Brandeis losing to Suffolk is not good for the Judges, as Suffolk is a middling GNAC squad. At what point does the seat at Brandeis start to heat up for Meehan, who had massive success at Salem State but has not translated it to the UAA.

Quote from: FanOfNescac on November 08, 2017, 10:29:29 PM
Find somebody who looks at you the way Amh63 looks at David Hixon

HAHA! 

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Quote from: Ubuntu on October 14, 2017, 08:16:15 AM
I'm aware that the NESCAC starts later than the other d3 leagues, and clearly it hasn't hurt there chances late in the season.  Are the kids working out now?  Do they get to practice just without coaches?
And can coaches/interested people watch the workouts?  Is that how you know the good new players etc?

Captains typically lead both weightlifting and pick up sessions in the pre-season.  No coaches are in the weight room or gym during this time.

That's not true. Strength and conditioning coaches, even at Division III, are permitted to work with student-athletes year round. So there are coaches in the weight room and they typically lead the S&C workouts, not captains. At least at the schools that invest in athletics with those roles.

Quote from: amh63 on September 27, 2017, 05:27:36 PM
Nescac1....there are two other interior players that were highly rated.  C.J. Bachman, a junior who can rebound and score inside....and a FY, Fru  Che who had higher division offers.  I'm not worried if Coach Hixon is not worried.  All the inside players have the bulk and talents to hold their own, imho.

Who offered Fru Che?

Quote from: nescac1 on August 29, 2017, 01:16:39 PM
I do think Babson's schedule is weaker than it appears on paper.  Last year was the deepest and most balanced I've seen in New England, as reflected by the tourney results (5 of the top 11 in the final poll, four teams in the elite 8, two in the final four, and the national champion, hard to do much better).  But a LOT of teams were unusually senior-heavy.  The region will be fairly wide open this season, I think, with lots of surprises.

WPI is usually sollid but really trending down ... 17-9 was their worst year in awhile, and the two guys who graduated were the top scorers and rebounders on the team; no double-digit scorers returning.  Endicott's whole starting five graduated and they figure to be WAY down.  Amherst graduated six of its top eight guys (although still have plenty of young talent on hand as always).  Becker should be pretty good but does lose one of its two stars from a top-heavy team.  Bates loses its twin big men.  MIT should be good but there is usually unexpected roster attrition due to the academic load there, so who knows.  Brandeis has a great incoming frosh class but really only one strong returning player and probably won't pose much of a threat.  Tufts will still be tough, but unlikely to be as good as last season.  At Bowdoin could be a very tough game this year and Springfield I think is a major sleeper and is my pick to win NEWMAC if everyone is back -- Jake Ross is absolutely legit, I thought as a frosh he was even better than Flannery,  and the entire roster returns including a really talented rising sophomore class that should be much tougher this year.  But the bottom half of NEWMAC looks very weak.   And Babson avoids three of what I consider the top-five preseason squads in the region: Williams, Middlebury, and Nichols. 

Babson should still be able to post a gaudy W-L record even if they are significantly down from last year's elite level, especially if they have better injury luck.  It was really amazing that Babson was able to pull out that title run with two starters out with injuries ... they basically played six guys down the stretch last year, and this year with the impressive additions figure to be deeper, at least.  They probably warrant a top 10-12 pre-season ranking, something in that range, I figure.

Agree pretty much across the board here, except for Ross being better than Flannery but that's neither here nor there in this thread. Definitely was not lobbying for Babson to be ranked #1 again haha but definitely agree with 10-12 ranking seeming fair to start the season.

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on August 28, 2017, 08:35:53 AM
And all because you are a D1 transfer doesn't guarantee immediate success. But, like I said, we'll see what they look like at the beginning of December. I still think they'll be ranked outside the Top 15.

Agree just because someone is a DI transfer, it does not guarantee success. However, if just one of the three is an impact player you are looking at a team with two all-conference seniors, a point guard who just won six straight NCAA tournament games and another impact player. In the NEWMAC, which looks to have MIT and Springfield competing on a regional level and WPI seemingly always a lock for 20 wins, that bodes well.

Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on August 15, 2017, 03:38:39 PM
As a voter... something spectacular is going to have to keep me from voting Whitman #1 in the preseason.

First off, Babson loses far too much to keep my #1 vote. I do know of voters who will continue to vote for the champ until they lose. I am not of that mentality and have no reason to keep Babson #1.

First and foremost, I agree 100% Whitman should be #1 to begin the season. And Augustana and Williams deserve to be top 5. I did want to shed some light on Babson for 2017-18... They return the starting point guard from the six NCAA tournament games and two All-Conference players in Nick Comenale and Bradley Jacks... And they added three Division I transfers. Graham Dolan, who redshirted last season at U Buffalo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGaJakR6D98), Brandon Johnson, a two year player at Boston University (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brjGRJEx9Pk), and Tim Hasbargen, a transfer from Cleveland State who played nine minutes a game and shot 40% from 3 in the Horizon League as a sophomore. The freshman is Andrew Jaworski who averaged over 30 points per game in the state tournament (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw-uq1qlLVo). So maybe don't sleep so hard on the Beavers...

