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CSI in the News - CSI Today

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<strong>CSI</strong> settles for an <strong>in</strong>vitation to <strong>the</strong> ECAC Metro TournamentPublished: Tuesday, March 01, 2011, 7:24 AMBy Jim WaggonerThe College of Staten Island men’sbasketball team has been selected to play<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> ECAC Metro Tournament and willmake <strong>the</strong> short trip to Rutgers-Newark onWednesday night for a quarterf<strong>in</strong>almatchup.The fifth-seeded Dolph<strong>in</strong>s (17-10) face <strong>the</strong>fourth-seeded Scarlet Raiders (17-7) <strong>in</strong> an8 p.m. tipoff at <strong>the</strong> Golden Dome.The postseason tournament bid is <strong>CSI</strong>’sfirst s<strong>in</strong>ce an ECAC appearance <strong>in</strong> 2006-07. The Dolph<strong>in</strong>s’ last ECAC victory cameseven years ago at home aga<strong>in</strong>stManhattanville.<strong>CSI</strong> had to settle for <strong>the</strong> ECACs afterStaten Island Advance photo by Bill Lyonsdropp<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> CUNY Conference<strong>CSI</strong> juniors Jordan Young, left, and Thomas Tibbs have carried <strong>the</strong>Dolph<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> ECAC Metro Tournament.Tournament championship game toMedgar Evers, 62-56, last Saturday night.Medgar Evers claimed <strong>the</strong> league’sautomatic bid to <strong>the</strong> 61-team NCAA Division III Tournament field and will travel for a first-round gameFriday night aga<strong>in</strong>st host St. Mary’s College, Md.O<strong>the</strong>r first-round ECAC matchups pit No. 1 St. Joseph’s, L.I. (22-6) aga<strong>in</strong>st No. 8 New York University (15-10); No. 2 Stevens Tech (19-7) aga<strong>in</strong>st No. 7 Baruch (15-11); and No. 3 Mt. St. Mary’s (18-8) aga<strong>in</strong>st No. 6Richard Stockton (16-10).<strong>CSI</strong> and Baruch represent <strong>the</strong> CUNY Conference, while Rutgers-Newark and Richard Stockton are from <strong>the</strong>New Jersey Athletic Conference, and St. Joseph’s, L.I., and Mt. St. Mary’s from <strong>the</strong> Skyl<strong>in</strong>e Conference. NYUplays <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> University Athletic Association and Stevens Tech <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Empire 8.Page 54 of 179

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