MBB: Conference of New England

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Directly from Colby-Sawyer's Campus Communications newletter issued April 16, 2010:

"On April 5, 2010, an announcement about the formation of a new conference was released by nine TCCC institutions including Curry, Gordon, Endicott, Nichols, Roger Williams, Salve Regina, the University of New England, Wentworth and Western New England. Following the announcement, Colby-Sawyer officially submitted application for membership in this new alliance and was denied entry as a charter member."

If Colby-Sawyer was invited to join the new conference, it seems odd that they would subsequently be denied

From what I hear the other schools didn't like being turned down initially, so they kept CSC out.

There were ten invites to the secret meeting; CSC declined to leave the conference.  When the teams did, indeed leave and it appeared the CCC was dead the most natural place for CSC to go was to the new conference.  Apparently the breakaway nine held a bit of a grudge.  CSC went elsewhere.

[WITball]

Not sure how dempsey could win POY when you have a few a player averaging a double double, Chima....Just saying

[tcccfan2010]

Trust me Dempsey POY

[CCC Talk]

Gordon will need to win more than 5 league games for that to happen, and based on their early play (getting beat by 30 a bunch of times) I don't see that happening.

[tcccfan2010]

I think Gordon wins 15 games this year. Once they get things together at the point guard position they will be tough to beat.

[CCC Talk]

5-8 in the CCC at best. Mark it down.

[tcccfan2010]

8-5 you mark that down. 

[leelowlang]

TCCC First Semester All-Conference Team
Just one basketball junkie's opinion...

Player of the Semester:
Chima Ezeigbo - 6'7", Jr., F, Eastern Nazarene - 15.9 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 56% FG, 2.9 bpg

Coach of the Semester:
Charlie Mason - New England College

Newcomer of the Semester:
Chima Ezeigbo - 6'7", Jr., F, Eastern Nazarene - 15.9 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 56% FG, 2.9 bpg

First Team:
Robbie Burke - 6'4", Fr., F, Colby-Sawyer - 15.8 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 43% FG, 1.4 spg
Chima Ezeigbo - 6'7", Jr., F, Eastern Nazarene - 15.9 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 56% FG, 2.9 bpg
Joe Faragher - 6'2", Sr., F, New England College - 11.5 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 2.1 apg, 49% FG, 38% 3FG, 68% FT, 1.1 spg
Sedale Jones - 6'4", So., G, Curry - 20.0 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 2.0 apg, 47% FG, 38% 3FG, 79% FT, 1.4 spg
Lachlan Magee - 6'3", Fr., F, Endicott - 14.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 41% FG, 89% FT

Second Team:
Ryan Birrell - 5'10", Sr., G, Salve Regina - 10.9 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 6.8 apg, 45% FG, 38% 3FG, 2.4 spg
Sam Herrick - 6'11", Sr., C, Wentworth - 11.9 ppg, 9.9 rpg, 45% FG
Shane Hennessey - 6'5", Sr., F, New England College - 11.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 58% FG, 72% FT
Derrick Neal - 6'1", Sr., G, Regis - 11.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.1 spg
Taylor Petruccelli - 6'4", Sr., F, Roger Williams - 11.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 48% FG, 44% 3FG, 68% FT, 1.4 spg

[tcccfan2010]

LeeLow,

Have can you not have Greg Walker or Dave Dempsey on there?

[CCC Talk]

Purely numbers based this is more than fine.

However, knowing a bit about a lot of the teams in the league will allow you to look at things a little differently.

NEC has not played anyone that is even remotely decent, they will struggle in league play.

Also I doubt Ezigbo will be able to keep those numbers up against a league a schedule.

Purely based on the first semester though this is nice work LeeLow.

[CCC Talk]

Also Chima was at ENC last year- so he can't really be the newcomer.

[leelowlang]

My bad on Ozeigbo, thought he was a new JC kid this year.

Surely these things will change...strictly on 1st semester, team success first, production second...while I haven't seen most of these teams this year, I have some and almost all in the last calendar year.  Happy for an NEC to see some success but realize a middle-of-the-pack TCCC finish is probably the reality. 

I think a kid like Willis from Colby-Sawyer could lead that young team toward the top and is as good a PG their is in the league. In a 14-team league it is tough to include everyone in something like this.  I would need to see Dempsey/Walker, surely aware of their skills, help get their team playing better ball.

Robbie Burke would be my replacement at Newcomer...

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

NEC has no real wins.  They haven't played anyone.  Curry and even Endicott have had better semesters.

Also, not having Ryan Sheehan on there somewhere is a travesty.  Nichols may be bad, but he's playing wonderfully, especially as a freshman.

[tcccfan2010]

Does the NEC coach get coach of the semester for good coaching, or for scheduling the easiest games ever.

[yeah buddy]

the league is down. as bad as gordon is they most likely will finish above 500 in league play. although they are going to rely on dempsey and walker alone. this is the weakest theyve been at the guard position in a long time.