Quote from: Saint-Paul on May 10, 2017, 10:57:41 AM
Apparently, hoopdirt is making a big deal about the hiring of an assistant coach at Emmanuel who has previous college head coaching experience.  I wonder if if having an ex head coach sitting on the bench just made the head coach's seat a little hotter.  Well, after 200 career losses it should!

Anytime you can add a coach with a 39-74 record to a coach with 200 career losses at a school, you have to be excited...

Quote from: Just Bill on March 24, 2017, 09:36:40 AM
I kind of like the Dam Belt^TM. So easy to use in a sentence.

Seconded

Quote from: nescac1 on March 13, 2017, 08:12:31 AM
Babson is the polar opposite: with Flannery, Nelson, Droney, Rice, and Bohmiller all graduating, it could be tough sledding for Babson next season.

Tough sledding might be a bit of an over statement... Comenale is first-team all conference and all-region as a junior, Lowry has now started in four NCAA tournament games at the point guard spot (putting up huge assist numbers) as a junior, and a healthy Bradley Jacks returns next season as well. Add in transfers (Babson has always made a killing on the transfer market) and that's a nice little core to bring back in the NEWMAC.

Quote from: WPI89 on January 27, 2017, 04:43:59 PM
I think Bartley went 5-15 and then started his 20 game win streak at WPI - there may have been 1 year in between wich likely would make him wait till year 12 to have 200 wins - but worth looking at - i couldn't find it quickly but will look into at some point.

Looks like this might be the end of the Bartley 20 win season streak...

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 09, 2017, 07:33:48 AM

Endicott set up their non-conference as good as they possibly could.  No one will fault them for a loss to Babson and they beat Middlebury which just looks better and better.  Even dropping a game or two to Nichols and RWU wouldn't be terrible, but Bridgewater and WNEC killed them - you can't have that many losses from this conference (especially since you're going to get at least one more if you're in Pool C to begin with).

I think, with the games left, there's a decent chance they can keep at .500 SOS, but they're already out of the Pool C running.  They have to win the tournament.

As you said, if their was ever a year that a CCC team was going to be in the argument it would be this year with the schedule that Endicott put together. They're in a tough spot, though, as it's got to be tough for them to get more than a few quality games in non-conference. If you're a middle of the pack NESCAC school, for instance, what's the incentive for playing Endicott? Beat them and it's "expected" and probably doesn't improve your SOS enough to make the risk of losing to them worth it.

Quote from: D3ball1845 on February 08, 2017, 12:06:21 PM
Given the performance of the top 3 teams in overall and in non-conference games (see below), does the CCC have any chance at receiving an at-large bid to the NCAAs this year?

1. Endicott: 17-4 Overall
5-2 Non-conference (Quality Wins: Middlebury, Salem St., Regis; Losses: Babson, Bridgewater St.)

2. Roger Williams: 17-4 Overall
6-1 Non-conference (Quality Wins: RIC, Connecticut College, uMass Dartmouth; Loss: Wheaton)

3. Nichols: 16-5 Overall
5-2 Non-conference (Quality Win: Lasell; Losses: Becker, Thomas (ME))

Probably not... The bottom of the conference just kills teams SOS... WNEU, Curry, Salve, UNE, etc. just don't help Endicott, RWU and Nichols chances at at-large bids. Especially with how many other teams are in region that they compete against for those precious few slots.

Interesting to see UW-River Falls ranked #1 by both Massey (http://masseyratings.com/rate.php?s=cb2017&sub=11620) & the DII eff. rankings (http://detroitjockcity.com/division-iii-mens-basketball-efficiency-ratings/) yet not receiving one first-place vote. Not disagreeing, just curious as I know next to nothing about mid-west DIII hoops.

Likewise, the computers do not seem to like Tufts (10/20), Whitworth (14/27), or Denison (20/54).

Quote from: OldCardinal on January 22, 2017, 05:35:37 PM
Tufts has been the big surprise so far for me.  Perhaps most notable has been their depth.  We all know about Palleschi, Pace and Smith.  But they have gotten huge contributions out of other players, when needed.  This weekend they got 42 and 35 bench points.  On saturday, with Smith limited to 6 minutes (not sure why) and Palleschi out, Dayton steps up with 25 pts and 8 assists.  Engval has been unsung but very steady and good.  It's the deepest Jumbo team I've seen in a while.  They look for real to me.

Word on the street is Palleschi's season is over with a torn ACL.