regis is going coed and northeastern is moving to newton mass and changing their mascot to an Eagle

well you get my point. he did it rather successfully for a few years. i wouldn't see Barros at ENC for more than 3 either

i can see why ENC would not take Barros based on their beliefs as a school. it is pretty common place for a school to make their faculty hold the same beliefs as it does its students. that being said, i don't think money would be a factor. he makes a decent amount of money from NESN and FSN with appearance fees, plus i think he qualified for NBA pension and was a million dollar player. his other business interests have seemingly done well. i thnk he would bring ENC alot of 'Boston' kids and would do wonders for the program. and like Hoops said you have to start some where. former patriot steve nelson coaches Curry football and he still has time to do WEEI and NECN work.

what happend to the WIAC? all out in the round of 32. ouch. whitewater lost on their home court? their home court! man, i didn't think choking could get that bad. they must have been really tired from their grueling regular season schedule. that's tough. well, at least you have volleyball!

empire 8 sucks

Utica rolled on WPI, 76-58. VIAB. i'll give credit to the diesel who said the GC-Utica winner would advance to the sweet sixteen. honestly, i'm surprised. Utica wasn't anything special. kinda stings if you are a GC fan.

fisher sucks

alex yates is the real reason marstaller played. obvi! HA!

seriously, thoughts on Utica-GC: I'm gonna hold to the belief that Brad Freedman is the greatest thing ever to come out of Utica. Second, however is Ray Bryant. I think he will get 'his' in the game, and there is not much GC can do but contain. i also know he won't be able to win the game himself, so i'm not worried if he goes off.  again, i have never seen him play so it is just my opinion based on his mug shot and stats, but we will see. I think AJ is right on with Vogz getting the coverage. He would be our best hope to disrupt his game. either way someone should be on the horn to Ithaca ASAP and find out why he scored 9. Justin Seesaw does not scare me. He looks like a glorified Ellis. My only concern would be if he decides to penetrate and looks to pass. that might throw a kink in the game plan, but i think GC has done a good job this season neutralizing scoring guards of his ilk, sans D'Auria from MIT.

not sure about Willie Lucas, but i'm sure there is some empire 8 bias in his evaluation. i'm sure he is good. the quickness of Herring should be matched up nicely with the quickness of Kaufman.

my concern for GC is turnovers. Gordon has not been a team to turn it over that much season, however the last few games they have been way out of sync. but we will chalk that up to jitters. i truly believe GC will be loosey, goosey for this one.  my concern however, is their ability to get it past halfcourt. i don't think GC has been pressed too much this season. and if Herring is all he is cracked up to be, this could be a problem.  Logan can do fine, but not sure if his lateral quickness is all there yet. if they get pressed i worry. and if they do get it past half court, how much time will be left on the shot clock. that is my major concern; my question going into the game for GC. if they win the turnover battle they should win the game. if you limit Utica's pts off TO, i think GC will win.

i also think GC needs to limit second chance points. they don't necessarily have to win the rebound battle, but i think Utica will be crashing the glass, especially with their guards so GC will have to box out. and again if SeeSaw is penetrating all day and GC's d is moving around, they are going to have to fight to get back in position and get the rebounds.

get an early lead, too. doesn't have to be big, just be close. the last two games GC has started very poorly, so it will be good to stay somewhat even early to get that confidence back and take the pressure/anxiety out of it being an NCAA game and get back to just playing basketball.


Roy's Keys to the Game:

• Win the TO battle
• Limit Second change pts/possessions
• Mike Herr Score 15+

let's get some ECers on the Tufts matchup.

not sure if i agree with that assessment diesel. usually first teams are litterd with only the best players from the top teams, no matter how big the conference. i understand your point but bryant is a man child unlike anyone i think GC has seen. not sure on Cichon, but brewcrew says he is the second all-time leading scorer with 1,500. however, that begs the question; is that empire 8 that much better? i mean not go to just on pts scored but 1,500 is that much when you think about it. ultimately i don't really think the empire 8 is that much better than CCC. i mean utica has never been to the dance either. granted St. Johns is probably the best program in either conference by far, but after you throw out the bottom 4 of the CCC, i bet it would be close.

not to stray...but caught this tidbit on college gamenight gym gems. i guess it was on sportscenter, too. depauw U hit a 61 foot shot to win their SCAC conf championship. the video and the shot are pretty amazing....and they have the best shot of some lady in the audience like nearly fainting becaue her team lost that way. the audio is pretty good too. pure elation. gotta love d3!

you can see the video http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=17145

kirk,

good point about Deluca. He did provide that spark off the bench on Thursday. However, I think it was more a case of just no one else on GC could get anything going. i don't agree that Schauer doesn't play his bench, Thursday he was looking for any spark he could get. plus, ultimately you have go to with what you got you there.

Schauer's first two years they really didn't have any bench and i while i somewhat agree Beebe and Co, and then later Hayes and Smith might have got a little tired and banged up toward the end, he really didn't have any choice. those teams weren't deep. this year's team is very deep and i think you will see some Deluca. Beebe (he did lead the league in 3pt% albeit a smaller sample size) and Schanks of the world will come off the bench first though. they have a little more experience. the only thing to watch as well, particularly with this matchup is that Deluca's D is not quite on the college level yet. so you have that trade off. and with the guard play at Utica appearing to be very strong with two all conference players, i don't think Gordon will be able to hide him and thus i think Deluca will not see more than a few 'sniper' minutes

agree the CCC has its best chance ever in the first 1st round. EC can def hang with Tufts. They have hung with alot of similar schools this year; beating bates, staying with WPI, Hamilton, and Amherst. They are tested and definitely capable of the upset.

