MBB: City University of New York Athletic Conference

[Coach AG]

Just because the CUNY is letting all this happen does not mean this is right,  That was one of my original gripes.  As far as why these two players left from CSI I can not explain their personal reasons.  I do know Coach Petosa demands that his players act professional and play as a team, he is also not afraid to coach kids that think they are to good for the team.  Look at the history of the team in the conference and also their graduation rate.  There is nothing wrong with the program except the fact that the university is making it academically more challenging to be elgible to play there.  In fact Coach Petosa works very hard to build a program of 4 year players who graduate, instead of depending on transfers and JUCO recruits.  He teaches team basketball and not just run and gun and press play.  Some players cant handle that.

     Since everyone knows me don't think I don't know who you are, FreshProspective-Wisdom Is the Keyand SwingO.

     By the way Knight-life are there any legit programs in the CUNY then?

[Wisdom Is The Key]

do u really know who i am coach ag? tell me i have nothing to hide who am i bc i dont know u and am wondering how u know me?

[Coach AG]

I am not here to play games, just to voice a opinion.  If you have nothing to hide then why the fancy nickname.

[Rhodes Scholar]

Results from 1/18

Baruch 77, Medgar Evers 73
Brooklyn 99, NYC Tech 80
Hunter 79, Lehman 70
York 76, John Jay 59

CUNYAC Standings

Brooklyn 6-2
York 6-2
Hunter 5-2
CSI 4-2
Baruch 5-3
John Jay 4-4
Lehman 3-5
NYC Tech 3-5
CCNY 2-5
Medgar Evers 0-8

[Rhodes Scholar]

I watched Medgar Evers @ Baruch last night. It was a very good game. The Bearcats were lucky to come away with the victory. Medgar was up 73-70 with 31 seconds remaining but Baruch scored the final seven points: Adrian Serrano nailed a three to tie it up and then hit two free throws to put Baruch ahead to stay. Tammer Farid later iced the game with two free throws.

George Kunkel led the Bearcats with 31 points and Farid added 24. Laurence Smith did a pretty good job defensively against Medgar Evers point guard Kallai Sharpe down the stretch.

The Cougars were led by Sharpe with 25 points. Ronald Holloway was next with 20.

I've seen Medgar Evers twice this year and they could have won both games. It's surprising that they're 0-8 in conference play. The talent level is not that bad, but many of the players are weak on fundamentals and they don't make the right decisions when the game is on the line. Also a couple of bad calls by the officials hurt them last night.

[Wisdom Is The Key]

ITS ALL GOOD COACH AG I NEVER HAD BEEF WITH U, AND YOU DO KNOW THAT I KNOW YOU AND YOU DO KNOW ME HOW U BEEN MAN HOW YOUR BABY DOIN  WHY ARE YOU NOT COACHING ANYWHERE WELL LETS TALK BALL I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT YORK HAS WON FOUR STARIGHT GAME ALL BY DOUBLE DIGITS THEY ARE PEAKING AT THIS MOMENT. AND I CANT WAIT TO SEE THE REMATCH AT BROOKLYN COLLEGE. RHODES WHO DO U FEEL IS THE BEST TEAM IN THE CUNY, HAVE YOU SEEN THEM ALL PLAY WHAT ABOUT YOU COACH AG?

[xalva66]

saw lehman at Hunter the other night. Was a good game and Hunter pulled out the win beating Lehman a second time this season. Hunter is now in soul possession of first place in North with a 5-2 CUNY Record. Next week they have two big conference games against CCNY and Baruch on Friday. Just a quick thought, Marlon Smith averaged 21.33 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 5 apg in the past week. Possible player of the week?

[Rhodes Scholar]

Wisdom: I've seen every team except Lehman. I'd say Brooklyn, York and CSI are the three best teams in the conference.

xalva66: I'm not sold on Hunter yet. They've had a lot of roster changes and I think they're short on depth. However, if Smith gets everyone involved and makes them better, then Hunter will be tough to beat.

[xalva66]

yes brooklyn is a good team but they are about 15 points better at home due to the smaller gym and their pressing defense. as I said, the playoffs will take place at CCNY which will not be to their advantage. as for hunter, you shouldn't be sold yet but they only lost to CSI by 4 and one of the CSI players was on fire hitting 5-7 from beyond the arc. Hunter can be very dangerous if mike dodd comes out of his funk. they have 5 players which can score 20 on any given night. I really like Joe Deluca who can play inside and outside.

oh by the way, whoever made the comment about echols leaving CSI ineligible  and then playing with York is absolutely right. he  was actually forced to sit 4 games last year because someone reported it.

[swingO]

 Brooklyn beat York at York by forcing 32 turnovers, Lehman at Lehman by forcing 28 turnovers and are 3-0 in Conference play on the road. Check the Box Scores.So which of these gyms is small and adds 15 points to Brooklyn's press, Xalva? Good Defense travels on the road as well, and when last seen the floor at York is made of the same stuff as that at CCNY

[CityD3]

Csi wins another conference game and they may have gotten better with weismuller departing. aimetti is stepping up and filling weismullers role. He isn't the scorer weismuller is, but plays solid D and rebounds the ball. The transfer everyone is forgetting about is from nazareth-brian amenerois. he had a double-double with 11 assists against CCNY. With mesjasz and blackett, CSI is still a threat to win it, despite the loss of the Player of the Year.

[xalva66]

SwingO,

Coaches should stay off from posting on this website.

[BubbaChuck3]

xalva66,

so should the parents of Hunter Basketball Players.

So I guess its kind of a double standard. It's cool that you are the biggest fan of Hunter in their history, but don't you worry my friend, I know EXACTLY why you on their jock. You are perhaps the most narrow minded poster on this site, you only speak highly of Hunter, and constantly discredit the other teams in CUNY. Making excuses of why Brooklyn is doing well, or saying that CSI is not that good, or any other ways you can find to trash any team but Hunter.  Fact of the matter is, Hunter is 5-2 in the CUNY, and has beaten up on the lower tier teams, with two wins over Lehman, a squeaker over John Jay, a win over City and needing OVERTIME to beat a Medgar team that is 1-17.
When they played the upper echelon teams, Brooklyn and CSI, they lost.
   Hunter is a good basketball team, yes, but let us not send them to Salem, Virginia just yet.
 

[xalva66]

Interesting. I don't have any kids on the team. Narrow minded? No I just like to follow a team that I am alumni of. I dont jump on bandwagons, if Hunter is not good that I wouldnt post like they were. I mean, I post that Brooklyn is a 15 point better team at home because of the size of the court and I get a response that they forced lehman into 27 turnovers which isnt that crazy considering they average 20 turnovers as a team and the York game was very early in the season. I stand by my assessment of Brooklyn, they are a good team but I think they will not be as efficient on the road but Hunter gets discredited because they lost to CSI by 6 when they were down 2 and Hunter made a steal (trying to call a timeout falling out of bounds) with less than 30 seconds of play. That game could have went either way. They have 2 convincing conference wins against Lehman and beat Medgar Evers in OT last Wednesday. Everyone discredits Medgar but they have been playing good ball lately and were beating Baruch with less than a minute left in the game and lost. So dont bounce on Hunter because they beat Medgar in OT.  and Lehman lost to Brooklyn by 7. So now Lehman is not a good team either?

The only CUNY game that Hunter was not in so far this season was against Brooklyn at Brooklyn.

[Pat Coleman]

so should the parents of Hunter Basketball Players.

Nothing wrong with parents posting.

Nothing wrong with coaches posting either, though those that do use their real name because they know it'll look silly when people point out who they are.