MBB: New Jersey Athletic Conference

[Knightstalker]

I just listened to the archive of the Coach Brown interview on Hoopsville.  The best moment was when Dave asked Coach if he would like to see Lincoln sent to another bracket and Coach answered: Oh no I want to play Lincoln, I feel we gave them that game, I want to play them again.  Typical Coach Brown, he wants to play the tough games.

[njlincolnlion]

Knightstalker:

I just listened to the Hoopsville interview with Coach Brown of NJCU and agreed with his assessment of Lincoln.  The Lions have difficulty getting started and has gotten into deep deficits before getting on track.  There were some games where they ran out of time and lost and there were other games where the made it back to win in close games.

Coach Brown's reference to the "Jekyl/Hyde" team is on point.  If the Lions are focused from the start, they can be "world beaters", or they could be the team that lost to a PSU-Altoona..............go figure.  If Lincoln gets into the NCAA's, I hope Coach Yuille plays the "Sweet Sixteen" one point lost to VA Wesleyan in Norflok to remind the team of the need to play focused from the tip-off to the end of the game.  Lincoln has a deep bench and has the sthletes to compete with anyone.  It's just a matter of which team shows up.

By the way I think Lefty was on point when he went to the first NJCU/Lincoln game at Lincoln and said that Lincoln's depth proved to be the difference between the two teams.

I like Coach Brown's attitude not to "shy away" from anyone.

[Truck]

Ramapo bounced back from their pathetic defeat on Saturday to handle TCNJ today in Mahwah. The final was 77-61. Rowan is next on Wednesday in Glassboro.

From the Ramapo release:


Pryor led all Roadrunners with 18 points hitting 6-10 from the floor and 4-8 from the arc while Tim Wesley (Jersey City, NJ) netted 16 points and Alston and Shaakir recorded 13 and 11 respectively.  Shaakir posted a double-double with 11 rebounds and grabbed a team high four steals in the win.  Halligan led the Lions with 17 points and five steals while Molinelli and Aziz netted 12 and ten points respectively.  Corey Gilmore (South Plainfield, NJ) dished out a team high six assists in TCNJ's final game of the 2006-2007 season.

[Truck]

'Stalker:

Yeah, sorry we didn't get a chance to talk.

And Truck, if you were there, sorry I missed you.

Technical difficulties sort of short-wired my plans.  Thankfully Ira helped save the day.

I did see you (light colored shirt and black jeans?) and Ira at the game. I noticed that Ira just had a computer and both of you had headsets so I was wondering if that is all the setup that you basically need in order to broadcast a game?

G-Mann, what did you make of Ramapo's performance on Saturday? I was shocked at the way they came out. The first 2 minutes, Ramapo played well, but ever since then, they let NJCU just walk all over them.

This was a big game in terms of whoever won would get the #1 seed and the team would get Monday off, and would play on Wednesday and Friday at home, as well as have an excellent shot of hosting the NCAAs.

It was very dissapointing to see their lack of defense - they gave up, I believe 22 points, in the first 7 minutes. They did not come out with intensity and I did not get the impression that they wanted to win as a team. They were a bunch of individuals. Players were attempting to play 1 on 1 basketball (Tim Wesley, Tim Wesley, Tim Wes...) , when it was obvious that Chuck wanted to run a motion offense against NJCU. By the midway point of the second half, the game was already in the bag and decided and there was no way Ramapo was going to climb out of the double digit deficit that they were in constantly throughout the game. It was a very poor effort on Ramapo's part.

[Pat Coleman]

Truck,

That's the basic package, yep.

[Lefty]

From the NJAC website.

ROWAN'S BAKER & RAMAPO'S PRYOR NAMED NJAC
MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER & DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR


MONTCLAIR STATE'S MILLER TAPPED AS LEAGUE'S ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Rowan University senior guard Thomas Baker has been named the New Jersey Athletic Conference "Pony Wilson" Men's Basketball Player of the Year for the 2006-07 season.

A three-time NJAC Player of the Week selection, Baker currently leads the NJAC in scoring and ranks ninth in NCAA Division III with an average of 23.2 points per game. He also currently ranks 10th in the conference in field goal percentage (.501), and 15th in the league in free throw percentage (.710). Against NJAC competition, he is averaging 27.2 points per game – eight points per game more than any other player in the conference. Baker and the Profs, who captured the NJAC South Division championship and currently stand at 20-5 overall, will host Ramapo in the NJAC Tournament semifinals on February 21.

Montclair State University freshman forward Charles Miller was selected as the conference Rookie of the Year. A five-time league Rookie of the Week selection, Miller currently ranks fifth in the league in field goal percentage (.561), sixth in the conference in rebounding (7.2 boards per game), and 26th in the NJAC in scoring (10.2 points per game).

A two-time NJAC all-conference selection, Ramapo senior guard Antoine Pryor was selected as the league Defensive Player of the Year. He currently ranks in the Top 15 of seven NJAC statistical categories including assists (2nd, 3.88 per game); three-point field goals made per game (4th, 2.15); minutes played per game (4th, 32.23); assist-to-turnover ratio (6th, 1.41); three-point field goal percentage (8th, .352); free throw percentage (11th, .746); and steals (13th, 1.65).  Pryor and the Roadrunners, who placed second in the NJAC North Division and currently stand at 19-7 overall, will travel to face Rowan in the NJAC Tournament semifinals on February 21.

New Jersey City University head coach Charles Brown was named the "John K. Adams" Coach of the Year by his peers. Selected to finish fourth in the NJAC North Division in the preseason poll of league coaches, Brown guided the Gothic Knights to a league-best 11-2 conference record and the championship of the North Division. With an overall record of 17-8, NJCU will have home-court advantage throughout the NJAC Tournament and will host Rutgers-Newark in a semifinal contest on February 21. In his 25th season at the helm of the NJCU program, Brown has guided the Gothic Knights to an overall record of 481-216.


