MBB: Skyline Conference

d3hero · December 19, 2008, 01:55:09 PM

The fact of the matter is that one of Purchase's key recruits isn't playing this season and without him, they're a different team. A 6'9" guy who can PLAY would absolutely crush the entire atlantic conference teams and that's what this squad is missing.

Regardless, I still believe that Purchase is going to be a force in the Skyline. As i said in a recent post, it's one of the most competitive years the conference has seen in...well, possibly ever. There are 8 good teams that can beat one another on any given night and that makes for exciting division three basketball. The days of Mville & Stevens at the top with the 3rd place team rotating between Farmingdale, St. Joe's & Old Westbury are done.

We'll see what happens come spring time.

Knightstalker · December 19, 2008, 02:21:14 PM

Quote from: d3hero on December 19, 2008, 01:55:09 PM
The fact of the matter is that one of Purchase's key recruits isn't playing this season and without him, they're a different team. A 6'9" guy who can PLAY would absolutely crush the entire atlantic conference teams and that's what this squad is missing.

Regardless, I still believe that Purchase is going to be a force in the Skyline. As i said in a recent post, it's one of the most competitive years the conference has seen in...well, possibly ever. There are 8 good teams that can beat one another on any given night and that makes for exciting division three basketball. The days of Mville & Stevens at the top with the 3rd place team rotating between Farmingdale, St. Joe's & Old Westbury are done.

We'll see what happens come spring time.

Stevens at the top, they were only good for two years, before that they were pretty much garbage.

CityD3 · December 19, 2008, 04:26:32 PM

Quote from: d3hero on December 19, 2008, 01:55:09 PM

We'll see what happens come spring time.

Last time I checked games are played and won during winter.

d3hero · December 19, 2008, 09:41:48 PM

spring, late winter, whatever dude. stop being a you know what.

CityD3 · January 06, 2009, 12:00:01 AM

tough start to the new year for the skyline. Mount st marys loses two games in a holiday tourney. St Joe's, who we've been arguin may be th best in the region, beats Potsdam but loses to Montclair in OT down in Fla. and Mount St vincents loses by 23 at Centenary. The Rookie of the Year candidate randy battle wasn't in the box score. what happened there??

OxyBob · January 06, 2009, 03:25:13 AM

Eyewitness report from Pasadena:

Caltech 77, Polytechnic 69

CIT: Matt Dellatorre 27 pts, 10 rebs, 3 assists, 3 steals, Travis Haussler 19 pts, 12 rebs, 2 assists, 5 blocks, Ryan Elmquist 14, Wei Li 11
NYU-Poly: Arjun Ohri 25, Andre Robinson 17 pts, 7 rebs, 3 assists, 3 steals, Anthony Mottola 10

Halftime: CIT 40-24
Rebounds: CIT 38-36
Records: Caltech 1-10, Polytechnic 0-10

Very entertaining game between Caltech and NYU-Poly. CIT got off to a quick 7-0 lead and never trailed in the game. Arjun Ohri's 3-point play brought the Fighting Blue Jays within 7-5, but that's as close they'd get the rest of the night. The Beavers took a 26-12 lead on Travis Haussler's layup at 9:30, stretched the lead to 18, and led 40-24 at the break. In the second half, CIT led 52-37 at 12:25, but NYU-Poly scored 11 straight to close to 52-48 at 8:40. Wei Li's 3-ball broke the scoreless spell for CIT to push the lead back to 7, and the Blue Jays didn't get closer than 4 the rest of the way. The Beavers won it at the free throw line by sinking 28-for-33, while NYU-Poly was only 10-for-20, and missed several chances to close the gap by clanking their FTs.

For Caltech, the Beavers had 4 starters in double figures. Matt Dellatorre scored 27 points on 6-for-13 FGs and 13-for-14 from the line, and also pulled down 10 rebounds. Travis Haussler played a very strong game in the post with 19 points and 12 rebounds, and had 5 blocks. Ryan Elmquist had 14 points on 4-for-6 FGs and 6-for-6 FTs, and made a key basket on a put back with 3 minutes to go. Wei Li scored 11 and hit on 3-for-5 on 3-balls. For Polytechnic, Arjun Ohri played a strong game with 25 points on 10-for-18 FGs and 3-for-3 from the line. Andre Robinson scored 17 and had 7 boards, and Anthony Mottola had 10.

