MBB: Landmark Conference

[bbald eagle]

Of course, in the CAC, Catholic was pretty much everyone's top rival,

I guess I missed that.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Of course, in the CAC, Catholic was pretty much everyone's top rival,

I guess I missed that.

I will have to admit, I don't know if CUA was everyone's top rival. Sure... Goucher had its years, but when I arrived, and even to this day, YCP and GOU was a good rivalry. And Marymount always thought CUA was a rival, but I don't think it was felt the other way around. Salisbury, St. Mary's, and Gallaudet... rivals of CUA?

Sorry Matt, not all the teams!

[Matt Letourneau]

Ask Gandolf, Bald...

No, D-Mac, obviously not every year.  But even you would have to admit that Catholic pretty much got everybody's best shot year in, year out, and a win against Catholic was a big deal for pretty much every other team in the conference.  Ask the Gally guys who did beat CUA last year if that was a big deal for them.  I know it was, they told me.

From the CUA side, I don't know that there was a particularly big rival--probably whoever was at the top of the conference at the top--Mary Wash for a while, plus you had bad blood between Lonergan and Wood.

[NEPAFAN]

Any Royal fans follow the team to the Landmark, or are they still clinging to the Freedom Board?


Season starts Friday..... Where is everyone?

[ronk]

  I'll be here; guess Saratoga will check in also along with dmac from goucher and matt from catholic; don't know if juniata,moravian, or susque had any followers on this site.
  I plan to see the men's and women's games against Messiah in a couple weeks.

[Matt Letourneau]

Hopefully we can gradually get people from every school checking in now and then.

[cacfan2]

No big D1 exhibitions for the Cards this year.  I think it makes sense--this is a YOUNG, YOUNG team and they'll need every second to learn how to play together and gel.

If ever there is to be a rebuilding year for Catholic, this is yet.  Haven't seen one since I've been around (almost 10 years ago...wow, I'm old).  But this is what happens when a team loses its coach and doesn't hire one for many months.  But no matter, I'm excited about the talent level on the Cardinals, its just that its concentrated among young players so expectations need to be realistic.

Long term, I think this team is going to be very, very good---able to live up to the tradition of excellence that Catholic has established.  This year? No idea, lets play the games and see.

Also, Howes has gone through several complete coaching staff changes.  That has to be difficult.

[donnaoc]

I can't wait for the season to begin....go Scranton!!!

[saratoga]

Word has it that the Royals have been picked as the team to beat this season in the Landmark. That's a nice compliment on paper...the real test, as always, gets accomplised each night on the court. From what I saw of Susquehanna last year...they'll be very tough as will Catholic...especially at home. I'm in D.C. through Sunday, so if Catholic is home on Sat. maybe I'll be able to get over there & catch some early season action. Best of luck to all the Landmark teams...this is already an excellent conference that is only going to get better.

[Matt Letourneau]

Word has it that the Royals have been picked as the team to beat this season in the Landmark. That's a nice compliment on paper...the real test, as always, gets accomplised each night on the court. From what I saw of Susquehanna last year...they'll be very tough as will Catholic...especially at home. I'm in D.C. through Sunday, so if Catholic is home on Sat. maybe I'll be able to get over there & catch some early season action. Best of luck to all the Landmark teams...this is already an excellent conference that is only going to get better.

Catholic's at Widener for a tournament this season.  First home game is Tuesday against Haverford.

Scranton certainly is the team to beat.  Like I said, this is the year that CUA has to pay for the transition between Mike Lonergan and Steve Howes.  After Mike left, there was a gap of several months in which CUA had no coach, and as result, the recruiting class went elsewhere.  This year's Cardinal's have no seniors.  I think they're going to be a really good team, but I can't tell you exactly when and I hope that people have reasonable expectations for this particular season.  For the first time in a long while, though, Catholic starts out as something of an underdog.

[Matt Letourneau]

Catholic starts the season off with a win against Delaware Vallley, 64-60. 

The Cardinals will face Widener (defeated Williamson Trade 67-64)  in the championship game of the Oki Data Classic tomorrow afternoon.

[ronk]

   Scranton beats Alvernia 80-73 @ Alvernia with better shooting and rebounding. Royals' turnovers on the dribble brought Alvernia back from 30-11 deficit to a 55-50 lead before numerous fouls put Scranton on the line(22-25) while Alvernia missed 6-7 final shots.
   The game was videostreamed over the internet and Scranton will play Walsh tomorrow @ 3 for the championship.

[TheGrove]

Susquehanna beats Kean in OT, 87-80 in the first round of their own tourney. They face Mary Washington tomorrow at 3.

http://www.susqu.edu/sports/teams/MBasketball/

[saratoga]

With the opening round win tonight, the Royals will play Walsh Univ. for the championship tomorrow. This will be a serious test early on for Scranton as they will be playing an  NAIA team. These schools are generally noted for their love of all things athletic & diminished emphasis on anything academic. With two NAIA schools in this tourney...Alvernia must be reliving their former life as a member. Landmark 1/ MAC Freedom/PAC/NAIA-0.

[TheGrove]

Susquehanna wins the Pepsi/Weis Markets Tip-Off Tourney with an 86-62 victory over Mary Washington.

Joel Patch and Kevin Cuff were named to the All-Tournament Team and Josh Robinson was MVP.

http://www.susqu.edu/Sports/teams/MBasketball/default.htm