Hunter College defeated D2 Queens College 69-65 in Queens College home opener.

Hunter Coach John Alesi resigns and takes Baruch Assistant AD job.  Hunter is looking for a new coach for the second year in a row. 

Heard John Alesi from Manhattan College is in the process of being hired as the new head coach of Hunter. 

I agree with you MEC Fan and Queens,

4 of the players selected to the first and second team all CUNY came off of 3 teams that had a combined record of 11 Wins and 64 Losses. That is a joke.Theres about 3-4 other deserving players with just as good stats that were on better teams in the CUNY that should have been selected.  They need to change the selection criteria.  If your team is getting smacked by 20-30 points everynight someone in the line up has to score 25-30 points.  Disgrace!!!
I got an idea...
1. If your team does not win more than 5 games for the season no players are allowed to be nominated for all CUNY.
2. If your team does not win more than 10 games for the season only 1 player will allowed to be nominated for all CUNY.

Queens...I think you are right on the money for your first and second team conference team predictions....There may be some changes to it depending on how certain teams finish up their season....
For second team I would not count out Montervino and Evelyn....

CUNYMAN:
Hunter is not one of the weaker teams in the conference...They are not as bad as some of the other teams in the conference....The problem with Hunter is they play inconsistent basketball which puts them in the middle of the pact....I must disagree with you when you say that Rubino hurts the team....Rubino is a solid basketball player and I feel he should at least make 2nd team all-cuny this year....As for the freshmen/sophomores that you mentioned (Klingsberg, Courtien, Hoffman, Carpenter)...the most solid of the four mentioned is Courtien he is a very smart player who plays good defense and plays solid on the offensive end.... Klingsberg is a scorer who does not look to pass, he has a rough time on the defenive end, and it seems like the kid has a poor attitude when on the court....Hoffman is very talented; however, at times he makes poor decisions with the ball-if he gets stronger, Hoffman will be a very good basketball player.  Carpenter is a project who shows spurts of potential when in the game...the kid still needs a lot of work....

It is easy to build a good program when you have coaches that are being payed a full time salary... When a coach has a double duty on campus it makes it easier for him/her to focus on their team (academics, recruiting, practice, other duties, etc.) .... I am sure it must get difficult at times for part time coaches who are working their full time job off campus and then coaching at a college in the evening...There is a lot more than coaching in college sports...

Knight Life-I am glad you enjoyed the Craigslist Ref Comment..... ...

Danny W-I think your percentage for good refs in the CUNY is just a little inaccurate....And the Survey says  ::)10% are ok and are worthy of maybe officiating an AAU or even a PSAL JV game..... But College, no way....

Bubba,
Please relay this message to your friend who is a CUNY Ref....
-Where do they find the CUNY Refs?  Craigslist-The posting says: "Anyone interested in becoming a college basketball referee please contact the CUNY Ref Board....No BASKETBALL Experience, Integrity, and Honesty is required. We will hire anyone...Also, no professionalism is required-We prefer morons...."  I mean where in the world do they find these Smucks...?  When I see some of the refs I always wonder-has this guy ever picked up a basketball in his life.  The CUNY Refs need a lot more practice officiating CYO games because they are awful and at times it is hard to watch some of the games on both the men's and women's side....Every game I go and see both teams shoot over 70 free throws and they call over 50 fouls for the game....Let the kids play and please stop stopping the game after every play...I know what may help----the CUNY Ref board should cut their salary and think about giving the CUNY Refs a good Optical Health Insurance Plan instead.....Their officiating is terrible! 
Bubba-Please relay this message to your friend who is a ref....Thanks! 

Rhodes Scholar...I think we need you back on the CUNY Board for some peer mediation.... ....What are your thoughts???

Bubba-Get your FACTS straight....Punches and kicks (lol) were thrown at the John Jay/Brookyn Game....The ref's had no control over the game...I heard 3 John Jay players were tossed and 1 Brooklyn player was tossed...Until you know what really happened with DuBois you really should not say anything...

