MBB: Conference of New England

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · February 23, 2009, 11:00:28 AM

You missed Pinsenault from AMC; I think he gets something. I haven't checked out all the numbers yet, but he's been a solid performer for a while.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · February 23, 2009, 11:08:17 AM

Doyle, Woodworth, Trigg, and Jefferson seem like shoe-ins for the first team, leaving only one spot open.

I didn't see enough games to be able to tell the difference between the numbers and actual on-floor production.

number1chargerfan · February 23, 2009, 11:29:09 AM

I think if Matt Lemieux doesn't at least crack honorable mention then they shouldn't bother having All-Conference.

Tops in assists, second in assist-turnover ratio and his team has the best field goal pct. defense. He has defended Doyle, Trigg, Simpson, Mastrullo and all the other TCCC Point Guards masterfully while filling up the stat sheet as a truly old school point guard who would rather pass and defend than be the superstar.

Just making a case for a senior who has quietly put together a great season.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · February 23, 2009, 12:57:02 PM

The coaches will be faced with a lot of worthy guards and not too many big men to choose from. It could be an interesting set of voting.

scout · February 23, 2009, 01:00:59 PM

Since the pick of Barringer to be POY last year, I've pretty much given up on correctly picking who will win the award...

Cases can be made for Trigg, Doyle, Woodworth, etc... But I definitely think they go with a guard this year...

In terms of first team all-conference, I like CCCtalk's picks... The CCC is definitely a guard-heavy league this season and not enough big men have posted dominant numbers...

Later tonight, I'll do some research to come up with picks for tomorrow's games...

cccc-fanatic · February 23, 2009, 01:48:45 PM

How about Coach of the year?

YeahBoss · February 23, 2009, 02:24:29 PM

No question its Coach Mulligan from UNE. But I thought he might win it last year and I was wrong so who knows. Politics and popularity tends to ruin any voting whether its the All-Stars or the Oscars.

cccc-fanatic · February 23, 2009, 03:34:31 PM

CCC TALK - no brainer for Salve Regina coach is right - a person would have to have no brain to say that.
13-12 and 8-5 in conference compared to UNE's record?

Come on, get real...if it's not UNE's Mulligan then there is something funny going on.
Maybe payback for recruiting so well out of state?

Bill Gorman · February 23, 2009, 03:59:13 PM

Hot off the presses...

FIRST TEAM
Pos. Student-Athlete Institution Class
G Todd Doyle Wentworth Senior
F Johnnie Jefferson Univ. of New England Senior
G Jaykyri Simpson Univ. of New England Senior
G Aaron Trigg Gordon Junior
G Justin Woodworth Salve Regina Senior

SECOND TEAM
Pos. Student-Athlete Institution Class
F Matt Abbott Wentworth Junior
G Brady Bajema Gordon Junior
F Jon Chaloux Colby-Sawyer Junior
G Derrick Neal Regis Sophomore
F Duncan Szeliga Colby-Sawyer Senior

HONORABLE MENTION
Pos. Student-Athlete Institution Class
G Billy Barrett Roger Williams Senior
C Patrick Flanagan Roger Williams Freshman
F Kyle Fredette Western New England Senior
G Windell Hinkson Salve Regina Sophomore
G Quashed Simmons Curry Senior
G Graham Whitelaw Endicott Junior

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

PLAYER OF THE YEAR Todd Doyle, Wentworth
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jaykyri Simpson, Univ. of New England
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Quentin Thompson, Univ. of New England
SENIOR SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Brad Bryant, Wentworth
COACH OF THE YEAR Jason Mulligan, Univ. of New England
TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD Eastern Nazarene College

YeahBoss · February 23, 2009, 04:30:13 PM

Good for Simpson, I thought he should have been the defensive player of the year last year.

uconn05 · February 23, 2009, 04:50:42 PM

Why isn't the only frosh on an all league team the roy?

No doubt that the UNE coach is coy!!!!

backboard · February 23, 2009, 05:44:10 PM

I think the coaches did a great job with the awards this year. Looking forward to a good tournament

CCC Talk · February 23, 2009, 09:01:22 PM

The reason I thought and think the pick would be Sean Foster is: Salve was picked 11th and finished 4th (net gain 7)

UNE picked 2nd finished first (net gain 1)

He wasn't exactly coaching his guys up...

scout · February 23, 2009, 09:16:29 PM

Okay... These are a lot of numbers, but I feel it is important to take a look at these to get a better idea of how the teams will match up tomorrow and in the subsequent rounds...

A few things to point out...

These numbers are cumulative for each team including all non-conference games played. This must be taken into account... For example, Gordon played a tough non-con schedule including teams like Salem State, William Patterson, MIT, Bates, etc... This will skew numbers, but I still think it's a better picture of overall success and style of play...

Two, these are percentages. They do not take into account AMOUNTS of each stat... Still, again, I say that percentages are more indicative of future success in a given stat...

	Avg. Pt Margin	FG %	Opp FG%	3PT%	Opp 3PT%	FT%	Opp FT%	Reb Margin	Assist/TO	Opp Assist/TO	Steals/Game
UNE	7.5	45.4%	47.3%	37.0%	32.4%	65.9%	64.3%	-2	0.94	0.73	12.40
CSC	10.5	44.2%	39.4%	36.8%	29.0%	71.7%	64.3%	3	0.94	0.59	8.17
Gordon	8.7	46.9%	43.9%	40.5%	33.3%	72.5%	66.9%	4.7	0.91	0.75	5.68
Salve	5.7	45.3%	44.0%	38.8%	33.9%	67.0%	65.9%	0.4	0.91	0.73	10.44
Nichols	-0.7	43.2%	41.2%	31.5%	30.6%	64.6%	63.0%	5.2	0.64	1.01	6.32
RWU	1.4	43.3%	40.6%	32.8%	35.0%	68.6%	68.9%	-0.5	0.91	0.70	5.76
WIT	-1.5	46.2%	46.0%	34.8%	35.9%	68.6%	67.2%	5	0.79	1.05	5.72
WNEC	-4.8	40.3%	41.3%	31.1%	35.5%	64.3%	71.5%	0.1	0.82	0.91	7.75

What do you all think?

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · February 24, 2009, 10:25:11 AM

They did a good job with the awards; I'm looking forward to the playoffs.