I read the board. That's why we were making a joke about early admits to Tufts and why Walzy asked....

Quote from: walzy31 on September 30, 2010, 09:53:41 PM
Has Tufts admitted any other ED recruits that we don't know about?

in reference to CJ Mills with the crux of the joke being the absurdity of how serious he takes himself for a high school senior "committing" to a sub .500 d3 basketball team. I am well aware he is not actually admitted.

Quote from: hugenerd on October 01, 2010, 11:48:16 PM
Tufts hasnt admitted anyone early decision yet.  Early decisions go out in mid December.

http://admissions.tufts.edu/?pid=117

As a highly competitive university, Tufts does not have rolling admissions.

CJ Moss apparently thinks otherwise....
http://www.newenglandrecruitingreport.com/news/article/1608/Moss-Headed-NESCAC.php

Quote from: walzy31 on September 30, 2010, 09:53:41 PM
Has Tufts admitted any other ED recruits that we don't know about?

I have not heard of anybody else taking their talents to Medford.

Nescac1,

I am also still pumped about last night. It's great to see that energy back in Chandler again. I also couldn't be happier for the seniors and Coach Maker. I don't think there is a more likeable guy than Coach Maker as a coach or person. It's sort of ironic that Paulsen's greatest "flaw" on this board was that he was only able to have success with teams that were recruited for him (Crotty, Abba, Coffin, etc. that were recruited by Sheehy) and now Maker is bringing Paulsen's recruits (Schultz, Joe G, Whittington, and Wang) to a Final Four. While Maker certainly inherited a lot of talent, I think he has developed those players and has gotten the most of that talent. It will be telling to see what he does with his first freshman year class with players like Robertson (who looked pretty solid last night playing 25 minutes) and Klemm, who is apparently supposed to be their next big star. Go Ephs.

Nescac1,

I would also just take a win but I think it would bode well for the Ephs to go into Salem with at least one tough win in the tourney. Their last real contest was against Midd in the conference final game two weeks ago. Three weeks is a long time to go without a real challenge. But like you, I am also just hoping for a win....

I realize that the Crotty-Olson comparison is much more valid given that they had similar playing styles at the point (assists first, scoring second) but the numbers that Wang is putting up are absolutely RIDICULOUS (http://williams.prestosports.com/sports/mbkb/2009-10/stats/teamcume.htm). It isn't fair to compare him to Olson or Crotty because he is much more of a scoring point guard than those two but he is equally as fun to watch and is orchestrating one of the most efficient offenses in Williams history. He is only a sophomore and if his trajectory continues I think he warrants consideration as being one of the top point guards.

Quote from: amh63 on March 12, 2010, 02:49:17 PM
See that NCAA will be providing webcast of the Williams hosted games as well as the Amherst women's games.  Free coverage...is a nice touch.  Amherst College is providing free tickets for the Amherst community....alums, students, staff, etc..  nice touch.... to the to the women BB games.  Will Williams support their alums, etc. in a similar fashion?

I'm pretty sure this gesture is also to assure that the Amherst women's team has a good turnout for their games. I don't think they would be doing this if the men were playing. Don't they still charge a dollar to non-students to get into the Williams-Amherst game in LeFrak? Great game for both Eph teams last night with the women coming up just short of beating #1 Amherst down at LeFrak and the men putting on a dominant show. I expect and hope their game with Brandeis today to be closer. I think the Ephs need to win a tough, gritty to do well down in Salem. Other than Middlebury and a couple tough games with Amherst and Wesleyan they haven't really been tested in a while.

Quote from: muletrain on February 23, 2010, 11:06:15 PM
If Mike Russell doesn't get 1st team all NESCAC I will disagree but understand. There are lots of great forwards in the conference this year. If Hanley makes it over him though it would be an absolute travesty. I wouldn't put Hanley on either 1st or second team. Bowdoin deserves 1 player and that is Phillips. He is more important to the team and deserves a 2nd team all-NESCAC spot.

My predictions (not what they should be)

1st team

Shultz
Choice
Wang
Edwards
Pierce

2nd

Sharry
Russell
Ellis
Wheeler
Bernier

POY:Shultz (it kills me to actually put this in print)
ROY:Brown
DPOY: Edwards
COY: Furbush

I'll let you argue that Choice has an argument for POY but Coach Maker is WITHOUT a doubt the NESCAC COY.

I don't find Frank hurtful. His posts are just stupid and not nearly as witty as Walzy or Nescac1's.

Not even Adam Choice's mom could watch the second half of last night's Williams-Amherst game and tell you that Blake Schultz is not the MVP of this league. Williams didn't play great and looked sloppy at times but got a good win in a tough atmosphere.

When I watch Amherst I realize that they are missing a senior leadership on the floor. For as long as I can remember, Amherst teams always had a dynamic senior or two that lead that team and they are missing that this year. Compounded with the injury to their point guard (Meehan) they lack leadership. However, they have a ton of young talent and with a healthy Meehan next year they will be a top 15 team again. All that being said, I still do not want to draw them in the NESCAC tourney and nor should any other team.

