WBB: NEWMAC

[Roundball999]

DePauw 59 Babson 36

[MVP]

Babson is looking very strong heading into Christmas Break at 9-1! They are undefeated in their conference and ranked #15 by USA Today, coaches poll .

[MVP]

Conference play begins again this week.

Good luck to all NEWMAC teams in the battle for the conference crown and berth to the NCAA tournament!!

[MVP]

Babson v Smith

What a story!!

Babson-
NCAA ELITE EIGHT 2010 & 2011

NCAA  2009 & 2012

With the win today, Babson, ranked 22nd in the country by D3hoops.com, improved to 14-1 overall and 8-0 in league play, as the Beavers extended their remarkable conference winning streak to 73 games and their home winning streak to 45 contests.

Today's conference match-up featured teams undefeated in conference play and both w/ an overall  record of 13-1

Smith was the last team to beat Babson ..way back in January 2009

What a story!


Hey Pat Coleman , is there a similar streak anywhere in d3?
Why is this not a big story for d3 .com? Why is it not a lead for saturday wrap?

>>>Like this story about St Thomas....which gets the lead and headliner???
St. Thomas' 33-game win streak against MIAC opponents came to an end as St. Benedict knocked off the Tommies 66-62. Whitney Canton scored 14 and Morgan Dale had a game-high 16 rebounds for the Blazers. St. Thomas hadn't lost a conference game since Sept. 16, 2011.
Babson hasn't lost a conference game since '08-09 season


Babson continues to dominate NEWMAC despite graduating 2 of the "big three" Wurdeman and King in 2012.

Sarah Collins, a d3All American leads Babson with her impressive and feared defensive skills/ prowess to match her league leading,......  pts per game,  ...rebounds, .... fg %   and  blocks.

Senior captains, Collins, Wynn and Mallios are experienced veterans helping bring the young talented team up to speed very quickly and off to a 13-1 record. Very impressive!!

What a story!

[MVP]

Congratulations to Babson College and Sarah Collins after extending their conference win streak to 73 games and home ice win streak to 45 games
please see press release below:

Following her monumental performances in Babson's wins over Coast Guard, MIT, and Smith, Babson College senior captain Sarah Collins (Weymouth, Mass.) has been honored as the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) and New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) Player of the Week.

This is the fourth NEWMAC honor and second NEWBA selection of the season for Collins, who helped 20th-ranked Babson remain undefeated in NEWMAC play with three straight league wins. The All-American center averaged 18.3 points, 16.3 rebounds, 1.7 steals, and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 53.5 percent (23-for-43) from the field and 81.8 percent (9-for-11) from the line in the three contests. She scored 14 points to go with 16 boards and three blocks in a 49-34 road win over Coast Guard on Tuesday before adding 22 points, 11 boards, four blocks, and three steals in a 53-35 victory at MIT on Thursday.

Collins closed out the week by erupting for 19 points and a career-high 22 rebounds while also blocking three shots and dishing out three assists in the Beavers' 59-50 comeback win over Smith on Saturday - a victory that gave the Beavers sole possession of first place in the current NEWMAC standings. Both teams had entered that contest with matching records of 12-1 overall and 7-0 in league play.

Through 14 games this season, Collins is now averaging 17.6 points, 13.9 rebounds, and 2.9 blocks per game. She currently ranks first among all Division III women's basketball players with 12 double-doubles on the year. She and the rest of the Beavers will put their 73-game NEWMAC winning streak on the line when they host Clark on Wednesday at 7 p.m

[Pat Coleman]

Babson v Smith

What a story!!

Babson-
NCAA ELITE EIGHT 2010 & 2011

NCAA  2009 & 2012

With the win today, Babson, ranked 22nd in the country by D3hoops.com, improved to 14-1 overall and 8-0 in league play, as the Beavers extended their remarkable conference winning streak to 73 games and their home winning streak to 45 contests.

Today's conference match-up featured teams undefeated in conference play and both w/ an overall  record of 13-1

Smith was the last team to beat Babson ..way back in January 2009

What a story!


Hey Pat Coleman , is there a similar streak anywhere in d3?
Why is this not a big story for d3 .com? Why is it not a lead for saturday wrap?

