MBB: Conference of New England

[akirk]

I am predicting that NEC will end up with the 4th seed with a 7-9 CCC record.  WIT will just miss out on the playoffs with a 6-10 CCC record.

[d3bballinboston]

curry just pulled out a squeaker at Newbury college and won by like 6 i think it was.

CC is way over-rated.  Lamb not impressive.. doesn't know how to get open when being guarded by a good defender.  Newbury held him to no points first half i think

was a good defensive battle though with a lot of 3's being chucked by both sides.

[Maq Diesel]

Gordon wins big at NEC 76-46.  The two teams were tied at the half with 24 each.  GC came out in the second half with a 12-0 run and coasted home from there.  The Scots were led by Vogelzang 13 and 5, Kaufman had 12 and Herr and Marstaller both scored 11.  There were some good bench minuets in this one for GC.  NEC was led by Ryan Jaziri their only player in double figures.  Next up for the Scots is Newbury at home on Thursday night.

[akirk]

D3hoops got the score wrong for the WIT-CSC game.  CSC won not WIT. 

Nice win for GC but they have to win these type of games big.  It's just great to see that GC is winning the games they are suppose to unlike in years pass.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

NC 94 AMC 68.  Big win for Nichols.  No boxscore that I can find.  They are getting into good form for the run.

WIT 60 CSC 81.  D3hoops did indeed get it backwards, but its not their fault because generally schools input their own scores.  I was worried when I first saw that score; I couldn't figure any way CSC could lose to WIT by that much.  St clair went for 11 and 10, only getting 7 shots from the floor.  Truncellito had 16, Butterworth 14 and 10 for Thorpe.  Brian Gaine had 15 for WIT.  WIT shot horribly and missed free throws.  It looks like CSC is getting their defense in gear.

RWU 79 ENC 66.  This one was never close.  Camobrecco had 27 points, 5 assists and 6 steals.  Barret had 10 and 6 assists and Parrish put in 10 as well.  Luc Jasmin continued his run of good play with 26 for ENC.  Marcellus had 10 points and Jean-Noel had 6 assists.  ENC had 23 turnovers, 16 of them on RWU steals.  Both teams shot pretty well, although ENC struggled from the arc.  I think ENC needs to work on ballhandling before they will beat anyone but AMC.

UNE 46 EC 63.  McManus had 12 and Stickney had 10.  UNE shot awful, presumably because of EC's perimeter defense.  EC continues to just dominate teams.  Sullivan got 11 points and Ellis had 10.  EC got the end of their bench some good PT again.  They are just looking so strong right now.  It will be nice to see them face a decent team soon.

GC 76 NEC 46.  Gordon continues their great play as well.  I think they are proving that win over CSC was no lucky night.  NEC is a good squad with lots of weapons and all of them were silenced.  Jaziri had 13.  GC was led by Vogelzang's 13, 12 from Kaufman and 11 each from Herr and Marstaller.  They were even able to hit the boards and outrebound NEC as well as forcing 20 turnovers.  It looks like we have three really good teams rounding into form.

CC 64 Newbury 56.  I can't buy that Lamb isn't that good.  He's incredible, but it really seems like he's mailing it in at this point.  With the chemistry explosion they have gone through since the break, I don't think they have a chance to compete and I doubt Lamb does either.  I wouldn't be all that excited about giving my best effort if I were in his spot.  I'd be pretty upset that I even came back for this last semester.    He did have 16 last night, Mohrin had 19 and Largesse had 13.  Sure they should have smacked Newbury around, but CC has been flat awful the last wekk or so.

[All-around]

Lamb is a talented palyer, but not  a leader. It seems that in the last two years when Lamb is there they somehow get worse, or just dont improve at all.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

The problem is the last two years in that Bartelle seems to be offended by the fact that he isn't the go-to guy on every play when Lamb is around.  If Wynn could somehow get those guys to play together, they would be incredible.

[Trueball38]

Lamb and Bartelle work great together and your wrong he is a leader it's just that he really doesn't have great followers.  This season isn't over and I personally think that they will turn it around.  Bartelle needs to remember that Lamb is the number one option on the team and makes it easier for him to get his shots, but your right when they work together then they would be unstoppable, but until bartelle gets back which I hear might be next week against Salve then we will see how things look for Wynn and the Colonels.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

So do we have a final word as to why Bartelle is out?  Was it grades? Injury?  Did I miss something?

[24/7/365]

GC has been winning lately with what appears to be an EC like style.  Instead of the main guys, Herr and Marstaller, being the focal point of the offense.  Coach Schauer has begun evenly distributing the ball to all the on court players, which then forces the opposing team to be more aware of a Beebe, De Luca, Vogelzang and Marino.  Rebounding has become a matter of emphasis (as well all knew it would eventually become), and transition basketball has moved to the forefront.

While GC has been playing well, they have to continue to keep their head on a swivel.  Because as my boy Ron Burgandy would say, "You never know when you'll find yourself in a vicious cock-fight."  With games against EC, CSC, a sporadic Newbury and a possible trap game against Nichols, they have no room to breathe for the rest of the year.  But that being said, Schauer is very good at keeping his players level headed and focused on their games at hand.  He'll have them ready for Newbury tomorrow and WIT on Saturday.  Only after those two games have ended, will he begin verbally focusing them on "The Clash on the North Shore."

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

It's true, we have three very strong contenders in the North.  For the first time in a while we just don't know who will come out on top.  It will also make the tournament very exciting.  Nothing but good things this year for CCC hoops.

[Trueball38]

Well hoops fan the answer to your question is Bartelle was out due to grades, and they expect him back soon I think.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

So this is an issue of incompletes from first semester?  I'm not sure why he would be out for just a few weeks in January.

[Maq Diesel]

I have a question about ineligibility due to grades.  My understanding is that if you do not meet the minimum GPA requirements or have incompletes you are done until grades come out again, so basically next year.  I know Gordon is very focused on academics but if you have incompletes, making them up shows up at the end of the semester that you complete your work, is this not the case for all schools?  I don't really care but it seems suspect that if it is grades the he would only miss a few weeks.   Unless Curry has a J term in which he could bring his GPA up.  Anyone know more about this?

[24/7/365]

I know for GC the rule is, if u fall under the required GPA set by GC's governing body, you are unable to be cleared for sports until the realse of the next official grades, i.e. the end of the following semester.  Thus, your season would officially end for that basketball year.  But that is not to say that CC has remotely the same policy as GC.  But hopefully this will shed an ounce of light into how the grade arena works, for GC atleast.