MBB: City University of New York Athletic Conference

[BubbaChuck3]

No love for Salamanaca from York? Or McFarlane from Brooklyn?

[Danny Weismuller]

I guess you could throw those guys in.. the list was '02-'07 so i didn't throw recent players in. And Bubbachuck, you are showing love for York Basketball? Oh man... it must be close to the holidays.

Caught the Brooklyn/CSI game last night... Brooklyn had about a 10-12 point lead the whole game. If CSI could of made some shots they might of made it closer. One thing which worries me about Brooklyn is that they seem to have a very lackadasical attitude. I think they were about 30 points better than CSI and should of buried them early, instead they let them hang around the whole game. 

CSI is in a tough spot right now. They have some young talent along with Hennessy but after that, they aren't very deep. The Freshman Jordan Young is going to be a player in the league. He's a freshman but is very polished with good moves around the basket. I think once his body matures, he'll be a nice player in the CUNY.

Big win for Baruch over York. I guess you could say Baruch and BC are the top teams in each division right now.

[JWill]

Huge win for Baruch, other than Poly they have played some tough teams.

[D3HOOPSCOOP]

I've been holding off on writing on the board until I've seen all of the CUNY teams. Having now seen all of them, I can now enlighten you all on my opinion on each team, knowing just how much each of you care about it.

Let us begin with the North:

Baruch: Bearcats are a solid team. Coach Rankis plays alot of players, in an attempt to provide mismatches and keep guys fresh. That being said, Baruch is a flawed team. They only have one consistent scorer out of the backcourt in Farid. Hillaire struggles with his shooting and overall as a team, they do not shoot the 3 particularly well.

Lehman: Another team that plays a lot of players. Seemingly they have lost their 2nd scorer, Garcia. However, Rhoden is an All Conference Player who does everything he can to win. Lehman has a surplus of role players on their team and they seem to have great chemistry. Could be a surprise team in the conference this year.

Hunter: Caught their spirited effort against William Paterson. Deluca's return brings another needed scorer. They can shoot the 3 as a team and the new guard Kinaj seems to be a good pickup for them. However, they are lacking athleticism on the wing and overall depth of the team. Their lack of those 2 assets could be detrimental in the long run.

John Jay: Defending champions are struggling. Although they return everyone from last year's amazing run, they seem to have gotten very complacent with themselves. Coach Jackson needs to wake up his team soon or they won't have a chance at a repeat. Mason seems to be playing his way out of any awards he accumulated last year.

CCNY: Although they have some new faces, they are painful to watch. Caught their game at Yeshiva, a 15 point loss to the Macs is shameful in and of itself.

[D3HOOPSCOOP]

Now to the South:

Brooklyn: Caught the games against New Jersey and York. Brooklyn returns almost the entire team from last year's 20 win campaign. However, the loss of McFarlane is evident in this year's Bridges' lack of defensive play. All-American, Baptiste continues to put up numbers. As does Nisbett. New guard Hemingway is solid but is in no manner a point guard and at times can be a turnover factory. Though very talented, Brooklyn does have their issues as well. They seem to disappear for stretches during games and they play very lackluster defense. Aside from Baptiste, Nisbett and # 20, they do not seem to have someone capable of knocking down the open 3 as they bring no shooting depth off the bench. Brooklyn also seems to dish out excessive minutes to 5 or 6 guys, hopefully they do not break down when they hit the stretch run.

City Tech: As they always seem to be, City Tech is maddeningly inconsistent. Returning All-Conference players in Hall and Philip, Tech is bound to be dangerous. However, at times when Jamaal Hall is not dominating the ball, Tech seems unsure of what to do. If Tech is able to find some cohesion within their offense that does not allow to defenses to focus solely on Hall, Tech could be a serious contender for the CUNY Title this season.

