MBB: Conference of New England

[dwebbs]

Gordon beats Roger Williams 58-40. Is this a good win for them, or should I wait to see how much they could beat AMC by before I say that?

[wishingwell70]

I've been scare this year but for those of you who remember me from last year this statement I'm going to make may come as a bit of a surprise...and it also pains me to say it...but here it is:

Gordon will win the CCC tourney this year and they will beat EC.

[cant dog]

Gordon is a strong team.  Handling RWU as they did without starter/captain Logan and without #6 man Mark Beebe shows what 'stuff' they are made out of.
I am waiting for freshman DeLuca to light it up like he did in HS with 30 - 40 points in many games.  Not that he would put up those numbers but at some point he will have a point per minute played.
The three losses Gordon has had have all been away and they led in two of those games almost the whole time.  I did not get to the Endicott game but it seems as though it was their worst one of the year.
I saw the MIT game and the crowd seemed to realize that the home team would put one up in the loss column.
Go GORDON, light it up and do what needs to be done.

[gordon]

dwebbs...It's ok...relax.  Gordon is doing great and has a good chance to win the conference.  Why do you think people where so excited that CSC beat AMC? They lost six games in a row.  They would have been happy beating the girls team.  Remember they are use to winning.  In the last eleven years they have played in seven championships winning four of them.  Gordon could be a role model and show them how to lose with humilty, b/c correct me if I am wrong, but Gordon has been to zero championships in the last eleven years.

Gordon has always had loyal fan support even through some of the rougher years.  It would be nice for them to nab a title.  Hey dwebbs, maybe the coach will let you cut down part of the net. 

[24/7/365]

Curry needed everyone of his points to beat a very good ENC team.

hahahahahaha....  r u serious?!

[AJ]

At this point in the year Endicott is still the favorite to win the CCC. Until Gordon proves that they can beat EC they still have to be considered underdogs for taking the CCC title.  While Gordon seems to be playing very well right now, I think the match on 31 will be the real test to see how good they actually are at this point in the year. 

[the_cru]

24/7/365

Yes he is serious.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Relax coach, all I heard from everyone is that Lamb has more talent than anyone has seen in the CCC, but he just wasn't playing at his best against ENC.  I think its a testament to the guy that he can score 36 and still have more to give.  I'm not down on him, I'm just letting people know what everyone I talked to had to say about him.

I'll post my weekend recap in a little while.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

AMC 63 EC 82  McDonald had 15 and Sadlowski 14 with 7 assists for AMC, which is scoring more of late.  EC played thier bench a lof of minutes in this one, probably accounting for AMC's high scoring.  Marinkovic had 15, George had 14, Sullivan went for 12 and 9 off the bench, Ellis had 12 with seven assists and Corbett had 11 points.  AMC continued to do a good job handling the ball with only 10 turnovers.  EC shot 50% and held AMC to 37%.  Pretty typical ball game.  EC got good bench minutes in this one.

CSC 58 SRU 54 in Rhode Island.  I'm CSC would have liked a better showing here, but they came out with the w, and I guess they'll take it.  St. Clair had 22 as the only Charger in double figures.  Coute had 14 for SRU, Rego had 13 and Grendal had 11.  CSC held Salve's vaunted three point shooting to under 30% and their FG% under 40%, but they got outrebounded and had 17 turnovers.  I guess they haven't quite gotten it all together just yet.  If not for St. Clair going 10-10 from the floor, they would have been sunk.  He did miss a bunch of FT, maybe time for a phone call to your boy there john.  Good show though, St Clair is stepping up when they need him, now they just need to get the rest of the guys back on track.  Props to SRU as well, they seem to have prepared and executed well for their shot at CSC.

UNE 49 CC 48 in Milton.  Tough home loss for Curry.  McManus had 17, Stickney went 11 and 11.  Lamb had 18 and Mohrin had 15 for Curry, still no sign of Bartelle.  Curry shot horrible and was just demolished on the boards.  It seems like this CC team should be able to rebound, but its just not happening.  Curry was down nine at the half and mounted an admirable second half comeback, but couldn't seal the deal.  Two close games in a row spells trouble for CC unless they can get Bartelle back and on board with the system quickly.  Any chance his absence is due to grades?

RWU 40 GC 58.  Big win for GC and by a solid margin.  They are really staking their claim.  The EC rematch should be one for the ages.  No one got to double figures for RWU.  Parrish had the best game with 8 points and 5 rebounds.  Herr had 21 and Kauffman had 14 for Gordon.  Both teams shot pretty well, but GC hit the boards and doubled up RWU in rebounds.  Gordon also shot 50% from the floor which spelled the difference.  Good, solid win for the Scots.

WIT 70 NEC 77.  Quinn led the way for NEC with 26; Onyechi had 19 and 12 and Jaziri also put in 19 points of his own.  NEC rebounded well, shot 50% from the floor and went 23-25 on FTs.  WIT had 19 from Hall and 17 from Prezzie-Blue.  They couldn't hit the three and it cost them.  Nice, tight game.  The home teams each won in this matchup; these appear to be the contenders for the #4 spot up North.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Tuesday's Games:

NC @ AMC
WIT @ CSC
RWU @ ENC
UNE @ EC
GC @ NEC
CC @ Newbury

[akirk]

Does anyone have any thoughts on tonight's games?  I am looking forward to see how WIT plays against CSC.  Does anyone think WIT is going to do anything this year?  They started off nice against some suspect teams but have tailed off since.  This game might give us some insight.  Other than that I think the rest of the schedule is cut and dry.  All the favorites will win.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I think WIT is much improved and they have a lot of young talent, but they are still no better than 4th up North, but they might have a little bit more luck with the South teams than in seasons past.

[24/7/365]

WIT has been very quite this year.  PB & J seems to be enjoying his sophomore slump, and no one else, apparently, is stepping up to counter act that.  Weren't they suppose to have some hot new recruit who would help them battle this year?  I'm not sure, I think I heard that this pre-season however.  I'm sure they can claw their way into the 4th seed this year.  But what does that really mean?  It just prolongs the inevitable and infringes on your spring break schedule.

[broke_ya_ankles]

Todd Doyle I think his name is and hes second on the team in scoring and leads the team in assists as a freshmen...could be good

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

He was the "big" CCC recruit this year, being all-state in Connecticut.  But then again, I didn't give him much creedence as Geoff Baranger was the "big" recruit last year and he did squat (albeit is much improved this season).

Doyle seems to be getting it done and more than that, he seems to have instilled enough confidence in the scoring options that Prezzie-Blue is actually passing the ball this year, something he rarely, if ever, did last season.  I think that willingness to play team oriented offense is what accounts for a lot of the improvements.