MBB: Skyline Conference

zonescantstopme · December 17, 2006, 10:42:31 AM

all of the above is true about Centenary, although the Cyclones do have a new facility due to be finished early 07, they have had to have practices and games at the local high school sometimes practice starting after 9 pm. However even though the record doesnt really show it the scores do that Centenary is slowly inproving of their 6 losses 4 could have easily gone the other way. The coach has the program going in the right direction ask anyone who has seen them play this year.

zonescantstopme · December 17, 2006, 04:59:00 PM

on another note anyone heard of whats going on up at Mt St Marys there seems to be a big fall off form the previous two years

Rhodes Scholar · December 18, 2006, 03:53:08 PM

Quote from: Knightstalker on December 17, 2006, 10:03:45 AM
Have you ever been to Centenary? It is a very small school that only accepted men with the last 15 years or so. The basketball court/gym is maybe the second sorriest Knightstalker has ever seen. The sorriest being Caldwell Colleges. They have almost no facilities at Centenary and have to fight the Town of Hackettstown tooth and nail to even attempt to expand the college.

Caldwell College no longer plays in the gym where the basketball court was sandwiched between a stage and auditorium-style seating. They opened up a new facility in 2002. I haven't been to Centenary, but I would imagine that their gym couldn't be much worse than the venues at Brooklyn College or D2 Molloy College in Rockville Center, Long Island.

heatlee · December 18, 2006, 10:10:59 PM

Zipfel won games in that tiny Centenary gym, and made it into a home court advantage, such as it is. He beat both Caldwell, Divison II, and NJIT, ranked highly in Division III at the time, when he was

I still haven't found out why he could win and why they haven't won since he left.

zonescantstopme · December 19, 2006, 06:19:53 AM

Do you have something personal against the program?? Seems like your going kind of hard on the Cyclones.

zonescantstopme · December 19, 2006, 11:31:32 AM

Anyone know what happened to Tom Spina at Maritime?

heatlee · December 21, 2006, 10:00:57 PM

I just wanted to know why they haven't won since Zipfel left.

Pat Coleman · December 21, 2006, 11:08:06 PM

Quote from: zonescantstopme on December 19, 2006, 06:19:53 AM
Do you have something personal against the program?? Seems like your going kind of hard on the Cyclones.

I didn't get that at all. Seems like normal questions.

blueknights5 · January 07, 2007, 11:49:50 PM

if you want to know anything about the skyline conference then you should know about mike hoyt from mount saint marys, hes the real deal. He finished 3rd in the nation in scoring last season with 27.1 ppg, and he was named a preseason all-american. Also, he proved that he could accelerate at the next level during a loss to D1 davidson, hoyt scored a game high 28 pts.

zonescantstopme · January 08, 2007, 12:16:42 AM

Do you think hoyt will be able to keep his all american status? Looking at their record it would be hard for him to do so unless he can raise the level of his team. I think Brandon Weldon and the Ramirez kid from last year should recognized because if they werent such threats last year hoyt would have had the same type of season he is having this year.

heatlee · January 19, 2007, 09:44:41 PM

Can anyone tell me why Centenary has trouble winning now, but when Pat Zipfel was there they managed to win. This is just a question I have nothing against the school.

zonescantstopme · January 28, 2007, 11:48:17 AM

Mike Hoyt scored 59 against Farmingdale anyone see that game

Rhodes Scholar · January 28, 2007, 09:24:28 PM

Quote from: zonescantstopme on January 28, 2007, 11:48:17 AM
Mike Hoyt scored 59 against Farmingdale anyone see that game

I didn't see that game, but I'd be interested in hearing some kind of scouting report on Hoyt because I've never seen him play. The numbers that he's putting up are incredible. Hopefully, I'll get to see him play Tuesday night at Yeshiva.

zonescantstopme · January 28, 2007, 10:50:26 PM

i ve played against him the last two years, and honestly he is impossible to guard if you lay off he shoots the three and if you push up he goes by you. He has amazing body control and strength in the air and the ability to draw contact.

on top of all that he knows the game and his team and coaches put him in the position to use all of his talents

CCsalive · January 28, 2007, 11:00:20 PM

Greetings from the NESCAC room...I've gotta see this Hoyt kid play. I watched Farmingdale demolish Maritime earlier this year and I'm shocked to see them with 3 conference losses let alone one guy getting 59.

...on the Maritime note, at that Farmingdale game Maritime head coach Tom Spina spent the entire second half with his son on his lap, even at one point bending over to tie his kids shoes in the middle of the game. Professionalism aside, he was the worst collegiate coach I have ever seen. That said, he will be remembered for his lack of character. He was a joke.