MBB: Skyline Conference

[CityD3]

looks like mount saint vincent played a competitive game against st joe's LI. niblock and walsh combined for 40 points and 31 rebounds with acree adding 26. the dolphins were led by dimaggio and cooke with 28 and 21, repectively. Early ROY candidate battle had his first bad game. Anyone see this game live?? seems to me lack of a big man continues to hurt msv, but playing with the class of the conference bodes well for first year coach nigro.

[MMTPdthree]

i was interested in the game so i traveled from LI to go watch.  MSV isnt a pushover by any means.  SJC was only up 4 at the half.  that kid dimaggio is legit. good ball handler and can really shoot.  cooke was no surprise - hes one of the best overall players in the conference.

no doubt MSV lacks a big man.  i cant even describe how many 3rd of 4th opportunities SJC had, and took advantage of them.  they could come up with a 6 seed in the tourney and maybe surprise some people.

MARATIME BEAT FARMINGDALE ?!?!?!?!!? - dont get me wrong im pumped about it ... but i was not expecting that

[BubbaChuck3]

Dear D3Hero:
You have officially lost your license to post on this board. Purchase has fallen on its home floor to 2 CUNY Teams in the past 4 days.

So seriously.. No need to talk anymore..

Okay, okay.. How about you admit you jumped the gun a tad bit on Purchase's rise to national prominence.

And then... No more from you...

Shhhhhhhh..... We know, we know... Purchase is still awesome and better than all CUNYs... We know...
Shhhh.... Its okay..

[BklynBasketball]

Lehman downs Purchase without Jameson Garcia. Good game for The Lightning.

[d3hero]

Lehman is athletic and is well coached.  Purchase actually played better against Brooklyn but oh well.  We'll see how they do in the regular season. 

all i know is that Jerrell Lewis will not be stopped from scoring points.  He had the flu last night and played very well.  John Simmons is also stepping up for Purchase and making an impact. 

Let's also remember : Orgias, Billups, Walters & Simmons all return next year.

[BklynBasketball]

So we are nearing the Christmas break, is it too early for predictions?

SJC
Farmingdale
Maritime
Purchase
Westbury
Cmsv
Yeshiva
MSMC
BARD
NYU-Poly

[d3hero]

right now,

i think those standings are pretty realistic.

St. Joe's, Maritime, Old Westbury, Farmingdale, Purchase & MSV will be the playoff teams in this conference.  In what order?  I'm not sure and that's yet to be determined.  However, those are the playoff teams.  A lot can happen between now and the end of Feb. though.

[d3hero]

wow i am SO lost.

Maritime beats Farmingdale by 11 and then loses to Yeshiva by 3, making Martin Leibowich player of the week and puts him on the ECAC honor roll. 

This conference is nuts.

St. Joe's watch out when you guys play Bard.  The way things are going, i wouldn't be surprised.

[BklynBasketball]

Maritime also beat MSMC by 1 and MSMC lost to MSV by alot...its a wide open conference right now

[MMTPdthree]

Wide open?  Lets be realistic - SJC will probablly take the #1 seed in the tournament if they keep playing at this level. 
Farmingdale had a surprising loss - whatever it happens...
OW is good
Maratime can play with everyone and pull out big wins - hey a win is a win - i dont care who its against.
MSV has a few good young guys and a strong Sr. shooter
Purchase is ... well purchase - i guess they were just too hyped up in the pre season - now im just left dissapointed.

P.S. Bard is done...

[BklynBasketball]

so thats 6 teams who could potentially on any given night beat the other?

you wouldnt call that wide open?

[MMTPdthree]

im sorry i misunderstood you.  I thought you were speaking primarially on playoff seeds.  i appologize.  If your talking about a confrence champ - yes its wide open

[d3hero]

the fact of the matter is that there are 8 teams in this conference that are capable of beating one another with two absolute doormats who will prob. end the season either 0-25, 1-24 or 2-23.  You do the math and figure out who they would get those two possible wins against.

it should be exciting.  we'll also see who each team gets in during the next semester. 

[MMTPdthree]

So is all this hype officially over about Purchase? 

[CityD3]

considering that the only person who believed the hype was the one who started it- d3hero...yes the hype is done. two losses to CUNY teams (considered the weaker conference) killed the "hype." they still could be a force in the skyline but winning games in the NCAA is ridiculous.