MBB: St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[GU1999]

NYC must have been a great trip for the Panthers.  John Jay is blocks away from Central Park.  And to get a win is always nice.  But, from what I saw of the game, John Jay was really poor.  In fact the CUNYC (if that is how the abbreviate) has to be the worst league in d3.  John Jay looks to be a upper half team in that league and they were poor.  To date the league is 7-36. Which by comparison makes the SLIAC's 15-29 look absolutly brilliant.    

[Gregory Sager]

You're close on the abbreviation. It's the CUNYAC. And, yes, it's a bottom-tier league in D3, and it always has been. I don't think the CUNYAC has ever won a D3 tourney game, although I'm saying that without taking the time to double-check myself. The only program in that circuit that's ever really been semi-competitive within the D3 ranks was Staten Island, but the Dolphins moved to D2 during the Covid pandemic.

However, they're adding New Jersey City to the league (it'll be the first time that the league has had a member that isn't a branch of the City University of New York system -- CUNY is a municipally-owned and -operated university) in 2026-27, and NJCU is a serious athletic competitor with a long and storied D3 men's basketball history, so that may change.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

The CUNYAC has had some decent teams near the top in recent years, however the two best programs since COVID, John Jay and Baruch, both had coaching changes this offseason and I think that may be reflected in performance early.

It might not be wrong to say the CUNYAC is, right now, the worst league in D3, although, you know, people in glass houses...

[GU1999]

Glass houses indeed, although Gu has had a nice level of success in T&F, Gymnastics, Tennis, and I would even say Volleyball. Volleyball really played well against UWO in the tourney last week after beating WashU the week prior.  Greenville had the best showing of any team in the first 3 rounds against the mighty Titans. 

It was really fun to watch too, as I will have a WIAC kid next year, so get ready for a bunch of GU and UWO posts. 

[Gregory Sager]

Good grief, a 1999 college grad sending a kid off to college next year.

Tempus fugit.