MBB: Conference of New England

[scout]

NEC -10.5 at Green Mountain

Did you even research these?

Green Mountain is 0-2, by scores of 27-94 and 39-95.  They've only played five players total this season - no subs.

If the line is NEC +46, you might get even money.

NEC 70 GMC 23.  I almost nailed it.

Wouldn't the line then have been NEC -46? I am no sharp by any means, but we all knew what you meant and the number was the important part anyway. Heck of a call, though.

You could give Walzy31 a run for his money.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

NEC -10.5 at Green Mountain

Did you even research these?

Green Mountain is 0-2, by scores of 27-94 and 39-95.  They've only played five players total this season - no subs.

If the line is NEC -46, you might get even money.

NEC 70 GMC 23.  I almost nailed it.

Wouldn't the line then have been NEC -46? I am no sharp by any means, but we all knew what you meant and the number was the important part anyway. Heck of a call, though.

You could give Walzy31 a run for his money.

It does say -46.  No fair you changing my post in your reply.  I'm returning the favor in this one.

[scout]

NEC -10.5 at Green Mountain

Did you even research these?

Green Mountain is 0-2, by scores of 27-94 and 39-95.  They've only played five players total this season - no subs.

If the line is NEC -46, you might get even money.

NEC 70 GMC 23.  I almost nailed it.

Wouldn't the line then have been NEC -46? I am no sharp by any means, but we all knew what you meant and the number was the important part anyway. Heck of a call, though.

You could give Walzy31 a run for his money.

It does say -46.  No fair you changing my post in your reply.  I'm returning the favor in this one.

I just hit the quote button and went from there. Didn't change a thing. Anyway, no worries.

Is there any news on the conference realignment front? Any idea what the new conference is going to call itself, etc?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Is there any news on the conference realignment front? Any idea what the new conference is going to call itself, etc?

From everything I've heard, I'd expect official news soon.  Although I also would have said the same thing a month ago.  I'm not sure what's holding everything up.

[Hugenerd]

Anyone know anything about ENC?  They seem to be winning/playing a lot of close games this year, whcih is a big improvement on last year. Do they have a lot of new talent?

Any word on if Barbosa is coming back?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Anyone know anything about ENC?  They seem to be winning/playing a lot of close games this year, whcih is a big improvement on last year. Do they have a lot of new talent?

Any word on if Barbosa is coming back?

It's an extra year with the coach.  They've got some freshmen, but I'd say its natural progress for them.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Is there any news on the conference realignment front? Any idea what the new conference is going to call itself, etc?

From everything I've heard, I'd expect official news soon.  Although I also would have said the same thing a month ago.  I'm not sure what's holding everything up.

The post got noticed.  I've now heard that everything is official, but there will be no press release.  The nine teams that were going to leave to form the new conference are simply staying in the CCC with ENC.  They'll be a ten team conference next year with a double round-robin (18 game) conference schedule for basketball.

[scout]

Is there any news on the conference realignment front? Any idea what the new conference is going to call itself, etc?

From everything I've heard, I'd expect official news soon.  Although I also would have said the same thing a month ago.  I'm not sure what's holding everything up.

The post got noticed.  I've now heard that everything is official, but there will be no press release.  The nine teams that were going to leave to form the new conference are simply staying in the CCC with ENC.  They'll be a ten team conference next year with a double round-robin (18 game) conference schedule for basketball.

Well, that is just a little anticlimactic... When these teams said that they would leave to form a new conference, I thought they would create a charter based on some sort of position they felt wasn't being supported by the current conference.

In the end, this is almost a non-story, except that a few teams left (got kicked out).

[CCC Talk]

From what I understand with my limited connection to the situation. ENC retained the CCC's automatic bid basically as a 1 team conference. The 9 breakaway schools then had to petition them to be let back into the CCC so there would be an automatic bid instead of 2 years without one.  ENC had to take them because you need 7 teams for a bid.

This basically came about because the administrations at a few schools think they are operating on a level higher than they are

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

From what I understand with my limited connection to the situation. ENC retained the CCC's automatic bid basically as a 1 team conference. The 9 breakaway schools then had to petition them to be let back into the CCC so there would be an automatic bid instead of 2 years without one.  ENC had to take them because you need 7 teams for a bid.

This basically came about because the administrations at a few schools think they are operating on a level higher than they are

I imagine it was a bit more conciliatory than you make it sound, but I do think ENC held a strong bargaining position on this one.

I was not and am not privvy to the thoughts of the "breakaway" schools, but I suspect they were looking to drop some dead weight and, in a roundabout way, succeeded.

For what its worth, officially the schools never left.  I believe technically announcing your intention to leave the conference is not the same as actually leaving.  They basically rescinded their intention.

I'm sure ENC could have fought it, if they wanted to build their own conference, but this outcome does make the most sense for everyone.

I do like that we're back to a full round robin and have done away with the divisions.  It's a bit sad to lose CSC, what with all the bad memories, but I'm happy with the outcome.

[high flyer 21]

Thanks to the "elite" who wanted to disassociate with smaller colleges in the conference, we know have lost one of the finest institutions we've ever had: Colby-Sawyer.  I guess the coaches of the other schools will at least have a better chance at winning the CCC in the future now that they're gone.

[uconn05]

You have it backwards, CSC chose not to stay.  They had the opportunity but decided against it.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

CSC was the honorable one that wouldn't succeed secretly.  They found another confernence and that's certainly a loss, but I much prefer 10 teams.

[high flyer 21]

Directly from Colby-Sawyer's Campus Communications newletter issued April 16, 2010:

"On April 5, 2010, an announcement about the formation of a new conference was released by nine TCCC institutions including Curry, Gordon, Endicott, Nichols, Roger Williams, Salve Regina, the University of New England, Wentworth and Western New England. Following the announcement, Colby-Sawyer officially submitted application for membership in this new alliance and was denied entry as a charter member."

If Colby-Sawyer was invited to join the new conference, it seems odd that they would subsequently be denied

[tcccfan2010]

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