Quote from: rlk on March 16, 2015, 03:46:16 PM
Definitely raises the profile of NEWMAC to have Babson in the Final Four.  Any Babson folks here, if you have any possibility of making it to Salem Friday (and hopefully Saturday), go!  It will be a real experience.  MIT's  Final Four run 3 years ago was a never-to-forget experience.

Absolutely agree.  Try to attend because Salem does a good job and you will never forget the experience.  It is so difficult to make the final four at any level, so you may not be able to experience it again.

Congrats to Babson and here's hoping they can win the title!

Quote from: falcons2010 on March 02, 2015, 09:19:50 PM
Strong museum of Play is a must visit in Rochester.

Congrats to Springfield, WPI, and Babson on making the tournament.

Easier said than done, but if Springfield and WPI win 3 games each, they will play each other for the 4th time this season.  Let's hope both win and the winner play Babson in the finals.

Quote from: WPI89 on February 20, 2015, 03:11:38 PM
Also anyone have any clue who gets the 3 seed if MIT/Springfield end up tied at 10-4?  I can't find the tiebreakers but I saw them a couple of weeks ago.

They would both be 10-4.
Split with each other.
Both 0-2 vs Babson    (with MIT loss tomorrow)
Both 1-1 vs WPI
Both 2-0 vs Emerson
Both 2-0 vs Clark
Both 2-0 vs CG           (with Springfield win tomorrow)
Both 2-0 vs Wheaton


Could it possibly come to Springfield's extra win   (18-7   vs   17-7)  (Is the lack of 25 games for MIT  because MIT plays Harvard and it has to count but isn't listed?).

I'm not sure what the NEWMAC tie breaker rules are, but MIT will be seeded fourth.  The following was written at the end of their Babson game recap:

Next up for both squads will be the NEWMAC Tournament. MIT, the No. 4 seed, will host Emerson College, the No. 5 seed in a quarterfinal game on Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. The No. 1 seed, Babson will host the semifinals and finals next weekend, with the Beavers taking on the winner of the MIT/Emerson clash in a semifinal on Saturday, February 28 at 1:00 p.m.

MIT will have to really start playing well to have a chance.

Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on July 07, 2014, 04:28:25 PM
It's also hard to win a 10-team classic :-)

You are correct that I was referring to the Hoopsville Classic.  It appears that all of the teams in the Hoopsville Classic are good, but it will be great for WPI and good for the NEWMAC for WPI to win their 2 games.  Hoping for multiple NEWMAC teams in the NCAA tournament again this coming season.

"will" should be "win".  My apologies for the typo.

Quote from: WPI89 on July 03, 2014, 11:05:23 AM
Chicago and Cabrini to start the season for WPI - wow!  Thanks for posting Dave.  Holy cow - hope the boys are ready early.

I think they will win both games and a good threat to will the tournament as WPI is really strong this year.

Quote from: WPI89 on May 03, 2014, 04:17:33 PM
Thanks for the info guys. Yes Racy's "little" brother is heading out for his senior year. They graduated 2 talented guards and may struggle next year. I do not know the Racy family well but I suspect (just me speculating though) that may have helped their decision. Looking forward to a big 14-15 from the Crimson clad engineers!

FYI on the 3 MIT basketball recruits from their website (MIT did not have any seniors playing last season):

MIT Men's Basketball 2014-15 Freshman Class

Samson Donick (6-1, 195, Tiburon, Calif., Redwood High School): Four-time letterwinner and a three-year starter for Redwood High School ... averaged 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists as a senior ... two-time All-Marin County Athletic League ... team captain and MVP as a senior ... also played one year in prep school at Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut ... helped lead that team to an 18-3 record and a Founders League Championship ... National Merit Scholar ... AP Scholar with Distinction.

Spencer Rust (6-9, 195, Alamo, Calif., Monte Vista High School): League MVP ... averaged 15.2 points, eight rebounds and four blocks per game ... second team all-state ... first team all-section ... helped lead his team to the California Division I State Championship ... National Honor Society ... California Scholarship Federation ... National Spanish Honor Society.

Andy Wang (6-4, 200, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Pine Crest School): Three letters in basketball ... averaged 12 points, five rebounds and three assists per game ... team captain as a senior ... helped lead his team to the state 3A semifinals in 2011 ... National English Honor Society ... Spanish Honor Society ... Rho Kappa ... Beta Club ... National Merit Finalist ... National AP Scholar.

Quote from: mass_d3fan on March 03, 2014, 03:03:03 PM
Congratulations to MIT, Babson, Springfield & WPI for getting into the tournament.  Great for the NEWMAC.

