MBB: City University of New York Athletic Conference

Rhodes Scholar · November 08, 2008, 04:28:30 PM

hoop junkie offered the predictions not me. In recent years, York has had a strong nonconference schedule, although I don't think it's that strong this year.

baller4 · November 08, 2008, 07:06:53 PM

Rhodes Scholar i think york for this season has the hardest non conference than any other school go to their athletics website and check

hoop junkie · November 08, 2008, 07:46:02 PM

I have to agree, the CUNY schedules arent the toughest this year on the men's side. Seems like many of the schools have went the route of scheduling some of the lesser opponents and have stayed away some of the local powers. Never know how that could play out, could be very interesting. Does anyone know anything about NYC Tech. I know they have Hall and Phillips, did they add anyone, and can they be a serious contender? I think Lehman can be a sleeper, Rhoden is one of the top players in the conference and they return everyone from the team who almost upset York last season in the playoffs. Steve Shulmen is a good coach, his teams are usually prepared.

Real Ballin · November 08, 2008, 08:44:18 PM

No that is not john jays official roster, they do have some new young talent and should def be a contender this year.
they do have jeager and mason and they should take up a bulk of the offense, and mascall should be returnin to so it will be interesting.

Remember nobody picked them to win it last year and even win a ncaa game last yr but they did so they cannot be slept on.

But they did lose kased valerio and pierece so they will be thin at the big man position.

But do not sleep on them coach J always finds a way to get the most out his guys when it counts.

Last year rec. 14-16 beat 2 njaac school (ramapo, montclair st.) and they have steadily improved as a program every year

hoop junkie · November 09, 2008, 12:13:03 AM

Manhattan College 110 Baruch College 42. This type of loss cant be good for the reputation of the conference! Had friends attend this game, heard it was ugly from start to finish, guess the score does indicate that.

Coach AG · November 09, 2008, 08:48:08 PM

CSI opens there season up facing Stevens Tech and Wheaton (Ill.) right off the bat. They also have non league games against Farmingdale, Jersey City, Montclair St. and Kean. That is a preatty tuff non league schedule. I never understood why more teams from the CUNY don't schedule tuff games. Especially because the Cuny will rarely get a at large bid. It is all about winning the CUNY championship, so it would better suit teams to play a hard schedule to prepare for the finals. By the way dont be so quick to say Phillips and Hall are returning for City Tech, you never know with that school.

baller4 · November 10, 2008, 12:16:28 AM

so coach ag what do you kno about city tech lolol

Knightstalker · November 10, 2008, 11:51:40 AM

Whatever happened to the NJAC CUNY Challenge series? I always thought that was good for both conferences but better for CUNY, and it was enjoyable.

CSI has six teams there that have all been either to the NCAA's or ECAC's, I agree with Coach AG, pretty tough ooc schedule.

knight_life · November 10, 2008, 05:30:19 PM

Maybe the CUNYAC schools need to play tough schedules and not "tuff" ones. People keep talking about the reputation of the cuny, well when you have people posting on this board claiming to be students or experts of the cuny mispelling words or typing in slang, how can you expect to have a good reputation.

knight_life · November 10, 2008, 05:37:11 PM

Some replies on posts from the last page:

I wouldn't push Lehman that far ahead just because they allegedly have a legit D1 transfer, I mean Hunter had that last season and no matter how many points he put up, they still couldn't advance.

As for the rankings, I believe out of respect of what Charles Jackson did last season, they need to be listed at the top of the division. I think the rest is going to be a crap shoot, haven't heard much of anything about City Tech, Medgar, Staten Island or Hunter. I've had conversations with various people, and there is not a lot of info leaking out at this point, I guess we will have to wait and see how each team fairs in their opening weekend before we can pick solid preseason rankings.

BubbaChuck3 · November 10, 2008, 08:50:40 PM

Knight_Life:

Before you go correcting people's grammar, I would make sure my own was in order. You would FARE a lot better off if you did that. Stop correcting people if you can't assure others you demonstrate the ability to convey your own thoughts correctly. You clown.

Coach AG · November 10, 2008, 09:09:55 PM

(Thanxs) Bubba. Lol, I did not know you had to post comments like you where typing a report for school on this forum. I thought it was more about posting some useful insight on the CUNY or expressing your opinions. If every person has to be scared about posting because of grammer critique, then no one might post at all. Get a Life!!

About rankings for the league my vote is Brooklyn. They might have the three best players in the league on their team with Baptiste, Weissmuller and Nesbitt. Plus Coach Podias has them playing at a high level right now.

d3hero · November 11, 2008, 02:07:23 PM

hunter, york & brooklyn are my top 3 for the conference.

Rhodes Scholar · November 11, 2008, 04:43:44 PM

Quote from: d3hero on November 11, 2008, 02:07:23 PM
hunter, york & brooklyn are my top 3 for the conference.

Any reason why you have Hunter at the top? Their roster is now online and I noticed about ten new guys. DeLuca, Dodd and Kelly didn't come back this year. Once again, Hunter has a very large amount of player turnover.

d3hero · November 11, 2008, 05:16:42 PM

hunter's turnover rate is huge because the guys can't stay in the school academically. This forces coach P. to over-recruit and make sure he's able to maintain a competitive roster throughout.

However, i noticed the new roster as well and i'm going to gurantee that the kid from Greece is probably absolutely nasty. Hunter will be in the mix.