Nice to see everyone has a sense of humor. Lets try it again.

Congratulations to Geoff Barranger on hitting his 1,000 college career point milestone!!!

Congratulations to Geoff Barranger..RWU for his 1,000 points the other day!!!!!!!

OK UNE-FAN...Blame it on the refs that is really original. Meanwhile Bashaw and Gumb were on the bench a good deal of the game because of tic tac calls and Barranger had 4 fouls. UNE was in double bonus long before RWU. Simple fact is that your guys got too aggressive down the stretch and were body checking the RWU guards on in bounds plays.

UNE is a good team and well coached but can't win it all unless Jefferson hits 7 tres everytime out. Even then it wasn't enough to beat RWU (with two starters on the bench). Until proven othewrwise RWU is still the conference leader.

Lets see what happens at Curry.



PS UNE-Fan - I guess the Giants beat your Pats because of the refs also.

Curry beat RWU 69-67 at the buzzer

Quote from: Hoops Fan on January 16, 2007, 09:46:06 AM

  RWU was led by 16 from Cambreco who is really coming into his own, support I'm not sure they were counting on at the beginning of the season.  12 points from Barranger and 11 each from Woolley and Gumb.  If they can get to the point at the end of February where Gumb is playing big minutes and allowing Barranger to match-up against the smaller opposing forward, I think they'll have a very tough team to beat.

It is great to see the recruiting class of Camabreco, Baranger and Gumb doing so well.

As for getting Gumb some major minutes, he is only averaging 1 minute less than Baranger 19 min. vs 20 min. Both are playing about as equal as you can get. After 13 games 8 rebounds  seperate them, with Baranger leading and the year to date point totals are 25 points in Gumb's favor and that is accounted for the fact that Gumb has 10 tres to Baranger's  none and Gumb has the edge at the line. 

Playing time is always an issue with teams that are deep. RWU has a legit 8 staters. The coaching challenge is to keep 8 egos in check by keeping their eyes on the bigger prize the Championship. As long as they have a TEAM goal and playing time for these 8 is within 4 minutes of eachother then the coach has done his job. Keep in mind the the so called bench is responsible for 40% of the RWU production of late. I think you would be hard pressed to find another team with that stat.

So I wouldn't look or even think it is possible for Gumb or Baranger to get big minutes as long as these 8 keep playing the way they have been and the coaches starting line up remains the same. 

Billy Barrett has quieted down compared to his first 6 or 7 starts. I would look for him to have a big game Thursday against Curry and how about that Wooley! It was just a couple of games ago he was shooting below 20% from the ARC and now he is over 30% and continues to have the hot hand.

Good to be Tully!

RWU defeats Wesleyan 73-62.

I don't know much about Weslyan. What is the expected outcome of tonight's RWU - Weslyan game?

RWU over Anna Maria 89-49.

Camebreco scored 14, Gumb scored 12 (in only 13 minutes) and Barranger with 7 rebounds.  Six Hawks scored in double figures.

It looks like Wooley and Bashaw are trading hot hands off the bench. This game went to Wooley 4-6 and 2-4 from downtown. Nice weapons to have if you are a coach. If one is not hot pull the other trigger. Gumb also seems to be finding his stroke from the arc. After a dismal start from long range he is now5-8 in his last three outings.

Barrett and Loughan are giving solid performances while probably distreibuting the ball more in these last few easy games. Parrish still struggles and I am not sure why he is starting other than he is a senior, plays decent defense.
So far the stats don't bear out that he is a starter. I thought we would see more of the twin towers Barranger/Gumb on the floor at the same time. How many opponents have the players to cover both at the same time? Tully and his staff are smart coaches so I am sure they have their reasons.

The test is yet to come with Curry, UNE,Salve twice, Endicott and WIT all in one week.

This will be the RWU test

1/18/2007 @ 08:00PM  HOME vs CURRY COLLEGE*   
   
1/20/2007 @ 03:00PM  Away at University of New England*   
   
1/25/2007 @ 08:00PM  Away at Salve Regina*   
   
1/27/2007 @ 03:00PM  Away at New England College*   
   
1/30/2007 @ 08:00PM  HOME vs SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY*   
   
2/3/2007 @ 03:00PM  HOME vs ENDICOTT COLLEGE*   
   
2/6/2007 @ 07:30PM  Away at Wentworth Institute of Technology 

RWU-ENC 84-47. only a 16 poit first half for ENC

Still no update on the RWU web page but the guys said that they won the game with a spread close to 40 points

RWU men's basketball team earned an impressive 82-49 home victory Tuesday night over Nichols College The Hawks registered a season-high 11 three-pointers in the game.

