MBB: Conference of New England

backboard · December 03, 2009, 08:34:55 PM

Wentworth dominates over Coast Guard, 71-46

backboard · December 03, 2009, 08:46:11 PM

Another classic game, Endicott 71 - Gordon 68

I'll allow the Gordon fans to recap, I'm sure they'll show up

scout · December 03, 2009, 11:56:34 PM

I didn't watch the Gordon-Endicott game and I haven't looked at the stats, so I can't say much. But I heard Gordon was down big at half and clawed back...

But a loss is a loss and Todd Murphy got his first look at a bitter rivalry.

Gordon now takes the short trip down to Cambridge to face a seemingly insurmountable MIT team...

hoops55 · December 04, 2009, 12:51:49 PM

Mark Mastrullo might be the first 1,500 point scorer in CCC history to never make an all- conference team in his career... How ridiculous is that??

uconn05 · December 04, 2009, 01:36:10 PM

you might want to reference his 37% fg in conference play last year and his negative assist-turnover ratio. I mean 37%!!! Anybody can put up points if they take enough shots...

gogordon11 · December 04, 2009, 01:53:03 PM

last night's game (GC v. EC) was an amazing game to be at, though the outcome was obviously disappointing.
gordon could not get it together in the first half. the shooters seemed jittery, and the intensity on defense and on the boards was lacking.
what was frightening was that they didn't even really respond after halftime, immediately, either. no disrespect to jt himmelstein, but I was surprised that brady wasn't on the court to start the second half. maybe go with a 3-guard look to get all three out there at once? notice that brady was key to the comeback.
coming back from down 17 was pretty incredible, and it was clear that the pit got to the endicott players. down the stretch, though, the key shots just didn't fall. [warning: sour grapes ahead] I found that pretty frustrating that wrapping a guy up, a clear intentional foul, isn't enough to draw a whistle to stop the clock (that happened twice in the final minute. seemed like the refs just wanted the game to be over, didn't want to have any chance of an overtime. we'll just have to go steal another one from their house on jan. 30.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · December 04, 2009, 05:15:08 PM

Quote from: hoops55 on December 04, 2009, 12:51:49 PM
Mark Mastrullo might be the first 1,500 point scorer in CCC history to never make an all- conference team in his career... How ridiculous is that??

He'll make a team this year. CCC coaches always make sure talented seniors get their due.

akirk · December 04, 2009, 05:36:01 PM

The sad thing about the GC-EC game is that if GC only hit their FTs then the game just would not be close. I think they missed 13. That is just not acceptable.

gogordon11 · December 05, 2009, 01:52:19 AM

Quote from: akirk on December 04, 2009, 05:36:01 PM
The sad thing about the GC-EC game is that if GC only hit their FTs then the game just would not be close. I think they missed 13. That is just not acceptable.

that was one thing I forgot to mention. it is one thing when the big guys miss them (gaskill in particular I remember missing a handful), but trigg also uncharacteristically missed a couple in the second half. he did hit some big shots, but really he looked a little uncomfortable all night. the refs didn't call a very tight game, so perhaps endicott's physicality got to him? brady was the bigger star for the game.

Hugenerd · December 05, 2009, 07:45:41 PM

I posted a pretty extensive summary for the Gordon - MIT game on the NEWMAC board.

I was very impressed by Gordon today. They have a lot of quality bigs and obviously their guard, Bajema and Trigg, are very skilled and both are good sized for guards at the d3 level.

They will be very strong in the region this year and, despite their loss to Endicott the other day, I look for them to win the CCC this year.

Great game.

hooktonhoops14 · December 06, 2009, 05:44:48 PM

What a week! Bittersweet for us Gordon fans. After going 31-36 from the line against Salem State, watching the Scots miss 10 in the first half alone was gut wrenching. However, in my 4 years at Gordon, I don't know that I've ever heard that gym as loud as it got when Gordon took the lead after being down 17 with just 7:48 left on the clock. In the end, a disappointing loss but a gutsy showing from Endicott to hang on in the end. This Danquah Rawlins kid should make some noise over the next few years...

Another great showing for Gordon at MIT and a great double-double from Gaskill. I think he looks a lot more like a big man than he did a year ago. However, you can only accompany solid performances with Ls for so long, so the Scots better figure out how to finish close games out before conference play starts up...

scout · December 07, 2009, 03:03:30 PM

I've been quite busy for the past week... So, no pick'em this week. I'll post the standings after three weeks in the next day or two.

I'll hopefully have the slate for our next week on Wednesday.

number1chargerfan · December 08, 2009, 09:59:50 PM

Well it's only a matter of time before this board hears the news..let's just say all is not well in Charger Town

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · December 09, 2009, 12:47:51 AM

It was an odd night for the CCC, throwing even more wrenches into the conversation about which teams are actually good.

Gordon wins in impressive fashion over a previously "lookin' good" Wheelock squad 66-50. Trigg scored 20; Greg Walker went 16 and 13. Wheelock shot all of 30% in the game.

Then Nichols beats a Westfield State team (that previously beat GC in Wenham) 82-67. Nichols has looked pretty good so far, but there's no good reason we should believe they're any good. Then we get this one to confuse us even more. Pete Atkins? had 33 points and Brian Riley had 20.

Regis, who looked decent in their tournament in NJ gets blown out by Newbury (who got trounced by Curry three days ago) 80-56. Newbury shot lights out (60%) in the second half and Regis had 21 turnovers, but still.

UNE goes down to WPI in the only relatively predictable game of the night - 88-70. Nothing spectacular, UNE shot poorly, but kept the turnovers to a minimum.

Endicott comes close against EConn (a solid 6-1 squad), falling 74-78. Rawlins had 17 in the loss.

Roger Williams comes close to a three team sweep of the NESCAC, falling to Wesleyan 61-63. If RWU is really as good as their start seems to indicate, they should have won this game. They've thrown some doubt on themselves with this one.

I lied, Salve losing to RIC 79-53 was also pretty predictable, although one might have expected SRU to lose by an even greater margin. I picked ENC to go winless this season, but this SRU team might be the one to sink me. Dan Royce went for 24 and 12 in the loss. They managed an astounding 23 turnovers to 8 assists and shot 3-14 from deep.

As previously mentioned the CSC fall from grace is nearing completion with a home loss, this time to Castleton State 68-72. They have a road game at Middlebury in January, which could be very ugly. The Chargers missed 11 FTs and went 4-30 from deep (3 of them from one guy). Chaloux went for 19 and 10 with 5 blocks as the bright spot. The sad thing is, Castleton was just as bad and played six guys from the bench double digit minutes.

number1chargerfan · December 09, 2009, 02:03:07 PM

I just wish that I could explain what I saw last night...but I can't

Literally it feels like overnight the team that lives and dies by the three decided to die a horrible death by it. They weren't getting the shots they wanted from outside so they were either forcing them or making bad decisions that led to turnovers.

The season where it was all supposed to come together is quickly turning into the one where it all falls apart.

Hopefully, it is what the optimist in me sees, which is a road bump that I'd rather have happen early than late in the season. They've got Bowdoin on the road coming up so hopefully they show up there, then another home game Saturday before a little break which it seems that everyone on the team needs.

I still trust Coach Foti to right the ship and weather the storm in time before it's too late.