Hoops Fan, I hate to agree with you on the point that EC is not the favorite right now in the league, but I have to.  I was at the game on Saturday, and if Magee plays, the Gulls win by at least 10-15 points.  WNE just isn't that good, and some of the younger guys who filled in for Magee just weren't up to snuff.  However, I think the biggest concern for EC is the fact that Tyler Burkhart isn't playing.  While he's not a stat stuffer, and is rarely going to get noticed on this board, he's the type of guy who does all the little things, i.e. make the extra pass, hustle plays, getting his teammates involved/fired up, that a team sorely misses when he's not on the court.  When Magee comes back, the Gulls are immediately improved, but if Burkhart can join him, they'll be tough to stop in the long run.

Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 05:40:52 PM

Endicott is going to get crushed.  Oswego matches up better at nearly every position.  Bad draw for EC.

So much for that idea.  Great effort by a team that everyone thought would get crushed.  Showed their youth in their defeat, but have to commend the Gulls for the way they played last night, and at the end of the year when it looked like they were dead in the water.  Can't wait to see them back on the court next year.

Quote from: Gordonhoops123 on December 14, 2011, 05:13:45 PM

Quote from: uconn05 on December 14, 2011, 03:41:35 PM
Now that Callo is back, I think Endicott is the clear favorite.

I think the next tier is WIT, Curry, Salve, and RWU.

Naz, Gordon, and Nichols are all about the same.

WNEC and UNE are brining up the rear.

If Curry adds a big during the break, and doesn't lose Lambros or Sedale, they could take out Endicott. Overall, if I have to make the prediction now, I'm going with a Endicott v. Salve in the final - EC winning. Salve has the odd combinatin of being young and having championship experience. That works as the tie-breaker for me (over Curry, WIT, and RWU).

I disagree, for some reason Phil Rowe has tons of talent each year and can't get it done. They were very athletic and got smoked by Gordon two years ago on the way to GC winning it all. Rowe can't get them to play together. And yes Schauer was the best all time coaches that Gordon has had, he was up there with Bill Fotti and Fotti can recruit whoever he wants with no limitations.

To go back to the post about Endicott and Phil Rowe, I'll have to respectfully disagree with GordonHoops.  Not to completely stir the pot, but if you look back at the roster from Rowe's first year with the team, 09-10, it was NOT filled with "tons of talent."  It was a team that the previous year had won 10 games, and were going nowhere fast.  I will give you that they were pretty athletic, but that does not equal talent.  Rowe and his staff were able to bring in Lance Greene at Christmas, and has brought in a stellar recruiting class each of the following seasons.  Installing a completely new style of play and new system comes with ups and downs, but to take a team with 10 wins the year before he got there, and win 17 after his first recruiting class gets there is pretty darn good. 

In Rowe's first year, there were players who might not have bought into his system, etc, but they are gone now.  He now has players who were highly recruited out of high school (i.e. Green, Makris, Magee, Henault) who chose to come play at a place where they know good things can happen.  If you look at the roster, the team is still very young and going through growing pains, but to put that on Rowe is completely crazy.  I think that by the end of the year, the Gulls are going to be one of the top teams, if not THE top team in the league, and MOST of that credit goes to Phil Rowe