MBB: Centennial Conference

[diplomaniac1]

It is nice to see that Mike Rhoades is moving up from Division III to an assistant coach at a Division I program. His departure will be a big loss to the RMC program. He is one of those rare individuals who truly shows that you can successfully balance competitiveness and success and still be a class act!

When Mike played at Lebanon Valley, he was one of those great players that opponents loved to hate, but who opponents and their fans ultimately respected for his abilities and drive. This assessment comes from a long-time F&M fan who saw Mike's Flying Dutchmen squad beat is beloved Diplomats several times both in Lancaster and Annville.

Both congratulations and condolences are certainly due to Mike after what I am sure has been a very tough year with the early loss of his father Pennsylvania State Senator James Rhoades in a tragic automobile accident!

Eric

[BRCE4]

Muhlenberg hired Scott McClary as it's head coach. He is an alum who spent the last 5 years as head coach at Marymount. He was named conference coach of the year this season. Welcome back to the 'berg.

[old ends]

That could change the make up of how the run the play's. He ran a very good O at Marymount.

[Gabriel]

http://www.d3hoops.com/pressreleases.php?release=3136

Looks like Coach Small has done an excellent job of dealing with the post problems Ursinus had last year.  The Bears will have five players 6'7" or taller on their roster.  Now, Bears fans hope they can play.  All three recruits are excellent additions.

[Coach K]

Coach McClary knows the game and will have Muhlenberg in the mix for a conference title next season.

[wvcfan1]

What is going on at Dickinson?  I heard that Csensits has accepted an assistant coaching position with DeSales.  Is this true?  This is not even a lateral move.....

[Swat Fan #1]

Nice article on Ursinus. Any other updates on how the recruiting went for everyone else in the conference?

[Gabriel]

Swat Dad,

I don't know anything about any of the other teams.  Nice article on the Centennial Conference home page about Jon Ward, one of Ursinus' recruits.  The article is about his experiences with D1 recruiters.

Jon Ward, together with Kevin Janowski and Matt Donahue should all be major contributors to what looks to be a very good Ursinus basketball team for 2009-2010.  They will have a nice blend of experience with Hilton, Cousart, Page, Howell and the rising sophomores with these freshmen.  Clearly their post play will be better and they are always good at sniping from the outside.

[wvcfan1]

alan seretti new dickinson coach...what do think about this hire

[BTEXPRESS]

What is going on at Dickinson?  I heard that Csensits has accepted an assistant coaching position with DeSales.  Is this true?  This is not even a lateral move.....

I guess it is true but what seems kind of strange is that there was never any official press release from Dickinson that Csensits even resigned, but today there is one announcing the hiring Seretti but again NO MENTION at all on Csensits or where he went. Very wierd.

[Pat Coleman]

Incomplete releases are the bane of my existence. I always make sure to go back and fill in the missing key pieces if we choose to run one of them.

[BTEXPRESS]

Incomplete releases are the bane of my existence. I always make sure to go back and fill in the missing key pieces if we choose to run one of them.

Pat, As a member of the media, did you see ANY official press release from Dickinson stating Coach Csensits resigned. I checked their athletic website and only saw the one naming a new coach, but nothing on the old coach on when he resigned or where he went???

[gordonmann]

BT Express:

I pieced together a story for our site last night and could find no record of why Csensits left Dickinson.  

http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2009/07/08/dickinson-names-new-men%E2%80%99s-coach.html

To be fair, I didn't reach out to Dickinson yet, though.  I'll do that this afternoon.  I also sent a question to DeSales since that's where Csensits is rumored to have landed.  This is a good time for overworked SIDs to take vacation, so I may not hear back immediately.  I wanted to get something posted in the interim because Seretti's success at Penn State-Altoona makes this hiring an interesting (and in my view good) one for the Red Devils.

UPDATE:  Dickinson responded very quickly to my question.  Csensits left to accept a development position at his alma mater, DeSales.  Dickinson will update its release and I'll do the same on our story.  Nothing secretive, just an oversight in the release.

[wvcfan1]

Nothing against coach Seretti, but he does not have a winning record from PSU Altoona.  He does have head coaching experience which is a plus.  Coach Csensits was a division I assistant with no head coaching experience, so that is an upgrade.  However, Dickinson is a great athletic institution.  Why cant they win?  They won the Centennial conference championship and had their last NCAA tournament appearance back in 1997.  You mean to tell me this is the best coaching candidate that applied?  I really have to wander about Dickinsons administration.  What their thought process is and do they really care about their basketball program like Fand M, Johns Hopkins, Ursinus and Gettysburg does. 

[BTEXPRESS]

BT Express:

I pieced together a story for our site last night and could find no record of why Csensits left Dickinson.  

http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2009/07/08/dickinson-names-new-men%E2%80%99s-coach.html

To be fair, I didn't reach out to Dickinson yet, though.  I'll do that this afternoon.  I also sent a question to DeSales since that's where Csensits is rumored to have landed.  This is a good time for overworked SIDs to take vacation, so I may not hear back immediately.  I wanted to get something posted in the interim because Seretti's success at Penn State-Altoona makes this hiring an interesting (and in my view good) one for the Red Devils.

UPDATE:  Dickinson responded very quickly to my question.  Csensits left to accept a development position at his alma mater, DeSales.  Dickinson will update its release and I'll do the same on our story.  Nothing secretive, just an oversight in the release.

Thanks for the clarification, Maybe it is Dickinson's SID's method, just saw another press release where they hired a new Women's Lacrosse coach and again, no press release or mention of the old coach leaving as well. I am also not sure about this new hire, PSU Altoona is not the Centennial conference. Look at Muhlenburg's new BB coach and his resume compared to Dickinson's hire? Time will tell. Dickinson is competative in most sports just not Men's BB for some reason.