MBB: Landmark Conference

[NEPAFAN]

I thought SU's Majors should have landed a second team berth.


2009-10 All-Landmark Conference Men's Basketball Team
First Team
Pos, Name, Class, Hometown(High School)
G, Zach Ashworth, Scranton, Jr., Doylestown, Pa. (Central Bucks West)
F, Jason Banzhaf, Catholic, Jr., Livingston, N.J. (Seton Hall Prep.)
G, R.J. Dixon, Catholic, Jr., Charlotte, N.C. (Cannon School)
F, Matt Hueber, USMMA, Jr., Alexandria, Va. (Gonzaga College)
F, Eli Londo, Scranton, Sr., Hamlin, Pa. (North Pocono)
G, Ryan Samuel, USMMA, Sr., Cedar Hill, Texas (Cedar Hill)

Second Team
Pos, Name, Class, Hometown (High School)
G, Jeff Berkey, Juniata, Sr., Stoystown, Pa. (Shanksville-Stonycreek)
C, Chris Cullen, Moravian, Jr., East Islip, N.Y. (East Islip)
F, Tom Izzo, USMMA, Jr., Bridgeport, W.V. (Bridgeport)
G, Jon Snead, USMMA, So., Garden City, N.Y. (Holy Trinity)
G, Spenser Spencer, Susquehanna, So., Seattle, Wash. (Lakeside)
F, Eric Weaver, Moravian, Sr., Succasunna, N.J. (Roxbury)

Player of the Year: Zach Ashworth, Scranton
Defensive Player of the Year: Bryan Majors, Susquehanna
Co-Rookies of the Year: Terrell Brown, Drew; Harvey Pannell, Susquehanna
Coaching Staff of the Year: United States Merchant Marine Academy (Head Coach, John Krikorian)

Based off that it looks like USMMA is going to be stacked next year.

[hoopit123]

ashworth for POY...hooray!  re-vamp your campaign starting now for next season, matt.  maybe JB will finally get his  (but against the defending POY?! hm!)

You just have to incite him, don't you?

i mean, how can one resist.  however, i'm sure JB still won the Matt L. POY award, for the 2nd straight year!!!! (maybe even 3rd straight, going for the sweep next year!)

thegrove:  mediocre player from SU last year---must be referring to last year's Matt L POY runner-up. 

[hoopit123]

OH, and ps....whats the deal with all the moravian love?
were they not the 2nd worst team in the conference??? and they get two players on the all-star teams???
...not to mention from what i saw they were mediocre players at best (weaver was a much better player as an underclassmen, but then again, he had mroe around him then)

in light of this, take it for what its worth everybody, but i say majors got snubbed.   

perhaps the coaches were consciously trying to not display its SU-favoritism like they did last year, giving all the awards to SU.  maybe they heard matt griping about Patch receiving POY last year as part of some conspiracy and thus tried reallly hard to rule out any past suspicions!

[TheGrove]

OH, and ps....whats the deal with all the moravian love?
were they not the 2nd worst team in the conference??? and they get two players on the all-star teams???
...not to mention from what i saw they were mediocre players at best (weaver was a much better player as an underclassmen, but then again, he had mroe around him then)

in light of this, take it for what its worth everybody, but i say majors got snubbed.   

perhaps the coaches were consciously trying to not display its SU-favoritism like they did last year, giving all the awards to SU.  maybe they heard matt griping about Patch receiving POY last year as part of some conspiracy and thus tried reallly hard to rule out any past suspicions!

I totally agree. How can he be defensive player of the year and not show up on even the second-team list?? strange.

[Reserved Seat]

What kind of fan support is their for the Merchant Marines?
Will they have a full house?

[saratoga]

From what I've heard, support for the b-ball team is not priority # 1. There were only 300 or so fans  I believe at their championship game on Sat.
Must all be out looking for Gilligan & the Skipper.

[Matt Letourneau]

Honestly guys---none of this even warrants a response because you aren't paying any attention...I think I made my feelings on POY and JB pretty clear...this year. 

That said, congrats to him and RJ Dixon for making 1st team all conference.

[hoopit123]

no worries, matt, all in good fun.  after all, after this we may not speak til next fall!! but its been fun.

[NEPAFAN]

Waiting for susdad.....

[TheGrove]

Ssssh, NEPAFAN, you'll conjure him up!!

Matt - my esteemed colleague is right - couldn't resist some joshing, especially since we know you didn't think JB was POY-worthy this year. And hey, SU is in the offseason, so what else is there to talk about?

[hoopit123]

time to dust-off the golf bag!!!

[hoopit123]

....maybe that's where susidad is??? took off for winter hibernation in florida with wife and golf clubs??
..if so, I am utterly jealous.    unless he merely got banned from the board?!?

[TheGrove]

time to dust-off the golf bag!!!

Then we have to switch to the Empire 8 board. 

[Pat Coleman]

Don't forget, final three-plus hours to enter the D3hoops.com bracket challenge.

You have extra time for the women's bracket, since the first game isn't until 4 p.m. ET on Friday.

http://www.d3hoops.com/pickem/

[ronk]

  Newspaper sighting for incoming freshmen:
      Gazette Montgomery County, Md. Largest School Classification 4A
     Susquehanna  Jake Eskin guard 18.4 ppg Winston Churchill High School