MBB: Conference of New England

scout · February 21, 2009, 03:51:08 PM

As has been said in the past few days, this is it... The final Saturday to fight for life in the conference and make it to the tourney (fight for seeding, as well)...

I'll try to find some scores for the other games, but at halftime, Gordon leads Salve 39-21...

Trigg leads all scorers with 10, Greg Walker has 9...

The top scorer for Salve is Woodworth, who has 5...

Gordon leads the rebounding battle 21-11...

The only player in foul trouble also happens to be Salve's best player... Woodworth has 3 fouls...

scout · February 21, 2009, 04:04:08 PM

Nearing the end of the first half, UNE is taking it to Nichols, 44-27. Following the loss to Gordon, they're mad and they'll by hyped up for sure going into the tourney...

WIT and NEC are tied at 36 at the half... Salado leads NEC with 10 points and Doyle and Monteiro both have 10 for WIT...

With a little over 10 minutes left in the first half, RWU leads ENC 26-17...

I'll try to find more scores...

scout · February 21, 2009, 04:11:16 PM

Those are the only scores available...

I'll post back the Gordon-Salve final and most likely the other finals I can find...

scout · February 21, 2009, 05:03:00 PM

Gordon hangs on to win 75-67.

The Scots had a commanding lead about halfway through the second half and then Salve made a little run to pull within 11 or 12 with a minute and a half left. Then, Salve went into foul mode...

Gordon hit their free throws, and then Salve went hot, hitting three pointers like crazy. Basic math allowed them pull it back to an eight point deficit before the clock ran out.

The rebounding margin was large... 40-25.

Greg Walker led all scorers with 17, also putting up 10 boards for the double-double.

Gordon shot 47.7% on the day... Salve 38.1%

I think what will serve Gordon well in the tournament is the fact that they are a strong free throw shooting team. On the year, they are 73%. Additionally, they are shooting 40% from 3-point land while holding opponents to 33%.

Bill Gorman · February 21, 2009, 05:57:10 PM

Wentworth locks up #7 with an 87-79 win at NEC. Doyle scored 30 (10-14), Abbott scored 13 and grabbed 12 rebounds, Monteiro scored 16, and Wentworth scored 10. Leopards go to Colby-Sawyer.

Final Standings:
UNE 12-1
CSC 10-3
Gordon 9-4
Salve Regina 8-5 (Salve wins three-way tiebreaker)
Nichols 8-5
Roger Williams 8-5
Wentworth 7-6
WNEC 7-6 (Wentworth wins tiebreaker)
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Curry 6-7
Endicott 5-8
ENC 4-9
Regis 3-10
Anna Maria 3-10
NEC 0-13

Playoffs:
(8) WNEC at (1) UNE (8:00)
(5) Nichols at (4) Salve Regina (7:00)
(6) RWU at (3) Gordon (7:00)
(7) WIT at (2) CSC (8:00)

scout · February 21, 2009, 08:53:28 PM

Okay, I'm sure this question has been answered in the past...

After each round of the tourney, are the teams reseeded?

Like, if UNE wins and WIT were to upset CSC, would UNE automatically play the winner of Nichols and Salve... Or would UNE play the lower seed WIT?

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · February 21, 2009, 09:28:08 PM

Quote from: scout on February 21, 2009, 08:53:28 PM
Okay, I'm sure this question has been answered in the past...

After each round of the tourney, are the teams reseeded?

Like, if UNE wins and WIT were to upset CSC, would UNE automatically play the winner of Nichols and Salve... Or would UNE play the lower seed WIT?

No re-seeds, just a straight bracket.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · February 21, 2009, 09:29:51 PM

I feel like Wentworth has played CSC tough the last season or two; this could be a good matchup. The Gordon-RWU rematch looks to be pretty sweet one, too.

scout · February 21, 2009, 09:40:20 PM

Having Gordon sympathies... I am scared outta my mind for the Scots to play RWU...

It was an ugly game earlier in the season and last year, the tourney was rough with that game...

Nonetheless, WIT always shows up come tournament-time... I feel they are one of the better coached teams in the CCC in terms of game planning...

scout · February 22, 2009, 08:46:23 PM

Listening to Hoopsville tonight, Colby-Sawyer was picked by the Northeast correspondent to win the CCC tourney...

Which brings up a question of what do all of you think in terms of who will win the tourney?

Try to put sympathies aside and let's come up with a matrix of winners before the tourney starts...

And then we'll compare our picks with what actually happens in the end...

I'll start... And pick UNE...

cccc-fanatic · February 22, 2009, 11:20:30 PM

UNE

Quote from: scout on February 22, 2009, 08:46:23 PM
Listening to Hoopsville tonight, Colby-Sawyer was picked by the Northeast correspondent to win the CCC tourney...

