MBB: Skyline Conference

[NYBB]

What about Jamal Webb?...he's a force to be reckoned with and personally, i think Maritime is a sleeper team in this conference.

[Rhodes Scholar]

I haven't seen Webb play so I can't comment. Maritime appears to be a middle-of-the-pack team. They've beaten Yeshiva, Bard, MSV, Purchase and Poly, but have lost to St. Joe's, MSM and Farmingdale.

[NYBB]

you should def. catch Webb because he's a senior and won't be around for long.  He plays the 4 through the 1 on Maritime and is as comprable to Lebron as anyone in D3 basketball.

[Rhodes Scholar]

I'd like to see every team in the Skyline this year, so hopefully down the road I'll catch Maritime.

Mount St. Vincent beat Yeshiva, 70-56, last night in Riverdale. The Dolphins have won three of their last four conference games and are now tied with Yeshiva in the conference standings.

[NYBB]

MSV is young for the most part...  I believe they're only losing one or two guys who contribute so they should be better next season.  Right now they're just not playing well as a team and it's leading to an inconsistent streak of wins and losses.

What do you think of Purchase?

[Rhodes Scholar]

I haven't seen Purchase play, but they're obviously one of the weaker teams in the conference. Good chance they'll finish in last place this year. What's your take on Purchase?

[NYBB]

i'm going to play at purchase in the fall and my take on them is that they need help.  they have an excellent freshman point guard who dominates guys who aren't as quick as him but doesn't play as well against older, stronger guys.  he reminds me a lot of rajon rondo.  purchase also has a good small forward in kazeem famuyide, a d2 transfer who has one more year left.  they have potential so we'll see.

i still think Webb is the best player in the conference (i played with him in HS) because of his versatility.  Make sure to check him out when you get the chance.

[Rhodes Scholar]

NYBB: Good luck at Purchase and keep posting.


Results from 1/23

Old Westbury 68, Maritime 61
St. Joseph's 80, MSM 66

Old Westbury remains 1/2 game out of first place with the win over Maritime. St. Joe's deals MSM their third straight conference defeat.

Interesting stat: So far the big three (Farmingdale, St. Joe's and Old Westbury) have not lost a conference game to the seven other schools in the Skyline.

[Pryme0bjective]

has anybody seen farmingdale play?  i think they have the two best players in the conference with shannon and santana. shannon is the conference player of the week for the second week in a row and santana has been lighting up the conference all year.

[Lefty]

PrymeObjective.....here is a write-up that Knightstalker wrote about the Farmingdale @ NJCU game back in late November.  I was at that game too and was impressed with Rams.  Here is his write-up:

Caught the NJCU Farmingdale game last night.  The Knights looked decent and should improve.  A couple of freshmen, Derrick Miller and Tom McDermott are getting a lot of playing time and both look pretty good.  Miller has a nice shot and McDermott looks to be a good rebounder and defender.  Dana John broke the schools 3 point record last night and should go over 1000 points for his career before the semester ends.

Farmingdale has a pretty good team it appears.  Santana is the real deal, he does shoot his free throws from the middle of the circle.  Lipka and Shannon are both good players and all three are good shooters.  They have good depth and as the season progresses should play some good defense.  They used the press but they need to improve it if they expect to be effective later in the season.  I think the Rams should contend for the Skyline title.  They have done a very good job of building a competitive program and are getting players from good HS programs.

There was a crew there from ESPN filming some of the game for a piece they are doing on Dana John which I believe airs on December 11.  This is what a reliable source told me.

I was also told that Kevin Tucker should be back next semester.

[NYBB]

who won the MSV v. Purchase game tonight?

[Rhodes Scholar]

Scores from 1/24

Bard 77, Polytechnic 70
Farmingdale St. 86, Yeshiva 59
Mount St. Vincent 101, Purchase 71

Skyline Standings

Farmingdale 8-1
St. Joe's 8-1
Old Westbury 7-2
Maritime 5-4
MSM 5-4
MSV 4-5
Yeshiva 3-6
Bard 2-7
Poly 2-7
Purchase 1-8

[Rhodes Scholar]

I watched Bard beat Poly last night. The game was competitive from the start, and Bard was able to hold off a couple of Poly runs down the stretch to secure the victory. Bard got solid efforts from Demitrius Washington (23 pts) and Justin White (21 pts). Trevor McGinn grabbed a couple of big rebounds in crunch time as well.

Anthony Mottola (14 pts) played well for Poly. Tyree Williams (12 pts) put in a decent effort before fouling out. Jason Buckner (9 pts) started off strong but faded. Arjun Ohri (9 pts) played well in spurts, but was erratic.

[Cyclone0205]

Is there anyone in the Skyline this year that would have kept either Stevens or Manhattanville from winning the conference? 


Those two were the two best teams in the conference last year and both have pretty much the same, if not better rosters (Stevens getting back the big kid Williams who dominated the skyline and Manhattanville having the whole crew of Chisolm, Fink, Moffett).  Stevens has been a top 25 team all year in a much tougher conference, I have to assume they'd be the favorites along with Manhattanville if both were still around.  Out of the top 3 I'd say maybe Farmingdale gives this years Stevens and Manhattanville a game...St. Joes rarely beats Manhattanville and almost never beats Stevens...Westbury has played both tough, including knocking Stevens out in the Skyline last year, but I think both the Ducks and Valiants have better teams than 06-07.

[Raptormania!]

Rhodes,

     I'm jealous- a previous commitment kept me from Poly, a place I always love to visit. Am I correct that the top 8 teams play in the conference tourney?
      If so, Bard looks to have a clear path to the conference tourney- both Poly and Purchase at home should be wins, Mt. St. vincent, who they played very tough away, comes to Stevenson Gym, and Yeshiva, who they took to OT, is next on the schedule away.