MBB: Conference of New England

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Yeah, we all understand, its just when speculating on the post-season this early, you kind of have to assume teams will win out.  GC is really our only option for hosting, unless they some other team wins and Amherst gets a bye, but I doubt that will happen.

[24/7/365]

Puh-lease, half game, full game, semantics.  Also I don't believe I, or anyone have said anything to indicate that GC has already won anything.  They have to go to WIT, NC and play CC in their finally.  How bout we don't put words into others mouths' there friend.

[617primetime]

24/7/365

Thanks for the info, it appears they've really come together as the season has progressed. Is that FG% Defense or Opp. PPG?

[roy_williams]

they rank in field goal pct on defense.

gordon does much the same tonight, suffocating NEC's offense and cruising to the big win (as in margin) Marstaller was huge inside, Herr had 4blks, and Schnackenberg had a terrific game off the bench. Vogelzang, the Boris Diaw of D3, was steady for the Scots once again.

ill let those who were there expound on the rest, although it was just another hu-hum victory for the Scots as the train keeps on rolling toward homecourt advantage. Magic Number 4.

[Maq Diesel]

Roy you should be glad you were not there the game was so boring it was not even fun.  Gordon did not play particularly well in this one and but NEC is just awful and didn't even pose a threat.  Marstaller had 17 points in the first half on 8-9 shooting and absolutly owned whoever NEC tried to have guard him.  Shnackenberg had his best game yet this year and maybe in his college career.  NEC just couldn't defend at all and had GC played to their potential they could have won by 50 points no doubt about it.  GC is at Nichols on saturday and then they host UNE Tuesday, are at WIT Thursday and then finish out the regular season at home against Curry, I am looking forward to a fun last week of the season.

[dsd bag]

Roy,

First of all, I am a Duke fan, but if you are going to share the name with the North Carolina coach, who happens to be an extremely good coach (obviously), then please at least have some idea what you are talking about.  Volgelzang being compared to Boris Diaw?  Are you serious?  That is probably the worst comparison that I have ever heard.  Please tell me that you were just excited over the "BIG WIN" that Gordon just got over NEC.  I mean, I understand that all the Gordon fans' heads are swollen over the fact that they are having their best season in recent memory, but that doesnt mean anything once the playoffs start, whether they have home court or not.  And another thing, if Gordon is going to be ranked for their Field Goal % defense, then where is the mention of Endicott beacuse according to the CCC website, EC is at .394 and GC is at .403, sooooooooooo I believe that means Endicott should be ranked above them, but that would mean that you would have to admit that EC is better than you beloved Gordon at some aspect of the game, and that would be too much to ask huh?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

And Roy wins again this year by sucking the newbies into arguments over rediculous statements that neither side can ever hope to win.

I have to hand it to you Roy, its entertaining.  Also, you did get me to bite when this all started, so I have to give some respect.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Thursday night wrap-up:

CC 75 NC 47.  It looks like Curry is officially back in it.  Vallee had 13 for Nichols.  Lamb scored 25, Mohrin had 11 and 9 with 3 steals and 4 assists.  Bartelle got 12 off the bench.  Lamb and Bartelle still haven't started together since Bartelle has been back.  This is an interesting development.  I really wonder what sort of internal politics is going on.  Curry shot 55% to Nichols' 26% (and 5-28 from three...ouch).  Curry only committed six turnovers and had seven steals.  Dominant performance by Curry, although just about anybody could have won if their opponents played like NC did.

GC 84 NEC 56.  Another big win for Gordon.  Montrod had 11; Jaziri had 12 for NEC.  Marstaller had 23 and 7, Schackenberg had 19 off the bench in 17 minutes and Vogelzang had 11.  The starters all played 30 minutes; I guess they wanted to make sure they wouldn't be rusty for these pushover games coming up. GC rebounded, shot well, played good defense and hit their threes.  The only down side was 16 turnovers, gotta get that number down by playoff time.

UNE goes down to St. Joe's of Maine 46-57.  No box score (which is odd, UNE is good about getting them up normally).

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Academic All-Region teams were announced yesterday.  Making the first team makes you elligible for academic all-american status:

District 1
First team: St. Clair, CSC
Second team: Parrish, RWU and Coute, SRU

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

This weekend's games:

NEC @ RWU
CC @ EC
UNE @ SRU
GC @ NC
CSC @ WIT


Curry hung tough with CSC last week and Endicott is not exactly playing well right now; this could be a good one.  Meanwhile the race down South is heating up and Salve needs every win they can get.

[roy_williams]

yes, i apologise. by field goal pct i meant scoring defense. i messed up my facts. Gordon is ranked 4 in scoring defense. 40th in FG%. wups.

i'm really shocked to hear you're a duke fan. it is really suprising someone from EC would like Duke. however, the shock is nothing compared to the shock that exists over you refuting, nay, out-right thorwing out the fact that Gordon doesn't have future NBA players on their roster? Are you serious? How can you not believe this? Man.

guys. c'mon. why aren't there more people amped about Gordon's win last night. I MEAN IT WAS SOOOOOOOOO HUGE! really, if i have learned one thing from sports it's that if you beat bad teams, it definately means you're a great team. if you beat up on bad teams that should be the #1 defining characteristic used to determine if your team is great. i don't know, i guess i was sooo jacked over the win last night. sorry guys.

oh and lets not forget we beat NEC at home by 28 and EC only beat them by 8 so that means we are 20 pts better!!!!!! we are soo better than endicott. in every area.

MY HEAD EXPLODED!

[24/7/365]

As  GC fans experiencing a year unlike any other year GC has experienced before, are we not allowed a little swelling?  We are accomplishing things, and setting milestones no other GC team, in the history of the program, has done.  Some might us the old saying, "Act like you've been there."  Well, we have never been there, so we don't know what that would consist of.  So we're going to do the best we can, and if we come across as overly excited, we are.

Oh, and by the way.  Apparently you guys didn't know that Vogelzang practices with Diaw at Cameron Indoor every summer.  Just thrown' that out there.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

It's true, we sometimes forget how bad and for a while mediocre Gordon was for so long.  They have been hovering in that North #3 spot for a while and have truly taken a step forward this year.  They did play less of a non-conference schedule than both CSC and EC, but they've beaten each one once (with a sweep over CSC) and that generally tells the level of play a team is at.

Sure, their fans will pimp them hard and the rivals will down them, but we have to agree they are improved over last year.

[akirk]

dsd bag

There is a big difference between being ranked nationally and just taking the CCC rankings. 

Does anyone know how bad Logan's injury is.  I was at the game last night (the first since he got hurt) and he seemed very limited in his quickness and shooting range.  Its a big telling sign when your best defender has three fouls with over 10 minutes left in the second half.  Considering he usually only has two a game.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

From what I hear its just a matter of getting his conditioning back up and into top form.  A lot of the quickness leaves you after 25 minutes on the floor if you're not in the right shape.  I'm sure he'll be back and ready by playoff time.