MBB: Conference of New England

backboard · January 22, 2009, 10:59:12 AM

Yesterday's best: Windell Hinkson, Salve Regina: 27 points (9-10, 5-5 3-PT), 9 rebounds in 29 minutes

Yesterday's worst: Mike Booker, WNEC: 2 points (1-8), 4 assists, 2 turnovers in 29 minutes
Brady Bajema, Gordon: 4 points (2-10, 0-4 3-PT), 3 assists, 3 turnovers in 39 minutes

Word Life · January 22, 2009, 11:35:47 AM

For anyone curios, here are a couple happening's from the Gordon/RWU game...

The score was 14-10 AT THE HALF, Gordon had the lead. Neither team scored a point the last 5 minutes of the half. Gordon was up 25-17 I believe in the second half before it all fell apart. Obviously a great defensive battle, but also poor shooting. In my opinion what hurt Gordon most were the limited minutes of Ben Gaskill (17) due to foul trouble. With Gaskill playing a full second half it may have actually been feasible for Gordon to hold RWU to a 20 or 25 point half and walk out of there with a win.

Being a Gordon fan, this game doesn't worry me as much as an 88-75 loss would however. I'd rather see my team go through a cold spell which is an easy fix, especially with the talent they have, rather than not be able to stop people. Shots just didn't drop...and who better to play next than Curry if you are struggling offensively??

Jim Rome Of The CCC · January 23, 2009, 10:46:01 AM

*Welcome To The Jungle*

What is uppppppppppppp a tremendous Friday to all of you out here in TCCCCCC land.

The extra C's are for Chaotic...Crazy....and .... Chargers....

That's right the CSC Chargers head the docket today as they and the fabled Harvard Of Maine (UNE) are distancing themselves from the rest of the pack....Bill Foti and his ball club are just straight up winning basketball games even...speaking of which where is Ryan Murray...is he in the freaking witness protection program Bill? Have not seen him much this year at all.

Moving on....The Harvard of Maine has won a bunch of games in a row... That's good because it will mean fans at the game...which means that Igloo that you guys call a student center/gym/coffee shop will have some body warmth in it....Canada

Roger Williams and Wentworth and Roger Williams and Gordon both broke out the leather helmets and played 1930s football this week...Is Roger Williams running the wing T? what is going on out here.

Anna Maria freaking college downs Endicott... That must not be sitting well in the house that Mike Plansky built...a few more games like that and you're going to be hearing Josh Oxton and Matt George's music and seeing them enter like wrestlers....

NEC is still in the league...just telling you all

And while we beat each other up on the Aaron Trigg vs Todd Doyle debate...two very good players...we are overlooking Justin Woodworth of Salve Regina, this kid has been doing his best Stefan Curry of late and is putting up crazy buckets...rack him.

Has anyone ever talked about WNEC on this board...ever?

We are up against a break here so we will be back in a few minutes with former Colby-Sawyer player Chris Condon

...and we are baaaaack

What is going on with Nicholls they are coming out and beating RWU then getting thumped down Salve way. I half expect to see their coach up on the podium doing the Dennis Green ...THE SEAHAWKS ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!!!!

Big weekend coming up with Gulls-Leopards, Bison-Chargers, Pride-Crusaders, AmCats-Harvard, RWU-NEC, Scots-Curry, and 'Hawks-Bears.

We will be back after these messages and we will be giving out Legal Zoom Dot Com information

backboard · January 24, 2009, 06:08:57 PM

Couple interesting scores from tonight, but nothing too crazy:

Colby-Sawyer 68 @ Nichols 70

NEC 51 @ Roger Williams 88

Endicott 61 @ Wentworth 70

Gordon 66 @ Curry 61

Salve Regina 75 @ WNEC 60

UNE 83 @ Anna Maria 61

cccc-fanatic · January 24, 2009, 06:16:31 PM

UNE goes 13 in a row to 5-0
Jefferson scores 37!

punk4life · January 29, 2009, 10:38:45 PM

Wentworth takes down salve regina at home tonight. Doyle made it pretty clear Justin Woodworth doesn't belong in the same sentence as him.

These leopards are looking pretty good since classes started, with wins over Gordon and Endicott. The best player in the conference and a few big skilled bodies could make for a dangerous team come playoff time......

YeahBoss · January 30, 2009, 10:16:14 AM

Harvard of Maine, The Igloo, 14 straight

backboard · January 30, 2009, 10:56:03 AM

Last night:

WNEC 60 - Nichols 62. Don't sleep on the Bison.

Wentworth 70 - Salve 64
Todd Doyle had 22 and Matt Abbott had 16 and 18 rebounds. Justin Woodworth did all he could with 18 points. If there were ever a three point contest in Division 3, this guy would definitely be invited; he shot 13 three pointers last night and ranks 3rd in the nation with makes per game (4.6).

NEC 58 - Gordon 87
Trigg with 19 and Bajema with 16. Shane Hennessey had 20 points and 10 boards for NEC.

RWU 55 - Endicott 50
More stifling defense from Roger Williams as they hold Endicott to 35% shooting.

Curry 69 - Anna Maria
Mark Mastrullo goes off with 34 points (13-23) along with 6 boards.

UNE 83 - Regis 60
So far, the combined record of teams UNE has played in conference is 8-23. Needless to say, February is going to be a lot tougher.

Eastern Naz 63 - CSC 73

backboard · January 31, 2009, 03:35:07 PM

Somewhat surprised that there was no hype prior to today's Gordon-Endicott matchup. At the half, Endicott is up 3, 36-33.

Endicott was up large in the one (15) but Gordon found a way back into the game.

Whitelaw had been on fire to start the again (along with Montrond) but for some reason sat for an extended period of time in which Gordon made their run

cccc-fanatic · January 31, 2009, 07:42:29 PM

At the beginning of the season, there were a lot of postings about Gordon being recognized nationally as one of the top 25 teams in D3...and it was well deserved based on their season's start.
Perhaps it's now time for our conference to get behind UNE and hope that they start getting the national recognition they deserve.
15 wins in a row...2nd longest D3 streak in the nation
7-0 in the conference
way to go UNE...keep up the good work!

BornBalla · February 01, 2009, 10:09:12 AM

cccc-fanatic

I agree. I haven't seen UNE but you can't ignore what they have done. I think that due to their past woes, before the current coach, they are not getting any love. Obviously they have played some weaker teams but it seems like they are a team who can beat many people in NE atleast. They have to be prohibitive favorite in CCC. What is there style of play? How do they get it done?

backboard · February 01, 2009, 12:12:45 PM

From what I've seen of them this year, they pressure the ball handler a lot and run a press most of the time. Their guards are very quick and also very good at capitalizing off any turnovers.

They're low post presence isn't the greatest, but their guards are good at getting into the paint and finishing or kicking it out of a three.

yeah buddy · February 02, 2009, 11:15:25 AM

cccc-fanatic,
i agree with you. you have to give UNE props. They are on a roll right now. regardless of any banter within the conference its always good to see a CCC team playing well and like you said, hopefully getting national recognition at some point.

cccc-fanatic · February 02, 2009, 11:37:58 AM

BornBalla

I see UNE strengths as follows:
1 - great senior leadership in Simpson/Johnson
2 - trapping pressure defense
3 - great outside three balls
4 - endurance - they tend to wear the other team out in the 2nd half
5 - speed
6 - great coaching
7 - interesting and scary-looking mascot

YeahBoss · February 02, 2009, 12:57:19 PM

Mascot looks like a giant grape with a cape and sunglasses. It really can have an affect on the opposition. The other team is guessing what the hell it is and the game is about to start.