MBB: Colonial States Athletic Conference

[mailsy]

:(Centennial Conference still about 10 days away from starting

You have to be going thru some serious withdrawal?  It will be here soon enough. I get to see practice start on time but I have to wait for Cabrini's first game on the 19th against Eastern to really enjoy it. 

[CCHoopster]

Wow, I guess congrats to coach Smith on this one. Will be interesting to see how he transitions. See link below:

http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2013/10/nevada-smith-to-coach-rio-grande-valley-vipers-in-d-league/

[mailsy]

Wow, I guess congrats to coach Smith on this one. Will be interesting to see how he transitions. See link below:

http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2013/10/nevada-smith-to-coach-rio-grande-valley-vipers-in-d-league/

That's quite a surprise, especially with 3 weeks before the season starts.  Good for him though.

[mailsy]

Wow, I guess congrats to coach Smith on this one. Will be interesting to see how he transitions. See link below:

http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2013/10/nevada-smith-to-coach-rio-grande-valley-vipers-in-d-league/

That's quite a surprise, especially with 3 weeks before the season starts.  Good for him though.

I now see that Keystone has hired Brad Cooper as the teams' interim head coach.

http://www.gokcgiants.com/news/2013/10/23/MBB_1023131333.aspx

[gordonmann]

Losing Coach Smith is tough, but adding Brad Cooper gives them a silver lining in their playbook.

Get it? Eh?

[Clutch]

not sure about the strength of this conference, but having said that look what happened to Keystone and Cabrini, would go out on a limb a little bit and say this conference has been getting stronger.  Having said that Alvernia and their conference is strong as well.  As a whole the Mid Atlantic seems to be getting stronger.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The Mid-Atlantic is on the rise... I am happy to see that. For a number of years, the region has been a bit of a doormat, but with Cabrini, Scranton, Catholic, St. Mary's, Wesley, Alvernia, Albright and others making their mark along with what F&M has done over the years... it is nice to see the region improving. The next step is to show they can do something on the national stage. Cabrini's run to a national title was great... but we need multiple teams making that run or getting to the Final Four (if the bracket allows).

Looking forward to seeing Keystone and Cabrini at the Hoopsville National Invitational Classic this weekend!

[mailsy]

Me too Dave. Since I won't be able to see Cabrini against Eastern(who needs a bigger gym). 

[Clutch]

agreed Dave, the polarization among competition in the mid atlantic was kinda boring, but on a regional note when teams from different conferences start representing consistently it does make for a fun time on a national stage.  Would be great to have the Mid-Atlantic rise up to be competitive with the ODAC someday soon, the North always has the big men and we all know about the ODAC so I am hoping the Mid Atlantic can establish its own identity for style of play when playoffs come around not just based off one school like Cabrini, just because they went deep, but as you say Catholic, Alvernia, etc...... makes for exciting hoops not to mention establishing D3 as level of play worthy of more national coverage.
Mailsy......remember the mission of D3.....the size of the gym may not matter.  BUT.....in this case I must agree with you.  Safety first, not to mention the size of the student body dictates the size of the gym in some cases.  When a team gets satellite campuses and uses one obsolete facility this tends to happen, Rosemont is a very small school with  very small gym as well.   Perhaps you could bring your case to the facilities managers attention or the commissioner of the CSAC.  Public safety, fire codes etc are priority, yet if I read you correctly you may be claiming unfair ticket sales to the visiting team.

[Clutch]

Eastern has a few surprises for tonight........never know what can happen Mailsy.

[Clutch]

congratulations to Baptist Bible Defenders on a historic win against Wilkes,  showing a lot of heart and soul out there, a key three and a couple of lay ups at crunch time along with foul shots helped them pull it out.....just never know....and congratulations to Peterson for his 1000th point.

[mailsy]

6 wins in a row for Cabrini in the Battle for Eagle Road. Only 6 players returned from last seasons Elite 8 team. New faces have some game. This weekend in the Hoopsville Classic will see some very good basketball being played. Good early season test for Cavs. When they face #19 St. Mary's on Friday and Sunday against Salisbury. I'm looking forward to seeing Cabrini play on Sunday.

GO CAVS!!!

[Clutch]

hey there Mailsy, it sounds as if you were able to be there live....

[NEPAFAN]

Cabrini is playing 4 games in a week. Hoping those legs are gassed Tuesday against Scranton.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Mailsy,

I'll definitely be there Friday, hoping to get back for the Sunday games as well.