What would your All-Centercourt teams look like?

Who the hell is Matt Mccormick?

hoopster

I said before the season that Stan, Reggie and Sterling were locks for 1st team and took a few hits. I’m 2/3 confident and if MIG and others are right perhaps I’ll bat 1000. I like Matt Hart to join them and one of two or three others. Whoever is so honored, congrats and best wishes next on the college level or on the high school hardwood.

Dark TML

Bailey should be ahead of Campion. POY in NFL.

Reality

Campion was also P.O.Y. in his league and got his team to AA final. KW didn’t even get past quarters. Bailey def not making 2nd team and may not make any team.

Dark TML

You are definately not living in reality. Bailey not making any team is a funny statement to me. Best player in the NFL this year. His team was co-champs with the Falls. KW lost 3 games all season. Granted they stunk against North but Martin played well. If his teamates showed as much heart as Bailey has there would have been no way North beats them.

Reality

If you think that is funny then I hope you like to laugh. And Crumpton wazs best player in NFL. Not even close. Bailey getting P.O.Y. is called throwing him a bone.

TML1000

Crumpton is the most talented player in the NFL, but in terms of intangibles, Bailey blew him out of the water. He took over the game which West won at the Falls, while Crumpton went away. When most of the rest of KW didn’t feel like playing in both NT games, Bailey carried them in the second half.
Sometimes it is about more than just talent. If you are talking about who is simply the better basketball talent, then it is Crumpton…but this discussion is about who had the better season, and that is Bailey.

WT716

No love for Aaron White? He may not have put up the best offensive numbers but played great defense on any guard he went up against.

Collegiate looks ready 2 roll 2 their FIFTH STRAIGHT Fed Class B title. Just rolled NYC PSAL team by 10. My line was 12 and of course a scrub on the PSAL team got a rebound layup at the buzzer!
Watching BISHOP Ludden the ‘Public school’ chamnp play the Catholic champ Nazareth right now. Got 2 c my namesake 4 a quick second after he covered the O’Hara game.
O’Bryan is reffing this game! So only a few of us left WNY at the Final weekend of HS basketball. Off 2 Boston tomorrow PRAYING Syracuse beats Ohio State so we can c them cut down the nets! Then back here Sunday 4 the Final HS game of the year.

Three Dog Night

Twelve years or so from now, when retired Will So. coach Al Monaco decides to get a group individuals together to pick an all 1st qtr 21st century team, it won’t matter who TML1000, WT716, Patrick Moran,
Roundball, OR Centercourt choose on their respec-tive 2012 teams.
The only team which will come into play in determining the all 1/4 century team, will be the Buffalo News/McSheaIsGod AllWNY team. Only lst teamers are eligible for such teams, which eliminates from consideration, individuals such as Connor Rehbaum, Garrett Kensy, AND Lazar Hayward Jr., just to name a few. So rather than 2nd guess the illustrious group of bloggers, I am going to cut to the chase and try to predict who will end uo on the BN/MIG all WNY team, based upon the “alleged” philosophy of the powers that be in choosing the top 15.
Based on last years’ selections, Reggie A. will not only NOT be POY, it would stand to reason that at best, he will only be a member of the 2nd team, assunming the BN uses a similar mindset that quite mysteriously kept Connor Rehbaum from the 1st team one year ago. Applying the BN mindset that the post-season success is comparable to the “final exam” and therefore worth a minimum “50% of the final grade”, it would suggest that the 2012 first team All WNY basketball team would be:
Matt Hart – Canisius Adam Weir – Canisius
Stan Wier – East Aurora Sam Eckstrom – Olean
Cordell Torres – OTC/MEC
Player of the Year: Cordell Torres

Its a JOKE that Collegiate has not been moved up to Class A. Crazy. Lutheran should b AA. Nazareth btw looks like they should b Class A. Just as good as Canisius and Joe’s and Timon.
Honestly CC should just oversee classification of all State teams. I mean look at the starting lineup 4 Nazareth! No wonder Dan Gill lost:
PG – Judas
SG – St Peter
SF – King Herod
PF – Pontius Pilate
C – Jesus

