MBB: Conference of New England

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Gordon is soliciting teams for their tip-off tournament.  I guess the schedule on the website is not as accurate as we would have thought.


Coach Shauer also stated that Gordon is "20 minutes north of downtown Boston."  I hope Joe doesn't let him drive the teams to games, I doubt the insurance company would like that.  Twenty minutes?  He really must drive like me.

[john]

 andrew is going to play in the bbl div.2 on a team called the northampton neptunes.two year deal..have not been able to find out to much about them yet.........

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I think its wise to go somewhere they speak English; it makes a lot of sense, especially for a first experience.

It seems like a solid squad (they certainly like to run) and probably in a place to be noticed by other teams if he does well.  Congrats on that.  I'm not aware of any other CCC alums who went overseas; this is a nice accomplishment.

[joehakes]

We don't have our 2007-08 schedule posted yet, so it's hard to gauge accuracy at this point.   

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Right, right.  Dates have always confused me, especially those ones with four digits.

[joehakes]

HF,

Let's keep your dating life out of this discussion.   

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Anna Maria finally put up the scores from last season on their website (which by the way is now shiny and new) maybe we'll get some better info out of them this year (although it seems like I say that every year about this time).

No one new has a schedule up (although ENC's website isn't working right now, but I doubt they are that on the ball).

[d3bballinboston]

Regis College just announced that they are going Co-ed for Fall of 07-08.  I bet Basketball will be the first Men's Sport they add

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

That was expected, although announcing one year out is a pretty bold move.  That will give the conference fourteen on both sides as of next fall.

The WNEC thing still intruiges me.  Essentially they fall into the North division (with Regis in the South already), but they aren't close to any CCC school and certainly not to any of the North schools.  Just odd.


I still think there may be some big shake-ups before the 07-08 season starts.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

NEC has a new website and a 2006-2007 schedule up already.  They make number #6 for the conference.  We took a look at EC, GC, SRU, WIT and UNE earlier in the summer.

NEC has again scheduled a weak slate on non-con games so their overall record has a chance of looking presentable.  They did add Keene State and I don't know who will be at their tip-off tourney.  However, if they return their core from last season, they could have a decent shot to win some games in the CCC.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Word from ENC is that they are positive on the new coach.  They think he will let the guys play more and move away from the structured offense that Zink used.  However, there is not a lot of help in the way of new players.  A tall guy who isn't that good and a decent PG.

It will be interesting to see how they fare in the South, as none of the teams lost all that much this off-season.

[akirk]

Hey does anyone have any news?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I'm getting nothing from anywhere.  Either my contacts are drying up or there really is nothing going on right now.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

CSC has released their schedule for the upcoming year.

They are still going to the Brandeis Tip-off Tournament and they're still in the Granite State Shootout, but other than that, they've toned down the non-con as they reload.  They are at a tournament at UMASS-Boston, then they host Bowdoin, Middlebury and Lesley in the non-con.

It's not a cupcake schedule by any means, but certainly a little less ambitious than the past few seasons.

We've also (suprise, suprise) got a schedule from NEC.  This might be a good sign.  They're hosting a tip-off tournament and will also be at the Granite State Shootout.  Then they have home contests against Rivier, Castleton, Newbury and Thomas along with road games at Johnson State and Daniel Webster.  It won't give them a very good QOWI number, but if their young talent remains intact, it could be a good season for NEC.  It's not the most challenging schedule to say the least, but if they run the non-con and hold their own in the CCC, we could see quite a bit of improvement.

Roger Williams has their schedule up as well.  They're hosting a tip-off tourney, and playing JWU, Coast Guard, UMASS-D, Wesleyan and Wheaton for the non-con.  Solid regional competition.  Probably an average schedule.  Coast Guard is supposed to be much improved this year, so that could be a telling game.


Still waiting on slates from Nichols, ENC, Curry and Anna Maria.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

There has got to be some news from pick-up games at this point right?  Somebody give us something.  What's going on up at good old Gordon?  Where are all those GC homers now?