While I agree that Lasell is still the team to beat in the GNAC, if a 2-14 team can put up 112 points on them, the idea that they have the conference on lock is ridiculous.

was wondering the same thing actually...

yeah, the game actually hung in the balance for some time, i think it was like an 8 pt. game with 12 min. or so left, but Brandeis had much too much size down low.  Hollins from Brandeis put in 27 and had 14 boards and overall, just was a major presence down low.

it looks like Emerson is running into the same problems they did last year with their defense.  Brandeis put in 97 points on sat. and they've given up 80+ points in 5 out of their 6 games thus far.

as far as shannon goes, he had a pretty poor shooting performance in comparison to the last few games.  got some good looks, but a lot just weren't falling for him. 

Suddenly Lassel, after that win against Brandeis earlier in the year, jumps way up on my list of contenders in the GNAC.

Quote from: leelowlang on November 28, 2008, 10:51:26 PM
Lasell looking like the cream in the GNAC again early.

i don't know.  Lasell is a great team and have played a tough schedule, but i think you could make an argument for emerson, emmanuel and st. joe's as well.

some games have been posted on the GNAC website.  there's a number of interesting non-conference games.

http://www.thegnac.com/sports/schedule-nf.php?sport=4&type=1&sn=Men's%20Basketball&y=0809

wow, i don't know much about kesses, but if he is as good as that blurb says, alongside shannon and rause, emerson's going to be hard to beat.

especially the gnac too, which is a relatively small league.

eclinhcy was saying lasell isn't successful because they think shoot first and i'm saying that's was a lot of d3 schools do is focus on shooting because most of the talented big men either go d2 or d1.

to be fair, i think the nature of a lot of d3 teams revolves around shooters just because many teams don't have the dominating big man down low. 

thanks for the link...im expecting a good game.

Emerson was upset in the first round of the ECACs despite holding a double digit lead w/ 10 min. left.  UNE couldn't stop Emerson's offense, but Emerson's D proved to be the deciding factor in this game yet again because they couldn't stop the UNE offensive effort, in particular, Johnnie Jefferson, who put in like 40 pts.  tough way to end the year.  On a plus, Will Dawkins put in around 35 pts. and capped off his college career well.

Yeah, Lasell got a tough draw with Brandeis.  I think they're a team that CAN make some waves w/ their big 3, but I don't seem them beating Deis.

so just to clarify from one of your above posts, you're saying that theoretically one region could supply all 17 at-large bids?