MBB: State University of New York Athletic Conference

Bear Fan · December 24, 2008, 11:00:18 AM

Great shot stories aside, the fact that Morton had the whole nation talking about the YAC is a great thing for the conference. What made it special for me was not the shot alone, but as other have already pointed out, the sequence of events that led to it actually occurring. Great game that showed both teams leaving it all on the floor... a testament to D 3 athletics!

Happy Holidays to all... the conference schedule can't get back under way soon enough!

magicman · December 24, 2008, 10:04:34 PM

Quote from: with age came? on December 24, 2008, 01:55:13 AM
I guess what it comes down to for me is the definition of amazing. A perfect form jump shot from 45 feet to win a game is a great shot but for me an amazing shot has to have a mystical element like Morton's. Flicking a shot over your shoulder with .1 on the clock while imitating superman. I would venture to guess that on any given night maybe a dozen high school games are decided on a last shot heave facing the basket from beyond 30 feet but I would probably doubt many are decided by a shot like Morton's or we would have seen it on ESPN already.

Good point.

jdex · December 26, 2008, 01:20:22 PM

Joyless season continues for Buffalo St., still winless on heels of close losses to Oglethorpe (73-70) and Catholic (77-75) in Atlanta on 12/19-20. Round robin format. J. Tyndal all-tourney, gets 17 pts, 4 reb, 4 assts vs. 8-2 host Oglethorpe. A. Samedi 12 pts; J. Gray 10 pts; A. Speed 10 pts. BS down 32-30 at half, up 59-58 at 5'. Hits 32x64fg, but just 2x7ft to winning Petrels 14x20ft.
BS makes good run at 8-2 Catholic. Challenges late after 36-31 halftime hole. Again 32x64fg but again sunk at ft line. Bengals 7x14 to Catholics 19x31. Very uncharitable event for BS. J. Gray 22 pts(10x24fg), 6 rebs, 5 assts; Tyndal 19 pts(7x14fg), 4 rebs, 3 assts

Morrisville's winless Mustangs fare better. They're ppd. vs. Mount St. Vincent!

bearnation · December 26, 2008, 11:20:07 PM

Just watched the ESPN recap of 2008 and I have to give credit where credit is due. They ranked the Scott Morton flick number 5. At least it didn't finish ahead of the Eli to Tyree pass(number 2)!

with age came? · December 27, 2008, 12:02:07 AM

jdex - 2 funny ... morale boost by a postponment... go 'stangs - win your next 1. Really cool about Morton's shot.

shaq oneil rulez · December 30, 2008, 02:11:39 PM

Does anyone want to take bets on how badly NYU will beat New Paltz tonight? I am going to go out on a limb and say 35...I'll also bet that you will see a New Paltz full time-out within the first two minutes of the game. However, if I am wrong, I will guarantee that the New Paltz starting 5 will play all 40minutes (Assuming that dopey looking forward stays out of foul trouble).

jdex · December 30, 2008, 05:59:45 PM

Not so fast ........it may indeed turn out that way BUT ......something to chew on ......

New Paltz on Monday beat (88-76) Wheaton, Mass. team that's 6-3 with wins over Salem St. and Conn. College, and recent narrow loss to Bridgewater (via major comeback route). NP had five in double figures: H. Wichard 15, S. Jenkins 14, J. Anderson 13, L. Bertram 13 (6 reb), M. Hauser 13 (6 reb). Hawks by 42-33 at half.

Tourney host NYU downed 4-2 Rivier, NH 76-62. Rivier scored early season win over respected Colby-Sawyer

magicman · December 30, 2008, 10:45:34 PM

Quote from: shaq oneil rulez on December 30, 2008, 02:11:39 PM
Does anyone want to take bets on how badly NYU will beat New Paltz tonight? I am going to go out on a limb and say 35...I'll also bet that you will see a New Paltz full time-out within the first two minutes of the game. However, if I am wrong, I will guarantee that the New Paltz starting 5 will play all 40minutes (Assuming that dopey looking forward stays out of foul trouble).

Quote from: jdex on December 30, 2008, 05:59:45 PM

Not so fast ........it may indeed turn out that way BUT ......something to chew on ......

New Paltz on Monday beat (88-76) Wheaton, Mass. team that's 6-3 with wins over Salem St. and Conn. College, and recent narrow loss to Bridgewater (via major comeback route). NP had five in double figures: H. Wichard 15, S. Jenkins 14, J. Anderson 13, L. Bertram 13 (6 reb), M. Hauser 13 (6 reb). Hawks by 42-33 at half.

