It has not been a good start to the season for most of the local colleges. Fortunately, it’s basically irrelevant until conference play starts. I held off on this for the first two weeks because the teams were struggling so mightily, but I figured better late than never. This is a crucial week for some of the local schools considering they will be squaring off with one another. For many years, some Division-I teams did not play local opponents. You can speculate why they would want to avoid it, but this week bragging rights will be on the line – and that is critical for recruiting purposes. Here’s my best stab at the local power rankings – segmented into Division-I, II and III. Division-I: Hofstra (Record: 4-3) It didn’t take long for Frank Catalanotto to inst...