MBB: City University of New York Athletic Conference

[Pat Coleman]

Greensboro is definitely the best team they've played so far. The CUNYAC on the national scene is ... well, not really on the national scene at all. Being the best of the CUNYAC isn't an automatic bid to the Top 25 at this point.

Force to be reckoned with in the Atlantic? Maybe, but the Atlantic is a small region.

[D3HOOPSCOOP]

 Posted by: Pat Coleman      Posted on: Today at 01:32:51 pm
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Greensboro is definitely the best team they've played so far. The CUNYAC on the national scene is ... well, not really on the national scene at all. Being the best of the CUNYAC isn't an automatic bid to the Top 25 at this point.

Force to be reckoned with in the Atlantic? Maybe, but the Atlantic is a small region.

Pat, Have you seen Brooklyn play this season? Or are you simply going by what you read in the box scores? Brooklyn has dominated their competition in every game, except their game against CSI, which they did not play well in until the last 5 minutes of the game.
Even the loss to Old Westbury, their first game of the season and their only loss, Brooklyn controlled the game the entire first half, and if it were not for sizzling shooting on the part of the Panthers, Brooklyn would be 7-0.

[Pat Coleman]

I'm going by the scores, which is more than enough. Dominating lower-level competition isn't enough to get "force to be reckoned with" status.

Rhodes Scholar -- I trust your unbiased opinion. What have you seen?

[Rhodes Scholar]

Rhodes Scholar -- I trust your unbiased opinion. What have you seen?

Pat: I haven't seen Brooklyn this year, so I can only go by the scores.

Right now, the Bridges are 6-1. They have three wins against very weak teams: Polytechnic, SUNY-Purchase and Rutgers-Camden. Even though they beat all three pretty easily, these wins are still not that impressive. They also have two wins over CUNYAC rivals York and CSI. They beat York on the road by nine and beat CSI at home by two. These two wins pushed Brooklyn atop the CUNYAC standings, a rather unfamiliar spot for Brooklyn. The sixth win comes against Greensboro, a team which defeated nationally ranked Guilford earlier in the season, but is currently only 4-4 and has suffered blowout losses to Plattsburgh State and Emory & Henry, and lost to Oneonta State in their last game. Brooklyn's lone loss was to Old Westbury.

Judging solely by the scores, this does not appear to be your typical Brooklyn team. It is almost certain that the Bridges are much better than they've been in recent years. They may very well be the top team in the CUNYAC, but it's too early to be sure. If Brooklyn is an outstanding team we'll find out soon enough. 

[xalva66]

Speaking of transfers. Word on the street is that Sean Weismuller is leaving Staten Island and is going to play at Brooklyn College next semester. Has anyone heard this type of news. Is it possible for one play to play for one college and the next semester (in the same season) transfer to another within the conference. I guess it is legal as long as the player is academically eligible, I just have never heard of anything like this before.

[Rhodes Scholar]

xalva66: The rumor of a top-flight player transferring to Brooklyn was mentioned earlier, but the player was not named. Like you, I have no idea if it's permissible for a player to play the first half of the season at one CUNY school and then play the second half of the season at another CUNY school. I've never heard of it, but maybe it's perfectly legitimate.

[Pat Coleman]

Division III rules don't prohibit this, but on occasion conferences have rules about when one can play after transferring between conference schools.

No idea if the CUNYAC has such a rule.

[atn alum]

http://www.silive.com/sports/advance/index.ssf?/base/Sports/1197890595243850.xml&coll=1

That confirms the word on the street...

[Wisdom Is The Key]

finally am back i was on last season i was the beast now i got wisdom lol ok now lets talk basketball i saw brooklyn college play and yes they are good but they have no size i saw them play york and csi they could have lost both games york started out really slow and the csi coach kept gari blackett on the bench untill 2min left in the game but it is a young season and let not foget brooklyn college always start out strong then go on a lossing streak but lets see what happen come playoffs. oh yea sean is not goin to transfer i know him personally i talk to him every day and he has not told me anything.

[Wisdom Is The Key]

oh my fault i guess am wrong my fault i read the paper look like sean is leavin csi what the hell is that coach doin over echols left now sean that program is in a down fall they need help so now lets see if sean go to brooklyn that make them even better with a big time post player hmmm it gonna be very fun to watch

[Rhodes Scholar]

atnwriter: Thanks for the link. Waggoner does an excellent job of covering CSI for the S.I. Advance.

Wisdom: No doubt that Weismuller is one of the top players in CUNY, but we'll have to wait and see how he fits in with Brooklyn. Sometimes there are chemistry issues, so landing a top player doesn't always translate into immediate victores. Also, doesn't Weismuller play out on the perimeter more often than in the low post? I may be mistaken, but I seem to remember him setting up around the foul line rather than down low. 

[xalva66]

I understand the logic that D3 schools allow transfers and can play in the same semester but shouldnt CUNY have some sort of rule that you cant transfer between CUNY schools in the same season and be able to play. It just seems a little funny to me.

[admin]

I don't think the lack of a restriction is unusual in any way. There aren't many leagues that restrict intraconference transfers.

[xalva66]

Just read the article and it says this

The NCAA Division III CUNY Conference is believed to be the only collegiate league in the country that allows student-athletes to transfer among member institutions and become eligible to play during the course of the same school year.

[Pat Coleman]

I know the article says that but that doesn't mean it's accurate. It doesn't say who is doing the believing, just that it "is believed." The believer may not be well informed.