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This past week marked the beginning of conference play for metropolitan area schools in the Metro Atlantic and Northeast conferences. While Army, Fordham and St. John's were out picking up non-conference wins tonight, a Garden State rivalry took center stage in the NEC with FDU visiting Monmouth. The Hawks, thanks to an efficient half-court offense and confusing matchup zone, controlled the game for the first twenty-eight minutes or so with a lead as large as fifteen points.

We're just about finished with the first month of the season in the metropolitan area, and it's become quite obvious who the best team in the area is right now. Seton Hall has gotten off to a 6-1 start, which includes a pair of gutty comebacks in Puerto Rico to finish third in that in-season tournament. Jeremy Hazell has shown himself to be one of the most explosive scorers in the Big East; what has come in his sophomore campaign (23.3 ppg; tops in the Big East) is a level of consistency that wasn't always present last season.

Rob Carpentier's "Seven Day Stretch" is a whirlwind tour around every corner of college basketball nation:

 

Seven Day Savior (Team): Oklahoma

20 Random Rants, Thoughts, and Observations from the Week in College Basketball by CollegeHoops.net Editor Shawn Siegel:

1 - This has unexpectedly become a weekly thing, so except 20 more random rants every Tuesday from now on.

2 - There's another Curry on the lose. Steph's brother Seth is quietly emerging as the star of an upstart Liberty squad that is 5-1. The Flames already have a win over Virginia, and just won an OT game against a quality George Mason side. Curry is already averaging 22 ppg.. as a freshman.

Jon Teitel sifts through the early season stats to find this year's emerging all-around standouts. To qualify for as standout, the player must meet the minimum requirements of each statistical category. Team record, however, is shown merely for reference purposes. Note Steph Curry and Ben Woodside are the only guys to make two groups. On a pure points/rebounds level, no one can top Blake Griffin right now, but he misses out here due to the lack of block shots (only .4 bpg).

 

2008-09 NJIT Basketball Preview

New coach hopes to bring new attitude to program

 

Schedule

 

November 15^th Manhattan 

Philly Classic

17^th @ Penn State 

24^th @ Towson 

28^th vs. Hartford (in Philadelphia)

29th vs. Niagara/Monmouth (in Philadelphia)

December 2^nd Stony Brook (host the Seawolves in a game that NJIT can win)

6^th @ Maryland-Eastern Shore 

8^th @ St. John's 

CHN's 31 conference ranking, including 10 year historical averages based on average RPI finish. For more information on historical RPI averages, check out the Conference Data Page. Links lead to league preview pages.

 

Duke or Carolina? BC or UMASS? Gonzaga or Washington.. or Washington State? What is the best program in each state? While there's not much competition in Hawaii.. there are great debates to be had in loaded regions like California, North Carolina, and Texas. The State of '08 is a ranking of every program in every state..