MBB: Conference of New England

[john]

 well i for one think csc will win. i do like maq diesels thoughts about thorpe and george, it should be fun to watch. if st.clair can control the boards and bray and buttersworth play like they did thurs night and the bench fills in it should be no contest..i think the key to the whole games is going to be turnovers,the less means a win!!!!! oh ya, one added factor i like..st.clair as a rookie was a ccc win over ec for the championship,i know he wants to end his college playing the same way he started......

[joehakes]

The men's championship game for tonight has been postponed until tomorrow (Sunday) at 2:00 p.m. at Endicott.  Snow between Colby-Saywer and Endicott has made travel dangerous.

[gordon]

cstrike, I somewhat understand why you might be mad.  Your're right, they're are other confereneces that are alot better and Deserve more at large bids.  I agree.  But, why do you hate so much that Gordon might have a chance at getting in the tournament.  This could be the highlight of some of these kids D3 Basketball Careers.  And more importantly, who cares....Why do you care so much?  In a couple of years nobody will even remember who made the tournament or who didn't.  Who crapped in your cornflakes.
It is D3 basketball.  Making the NCAA tournament does not give you a ticket to having a good job, good family, good life when you graduate, now is it.  Twenty years from now when you encounter tough times (and I am not wishing that upon you, hopefully that does not happen to you) why not blame it on Gordon College taking that extra at large bid away from your school. 
Do you understand.  We are not ignorant of the fact of better schools.

Let me put it in lamen terms for you.  If you get offered a job paying $200,000/yr in a place that you want to be, are you going to tell the boss, "um, you should probably look for a kid from an Ivy League School".  No, if you have any balls you step up to the plate, and are greatful for the oppurtunity and make the most of it.

Are You Following.....So Yes there are better teams, yes you are smarter, get better looking girls, can bench more, but ...if Gordon gets the oppurtunity, they will make the most of it.

And if they get spanked by 20..30 so be it.   

Lastly I think you just need a hug.  It's ok.  If Gordon gettin into the NCAA is the worst thing you are dealing with right now in your life, then  you're doing ok.  Keep your head up. 

[gordon]

Hey did Gordon College cut somebody this year?  B/C somebody registered 2/23 at 8:30.   I called my good friend Jessica Fletcher and she said that was around the time that Gordon lost to CSC. 
I also don't think it's a person from the CCC B/C are you ready, cstrike.....what did the pharisees say about Jesus when he cast demons out of people? 2.  What did Jesus reply....Come on you can figure it out...couple minutes on the internet...Or simply using your reading comprehension skills...OR simply knowing a little bit about the most popular read book in the world. 

So, why would a week CCC conference, crap on a team getting, I believe, the first ever at large bid.

So what did you get cut.  Please tell....I'm so interested to find the root of fury.   

[nescac04]

Well Tufts won in OT against Trin. Amherst handled Bates by 20, yikes. I think things are looking for Gordon's chances. As for today, Endicott's played well in the playoffs, this should be a good game. If CSC's ahead at the break, I say they walk away with it. For those of you who happen to be at the game today, updates would be appreciated. Thanks.

[cstrike]

Nope, can't say I got cut by Gordon, because first off, I used up my eligibility a long time ago.....  had a very good career playing at a real school.

Why do I hate Gordon so much?  Perhaps it's that "holier than thou" attitude they have about everything (yes, I realize that's a religious school, but that's no excuse).  Perhaps it's the fact that they pack their schedule with crap teams and hide their way into the tournament.  From looking at their schedules, Roger Williams, CSC and Endicott haven't ducked away from tough teams this year.  Sure, their records may not be all that sparkling, but that's how you earn respect.  Someone needs to put you Gordos back into your place.

My problem with them being awarded an at-large bid is that such a bid would be based on mediocrity, not on actual accomplishment.  The problem with the "national championship" is that it isn't actually that.  Instead of the best teams in the nation getting in, to go region by region, that simply penalizes those regions with actual ability.  The other issue that I have with it is by regionalizing the tournament games, you won't get to see just how far behind New England is compared to the rest of the country.  Sure, there's 3-4 good teams up there, but how does that compare to the Midwest or Great Lakes, where there's easily 20 teams in each region that are better teams.  Their only flaw is happening to be situated in a region with the class of the country.

