MBB: Conference of New England

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Szeliga scored 35 and 25 in the Rivier Tip off..if teams keep refusing to adjust to him then winning will be easier for CSC than it is for a guy at regis to make a sports team (just a joke)

It's ok; they barely have a team, I'm sure they don't have any posters yet.

[akirk]

Gordon will have to do something about their slow starts.  In both games last weekend they were down by at least 8 points.  One other area of concern is turnovers.  They need to do a much better job of protecting the ball.  Other than those two concerns, they played well.  The defense is smothering and scoring was balanced.  Lets see what happens when they are playing teams that are more familiar with them.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

UNE went down to Bowdoin 64-91

RWU lost to ConnColl 52-63; Barranger got handcuffed, they're going to go as he goes this year, I think, which means up and down if history is any indication

WNEC down to Keene 71-90

Anna Maria beat Newbury in 2OT 98-92

Curry loses to MIT 77-101; it seems defense is still their achilles' heel - lots of turnovers in this game and very few assists; they're gonna have to hit the boards harder

NEC got whooped by Rivier 121-86 ouch

ENC loses to Lesley 63-80

Regis gets their first victory over Mitchell 69-65  congrats to them!  Wow, that Regis-ENC game is going to be a thriller to decide last place.

Gordon beats Wheelock 67-46

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Curry went down to Greensboro 86-95, they didn't rebound again.  They really need to start hitting the boards.  Greensboro is a pretty good team.  It's amazing CC could stay so close without hitting the boards.  They did knock down 50% of their threes, though.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Regis beat Mt Ida for another win 73-56

Curry beat Christopher Newport 85-74.  Curry is certainly working hard to schedule good competition from a variety of regions early on.



Just an FYI, no one will probably notice for a while, but AMC has a couple of pretty solid freshmen.  One of whom, Chris Pinsonault, has already hit 15 of 23 three pointers.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

UNE lost to Colby last night 101-82.

[goldenpipes]

hoops fan - did you see regis beat mount ida? I saw mount ida play lyndon st at the NEC tourney in henniker 10 days ago - they looked pretty solid against the hornets - I was suprised to see them lose 17 to Regis...any idea what happened in that game?

I havent seen anything on Regis either so they may have a solid 1st year squad.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I think Regis has three wins already, at least according to TCCC website.

Gordon got rocked by MIT tonight 44-66, held under 30% shooting.  GCs off this year, but MIT is smoking so far.  Not sure what to make of that one.

WIT beat Becker 70-64.  A source told me that Becker is legit, at least more legit than they have been, so this might not be a bad score.

RWU lost to Coast Guard 54-63.  Who knows what that means, has any team been more up and down than Coast Guard the last few seasons?

WNEC beat Mass College, which has never been a big deal in the past.  73-68.

Salve lost to Wheaton (MA) 95-84.  It looks like there might not be any decent CCC team in the region this year.

ENC goes down to Wheelock.  Ouch 63-65.

CSC hung with Keene, sort of 60-76.

Nichols got trounced by Westfield 54-85.

EC loses to Bates 62-63.  Bates must be really hurting this year.

Regis loses to Worcester 70-84; at least the CCC teams are scoring this year.

No news from NEC or AMC; big surprise.

[goldenpipes]

Plymouth St 89 NEC 75

The game was played at NHTI last night which contributed to the reporting delay.

[punk4life]

Good win for WIT last night. Becker is always unpredictable and dangerous. Prezzie-Blue paced the Leopards with 22 while transfer Matt Abbot and sophomore Shane West chipped in with 10.  Also last night Doyle made his first start of the season, some kind of groin pull prevented him from playing in the first two games. He had 8 in limited action.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Becker is always unpredictable and dangerous.

That's not at all true, but they do seem to be much improved this year.

[d3bballfollower]

I was at the Gordon/ MIT last night and I was impressed by MIT...they overpowered Gordon on both ends of the floor...they were quicker, stronger and just more athletic than GC...this was the first time I've seen Jimmy Bartolotta play and he was as good as advertised goin for 23, 8 and 8 in only 27 minutes

Gordon's shooting was absolutely awful...if my memory serves me right they didn't get more than a bucket or two from the 4 minute mark in the first half til the 15 minute mark in the 2nd half...not bad from the outside at 7-20, but baskets inside were hard to come by as MIT is good in the post

I think Gordon will rebound nicely this weekend against Newbury before heading into a big "non-conference" matchup with rival Endicott

[punk4life]

Becker might not be traditionally thought of as dangerous but in the last couple years they have been for the leopards. Every couple of years Becker brings in a kid out of nowhere who dominates and then disappears once first semester grades come in. With finals coming up you could see this one being a trap game for them, like it was two years ago when Wentworth lost at Becker.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

UNE lost to St Joe's of Maine by 10 - 76-66.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Friday Night:

WNEC beat Springfield 59-54; that was a good pick-up for the CCC, WNEC is solid in every sport, not spectacular, but good to improve the conference reputation.

ENC lost in OT at home to Green Mountain (not as bad as it sounds this year) 75-77.  ENC gets a rematch with Mitchell today.