MBB: City University of New York Athletic Conference

Rhodes Scholar · December 12, 2006, 10:53:56 AM

Baruch looked horrible last night against Ramapo. It looks like it's going to be a rebuilding year for the Bearcats. They lost their three top scorers, starting center and a key reserve from last year's team. It also doesn't help when your leading rebounder and second leading scorer (George Kunkel) is out with a wrist injury.

Hunter is clearly the most improved team in the conference. The Hawks have clearly upgraded their talent level--the past few years they had more stiffs than the Kings County morgue. Now they have four guys that can play and better quality reserves.

xalva66 · December 12, 2006, 11:41:21 AM

Is it that evident? I like them at the top of their division. Baruch does look like they are rebuilding and they already easily handled CCNY. York looks very tough and CSI lost to florham by 20+.

mully · December 13, 2006, 04:55:44 PM

Would be interested in any thoughts on the baruch rotation. Thus far, they seem to shoot a lot of 3's, have a poor overall percentage and are weak in their perimeter D. They seem to have a few big guys but don't appear to utilize them well. I think they will still be in the hunt though.

Rhodes Scholar · December 14, 2006, 10:51:47 AM

Quote from: mully on December 13, 2006, 04:55:44 PM
Would be interested in any thoughts on the baruch rotation. Thus far, they seem to shoot a lot of 3's, have a poor overall percentage and are weak in their perimeter D. They seem to have a few big guys but don't appear to utilize them well. I think they will still be in the hunt though.

Baruch may very well compete in the North Division, but they're definitely weaker than they were last year. There has been a pretty steep drop off in talent. Plus, George Kunkel, who is their best (or second best) player is out with a wrist injury. Regarding Baruch's three big men, Phil Schatz is the best--and he has severe limitations. The other two do not appear to be ready for prime time.

zonescantstopme · December 17, 2006, 04:56:17 PM

Besides york and hunter any other surprises in the CUNY this year How does everyone feel about Lehman without vargas and francis

Rhodes Scholar · December 18, 2006, 03:39:26 PM

Quote from: zonescantstopme on December 17, 2006, 04:56:17 PM
Besides york and hunter any other surprises in the CUNY this year How does everyone feel about Lehman without vargas and francis

Lehman looks much weaker than last year. They're 3-7 overall, including a 36-point defeat on Saturday to St. Joe's (Long Island). This could be their weakest team since Schulman took over the reins.

xalva66 · December 19, 2006, 12:42:57 PM

The first half of the season doesnt mean as much as the second. There maybe some players leaving and some players coming in.

zonescantstopme · December 19, 2006, 01:38:48 PM

Trust me every game counts regardless if they win every game in the second semester the games in the first half will be questioned. Most of the time the first semester is a precursor for the second

xalva66 · December 19, 2006, 02:28:02 PM

Obviously all the games count towards your record, but understand that the CUNY championships are in the second half of the semester. If one team brings in two legit transfers they turn from pretenders to contenders. And on the otherside, if a team loses two players they can spiral downward.

TheBeast · December 21, 2006, 09:11:54 AM

come playoffs everybody is 0-0 so by saying that anything can happen a team might have a bad game and lose that night so who knows. i see that york finally got a website up its about time but where are the stats i wanna know what echols is droppin a night because he is not on the cuny stats either so whats good york with them stats

yorkballer51 · December 23, 2006, 12:41:38 PM

to the beast thank you for your support of my team this is Dennis echols i finally made an account on here so i can answer any question on about my team so anybody feel free to write to me ok and i will reply yorkballer51

TheBeast · December 24, 2006, 07:44:59 PM

well mr echols i see that yall are ballin but yall need to pick it up to make a big difference between your team and the rest of the conference. But yall are goin to win i do belive in you and yor squad. how come your stats are not on your school website or the cuny site i know you have to be on top of the conference but yo keep ballin iam coming to the staten island game iight 1

Coach AG · December 26, 2006, 10:51:27 PM

what is your affilation with york college, are you a player?

xalva66 · December 29, 2006, 02:16:09 PM

Saw another win for Hunter last night but against a lowely SUNY Maritime. Big test tomorrow against undefeated Rutgers-Newark who will get back All-American Jermont Horton. Rutgers just missed the Top 25 in the country. This game is a big test to see where Hunter is at the moment.

Rhodes Scholar · December 29, 2006, 08:45:30 PM

xalva66:

Hunter is 7-2 this year and are much better than they've been in recent years. However, they have played a very weak schedule. Their wins have not come against the greatest competition. Rutgers-Newark is the second best team they'll play this year (NYU being the best). Hunter looks good by CUNY standards, but it remains to be seen how well the Hawks will fare against quality out-of-conference foes. I agree with you that tomorrow's matchup vs. Rutgers-Newark will be an interesting measure of just how good Hunter really is.