MBB: Centennial Conference

[CCHoopster]

(I know I am late to the party) Only on the Centennial Conference board do you see such debate on academics, profound use of vocabulary, and with valid points from many- not to mention urinating with a skunk! lol, Can't wait for next year. And to those who have not traveled to a D3 Final Four, whether your team is in it or not, make the trip. It is a blast.

Next debate- which Cent school has the smartest coach? lol

[Swat Fan #1]

Well I know it is not Swarthmore due to the fact that we still do not have a coach. I have no idea what is going on but classes end in a couple weeks and I would think a coach would be in place to at least put together a summer program. Once study week starts, hoop completely shuts down. I am clueless about how the process works, but this seems pretty late to me. Anyone know how the hiring process usually works?

[jmcozenlaw]

I read in amusement the back and forth banter that takes place on the CC board. I often wonder if this is a forum to discuss sports or a "mine is bigger/better than yours" forum.

In my businesses, I have hired AND fired many ivy and patriot league and cc men and women. Being cocky, spoiled, pompous and sometimes entitled does not always equate to being a great employee and does always equate to being less of a human being.

My amazing lawyer went to Bloomsburg for undergrad and Widener for his law degree and runs circles around many, many ivy league educated lawyers. My business partner went to Penn State and has no graduate degree and my knee was replaced by an incredible doctor who went to a school in the MAC. Imagine that, I actually agreed to have an operation performed by a doctor who did his undergrad at a MAC school..............and I've never felt better in my life:)

The name on the paper might get you in the door................it's all up to the individual after that!!

[upstatenyfan]

Whats everyone's early predictions for next year? 

[upstatenyfan]

swat dad,

Have they started the interview process?  Seems like a long time to wait.   I see a lot of hires all over the news in the last couple weeks.

[Swat Fan #1]

Upstateny - Not that I know of. I know they could be doing it, but I haven't heard anything.

[onetinsoldier]

I read in amusement the back and forth banter that takes place on the CC board. I often wonder if this is a forum to discuss sports or a "mine is bigger/better than yours" forum.

In my businesses, I have hired AND fired many ivy and patriot league and cc men and women. Being cocky, spoiled, pompous and sometimes entitled does not always equate to being a great employee and does always equate to being less of a human being.

My amazing lawyer went to Bloomsburg for undergrad and Widener for his law degree and runs circles around many, many ivy league educated lawyers. My business partner went to Penn State and has no graduate degree and my knee was replaced by an incredible doctor who went to a school in the MAC. Imagine that, I actually agreed to have an operation performed by a doctor who did his undergrad at a MAC school..............and I've never felt better in my life:)

The name on the paper might get you in the door................it's all up to the individual after that!!

i dont understand your point, Penn State has a fine business school and a fine reputation.  The MAC has some fine schools. 

As for your lawyer, my guess is he is a bit older and made his mark before the legal profession has become oversaturated the past decade.  One trip to jdunderground will show you the trouble facing recent law school grads. 

[kate]

Hey, onetinsoldier, what'd ya mean "some fine schools" 

[Gabriel]

http://www.ursinusathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120423hob1dy

Dennis Stanton is now the senior assistant at Ursinus.  This is a great move.  Dennis is an extremely bright and charismatic young man.  He was head coach at Souderton High School for the past two years and did a great job.  We all know how good he was as a player and he will do as well as a coach. Great move Ursinus.

[centfan]

dennis stanton is a terrific young man. he will be great with the young guys on the team. after mccgarvey leaving, stanton will step in now and inspire a team that has been floundering. congrats to ursinus basketball, coach small, and dennis.

[Gabriel]

Centfan,

You're right, my Bears have scuffled lately.  In 2008 they went to the final four.  In 2009, the injury to Matt Hilton cost them a good year.  In my opinion, they have suffered from poor recruiting classes---certainly the classes of 2011 and 2012 did not contribute much in the way of talent.  This year's freshman class (even with the loss of Phil Walker) together with next year's should make them a much better team.  I think they will be a top four team in the CC next year and could win it all if someone steps up and takes the pressure off of Jon Ward.  The quality of their guard play will determine their success or failure.

Dennis Stanton will help with the recruiting tremendously.  Recruiting to Ursinus is tough anyway and Kevin Small has had to do it all himself since Joe Rulewich and Mike McGarvey moved on. 

[cocoh2oDad]

Gabriel,
Just an FYI if you haven't seen or heard about this. As is with most college sports talk blogs and sites the individual emphasis is usually on stats, points scored, rebounds and assists accumulated and not much more. It's truly refreshing when an athlete receives accolades for managing his or her sport AND academics with great success at a very good academic school. Such was the case last week with Jon Ward from Ursinus. On May 1st The Philadelphia Inquirer named Ward The Philly-SIDA Academic All Area Men's Player of the Year for the  Metropolitian Philadelphia area. It's voted on by all 28 college SID's in the metro Philly area which includes all the DI,II, AND III schools. The Ursinus site released a article on the announcement and just this weekend KYW News 1060 AM ran a story on their radio station about it and its sister station, 94 WIP Sports radio website, has the entire radio interview to listen to along with a printed article about his pending internship this summer in Paris, France. When you listen to the entire radio interview you really get a feel for what kind of head Jon has on his shoulders and the type of kid he truly is. These are the types of accomplishments and situations college sports talking heads should be focusing on. The young men and woman who are dedicated to their academics and to contributing to help to make this world a better place to live. These are the true scholar athletes. Athletes Ursinus College and the Centennial Conference can truly be proud of helping to develop . Congrats to Jon, Kevin and his staff, and to Ursinus College. Go Bears!!!   

[Gabriel]

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/05/13/ursinus-hoops-star-excited-to-study-the-stars/

coco,

I have included the link to the article you are talking about so other bloggers can tune in.  As we know, Jon Ward is going to intern in Paris this summer.  Read the attached article to get some of the details.  Jon is a true scholar athlete.  Sure makes me feel like an underachiever.  Go Bears!

[cocoh2oDad]

I agree Gabriel, the students of this generation have opportunities we boomers rarely had. Play ball in Italy one summer and Vegas over holiday break and intern in Paris for another summer. Man I was tickled just to go to the jersey shore for a weekend in the summer with my buddies and maybe grab a few pick up games in Sea Isle. Thanks for the link.

[centfan]

Congratulations to Ian Goldberg of Haverford and Jon Ward of Ursinus for being elected to all Philly-SIDA Academic All Area Team. Both players were also First Team All Centennial Conference in 2011-12 and also made the Centennial Conference Honor Roll for superior academic achievement. Both are also 1,000 point scorers in their basketball careers. Congrats to both these student athletes and their respective programs!!!