MBB: New Jersey Athletic Conference

njlincolnlion · December 09, 2006, 10:39:49 PM

goramapo:

Congratulations on a solid win tonight. I spoke with Lincoln's coach after the game and was told 5 of their key players didn't make the trip , but he had no excuses. Ramapo played a solid game we were well coached and took it the Lions. We'll see you guys later in the season at Lincoln for round 2.

mean · December 10, 2006, 12:20:26 AM

WOW!!!
Great game by RCNJ's backcourt! This is a great win for us at a very important time too because Lincoln is a top 25 team.
This RCNJ team will go as far as there backcourt takes them. I am very pleased with Mosbey's numbers, but to be honest I'm far from surprised because he took his work ethic to a whole nother level over the summer and the payoff is really showing. Pryor is the a 3-year captain and continues RCNJ's great guard-play following the great Whitted!!! Just like the legendary Whitted, Pryor is also a four-year starter. Hopefully, after a win such as this, we stay focused, and continue to go hard in practice and prepare for the next team. Just like in 2005, one game at a time.
Let's Go RoadRunners!!!!

mean · December 10, 2006, 12:14:47 PM

Being told not just one, but five key players were left behind sounds like an excuse to me. You're on the road to face Ramapo, not a team of regular intramural students that play to have a good time. We are still a power house that were in the previous seasons just destroying you guys and you come strolling in with a top ten ranking unprepared

Before Your guys even got into uniform I can guarantee the Roadrunners were prepared to tear their heads off. I guess he wouldn't have an excuse (they played well, but we left our 5 key players home because they had to rest up for the next game).
haha
Yea right! that's excusable to you I bet.

phil · December 10, 2006, 12:41:40 PM

Maybe the five "key" Lincoln players were too tired to suit up after playing way too many minutes in their nailbiter of a 130 point victory the previous game.

I applaud the Lincoln administration for their comments regarding sportsmanship (and the lack there of by their coach) this week.

For my money I wanted to see Ramapo beat Lincoln by 100. See the goodwill their coach has spread for their program!

goramapo · December 10, 2006, 02:54:29 PM

I agree Phil I wanted to post something about that 100+ point win against a NON division 3 team they were up by 55 at the half. The other team only suited up 7 players (I think 7 maybe 8 or 9 players at best that I saw) if 3 guys foul out then what happenes. Good win for Ramapo. Hopefully we win the next game on Monday.....

njlincolnlion · December 10, 2006, 05:09:56 PM

goramapo & Phil:

As I said previously, the Roadrunners played an excellent game. As for mean, I have no idea where's he coming from

? I asked Coach Yuille where Darryl White, Lincoln's Top shot blockers and a few other players were, and he told me they were left behind due to violation of team rules. I reiterate to "mean", that Lincoln's Coach didn't cry, I mentioned in the post.

Good luck the rest of the season, and we'll see Ramapo later on for the rematch

goramapo · December 10, 2006, 08:26:17 PM

what conference does Lincoln play in and what other teams do they play besides Ramapo twice and the NON division 3 school. I know Lincoln is a good team but I still can't over how they beat by over 125 points and they were by 55 points at the half.

zonescantstopme · December 10, 2006, 09:47:41 PM

lincoln is an independant school they have no conference, they play alot of good DIII schools and DII schools to fill their schedule osu marion was a fill in for a team at the last minute all the other schools in that tournament were supposed to be DII

Knightstalker · December 10, 2006, 10:56:12 PM

You can't say that Lincoln backs down from competition, they play Ramapo twice this season, NJCU twice and Stockton. If the coach left five players home because the violated team rules, then I applaud the coach. I also applaud Ramapo for winning against them Saturday.