York: Why how the mighty have fallen. For the past few years, York has been the clear cut power in the conference. However, they do not seem to be nearly as good this year. I caught the aforementioned York-Brooklyn game. York is a huge team, with players at  6'9, 6'9, 6'7 and wing players at 6'3 and 6'4. While the new guy Exum is very talented, they seem to desperately miss Salamanaca's ability to facilitate the offense. However, their big guy Marcel has missed most of the games this season due to injury and it is unknown how they will play when he returns to form.

CSI: Coach Petosa seems to have lost all control over his team. In the past year, Petosa has had multiple players quit his team, including core players such as Weismuller last year and Yocum this year. Yocum's departure combined with the loss of graduating seniors Mesjaz and Blackett, has left CSI with a huge whole at the most important position, point guard. While freshman Jordan Young seems to be a promising player, it would be good to see what he could do if he had someone to get him the ball where he needs it. It is said that CSI has multiple players ineligible that can be of help to the team. For their sake, let us all hope so.

Medgar Evers: Just like CCNY, Medgar can be very painful to watch at times. They are a very unorganized team and they simply do not have the talent to make up for their lack of understanding of the game. While they have been bad for years, for the most part Medgar has given teams a competitive game. Hopefully for the sake of the game, they can continue to do so.

[Danny Weismuller]

Big win for Brooklyn yesterday at Purchase.
Are there regional rankings? BC has to be in the mix.

[CityD3]

BK is 3-0 against skyline teams and 1-0 against NJAC. They definitely deserve to be somewhere near the top of the "regional rankings." If they can somehow beat Richard Stockton next week (8-1, 2-0 in NJAC), they should be #1.

[d3hero]

BC walks away with a nice win against Purchase yes, but they lost a 24 point lead and then another big lead TWICE.  This team has no height and against a squad with a dominant big man and other good players surrounding him, will get taken down hard.

The region is weak this year, let's just agree on that.

[knight_life]

Since when is a win over Purchase big? Even more so than that, when is a win over a Skyline school big or important? I can tell you this, Brooklyn having beaten three Skyline schools is not going to get them ranked. Beating CNJ is nice, but CNJ has not been a strong team in the NJAC in recent years. Let's have them play Paterson or even see how they do against Stockton and then we can start talking about regional rankings.

[Danny Weismuller]

Since when is a win over Purchase big?

Well i thought it was a big win with all the hype surrounding Purchase on this board. Richard Stockton should be a good test on Saturday. Baruch beating Rutgers-Newark is a big win for the conference as Rutgers-Newark is currently standing a top the North division in the NJAC. I still think the NJAC is stronger than the other two conferences in the region but Saturday will give us another chance to examine this argument.

[BklynBasketball]

after hearing guys like d3hero on here, i also gave Brooklyn credit for beating Purchase.

In my eyes Brooklyn is one of the top teams int he recion, as well as SJC LI.

Anyone know whats up with Jameson Garcia over at Lehman? He hasnt been playing? He was very good for The Lightning.

[JWill]

Another big win for Baruch thats 4 in a row against some pretty good teams. Beating Purchase does not make Brooklyn one of the best teams in the region not even close.

[CityD3]

Another big win for Baruch thats 4 in a row against some pretty good teams. Beating Purchase does not make Brooklyn one of the best teams in the region not even close.

not even close??? Out of curiosity, who would be in ur top 5 in the region then?? the only one in the skyline ahead of brooklyn would probably be st joes-li. so that would leave 4 NJAC teams. which ones??

[JWill]

Other than college of new jersey and oswego, I don't feel they have really been tested. Let's look at Baruch games they've played NYU, Immaculata, Farmingdale, Stevens, and Rutgers-Newark. Baruch has won 3 out of those 5 games and the two lost are by a combine 9 points.
Brooklyn did beat College of New Jersey but they are in a down year.

[Danny Weismuller]

Wins against York and Old Westbury have to mean something as well.
Like I said, Saturday against Stockton will be a tough test. Stockton has to be considered one of the top teams in the region so it will be a good test.