BCANY Coaches Clinic set for June 3rd

The WNY Chapter of the Basketball Coaches Assn. of New York is holding its' 7th annual WNY Spring Basketball Coaches clinic on Friday, June 3rd at The Sullivan Center at Medaille College. The cost of the clinic is FREE TO ALL COACHES. The coaches lineup is as follows:

 

 5:30 - Dave Niland - Head Coach at Penn St. - Behrend will speak on defense -Niland is in his 17th year as head coach at Behrend and has won 303 games and has been named Allegheny Mountain Conference Coach of the Year 7 times and his teams have lead NCAA Div III in scoring defense twice on the last 4 years. A former All-WNY player at Williamsville South, Niland was also head coach at Elmira College and was an asst. coach to John Beilein at Canisius College for 4 years in the 1990's.

6:30 - Pete Lonergan - Head Women's Coach at Medaille will speak on zone offense -Lonergan is in his 7th season as head women's coach at Medaille after formerly being the head men's coach at Niagara and St. Francis(Pa). He has won 124 games and has guided the Lady Mavs to 3 AMCC titles and 3 NCAA tournament appearances. He has twice been named AMCC Coach of the Year and in 2008 was named BCANY NYS Coach of the Year.

7:30 - Steve Evans - Head Coach at LeMoyne University will speak on "Dolphin Basketball" - Evans is in his 11tyh season at LeMoyne and his teams have won 152 games in that time. His most famous win was his 2009 - 10 victory over Syracuse in an exhibition game that year at the Carrier Dome. Before coming to LeMoyne he was an assistant coach at Siena and Northwestern.

8:30 - Reggie Witherspoon - Univ. of Buffalo will speak on "Bulls practice drills" - Witherspoon has won 144 games in his 12 years as head coach at UB after a 2 year stint at ECC and 5years as head coach his alma mater, Sweet Home HS. He was MAC Coach of the Year in 2004 and NABC District 1 Coach of the Year in 2005. He has lead the UB to 3 post season tournaments since 2005. Witherspoon was also the asst. coach of the USA National Men's 18 and under team that won a gold medal in 2010.

 

Coaches of all levels are invited, including AAU coaches, and coaches do not need to be members of BCANY to attend. Once again the cost is free and coaches may register at the door. There will also be a coaches social following the clinic at Wellington Pub on Hertel Ave.

 

For further information please contact Pat Cauley(Hamburg HS) - [email protected] or Al Monaco(Williamsville South HS) - [email protected].

 

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[coach]

Update from Albany AAU May 29-30

2011 GymRat CHALLENGE

By STEVE AMEDIO GymRat CHALLENGE Director of Communications

ALBANY, N.Y. – The GymRat CHALLENGE AAU boys’ basketball tournament has a well-deserved reputation as a stage for young players to emerge as stars, but the 2011 version of one of the nation’s largest AAU events showed that talent is only one important ingredient in becoming a GymRat CHALLENGE Champion.

17:U All-GymRat CHALLENGE TEAM

Matt Hart (6-2 PT) East Coast Fusion/Canisius H.S.: True floor general who commands his team. Excellent change of pace to handle pressure and to create in the half court. Showed set range from 3-point line and a solid floater in the lane. Added strength will allow him to succeed at the next level. Ivies, Patriots and numerous D-II’s already interested.

17:U Honorable Mention

Reggie Ekbeko (6-7 F) Buffalo Dragons
Jamal Carter (6-0 G) Buffalo Dragons
Jordan Williams (6-2 G) Buffalo Dragons

Great props for the Buffalo boys …96 teams competed in the 17U division

[guest]

how did dragond do? this is a pretty good event. is reggie really 6"7

[Division1]

Reggie is actually 6'7 1/2" with shoes on. Dragons lost 3 games by a total of 9 points, mainly due to very little practice time over last month. Coach Rodney Nevins of the Buffalo Dragons has done such a great job with Reggie that a national top 30 AAU program has added Reggie onto its roster as a starter in Orlando to compete in front of all 300+ D1 coaches and program reps.

[Division1]

Reggie is at West Virginia today and tomorrow working out for coaching staff. Also Nebraska officially joined the growing list of schools recruiting Reggie

[guest]

Wow West Virginia thats great for him,has anybody offered him. He must be joining City rocks they have the taplin kid and a NFHS kid on their younger team. It will be interestingon what level he ends up I think he is a low to mid D1 but hey best of luck,has his cousin arrived yet I hear he is even better

[coach]

Hart lead the Fusion to a 4-1 record, losing to the eventual runner up in the qtr final. A top 8 finish of 96 teams. Hart's game expanding quickly and getting noticed. He does all you'd ask of a good point guard. He was one of 43 out of 900 boys to get All Gym Rat. All divisions are showing interest now. Surely more to come here.

[Division1]

City Rocks is not the team that picked up Reggie; it is an out of state, New England AAU team. He would easily remain a low to mid major if he simply played the traditional 4, 5 position that St. Joes or other western new york high schools would have him play. However, his most natural position is playing the wing or 3, which he has done much of the spring while playing with Upstate Elite and some with Buffalo Dragons. His cousin is to arrive in August I believe.

[guest]

wow a 3, i saw him a couple of times and didnt see that but he was used as a post. You must mean the NE Playaz,I believe Javon mcrae played with them. How many AAU teams does he play with ? Hart is a great shooter but with nevins there I never saw him as a pg very interesting 2 kids who seem to be playing out of position at their hs but flourishing on the aau circut,wonder if the hs coaches will change thier role,anyways good stuff for local kids although Reggie is an implant lol

[Patrick Moran]

I"m a big fan of Reggie's, but he has a longggggggg way to go to ever develop into a "3"

[Patrick Moran]

Speaking of big men-- it's official- Will Regan is going to UB.

My story:

"I spoke to the father of former Nichols basketball star Will Regan, and he told me his son has committed to play basketball at the University at Buffalo next season after spending his freshmen year at the University of Virginia.

Regan will make things official later today.

Because he is transferring from Virginia, Regan will have to sit out the 2011-12 college basketball season and will still have three years of eligibility remaining. The two-time Buffalo News Player of the Year in high school, Regan played in 20 games for Virginia last season but scored a total of just 25 points to go with 18 rebounds as his playing time was nearly non-existent.

Regan also considered the University of Niagara and four other schools before deciding on UB, who has been pursuing him since before he went on to become a high school star at Nichols.

Regan became the Monsignor Martin Association’s all-time leading scorer in 2009-10, surpassing the 2,000 career point mark. He’s one of just four players (Jonny Flynn, Paul Harris, Christian Laettner) to be named the Buffalo News Player of the Year more than once."