>>>Like this story about St Thomas....which gets the lead and headliner???
St. Thomas' 33-game win streak against MIAC opponents came to an end as St. Benedict knocked off the Tommies 66-62. Whitney Canton scored 14 and Morgan Dale had a game-high 16 rebounds for the Blazers. St. Thomas hadn't lost a conference game since Sept. 16, 2011.
Babson hasn't lost a conference game since '08-09 season


Babson continues to dominate NEWMAC despite graduating 2 of the "big three" Wurdeman and King in 2012.

Sarah Collins, a d3All American leads Babson with her impressive and feared defensive skills/ prowess to match her league leading,......  pts per game,  ...rebounds, .... fg %   and  blocks.

Senior captains, Collins, Wynn and Mallios are experienced veterans helping bring the young talented team up to speed very quickly and off to a 13-1 record. Very impressive!!

What a story!

MVP -- the Division III women's basketball record for consecutive conference wins is 92, by Maryville (Mo.) in the SLIAC. Which is not to say 73 isn't a great number and worth noting. I'd just suggest using email rather than the message board to pass along this kind of information. With 250 games on a Saturday (not an exaggeration), we certainly could miss something.

Next "round" number is 75. Will try to remember to include it then.

[MVP]

Hey Pat...Fair enough. Just thought that Babson should get more recognition.

Busy week for Babson, all at home. They face conference opponent Clark University on Wednesday night. The then play Williams college in a big Friday night contest.

On Saturday they face the Coast Guard Academy to try to extend their conference win streak to 75 and home court win streak to 47.

[Maine 1]

Will be interested to see how Babson fare tonight against Williams.  Should be a very good matchup.
Babson's conference mark is outstanding, but it has been done in a relatively weak conference.

[7express]

Babson down 43-22 at halftime.  They'll need a big second half to pull off this win.

[Maine 1]

Williams over Babson by 20--not a surprise-Looks like Williams dominated.

[sumfun]

The hard thing about NEWMAC is that they play each school home and home which leaves little time for quality regional out of conference games.   Since Babson still has not made it past Amherst in the NCAA, I checked on Amherst website for home winning streak.  They are at 73 games and 37 conference games.  Hope those continue, but Amherst also seems to be down this year so who knows.

[Roundball999]

Babson has a nice team and Collins is very good but based on lopsided results against Williams and DePauw, it appears right now they are a step slow to compete with ranked teams.  They appear a little confused on offense by the speed and intensity of top defenses, and are themselves a little slow to close on defense.  Then again, they probably wouldn't usually miss as many of the open looks that they did get last night.  I think sumfun is right, conference wins are great and necessary but NEWMAC competition alone won't prepare them well enough for the postseason.

6' 3" Williams center Baecher was also an eye opener; I thought last night at least she outplayed Collins.

[MVP]

Wow, Babson draws alot of attention when they lose , very little when they win.

I think that says more about the posters than Babson . With the win today Babson  extends their conference win streak to 75. Weak division or not , thats impressive.  No off night in almost 4 years. Thats impressive. They play and win in their division, nothing they can do about that.

NEWMAC CHAMPIONS 2012, 2011, 2010,2009
NCAA ELITE EIGHT 2010 & 2011
NCAA , 2009 & 2012

Yet the attention comes when they lose to Depauw#1 in the country and a very good Williams( NESCAC) team the other night.

Collins's numbers and intangibles speak for themselves.  With today's win over the Coast Guard Academy, Babson's record increases to 16-2. Collins surpassed 1000 rebounds tonight! 

Babson will make tourney for the 5th straight year and hopefully w/ a very young team ...7 frosh ....will advance beyond 2nd round.

Thanks for the attention. All publicity is good!  See you in march!

[joe8579]

Collins spent the first three years of her career shooting lay ups off offensive rebounds or feeds from Wurdeman. It's no surprise she has a good career FG%. She is a good player, but her stats are inflated by playing 24+ games a year against inferior competition. Pit her against NESCAC or even LEC defense game in and game out, and I think things would look a little different.

[MVP]

I get it, NEWMAC is a weak conference. I get it. But you cant take away the all-around stats, points, fg% rebounds, blocks , steals..team wins and team losses over 4 years.

Babson is ranked #20 by d3 and #18 by USA Today

How about achieving 1000 rebounds? Are they inflated because of the conference?   Is achieving 1000 rebounds easier in NEWMAC too ?


I dont know why some joeblow would want to knock Babson and be so harsh on Collins on this board just for the sake of it. The stats speak for themselves. Give Babson and Collins some kudos for crying out loud!