I saw the NJCU Kean game, not a pretty game but both teams were aggressive and Kean looks to be headed in the right direction. They appear to be well coached, more disciplined than they had been and more aggressive with a deep bench. The officials called a tight game, neither team adapted very well to the officials so the contact fouls kept getting called. One thing about the officiating I liked was they really paid attention to the travelling and double dribble violations and called them. It is about time. It was a big improvement over the one official at TCNJ last Saturday when NJCU played there. He did not call a travel on a TCNJ player because he did not have possesion but allowed the same player to call a timeout while he was travelling but didn't have possesion of the ball. Even a couple of TCNJ fans said HUH? to that one. I think it was the same ref that called a ball out of bounds against TCNJ a couple of years ago when Samar Battles pass went ten feet over everyones head and no one from the Lions or Knights with the exception of Battle could ever have put a hand on it.

njlincolnlion · December 11, 2006, 09:15:21 AM

Knightstalker:

Good to hear from you. I plan on going to NJCU later in the season when the Lions play the Gothic Knights for the second time this season. Hopefully, I'll get to met Ira Thor in person at the game.

Goramapo, Lincoln also plays North Central later this month in Orlando in addition to the NJAC schools already mentioned.

Pat Coleman · December 11, 2006, 01:36:10 PM

Quote from: goramapo on December 10, 2006, 08:26:17 PM
what conference does Lincoln play in and what other teams do they play besides Ramapo twice and the NON division 3 school. I know Lincoln is a good team but I still can't over how they beat by over 125 points and they were by 55 points at the half.

We have that information and a lot more on the site:

http://www.d3hoops.com/school_info.php?school=Lincoln&team=m

goramapo · December 11, 2006, 03:59:29 PM

I am not saying at all that Lincoln isn't a good team I never said that it's just 201 points against a team that I guess didn't suit up too many players was hard to read and look at that score. I didn't know that Lincoln plays a very tough schedule.I wish them luck the rest of the way but not when they play Ramapo later next year.

Truck · December 11, 2006, 10:47:30 PM

I think we are seeing the "true" Ramapo RoadRUNNERS of past years:

Ramapo 90, Baruch 59

Not even close....

EDIT:

Here is Baruch's press release, unavailable at the time of my original post

Granted, Baruch is not a powerhouse in D3 hoops, but a formidable effort nonetheless for Ramapo. The strong play of Beanie and Omar continues. Also, the player of the week award goes to... that's right, Beanie....

The men's basketball team lost a 90-59 non-conference home game to Ramapo College on Monday night in the ARC Arena.

Ramapo (8-1) started on a 28-10 run just 10 minutes into the contest by hitting seven of their first 10 shots. They finished the half shooting 61 percent (38-64), and went on to lead at halftime by the score of 49-21.

During the second half, they continued their torrid shooting hitting 16-of-28 shots for 57 percent, including four-of-eight from three-point range.

The Road Runners finished the game shooting 59.4 percent (38-64), and on the defensive end, blocked 10 total shots.

Freshman point guard Jeffrey Leider (Las Vegas, Nevada/Cheyenne) led the Bearcats (3-5) with 14 points.

Adrian Serrano (Brooklyn, N.Y./Christ the King) and Carl Emengo (Brooklyn, N.Y./Canarsie) each scored 12 points. Emengo also dished out five assists.

Ramapo played 16 players in the game, and were led by Ahmad Mosby (Jersey City, N.J./St. Anthony) with 21 points and seven assists. Omar Alston (Carteret, N.J./Carteret) notched a double-double with 20 points and 13 rebounds.

goramapo · December 11, 2006, 11:29:37 PM

wow nice win 8-1 very nice start...... nice job scoring a lot and playing good defense.......

Rhodes Scholar · December 12, 2006, 10:36:10 AM

I saw Ramapo crush Baruch last night. It was a very impressive performance by the Roadrunners, who dominated from the outset. Superb games by Mosby, Alston and Pryor, and Wesley put in a solid effort as well.

There were virtually no negatives for Ramapo as they took care of business in this one against a very overmatched Baruch team. The Roadrunners were much more focused and sharper than when I saw them earlier in the year against John Jay. Although their top tier players are very good, the bench is not as deep or as talented as it was a few years back.