Queens-DuBois was in the stands for the BK game....There is probably a reason for this...I heard from a source that Plevritis told DuBois to get dressed and sit in the stands  bc of something that was said...Whether it is true or not...that is up for us to debate....I understand that Plevritis has a bumpy start as head coach of Hunter for the past 5 seasons....But you have to remember that he is still young and he is not as seasoned as some of the other coaches in the CUNY such as Rankis, St. John, Petosa, and Podias.....You have to remember-those coaches been around for a while....I think Plevritis may be one of the youngest coaches in the conference when it comes to age....He still has a lot to learn and I am sure he will learn from his mistakes....Like any job: it takes experience in order for you to learn and become better at the profession....If you look at Hunter's roster they are very young and talented with no senior leadership...If Plevritis can build on this and retain the players in his program then I feel he will be making some type of progress in the right direction....It's easy to criticize a young and inexperienced coach....I am sure many of the successful coaches who have been around for 15+ years made many mistakes in their early years of coaching as well....

BubbaChuck3-Who are you to determine whether or not a coach has control over his team? Don't just single out Plevritis....At least Plevritis' players aren't getting hit with T's like some of the other players in conference...or at least they are not fist fighting on the court-John Jay/Brooklyn last week...Whatever occurred with DuBois at the Brooklyn game was probably handled at the game...You should not make comments like that unless you knew exactly what took place....What are you some kind of expert on coaching?

Knight Life....I am not sure if Klingsberg would have made a difference in the York game...The kid put some big numbers up this year; however, he is does not look to pass or look for the open man on offense...In addition, the kid plays no defense....I saw him play at the Brooklyn game and there was a stretch where the kid showed no effort on the defensive end....In response to your comment about York being challenging , at least the kids are in college and they are trying to gain an education and degree....There is nothing wrong with kids using sports as an incentive to earn a college degree....  No matter if a college is challenging or not; in the long run, the only thing that is important is that degree they earn in the end...A college education is a college education....That comment was uncalled for.

Queens-I know I said I retired Hunter talk (lol) and I finally agree with you about Hunter being a middle tier team in the conference. But, what happened with the 20+ victory prediction you had on the game...You have an analysis of the York/Hunter game last night? I could not make it to the game; but I heard it was a good and interesting game...

Queens...I can't disagree with u now... Hunter talk is officially retired for the 2009-2010 season... Maybe we should start showing love to some of the other teams like CSI and Medgar...

Queens-I will definitely agree with you when you say that Hunter needs to beat someone...The only descent team that they beat was Scranton....They usually play 20-30 minutes of good basketball then fall apart....However, Hunter does not match well vs. Marcel...But I feel Hunter's backcourt will give York's backcourt trouble....York plays similar ball to the NJAC schools....Hunter plays better vs. athletic fast paced teams such as the NJAC teams---have they closed the deal against any of those teams-NO....But, I feel Hunter will give York a good game.. Hunter has a tough time vs. smart  and patient offensive teams such as Baruch and NYU...I guess we will see next week if York will win by 20+...
As for the referees-the CUNY may have the worst referees in the country....

Queens..."your right about Hamilton Lopez and Marcel being a deadly combo but you need to relax with this hunter talk.  Marcel might get 30 and 30 vs Hunter.  There will be absolutely no resistance for him downlow.  York will beat hunter by 20+.  True they have alot of weapons but they dont play as a team and you can forget about Rubino, Dubios and Klingsberg getting to the basket because marcel is going to be camping out in the paint because he doesnt have to worry about covering any of Hunters big men.  Marcel is an absolute beast and changes the game offensively and defensively.  Hands down Player of the year in my opinion.- Thoughts?"


Queens:  I agree with you on Marcel being named the player of the year....Without a question the kid is the best big man in the Atlantic Region-Top 3 in D3..I am not sure where you came up with the 20 point spread on the Hunter/York game...?  I have to disagree with you on that one....  You are talking like York is a nationally ranked team who lost 1 or 2 games.....They are good; however, they are not 20 points better than Hunter....In my opinion the spread will be no more than 10....I would not be surprised if Marcel gets 30 and 20 vs. Hunter....However, there is no way that Lopez will get off like he has vs. the Hunter backcourt....It will be an interesting game....
Queens/Rhodes...What are your predictions on the Brooklyn/Hunter Game this Saturday?