MBB: Conference of New England

dwebbs · February 09, 2007, 02:33:50 PM

I don't know if you meant that about my post, but I was saying WIT is 0-2 against CSC. WIT, EC, and GC are all 1-1 against each other.

backboard · February 09, 2007, 03:04:37 PM

Sorry, must have gotten confused

Maq Diesel · February 09, 2007, 03:46:55 PM

Here is how the tie breakers work. At this point Gordon holds the tie breaker. You can do the research but, essentially Gordon would have to lose to lose to Endicott before any situation comes into play assuming Gordon takes care of business in their other games. Hoops Fan is right this is all speculation until the games have been played. But here is the method for breaking ties as listed on the CCC web-site.

III. TIE-BREAKING PROCEDURE:
In the event of a tie at the end of regular season play, the following procedure will be used to determine seeds for the tournament:
1) Head to Head
2) Record in Division
3) Record top to bottom in division
4) Record top to bottom on other division
5) Record against non-conference common opponents
6) Overall record versus all teams with a .500 or better record
7) Coin toss ( in a three way tie using flip, "the odd toss is out leaving a head to head review of tie breaker

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · February 09, 2007, 05:30:00 PM

Tomorrow we've got nothing but conference games:

GC @ CSC
WIT @ SRU
NC @ EC
CC @ NEC
ENC @ RWU

AJ · February 09, 2007, 06:34:39 PM

can someone explain to me why Marinkovic is getting so much hype right now as being the top player in the league?

While I agree he's good, Marstaller is averaging more points, steals, and blocks. Markinkovic holds the edge in rebounding. With Gordon's better record you would think that Marstaller would be the favorite for POY and a lock for first team all conference.

I'm not sure why Marstaller gets overlooked a lot in our league (he got robbed freshman year for ROY) but he always seems to be the dominant player on the floor when Gordon plays (including agaist Marinkovic and EC, check the stats). I think any coach would take Marstaller over Markinkovic if they had the choice.

backboard · February 09, 2007, 09:40:52 PM

He didn't get robber, he just plain lost. Also he's on a more offensive team, so he somewhat gets overlooked by the talent around him. Although I will agree he his better defensively.

mattapn02126 · February 09, 2007, 11:54:51 PM

I like Marstaller's game a lot, he can contribute in a lot of ways. But, when I watch Gordon play, I am always frustrated by how passive most of the guys are. I would love to see some aggresion. I dont mean starting a fight, but how about really attacking the rim or going to the glass reall hard? The point Kauffman gets into the lane pretty well, but other than that all the fellas just seem to float.

ccc fan13 · February 10, 2007, 01:09:51 AM

Marinkovic is by far better than Marstaller!

AJ · February 10, 2007, 10:51:03 AM

great insight ccc fan 13, its nice to know that endicott is still spitting out a bunch of quality thinkers

Maq Diesel · February 10, 2007, 04:49:30 PM

Gordon wins @ CSC by 3 after trailing 17-2. Sloppy game for Gordon on offense but they played good deffense.

dwebbs · February 10, 2007, 07:43:30 PM

Amherst loses and ENC wins. What a crazy day.

Maq Diesel · February 10, 2007, 11:49:21 PM

What happened to RWU, were they over-hyped, not as good as people thought or did they just peak to early. It could be four north teams playing on Thursday of the conference championship.

gullfan · February 11, 2007, 08:10:36 AM

The Gulls beat Nichols, a game that could have been tougher if they were paying too much attention to the Gordon game on Tuesday. It was a very good effort all around.
Now I can shop for the tailgate on Tuesday -burgers anyone?

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · February 12, 2007, 08:35:45 AM

Before we get to the round-up, let me address that Marstaller question. He's not going to win Player of the Year because his performance this year has been less than it was last year. Right now, he's probably not even the best player on his team. He's very good, but he hasn't raised his game much this year. Gordon's got a true team, a bunch of guys all contributing on a regular basis. It's hard to have a POY come out of that kind of system. EC would be nothing right now without Marinkovic who is stepping up big time to keep his team winning games. Essentially that's what it's all about.

Maq Diesel · February 12, 2007, 08:44:34 AM

Marstaller last year, 14 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.7 blocks. This year 16.5 points, 6 rebounds, 2.2 blocks. That looks like an improvement to me.