MBB: Colonial States Athletic Conference

[njlincolnlion]

chairman:

Have you seen the New Baseball field and scoreboard at Lincoln has upgraded during the last 3 years?  Have you evened bothered to go to the website and look at what's happening with Lincoln Baseball?  Have you seen the Men's Soccer team record the last two years?  Have you seen how the Women's Basketball team performed this (having their best season in school history) season?  The men's basketball team had it's best season ever last year and are 64-20 in the last three years.

Sure women's scoccer, and the tennis teams are lagging as of now, but the effort to address students activities on campus (and athletics are apart of student activities) has been postive over the last two years.  Modifications to existing facilities, and the building boom on campus is proof of Lincoln's commitment to it's charter, students, alumni, and neighbors in the surrounding communities.

In going DII, Lincoln will also become part of the CIAA conference, as oppose to life as an independent.  Check out the website, and ask for info, before assuming.

[njlincolnlion]

chairman:

You won't see Robinson tonight.  He no longer apart of the team, and I may add, the freshman was a key contributor during the time he played.  He will be a big loss for the team, but I feel we will still be alright.

[njlincolnlion]

WolfPac:

I couldn't help laughing when you mentioned Lincoln being in the "sticks".  I still recall seeing the "Lincoln University" sign in the corn field off Route 1 when I went down there as a freshman, decades ago.

[chairman]

Did check the website.

Baseball 1-3 against the bottom three in the PAC.  Whacked twice by Marywood and beaten by Neumann, they beat Eastern's fifth starter in a three man rotation.

Men's Soccer. Good against Bible Colleges. John Jay and Columbia Union are not great opponents, and  5-9 is not setting the world on fire.

Women's Volleyball. Lost two games to Rosemont, who didn't win a game in the PAC and won just two all year.l

Women's Soccer. Lost to Valley Forge Christian who got killed by Immaculata. Immaculata finished 10th in the PAC.

Softball... No team.

Tennis. Couldn't really figure out what was going on from the web site, but it looks like the women were 2-5.

Basketball and track it is. I think that any PAC team would love to boast 16 national champions, but the rest of the programs are below average DIII programs, and would not fare well in the PAC.

[Warren Thompson]

WolfPac:

I couldn't help laughing when you mentioned Lincoln being in the "sticks".  I still recall see the "Lincoln University" sign in the cornfield off Route 1 when I went down there as a freshman, decades ago.

Re: "in the sticks"

Don't worry about it. Merely say, instead, bucolic or rustic. Those two terms have far more charms, I think, for those folks who've never seen a cow or a field from whence come their veggies .... 

[njlincolnlion]

Warren:

The rustic/bucolic charms were a culture shock for this 17 year old suburban kis from NJ  , but I got use to it, and today I love mushrooms, even after finding out how they were grown while living in the mushroom capital of the country for four years.

[njlincolnlion]

Lincoln defeats Alvernia 91-76

[WolfPAC]

LU has come along way despite its critics.

They should take pride ! ! !

Getting a bad rap because they cancel a game is nonsense.



Like I said, the best Pac team cannot beat LU... Alvernia can only win in the Pac when it really counts.  Don't hear those gloaters now.

Cabrini used to whip up on Lincoln but always held respect for them until this new regime came around.  Lincoln has turned the tide and is a class act despite the bad mouthing because they are independent.

Think people are jealous because they cannot get to D2 because of their administrative policies. 

Oh by the way they did it without Merrick too!

Congratulations from an oldtime Cabrini person

Its ashame that these Pac school have a discriminating policy if you have no money to get into them and you are good at playing sports.  Time to move out of the PAC if you want to win nationally.  Cabrini has a good LAX program though.

[WolfPAC]

No offense with "in the sticks"

Just how it seemed back then before everything else got so built up.

If only some people understood.

