MBB: Conference of New England

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

The CCC didn't have an automatic bid until the 1999-2000 season.  I know ENC had a couple teams in the 90's that were probably deserving and could have won games, but didn't get the chance.

The CCC had auto bids in 1995 (Salve Regina), 1996 (Anna Maria), and 1997 (Wentworth). The league didn't have one in 1998 (Wentworth won) or 1999 (Colby-Sawyer won) but has had one since 2000.

Why did the CCC lose it's auto bid in 1998 & 1999?

I honestly don't remember. It was lost on the men's side but kept on the women's side.

The auto bids used to be given out by region.  Back then the tournament was 48 teams, I think.  I'm not sure how they were allocated, but not every conference was guaranteed a bid.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Gordon led Williams at the half, but Williams starts the second half with nine straight points to take the lead.  Gordon is going right at Mayer, which is gutsy and impressive.  Not sure it will work long term.

[Pat Coleman]

The 1995-96-97 tournaments were technically 64-team play-ins to a field of 32. A technicality because the bracket looked like 64, except that the schools had to pay for first-round travel.

In those 64-team fields, every region was guaranteed eight bids and basically everyone had an automatic bid. But that also meant that the East and Atlantic got one bid for every four schools, while the Northeast got one for even seven or so.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Big Congratulations!

Ryan Sheehan made d3hoops.com's First Team All-Region squad.  Great recognition for a solid career.

Also, Lambros Papalambros slipped in to the 4th team All-Region.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Procrastinating from other duties tonight and scanning the recruiting reports:

WIT has a PG coming in, Cesar Fulcar from Watertown.  6'1" looks pretty legit.  They're going to need a floor leader, losing all those Seniors.  Good get.

Nichols picked up two scorers - Dom Luoni from Bishop Fenwick and Mickey Lyons, the coach's son from Burlington (MA) - a 6'4" dead-eye shoot, reportedly.  Lindgren ain't sitting still.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

http://athletics.enc.edu/sports/mbkb/2013-14/releases/20140520ax9xrz

ENC released their six-man recruiting class this week.  Looks like some good complementary pieces coming in - a number of transfers.

[jackson5]

Anyone know what the story is at Nichols? Lindgren resigned june 3rd and then they just hired an assistant from MIT to take over. Did Lindgren get another job or was he canned?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Anyone know what the story is at Nichols? Lindgren resigned june 3rd and then they just hired an assistant from MIT to take over. Did Lindgren get another job or was he canned?

From what I've heard, the head coaching position at Nichols is a part time position and Lindgren decided he'd rather have a full time job.  I do not believe he's coaching anymore.

[jackson5]

Anyone know what the story is at Nichols? Lindgren resigned june 3rd and then they just hired an assistant from MIT to take over. Did Lindgren get another job or was he canned?

From what I've heard, the head coaching position at Nichols is a part time position and Lindgren decided he'd rather have a full time job.  I do not believe he's coaching anymore.

That's too bad. While I think he was alittle overrated and not quite as good as his record makes you think, he still showed alot of potential. If he was given a couple more years of experience to grow he'd have the chance to become something special. It's a shame he wasn't willing to hold on and try to work his way up the ladder.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Anyone know what the story is at Nichols? Lindgren resigned june 3rd and then they just hired an assistant from MIT to take over. Did Lindgren get another job or was he canned?

From what I've heard, the head coaching position at Nichols is a part time position and Lindgren decided he'd rather have a full time job.  I do not believe he's coaching anymore.

That's too bad. While I think he was alittle overrated and not quite as good as his record makes you think, he still showed alot of potential. If he was given a couple more years of experience to grow he'd have the chance to become something special. It's a shame he wasn't willing to hold on and try to work his way up the ladder.

He was also piggy-backing on the recruiting of the previous coach - who also left because it was part time.  I know things are tight in higher education these days, but you'd think you could find some money for that position, especially with all the construction Nichols has done over the last decade.  Well, maybe it's because of that construction they can't afford a coach.

[jackson5]

Anyone know what the story is at Nichols? Lindgren resigned june 3rd and then they just hired an assistant from MIT to take over. Did Lindgren get another job or was he canned?

From what I've heard, the head coaching position at Nichols is a part time position and Lindgren decided he'd rather have a full time job.  I do not believe he's coaching anymore.

That's too bad. While I think he was alittle overrated and not quite as good as his record makes you think, he still showed alot of potential. If he was given a couple more years of experience to grow he'd have the chance to become something special. It's a shame he wasn't willing to hold on and try to work his way up the ladder.

He was also piggy-backing on the recruiting of the previous coach - who also left because it was part time.  I know things are tight in higher education these days, but you'd think you could find some money for that position, especially with all the construction Nichols has done over the last decade.  Well, maybe it's because of that construction they can't afford a coach.

It's weird because I thought that most of the CCC schools were starting to move towards full time head coaches for their teams.  What doesn't make much sense to me is that they don't have many students, or any endowment, yet they still sponsor football, hockey, Baseball and Lacrosse, which are probably the 4 most expensive sports to run.  I get the whole trying to attract more students thing, but when you have sports like football that have only won 3 games in 4 years, and could only hire a high school coach to replaced the fired one, maybe it's time to cut some programs.

And yeah Lindgren did just use the last coaches players, but he still got them to 16-2 this year and really he wasn't  given time to recruit. His first year he wasn't going to bring in anyone special since by the time he takes over most kids have already decided. Then his freshmen weren't really needed.

[jackson5]

Phil Rowe now gone from Endicott to take Assistant AD job at St Anselm. It'll be interesting to see who they bring in to replace him. Endicott is probably one of the easier places to win at in the CCC.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Phil Rowe now gone from Endicott to take Assistant AD job at St Anselm. It'll be interesting to see who they bring in to replace him. Endicott is probably one of the easier places to win at in the CCC.

They keep going through coaches, though.  Nice facilities, strong program, but they don't ever seem to get any sort of long term solution in there.

[jackson5]

They haven't been too bad. Cosgrove was there for 5 years before taking a D-2 job. Plansky was only there for 3 years and losing him to a high school isn't a good look. Millette got a fair shake with 4 years. And Rowe stayed for 5 years. The truth is with the salaries that CCC schools pay, you can't really expect coaches to stay much longer than that. You'd hope that they'll have enough success in 5 years that they get an offer as an assistant someplace else.  If they are looking for a lifer than they need to pay their coaches more, which most of these schools can't afford to do.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

They haven't been too bad. Cosgrove was there for 5 years before taking a D-2 job. Plansky was only there for 3 years and losing him to a high school isn't a good look. Millette got a fair shake with 4 years. And Rowe stayed for 5 years. The truth is with the salaries that CCC schools pay, you can't really expect coaches to stay much longer than that. You'd hope that they'll have enough success in 5 years that they get an offer as an assistant someplace else.  If they are looking for a lifer than they need to pay their coaches more, which most of these schools can't afford to do.

Endicott has been printing money the last decade.  I'm not sure who's managing their endowment, but they're either underemployed or extremely lucky.  They should be able to keep a coach if they want to.