jabrister wrote: So if users are managed by CB, how does a managed user that's logged in, create an article through regular Joomla methods and have the articles associated to him (e.g. displayed in the "my articles tab")?
Once again, this is a Joomla issue.
Even if users are still managed by CB, the users are Joomla users also and the articles adding is a Joomla feature.
Please take some time and search and read the Joomla documentation.
For example (I searched for you) here are some Joomla documentation links:
docs.joomla.org/Adding_a_new_article
docs.joomla.org/How_to_create_an_article_from_the_front_end
(a joomla book may also be a useful reference - i have 3 of them!)