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#1
Region 5 men's basketball / Re: Landmark Conference
January 26, 2017, 03:33:06 PM
Quote from: CardsFan on January 25, 2017, 11:14:09 PM
Shoot 48.3%....at home
Make 12 3-pointers....at home
Lead by as many as 17....at home

Give up 57 points in one half....at home
Give up 44 points in the paint....at home
Give up 16 offensive rebounds....at home

Tonight's game was a shocking capitulation. Nothing that happened in the 2nd half of this game at the defensive end should be acceptable. There is seemingly no interest in or understanding of what defense is. The players don't seem to know what to do. The same mistakes are made over and over again by the same players. I don't blame them. It really appears that no one has taught them how to defend, either individually or as a team. The lack of any semblance of post defense is especially glaring. Traub, Weiss, and Knecht did whatever they wanted, like Vitkus on Saturday. The most disappointing part of tonight was that the best years of this program were built on strong defense and that now seems to have been lost.

I don't care about individual game results the rest of the way. I'm only going to look at defensive numbers from now on. Finding an acceptable level of defense should now be more important than the won-lost record at the end of this season.
Howes has lost the locker room.
#2
Region 5 men's basketball / Re: Landmark Conference
November 16, 2016, 06:41:41 AM
Quote from: ronk on November 08, 2016, 06:40:41 PM
Quote from: NEPAFAN on November 08, 2016, 08:06:13 AM
Was on the Lackawanna College website; they scrimmage Scranton on Saturday. Former Scranton Assistant Brian Coyle is now the head man at Lackawanna.


Saw Catholic lost to Notre Dame; horrible loss for Catholic  ;D

I applaud Catholic for scheduling the game with Notre Dame(the 2nd time in recent years). While they are D3 players now, it's nice to get a glimpse of the D1 experience from the inside; that was the highlight of my bball "career"-playing in the mecca of college bball(the Penn Palestra) as part of a tripleheader with the finale being a Big 5 showdown between St. Joe(future NBA coach Jimmy Lynam) and Penn(Pulitzer author John Wideman).
Don't kid yourself, this isn't about the players as much as it is s photo op for Coach Howes.
#3
Quote from: D3MAFAN-MG on September 29, 2015, 12:18:22 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on September 29, 2015, 11:33:37 AM
Meanwhile, the NEWMAC found its eighth team, and it wasn't St. Anselm:
http://www.d3football.com/notables/2015/09/catholic-jumping-to-newmac

I guess the Liberty League and NEFC may have to come to terms somewhere or start acquiring other teams from other conferences, regardless if distance may be a factor.
How in world will a DC school drive to Castine ME for a game on Saturdays?
It's going to be a 3 day trip.
Either the school doesn't have a scholastic culture or the AD gas a screw loose.
#4
Quote from: hscathletics on June 02, 2016, 08:48:53 PM
Quote from: jknezek on June 02, 2016, 02:42:53 PM
Quote from: Charles on June 02, 2016, 11:11:58 AM
That being said, who's idea was it to join the NEWMAC?

Hard to believe that is anything lower than the AD level with support from the rest of the administration.
School President, maybe even Board of Trustees also, would ultimately have the final say.
The school president and BOT would agree with the AD.
However, totally crazy to be playing teams in the Northeast.
This is D3 football, their travel budget is limited, these road trips will be so long.
There's a reason Dunn was asked to leave and Sullivan is probably next.
#5
Quote from: jknezek on June 01, 2016, 01:07:03 PM
Quote from: HSCTiger fan on June 01, 2016, 12:49:03 PM
Dave Dunn of CUA is leaving to coach TEs at Marshall.

http://www.si.com/college-football/2016/06/01/marshall-hires-dave-dunn-tight-ends-coach-catholic-university-america

Given the travel schedule Catholic is going to face going forward, I'd have looked to jump ship as well! Seriously though, this may be something both sides win with. Catholic gets a fresh start going into their new conference next year and Coach Dunn can move on from what can best be described as a deteriorated situation. Coach Dunn's stint at Catholic had more 1 or 0 win conference seasons, 6, than multiple win conference seasons, 4. Of those 4 multiple conference win seasons, half were 2 wins, one 3 win effort, and the pinnacle 4-2 spaghetti knot in 2008.
There are real issues with the entire athletic program at CUA.
Dunn was a problem promoting a culture on campus that was disliked by the administration as well as the students on and off campus.
He won't be missed.
That being said, who's idea was it to join the NEWMAC?
#6
In the past 7 years, only 8 players out of 35 recruited freshman have played for the entire 4 years.
The assistant coaches have not stayed either, in fact the only asst coach now is a grad assistant
The alumni aren't happy either.
There is an inherent problem with the program (or head Coach) when players don't want to play for him.
#7
Quote from: CardsFan on March 25, 2016, 06:45:00 PM
Quote from: ronk on March 25, 2016, 01:59:15 PM
The record was 1-3, not 1-4, but was disappointing because there were 3 home games and 1 neutral-court game. While not in the selection criteria, poor NCAA results have to be somewhere deep in the minds of the selectors.
  Absent very good newcomers, only Catholic and Susque seem strong enough to warrant at-large consideration, if needed.