NCAA Matchups :

MIT vs Plattsburgh St
Babson vs Gordon
Springfield vs Mary Washington
WPI vs Albertus Magnus

This looks to be a bad matchup for WPI, especially with the injury issues.  They have not scored 70 or more points since Feb. 1 and AM's lowest ouput in that same time frame has been 84 points.  AM was beating up on the weakers teams they play, WPI was struggling to handle the teams at the bottom of the NEWMAC.  You have to believe that (besides the obvious importance of this being an NCAA tourney game)AM is looking to make a statement in this one about where they feel they belong in the Northeast pecking order.  I seem to remember someone saying that these two scrimmaged at the beginning of the season.  Anyone lend some insight on how that went?  I know neither team is what they were way back then, but it's still nice fodder for the forum. 

The Engineers must tighten up their interior defense.  In the team's 4 losses, they have lost the PIP battle each time. 3 times being doubled up on.  They have to contend with a very potent inside outside combo in Watson( 21.9ppg/4.9rpg) & Ljulidjuraj(16 ppg/10.7 rpg/3.7 bpg).

Babson/Gordon could be a very good game with some talented big men matching up.  This will be a big game for Flannery and Kenny Ross MUST stay out of foul trouble.  The Beavers struggled after he fouled out of the NEWMAC semis, even on simple inbound plays down the stretch of regulation play.

MIT/Plattsburgh St – I do not know much about Plattsburgh, but MIT is currently playing its best ball of the season.  If Redfield and crew can stay out of foul trouble, MIT stands a good chance.

Springfield/Mary Washington – Another team I know little to nothing about at the moment.  The pride are a streaky team and will battle the entire 40 minutes.  If their opponent offers up a chance for them to take the game, they usually capitalize on it.

Has there ever been another conference where half of the teams (4/8) made the NCAA tournament?  I just completed my d3hoops brackets where I was definitely very biased towards MIT, WPI, Babson, and Springfield and predicted them to win out until they play each other.  So if the NE Region (and NEWMAC in particular) do well and there aren't too many upsets in the remainder of the brackets, then my bracket should do very well.  If all the NEWMAC teams loose, then I generally don't pay much attention to the remaining bracket play anyway.

Quote from: madzillagd on March 01, 2014, 02:59:34 PM

Quote from: WPI89 on March 01, 2014, 02:48:07 PM

Better be rooting for some conference leaders to win their conferences.

MIT just controlled the pace, very methodical and converted everything it felt like.  61% vs 20% will do it every time.  Even with 10 mins left if felt like it was over because MIT was milking the clock so well.

I think MIT played its best game of the year (by far) against WPI in the NEWMAC tournament and hope they can continue.  MIT also played well against Springfield, but not as good as against WPI.  I am listening to Hoopsville online now and asked why there couldn't be 3 at large NEWMAC teams because Babson, WPI and Springfield were in the top 6 in the Northeast.  I mentioned that the NEWMAC should be one of the top conferences this year, but they thought top 10.  Besides the Northeast Region rankings, if MIT can now be ranked (with their tournament wins and win against Rhode Island College), then those 3 schools 5-1 record against MIT in the regular season should help them.  Our #5 team (Emerson) beat Amherst and Tufts.  Bottom line is that they opined that 3 NEWMAC teams would make it, MIT and

Quote from: WPI89 on February 06, 2014, 10:26:59 AM
Emerson coming to Harrington today for an early evening game to make up the postponed game from last night.  Have not seen re-schedule info for any other NEWMAC games yet.

MIT's game at Springfield has been moved from yesterday to tonight.  Hope MIT plays as well as WPI did, but I expect Springfield to play much better than they did in their earlier game at MIT.

Quote from: rlk on January 21, 2014, 01:09:36 PM

Quote from: amh63 on January 21, 2014, 12:03:06 PM
RLK.....sorry about that....not paying attention...plus any other factors that comes with age.  Remember the year.  Wanted to have Amherst play MIT in Lancaster that year.  Saw MIT beat Staten Island  I believe.  Even sat on the MIT side....received several graduate degrees from MIT awhile back.  Wow, parking is a problem around the gym facilities.  Were parking garages added recently nearby.  Think I'm still a member of the COOP....with parking discounts?

No new parking.  There's still the garage ($5), or street parking ($2 for a 2-hour meter).

Yup, we beat Staten Island prior to Franklin & Marshall.  Staten Island had a huge center, as I recall (A.J. Matthews?), who was nicely contained by Will Tashman.

I believe that was Farmingdale College that A.J. Matthews (All American) played for and it was a great game by MIT as I believe Hollingsworth put up 30 something points on him offensively and Tashman put the clamps down on him defensively.  A.J. Matthews had extreme physical skills (I believe he is playing in the NBAD league now), but he got really frustrated with Tashman's defense.  Appreciate you bringing that good memory back to me.   