"PONY WILSON" PLAYER OF THE YEAR:     Thomas Baker, Rowan
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:                          Charles Miller, Montclair State
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:           Antoine Pryor, Ramapo
"JOHN K. ADAMS" COACH OF THE YEAR:     Charles Brown, NJCU


FIRST TEAM
Name    School    Yr.    Pos.    Hometown/High School
Thomas Baker    Rowan    SR    G    Millville, NJ/Millville
Chadd Barnes    Rutgers-Newark    SO    G    Newark, NJ/University
Dana John    NJCU    SO    F    Hillside, NJ/Pocono Mountain East
Ahmad Mosby^    Ramapo    JR    G    Jersey City, NJ/St. Anthony
Luis Martinez*    William Paterson    SR    F    Passaic, NJ/Clifton


SECOND TEAM
Name    School    Yr.    Pos.    Hometown/High School
Omar Alston    Ramapo    JR    C    Carteret, NJ/Carteret
Matt Byrnes*    Rowan    JR    G    Mays Landing, NJ/Oakcrest
Jon Greene    Richard Stockton    JR    F    Wildwood, NJ/Wildwood
Mario Lancioni    Richard Stockton    JR    G    Runnemede, NJ/Triton
Alex Mirabel    NJCU    SR    G    Jersey City, NJ/Dickinson


HONORABLE MENTION
Name    School    Yr.    Pos.    Hometown/High School
Mark Aziz    TCNJ    JR    F    Hackettstown, NJ/West Morris
David Cherry    Rutgers-Newark    SO    G    Linden, NJ/Roselle Catholic
Sydney Francis    Rutgers-Camden    SR    G    Camden, NJ/Woodrow Wilson
Marques Hill    NJCU    JR    F    Hillside, NJ/Hillside
Bryan Keller    Kean    SR    F    Piscataway, NJ/Piscataway
Antoine Pryor+    Ramapo    SR    G    Elizabeth, NJ/St. Patrick
Lamar Wright    Kean    SR    G    Galloway, NJ/Absegami

Key:
* - First Team All-Conference 2005-06
^ - Second Team All-Conference 2005-06
+ - Honorable Mention 2005-06

[Knightstalker]

The only real complaint is Abe Williams should have been all conference this season.  He is probably the most consistent center in the conf and he gets no love.

[Truck]

Antoine Pryor is shooting lights out from three point range. He has 6 threes at the half.

Ramapo up 10 at the half.

Ramapo started out well, jumping out to a double digit - 14- point lead, taking the crowd out of the game. Rowan went on a run to cut the lead to single digits with about 7 min left. After a TO, RCNJ came back to restore the double digit lead and finish on a 9-4 run.

Rowan is in foul trouble - Reevey has 3 fouls, Baker has 2.

More as the game goes on....

[Truck]

Just under 9 min remaining in the game

Ramapo up 7, after coming back from a Rowan lead. Rowan jumped out to a great start, forcing Chuck to call several timeouts.

69-64 Ramapo



6:08 Remaining

Rowan up 3




Wow, this game is going down to the wire with teams trading baskets. 3 mins left - Ramapo up 1




Ramapo up 6 - under 2 min. Mosby's 3 pointer called for goaltending




39 sec left in the game
Ramapo up 9
Alston at the line - sinks both
Ramapo will play in championship game

[Truck]

For the third straight year, Ramapo will be playing for the NJAC Championship on Friday. Shakir with the emphatic dunk to put the exclamation point on the game.

Rowan announcers not happy: "Omar Alston stupid", "Omar has no class", "RCNJ fans also"

[Knightstalker]

Ramapo NJCU for the conference title, somehow I figured it would come to this back in the preseason when Ramapo and NJCU were picked to finish 3 and 4 in the division.

[njlincolnlion]

Congratulations to Coach Brown of NJCU for being named NJAC "Coach of the Year". Additional kudos to Dana John (1st team all conference0, Alex Mirabel (2nd team all conference) and Marques Hill (honorable mention).

[Truck]

With 11:35 left in the game, NJCU is starting to show some seperation, leading by 8pts. It has been a close game up to this point.

RCNJ is giving up way too many off. rebounds to NJCU

[Truck]

6 Minutes left in the game

NJCU up by 7 pts. Ramapo cannot cut into this lead. Trading baskets






4 Mins left

Big 3 by Pryor to cut the lead to 6

NJCU free throws and Tim Wesley's layup make up the scoring and it is still 6 pt game

RCNJ needs a stop.





2 mins left

Oh man, Wesley with the big 3 to cut the lead in half. NJCU up 3pts





1:12 Left

Omar just hit a big 3 to get the NJ lead to 4.

NJCU will be shooting free throws from now on. They have just hit both





1:43 left -- RCNJ with the full timeout

NJ up by 6. This team needs to control ball possession and get stops down the stretch





30 sec left

Omar missed a free throws

Wesley puts it in. 1 pts game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Oh man, what a game. Why can't these be on a Saturday night?
Wesley with the big layup to cut the NJCU lead to 1 pt.
Ramapo has called a time out with 31 sec left




This is unbelievable. Pryor with the 3 point shot to tie the game at 68 with 6 seconds left. NJCU full timeout




After regulation, the score is 68-68. We need overtime to decide the NJAC champ.




3:35 left
72-72
NJ with a full timeout





2:15
Ramapo takes the 76-75 lead off of a Dana John turnover





1 47 left
Big loss for Ramapo as Mosby has fouled out finishing with 11 pts




22 sec left
game tied at 81

[Truck]

AND RAMAPO WINS THE NJAC CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!