MBB: Conference of New England

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

We should call theses awards the "Coasties."  We have given out two thus far, worst warm up mix and hoops Rip Van award.  I gotta try to think of one.

Just to clarify, the award is called "Incredible Fading Man."  Rip Van Winkle was merely the nickname I gave to Nick Farynaz who has actually shown up to help his team after two years of floundering in mediocre anonymity.

[Jim Rome Of The CCC]

and we are baaaaaaaaaack

It's all been said about the EC-GC showdown....a 4 point play.....freaking ridiculous....good for the gulls.

How about Hoops Fan running some smack on Brandon Parrish.....I'm loving the idea of the coastie awards.....phenominal

We have an email here.....

...Dear Jim......you guys don't talk enough about Gary Corbett.......signed......Gary Corbett's roomate.......war Mike Plansky..........I've had about enough of the Corbett talk.....good player....sure he's a fine human being....but why are we talking about random 6th men....let's start talking for pages on end about Mike Wooley ......or Jermaine Baskerville......ridiculous

Let's talk about player of the year because I know you clones love running smack about various awards.....I think there are 3 legitimate canididates stilll......Marinkovich has to be the front runner....Prezzie-Blue has been downright carrying the crew from Boston all year and Marstaller will get some run as well. Will be interesting to see.....all I know is once it's announced I'm going to have to come on here and see fans crying.....Gordon fans crying if Nemanja or Blue wins......EC fans crying if Marstaller or Blue wins....if Wentworth had fans I'm they'd be crying as well.....but you know what as Dan Hawkins said "ITS DIVISION 3 BASKETBALL!"

We really need to establish post game pressers in this league so we could have heard Mike Schauer's thoughts on the EC-GC game:

"The Gulls are what we THOUGHT they were! And we let em off the hook! We played em in January....the GULLS ARE WHAT WE THOUGHT THEY WERE...if you wanna crown em then CROWN THEIR HEINEYS*!"

*Gordon edit, sorry Dennis Green

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Shhhh.  Jermaine Baskerville is one of the top contenders for next year's "Incredible Fading Man" award.  We don't want those getting out to early and providing motivation for these guys to contribute on a higher level next season (this means you, Josh Carter).

[dwebbs]

Nichols head coach Dave Sokolnicki for funniest faces during a game?

[Pat Coleman]

I know you clones

Takes one to know one ...

[Maq Diesel]

RWU loses to Nichols, Endicott loses to NEC, Gordon over AMC, Salve over ENC, Curry over WIT.   Gordon clinches first in the North and Curry and RWU could be tied with a Curry win on Saturday, and I am not sure about who has the tie breakers.  Interesting night to say the least.

[BrianScalabrine]

NEC over Endicott.... Marinkovich shut down and scared?

[chicken marstaller]

aww ....  endicott lost to nec 82-70. i guess corbett didn't find burton for a 12 point and 1 in the final seconds to bail them out of this one.

[number1chargerfan]

Shhhh.  Jermaine Baskerville is one of the top contenders for next year's "Incredible Fading Man" award.  We don't want those getting out to early and providing motivation for these guys to contribute on a higher level next season (this means you, Josh Carter).

Hoops fan...Josh Carter has been out for the majority of the season with a hand/wrist injury..he had a screw put in last week..so I could imagine he would have some trouble contributing in street clothes from the bench..the team was in the top 5 in the conference in both assists and assist/turnover ratio before he went down. Just clarifying

Also if were giving out Incredible Fading Man awards..why not just stick with the entire Eastern Naz squad? They can't seem to hold up a lead unless its a meaningless game against the best team in the Conference (RWU).

Also can anyone give us a playoff picture?

Lets Go Chargers

[anECfan]

aww ....  endicott lost to nec 82-70. i guess corbett didn't find burton for a 12 point and 1 in the final seconds to bail them out of this one.-Chicken Marstaller

12 point And1...real creative...banners...that's all I have to say.

[dwebbs]

Also can anyone give us a playoff picture?

Since I'm a qualified Gordon fan who has nothing else to do except look at numbers, why don't I answer that question before I go to bed.

