MBB: New Jersey Athletic Conference

[irapthor]

For those who missed the Dana John ESPN Television feature, here is the direct link:

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?&brand=null&videoId=3153469&n8pe6c=2

[Knightstalker]

john is a great story but he is NJCU's whole team. They gotta get more production form somebody else. After a close call with small college St. Joe's (a freshman scored 32 on them), they were losing  to john jay after the first half this week. It may a long season knight,  especially once conference play starts.

Kevin Tucker will be back next semester and there will be a couple other additions to the roster after the break.  Tuck alone will take a lot of the load of DJ.

[Knightstalker]

Caught the NJCU Lyco game tonight.  Good game, NJCU wins but let Lyco get back into the game towards the end.  The Knights did a good job at the line at the end of the game when lyco had to foul.  NJCU is starting to look better, they had good ball movement tonight, played good defense, the press was very effective.  I only caught the second half, but NJCU had the lead and did not give it up.

Lyco has a decent starting five, a couple of good shooters, number 1 and 12 started and were dangerous from outside.  Number 30 came in off the bench and has a real nice shot.  Number 12 is also kind of sneaky, he just seemed to come out of no where a couple of times and make a play.  Lyco does not do a good job against the press, and tried a half-hearted press a couple of times.  They are not bad in their zone d.  They also had good ball movement when they could get into their half court offense, very patient, worked for the shot, and followed up nicely.  NJCU was able to run them into the ground some.  From what I saw Lyco should do fairly well against half court teams but will struggle if you make them run and press them on D.  William Paterson and Ramapo could drive them nuts.

Good game, fun to watch and a nice win for NJCU going into the break,.

[Knightstalker]

Looks like a really good tournament in Montclair next week.
Fri., December 28  STEVE ADUBATO ONE-ON-ONE CLASSIC
Keene State vs. Calvin
MSU vs. Salem State   
5:00 pm
7:00 pm 
Sat., December 29  STEVE ADUBATO ONE-ON-ONE CLASSIC
Consolation Game
Championship Game   
1:00 pm
3:00 pm 

[Rhodes Scholar]

Looks like a really good tournament in Montclair next week.
Fri., December 28  STEVE ADUBATO ONE-ON-ONE CLASSIC
Keene State vs. Calvin
MSU vs. Salem State  
5:00 pm
7:00 pm 
Sat., December 29  STEVE ADUBATO ONE-ON-ONE CLASSIC
Consolation Game
Championship Game   
1:00 pm
3:00 pm 

It's a nice opportunity for people in the NY/NJ metro area to see three teams that don't come around here very often. Calvin is ranked #24, Keene State is #32 and Salem State is 7-1.

[Knightstalker]

Former NJCU player and current assistant mens coach Jon Greene has been elected the NJCU Athletics Hall of Fame.

[Knightstalker]

NJCU will be adding a Point Guard to the roster starting with the CNU tournament.  Pat Devaney from St. Augustines highs school and a transfer from Hudson County College.

This kid was good in HS, should be a good addition to NJCU.

[Rhodes Scholar]

Former NJCU player and current assistant mens coach Jon Greene has been elected the NJCU Athletics Hall of Fame.

Congratulations to Jon Greene. I saw him play a fair number of times. Very good defender and rebounder. He also could score in the paint.

[Knightstalker]

Here is the Jersey Journal Story regarding the NJCU Athletic Hall of Fame inductions.

[atn alum]

Hi

Just letting you know that we'll be broadcasting Montclair State's Tournament on Friday/Saturday (Keene/Calvin, Montclair/Salem). Should be good games. Tune in if you can't make it.

Link will be posted on front page or http://www.d3hoops.com/audio

[irapthor]

RETIRED NJCU MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH CHARLES BROWN, INTERIM HEAD COACH MARC BROWN TO BE FEATURED ON DECEMER 28 BY THE MSG NETWORK

JERSEY CITY, NJ...Former New Jersey City University men's basketball coach CHARLES BROWN, who retired in September after 25 years and 483 wins at NJCU, and interim head coach MARC BROWN, who has guided the Gothic Knights to a 7-3 record in his first 10 games at the helm of the program, will both be featured on the MSG Network on Friday, December 27 at 6 p.m.

The feature, conducted by Jimmy Cavallo, will air as part of "Aeropostale College Basketball Weekly."

The show will air live from 6-6:30 p.m. and will precede the opening game of the Aeropostale Holiday Festival between Hofstra University and Virginia Tech. It will mark the fourth time since September 2006 that NJCU athletics has been featured on the network.
   
Also interviewed as part of the feature were former men's basketball standout Jeffrey Jordan, `91, who currently is the founder of The GoodWorx Foundation, and assistant coach Jonathan Greene, `01, who will be inducted into the NJCU Athletics Hall of Fame in February.

[Rhodes Scholar]

Yesterday I watched Montclair State beat Calvin 72-69. The Red Hawks looked better than I thought they would and managed to come away with the upset victory on their home court.

Three players looked good for MSU: Ken Dudley, James Williams and Carlos Pena. Dudley is a 6-1 sophomore guard who is athletic, and can score and defend. Williams is a 6-1 freshman guard who is also athletic and is a versatile scorer with good shooting range. Pena is a 6-3 junior forward who can run the court and rebound.

I was definitely expecting more from Calvin. This team was ranked #24 coming into the MSU tournament and they ended up losing both of their games. The Knights are a bit slow and decidedly unathletic. In addition, their big men did not post up well and were not a factor offensively in the paint. In short, I was expecting Calvin to be more athletic and more skilled than they were.

On the upside, Dustin Smith played very well for Calvin. The 5-9 shooting guard showed excellent range with a nice, quick release. Caleb Veldhouse, the team's leading scorer, put in a pretty good performance as well. Veldhouse is a good shooter with decent one-on-one moves although he was a bit slow compared to MSU's guards.

[Rhodes Scholar]

Totals through 12/31

NJAC vs.

CUNYAC....17-3
Skyline....3-1

[Rhodes Scholar]

Here are more complete stats regarding the NJAC (totals through 1/4):

Overall non-conference record: 51-41
Overall non-conference record (excluding CUNYAC and Skyline): 31-37
Overall vs. above .500 teams (excluding CUNYAC and Skyline) : 4-23

Individual breakdown vs. above .500 teams (excluding CUNYAC and Skyline):

Kean....0-4
MSU....0-1
NJCU....0-1
Ramapo....0-3
Rowan....3-0
R-Camden....0-5
R-Newark....0-2
Stockton....0-2
TCNJ....1-2
W. Paterson....0-3

[Knightstalker]

NJCU gets a nice test this afternoon at the Captains Shootout at CNU.  They play Hampden-sydney in the championship game.