MBB: Skyline Conference

[Rhodes Scholar]

Last night I saw St. Joe's beat Poly (the refs did show up this time). The game was never in doubt, but Poly gave it 100% and didn't get blown out. Nice effort by Ohri, but he didn't get much support from his teammates. DeMarco hit some threes but Mottola was in foul trouble for much of the game and never got on track. Poly definitely misses Bucknight. Without him, the Fighting Blue Jays have no strong interior defensive presence and shot blocker.

Niblock and Hyde were effective down low for St. Joe's. Both had a lot of success against smaller Poly defenders. Acree had a strong second half, scoring from all over the court. He's quick, athletic and has good range. Once again, JJ Walsh did not play.

Slight typo there Rhodes...Bucknight is the asst coach and former CCNY standout. Although he would probably be a huge life if he played for Poly...theyre missing Buckner, their center  8)

Yeah, you're right. Buckner is the center and Bucknight is the assistant coach.

[ball1003]

Don't worry Rhodes... when st. joe's gets healthy in a week they're gonna be hard to beat....  its a 2 team race...  Feb. 12  SJC @ Farm  that will decide home court in the finals.... 

[d3hero]

i would just like to remind everyone of how i said that Bard will not win a game this year.  Well, they haven't won yet and it doesn't look like it's going to happen.

It's official: Bard is the worst team in division three basketball.

[Rhodes Scholar]

Don't worry Rhodes... when st. joe's gets healthy in a week they're gonna be hard to beat....  its a 2 team race...  Feb. 12  SJC @ Farm  that will decide home court in the finals.... 

There's no doubt Farmingdale and St. Joe's are the two best teams in the conference. Let's see what happens on Feb. 12. Farmingdale beat St. Joe's by 17 in their first meeting in Patchogue.

It's official: Bard is the worst team in division three basketball.

Don't know if the Raptors are the worst, but they're certainly one of the worst. They evidently didn't find replacements for Washington and Arocho.

[Rhodes Scholar]

I also find it interesting that Mount St. Vincent has sole possession of third place. The Dolphins are the surprise team in the Skyline. They're 9-3 in conference play and are riding a four-game win streak, including wins over Old Westbury and Maritime.

[Rhodes Scholar]

One last thing: I saw the second half of the Old Westbury @ Poly game yesterday. Once again, Poly hung in there, but came up short. They have a very young team and should be more competitive next year.

I was impressed with Prosper on Old Westbury. He's got a solid body, but needs to get a little stronger and more physical. He has a pretty good shooting touch from outside and he has a very nice midrange game. Down low, he has decent moves but needs more polish. On defense, he made on excellent block and altered a couple of other shots. Overall he looks very good, but he has the potential to dominate down the road.

Hakiem George also looked good for the Panthers. He has an excellent jump shot with NBA range.

[d3hero]

I hope that MSV stays in the playoffs and runs against Purchase in the first round.  That will be an easy win for the Panthers. 

No idea how Vincent's is winning.  They're slow and rely completely on outside shooting with little defense.

[Raptormania!]

"by the way where is Raptor Mania?Huh?  I haven't heard from him ever since he realized Bard won't win a game this year"

Working on about nine other projects- but losing never stopped me from posting before. And unlike past years, this is a team just ravaged by injuries. More talent when healthy than the team that won 8 last year.

"i would just like to remind everyone of how i said that Bard will not win a game this year.  Well, they haven't won yet and it doesn't look like it's going to happen."

My kudos to our member of the Psychic Friends Network. He also was able to see that Bard would lose 80% of its starting lineup to significant injuries, along with three major contributors on the bench.

His psychic abilities don't appear to have extended to SUNY-Purchase dominating the Skyline Conference (watched Purchase struggle at home for most of the game against a battered Bard team). But you can't win them all.

Leave it to d3hero, though- he makes up for his psychic misses with the class to kick an injured team when it's down.

[d3hero]

What injuries?  Don't begin to tell me that Forrest Alvarez would have really helped your completely horrendous basketball team win a game.  You have Justin White and supposedly he's the closest thing to "god" that Bard College has ever seen.  Shouldn't he propel your team to a mighty victory?

Speaking of INJURIES, the Purchase squad has been without its star player and their best big man Orgias has a messed up calf.   Take that plus their main big man, 6'8" with fantastic skills, hasn't played a game all season.

I would LOVE to see what fantastic recruits Bard brings in next year.  Are you going to conjure up the ghosts of ... you tell me to play for your squad? 

And losing before might not have stopped you from posting but certainly losing now has.

[Raptormania!]

"What injuries?  Don't begin to tell me that Forrest Alvarez would have really helped your completely horrendous basketball team win a game.  You have Justin White and supposedly he's the closest thing to "god" that Bard College has ever seen.  Shouldn't he propel your team to a mighty victory?"

We can agree to disagree if any team can lose 80% of its starting lineup and three key reserves and not be decimated.

"Speaking of INJURIES, the Purchase squad has been without its star player and their best big man Orgias has a messed up calf.   Take that plus their main big man, 6'8" with fantastic skills, hasn't played a game all season."

Yes. This sounds exactly the same.

"And losing before might not have stopped you from posting but certainly losing now has."

You realize you are making this statement in reply to my post, right?

[d3hero]

Raptor,

When your team wins a game, you are allowed to talk again.

[Queens]

d3hero,

you have made wrong predictions all year, finally you get one right and your bragging about it... Bard is miserable big deal, get over it

[Queens]

On a more positive note...

Does anyone know when the regional rankings come out? Where do you think Farmingdale will be ranked? Any shot there the top team in the region?

[BklynBasketball]

Raptor,

When your team wins a game, you are allowed to talk again.

actually, hes allowed to talk whenever he wants, if it werent for raptormania this board would be silent most times, he has kept it alive for a couple of years.

i think, honestly this is Farmingdale's conference to lose. That is my honest opinion. With that said it is plausible that St Joe's could go in there and knock them off in the playoffs.

With teams like MSV, Maritime, Westbury and Purchase breathing down your neck, an upset in the playioffs is not far off either.

As far as d3hero and his blind allegiance to Purchase I like it. Glad to see someone root for their team. A little exxagerrated most times but its still cool to see.

I think nowis the time we can start to predict the awards for the conference no?

Rookie of the year: Brookim - YU
Player of the year: I have a tough time with this one...however with Santana at 21points and 4+ asst per game i think he gets the nod.

Hon Mention: Billups, Ohri, Acree, Cooke, Campbell and Harrison from MSMC.

what do you guys think?

How about coach of the year? All Confernece team? Etc.

[BklynBasketball]

Oh, and congratulations goes out to Tim Dougherty for recording his 1000th point at Maritime. He did it against MSMC.

Congrats!

http://www.skylineconference.org/News/mbball/2009/1/28/dougherty_1000.asp?path=mbball