MBB: Conference of New England

[Muff10]

I think that would be a safe assuption Hoops Fan.... I will do my best to keep you up to date on any news from AMC... Hopefully most of it will be good news.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Good to have you here.  I look forward to AMC news.

[CCC Talk]

Around the CCC

What's up guys gonna welcome myself to the board! I'm gonna do a quick roundup of what I look for the in the CCC this year all of this is of course all reletive as I know very little about the recruits anyone has brought in.

SOUTH

Nicholls-

My breakout team this year. Justin Lewis is a BEAST and Vallee is a player as well, they lose Casey Butler which could hurt but the rumor mill has them bringing in some solid recruits in the backcourt which they desperatly needed. If they have someone to hit an outside shot this year to take the pressure of Lewis I like them a lot.

Roger Williams-

Everyone back except Cormier and the return of Dan Gumb I like their chances a lot as well as they battle back from an upset in last year's tourny. Tully and the gang will get extremly solid play from Billy Barrett and Barranger should continue to improve. I'm buying on the Hawks.

Salve Regina-

Coute is gone and his scoring and leadership will be greatly missed. Grendel is one of the toughest guys in the league in my opinion and the Seahawks should be a tough out, I look for them to fall off some though.

Curry-

I have no idea what to expect from this gang. Is Tim Jones definetly back? If so he will be one of the top gaurds in the league. Raheim is finally gone and rumor has it so are a few more "returners" so it will be interesting to see what the Purple Crew has. My guess is they will be athletic.

Eastern Nazarene-

New coach, new era? Jasmin is back and he's a handful, I also like the way Colby Dasilva plays, but I don't see this team making much noise this coming year.

Anna Maria-

New coach out in Worcester and a well regarded one at that, that coupled with the return of Nunnaly they could be a tougher out. They will need to get better gaurd play than last year though when they were a turnover factory.


NORTH

Gordon-

Has to be the favorite, team is pretty loaded but also they will have the bullseye on their back this year and get everyone's best shot. Kaufman is the guy here allthough Marsteller seems to get more pub. They are a tough matchup for anyone and I'm eager to see how they respond to being the "team to beat"

Endicott-

You don't replace Matt George and Zach Ellis overnight, but the return of Sam Evans is going to make them tough. Will they still be running the flex? Stay tuned.

Colby-Sawyer-

The more things change... I think by the end of the year this team will be playing as well as anyone, tons of new pieces and emerging bench guys but Foti will coach his butt off and have these guys ready to go, it will be interesting to see if Truncellito can be more of a go to factor on offense.

Wentworth-

Shouldn't sneak up on anyone this year after the RW upset last year. I still think they are too inconsistant and small to be a factor. Bynes is only 6'3 and my guess is he's their center? PBJ and Doyle are nice gaurds, but they dont have any big men inside.

NEC-

Onyechi will be an ANIMAL this year. I look for him to put up POTY type numbers. I know Motrand gets a lot of love on this board but he always looks out of control to me, I don't think Onyechi will get enough help and I think they fall short of the playoffs again.

UNE-

Stickney and not much else. They will play hard everynight though and no one will want to play them with something on the line.


That's my once around the league, looking forward to discussing things with you folks this year.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Welcome to the board.  Are you a former player or a student anywhere?  It would be nice to have another insider somewhere.

[CCC Talk]

Former player, but I'm going to try to be as balanced as possible and see if I can avoid blatantly favoring my old squad in posts.

Should last about a week before I slip up.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

It can be done.  I've been posting under this name for four years without overtly giving away my alma mater.  I just try to call'em like I see'em.  That and be critical of everyone.


Plus, now I have the challenge of trying to figure out who you are.  You used a disguised email, so it won't be as easy as O'Malley.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Nichols has their schedule up.

They open against Worcester State at Becker's tournament.  They play Westfield and Fitchburg and Worcester again, along with WNEC, Wesleyan and Becker again.

Not much of a field.  However, if they return everyone, they have a good shot to win all those non-cons.  Probably not the most impressive schedule, but I doubt they're going for impressive this year; I think they're just looking for results.

We're still waiting for schedules from Curry and ENC.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

We've got a schedule for ENC.  Lesley, Mt Ida, Framingham, Mitchell, Conn Coll, Newbury and a game at Emerson's new gym.  Decent test for a team with a new coach and no real way to tell what he's got.  Hopefully they can beat Lesley this year after becoming the first victim in school history last year.


I'm not sure if Curry's schedule it complete.  It looks to be missing a few games, but they have Springfield, Trinity, WNEC and Brandeis on the row.  That is quite ambitious.  I sure hope they have most of their eligible players coming back.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Ok, everybody should have their first real practices today.  Do we have any info?

[Marv Albert]

Yeah.  Nothing has changed since the last time you asked.  They're just playing now.  SUCKA!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Thanks, Kevin.  I appreaciate that.

[Marv Albert]

sure thing creepy mystery guy whose life is wrapped up in mediocre D3 basketball.  Thumbs up!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Well it is close to Halloween.  I'm just trying to get into character.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Tim Jones is definately back and in shape for Curry.  However rumor has it Raheim Lamb is also playing again this year.  I'm almost positive he's used up his elligibility, but I'll check into it.  This seems so outrageous, but I've heard it from a couple of people already, so I have to do some investigating.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I checked it out.  Lamb played the 00-01, 01-02 and most of the 02-03 seasons with UMASS.  He transferred to Curry and played Spring semester of 03-04 and Spring semester of 04-05.  To me that adds up to four years.  I've just been hearing it a lot around the league that he's still there.



Maybe someone else can clue us in.  Is he an assistant coach or something?