Oh, and if anyone was confused by the astronomical cost of actually attending one of those institutions of lower learning, this isn't the Ivy League.  Proof of that is easily found with the lack of writing skill shown by some of Gordon's finest.  Way to represent your "fine" institution there, fellas.

[gordon]

Cstirke your arguement is well put about basketball.  I agree that makes sense.  I also agree about the easy schedule and how it's not fair to CSC or EC.  Look at my earlier posts.  I called CSC beating Salve, Gordon, and EC.  My team is CSC.  Where did you play and when.  Did you play in NE? 

[24/7/365]

I know who cstrike is!  He's that kid who got denied admittance to GC when he was a senior in H.S.

All he ever wanted to do was to go to GC and star as the best GC basketball player of all time.  Living in Ipswich, MA, cstrike new he was a shoe in for GC and their bball program.  All that was halted however, as his 2.31 gpa was laughed at by GC's admissions.

He was forced to go to the North Shore community college, because he didn't apply anywhere else. After being there for a year, the closest thing to GC was ENC.  So he made the trek to Boston, only to become the "other" Christian school in the CCC, or as I like to call it, the red headed step child.  There, for 3 years, he was forced to play against the team he grew up idolizing.  His failures were thrown in his face every time the two teams went at it. 

Now at the bitter age of whatever, cstrike is finally able to lash out at GC, through the most noble, and brave, and masculine way ever, by posting on D3hoops!  Here he is able to say all the things he has been wanting to say since the day that letter came in the mail that read, "Dear Tommy, we regret to inform you that your application has been denied." 

The hate inside has been bottled up for too long, now it must be released.  And there is no better place to let it flow, than on a site that contains people who have no influence in D3 basketball at all!  Cstrike is the smartest, most cunning poster to ever hit the CCC posting site.  He is so quick with his sarcastic remarks that everyone is forced to retreat to their homepage for fear of falling victim. 

Cstrike, congratulations, you are a douche bag!

Oh and uh by the way, where's your talk about GC not getting in anymore.  Apparently your ENC education has failed you once again, and all you are left with is the ability to cut down others in hopes of making them equal with you.  But hey, your life seems amazing, I know I speak for everyone when I say, we are jealous.  How's Dorchester treating you these days?

[CCC Fan]

ENDICOTT COLLEGE 65, COLBY-SAWYER COLLEGE 56

[broke_ya_ankles]

the clear difference was the George/Thorpe match up....Thorpe was held scoreless while George went for 22.  Ellis chipped in with a solid 12 points all from long range, and nemanja did his thing finishing with 16 points and 12 boards.

st clair finished with 14 and 11 leaving him i think 2 rebounds shy of 1,000....jeez gotta hope he gets 1 more game in their with an ECAC bid....

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Thorpe didn't play well and they went down.  I guess he really was the X factor.

Just a few short hours and we can see if Gordon does indeed make it into the field of 59.

[Maq Diesel]

I think St. Clair only need 11 boards to reach a 1000 and he got that, but either way he will be playing in the ECAC and he should pack on a little more to his already impressive stats.  The difference in the EC v. CSC game was the outside shooting for CSC, it was not there.  George played well for EC and Ellis didn't play great but he hit some HUGE 3-pointers down the stretch that keep a charging CSC team at bay.  Thorpe could have not shown up and had a bigger impact for CSC.  Matt Spanos had a great game for CSC but that wasnt enough.  So some it up EC just played better and they are going dancing.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

By my count he needed 13, but I'm sure he'll get into the ECACs, especially with Gordon and Endicott in the NCAA.

I liked how Bray seemed to step up in his last game, a shame these Seniors couldn't pull it out.

So for you guys who were there, did Thorpe just lay an egg or did EC find a way to shut him down?  It certainly looked like he got plenty of shots, but couldn't hit anything.

[Maq Diesel]

St. Clair was 24 short before the Gordon game I think, and he had 13 vs GC and 11 today.  As for Thorpe he had open looks he just want hitting, EC did play great defence.  There was few minuet stretch where CSC was jacking up 3's, some open, some not and they were hitting nothing, they just shoot the ball poorly all day, as the numbers show.

[cstrike]

I'm running out to work all night.... if Gordon makes it in, I'll post my apology to you Gordos in the morning.

You know, so you don't think I'm hiding or anything....  Some of us actually have real jobs and have a real life.

Oh, and St. Clair was 26 short coming into the Gordon game.  Hoops is right, he's two short for now.