MBB: Skyline Conference

[Raptormania!]

The Worldwide Leader touts Bard's triumphant return to the hardwood.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=megdal/071116

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  #8 Wooster 106  Farmingdale State 81

Wooster was led by All-American James Cooper with 19 points, Marty Bidwell with 19 points, Brandon Johnson with 18 points, freshman Bryan Wicklliffe with 11 points, Devin Fulk with 10 points and Evan Will also with 10 points.

Farmingdale State Rams were led by Damien Santana with 23 points and Erastus Shannon with 10 points.

Wooster shot 50% from the floor tonight, made 14 three pointers and outrebounded Farmingdale 49 to 29.

Wooster will face St. Thomas (MN) tomorrow night in the Championship game of the Al Van Wie Tourney

Farmingdale will face Otterbein (OH) in the consolation game.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Farmingdale State 98  Otterbein (OH) 94

Damien Santana had an incredible game as he led the Rams with 37 points (he made 7 of 11 three pointers).  Santana set a tourney record for most points in a game as the Rams won the consolation game of the Wooster Tourney.

Other double figure scorers for Farmingdale were Erastus Shannon with 14 points, Shane Denully with 13 points and Brian Robinson with 10 points.

Farmingdale shot 60% from the floor and 53% on three pointers (10 of 19) to get the victory over Otterbein.

Good luck to the Rams the rest of this season!

[Caz Bombers]

Raptormania (Howard)....nice article on ESPN Page 2, I enjoyed it, the situation at Bard you describe of a few years ago sounds like the beginning scenes of a lousy sports movie.

[Raptormania!]

Thanks. And trust me, it will be the greatest story ever told. Of the world was created in just six days, imagine what Bard basketball will be like for Coach Wood in his sixth year!

[Raptormania!]

Big win for Bard - 27 points from Justin White, Raptors clobber Green Mountain, 100-81. Ray Arocho added 20, Demitrius Washington 19.

[sixfour]

Had a chance to see Mt St Vincent vs. Cenetenary last night.

CMSV held on for an exciting win in a game they led throughout by double figures until the last 5 minutes. Centenary mounted a nice comeback and has a decent little team. They are poorly coached and don't seem to do much offensively other than create one on one.

Murphy has done a nice job putting together a decent team at CMSV, however they lack depth in the frontcourt. They have several guards and "tweeners" who can get the job done, but Chris Rocco, a dependable PF is the lone "big" and I think that lack of frontcourt depth will be their downfall as the Skyline season progresses. Definitely moving CMSV's program back in the right direction though, back to the days when they were powerful in that conference.

[Raptormania!]

Bard completes a sweep of their tournament, upending Rivier College 71-70 in the championship game.

[Raptormania!]

Without wanting to embarrass anyone by naming them, OxyBob, the players I am referring to date back to before the start of the season. I hope this clears things up for you.

[Raptormania!]

It's a shame you feel the need to demonize the Bard team, and young men you don't even know exist. I'm going to focus on the recent Bard Raptors tournament victory, in which Bard defeated a Rivier team that made the NCAA Tournament last year.
I think CalTech plays the game the right way, and I wish them luck in the future. so far, Bard is 3-6 this year, and could easily be 5-4 (missed two shots that would have won games in regulation, only to lose in OT).

[Raptormania!]

I'm looking forward to seeing the film. Like I said- I'm happy for CalTech- they play the game the right way. I wish them well.

They seem to be a long way from another victory, losing by 16, 29, 36 and 42. Bard, meanwhile, has three wins, including one over a 06-07 NCAA tournament team, along with two more losses in OT.

Seems pretty clear which program is progressing.

[Raptormania!]

Stay classy, OxyBob. Always good to see someone take shots at undergraduates at a top school working to balance academics and athletics.

Big test for Bard this weekend against Skyline leader St. Joe's- 4-0 in conference.

[Knightstalker]

Stay classy, OxyBob. Always good to see someone take shots at undergraduates at a top school working to balance academics and athletics.

Hmm, now how did I ever become aware that Bard had basketball players who were academically ineligible? Oh, yeah, *you* wrote about it in an article which appeared on Page 2 on ESPN.com, an article which *you* touted here. How appropriate that you attended Bard, alma mater of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. While at Bard did you take a philosophy course called Pretzel Logic?

OxyBob

Leave Skunk and Don out of this, they are never going back to their old school.

[Raptormania!]

To reiterate, OxyBob, I mentioned this in general. You were the one trying to identify which players in specific the article referenced. I assume you can see the difference.

Regardless, I think we can agree on the following.

1. Good for Cal Tach, getting a win!

2. Bard is showing some serious improvement this season.

[Raptormania!]

Congrats to Cal Tech!

What will become of the social order if the smart kids start winning at athletics, too???