MBB: Conference of New England

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Gordon Tip-Off Tourney starts tonight.  Shouldn't have too much trouble against Maine-Maritime, but win or lose they're looking at a tough saturday game against either Westfield State or Baruch...

It'll be Baruch.  They've put together a very solid mid-level program over the past couple of years.  They lost only three players from a Tourney team last year and they opened with a win at Richard Stockton.  There's a good chance Baruch could be the best team on Gordon's schedule all year.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Tonight:

UNE @ UMASS-D
WNEC hosts Mt St Mary
RWU hosts Lesley
SRU vs Plymouth State at Wheaton
AMC @ Rivier
NEC hosts UM-Presque Isle
GC hosts Maine Maritime
CSC vs Daniel Webster at Rivier
RC vs Rowan at Widener
EC vs Ithaca at Amherst

[cccc-fanatic]

UNE beats #8 Umass tonight by 2 points

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Gordon Tip-Off Tourney starts tonight.  Shouldn't have too much trouble against Maine-Maritime, but win or lose they're looking at a tough saturday game against either Westfield State or Baruch...

It'll be Baruch.  They've put together a very solid mid-level program over the past couple of years.  They lost only three players from a Tourney team last year and they opened with a win at Richard Stockton.  There's a good chance Baruch could be the best team on Gordon's schedule all year.

Or I could be totally wrong.  Westfield 81 Baruch 77.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Gordon picked up a big win 91-59.  11 guys got 10 minutes or more.  This team might be a little better than I thought.  Trigg had 12 points and 7 assists in 21 minutes - he missed only one shot.

UNE posts a big upset 86-84 over #8 UMASS-D.  Dartmouth was overrated, but this is till a surprise.  Maybe the whole CCC is better than we thought (or maybe the whole region is as down as it seemed)?

WNEC went down to Mt St Mary 74-70.  12 and 14 for Thomka; five players scored in double figures.  It looks like they played tough and just came up short.

AMC lost a close one to Rivier 65-60.  Ryan Joyal had 14 points in 26 minutes to lead the team.  Rivier's numbers weren't much better, but they got a lot of threes off, which appears to be the difference.

Salve loses to Plymouth 96-86. 

NEC squeaks by Presque Isle 88-84.  NEC with timely scores and recaps this year; that's a miracle I never expected to witness.  NEC had a 27 point lead early in the second half, but had to hit late FTs to win it.  Faragher had 14 points to lead NEC.

RWU beat Lesley 76-72.

CSC topped Daniel Webster 71-68.  Lots of close wins for the CCC this evening.  Good showing.

Regis hung tough with Rowan, losing 66-60.

EC plays respectably at the Amherst tournament, losing to Ithaca 69-78.  Montrond got shut down and fouled out with only 25 minutes played.  They got 21 and 9 off the bench from freshman Danquah Rawlins.  None of the starters played more than 25 minutes and it seems much of the production came from the bench.  Possibly good signs for the future at EC.  They shot very well and defended the perimeter as they have always done well, but too many missed FTs may have been too much.

[hooktonhoops14]

It's tough to make heads or tails of this Westfield State - Gordon match-up.  Westfield obviously beat a tough Baruch team, but watching the game it was hard to decide whether or not that ought to scare Gordon.  Both teams were super-athletic and played a physical, fast-paced game (which is characteristic of good mid-level programs), but given the style of play it is hard to picture what they will look like on the floor against Gordon.

Either way, I'm anticipating a much more intense game than we saw for Gordon last night...

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

So far today:

WNEC goes down to finish fourth in their own tournament, losing to Framingham 96-82. 31 points for Rick Johnson, 16 for Thomka (12 on FTs) with 5 blocks.  I think this will still be a strong team in conference play.  At this point they seem to have too many turnovers to win games, but that can be fixed and they seem to have some good talent.

