MBB: Conference of New England

[akirk]

I am going to take the following teams tomorrow night:

Endicott over Curry
CSC over Roger Williams
Gordon over WIT (although I would not be surprised if it went the other way)
WNEC over UNE

What about everyone else?  Anyone else have any major upsets?

[uconn05]

Wow Hoops Fan, loving the road dog!!

I'm going with Curry, RWU, WIT, and WNEC.

[scout]

I'll take the following teams:

Endicott (+8)
CSC (+5)
Gordon (-3)
WNEC (-4)

Not to copy akirk, but I think he was spot on...

Spreads are preliminary and in the CCC, things are crazy inconsistent, but i thought I'd add them anyway...

[broke_ya_ankles]

I'll go with...
Curry
Roger Williams
Gordon
UNE

[CCC Talk]

Curry   by 10
WNEC  by 4
WIT     by 2
CSC    by 6

[backboard]

Curry
UNE
RWU
Gordon/WIT - I don't know

[witfan]

Curry
RWU
WIT (whadya think!)
UNE

[scout]

Just to piece it all together...

Endicott @ Curry
     2              5

CSC @ RWU
  3          4

WIT @ Gordon
  3            3              (and one abstain)

UNE @ WNEC
  3           4


Case in point: No-one has a freaking clue what's going to happen tonight.

[scout]

halftime in wenham...

42-34 Gordon...

prezzie-blue is on for wit...
trigg and derr for gordon...

we'll see

[scout]

all the tops seeds won tonight...

on thursday:

WNEC @ Curry
Gordon @ RWU

Two very close games...
If I'm Gordon, I'd be afraid about Barringer taking over the game like he did in their regular season matchup...
If I'm RWU, I'd be afraid that Aaron Trigg gets hot and drops 20+ like he's done so many times this season...

If I'm Curry, I'd be afraid that they get down early and Tim Jones decides it's not worth it...
If I'm WNEC, I'd be afraid of the complete opposite happening...

but hey...

what do i know?

[akirk]

Does anyone have any more info on last night's games.  I see all the results but no feed back.

[gullfan]

 My Gulls gave Curry all they could want. It was a much closer game that the fianl score would show. Props to Curry, they got it done. Don't tell me Tim Jones isn't player of the year. Point guard Mark Mastrullo would have been a better choice than the guy from RWU - no disrespect meant.

You want feedback - find the names of the officials in last night's game and have their patches taken away. There were unbelievably bad call - for both sides. There were times that the game really almost got out hand. All because the officials were brutal. Anyone that has seen Curry play knows they are a very physical - in your face - defensive team. How can they play that style and have ONE foul called in the ENTIRE second half, until the final 30 seconds. Too bad the stripes figured into what was a great game otherwise.

Finally, I'm going west for a new gig next month. I'll be following you guys closely here. keep me in the loop. i'll miss my CCC hoops. I won't miss the Curry gym. Rude, obnoxious, overly aggressive fans - just because someone is wearing an opposing shirt. I listened to Curry students really busting Endicott family members and students. There's NO place for that. It was uncomfortable and could have gotten ugly. People always busted us at the Post for pregame partying. Maybe so, but i don't think anyone ever feared for their safety. Maybe that we'd puke on their shoes by accident!!!

My last game to watch will be Gordon/RWU. Want to see if the big guy lives up to POY!!!!     It's been a blast fellow posters.   One final GO GULLS for the year!

[scout]

i haven't taken too hard a look at any of the three other games...

in the Gordon-WIT game, outside the first basket (a layup by SPB), Gordon led the entire way...
WIT had two players in double figures. SPB had 29 and Shane West had 10.

Gordon had Trigg, Kaufman, Derr, Schnackenberg all in double figures...
Gordon was 76% from 3 in the first half and 33% (i think) in the second half...
WIT was around 20% the whole game...

Rebounding margin was pretty even... Gordon had 26 and WIT 27...

Gordon led by as many as 17 in the second half and despit SPB's best efforts WIT just couldn't get back in it...
Gordon stretched out the floor in the halfcourt offense later in the second half to take time off the clock and convert the basket...

Gordon won it... But even with Gordon ahead by 14 with 9:30 remaining, I couldn't help but think back to a year ago when SPB just went nuts in the second half...

All the stats above are from memory, so if I'm a little off, I apologize...

I'll take a look at the other games later in the day and try to come up with some analysis...

[uconn05]

Gullfan, i'm confused.  Tim Jones only had 3 points last night, after seeing that you want him to be POY.  I don't think Barringer should have won the award but I don't think Jones is the guy either.

[gullfan]

  I go by the whole package, not just a per game stat sheet. I think too many people get hung up on ppg as the guide to great players. Jaziri was lighting it up all year and only had 7 against Endicott. Does that diminsh what he did the rest of the time.
Jones is a complete player. Baranger is a very soft 6"10" post man. At that size, in D3, shouldn't he dominate? He surely didn't - all year, not just 1 bad shooting night.