Tourney host NYU downed 4-2 Rivier, NH 76-62. Rivier scored early season win over respected Colby-Sawyer

Have to give jdex the edge in the prediction game tonight. NYU 73 New Paltz 68

jdex · December 30, 2008, 11:01:10 PM

New Paltz 39-34 lead at half and 68-67 with 1:42 left on J. Anderson 'j'. NYU in 6-0 closing run. Violets out to 21-3 spree starting second half. NP 24x55fg for game, just 10x33 2nd half. H. Wichard 14 pts(5x7fg, 4x6 3s) and all-tourney; Anderson 13 pts(5x11fg), 12 rebs; S. Taylor 13 pts; M. Hauser 11 pts(4x7fg). Hawks 15x25ft. Unbeaten NYU 26x54fg

bball12 · January 01, 2009, 09:02:36 PM

Shaq you usually say good things about New Paltz. What did they do? kill your cat!!! This NP team is not the same team as old. They actually have talented players. Look at the stats, they have two freshmen as their leading scorers and a third starting playing over 20 minutes a game. It is not easy to win with freshmen anywhere especially the SUNYAC which is very competitive. They may make a run to the top half of the league this year.

gobombers15 · January 01, 2009, 10:27:00 PM

New Paltz looks better this year, but I'm officially skeptical of NYU. Not so sure they're the #2 team in the region right now, even with their undefeated record. Interested to see what happens when they play Oneonta on 1/6.

jdex · January 02, 2009, 09:17:07 PM

Cortland roughs up Greensboro 64-43 in opener of Roanke tourney at Salem, Va. RDragons take 40-22 control at half and unload at 28x58fg rate. M. Lewis 12 pts, 10 rebs; P. Oliver 10 pts, 13 rebs; R. Evans 10 pts(4x5fg); C. Niehoff 10 pts, 5 rebs; W. Coston 6 assts; J. Miolen 5 assts. Greensboro 16x61fg and has five game win streak snapped to go 5-5. CSt faces 9-1 Roanoke in final. Roanoke over PS-Abington 106-55

Potsdam tumbles 76-73 to 8-0 St. Joe's, LI in ECAC Festival in Orlando. Bears next get 7-3 Montclair St.

Geneseo halts Medaille 80-72, taking 48-35 lead at half. S. Morton 23 pts(5x9fg, 12x14ft), 8 assts, 6 rebs; B. Simpson 17 pts(8x14fg); K. Stevens 13 pts(5x8fg, 3x6 3s); J. Howe 11 pts, 7 rebs

jdex · January 02, 2009, 09:45:49 PM

Potsdam slips despite 27x54fg to Joe's 23x62. Stripe telltale: Bears 12x19ft to Joe's 24x31 and saddling B. Siskavich with 4pf in 17'. LIers up 30-25 at half. D. Brown 18 pts(6x13fg, 4x10 3s), 8 rebs; A. Dike 14 pts(6x8fg); Siskavich 12 pts(4x7fg); B. Graney 10 pts(4x6fg)

jdex · January 02, 2009, 10:58:33 PM

Buffalo St. racks up first win with 77-68 beating of Heidelberg in BS tourney. Bengals face 8-3 Widener in final. Widener gets by St. Lawrence 97-93. BS decides its game early by whizzing to 43-20 halftime bulge. Heidelberg, 4-6, cuts to 7 with 5' left. A.J. White 18 pts(8x14fg); J. Gray 18 pts(6x13fg), 6 rebs; G. Carr 12 pts(5x6fg); A. Speed 11 pts, 13 rebs; J. tyndal 11 pts, 7 assts. BS hits 28x54fg and hikes record to 1-6
Widener and SL exchange lead 18 times. Saints, 4-3, paced by R. Temgoua 24 pts; B. Vonnak 17 pts, 8 rebs

On Saturday, Plattsburgh vs. 6-3 Scranton in opening round of Scranton tourney. Richard Stockton at 10-1 faces 3-7 Shenendoah, Va. And Brockport is at DeSales, Pa. tourney vs. 2-4 Immaculata U. Host at 8-0 takes on 3-7 John Jay

And Cortland faces Roanoke in tourney title go. Potsdam in Orlando vs. Montclair in ECAC Festival

jdex · January 03, 2009, 05:20:45 PM

Cortland loses 84-82 in double OT to Roanoke in latter's tourney final in Salem, Va. Roanoke goes to 10-1 .....Cortland 4-4

RDragons up 36-32 at half and rally from five back to tie at 64 in reg.

Saw via video stream .........Cortland slow, plodding team because of size .....runs sets without a lot of steady ballhandlers. Little penetrating. And where the heck is Carson Niehoff this season?

Simply looks lost