The North is set...
1. Gordon 12-3
2. Endicott 11-4
3. Wentworth 9-6
4. Colby Sawyer 8-8

The South is not...
1. Curry 10-5 (Sat vs. AMC)
2. Roger Williams 10-6
3. Salve Regina 8-7 (Sat @ EC)
4. Nichols 8-7 (Sat vs. NEC)

-Should Curry lose at home Sat. against AMC, the lose the tie breaker with the U (head to head vs. Nichols)
-Should Nichols win and Salve lose, Nichols is #3, but if they remained tied, Salve wins the tie breaker with their record over Curry.

The playoffs look like this right now, but can change.

Nichols @ Gordon
Wentworth @ Roger Williams
(Winners play each other)

Colby Sawyer @ Curry
Salve Regina @ Endicott
(Winners play each other)

[threeball23]

Tough loss last night for EC.  It was probably hard for them to get up for this game on the road after an emotional victory over Gordon on tuesday.  And as for our celebrity poster Brian Scalibrine, I hardly think Marinkovich was scared going up to NEC.  Maybe you should be more worried about another 18 game losing streak than the mindset of CCC players...Anyway, hoping to make it up to the North Shore for a GC/EC final next Sat.  I am assuming  EC will have home court advantage until the finals (as long as Gordon makes it through and EC wins tomorrow), and I don't see anyone knocking out the gulls at home.

[Maq Diesel]

threeball23,  you know what happens when you assume....anyway Gordon has home court throughout the playoffs so, EC might have to survive a couple of road games while Gordon will be playing in friendly confines of the Bennett center.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Round Up:  (By the way, thanks for the Josh Carter update.  If comes back strong, he won't have a shot at the award next year anyway).



CSC tops Lesley 89-64.  John Chalouz had 20 off the bench (he's coming on well in the last few games, could be a tournament sleeper).  15 from Szeliga, 12 pts and 7 assists from Fouriner, 11 a piece from Rosso and Cousins.  It doesn't look like they had to try real hard.  Good job getting Chaloux some minutes and confidence though.

NEC over Endicott 82-70.  Big let down after the GC win.  Sullivan had 24, Marinkovic went for 10 and 10 and Corbett had 11.  NEC was led by 29 from Jaziri, 13 from Quinn, 12 from Tonkovich, 10 from Evans and 10 and 14 from Sylvia.  NEC is a good young squad.  If they actually all stay at school next year and play, they could be good, but we've been saying that for at least three seasons now and it hasn't happened yet.  Quality FT shooting on both sides, but EC was down on the threes and it hurt them in the long run.

Curry beats Wentworth 79-74 thus ending my dream of a three way tie for second in the South.  PBJ got 26, Gaine had 14 and Doyle 11.  Tim Jones had 24 for Curry, Brittian 18, and Bowers and Mastrullo had 11 each.  Despite the ups and downs, Curry is looking to finish at the top of the South yet again.  Wynn always has them ready to play when it counts.  He's Mr. February.  Wentworth didn't get to the line enough, going only 6-6.  A little more aggressiveness would have helped.

Nichols over RWU, the improbable result for the now-defunct potential three-way tie actually happened 65-60.  Barrett had 21, Camobreco had 12 (to go with 8 turnovers) and Gumb got 10 and 11.  RWU continues to slide.  They could be a walkover for Wentworth in the first round if they don't snap out of the funk.  NC got 19 and 10 from Wilcox, 14 from Paquin, 11 from Vallee and 10 from Riley.  This NC team has a good crop of freshmen.  RWU was out-rebounded again and NC got to the FT line a lot.

GC knocked out AMC 74-52.  A nice way to rebound from the loss.  AMC got 13 from Daigineault and 10 from Richards.  Gordon used the bench liberally, but still got good numbers from the starters.  14 each for Schnack and Herr, 11 from Marstaller, 10 pts and 5 assists from Logan and 6 assists from Kauffman.  GC hit the glass and hit a ton of threes.

Salve took care of ENC 76-57.  Jasmin, Noel and Seaberg all had 13 for ENC.  Jon Hazzard had 28 fro SRU, Woodworth got 12 and Palotti 10.  Goodridge had 7 assists.  ENC went 9-20 from the FT line while Salve hit 20-30.  ENC was also on the down end of the rebound battle.

[dwebbs]

The playoff seeding is still confusing to me... if things stay the way they are now, and Endicott and Curry meet in the second round, is the game at Curry because of their seed, or Endicott because of their record?