No way of knowing for sure and it's very early, but I don't see CUA having the kind of season that could earn an at-large bid next season. Aside from the 4 seniors, I have a feeling there's going to be a roster overhaul this summer. There are 6 guys who were sophomores this past season, none of whom played even a small role. In fact, 5 of those 6 played in fewer games and played fewer minutes as sophomores than they did as freshmen. I was surprised they all came back this past year and I'm sure they won't all be back next year. Could be the best part of another whole class that's gone before senior year.

Right now I'm seeing 5 guys returning next season who even played 100 minutes last year. Some of those guys will have greatly increased roles next year. Gonna be a lot of growing pains next season, but some of these guys show great potential and I look forward to them getting their chance.
At this point it is looking like the CUA coach has a hard time keeping assistants and players.
Kids no longer are interested in playing there.
#8
Region 5 men's basketball / Re: Landmark Conference
March 08, 2015, 08:40:50 AM
a real unfortunate play. that's how kids get hurt. just a sad way for CUA to end a nice season. Coach Howes needs to explain his  behavior. bad moment for CUA.
#9
Region 5 men's basketball / Re: Landmark Conference
March 05, 2015, 11:15:06 AM
Quote from: CardsFan on March 04, 2015, 05:43:56 PM
All-Conference Teams are out:

First Team: Ross Danzig, Brendan Boken, Bryson Fonville, Jay Howard, Mike Klinger, Brandon Hedley

Second Team: Kevin Herring II, David Smith, Steven Weidlich, Justin Klingman, Corey Stanford, Josh Miller

POY: Bryson Fonville
DPOY: Kevin Phanord
ROY: Jay Howard
COY: Susquehanna staff

3 holdovers from last year's 1st Team in Danzig (3-time 1st Teamer), Boken, and Fonville. CUA, Scranton, and Susquehanna all had 3 honorees. 4 teams not represented at all, but probably tough looking for parity in a league where there was such a gap between the top 3 and everyone else. Congrats to all the honorees.

What team does the DPOY play for? Didn't see his name anywhere.
#10
Region 5 men's basketball / Re: Landmark Conference
March 02, 2015, 07:40:47 PM
Quote from: saratoga on March 02, 2015, 04:54:17 PM
NEPA:
I hope by around 7:30 next Friday evening, that assumption still holds true.

The reality is if your pre-season All-American candidate shoots 1-10 from the field, inclusive of 1-4 from the line & 0-7 from behind the arc & you still win by 11 on the road against a serious conference foe....then you've got to believe things can't stay that bad & your chances just got better for the next game.

I mean if the Royals pulled a homeless person off the streets in DC before the game & inserted him as the 2...he couldn't have shot much worse.
Probably would have turned the ball over 50 times but my point is when you can survive that cold of a night from a guy you're counting on...you know you've dodged a serious bullet & you have to like your chances going forward.

Taking care of the ball & second chance shots have been huge for the Royals down the stretch....keep it going.
According to Coach Danzig, the kid broke his foot early in the season and his wrist around Christmas, I think that he is still playing is just toughness.

#11
Region 5 men's basketball / Re: Landmark Conference
February 22, 2015, 12:34:31 PM
Quote from: CardsFan on February 21, 2015, 05:13:02 PM
Well, quickfire reaction to the CUA-Scranton game is that the result doesn't surprise me at all. I fully expected a Scranton win, seeing as how CUA has not won in the Long Center in Landmark play ever. However, while the result doesn't surprise me, the quality of performance from the Cards was very disappointing.

The defense was porous for at least the last 30 minutes of the game. Fonville had a miserable first half going 1-9 (good call by coach Danzig putting Marcus Thomas on him from the start) and then he didn't really try to get into the game in the 2nd half as the 4 shots he took in the 2nd half all came within the final 2-3 minutes when the game was already over.

Jay Howard's early foul trouble took him out of rhythm and he never got back into it. While Corey Stanford had an excellent game, it was disappointing that all semblance of offense stopped so early. Three of the Cards starters barely took any shots at all.

Also, special mention has to be made of the 14 offensive rebounds the Royals had today. Coming into the game Scranton was the worst offensive rebounding team in conference play by a decent margin, but they were quicker to all missed shots and their effort to rebound was far greater than the Cards.