Gordon and Utica seems to me to be an even match up, with one team (Utica) likes to get out and run, vs a team like Gordon who is bruising on defense and slows the tempo a bit. So, it looks like whoever can force the other to play their style will probably win. Again, good chance for GC to win. Wouldn't be surprised if both teams were left after 1st round.

some glaring omissions i felt from the All-Conf teams.

Stickney from UNE needed to be on a team. he averaged 12 and 9 good for 15th and 2nd in the league respectively. He was also second in blocked shots, and honestly the fact he isn't on a team is revolting.  

Jaziri from NEC was 7th in the league in scoring. It appears statistically he didn't do too much else, but he could have gone either way being on a team or not.

And Jasmin from ENC should have got a good look as well. He led the conference in FG%, averaging 12 and 5.

I would say Bray doesn't deserve to be anywhere near a team. Grendal would be the one i switch with any of the other two i listed. but not necessarily. And I think George you could flip flop with Coute on the 1st and 2nd teams, as Matty turned it on late and really did for 2+ years.

ultimately, like Hoops, i wish they picked the best 3 at each position (or close enough) for all the teams, rather than the top 15 players.

props to EC winning three straight conference tourneys. that is a tough feat, especially in d3. much respect. they did it with a new coach this year, and i think have truly cemented themselves as one of the better programs in the Northeast. GC won the conference regular season title, and thus earned a better bid to the dance. no worries, both are in, it's great for the CCC.

cstrike, that is fine i agree with your simple point. new england college basketball isn't as good at any division with that of the rest of the country. we have our UConn's, our bryants, or williams, and our amherst, but overall we can't match up (haha--unless you are talking about women's basketball but digress into realms no one talks about). this is simply because there aren't as many new england schools; it is not a tough concept to grasp---more teams-more chances to win. so, i'm fine with that. if that was your only point for spouting off, then i wish you could have saved us all the headache. bravo. right now the CCC is a conference where teams main goals are to win the CCC, make the dance, then see what happens. in that order. that is the way it is and we like it. we are a small conference and realize our chances aren't good when stacked up against the best in the land. but as you watch championship week next week on ESPN, you will see the same thing in D1. kid's dreams just go to dancin'. maybe that will change down the road; we'll see. so back to the WIAC, debate which of those teams has the best final four chance. we have fun seeing if we can get in the way of a tufts or utica and just enjoy the experience and exposure. and maybe, just maybe, hope one of the teams in this year's field can pull an Anna Maria. 

sorry you take offense to alcoholism just cuz you go to Endicott or something.

ps. it was great to see all the fair weather EC fans "pack" the Post center come tourney time again. i mean there had to be at least 5-6 dudes packing the sideline, hootin and hollerin'---i mean really deafening. and they were all painted with their favorite player's jersey number. now that is intimidation. we used to do it high school too, except...only the chicks did it...and they would paint the number of the player they were dating....but...no, i mean hey it's the 2000's dude i can dig it. man crushes are in nowadays. who wouldn't want to wear the jersey of a classmate?!?!?!

seriously, next year Red, when you are done hanging your banner (and dude that ceremony is gonna be AWESOME---i bet they give away two domino's pizzas and maybe Jeremy Currier can hoist it up!!!!) try and post before the season over. i think you could add alot to the board. it is too easy when all is said and done. oh yah, and also if your "student section" wants to stand at all during the games, skip pickel'd one night and come to the Bennett for the road tilt, or i don't know basically make noise it would be greatly appreciated. it gets old making more noise than you @ the Post and having the AD come control your bird.

have a long ride home from one and done in NY. that will be 0-4. nice. do they have banners for that?

also, i understand most of the posters trying to knock GC down with the "way to charge the court" have limited to no basketball knowledge....but maybe they happend across this game; let me set the stage: you have the best fans in the world, the #1 team in the land vs the unranked, worst in conference team, early in the season, and a miracle finish. and look what happend. oh my! crazies charging the court? act like you been there DUKE!

wow. tough day for 24, on 24 day, no less. first people are in his grill about how fast you can drive 93 and storrow (and ps 20 miles doesn't equal 20 minutes when going to Boston please be cogno) and now the kid gets railed for not finding a topic in a 130 page document.

c'mon halo, you're better than that. dont jump on a mistake like that to get your potshots at GC. the document was 78 pages long at best; maybe the kid didn't have adobe acrobat. c'mon, you're better. you said your peace early, were wrong, and then promised to be a man about it. it's over. let it alone. go get the pom pom's cleaned and go wish your precious Stevens Point well for a repeat. it's okay to leave the CCC. i'm as happy as anyone to see some new posters on here (especially when we get some people in the know from schools outside the big three) and the new excitement is cool, but you're better than to take cheapies GC using something as small as that. you're reaching now. i guess i always had hoped better from you. i thought you were the chosen one...

and you can leave the garbage at home, what with the "great job Bill, thanks for that insightful, hard to find info!!!" we all know ya faking it to make your point look better. i mean about two days ago you had us believing you wrote the NCAA handbook. please don't pawn off being impressed by something i know you stumbled on when you were googling all of NCAA.org. the kid hit the records tab on the homepage and voila, it's all right there. wasn't hard. i know you know that, mister fact checker.

it's over. GC's in. let it go.