Saw this over in the NESCAC board. 

"Just some pre-tourney perspective. Below is a list of teams from the East region that have made at least (5) NCAA tournament appearances. Scranton and Wittenberg are tied for the most appearances all-time with 28 each. This list does not take into account bids for this year's tournament. Some teams listed may have made tournament appearances in multiple conferences (Hamilton). Since what year have NESCAC teams been eligible for the tournament?

The recent success of Middlebury and MIT is also very impressive. 
                                         
24   Salem State   MASCAC   1980   2017                                 
19   Amherst   NESCAC   1994   2017                                 
16   Clark (MA)   NEWMAC   1978   2010                                                         
16   Williams   NESCAC   1994   2018                                                         
14   UMass Dartmouth   Little East   1976   2009                                                         
12   Western Connecticut   Little East   1986   2012                                 
12   WPI      NEWMAC   1982   2016                                                     
11   Rhode Island College   Little East   1975   2014                                                         
10   Hamilton   NESCAC   1995   2018                             
9   Babson      NEWMAC   1992   2017                                                         
9   Middlebury   NESCAC   2008   2018                                                     
9   Springfield   NEWMAC   1996   2018                                                     
9   Trinity (CT)   NESCAC   1995   2016                                                         
8   Bridgewater State   MASCAC   1983   2018                                 
8   Eastern Connecticut   Little East   1992   2018                                 
8   Endicott   CCC   2000   2017                                                         
8   MIT      NEWMAC   2009   2018                                                           
7   Brandeis   UAA   1975   2010                                                   
7   Elms      NECC   2005   2013                                 
7   UMass Boston   Little East   1975   2006                                 
6   Albertus Magnus   GNAC   2010   2017                                                           
6   Husson      North Atlantic   2009   2017                                                           
5   Keene State   Little East   2004   2017                                                           
5   Suffolk      GNAC      1975   2002                                 
5   Tufts      NESCAC   1995   2017"

no Brian Vayda?

I think Springfield and WPI are better than MIT right now.  Being # 1 in the nation is great for the league and MIT but I wanted to put my opinion in there.

Clark was top 15 a number of times as well.  They finished 2 seasons in a row in the top 15.  The last poll is the only one that matters.

Great job MIT.  Bring the whole thing home!

this year, however i believe this is MIT's year to got deep in the ncaa's...forget about past years.....good luck.

every team has injuries....it is part of the season and team....

so did mit go on to the ncaa's? did kates play a few days later? yes! not out......OUT....is out of the game....every team has that problem.  i wouldn't say he was out......or that mit was without him. every team has this problem every year. 

I do not recall Kates being hurt during the semi-final loss to Clark 2 years ago?  I believe he played 34 minutes.   

Awesome...thanks for posting it Pat....

Does it take an MIT education to get the game on the web through their website?

what happened to UMass Dartmouth's monster Freshman class? I know Kershaw and Tagger at least played a few games.  What happened to them and why aren't they on the roster anymore?

Clark up 44-29 at half.   We shall see how the second half goes as WestConn has some very potent offensive weapons that can score in bunches. 

I think MIT and WPI roll to easy victories....go NEWMAC

I notice MIT and WPI do not travel out of region at all to face stiffer competition during the early season.  Is there a reason for that?  Just curious.  I know they try to schedule a fairly hard schedule in region early on but why not test outside other than for obvious reasons.  At least WPI tries to schedule some tough opponents but MIT?  Maybe academic reasons I would say?