Ricky

Three Dog Night, if Reggie isn’t on the 1st McShea would lose any respect anyone had for him. He’d be absolutely snubbing the kid of an honor he 100% deserves

3 Dog night first of all u need 2 get over the Connor Rehbahum thing. It was no mystery. He simply wasn’t 1 of the 5 best players. Was it a mystery that he didn’t make the Manhattan Cup all tourney team as well? Don’t think me or Keith had anything 2 do with that did we?
2nd of all it’s 20 players not 15. 4 teams with 5 players each equals 20. Reggie isn’t getting Player of the year because he in no way deserves it. He is on 1st team, so chill.
U got 2 of the 5 right. Maybe 3. And ya postseason does has have something 2 do with who makes the teams. Mary’s beat your boys by 30 points or whatever it was. Get over it.

centercourt

Pontius Pilate is a load inside – no doubt about it. It doesn’t hurt when you’ve got Jesus guarding the other team’s big, keeping PP out of foul trouble.

Pontius Pilate

Answerest thou nothing? Behold how many things they witness against thee.

Satan

I feel its a good idea Nazareth has trusted Judas to run the team at the PG spot. He would never hang himself on a rope and averages 30 pieces of silver, I mean points, a game.

Chris Atkinson on LI LU…Mr Basketball NY State 2015…what a player. PG.
Ludden beat Nazareth by 7. LIU KILLING the A PSAL team so far. JOKE JOKE JOKE that they r Class A.

WT716

Thanks for the shout out Three Dog Night

Ricky

MIG Rehbahum was surely a top 5 player last season. He was undoubtedly better than Nevins and I think better than Holland. Anyone who watched both Rehbuhum and Nevins play would be foolish to think Nevins was more deserving. One bad half of a game(in which his nose was just broken, it’s not easy to breathe or play a sport with a broken nose) and Nevins gets the nod over him and that’s the only reason Nevins got 1st team over Rehbahum.

So basically u r saying ‘Ricky’ that ‘surely’ u r right and Keith McShea was wrong. Somehow though Keith gets paid 2 cover HS Sports 4 the Buff News.
I’m sure if we took a vote of coaches and bloggers in WNY that they would say Ricky’s opinion means more than Keith McShea’s.
Got it. Thanks 4 clearing that up.

jackherlan

I agree with Ricky.

The rest of WNY

I agree with Keith.

Gus Buster

March 24, 2012

Looks like the buster needs to settle this argument. You are both right. You are both wrong. Rehbaum could have been 1st and it would have been alright. He was second team and that was alright. He had a chance to seal a spot with his play on 1st team like Reggie did this year and he did not leaving it open to debate. I can’t see any reason to whine about it a year later.

Ricky

March 24, 2012

MIG just because someone is paid to do their job doesn’t mean I should agree with them. Rob Parker gets paid, Jemele Hill gets paid, Dick Vitale gets paid, oh and all of them get paid to work for the biggest sports channel of them all, espn. Are any of them intelligent analysis’s? No, not one of them. Just because McShea is paid doesn’t mean I should have to agree with him or even think his analysis is any good

Ricky

March 24, 2012

MIG, please you said Conor wasn’t a top 5 player. Please explain how Nevins was better, I challenge you to give me good reasons why Nevins was better. Sure his team lost, but it’s a team game not a one man show. Plus As I said Rehahbum broke his nose in the champ game thus really bothering him, where before the he was dominating the game.

sal

off the topic stuff, PAL/ACE game will be played Apr. 26th at NFHS tryouts will be Apr. 24th. Later this season due to spring break be so early. also just finished Cataract Classic schedule should be fun.