I've now seen Caltech win its last 3 games. I saw CIT break its 207-game losing streak to D-III teams against Bard on 01/06/07, I saw them break an 18-game losing streak against Gallaudet on 12/17/07, and I saw them break a 30-game losing streak tonight. Fear the Beavers!

OxyBob

zonescantstopme · January 06, 2009, 06:10:39 AM

I watched marys in the marymount tournament. the talent is there they just look out of place with each other like they dont know their rolls. Centenary should have stayed in the skyline 3-0 vs them this year they are much improved. tough loss for joe's but i think they played without walsh if im not mistaken.

MMTPdthree · January 06, 2009, 11:53:50 AM

I think MSV played without ROY possibility, Randy Battle against Cetenary

CunyPlayer03 · January 06, 2009, 02:45:51 PM

Randy Battle has failed of the Mount St Vincent Basketball team

thats why he wasnt in the box score

MMTPdthree · January 07, 2009, 11:17:21 AM

WOW. I think that may hurt their chances of making it to the tourney. However it is a TEAM sport, but a powerful tall forward like Battle is certainly a game changer.

BklynBasketball · January 07, 2009, 01:41:06 PM

Losing Battle will certainly hurt MSV however they still have the conference's best shooter Joe Cook (might be the best shooter in the region, seriously).

They also score alot from the outside with their other guards. Nice win over Maritime last night.

Maritime seems to be on a roller coaster this season, beating Farmingdale, losing to Yeshiva and MSV.

Maritime picks up against Poly Tomorrow, at Poly. Expect Poly to fight hard after going 0-2 in California.

d3hero · January 07, 2009, 09:33:51 PM

St. Joe's lost that game to Montclair (and beat Potsdam) without their best player, JJ Walsh (24 PPG, 10 RPG). He has academic issues to deal with.

It seems like the entire conference is dealing with academic problems, though i think Old Westbury is going to become a force all of a sudden. Lester Prosper scored 33 points and had a breakout game against Christopher Newport in their last game in Arizona. If they finally wake up and realize that having a 6'10" kid that can score will make them insanely hard to beat locally, they're going to win a lot of games: apparently, with the 17 point loss to Farmingdale, they still haven't realized that fact.

BTW - Maritime lost Paul Frazier, their Jamal Webb senior replacement. They're not the same team without him.

It looks like Farmingdale hasn't lose anyone and IMO, is once again the favorite to win the league. If Walsh comes back for St. Joe's, we'll see.

Purchase is still dangerous as they have the best player in the conference, Lewis.

Rhodes Scholar · January 08, 2009, 12:23:57 PM

St. Joe's hosts Farmingdale tonight in a big-time Skyline matchup. If Walsh is ineligible, St. Joe's will definitely be weakened and may no longer be the favorite to win the conference.

Rhodes Scholar · January 09, 2009, 12:45:49 PM

I didn't see the game, but Farmingdale easily beat St. Joe's 84-67 last night. St. Joe's was up 36-31 at the half, but the Rams outscored them 53-31 in the second half. Walsh did not play for St. Joe's and according to the box score, Mike Campbell had 23 points and 8 boards in only 16 minutes for Farmingdale. As I said before, Santana, Shannon and Campbell are one tough trio for Farmingdale.

There's no report on the Maritime @ Poly game, so it remains to be seen if the Blue Jays are still winless.

In another Skyline contest, Purchase fell to Old Westbury. I haven't seen Prosper play yet, but I will try to catch him sometime this season.

CityD3 · January 10, 2009, 01:08:53 PM

JJ Walsh is still out for St. Joe's. However i did notice that Alvin Bray is playing now. The first I heard of Bray he was considered potentially the best player in St. Joe's history and had overseas opportunity. The interesting part of this is that this was THREE years ago. Injuries have cost him most of his career and I am happy for him that he is getting a chance to play. However, I would really like to see what St. Joe's average age is. I won't be surprised if they are older that a few NBA teams. I'm not even sure that there is anything wrong with running men in the mid 20's out there to play, but it is a very strange part of Division III basketball.