MBB: Conference of New England

[cstrike]

Another year, another first-round flame-out... this time, with TWO teams!

When are you guys in that conference going to learn that if you want any respect, you actually have to WIN a game or two in the NCAAs?

[anECfan]

cstrike is an absolute tool he was the kid in high school who couldn't get the girl no matter what he did.  I mean he resorts to coming onto the CCC board and tries telling us how much our conference sucks. Wow thats a lot of free time on your hands bud. I wish I was as cool as cstrike everyone. Yup I said it cstrike is the coolest person on this CCC board. I think that is what he is looking for.

[roy_williams]

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.

[roy_williams]

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!

[cstrike]

cstrike is an absolute tool he was the kid in high school who couldn't get the girl no matter what he did.  I mean he resorts to coming onto the CCC board and tries telling us how much our conference sucks. Wow thats a lot of free time on your hands bud. I wish I was as cool as cstrike everyone. Yup I said it cstrike is the coolest person on this CCC board. I think that is what he is looking for.

Yawn.  The fact of the matter is yet again, not a single team from New England other than NESCAC teams made the round of 16.  Can the NESCAC petition to be reassigned to a real region?

Obviously I've struck a chord with you since you have to resort to junior high personal attacks when presented with actual, proven facts.  The thing is, the door's wide open, waiting for someone to become the second best league in the region.  Only problem is nobody wants to take advantage of it.

Oh, and Roy?  You may not want to be throwing many cinder blocks around there, buddy, you of the "losing in the semifinals of your conference tournament at home" team.

[gobombers15]

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.

Utica is very good, actually. Not sure if they had an off-night against GC or what. Cichon doesn't only usually have two points going into the last minute, so I'm sure that contributed to it. By all accounts, Utica didn't play their best and still had enough to win an NCAA tournament game when they met Gordon. I think you saw more of the "real" Utica trounce WPI.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Time for one final round-up:

Tufts 83 EC 60.  About what I expected from Endicott.  Tufts is a very good team and they showed it this weekend.  Marinkovic got dominated in the post on both ends of the floor and the EC guards couldn't keep up.  It was a tough draw for EC and they did pretty well.  George led with 21, most of them on free throws; Ellis had 15.  I said the keys to an EC win were holding the opponent under 38%, Tufts shot 60% and committing less than 12 turnovers; EC only had 13.  I don't think Endicott could have played much better, they just ran up against a better team.  Good year for them; far above expectations.

Utica 71 GC 66.  A close game like we all thought, but GC just couldn't pull it off.  Utica performed better than I expected.  They hit the boards, really hard, which is GC's weak spot and dominated (37-20).  Gordon did a realyl good job staying close, forcing 16 turnovers and only committing 7.  Both teams shot well, but GC is going to regret those 9 missed FTs.  This one could have gone either way, but Utica did what it took to win.  Good showing for GC.  They were led by Logan with 17, Marstaller with 12, Herr with 11 and Vogelzang with 10.  They return the core of the team; they will have another shot at doing well next year.

All-in-all a good year for the CCC.  A new team emerged and by playoff time quite a few squads were playing their best ball.  CSC was really the only team to underachieve and we continued to make progress against the rest of the region.  Here's to good recruiting and a great year in the fall.

[Maq Diesel]

Well the GC vs Utica game was disapointing at least from my perspective.  I am a GC homer I do admit but in all honesty I think the GC was a much better team, although Utica had the best player.  GC played extremely tight and nervous and just couldn't get it going enough to overcome a good Utica squad.  The one thing I can take away from this game is that GC brings a lot back next year and those guys left the NCAA tournament with a sour taste in thier mouths and are going to want to get back there and prove they belong.  GC had a great season and it was tough to see them go out like they did, it would have been fun to see what they could have done if they were at the top of their game.  I guess all we can say is wait till next year.  Good luck to Tufts and Amherst, hopefully they can get to Salem and represent the NE region like champs.

Well it was a great year in the CCC.  We didn't in a game in the NCAA's but we did get two teams in and that was something new.  It should be fun to see what the league shapes up like next year, there are some interesting questions in for the off season.  What type of players will Foti bring in at CSC?  Millette is supposed to be a great recruiter, can he recuit as well now that he is not recruiting kids to highly respected and rated academic institutions, like Tufts and Brandies, but to EC?  What coaching moves will take place?  Well only time will tell I guess.  GC is the front runner next year, as they bring back three all-CCC players and who knows what in thier recruiting class.  Should be a fun year and I am already counting the days untill OCT 15.  Have a good summer everyone, if you find out news about any of our favorite teams, post it up, I will check in from time to time.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I say Gordon has to be the early favorite for next year.  I doubt EC will drop off as much as we think, but they will have to rebuild a bit.

In the South, I have to go with RWU as the favorite.  Salve will be right there, along with Curry (if everyone is back) and maybe Nichols.  Another tight South race.


We'll have to see how recruiting goes over the summer.

[auerbach]

hoopfan, who is the best player in new england ? if possible can you put together a NE allstar team ?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Tyler Rhoten is the best player in NE, hands down.  Although my power forward would be none other than Andy St Clair.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Word is Coach Zink is leaving ENC after this year.  It will be interesting to see if they look for a coach with an up-tempo offense to go with their personnel.

[d3bballinboston]

i seen an advertisment for the ENC job online someplace already

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

They'll want to get an early jump on things.  ENC can't really afford to miss recruiting season.

[gobombers15]

My question is who is the best player in Amherst this weekend? I can't speak for Amherst or Tufts as I am unfamiliar with both teams' personnel. I'd have to say Fisher's Sean O'Brien and Utica's Ray Bryant have to be in that conversation. Does anyone still think I over-hyped Ray Bryant? I think he showed last weekend why he gets the pub he does.