MBB: Conference of New England

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Tomorrow:

NEC @ NC (A Nichols win and they clinch #3 in the South)
SRU @ EC (A Salve win and a Nichols loss gets them #3 in the South and set up a rematch of this game.)
RWU @ Wheaton (MA)
WIT @ ENC (Where Wentworth has actually won more home games this year than ENC has)
AMC @ CC (Meaningless, Curry already has the #1)
UNE @ GC (UNE needs to win and hope for an NEC loss to avoid being #6)

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

dwebbs, you got the tiebreakers wrong.

If the teams split with each other, it goes to record in division not head to head from top to bottom, that only happens later.

Nichols has the tiebreaker over Salve because Nichols beat Salve twice this year.

Curry has the tiebreaker over RWU because even if Curry loses tomorrow, they only have three division losses to RWU's four.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Right now it's:

GC hosting NC/SRU
EC hosting NC/SRU
CC hosting CSC
RWU hosting WIT


Only those first two games aren't set.

[dwebbs]

Whoops, sorry about that.

In any event, I think Nichols has a better chance of winning at home vs. NEC than SRU has of winning on the road at EC, so I would expect NC third and SRU fourth.

[gullfan]

  Could almost have predicted a loss last night for my Gulls. The emotion of the big Gordon win was a tough thing to follow. Add to that the drive to NH for a game that win or lose was not going to change the scene for them. 
  Now it's time to get refocused and face Salve for what could be the first of two, if the brackets play out the way I've read them.
Thanks again to the Gordon/EC game for giving me the "in person" sporting experience of my life. What an unbelievable game. One of those games that you hear people say "it's a shame someone had to lose". Rushing the court was a real trip. Hope I can do it again a few times here before I'm done!!!!!

[dwebbs]

Technically, a loss doeschange the outcome. If EC won out, and Gordon lost to AMC or UNE, Endicott could have become the number one seed, but I hear what you're saying about following up the GC/EC game emotionally. Both EC and GC have lost following their win over the other this year.

Back to what I asid before -- If Curry and Endicott play each other in the second round, is EC home because of their record or Curry home because of their seed in the south?

And is it too early to throw some All-Conference guesses out there or what?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Curry gets the home court advantage.  Seed trumps record.

The only way it comes down to record is if both teams are the same seed going in, which can only happen in the final.

[CCC Talk]

one man's guess, keep in mind this is a guess, not who I think SHOULD win but who WILL win

1st team (non positional as always)

Nejmanja Markinovic - Endicott
Sherrad Prezzie-Blue - WIT
Jon Marstaller - Gordon
Ryan Jaziri - NEC
Tim Jones - Curry

2nd Team

Jerry Logan - Gordon
Chris Vallee - Nichols
Toby Brittian - Curry
Chris Goodridge - Salve Regina
Billy Barrett - RWU

Honorable Mention:

Todd Doyle - WIT
Mike Herr - Gordon
Mike Sullivan - Endicott
Toby Brittian - Curry
Ryan Murray - Colby-Sawyer

Rookie of The Year:

Tyler Evans - NEC

Coach of The Year:

Tom Devitt - Wentworth

Player of The Year:

Nejmanja Marinkovic Endicott (with Blue a close second)

[backboard]

I agree with everything CCCTalk predicts except I see Prezzie-Blue winning Player of the Year.  (By the way, Toby Brittian is listed under 2nd Team and Honorable Mention; didn't think that was possible.)

[CCC Talk]

The honorable mention should feature Matt Grendel in his place, my bad.

[dwebbs]

I would think Valle should be on the First team in place of Tim Jones. Valle is everywhere on the CCC leader board -- 16.8 ppg, 6.5 reb, 2.8 apg, .797 FT%. I think him and the other four are almost a sure thing for first team.

I also think Grendal should be moved up to Second team. 13.7 ppg, 8.0 reb, 2.73 apg, .549 FG%.

Stickney, Baranger and Jasmin could all be on there somewhere. I'm not sure Ryan Murry makes it since he really only rebounds. And another player with a great stat line is Patrick Quinn -- 17.3 ppg, 3.7 apg. but he could not make it because of the team he plays on. And I don't know where, but I think Kaufman should make it somewhere.

[CCC Talk]

You're all about suggesting guys who need to be on and not who has to come off, there are 15 spots I don't know who we're dropping to add Pat Quinn and his 30 shots a game or a 4th Gordon player. Or a player from a 1-24 team.

[number1chargerfan]

I agree for the most part except I wanted to make a case for Ryan Murray. I dont think you can leave him off at least the second team when he's top 10 in the nation in rebounding as a sophomore, that doesn't come every day especially in a smaller less respected conference like the CCC. Also, I saw Gordon come to CSC and I thought Marstaller seemed to be the only player worth being named all conference..I didn't think Jerry Logan lived up to the hype..but perhaps thats just a personal opinion..without Murray CSC would be out of the playoff picture for the first time in I believe all of Foti's career.

As for player of the year if there is a possibility of co-player of the year I think this is the one because in the two games I watched him play CSC Sherrad literally TOOK over the game throwing that team on his back, and Nemanja does much of the same if you watch his stats for the Gulls in crucial games.

[dwebbs]

Stickney, Baranger and Jasmin could all be on there somewhere.

I'd like to take back Stickney. After seeing him twice this year, I'm not impressed. Since my last suggesting came under some criticsm, I will think about who should be on and should not. Aside from the beleif that this is all I have to do, I am going to do homework.

[BrianScalabrine]

How about some love for the players that do all the dirty work for their teams ( rebounds + blocks) on that CCC list....