Hoops Fan:

First, thanks for highlighting the games the way you do. I enjoy reading them.

As for Gumb's 16 minutes against Conn College, I would agree with you except that in the three previous games leading up to Conn College he played 26 min vs UMass Darthmouth, 22 Minutes vs Curry and 20 minutes vs CSC avg 12 pts 7 rebs. It appeared he was slowly getting more time each progressive game. Maybe the coach saw something in practicew that week that made him rethink the minutes. Better to be safe than sorry.

It was nice to see Bashaw come up big from the arc two games back to back.  They need at least three shooters to win the big ones. I think Bashaw's production was huge in the win over GC.b

RWU-Conn Coll:
I am I missing something here? Gumb only 16 minutes? I heard he got in foul trouble early, but to let him end the game without fouling out is a major coaching mistake. Early on Barranger was eating them up and then Conn Coll went to a zone. RWU's perimeter shooting was off. Wouldn't you stack the inside with big bodies? Stone and Gumb have the same body types. Have them commit to either big man. Both can score and Conn Coll couldn't cover both. In their last outing Gumb outscored Stone with a game high 22 points. The only excuse here is that Gumb is still day to day. If not, then this is a coach's loss.



RWU-GC: After the first 7 minutes this one wasn't even close. Gordon was oversized (Barranger 6' 11" and Gumb 6' 6" 240 lbs) and only showed spurts of defensive intensity that they are capable of. Last year RWU had a problem getting off a shot never mind taking a commanding 17 point lead with 1:39 left in the game. GC had their chances with 32 FT attempts verses RWU's only 14 (so much for home court advantage). Unfortunately for the Scots they could only convert 19 of them. RWU killed them on the boards 29 to 39 and just plain out shot GC.

Over all it was a good game to watch if you were a RWU fan and to paraphrase Borak  "not so much the other side".

PS. I did like seeing Marstettlar, Herr and Kaufman. They are all good ballers. Look forward to the rematch. I am sure their coach will have them on fire next time. Looks like there is a lack of starting seniors on either team. I guess we will be talking about these guys for two more years.

Article:
Bristol, RI- The Roger Williams men's basketball team (6-3, 3-0) extended its home win streak to five games with a 77-67 victory Saturday over visiting Gordon College (7-3, 2-1). Four Hawks posted double-digit points in the game, including junior Dan Gumb (Patterson, NY) who tallied a game-high 21 points and 11 rebounds.
The match-up between the top two vote getters in the Commonwealth Coast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll began with Gordon taking the early 13-8 lead. The Hawks however quickly fought back to move ahead, 15-14, and would not trail again throughout the game.

RWU's biggest lead of the half was 15 thanks to a pair of free throws from freshman Rick Laughton (Durham, NH) with 2:16 remaining in the stanza. Gordon cut the lead to 46-34 at intermission with a tip-in by Jon Marstaller five seconds before the buzzer. Marstaller finished the game with a team-high 17 points.

Missed free throws hurt the Fighting Scots in the first half, as the team went 13-24 from the line.

A strong start by Gordon in the second half cut its deficit to just seven, 52-45, after 4:38 of play. Back-to-back jumpers by sophomore Tucker Bashaw (Williston, VT), including one of his game-high three three-pointers sparked the Hawks back into action. Bashaw finished the game 5-7 from the field for 13 points, while grabbing six rebounds.

Junior Ben Camobreco (Duxbury, MA) also went 5-7 from the field, including 1-2 from behind the arc, to total 11 points along with his game-high six assists.

Gumb helped the Hawks' to their biggest lead in the game with a jumper at the 8:47 mark to put the home team ahead by 18, 70-52.

Sophomore Billy Barrett (Fairfield, CT) notched his seventh game of the season with double digits, as the guard posted 12 points to help the Hawks remain undefeated in the CCC.

The win for the Hawks avenges last year's 58-40 loss