MBB: Skyline Conference

[zonescantstopme]

and while we are on the subject, who ever purchase's new pg is i wish him the best but fact is fact no matter where he went to school or who recruited him he plays at purchase so he is a DIII player not a DI player playing DIII.  how bout we wait and see how well he does before we crown him best pg in the conference.  I played in the skyline and had the pleasure of playing against santana his fr. and soph and im sure he's gotten alot better since then.  I would put his skills up against anyones.

[MMTPdthree]

well put zones...
heres my top 5

Santana (FSC)
Gordon (YU)
Acree (SJC)
Johnson (MSV)
James (OW)

[Raptormania!]

raptormania i can understand school spirit but your comments about the bard program are more then a little annoying, bottom line bard is a bottom teir team not just in the skyline but in any conference.

My apologies for talking about one of the Skyline Conference basketball teams on the Skyline Conference basketball message board. In retrospect, I should have realized how out of line I was.

If by "bottom teir" you mean "first place", then obviously you are correct. I'll assume this is what you mean, since I don't know what a "teir" is.

[d3hero]

2008-09 Season Preview

Reloaded Panthers Could Challenge for Skyline Crown

Purchase, NY (Nov. 11, 2008) – It's hard to take anything away from a 3-22 season, but as the Purchase College men's basketball program gets ready to embark on their 2008-09 campaign, there's a lot to be excited about with a revamped roster and a full season under head coach Jeff Charney.

Charney, who had the interim tag removed from his job title moving into this season, replaced Denny Carroll last year midseason. Purchase steadily improved under Charney in the second half, challenging several Skyline opponents. Despite improved play, the Panthers win-loss record still took a hit as they suffered another losing season, falling to 3-22 and 2-16 in the league.

Purchase Athletic Director Ernie Palmieri named Charney, a well-known recruiter and a coach that has had success in three sports at the high school and college levels, a chance to turn the program around as the new head coach.

Charney wasted little time adding former UNC-Charlotte guard Jerrell Lewis and DII standouts Marvin Billups and Corey Orgias from the University of New Haven to the fold. 

Lewis, a 6-2 point guard averaged 18 points, five assists and three rebounds in four years at New Hampton Prep. The former New England Class A All-Star had some high-scoring efforts, including a 28-point performance at the Fork Union Tournament where he scored 28 against Bridgton. In his two playing seasons at UNC-Charlotte, Lewis, who played on the same prep school team as NBA forward Rashad McCants, averaged 0.4 points and 0.3 rebounds in 28 games played. He had nine assists and two steals.

Billups, a 6-5 swingman, attended Monroe-Woodbury High School and led the team in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage, steals and assists as the team won the Section 9 Championship his senior year. He was named team MVP and Gatorade Rookie of the Year, among other honors. He was a top recruit for New Haven before deciding to come to Purchase to play for Charney.

Billups' recruitment also helped Charney land Orgias, a teammate of Billups at New Haven. The forward averaged 12 points and10 rebounds per game in high school and was another standout recruit at New Haven. Billups and Orgias also won a National Prep School Championship in 2007 at Notre Dame Prep in Massachusetts.

In addition to Charney's star recruiting class, Purchase returns All-Skyline guard Tyriq Harrington, who averaged 18.6 points per game, forward Kazeem Famuyide (13.5 points, 6.5 rebounds) and senior co-captain Henry Farrarin. The Panthers also return sharp-shooting guard Chad Charney, reserves Chris Evangelista and Maurice Richardson, and welcome back point guard Justin Walters, who did not play with the team last season. Newcomers also include transfers John Simmons and Charles Britz.

Purchase was picked 7th in the Skyline Pre-Season Poll, but several coaches ranked the Panthers higher and now consider the team a legit contender in the league.

-Bobby Ciafardini, SID

[d3hero]

Also,

Zachary Gordon isn't on Yeshiva's roster if anyone has looked so don't be so quick in mentioning him as one of the top 5 players in the conference.

As for the other guys, I would put Joe Cooke from MSV in there along with any one of the three new Purchase transfers.  Billups can jump out of the gym and will be the most exciting player to watch in the conference.  Ogrias is a big guy with great footwork and an excellent 15 footer and Lewis is lightning fast with ridiculous shooting range, ferocious defense on top of being the strongest PG in the league.

