MBB: Skyline Conference

[UCAAHoops21]

didn't i see that purchase is looking for a new coach next year as well?

[NYBB]

well, they fired Coach Carroll mid-season and hired Jeff Charney who was a local HS coach.  Mr. Charney's son is on the basketball team and also plays baseball for Purchase so the Purchase AD asked him to interim.  However, the team lost all but one game under him so i don't know what's going to happen.  From what i've gathered from the players, he's 75 % in.  He seems like a nice guy but i was recruited by the assistant coach, Terry Calnek.  Terry is the man but we shall see what happens.

[Rhodes Scholar]

Tonight's Skyline Conference Tournament Quarterfinals

#6 Yeshiva @ #3 Old Westbury

Earlier meetings: 12/27 Yeshiva 58, Old Westbury 57
                          2/13 Old Westbury 71, Yeshiva 63

#5 Mount St. Mary @ #4 Maritime

Earlier meetings: 12/12 MSM 73, Maritime 67
                          2/12 Maritime 72, MSM 66 (@ E. Rutherford)

(For previous games the home team is in bold)

[NYBB]

Yeshiva upsets Old Westbury 88-82, overcoming a huge deficit in the 2nd half with freshman 6'6'' PF Zach Gordon leading the charge with 41 points!

SUNY-Maritime wins in the playoffs for the first time since 1999, beating Mt. St. Mary, 82 to 66.  Maritime shot 32-55 from the field and were led by freshman Giovanni Hurley who had 23 on 11-12 shooting.  Senior and Lebron James lookalike Jamal Webb had yet another ridiculous game with 21 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists. 

[Rhodes Scholar]

Gordon's 41 points is the most by a Skyline player this year. The previous high was 37 points by Damien Santana (vs. Otterbein) and David Acree (vs. Farmingdale).

[Rhodes Scholar]

Skyline Tournament Semifinals

Maritime @ Farmingdale
Farmingdale won both previous games: 91-75 @ Maritime and 81-55 @ Farmingdale.

Yeshiva @ St. Joseph's
St. Joe's won both previous games: 81-71 @ Yeshiva and 69-59 @ St. Joe's.

[Rhodes Scholar]

Skyline Semifinals:

Farmingdale State 84, Maritime 69
St. Joseph's 73, Yeshiva 52

Outside of Yeshiva's upset over Old Westbury, there were no surprises in the Skyline Tournament. The two top seeds advance to the conference finals winning their semifinal games convincingly.

#1 Farmingdale State and #2 St. Joseph's split during the regular season, with each team winning at home.

[Rhodes Scholar]

Skyline Championship

#2 St. Joseph's @ #1 Farmingdale State

The two teams split during the regular season with each winning at home. Farmingdale won the first game, 74-70. St. Joe's won the rematch, 91-81. Both teams split with Old Westbury, with both winning at home and both losing on the road. Apart from their losses to Old Westbury and to each other, neither team lost another Skyline game this year. Including their tournament wins, both teams are 17-2 in conference play.

The average margin of victory for Farmingdale is 22.7 and for St. Joe's it's 10.6. Eliminating the losses and including the conference tournament the margin of victory for Farmingdale is 26.9 and 13 for St. Joe's. For Farmingdale, 15 of their 17 wins over Skyline opponents have been by double digits. For St. Joe's, 12 have been by double digits.

[Rhodes Scholar]

Skyline Championship Game

Farmingdale State 91, St. Joseph's 71

Farmingdale wins the rubber match and earns a Pool A bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Rams led by 11 at the half and shot 60% from the floor in the second half to win the game decisively. Brian Robinson was named the MVP of the championship game.

[Knightstalker]

NJCU will play York on Wednesday in the first round of the ECAC tournament.

[Rhodes Scholar]

Here's some info on Farmingdale State's NCAA opponent, Penn State-Behrend:

Region: Great Lakes
Location: Erie, PA
Conference: Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC)
Record: 23-4 (overall), 15-3 (in conference)
Longest winning streak: 10 games (current)
Longest losing streak: no consecutive losses

Penn State-Behrend finished first in the AMCC this year. They won the conference tournament defeating the number two seed Lake Erie, 57-54. They received a Pool A bid to the NCAA tournament.

[Pryme0bjective]

FYI- farmingdale state is 4th in the nation in scoring offense @ 89.9 ppg and is 2nd in the nation in rebound margin and scoring margin at 10.3rpg and 17.4ppg respectively

[NYBB]

I think Farmingdale might be able to top Behrend...just by looking at them.  lol

http://www.behrend.psu.edu/athletics/mbball/roster.htm

[Raptormania!]

Just curious- how come St. Joe's got the ECAC, not a second NCAA bid?

[Rhodes Scholar]

Access the Site FAQ from the front page and click on NCAA Tournament. Then click on the bottom link dealing with selection and seeding.