MBB: City University of New York Athletic Conference

Rhodes Scholar · January 09, 2009, 03:45:20 PM

For those of you who haven't read it yet, please check out the Daily Dose blog on the front page of this site. It has an entry by Mike Dietz, a senior forward for Baruch. It is well-written and informative, and it's the second entry that he's written this season.

CunyPlayer03 · January 09, 2009, 11:49:11 PM

Two big wins for Baruch and Lehman tonight

Baruch beat John Jay easily and Lehman beat Hunter easily.....looks like its going to be between Lehman and Baruch this year for the North Division

nycfinest197 · January 14, 2009, 11:36:08 AM

The north division is going to be up for grabs between lehman and baruch.. I think is gonna come down to the coaches and their game plans.. plus baruch college does have a stronger schedule than lehman.. so lets see what happens...

Rhodes Scholar · January 15, 2009, 11:49:39 AM

I watched Brooklyn beat John Jay, 98-76, last night. Brooklyn led all the way, much of the time by more than 20 points. John Jay made a couple of runs and did manage to close the deficit to six points in the second half before the Bridges pulled away.

John Jay had quite a few stretches where they were horrible. They did not take good care of the ball and had no rhythm on offense for most of the first half. Brooklyn looked very good for much of this contest, but did not rebound well.

Hemingway, Nesbitt and Baptiste led the way for Brooklyn. Jaeger and Smallwood were the two top performers for John Jay.

Mason and Mascall sat on the bench in street clothes for John Jay. Mason was listed in the program and Mascall was not. (I don't know if that means that Mascall is ineligible or not.)

knight_life · January 16, 2009, 10:17:06 PM

I hope the best for Brooklyn this season, Podias has a team with class, unlike the ghetto trash Lehman puts on the floor. I've never seen so many immature college students, acting up on the bench, talking trash at the end of the game when shaking the opposing team's hands. That is the sort of behavior that prevents CUNY teams from getting any respect and it was just sad. They need to go watch how real team's act, no matter what the score is. Brooklyn looks good this year, but they have a really really weak schedule outside of the conference. Baruch is probably the favorite to win it this year, but don't count out the chance of another dark horse team to pull a john jay.

CunyPlayer03 · January 16, 2009, 11:28:44 PM

What game did the Lehman players do that?
I have seen them play and they showed class and shook hands with the opposing team when i saw them play Hunter and John Jay

Rhodes Scholar · January 19, 2009, 01:36:06 PM

I saw Brooklyn beat Hunter on Friday night. The Bridges led all the way, but Hunter cut the lead to two in the second half before Brooklyn went on a 23-0 run to break it open. Baptiste, John and Hemingway all played well for Brooklyn. Hunter was simply overmatched and they don't look like they're moving in the right direction. It also looks like DeLuca is no longer on the team.

Big game for Baruch tonight as they host #25 William Paterson. The Bearcats will be looking for their second win over a Top 25 team this season. Earlier in the year they beat then #14 ranked St. Mary's, MD.

JWill · January 20, 2009, 10:02:27 AM

Tough lost for Baruch on Yesterday against a very good Williams Paterson team but big win for Baruch on Friday night against Lehman. I think Baruch tough non-conference schedule is really helping them in the conference. Big game friday against Brooklyn. I think Baruch is the team to beat this year in the conference.

Rhodes Scholar · January 20, 2009, 10:32:44 AM

I saw the William Paterson vs. Baruch game last night. As JWill noted it was a tough loss for the Bearcats. Baruch led 35-22 at the break, but were outscored by 18 points in the second half and lost 70-65. Paterson's press was clearly more effective in the second half and that allowed them to pick up the win.

Paul, Nelson and Fowler all played well for Paterson. Hilaire, Kunkel and Farid led the way for Baruch. Steven Bader, Baruch's starting center, did not play due to an ankle injury.

This was the second time I saw WPU this year and they looked better than they did against Hunter. As usual for Paterson, they employ a lot of defensive pressure and play a lot of people. They have no standout player, but they have good balance and pretty good depth. Plus good coaching and motivation by Rebimbas.

BubbaChuck3 · January 20, 2009, 10:41:34 PM

I am terribly upset that I won't be able to attend the big showdown between Brooklyn and Baruch at Baruch this Friday.. Is there any chance the game will be on tv?

Seb. · January 23, 2009, 09:07:03 PM

It would have been nice to include Lehman in the poll, no?

Danny Weismuller · January 24, 2009, 03:07:41 PM

Caught the Brooklyn/Baruch game. Great game. Very exciting. Baruch won by one.
Both teams shot pretty well and used their strengths. Both teams were also down at least 7 points at different stretches of the game. Baruch had the edge down low while Brooklyn let Baptiste take over. I didn't see anyone who was able to stop him. He basically took over in the second half and led Brooklyn back from being down around 10.
Kunkel played well and Farid shot well also. Cudjoe played well in the second half and helped out defending down low, 4 key blocks down the stretch against their bigs.

Tough loss for Brooklyn as a Baruch player took a 3 with a second left. He was blocked by the first player then apparently after the shot, he was fouled, on the way down???.
They gave him two shots, he hit the first and the game was over since their was .3 seconds left. Terrible way to end a great game. About 600 people there for an exciting game and it ends like that. Pretty weak but it was everything you would expect from two undefeated teams.
Anyone else see what happened?

I still can't tell you who would be the favorite in a rematch. Probabaly a pick'em game if I had to handicap it.

Coach AG · January 24, 2009, 03:41:30 PM

What up Deluxe? I saw Nesbitt only played 16 minutes did he get injured? Hope all is well.

Danny Weismuller · January 24, 2009, 05:56:30 PM

I don't think so, I think some of the other guys were playing well off the bench and coached rolled with them.

The freshman guard Amil John who was hurt in the beginning of the season is also a big addition. He's a freshman who is probably one of their best defenders, very quick and fits nicely into their offense.

BklynBasketball · January 26, 2009, 10:56:58 AM

Baruch is obviously now clearly the team to beat in the CUNY. Brooklyn is right there too...thats a game i wish i could have seen sounds like it lived up to the hype with 2 of the top teams around going head to head.

I would like to see more CUNY and Atlantic teams in general play toiugher out of state opponents because I think that is where rthe Atlantic lacks in terms of exposure and national recognition. I know funding is an issue but look at Baruch's win over a top 25 team this year...that had to open alot of eyes.