Which brings up a question of what do all of you think in terms of who will win the tourney?

Try to put sympathies aside and let's come up with a matrix of winners before the tourney starts...

And then we'll compare our picks with what actually happens in the end...

I'll start... And pick UNE...

number1chargerfan · February 23, 2009, 12:18:00 AM

From what has happened during the regular season..I think that no one is safe in this tournament..and my bias aside I think that CSC will take it in the end

Gordon-RWU will be a battle but I think Gordon comes out of it
WIT although talented was pretty much overwhelmed with CSC when they last played, so I see CSC winning easily and feasting on the winner of the RWU-Gordon game
Saw WNEC take advantage of a bad game by CSC this weekend and while they could potentially upset UNE (anything is possible, just ask Kevin Garnett) they won't because UNE didn't come this far to lose in the first round as the 1 seed
Nichols-Salve is another interesting game, and it could go either way, but I'll take Nichols because they have the wild card factor on their side and I am not all that impressed with Salve

Giving Nichols that win, they can't match UNE and their speed, outside shooting and press

CSC vs. UNE was one for the ages in New London, and I think that the championship atmosphere will make the rematch even better, Foti will have something cooked up by then to beat that press, and seeing that Gordon upset UNE and CSC smoked Gordon in their barn..I'm going CSC

backboard · February 23, 2009, 08:59:41 AM

This year's tournament should be really fun to watch, lots of potential upsets.

My pick is for UNE to win it, but I wouldn't be surprised if Colby-Sawyer or Gordon were to walk away with the title either.

Gordon has been under the radar for most of the year, something they usually do not do. Everyone knows about Aaron Trigg and the talent he possess, but instead of him doing all the scoring, guys like Bejema and Greg Walker have stepped up for the Scots. They're going to be a tough team to beat. That being said, I'm sure not there is a worse first round match up for them than Roger Williams. I highly doubt that Gordon will only score 37 points this time around though.

UNE should take care of business against WNEC. Kyle Fredette should be healthy by now but WNEC is going to need to play their best possible basketball if they want to win at UNE.

Salve could be real dangerous for the simple fact that they have Justin Woodworth. When he's shooting well, they're almost unstoppable. He could very well score 30+ points and may need to in order for his team to win.

Same goes for Wentworth. Todd Doyle is coming off a career high and always performs well in the tournament. The challenge is going to on the boards. CSC is very good at rebounding but Wentworth is better statically. The Matt Abbott-Duncan Szeliga battle down low should be interesting as well.

Any ideas for awards? Last year the coaches picked a POY who ranked 17th in scoring but was still very valuable to his individual team. The candidates: Trigg, Woodworth, Doyle, and Jefferson. Any other thoughts?

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · February 23, 2009, 10:23:13 AM

Obviously UNE has the team to beat this year, but CSC, Gordon, and WIT have all got some playoff tested leaders. To me, CSC seems like the smart pick, simply because of their track record, but that shouldn't diminish what UNE has done and the team they've assembled.

I'd like to see a UNE-CSC final.

CCC Talk · February 23, 2009, 10:40:38 AM

Playoff Picks and Award Talks:

Playoffs:

I like UNE over WNEC big
I like GC over RWU close
I like CSC over WIT
I like Salve over NC big

UNE over Salve
GC over CSC

GC over UNE
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Awards:

All League First Team:

Justin Woodworth Salve
Todd Doyle WIT
Aaron Trigg GC
Jonnie Jefferson UNE
Brady Bajema GC

All League Second Team:

Ducan Szeliga CSC
Jakiryi Simpson UNE
Mark Mastrullo Curry
Shane Hennessey NEC
Derek Neal Regis

All League Honorable Mention:

Matt Abbott WIT
Jon Chaloux CSC
Chris Paquin NC
Graham Whitelaw EC
Kyle Fredette WNEC

Rookie Of The Year:
Diandre Brown ENC...really quietly put up good numbers (Bardaglio and Flanagan also have cases)

Coach Of The Year:
Sean Foster Salve (No brainer)

Defensive Player Of The Year:
Jakiryi Simpson UNE (Montrond or Fredette may have a case)

Player Of The Year:
Todd Doyle WIT (I think he should get it. Not sure if his team won enough games, but for a guy who had defenses all year built around stopping him he had had a big year.) I think UNE is too balanced for Jefferson to get the nod. I think the emergence of Bajema might hurt Trigg a little although Trigg put up great numbers, and I think Woodworth is more of a one dimensional scorer, but also a good candidate.)