Well not having Fab killed Cuse. I hope he is happy he cost them a shot at the Final 4. Ohio State deserved 2 win. Was still cool 2 b there.
Back at the Fed 2day! FINAL DAY of HS basketball 4 the season. Watching the girls AA title game right now. TML would b proud! This Breanna Stewart…on the stat sheet says in the semis had 42 points and 23 rebounds, 6 blocks!!! She has 3 blocks already in the 1st quarter! Looking 4ward 2 Mt Vernon vs Boys N Girls 4 the overall AA title at 2p. Then finally heading home.
SAL – what is the schedule? HOPEFULLY u guys r gonna play Canisius!

sal

NFL schedule allows 4 games and Canisius has event same weekend as cataract classic so not happening,we are committed to RAP event in Roch. and I owe Kearney a game at thier place. Unless you can convince NFL AD’s to allow us to play league teams once then we can play canisius,Joes and whoever. It really stinks for wny hoops, we already had to turn down events in SD and Arizona. Hurts kids not that we are world beaters but the school name really opens up opportunities that we are not able to do.

centercourt

MIG –
You will be sentenced to a one-week ban for listing Brianna Stewart’s stats.
Fab is an idiot – they advance to the Final Four if he plays. However, Boeheim sitting Scoop in favor of Waiters with four minutes to play, down two, was a puzzling decision. A close game throughout quickly went in OSU’s favor when Waiters entered the game. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a major talent and is NBA ready, but it’s all about him when he’s in.
Typical Boeheim though. When Carmelo was there, it was his show. Same for Dante Green, then Flynn, then Waiters. The problem is, Green, Flynn, & Waiters were no where near Carmelo. Cuse’s best team was 2010, when Rautins was a senior. No superstars, just solid team ball. They win it all in 2010 if Onuaku doesn’t get hurt.
Sometimes, it’s tough to be a SU fan when Boeheim makes certain players bigger than the team. Scoop and Joseph were the heart & soul of that team, while Melo was a game-changer. With one suspended, one having an off-game, and one sitting in crunch time, Cuse was doomed.
I say, let the Michael Hopkins era begin. After watching Scoop sit with a towel on his head while Waiters played one-on-five, I’m ready.

mike

People say Matt McCormick is the most underrated player in WNY, how about Jesse Lalka from Tonawanda. Led his team to two consecutive league championships (prior to that team didnt win one since 1960) broke two school records. Has been doubled team for the last two years, and against bigger schools he played great beating NT, EA losing to Depew.

HS Basketball season in NY State is offically over!
Boys N Girls of New York City beats Mt Vernon 2 win the Overall State AA title 66-60. Great game.
My 4 day basketball weekend is over. 1 more 2 go as I head 2 New Orleans Saturday morning for the Final 4. Hoping 2 c my 2nd favorite team Carolina survive 2day so I can c them next weekend.

johnny

mike-
No disrespect to Jesse, he is a good player,but just not comparable with McCormick. McCormick average 23 pts per game this year, to go along with about 6 rebounds and several assists. The division that Matt plays in is 10x harder and more competive then what tonawanda plays in. Matt’s name appears in every catogery of the OP record book. Iv seen Jesse play, he is very good, just not up to Matt McCormick’s level.

hoopster

Alright Sal, stop with the tease! What’s the Cataract Classic slate of games? Give it up!

hoopster

CC, Boeheim isn’t going anywhere. They’ll have to drag him outta there. Perhaps you need to start rooting for the hometown team and throw that nasty orange in the trash can.

Dark TML

The NFL does not name an overall seasonal MVP. However Martin Bailey received the most first team votes followed by Crumpton then Campbell.

Give it up

I think they wore their all league patches to Buff State while they watched those less talented players from NF win AA.

Truth Be Told

Well johnny, I guess we can agree to disagree. To say that McCormick is better than Lalka just doesn’t fly. Take away McCornick and his admittedly great 3 point shooting and you have an average player. Lalka is the whole package. As to competiton, Lalka would have excelled also at the same competition McCormick faced. Also, why all this love for McCormick? Must be a group effort to get him an all-star spot. Top 25, I don’t think so.