I am done biting my tongue about Colby in fear that Muletrain would chastise me. I tried  not make any judgments about their horrid past weekend at Williams and Midd and chalked it up to a "bad weekend" on the road. But when you look at their schedule are people really that surprised? They have not beaten anybody and I'm sure that the NCAA committee will feel the same.  What looked like their signature win against Amherst has proven not to be all that impressive and the fact they only won by two at home may even work against them at this point. Their opening victory against Rhode Island College is also pretty unimpressive considering Amherst handled them two weeks ago. They have some very narrow wins/losses against Bates and Bowdoin, two teams that Williams and Midd annihilated. I haven't seen them play but neither will most of the NCAA committee and based on their schedule/results alone, I think they need to win the NESCAC tourney to make it.

Quote from: walzy31 on February 12, 2010, 01:01:15 PM
NESCAC Spreads - 2/12/2010
Williams -21.0 @ Amherst
Over/Under: 139.0

Walzy, I would never doubt your talents but that spread is quite generous. Ill take Williams by 8 and two thunderous dunks from T. Whittington that will not compare to the ones Russell will have tonight.


http://williams.prestosports.com/images/mbkb/2009-2010/Southern_Vermont/Gallery

http://williams.prestosports.com/images/mbkb/2009-2010/Springfield1212/Gallery

http://williams.prestosports.com/images/mbkb/2009-2010/Vassar125/Gallery

http://williams.prestosports.com/images/mbkb/2009-2010/Cortland1121/Gallery

Quote from: amh63 on January 13, 2010, 08:42:56 PM
Walzy,  in response to your curiosity, I will give you his initials.   They are M.S.  I do not have the right to reveal his name. 
I spent time with his father in Salem, VA  during three Amherst Final Fours.

HAHAHHAHAHAHAH.  Amh63, I would like to buy you a vowel...the letter "e".

M_ _ e  S _ _ e _ _ _

Quote from: ACsDad on November 22, 2009, 10:00:45 AM
Adam Choice is just a natural scorer who looked like he was on a different level than everyone else on the court. 24 of his 26 points came in the 2nd half.

Huh, I wonder what the AC stands for in "ACs Dad"?

Quote from: senatorfrost on June 16, 2009, 11:10:51 PM
  I never heard of these guys. I was talking about one coach who is from the Paulsen tree who is now a D3 coach and one from the Hixon tree who is also a D3 head coach. They both seem to be improving lately but it's been a rough road.

You are speaking of Devin Gotham who went on to be a head coach at MCLA. He took over a very awful team that is now just sort of awful -- so improved that they now appear in coach Hixon's extended
pre-season i.e. his non-conference schedule. Since MCLA, Gotham is ironically the WOMEN'S coach at his alma mater, Nazareth College. He took over a sub .500 team that is now +.500 and is apparently loaded with young talent (8 freshman, on of whom was on the all rookie team) that he recruited. The other guys who you "never heard of" were Paulsen's assistants on their national championship team and runner up team. Gotham and McCarthy (Fitzgerald was actually a senior captain) coached the championship team and Fischer and Fitzgerald coached the runner-up team.

Yes, I think hiring an assistant can be risky, but to answer your question, if they are to get hired its mostly from a strong recommendation from a strong head coach.

Quote from: senatorfrost on June 16, 2009, 08:49:58 PM
Hoops:
 Loeffler did well at Stevens but the other two have not come close to distinguishing themselves yet to put it mildly.

Jimmy McCarthy is an assistant at Northeastern after being an assistant at Yale. Dane Fischer was an assistant at Rider and then followed Paulsen to Bucknell. John Fitzgerald has taken the more business/coaching approach to basketball after his assistant coaching stint and was Director of Basketball operations at Princeton and now does the same at Denver University. These guys are all under 30 years old - none of them are going to be head coaches at the D1 level yet but could certainly be in the future if not head D3 coaches in the near future as Loeffler has. I don't think it's fair to say that these guys haven't distinguished themselves.

Senator,

Sorry I did not clarify my post. I was saying that in order for a male to get a job over a female in women's basketball they need to be a very strong coach. Considering how desirable the NESCAC coaching jobs are and how many applicants they draw, if a male gets a job for a women's team, especially in the NESCAC, I know they are a very good coach.

As for your question about assistants..... assistants get jobs based most often on the recommendation of the head coach who they work under. The greater the coach they work under the more weight the recommendation carries. For example, at Williams College on the men's side, Coach Dave Paulsen had many great assistants who went on to move up to Yale and Rider as assistants and a couple of head coaching positions at D3 schools. I think people respected Coach Paulsen's opinion on the matter -- if he said they were good coaches, they were believed to be good coaches. The current new men's coach at Williams was an assistant at Creighton for a year, a D1 team that had 20+ wins the year he was there. At West Virginia he also won the NIT as an assistant and made the tournament his other year. I know he received strong recommendations on behalf of the head coaches at these programs and those coaches were right -- Williams recovered this year, the kids/parents/etc. all loved him and they are arguably favorite to win the NESCAC next year.

I just looked up who the new Conn College coach will actually be. He comes from Holy Cross, a patriot league school with similar academic/athletic values as the NESCAC. Head Coach Bill Gibbons is one of the more respected head coaches in the area and has made Holy Cross a dominant team in the Patriot league---they won 11 league championships in his 22 years. I'm sure he gave Wilson a great recommendation and that's why he got the job.