Fair play to Scranton as they were clearly the better team today, and from my POV probably have to be considered favorites going into the conference tournament.
That and the fact, other than a mediocre Susquehanna team (feasting on a terrible Landmark Conference) and a Scranton team nursing early injuries, CUA hasn't beat a team with a winning record this season, right?
#12
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: NESCAC MBB
May 21, 2014, 11:14:04 AM
Quote from: nescac1 on May 21, 2014, 09:45:56 AM
Amherst is clearly bringing in a third straight strong recruiting class.  With Dawson and Conlin added to the mix, Amherst's NINE man sophomore class of George, Dawson, Conlin, Berman, Nabatoff, Racy, Wright, plus a few others who may eventually see the court (but a few guys will have to be the odd man out on the perimeter), is absolutely ridiculous.  Williams, Midd, and Tufts all have stellar rising sophomore classes as well (in particular Williams), but that kind of depth in a single NESCAC class is unheard of.   It's certainly nice to be Coach Hixon and have, apparently, limitless flexibility to add to the roster. 

While the Jeffs will be young next year after losing three senior starters and with, possibly, no seniors in the starting lineup (and probably only one in the rotation at all), Amherst will grow throughout the year and looks to be absolutely loaded heading into 2015-16 and even more so in 16-17. 

Charles, I discount the move from UMass Lowell to FDU, because as jayhawk the coach moved and he simply changed his commitment to follow the coach -- that is not uncommon.  So really, it's only one change of note, from FDU to Amherst.

he also had committed to Cornell. went to a prep school from a HS in Canada. and we all know about how prep schools are with grades...
#13
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: NESCAC MBB
May 21, 2014, 09:27:13 AM
Quote from: jayhawk on May 21, 2014, 08:17:50 AM
Jayde was NEPSAC Class B player of the year senior year at Brooks School in New England
21st ranked high school player in Canada his senior year (top players included Andrew Wiggins and Tyler Ennis)


More news for Amherst B Ball may come

sounds fishy to me. too many schools, too many commitments.
#14
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: NESCAC MBB
May 19, 2014, 02:55:11 PM
Quote from: nescac1 on May 19, 2014, 01:47:58 PM
Speaking of Quinnipiac, one interesting example is Colin Tabb, who is, so far as I can recall, the best D1 transfer to NESCAC in recent decades.  As a frosh, here were his numbers at Quinnipiac in 1999:

http://statsheet.com/mcb/players/player/quinnipiac/colin-tabb (7.6/3.1/.9, shooting 39/32/78)

He transferred to Trinity.  Unfortunately, Trinity's stats don't go back to to his sophomore year, but they do cover his junior year:

http://caribou.cc.trincoll.edu/depts_pub/news/sports_brochures/mbball/2000-01%20Season/MBStatistics0001.htm (18.2/7/3, shooting 46/36/86). 

Of course, there is a big difference between a freshman and a junior, so some portion of that bump is attributable to natural growth as a player.  And he continued to improve, making a massive jump to 24.8 ppg as a senior, one of the highest single-season scoring averages in recent NESCAC history, if not the highest. 

At least in Tabb's case, he probably projected to be a solid starter as an upperclassman at Quinnipiac, and in NESCAC, he was a superstar (conference POY) by his senior year. 

Another more recent example from elsewhere in D3 is Kam Cerroni.  As a junior at Wisconson Green Bay, he averaged 5.8/1.1/.7, and shot 38/35/97.  Last year at St. Norbert, a top-10 D3 team, he averaged 16.5/2.8/1.5, and shot 54/54/93.  I haven't seen Cerroni play, but he seems like a fairly good comparison to Matt Hart.  Cerroni is obviously an incredible deep shooter.  But the different in numbers is a testament to how much more room / time you have to get your shot off vs. the vast majority of D3 teams. 

I think in general, someone who can be a contributor at virtually any D1 school (meaning, a starter or important reserve) projects into a star, if not a superstar, at the D3 level.  But I agree that the top players in D3 are likely better than the deep bench players at those same schools.  The question is, would you rather be like Tabb or Cerroni, starring and earning accolades for very good D3 teams, or playing as a back-up or maybe a spot starter at a lower-tier D1 team?  I could see an argument either way, it depends on what you value as a player.  By the way I believe that Aaron Toomey, and certainly Duncan Robinson, are both better overall than Colin Tabb (although he was more athletic than either), and either could start for a Quinnipiac-level program in my view.

from experience  can tell you that the biggest difference is that D1 everyone gets a full ride. In D3 someone tends to have to pay.....
#15
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: D1/D3
May 19, 2014, 12:49:05 PM
Quote from: Old Guy on May 19, 2014, 12:13:41 PM
Intuitively, I find it hard to believe the best players on the top D3 teams aren't as good as the bench players on lower level D1 teams.

Agreed, and even more when you look at D1 teams like Hartford, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart, New Hampshire, Maine or Vermont, there are any number of players at NESCAC, NE10 or even some LEC schools that could get significant playing time. It really comes down to which AAU team, who knows whom, whose Coach has a connection. Other than the top programs and some bigs, there is but a fine line between most good players.