68-67.

Baruch is 6-2 in CUNY action, losing close games on the road to York and Brooklyn.

All three teams are evenly matched, but as  I pointed out earlier Baruch is clearly the least athletic of the three. This has been a problem for them in the past against York and it was somewhat in evidence last Saturday against Brooklyn. In addition, the Bearcats probably have the weakest bench of the three and that can hurt them as well.

[Queens]

Rhodes Scholar your slipping, Baruch went undefeated in conference play season, lost in the championship.  Come on guy, your better than that!

[Rhodes Scholar]

Rhodes Scholar your slipping, Baruch went undefeated in conference play season, lost in the championship.  Come on guy, your better than that!

Queens: You're right. I remember the close win over Brooklyn at Baruch and the championship loss, but I completely forgot about them going undefeated. I guess I better start taking ginko biloba.

[coachericharrison]

On a sad note, I would like to acknowledge the passing of former CCNY basketball coach, and athletic administrator, Gary Smith. Gary passed on Thursday after a courageous battle against cancer. Services for Gary will be this coming Sunday @4pm at:

Granby's Funeral Service Inc
4021 White Plains Road
Bronx, New York 10466

Gary was a great coach, administrator, and friend, and he will be missed.

[THE GREAT DEBATOR]

Medgar Evers beats CSI 95-87.
Baruch beats Hunter 82-68.
York wins 12th in a row over NYC Tech by 30..
Marcel had 30pts and 18 Rebs.
Did anyone see Medgar game? The coach from MEC has definitely done a great job this season

[Coach AG]

January 30, 2010, 1:51AM
Medgar Evers derailed a frantic College of Staten Island finish by scoring the last eight points of Friday night's 95-87 CUNY Conference victory over the Dolphins in Brooklyn.

CSI, which dropped to 5-4 in conference play and 10-10 overall, had taken advantage of three consecutive Ryan Hennessey 3-point shots to erase a late 82-72 deficit.

Michael Ledbetter's layup pulled CSI even at 87-87 with 48.2 seconds remaining.

But the Cougars responded quickly at the other end, as Ronald Holloway's driving layup was followed by a costly CSI turnover that was converted into two free throws.

Medgar Evers (4-5, 10-11) iced the triumph as Jarrel Deare and Holloway sank four straight foul shots in the final 20 seconds.

"The sense of urgency we showed shouldn't have been in the final five minutes," said CSI assistant coach Vinny Messina. "It should have been in the first five minutes of the game."

The Cougars swept the two-game season series between the two schools for the first time since 1992-93. CSI holds a 50-16 all-time lead.

Holloway, a senior guard, paced the winners with 29 points on 10-of-16 shooting, while freshman swingman Jovan Deare added 24.

Medgar Evers enjoyed a commanding 52-33 rebounding edge with 17 offensive boards. Winston Douglas, another freshman, had 14 points and 12 rebounds, and Marquis Jones pulled down 11 rebounds.

Ledbetter topped CSI with 24 points while Jordan Young and Christian Montervino added 21 apiece. Hennessey heated up late for most of his 15 points.

"The problem was they killed us on the glass," said Messina. "They got to the basket all night and Holloway was making shots from everywhere on the court."

Young's foul problems hurt the Dolphins. The sophomore forward drew his fourth seven minutes into the second half and fouled out with 5:21 remaining.

Medgar Evers took a 79-70 lead on Jones' layup with four minutes left.

That's when Hennessey got hot from downtown and when the Dolphins looked like they might steal a conference road game.

But it was too little, too late.

NOTES: Medgar Evers sank 32 of 42 free throws while CSI went 14 of 21 from the line. ... The Dolphins return to play Wednesday night at York, which improved to 9-0 in the CUNY and 16-5 overall with its 12th straight win last night.

[Rhodes Scholar]

I watched Brooklyn beat Lehman, 75-68, earlier today in the Bronx. This game was close throughout with Brooklyn up 35-31 at the half. Lehman moved ahead for the first time with about 12 minutes left in the closing stanza. A short jumper by Alan Kellman gave the Lightning their biggest lead of the game, 54-49. After that Richard Jean-Baptiste began to assert himself and the tide turned in Brooklyn's favor. Baptiste had basically been sleepwalking through the game for the first 30 minutes but he got it done down the stretch. Nonetheless Lehman refused to fold and the game was tied at 66 with a minute to go. An Amil John three-pointer gave Brooklyn a 69-66 lead with about 55 seconds remaining and the Bulldogs never looked back.

Baptiste led the way for Brooklyn with 21 points, while John added 16 and Darnell Cudjoe finished with 12. Lehman was led by Perry Daniel with 22 points, followed by Xavier Garvin with 15 and Jonathan DeJesus with 10.