MBB: University Athletic Association

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

That's a shame, in my opinion, although the format of the ECACs is uninspiring, with lots of lousy teams in each bracket. Don't know why the coaches wouldn't want to give their kids a few extra games, especially the seniors.

It might be for one of two reasons:

1) The coach doesn't want his players playing the season with a "fallback" option. 

2) The schools have to pay their own way for everything in the ECAC, while the NCAA covers transportation and per diems for their tourney.


Why would a competitive school (UAA or Hopkins for example) waste precious Athletic Department funds to go to a tournament with no competition.

[bouttime]

That's a shame, in my opinion, although the format of the ECACs is uninspiring, with lots of lousy teams in each bracket. Don't know why the coaches wouldn't want to give their kids a few extra games, especially the seniors.

It might be for one of two reasons:

1) The coach doesn't want his players playing the season with a "fallback" option. 

2) The schools have to pay their own way for everything in the ECAC, while the NCAA covers transportation and per diems for their tourney.


Why would a competitive school (UAA or Hopkins for example) waste precious Athletic Department funds to go to a tournament with no competition.

2 very good points. I dont understand why as a player or coach you wouldnt want to keep playing though. It just doesnt make sense to me.

[cmubobcat]

Tune in to "Sportsline" tonight at 10 PM on WRCT for discussion of Friday nights's Carnegie Mellon vs. Baldwin-Wallace matchup and a preview of this weekend's regional at Wittenberg.

Listen at 88.3 FM Pittsburgh or online at www.wrct.org.  Call 412-621-9728 to join in on the discussion.

[Bba11man]

all conference teams are out. Interesting, no guards on the first team, but then again the big men on this roster definitely deserve their spots.  only 1st teamer who may have been slighted is kildare from the guard spot i think. congrats to all of them.

First Team
Clayton Barlow-Wilcox Carnegie Mellon 6-4 F Sr. Brookline, MA (Brookline)
Jason Boone New York 6-6 C Jr. Sugar Loaf, NY (Warwick Valley) † Player of the Year
Steve DeLuca Brandeis 6-6 F So. Merrimack, NH (Merrimack)
Nate Maurer Carnegie Mellon 6-7 F Sr. Pittsburgh, PA (Linsly School) † Player of the Year
Jon Onyiriuka Rochester 6-7 C So. Painted Post, NY (Corning-Painted Post West)
Carson Oren Case 6-4 F Sr. South Bend, IN (Marian Catholic)
Troy Ruths Washington 6-6 F So. Sugar Land, TX (Stephen F. Austin)

Second Team
Michael DeCorso New York 6-4 F Jr. Freehold, NJ (Colts Neck)
Spiros Ferderigos Emory 6-1 G So. Oldsmar, FL (Berkeley Preparatory)
Marques Johnson Carnegie Mellon 6-4 F Sr. Pittsburgh, PA (Upper St. Clair)
Jared Kildaire New York 5-11 G Sr. Mount Vernon, NY (Fordham Prep)
Funso Lafe  Case 6-0 G Sr. Chesterland, OH (Hawken)
Florian Rexhepi Brandeis 6-0 G So. Skopje, Macedonia (Phillips Exeter)
Scott Stone Washington 6-1 G Sr. St. Louis, MO (MICDS)
Brandon Woodhead Chicago 6-2 G Jr. Lincoln, NE (East)

Honorable Mention
MBrandeis: Kwame Graves-Fulgham; Carnegie Mellon: A. J. Straub; Case: Matt Cannan, Mason Conrad; Emory: Jeff Hall, Johnny Pinto; 
Chicago: Jesse Meyer; Rochester: Joe Canty , Mike Goia, Jeff Juron; Washington: Tyler Nading.

[bouttime]

CMU's Coach Tony Wingen was also named UAA Coach of the Year today for the second straight year.

[hugenerd]

Nate Maurer was named Co-Player of the year with Jason Boone.

Congrats Nate

[hugenerd]

Clayton Barlow Wilcox was name Third Team Cosida Academic All-America.

Congrats Clayton

[cmubobcat]

It's tournament time on WRCT Radio!

6:00 tonight: Carnegie Mellon vs. Baldwin-Wallace

Listen live at 88.3 fm Pittsburgh or online at www.wrct.org.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Good luck to CMU, I'm hoping for the win tonight, especially with all the B-W fans out there who've got them going to the Sweet 16.

[sandman]

I've got to pull for CMU as well, even though B-W is a local team (Case didn't play them this year).  Interestingly enough, this is the first season since at least 2000-01 that the Case men have beaten an NCAA tournament team, and they beat two (CMU and Bethany).

Go Tartans (you won't hear me say that too often)!  Do the UAA proud!

[ADL70]

Talk about no respect...the Wittenberg tourney page lists BW's opponent as Carnigie-Mellow!!
http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/athletics/mbasketball/06ncaaChampionships/index.html

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

A good showing for CMU, nothing to show for it, but B-W is a tough team.  It's too bad the UAA has no one else to root for.  That last weekend really mucked things up.

[Ralph Turner]

Talk about no respect...the Wittenberg tourney page lists BW's opponent as Carnigie-Mellow!!
http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/athletics/mbasketball/06ncaaChampionships/index.html

What was he smoking???   

[ADL70]

I see they got it right for the final score at least.

[hugenerd]

Congratulations to Nate Maurer for getting second team all region.  Anyone that has ever gotten a chance to see him play regularly knows that he should be a first team member, but second team is a great honor as well in the extremely competitive great lakes region (to compare, the other Co-UAA player of the year, Jason Boone, was named East region player of the year). 

Coach Tony Wingen was also named GL region coach of the year.