MBB: Conference of New England

[scout]

I'll do pick'em if you're willing to put in the leg work.  I'd say we should just do conference games - that might make things a little easier.

I'm currently laid up with attempting to recover from microfracture surgery on my right knee. Once I finish a project for work in the next two days, I'll be spending some time familiarizing myself with the schedules of TCCC teams.

Conference games don't start in force for a bit. And I'd be interested to see who people pick in some touch matchups like UNE v WPI and Gordon v MIT. That's my take, but I'm willing to listen to outside opinion.

As I said, I'll start building an excel file of schedules this weekend. Once we get more people involved, we can discuss terms in greater depth.

[CCC Talk]

Today's CCC lines:

NEC
Plymouth State -12

Roger Williams -5
Johnson and Wales

Colby-Sawyer Pick
Keene State   Pick

Endicott
Vassar -4

Wentworth
Thomas -3

Curry -2.5
Westfield

UNE -6
St Joes

Nichols -5
Worcester State

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

The CCC has taken off on this first day of real games.  The results haven't been great so far, but most teams appear to be competitive.

NEC lost to Plymouth by 20 - no real surprise there.

RWU got a good win on the road at J&W 61-58.

CSC loses by three to Keene 82-85.

WIT drops one to Thomas 73-78; that's probably not a good result for them.

UNE blew a halftime lead, allowing St. Joe's to score 45 in the second half and win 71-63.  The threes seemed to be falling alright for UNE, but they had very few steals and missed most of their FTs.  Oruonyehu led the team with 14 points and 5 steals.  Brown and Thompson were both awful, but UNE did get some good bench production from JD and Marcus Winn (9 and 8 points in limited minutes).  I'm guessing this squad doesn't have the defense down yet.  I expect they'll improve over time. 

Curry loses to Westfield 75-66.

Nichols is playing Worcester State right now in the Worcester county tournament (where Becker came very close to knocking out WPI in the first game).

[scout]

Alright, I put together a spreadsheet that compiles all of the schedules in TCCC into one medium.

It's useful for a number of things... Namely keeping track of games and comparing schedules.

I've blocked out one-week periods to denote the time period our pick'em experiment will cover for each round.

You can find the spreadsheet at the following link:

http://theacereport.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/tccc-mens-basketball-2009.xls

Let me know what you think.

[scout]

The Commonwealth Coast Conference Pick'em - Week 1 - 11/15 through 11/21

Okay, so the way that this will work is as follows. Each week, I will choose five games for us all to pick. There is no spread to weigh in, but rather a straight-up choice for the winner of each game. Each correct pick will earn you a point. Each incorrect choice will earn you zero points. I will keep a running tally of the scores after each week and the winner gets bragging rights.

Each week, after this one, I will post the games on Wednesday. Please get your picks in by the following Sunday. You may enter this contest at any week of your choosing, but remember that those who started before you will have an advantage.

So, without further ado, here are the week's games. Get your picks in by the start of Wednesday's games and we'll be off and running.

Wednesday 11/18

Curry @ Babson
Husson @ Gordon

Friday 11/20

UNE @ UMass-Dartmouth (UMass-Dartmouth Tourney Round 1)
Endicott vs. Ithica College (Amherst Tip-Off Tourney Round 1)

Saturday 11/21

UMass-Boston @ ENC

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Wednesday 11/18

Curry @ Babson
Husson @ Gordon

Friday 11/20

UNE @ UMass-Dartmouth (UMass-Dartmouth Tourney Round 1)
Endicott vs. Ithica College (Amherst Tip-Off Tourney Round 1)

Saturday 11/21

UMass-Boston @ ENC

I will take the non-CCC teams in every game.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Score update:

Nichols goes down to Worcester State 76-87.  Brian Riley had 21, mostly from the free throw line.

Also, Endicott lost to Vassar 78-66. 

[scout]

Wednesday 11/18

Curry @ Babson
Husson @ Gordon

Friday 11/20

UNE @ UMass-Dartmouth (UMass-Dartmouth Tourney Round 1)
Endicott vs. Ithica College (Amherst Tip-Off Tourney Round 1)

Saturday 11/21

UMass-Boston @ ENC

I will take the non-CCC teams in every game.

Haha. Lovely.

Well, we've got our first participant.

My picks:

Wednesday 11/18

Curry @ Babson
Husson @ Gordon

Friday 11/20

UNE @ UMass-Dartmouth (UMass-Dartmouth Tourney Round 1)
Endicott vs. Ithica College (Amherst Tip-Off Tourney Round 1)

Saturday 11/21

UMass-Boston @ ENC

And that was predictable, wasn't it?

[witfan]

[/quote]

Haha. Lovely.

Well, we've got our first participant.

My picks:

Wednesday 11/18

Curry @ Babson
Husson @ Gordon

Friday 11/20

UNE @ UMass-Dartmouth (UMass-Dartmouth Tourney Round 1)
Endicott vs. Ithica College (Amherst Tip-Off Tourney Round 1)

Saturday 11/21

UMass-Boston @ ENC

And that was predictable, wasn't it?
[/quote]

yes, it is predictable but you are entitled to some advantage for starting the "pick'em" & at least you took one ccc.

I'll go with Babson, Gordon, UNE (working the overconfident angle on the ranked home team), ithica and UMass-Boston

[scout]

Haha. Lovely.

Well, we've got our first participant.

My picks:

Wednesday 11/18

Curry @ Babson
Husson @ Gordon

Friday 11/20

UNE @ UMass-Dartmouth (UMass-Dartmouth Tourney Round 1)
Endicott vs. Ithica College (Amherst Tip-Off Tourney Round 1)

Saturday 11/21

UMass-Boston @ ENC

And that was predictable, wasn't it?

yes, it is predictable but you are entitled to some advantage for starting the "pick'em" & at least you took one ccc.

I'll go with Babson, Gordon, UNE (working the overconfident angle on the ranked home team), ithica and UMass-Boston

Yay! Another participant. That makes three, and I have another spreadsheet I'll be using to keep track of the results.

[yeah buddy]

Babson, Gordon, UMass Dartmouth, Ithaca, UMass B

[CCC Talk]

Curry, Gordon, UMD, Ithaca, UMB

[scout]

Results in TCCC from last night...

Nichols 76 - Becker 73
Anna Maria 62 - Newbury 66
Albertus Magnus 73 - Salve Regina    72
Lesley 63 - Regis 78

In the first two days of play, TCCC teams are a combined 4-8. Not exactly top-notch competition, either. We'll see how teams begin to grow and gel in the next few weeks.

[backboard]

Wednesday 11/18

Curry @ Babson
Husson @ Gordon

Friday 11/20

UNE @ UMass-Dartmouth (UMass-Dartmouth Tourney Round 1)
Endicott vs. Ithica College (Amherst Tip-Off Tourney Round 1)

Saturday 11/21

UMass-Boston @ ENC

I will take the non-CCC teams in every game.

I'll go this route as well

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I'm impressed by that Regis box score.  Granted Lesley isn't the toughest opponent in the world, but Regis won comfortably with none of their starters playing even 30 minutes in this game.  James Cooper played very well at the point (7 asists, 1 TO) and they got 12 and 9 from freshman Ezeigwe off the bench in just 19 minutes.

Salve losing to Albertus Magnus is kind of surprising, although word is that Magnus is much better this year.  We'll see how that plays out.

AMC hung tough with Newbury despite poor long distance shooting and a low contribution from Pinsoneault.

Nichols took out Becker and played much more like themselves.  Paquin led the team, but they showed they can go eight deep, which is usually enough to make the conference tournament.