MBB: State University of New York Athletic Conference

[Bombers798891]

Bear, I agree with your assessment of Division III  liberal Arts schools. Example Ithaca's roster, not one of their players is from the State of New York.  Its like a Division I roster.  All out of state players.  Go figure!  At least their assistant coach is a Potsdam Alumni.

I know this is a week or so late, but whatever...

If you spent five minutes talking to the coaching staffs at Ithaca, you'd realize how absurd your implication is. Frankly, if there's one criticism I have of Ithaca's coaching staffs as a whole it's that they use the "We can't get the players in because of the cost of attendance/lack of financial aid" as a crutch way too often. A majority of Ithaca students come from outside of New York State, and you're attempting to claim something is fishy based on a sample of 14 of them?

[Bengalsrule]

It's that time of year when we can choose a player to play in the NABC All Star Game that is taking place in Salem, Va. this year. Last year East Region player Ralph Temgoua from St. Lawrence was voted onto the team. This year one of the players that can be voted onto the team is SUNYAC Player of the Year, forward Hayden Ward from Oswego State. I urge all the visitors to the SUNYAC board to go to the front page of D3hoops and vote for Hayden. He needs our support as he's way behind the current leaders.

Here's the link:  http://d3hoops.com/landing/index?t=1363029315978

The voting only lasts for 2 days so don't wait to cast your vote. Do it now.

Magicman...Pat... Is Ward the only player eigible to represent the SUNYAC because he is the player of the year? Or can another 'Yac player also go???  I'm getting mixed messages from these posts?

[Pat Coleman]

There is definitely not a restriction of that kind.  Ward getting voted on the team would not exclude Simmons from being one of the two East Region selections.

[magicman]

The D3hoops All Region Teams are out.

Hayden Ward from Oswego State was chosen for the 1st Team

Jake Simmons from Buffalo State and Jesse Winter from Cortland State were both chosen for the 2nd Team.


Here is the link for the East Team:

http://d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2012-13/east-men

Here is the link for all of the regional teams;

http://d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2012-13/index

[magicman]

The NABC has released their All District Teams for Division III today.

Players from the SUNYAC League:

Hayden Ward from Oswego State and Jesse Winter from Cortland State were both chosen for the 1st Team.

Jake Simmons from Buffalo State was chosen for the 2nd Team.


Also:
John DiBartolomeo of Rochester was chosen as the East District Player of the Year.

Coach Tom Spanbauer from Cortland State was the selected as the Coach of the Year.

Congratulations to all.

Here's the complete East Region Teams:

EAST
First Team                                                                             Second Team

*John DiBartolomeo, Rochester                                               Richie Bonney, Hobart
Sheldon Jones, Stevens Institute of Technology                        Kevin Donohue, Union
Sean Rossi, Ithaca                                                                 Jason Norsen, St. John Fisher
Stefan Thompson, Hobart                                                       Jake Simmons, Buffalo State
Hayden Ward, SUNY Oswego                                                   Carl Yaffe, NYU
Jesse Winter, SUNY Cortland
Coach of the Year: Tom Spanbauer, SUNY-Cortland
*District Player of the Year

Here's a link showing the complete NABC All District Teams from the entire country:

http://static.psbin.com/z/e/dtmf3oj4do2ttt/2013_NABC_Division_III_All-District_Teams_and_Coaches.pdf

[dcahill44]

Anyone going to be in Salem this weekend? great host of games!!!!

[magicman]

The 2 East Region players selected to play in the NABC All Star game at Salem this Saturday at 3:30 PM are John DiBartolomeo from Rochester and Stefan Thompson from Hobart. No YAC guys this year.

Here's the link to the complete rosters for both the East and West teams:

http://d3hoops.com/notables/2013/03/nabc-names-2013-all-star-rosters

[magicman]

The NABC Division III All America Teams were announced Thursday March 21st.

Hayden Ward of Oswego State was named to the 3rd team.

John Dibartolomeo of Rochester was named to the 1st team.

Stefan Thompson of Hobart was named to the 2nd team.

Congratulations to these 3 seniors as they close out their collegiate basketball careers.

Here's the link to the complete list of the NABC All America Teams:

http://static.psbin.com/d/m/cvnf6c2r8ahp84/2013_NABC_Coaches-_Division_III_All-America.pdf

[magicman]

D3hoops All American Teams were released Thursday evening. The East Region had their share of award winners.

John DiBartolomeo of Rochester was named the D3hoops Player of the Year and a member of the 1st Team Not really a surprise as he had a tremendous season. Was glad to see that his final game against Ithaca didn't cost him this award.

Hayden Ward from Oswego State was named to the 2nd Team.

Sean Rossi from Ithaca was also named to the 2nd Team.

Stefan Thompson from Hobart was named to the Honorable Mention list.

Congratulation to all four players who ended their college careers with an outstanding year.

Too many good players and never enough spots to mention all the guys that had excellent seasons.

Here's the link to the complete list of D3hoops All Americans: http://d3hoops.com/awards/all-americans/men/2013   

[Bengalsrule]

   Well another Hoops season has come to a close. Congrats to the Lord Jeffs, whom the Cards played to nearly a standstill in the second half of the thier 2nd round playoff game (35-39). In fact no team that faced Amherst, could do better, vs. Amherst, than the Cards did. Couple that with the fact that Cortland was actually leading quarterfinalist Middlebury, with less than 3 mins left in their 2nd round game, and I believe you have the makings of  a much stronger appreciation of 'Yac hoops for years to come. I also want to commend Ithaca who defeated  U of Rochester and then lost to Middlebury by 1, for also adding more respect for the Empire State brand of hoops. Ditto for Morrisville !!!

   5 NYS schools (incl U of R), and all of them made it to the 2nd round. No other state can boast those numbers. Not Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio etc..... NONE!  I'm gonna miss these geniune chats from the fellas (magicman, the bear, ethlered, jdex, dcahill, ...etc etc) who posted, win or lose (unlike the Football boards where if a team loses many of their fans are either silent or just rag on the winner). The SUNYAC hoops boards have class. And I glad to be a part of them.

Till October...

[dcahill44]

As my first year on the D3Boards comes to a close it was a great hobby for me chatting and keeping track of D3 Basketball. Everyone have a great summer, see you in October

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Thanks for coming aboard! Enjoyed your take on things and truly enjoy your passion... look forward to more in the off-season and next season!

[dcahill44]

Thanks Dave.... looks like its not meant for us to meet! was hoping it would happen at Championship game or at the Oswego-Cortland game... you should try and get to the Wendys Classic next year! I will miss watching Hoopsville on Thursdays and Sundays. talk to you soon

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Well... I was at Oswego  and it was rather busy at the championship game  ... as for the Wendy's Classic, I can try, but it actually happens at a tough part of the cross-over season for football and basketball for me... so who knows.

[dcahill44]

http://youtu.be/Q0FKIUcFUnY Documentary on the Ithaca College Basketball team

http://www.d3recruits.blogspot.com/ Division 3 Basketball Recruiting website