I heard one of the Tufts recruits was given a late scholarship by Assumption. Martin is a good player but he's doesn't command the double team like Stovell did. Kumf will be better he might even command the double team when he posts up the smaller guards. It will be tough for them to surprise teams like they did last year.

My predictions:

Amherst- still has solid fountain- transfer from brown will help them.
Bates- has great combo players with Ray and Stockwell, rest of pieces will fit together.
Trinity- interesting to see how Hasiuk & Clarke will handle not playing the 1 if Martin is so good.
Tufts- loss of Stovell hurts, but Kumf and O'keefe & Weitzen plus Martin are tough players ready to carry the load. I don't see them finishing 2nd- but still having a good year.
Colby- always play tough defense, will struggle with out McGowan to stretch the defense.
Williams- heard many rumbling about great freshman, but hard to win with just freshman, Newton and Rose are good players to build around.
Bowdoin-  tough to pick, it's hard to say with out any great post players- Petie good player he's more skilled player, than big banger.
Wesleyan- nice foundation with Ashe and Pelletier and Griffin, but loss of Kelly and Holland will be tough to overcome.
Conn- has potential to surprise some teams, especially with Stone and Harris returning
Middlebury- have not heard alot from Middlebury- to unknown to make a prediction.

As for the best point guard in the league, Ray was one of the best but I think Olsen from Amherst who ran the show and especially critical to Amherst's success last year. He should be included in any conversation about best point guards.

 Aren't we forgoting that Trinity actually finished 4th in the league, behind tufts and bates. I don't know if I would say it was suppossed to be a Trinity vs Amherst final.  Last year any given night many of the teams thought they could have been playing in the finals, but there were only two teams that were good enough to actually be playing in the finals.

How can people pick bowdoin to be up in the top 3. They graduated Yakavonis, who was their only post player who played alot of minutes. It's going to be tough for them to win the NESCAC with out a low post threat. They going to be battling the Stockwell's & Rhoten's & Kelly's & Stone basically every night.  That's a lot of pounding for Fliegel and Arbour. 
Tufts 03-04 was 7th or 8th in the league then finished 2nd in regular standing this year, but I don't see Bowdoin making that jump. Tufts will be hard pressed to continue with their success from last year, especially after losing Stovell. Overall I think top 3 will be Amherst, Trinity, Bates. It will be interesting to see how Amherst will run their offense with out Schiel. How Trinity will share one basketball for all those players. How Bates will adjust to the loss of their senior class.