I know they have 2 kids coming from Proctor. One who is supposed to be an immediate impact player. Renshaw from wachusett, Vayda from Tantasqua and a wide body from East Catholic in Hartford.  And I heard a low d1 transfer is on his way too.  Dont know much about the JV guys.

So you are saying the more I post the better the Cougars get? If I post everyday, people will start to put Clark in the top 10 in New England?  This is great!

Pat, I wasnt asking people to talk about clark.  I was asking for the reasoning to people putting the 2 last place newmac teams in their conversation of top new england teams

Quote from: nescac1 on April 03, 2008, 07:07:12 AM
Deluca is coming back for Brandeis.  He, Hollins, Magee, and Yemga should form the best front court in New England if he is fully recovered from injuries, and Roberson / Olson are a solid back-court: I think Brandeis may be the team to beat.   

I agree that Midd should be very solid, Amherst is not as experienced but still has the most talent in the conference, they are bringing in at least two D-I caliber big guys either or both of whom could potentially start as frosh, it really depends how fast those two along with Bennett can adjust to being the go-to players on the interior.   Of course Olson is irreplaceable but Meehan will still be one of the better points in the region.   RIC always seems to lose some guys you wouldn't expect, but I agree if everyone returns and they get a consistent rotation they will be scary good.  Seems as if outside of MIT and Wheaton, lots of Newmac teams should be down.  Same thing goes for NESCAC outside of Middlebury.  Trinity loses really its only three consistent scoring options for the last two years, there is still talent there but a lot of guys have to step up in a big way, and there is no experienced interior player on the roster.  Williams may surprise with a bounce back year amidst lower expectations.  Schultz and Geoghegan are a great starting point (I think both will explode as juniors), the question is how much will they get out of their hoard of talented young big guys (Whittington and Dodson in particular) and how fast will the incoming point guard adjust to college ball.  Colby brings almost everyone back and could be a dark horse out of NESCAC as well, and Bowdoin loses a ton but still has some talent left.  A long way of saying, New England should be pretty wide open next year ...

Why is all the talk about MIT and Wheaton in the NEWMAC.  They finished tied for last in the league for the past two years.  It is the same talk every year about these teams, yet they have never gone to the dance.  I would be talking about WPI.  And Clark finished second in the league last year with all coming back plus probably the best recruiting class in the league coming in.  I would agree with the top teams in NE next year as stated above, but just thrown off with people putting MIT and Wheaton in the mix.

Why is all the talk about MIT and Wheaton in the NEWMAC.  They finished tied for last in the league for the past two years.  It is the same talk every year about these teams, yet they have never gone to the dance.  I would be talking about WPI.  And Clark finished second in the league last year with all coming back plus probably the best recruiting class in the league coming in.  I would agree with the top teams in NE next year as stated above, but just thrown off with people putting MIT and Wheaton in the mix.

any preseason polls for the newmac....anyone want to predict the standings....the cougars I think will take a step forward with Phillips back at the helm!!!

Thats too bad.  I thought coach d. did a nice job and he worked hard for that school.  I thought Coach Harvey was terrific as well... and Tufts has made major strides since he went to Medford.

what happened to coach desantis?

They say that every year....without D'Auria they wont be as good as they were last year. 

This was in the Worcester paper today:

Clark's search for a new men's basketball coach continues.

Sources said Kevin Clark, the top contender for the position when the search began early last month, is no longer a candidate.

"Things didn't work out," one of the sources said. 


Clark, an assistant at the University of Rhode Island, was the Cougars' head coach from 1987-91.

Clark director of athletics Linda Moulton had originally targeted yesterday as a hire date, but now, "we are probably a couple weeks away," she said.

Clark is seeking a new coach for the second time in three seasons. Mo Cassara, who replaced Paul Phillips as head coach in 2004, resigned in April to become an assistant at Boston College. Moulton said the school received about 50 applications for the job, considered one of the top Division 3 positions in New England.

"Overall, the pool isn't as large as last time," Moulton said, "but we have some great quality candidates. We're in the process of developing our short list."

According to sources, Assumption assistant and Clark graduate John Ginnity, Cougars assistant and Clark grad Chris Oroszko, Norwich coach Paul Booth, Brown assistant Kevin Jaskiewicz and former Assumption coach Tom Ackerman are among those in the mix.

what is up with the Clark job?

I am hearing that Kevin Clark has been offered the job and that the only thing that has to be resolved is money.

Clark University Endowment= 225 million

MIT is over a 1 billion

Are these WPI teams better than the Clark teams of 00-01 and 01-02?

"No CCC mens team has ever won an NCAA tourney Game"

Anna Maria under Paul Phillips went to the "Sweet Sixteen"