While only nine of the 29 recruits currently committed to New York City mid-majors are playing high school basketball in the state, that number is pretty deceiving about how well schools are mining the talent base of the city. Take a deeper look and see just what some schools are doing to revive and build their programs.
Category: Manhattan
Ratings systems didn’t understand Long Island
Not all numbers are created equal. While there are a number of widely accepted methods of figuring out which teams are the best in college basketball, not even they completely agree. Statisticians like Ken Pomeroy and Ken Massey lead the way, but the College Basketball Rankings Comparison page lists 42 different ones.
Some are tempo-free, others are based on human intuition. They’re all some sort of ranking of the 345 teams in Division I college basketball (or some subset of that group). Good luck figuring out which one is right.
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Looking for games on Basketball Travelers
Unlike say college football where schedules are set years in advance, scheduling for the next season in college basketball takes place mostly on the fly once seasons have ended. One place schools can go to speed up the process is Basketball Travelers. It’s been compared to a college basketball Craigslist, but it basically is a place for schools to post if they have specifics dates or games they’re looking to fill.
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Coaching Resumes on KenPom
Have you always wondered what makes a coach tick? How his scheme translates into tempo-free numbers? Well, now you can figure it out with one click of the mouse. Ken Pomeroy’s coaching resumes are the hot new thing in tempo-free college basketball.
Click on a profile and learn a lot about a coach. (Well at least the past 10 seasons of their career when they were a head coach.) Observations about each school’s head men coming up.
At least Masiello has confidence
This isn’t the only gem from new Manhattan coach Steve Masiello’s press conference, but it’s pretty awesome.
“As far as Manhattan basketball [is concerned], everybody better watch out,” said Masiello. “Because we are going to create a new brand, and it’s gonna be the best in the city. And we are gonna take New York back over, and be where we belong.”
There are some good teams in New York City. He’s certainly got his work cut out for him. You can read more here.
Ferry not going to Manhattan
It appears that Manhattan isn’t like it’s brethren at Fairfield and doesn’t want to join the arms race in the MAAC. Contrary to reports, Long Island’s Jim Ferry apparently asked for too much money and won’t become head coach of the Jaspers. Apparently Ferry asked for 7 years, $350k per season and Manhattan offered $240k. They couldn’t meet in the middle, so Manhattan is back to square one.
Manhattan’s hiring of Ferry continues upwardly mobile MAAC
The MAAC continued to show that it’s going to be an upwardly mobile league in terms of coaching candidates with the hiring of former Long Island head coach Jim Ferry. Ferry was 98-134 with the Blackbirds before this season, but a 27-6 record and his second Jim Phelan Coach of the Year award made him a hot commodity in coaching circles. Ferry’s LIU teams played an exciting version of basketball and finished third in adjusted tempo in the NCAA and made the NCAA Tournament. The draws for Manhattan are pretty obvious.
Unlike the situation we looked at yesterday, this isn’t a lateral move in terms of competition either. The Northeastern Conference finished 25th amongst the 31 conferences that receive automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament in Ken Pomeroy, whereas the MAAC was 16th. It will definitely be a challenge for Ferry. What’s really interesting about the move is that it doesn’t appear to come with any more financial resources, but, considering the effort Fairfield put into getting Sydney Johnson and Manhattan snatching up Ferry, maybe that’s about to change.
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