MBB: Skyline Conference

[raptor31]

Can we also just mention this board isn't a place to post individual career achievements from when you played, it is about the kids playing now and what they are doing. Anyone can come on here and state they scored 1,100 points. Not what it's about "zonecantstopme"

[zonescantstopme]

LOL its a free world and I can type what I want especially when its relevant to the point I am trying to make, first off I understand what your saying about anthony fitzgerald i have played against him a bunch of times in mens leagues in Maryland most recently about three weeks ago.  he is the perfect size for a DIII post but do you think he would have had the same success at another level? 

I also believe that the conversation was about guards not posts like Fitz.  and it seems that you keep mentioning POINT Guards while I keep mentioning Wing players.  true both positions are guards so let me end this here.  Any coach will take a 6'4 guard on the WING instead of a 6'0 guard but it might be different for the pg position which is naturally smaller. 

Happy Now

[raptor31]

Never said he would have been better at a higher level just said height didn't stop him from killing bigger kids. Height was the issue, not position. That is the only reason I brought it up. More specifically the height of J White was the issue, and he is a point. No big deal though. As a basketball coach I would not say I would always take a 6'4 wing over a 6'0 wing. Depends on skill set, toughness, athleticism... You can't just say you would take a kid who is 6'4 over any 6'0 kid. I'm sure we played against each other at some point and on the same level and as you know there are some 6'0 foot killers on this level. Two examples are the best two wings in the conference, Santana and Acree. You can't tell me "any coach" would take a 6'4 wing over those two (about 6'0 each) just because they are 6'4? If you are saying those two would be better at 6'4 that's not an argument, that's obvious. All I am saying.

[d3hero]

MSV loses by 16 to Lehman...Farmingdale loses to Ramapo by 10.

I dont get Farmingdale's coach though...why not start their D1 transfer, Michael Campbell?  He scored 24 off the bench in only 26 minutes but still...i don't get it.

If you have three excellent players in Santana, Campbell & Shannon, play them 33+, all starting together and then go with different units like what the Celtics do.

I think these three guys might be one of the best tandems in the conference but Purchase's Orgias, Billups & Lewis are going to be even better.

[raptor31]

the hype continues. I will be at Stevenson Gym Dec 4 for Bard-Purchase and I will let you know if the hype is real. Gonna be tough for them to live up to this much hype but we will see...

[CityD3]

height obviously helps, but a player can absolutely overcome it. it aint easy but it can be done (especially at this level.) never seen this kid white play but based on his numbers i think he's overcome the vertically challenged thing. by the way i remember a raptor wearing the number 31. gotta be a lil more subtle with the user name AT.

[d3hero]

Baruch over Polytech 91-66.  Wow, 3 20+ point losses in a row.  Way to go, 5th ranked team in the conference!  That makes so little sense it's unbelievable.

RPI over Mount St. Mary, 77-70.

And wow...Yeshiva, a 15 point victory over awful, awful CCNY.

[raptor31]

haha i am not trying to hide or be subtle at all, unlike most people on here I don't mind people knowing who I am. Who is city d3?

[Raptormania!]

Raptor31 is the captain of Raptormania!'s tenth-anniversary team, set to be announced next year.

[raptor31]

Once again, the board isn't about past bums who can come on here and talk about what we used to do it's about the kids playing now! Slept on freshman Yonah Greenstein is hitting 8 threes in 2 games to give Bard the Xfactor they need to win the D'Youville tourney. He is the guy Bard needs this year to open the court up and provide a scoring punch off the bench. People will know what Polette and Margella do shooting the ball and what White and Martin do from the guard spots, it is going to be the freshmen that need to provide something for Bard to get over the hump. D'Youville will be utterly dominated by Justin this weekend on the perimeter and will have to respect the players the scouting report will tell them can hurt them as well, so there should be a lot of opportunities for freshmen Greenstein, Alex Hinton and Forest Alvarez-Ringer to step up and prove themselves.

What is the rest of the Skyline up to this weekend?

[Raptormania!]

All true. But Raptor31, I've known bums. Bums are a friend of mine. And you, sir, are no bum.

[raptor31]

I guess this at some point became the Bard message board

[Raptormania!]

I have said it for years- it was only a matter of time.

[raptor31]

Finally saw the Plymouth St. game from the weekend online. Keep sleeping on this Bard team Skyline, there will be a few shockers in there. Just got rattled in the last 2 minutes and didn't get the ball in Justin's hand at the right times. Up until that point White had 27 points and was literally unstoppable. Can't wait to see him match up with a few kids in the Skyline, will be some fun games to watch in there.

[Raptormania!]

Biggest thing I took out of the opening weekend was the performance by the trio of frosh- 11 points from Yonah, 8 and 8 from Forrest, 5 and 5 from Alex Hinton.

I already knew Justin White was unstoppable.