MBB: Conference of New England

[Maq Diesel]

Not to sound cliche, but anything can happen on any given day.  The truth be told I was a little scared when I saw how close Nichols made the game with EC.  But to tell you the truth, this GC team is a very focused group of guys who know exactly what they are playing for.  They have proved a ton this season and gotten some large monkeys off their back, however, king kong is still perched up there in the form of a playoff win.  The guys on the GC team know they controll their playoff fate and having home court throughout is their goal and I honestly don't feel that Nichols is going to stand in their way, but again, anything can happen on any given day.

[akirk]

One interesting note:  If the standings stay as they are right now, Nichols will be traveling to GC in less than a week and a half.  That is even scarier than tomorrow's game.  After seeing GC first hand Nichols will have a better grasp on how to match up with them.

[24/7/365]

First let me say this board is crazy today.  Secondly Roy Williams 4 President in 08'!  Thirdly I like GC, CSC, SRU, RWU and in my pick'em game, I'm gonna take the under dogs in that of CC at the Post.  No other reason than CC seems more together than EC, and they look poised to shake up the conference right now.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Curry really plays like that every year.  They have a lot of talent, but no chemistry; guys come and go off the roster all year and then they get it together just in time to ruin somebody's playoffs, but not enough to win the tournament themselves.  It just seems to fit the whole personality and style of the school itself.  Very strange.

[roy_williams]

This weekends game:

RWU rolls over NEC. This is obvious, NEC is daed team playing for nothing with nothing.

EC over CC. I agree with the Diesel's take. EC plays too disciplined a game to drop to a team like Curry. I def give Wynn alot of credit dealing with the head cases he does, but I dont think Curry has that famous "end of the season run" in them this year that they usually seem to have this time of year.

SRU over UNE. UNE will battle, I expect it to be closem but I'll give the edge to Salve at home. Thats a long bus ride.

CSC over WIT. WIT seems to be shooting themselves in the foot after early season success and they have no one to even slow St. Clair. Now, I know we have seen CSC go away from St.Clair and lose, but I think they learned this lesson and CSC KNOWS they need this to have a chance at #2 (avoiding Gordon til the championship). It's too important for them to get upset. Tough travel day though.

GC over NC. I agree with the assessment that this could be a perfect trap game, but honestly I don't think GC is that full of themselves. That is to say, I think they are still hungry. Yes they are 18-3, but they aren't the typical 18-3 where they have been hyped all season and might be prone to thinking too much of themselves, take a team lightly, and have a close game where anything can happen, with a team near the bottom like Nichols. The EC score probably woke up the coaching staff at GC. They will be ready. I guess the only caveat would be that maybe Nichols is a legit team capable of playing with EC (I don't have much info on the flow of that game), and being at home, might give GC a good game even if GC, say, brings their B game. So as not to be a Mariotti flipflopper however, I still say GC by 10.  

[24/7/365]

Does Wynn even play Bartelle and Lamb together?  Or do they sub for one another, playing equal minutes with out even having to share the ball with the other?

[roy_williams]

wow. this is instant messenger at best. but, having just read the posts by Hoops and 24 (you're my VP by the way--campaign will be begin while we celebrate the CCC champ this year on the Bennett floor--that will be our platform--if we get Gordon to win a playoff game we certainly can manage Iraq) WOW

my question is do you think Wynn is doing a great job managing the "head cases" or what not at Curry or its more a case of the inmates running the asylum?

[Maq Diesel]

akirk,
   Personally I think us playing Nichols this weekend and possible seeing them come to the Bennett center for a first round game is far better for us than them.  A, it will be at the Bennett center and B, our guys and coaches will get just as good a look at them as they do of us.  We are a much better team and I am not worried about seeing them in the tourney any more than I am about tommorrow.   A side note people have talked about the GC team getting a big head, its really the fans that have a big head, not the team.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I'm not sure Bartelle was a Wynn guy, which might be why he is having to take a back seat to Lamb, who most definately was brought in by Wynn.  It's not a matter of Lamb and Bartelle not getting along as it is Bartelle seems to shut down when he's not the #1 option of offense.

I need to get my Curry contacts out of the woodwork.  I heard in November that Tim Jones would be back in February, but we've yet to see him.  Did he decide to just take the redshirt year or is he still trying to get back for the playoffs?  That could be on dangerous team if he returns.

[24/7/365]

To many "if's" for this CC team.  I think they could be the best team, hands down, assuming they had all their parts, and assuming all their parts were capable of working as one unit.  Their talent alone wins games, but imagine the possibilities if they were an actual team, say like EC or GC.  That would be scary.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Those guys are all in d3 ball specifically for those reasons.

[akirk]

I am just saying that playing a team within a week and a half after loosing gives them more focus to work on what burned them.  I am not saying this is an easy win for GC.  I am just saying it will be a lot more interesting.

[boston ball 56]

Hoops you have Curry down pat. The school is a wonderful place and the kids are good kids.However both are going through a transformation right now. Curry is really working hard to improve thier academic reputation. They have raised thier admission standards each year for the past 4years. This makes for a very mixed bag of students. The same is to be said about the sports (basketball) some of the more high profile student atheletes that place thier priorities on education are not looking at Curry as thier primary option,understandable. The students that do decided on Curry are a lot of times attending thier safety school even as recruits there is probally some place else they rather be. Some adjust and even come to take a sense of pride in thier school. Others feel the school is beneath them and they have one foot in and one foot out. Maybe it is like that everywhere I don't know. When teams are playing well these things are not important when they are not .... well you get the picture. Anyway for the record Bartelle and Lamb are good teammates and good friends sometimes they play great together sometimes they don't again it's only an issue when you lose. Curry needs to win and win and you get the picture.................

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

That Nichols team has a lot of talent.  I think they are only losing Butler next year; if they can get any sort of coaching job going there, they could be very good in the future (just like NEC; it's too bad Onyechi went down, it would have been fun to see what they could have done down the stretch).

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Well, I guess if coach says it, I have to believe him.  Maybe he will shed some light on why Bartelle and Lamb haven't started together since Bartelle has been back.