MBB: Conference of New England

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Regis, AMC, and Wentworth are all in the ECACs this week.

[7express]

Regis, AMC, and Wentworth are all in the ECACs this week.

I'll be at the Eastern vs. Regis game.  I think Regis can keep it close for a while especially if ECSU is still bummed out on missing the NCAA's.  I have Eastern winning by about 8-10 if they want to be there, Regis winning if ECSU doesn't. Wentworth has a tough game against Ray Askew and Albertus, AMC should take care of MCLA.  Conference should get at least 1 win (AMC), and probably 1 loss (Regis).  Wentworth/AMC is a toss-up but I'll take AMC because their at home.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Close to halftime, Salve is down 15 with double digit turnovers.  Hinkson is dead cold.  I'm not sure they're coming back from this deficit.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Big Time for the CCC.  Our teams may have been down this year, but individual players are way up.

Ryan Sheehan and Anthony Click made All-Region Third Team and Lance Greene made All-Region HM.

That's two Sophomores and a Freshman.  Click won't be in the conference for much longer, but it does bode well for the future with so many young players getting noticed.

[WITball]

What TCCC needs is some new Refs...i had better in High School

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

What TCCC needs is some new Refs...i had better in High School

They're the same refs that work all the college games in the region.  There's a few bad apples, but not nearly as many as there used to be.  There might be a few high school refs who are better, but college refs have to be certified at a higher level to work NCAA games.  Overall they are better.

Granted the CCC may not get the best refs, but they are allocated, I believe, from a central pool.  The coaches used to get a couple of vetos for specific refs - I'm not sure if that still happens - otherwise there's not much control over who you get.

[uconn05]

Hoops is right, the TCCC refs are the same as the MASCAC, NEWMAC, NAC, NESCAC, and Little East refs.  There is no difference, just the radius from their house that they would prefer to work in.

[WITball]

ok, well they are still bad...however it is inconsistent both ways so theres really not much to complain about...it just gets ugly sometimes...not as bad as that St. Johns and Rutgers finish though!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

ok, well they are still bad...however it is inconsistent both ways so theres really not much to complain about...it just gets ugly sometimes...not as bad as that St. Johns and Rutgers finish though!

Yeah, you have to look at the fairness more than anything else.  Some refs are just not going to call a game the way we think it should be called (many call them too tight, others far too leniently).  The biggest element is fairness.

Obviously this goes beyond the number of fouls called (a number that too often gets screamed from the stands during games) which can vary greatly based on style of play.

It's tough to make those judgments when you're rooting for one team or another.

It was fun sitting next to some partisans during the first round of the tournament this year and having a guy lean over to me, "did you think that was a foul," me replying, "justified, but I wouldn't have called it," him grumbling and going back to yelling at the refs.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I don't really follow recruiting all that much, but I saw that Nico Donato from CT has committed to Wentworth for next year.  He's a 6'1" guard and a big time scorer, who likes to go hard to the hoop.  That style could really compliment the kinds of shooters they have, especially losing big Sam on the inside.

[jhawk]

It appears that Coach Rowe and Endicott have had a signifigcant recruiting year from central Mass and Connecticutt

see\Link
http://www.newenglandrecruitingreport.com/news/article/2038/Henault-Makes-Pick.php

Is this typical for TCCC talent ?
Mc Lachlan  and Greene looked pretty good to me last year . Now these players !

The link states  both kids were "scholarship " level .
As a new fan in the arera How do the other schools 2011 recruits look ?

[high flyer 21]

TCCC recruiting has been pretty impressive so far, which actually surprises me because I thought with the recent sharp increase in college tuition that some talent would relocate to local, public colleges.

Endicott's three definitely appear to be the spotlight recruiting class this year for TCCC.  Besides Nico Donato headed to Wentworth, I haven't heard much else besides Gordon.  Gordon has a big three recruiting class similar to Endicott's with one guard and two big men.  Endicott's John Henault is the top recruit on paper, but be on the lookout for Gordon's Taylor Bajema too for the future.

Gordon's incoming freshman
http://writingscots.wordpress.com/

[CCC Talk]

Saw Taylor Bajema last summer. Very nice kid, coaches son game, but he is definitely the "third bajema brother" not nearly an impact guy. Donato and Henault will be better- Gordon will still be down...they were awful last year.

[zach]

Any news on how WNE recruited this year?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

The conference website is now re-organized.  We'll be sorry to see some of our posters go to other conferences, but I think the sleek new CCC will be fun to follow this season.