[VernAlum]

First off sorry my first post will be so negative.  WolfPac, why dont you start a new forum titled "Cabrini" and post until your heart is content.  Or even better why dont you apply for the Cabrini job, or even better yet take the Presidents job.  You seem to have all the answers.  Be proud that a PAC team had a good season but chose a bad time to have an off game.  Just because Cabrini has had some off years doesn't reflect the rest of the  PAC's success.  Everything you say goes right back to Cabrini or institutional neglect or conference neglect. Get over it, your living in the past. Congrats to Alvernia.

[Pat Coleman]

Vern:

How long is your school staying in this conference?

[VernAlum]

Pat,
I'm sure you are more up to date on that topic than I am.  You always hear the possibility of a switch.  With that being said, until Alvernia makes a move they are a member of the PAC. 

[chairman]

I agree totally with your assessment that D3 is the last pure form of basketball out there.  You are right on!!

The NBA is disgusting with the millions they get paid for showing up while D1 &d2 is about money and entertainment most of the time.  D3 is all guts and no glory due to hard fought battles & hard work.   Pure basketball!

WolfPAC. No sour grapes about not going DII here. I would agree with your earlier statement that D3 is right at the heart of collegiate athletics. Lincoln should be proud that they beat a very good Alvernia team last night.

Congrats to them on a good win.

As to your comment that "getting a bad rap because they cancel a game is nonsense." Think about that for a second. It just doesn't make sense. It happened to be the day of the field dedication at Cabrini, and they called the Friday night before after business hours and left a message. Now that doesn't have any bearing on their basketball team per se, but that is really poor administration within a department.

Congratulations to the Alvernia team on a good year.

[Jon]

Chair,

Thanks for your support over the past week as the Crusaders prepared for the NCAA Championship.  Two straight 23-5 season aren't bad.

Lincoln kept coming with athlete after athlete off the bench last night and they hit big shots.  It's tought to mount a second-half comeback when the opposition shoots 63 percent from the floor.  It hurt having Finger on the bench for the final four minutes of the first half with two fouls.  Lincoln finished the half on a 14-2 run (11-2 after Finger's departure).  Blanton did most of the damage to end the first half hitting three 3s and hit his fourth to end a 7-0 Alvernia run in the second half.

Byard is a tough match-up, but I don't think that's a surprise to anyone.

I'd say the Crusaders were a couple of clutch shots from having a real shot at advancing last night.  I recall one corner 3 from Etzel that would have cut the lead under five, but it didn't happen.

Tonight's match-up at the DuFour Center should be interesting.  Catholic's seniors are exactly what you would want to make a run in the tournament, but Lincoln's full supply of athleticism can give anyone fits.  I recommend tuning it for the 7:00 tip-off, or at least keeping live stats up and running.

[WolfPAC]

First off sorry my first post will be so negative.  WolfPac, why dont you start a new forum titled "Cabrini" and post until your heart is content.  Or even better why dont you apply for the Cabrini job, or even better yet take the Presidents job.  You seem to have all the answers.  Be proud that a PAC team had a good season but chose a bad time to have an off game.  Just because Cabrini has had some off years doesn't reflect the rest of the  PAC's success.  Everything you say goes right back to Cabrini or institutional neglect or conference neglect. Get over it, your living in the past. Congrats to Alvernia.

Vern,  Who was the person most responsible for creating the PAC?
Thats what I thought...............

Remember Alvernia is only good in the PAC... exception the year with Damien Hunter even though they got to the final 4  they did not win the PAC because of you know who.

If it is any consolation  congratulations to the Vern for winning the PAC but they only beat Immaculata who lost to you know who twice this year.  No hard feelings buddy.   Just that when a legend is gone the rest of the conference seems to benefit. 

As far as being stuck in the past....there is nothing really exciting in the PAC in the present in basketball unless you are a woman from GMC.
For what its worth Alvernia did win the PAC but thats about it.  I am sure your little Alvernia click is happy in their own world though and you should enjoy the moment of cutting the nets.  I must give your school credit though for having an administration who seems to care about athletics or it appears that way.