MBB: Colonial States Athletic Conference

[chairman]

What did I start?

Heard through the grapevine that Wesley is running a new guard. other than that it seems the rosters are pretty stable going into second semester.

Is Wilkes that good, Marywood that bad, or a combination of the two?


"Well, the world needs ditch diggers too."

[chizwiz]

What did I start?

Heard through the grapevine that Wesley is running a new guard. other than that it seems the rosters are pretty stable going into second semester.

Is Wilkes that good, Marywood that bad, or a combination of the two?


"Well, the world needs ditch diggers too."

Yes.

"It's easy to grin, when your ship comes in, and you've got the stock market beat.  But the man worthwhile, is the man who can smile, when his shorts are too tight in the seat."

[chizwiz]

On to basketball again after the brief respite of humor from some of its greatest . . .

Actually, Marywood is not bad at all.  They beat Gwynedd and are 4-4.  I wouldn't say they are great.  What I am saying is that I think the 100-63 loss to Wilkes was a bit of a fluke.  Wilkes is good, but not great, imho.

"Thank you very little."

[Chris Panter, GMC SID]

"My niece has a certain zestful living...last thing we need around here is alot of loose talk about her"

[lefty2]

What's this the "CaddyPAC" room?

"Hello Mr. Gopher, it's just your friend Mr. Squirrel, not a plastic explosive or nothin."

"I don't think the real hard stuff is going to come down for a couple of hours."

"Ty, you got a pool or a pond out back."
"Both, a pool and a pond.. the pond will be good for you."

"Doooooooootie!"

"Twenty bucks says the Smurl kid picks his nose and eats it."

"Noonan!"

[East Coast Eagle]

With all do respect to Coach McTammey (who is a good coach and deserves alot of credit), BUT lets give props where the most props are do.... and that is to Coach Nadelhoffer for the job he is doing with this program. Maybe, the program with the biggest upside. And the guys across the street have the most downside which makes it that much sweeter.

[chizwiz]

Eagle, why do you think EU has the biggest upside?

[chizwiz]

Here's a random question that will hopefully bring some replies - I was wondering today who in the conference has the toughest non-conference schedule.  Obviously, it has much to do with the quality of non-conference teams.  Then, the location of the games and how spread out the tougher competitor's games are.  What I mean is that it is always difficult to have to play two tough opponents within 2-3 days of each other.

I originally thought Alvernia would be the toughest.  And you all know I'm an Eastern fan, so I'm not going to be 100% unbiased.  After perusing all the schedules, something surprised me.

I actually think Cabrini has the second-toughest non-conference schedule.  Here are their opponents (in no particular order):  Scranton, Rowan, Wooster, Emory & Henry, PS-Berks, DeSales, and Widener.

Gwynedd, has more than one extremely good opponent, which places them in front of the PAC.  GMC plays: Emmanuel, New Jersey City, Rowan, Elmhurst, North Central, Richard Stockton, and Del Val.  Rowan, Elm, & NCC are really, really tough.  However, I don't think their schedule is as tough as

Then, I would say that Immaculata is third, with games against Hopkins, McMurry, Marymount, Widener, DeSales, and St. Mary's.  These teams are good, but don't match up that well against Cabrini's opponents.

Then, I would say that it starts to bunch up with Neumann, EU, Alvernia, Marywood, Wesley, Arcadia (maybe the toughest non-conf schedule of this last group), and Misericordia.

Any thoughts on if this means anything or if this is correct?

[East Coast Eagle]

I think Eastern has the biggest upside as a program in general. Since the Coach N era, they consistently improve every year. I think they are still a year or two away from a championship, but I like their improvements. GMC and Alvernia have been the dominant forces as of late; so their wasn't much room for improvement. With Eastern being not a good program before; they ony had one way to go; which was up. Give them credit for building their program to be a legitamate contender. People would laugh when you mentioned Eastern as a contended 4 years ago.

I think Cabrini has the thoughest non-conference schedule. I give their coach credit for scheduling games with the top teams in the country; but not for anything else. The only problem is they lost by about 50 points. Maybe you should beat teams your own caliber before stepping into Wooster's gym. Wasn't that guy suppose to get fired? Chiz, any info coming from across the street?

[chizwiz]

I think Eastern has the biggest upside as a program in general. Since the Coach N era, they consistently improve every year. I think they are still a year or two away from a championship, but I like their improvements. GMC and Alvernia have been the dominant forces as of late; so their wasn't much room for improvement. With Eastern being not a good program before; they ony had one way to go; which was up. Give them credit for building their program to be a legitamate contender. People would laugh when you mentioned Eastern as a contended 4 years ago.

I think Cabrini has the thoughest non-conference schedule. I give their coach credit for scheduling games with the top teams in the country; but not for anything else. The only problem is they lost by about 50 points. Maybe you should beat teams your own caliber before stepping into Wooster's gym. Wasn't that guy suppose to get fired? Chiz, any info coming from across the street?

East Coast, I think you are very right on EU's upside and their annual improvement.  But, I hope you are wrong on them being a year or two away from a PAC championship.  I think Alvernia should win the PAC this year, but EU has a much better chance than before, and as good a chance as any teams not mentioned here.

I don't think people are laughing anymore when EU is mentioned as a contender.  But give EU more credit than you think.  They might have the best defense in the conference when they are trying to slow down the game.  EU doesn't need to slow it down against most opponents, though, as our offensive threats like to run.

[kaiser sose]

Headed to Cabrini tonight to see if the Coach used the three weeks off to right the ship.  Not sure if it would be over stateing it to call it a "must" win for the program.

[chizwiz]

Headed to Cabrini tonight to see if the Coach used the three weeks off to right the ship.  Not sure if it would be over stateing it to call it a "must" win for the program.

Is it a must win?  I don't think so, but those "must wins" are coming soon.  I think, imho, that Macciocca is going to need to get at least 9 wins in order to have the minutest chance of keeping his job.  (Assuming that his bosses care about the W/L column.)

Unfortunately for him, I see Cabrini losing 8 of the next 9 (with a win to Arcadia being the best chance of a win in that span).  If that happens, the downfall of Cabrini will be evident to all.

[chizwiz]

To quote from one of my favorite movies, reminding me of Cabrini - "Look, defenseless babies!"

[chairman]

It should be noted that Arcadia is probably going to be much tougher to beat with Eric Elliot back playing. The extra scorer turns a talented team that seemed to be just one beat off first semester into a team that more closely resembles last year's playoff team. Can't say for sure if the Scarlet Knights have what it takes to make a run, but their win at Misericordia (Elliot with 17 points in 30 minutes off the bench) is worth something.

[Jon]

Chiz,

Well done continuing to scroll the Chevy Chase bio...I assume you refer to the Cavaliers not as the "Dogs that tried to bite me," but instead to the poor defenseless babies who, in truth, never do appear.

Kaiser (great reference to another favorite),

How about a recap from the Dixon Center at your earliest convenience?  Until we hit it big with that ESPNU contract we'll be relegated to the recaps of eyewitnesses.

"Can I borrow your towel, my car just hit a water buffalo?"