PatrickMoran

In my opinion, Stan and Matt are first-team locks based on their play both in the regular and postseason. Reggie is a lock based on his play for most the year and also his reputation. Speaking unbiased however, I was very disspointed at how he played against St. Mary’s in the playoffs. To me, MVP-type players literally carry a team on their backs in the postseason if necessary and Reggie looked very average in that game, and that’s not to take anything away from St. Mary’s, who played an amazing team game. Anyway, Reggie is still in.
The rest—I can make a sound case for or against at least a handful of players who range from being first-team worthy to even just making a third-team. Crumpton, Taplin, Kennan, Williams (Timon), Williams (NF), Adam Weir, Feggans, Eckstrom, Lalka and a few others.
Wide open race for spots on these teams, makes for solid debate and I don’t think there’s a right or wrong answer.
FWIW, my All-Star teams will be out early next week on Buffalo Sports Daily.

PatrickMoran

For the record, I think last year was the same in many ways, especially in that there were three first-teamers everyone agreed upon: Jaysean Paige, Tremmel Fisher and Chris Holland –and then a bunch of debate about the next five on who should be first or second team: Lyons, Nevins, Rehbaum, Butts and Feagin. Personally, my first team was rounded out by Lyons and Rehbaum. I believe Keith had Nevins and Butts on his and I’m not sure who CC ended up having. Don’t think there was any real right or wrong—a matter of opinion.

johnny

truth be told- you say that if you take away
McCormick’s “admittedly great” three point shooting, you have a average player. False. Matt can drive, pass, drive and dish or drive and pull up aswell. how can you say that if you take away matt’s ability to shoot the 3, you have a average player?, obiviously. you think that Ray Allen and Reggie Miller would be as great they are if they couldn’t shoot the 3 ball. being able to shoot that shot is partly what makes matt a excellent player. Also, even though Lalka is a very good player, I doubt that he would have done as well as matt did against the compition matt faced. I dont think Lalak could have dropped 30 vs Jamestown, in Jamestown in a playoff game with a broken nose while being double teamed by Tommy Campion and Adam cehcinne. i was there to see the game, matt put the team on his back and put on a show.

sal

March 27, 2012

NFHS team camp july 14th,one day event 3 game guarantee,$150 ,16min. halves -stop time, 10 teams only-5 spots left

Fix it Sal

March 27, 2012

Sal why not play 1 game like Falls has in the past from time to time in that Classic then play Canisius later in the year.
Brunswick? Why would you waste a game on those guys? Play Canisius.
Lalka/McKormick who cares? Lalka might make 4th team that’s about it.

sal

The Classic is our event, 2 days -2 games, silly to not have home team not play on a night, Brunswick returns 4 starters from a 15-6 team that plays a difficult sched.

guest

May have just overheard the First Leak on 1st team All WNY. Taplin on 1st team. Picture time for the news? Not 100% confirmed yet.

johnny

Taplin doesnt deserve 1st team as a sophmore this year. Should be a second teamer

hoopster

I’m sure the teams have already been selected and those on 1st, 2d and 3rd team know who they are. So it would not be the least bit surprising to see leaks now and perhaps guest was the first one.

PatrickMoran

You’ll see first team leaks probably, but that’s it. FIrst team gets a photo shoot beforehand.

Keith McShea

The All-Western New York teams will, as they have been for decades, be published by The Buffalo News. The All-WNY edition is April 7 and that’s when the teams will be announced to the public.
In this age of popular blogs & message boards like this one, not to mention the tweeter, we have stressed to coaches and players to please keep any information we impart to them quiet.
We certainly appreciate the enthusiasm and interest in who has been named to the teams. That’s part of the fun of it all.
We’d like to make one small request: If you hear a ‘leak,’ which may or may not be true, please keep it to yourself.
I realize that may go against the very nature of comments sections here, where good rumors are as much a sport as basketball. But we can certainly try.
People can tell you some stories about how infuriated I can get on deadline, like when someone unplugged my internet connection. If I see any info out there earlier than it should be, I’d be like that times 100.
But this isn’t about me. It’s about you.
Posting info early on here is just bad hoops karma. You and whoever leaks any info could be affecting the quality of your next hoop performance (organized or pickup) or the fortunes of your favorite team — pro, college, high school or even your kid’s youth league. I really wouldn’t want anyone to mess with the fates and the basketball gods like that. It’s even worse than flopping.

jackherlan