Endicott beat Maine-Farmington in double overtime at Amherst 98-95 to take third place in that tournament.  Erick Callo went 24 and 15 with 6 blocks for EC.  They continued their good perimeter defense and are getting lots of assists.  I do think EC has something to work with this year.  Rawlins got the start over Montrond after his performance last night, but Montrond had the better stats with 13 pts and 6 assists.

CSC beat Rivier 73-54 to win the Rivier tournament.  Chaloux had 26 points to lead the team. The bench guys got a lot of time and Zach McBey had 11 rebounds in 18 minutes.  CSC took a lot of FTs, but they missed a lot as well - they did seem to keep Rivier's shooting percentages pretty low.

Regis took out St. Joe's of Brooklyn to finish third in the Widener tournament, 83-50.  St. Joe's is a provisional DIII member, so I'm not sure what to make of this win.

AMC lost a tight one to Daniel Webster 72-71 to finish fourth at the Rivier tournament.  Pinsenault finally showed up with 13 and 11; Joyal had 17 points to lead the team.  AMC had only 12 total fouls in this game - they may need to be more aggressive.

Salve played Lyndon State at the Wheaton tournament.  That game should be over, but I can't find a score yet.

ENC hosted UMASS-Boston, which should also be over, but I'm not sure ENC has figured out their new website yet and how to import box scores.  Supposedly they'll have Livestats this year, but its not working right now.

RWU should be playing Trinity right now.  Their livestats aren't working either.

UNE and Wheelock are duking it out for the UMASS-D tournament title.

WIT plays Berkeley tonight.

Gordon hosts Westfield State.

[witfan]

suffolk, Keene, Bowdoin, GC, & RIC

[Bill Gorman]

UNE and Wheelock are duking it out for the UMASS-D tournament title.

Wheelock won, 68-63.

Wentworth loses to Wheelock 79-63 at home.  Wentworth appears to be just plain bad.  Wheelock's not the cream of the crop...

I think Wheelock is a tad better than you may have given them credit for.  Beat Springfield Friday night and beat UNE (coming off an upset of a Top 25 team) today.  Having seen Wednesday's game, Wheelock isn't a great team and they don't play in a great conference, but they are actually pretty good.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Wentworth loses to Wheelock 79-63 at home.  Wentworth appears to be just plain bad.  Wheelock's not the cream of the crop...

I think Wheelock is a tad better than you may have given them credit for.  Beat Springfield Friday night and beat UNE (coming off an upset of a Top 25 team) today.  Having seen Wednesday's game, Wheelock isn't a great team and they don't play in a great conference, but they are actually pretty good.

No, definitely you're right.  I meant to throw that admission into my round-up from last night.  The Wentworth loss looks a lot better than it did to me earlier.  Wheelock has been playing very well so far.  I just didn't expect it from them.

[Bill Gorman]

Don't get me wrong Wentworth didn't play particularly well Wednesday night to start with, but Wheelock impressed me and while time will tell, they appear to be a pretty decent team right now.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Roger Williams took out Trinity, the first of three NESCAC teams on their schedule this year, 69-61.  

Salve lost to Lyndon State 85-67; that doesn't seem like a positive result for them.  Boyd went for 20 and 7 to lead SRU.

ENC lost to UMASS-Boston 86-72.

[Bill Gorman]

Wentworth 83, Berkeley (NJ) 65

Adam Dombroski 21 pts
Brendan Monteiro 16 pts, 3 ast
Sam Herrick 13 pts 8 rebs
Shane West 11 pts 7 rebs
Matt Abbott 9 pts 12 rebs

Wentworth (despite 27 turnovers) shot 50 percent and held Berkeley to 35 percent.

Wentworth plays Ramapo tomorrow at 3:00.

[scout]

Gordon drops a tough one to Westfield State 54-51. It was their first ever loss in their 'Gordon College Tip-Off Tournament' since it was first held in 2004.

Gordon shot poorly in the game and had the win in their grasp at numerous times throughout.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Today:

Wentworth at Ramapo

NEC hosts Suffolk