BTW, the only reason WPI may not host an NCAA game is that their Women's team is also a powerhouse and one year when both mens and womens WPI teams were offered to host NCAA playoff games, WPI had to choose (I believe the women won out and WPI men's team had to start on the road).  WPI's gym and fan support are top notch and I anticipate they will be hosting this year and hopefully the NEWMAC will have at least 3 NCAA qualifying teams this year.

Quote from: WPI89 on January 15, 2014, 09:13:47 AM
Large game against Babson tonight - good luck boys.

I think WPI would definitely be favored, especially at home.  Babson is having a very good year as is the whole NEWMAC conference teams.  Should be a good game.

Quote from: WPI89 on January 09, 2014, 10:06:20 AM
2 convincing wins leading up to the first WPI/MIT game this weekend.  Will be fun - I hope to catch the broadcast.  WPI shot lights out from 3 at Springfield and MIT apparently made all of the Clark players shoot with their left hands or something?

Will be a really fun next 7 weeks.  Also enjoying the minor chaos over on the NESCAC side of things.  Still feel like their little brother (and certainly will until more NEWMAC damage can be done in the post season) but things seem to be evening out some over the past couple of years.

Imagine if we could have an early season night or 2 nights where we match up all the NESCAC and NEWMAC teams against each other (like the Big 10 - ACC thing they do) - would be fun. 

Amherst-WPI.  Williams-MIT.  Middlebury-Babson. Tufts-Springfield.  Wesleyan-Clark.  Trinity-Emerson.  Bates-Coast Guard.  Sorry Colby Hamilton CC etc, we ran out of teams............but wouldn't that be fun!

I think Clark just had an off night and some poor shot selections, but MIT is big and active.  I'm glad that the NEWMAC is stronger and will hopefully continue to strengthen.  Your idea about the NESCAC-NEWMAC playing each other like the Big 10-ACC, especially with your pairings, would be fantastic to watch.  I agree with our little brother comparison, but if the NEWAC keeps improving and the AD's (from both conferences) get some guts, then maybe it could happen.

Quote from: rlk on January 08, 2014, 10:40:44 PM

Quote from: GoTech73 on January 08, 2014, 10:01:17 PM
Just saw the score/press release from the MIT/Clark game tonight - Final was 63-36, MIT held Clark to just 19% from the floor! Did anyone happen to watch any of the game? Curious if MIT's defense is really that good, or if Clark just had a really bad day?

I wasn't there, unfortunately.  But I suspect MIT's D was a big part of it.  MIT's D is ranked #2 in the country, and held RIC to 38 points (granted, RIC isn't what they sometimes are).  Redfield had 5 blocks out of a total of 8 by the Engineers, and MIT clobbered Clark on the boards.  Remember that MIT starts 3 6'8" players and has another 6'8" and 2 6'10" players in reserve.  They'll be a bit more vulnerable to a strong outside team, I suspect.  The throwdown against WPI on Saturday will be interesting.

The other thing I really liked to see is the bench depth, which is something MIT has lacked even in the great Final Four run a couple of years ago.  Ryan Frankel and Dakota Pierce both scored in double figures, and Russell Johnson and Lampros Tsontzos both contributed double figure minutes.

I tried to see the game, but the video kept freezing.  Too bad they keep increasing the prices and lower the quality.  I believe it was a combination of things.  First of all, if you continue to drive to the basket straight at Redfield, then you will probably get it swatted back to you.  He is a junior and has done this in the previous years, so it shouldn't be a secret to anyone.  Of course, MIT's deliberate offense contributes to lower scores.  Third, Clark did miss some open looks and it kind of snowballed on them.  Fourth, MIT's defense appears to be improved, but it will have to continue to improve to have a shot at the NCAA's.  I believe MIT's best two games were last night and against RIC.  I agree with you that RIC is not nearly as strong as they had been in previous years.  I also agree that MIT's bench has a lot of talent, but Coach Anderson typically has a smaller rotation, except in blowouts and with foul trouble.

Quote from: magicman on November 17, 2013, 05:31:46 AM

Quote from: middhoops on November 16, 2013, 09:42:48 PM
WPI put up 100 on RPI.  No overtime.  Whoa!

The Liberty League of which RPI is a member will not be a strong league this year. RPI gave up 105 points to your Panthers last year among others. Heck even Sage beat them by outscoring them 94-89 last year,  and Caltech put up 97 against them in a loss.

Agreed.  RPI was really a run-and-gun team (without a lot of defense) when they last played MIT.