So the word is out.

Anyone who thinks Polytech or Maritime should be in the top 5 for this conference is absolutely insane.  Maritime's ONLY player was Webb last year and guess what?  He's in the ABA now.  They almost lost to LAST YEAR's purchase team WITH WEBB so what makes anyone think they're going to win more than 6 games without him?  As for Polytech, what do they have?  They LOST TO PURCHASE last year.  Wow.

These rankings are going to be revised immediately.  It's a three team conference -

Farmingdale, Purchase, Old Westbury.  Enjoy the season.

[Raptormania!]

"Purchase was picked 7th in the Skyline Pre-Season Poll, but several coaches ranked the Panthers higher and now consider the team a legit contender in the league."

Doesn't this mean that several coaches also thought they were worse than seventh?

But man, I'm now convinced. when Purchase's own SID talks about how good the team is, that is the unbiased observer I have been waiting for. Where do I get the championship t-shirts?

[MMTPdthree]

I totally forgot about Cooke ... awsome ball player subtract Johnson and add Cooke to my list

[zonescantstopme]

I dont remember joe cook being a real force but then again i played against him his fr. and soph years so im sure he has improved.  even still no matter where the players from purchase used to play they are DIII players which means they have DIII talent.  UNC charlotte is a legit program Im sure if this guy was a true DI player he would have landed at a smaller DI or DII school not dropping all the way to a 3-22 DIII team, and i am in no way bashing him. 

and with raptor's comment about purchases' SID kind of like a fan on a message board with the school mascot in his tag name right.  Totally unbiased

my top 5 in the conference
Farmingdale
St. Joes
Old Westbury
Mount St Marys

Anyone else.................

[d3hero]

wow you people are REALLLLY underestimating purchase, especially you, zone.

The UNC Charlotte kid is related to one of the New Haven guys and they have been playing together for quite some time.  You might say he's a "D3" talent but that's not really the case.  He could have stayed at UNC or gone to another D2 school and practically any D3 he wanted to...he went to purchase b/c as i said, his cousin did.

For your information, Purchase beat D2 Nyack in a scrimmage, without the D1 kid playing and without the D2 guys in the second half.  I'm not mentioning that the returning players for Purchase...Harrington (All Skyline 2nd team), Famuyide & Ferrarin are much improved and one of the other transfers, Britz, came from Mt. St. Vincent and can 360 dunk.

Speaking of that, they're having a pep rally at 8:45 PM tomorrow night.  If you want to see them for yourself, show up.  Otherwise wait until next weekend when they beat New Paltz and the winner of the York/Hartwick game to take that tournament down.

[zonescantstopme]

im not doubting im just saying i do want to see for myself, i remember playing against charlie britz he is tough why did he leave the mount.  and im not doubt the talent of lewis (we can stop calling him the DI kid)

I just dont understand why a Legit D1 kid would PAY to go to school. 

[BubbaChuck3]

D3Hero:
  I don't get why you are so surprised that people are underestimating a team who was 3-23 last year. Regardless of who they brought in, you can't expect people to  just hop on the bandwagon. Look at last year in the CUNYAC, nobody was talking about Brooklyn College in the preseason. It took them about a month to get noticed, and they started out 6-1, 2-0 in the conference. Point being, that until Purchase goes out and gets a big conference win, they will not be respected.  Respect is to be earned in the NCAA.

[Raptormania!]

"and with raptor's comment about purchases' SID kind of like a fan on a message board with the school mascot in his tag name right.  Totally unbiased"

I assume the fact that Bard has owned Purchase in recent years is biased as well. Perhaps final scores are prejudiced against SUNY schools?

[zonescantstopme]

you must be prejudice against final scores seeing the numbers Bard has put up, and the comments you continue to make

[Raptormania!]

Which one of these points of view is reality-based?

1. Bard has owned Purchase, and will continue to do so.

2. A great point guard angel has descended from on high, or possibly North Carolina, to magically lead Purchase to greatness. Unfortunately, I don't know his name.

I'll go with number one.

[MMTPdthree]

didnt joe cooke transfer from manhattanville to the Mount ?
hes not the biggest kid ... 6'2 , good speed, knocks down soooooo many jumpers