MBB: Conference of New England

[Bill Gorman]

Ahh, good news, thanks for the heads-up.

It could be good news, but there are still a couple of obstacles to go around if it were to continue.  Hopefully the relationship will continue.

[number1chargerfan]

Just a little offseason news..CSC senior Josh Carter suffered another injury (this time ACL) and his doctor expects him coming back around New Years. Already more trouble for Coach Foti regarding the Point guard spot.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Man, that stinks for Carter.  I think CSC can cover until the holidays, but Carter has gotten a bum rap for most of his career injury wise.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

OK, I know what I heard early on this summer, but so far every CCC school that has released a schedule has the Regis men on it.  Earlier I was told these games wouldn't count as conference games, but I'm beginning to wonder if there was a ruling change.  Regis is listed on the website with the other schools for men's basketball.

This is confusing.  Anyone know anything?

[Pat Coleman]

Just because they're playing Regis doesn't mean the games count in the conference standings.

[Bill Gorman]

OK, I know what I heard early on this summer, but so far every CCC school that has released a schedule has the Regis men on it.  Earlier I was told these games wouldn't count as conference games, but I'm beginning to wonder if there was a ruling change.  Regis is listed on the website with the other schools for men's basketball.

This is confusing.  Anyone know anything?

From what I was told, the games DO count in the conference standings.

[Pat Coleman]

OK. Just because Hoops Fan was told something doesn't mean it's true.

[Ralph Turner]

Regis is listed on the CCC website as a member of the 14-team conference.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Yeah, Regis decided to run a men's team pretty late in the grand scheme of things and I think it was Joe Hakes who said that Regis games weren't going to count.

Regis has been a member of the conference for a while, but they haven't had men's teams before.

It would make sense to have them in the conference standings and if Bill was under that impression, I'm guessing I either understood Joe wrong or they figured out how to work all the games in.

[Bill Gorman]

Yeah, Regis decided to run a men's team pretty late in the grand scheme of things and I think it was Joe Hakes who said that Regis games weren't going to count.

Regis has been a member of the conference for a while, but they haven't had men's teams before.

It would make sense to have them in the conference standings and if Bill was under that impression, I'm guessing I either understood Joe wrong or they figured out how to work all the games in.

I know there was some initial confusion as to whether the games would count or not.  Joe may be right and I may be wrong, but from what I was led to believe, they were going to start playing men's basketball in "TCCC" right away.

The "fitting in of games" would actually be easy.  The master schedule, which is used for men and women, comes out with Regis on it.  So, those dates are already built in.  In the past most of the men's teams played a non-league game that night.

[Ralph Turner]

Mr Gorman, thank you for the clarification and your comment on your understanding of the Regis situation.

Best wishes this season, and thank you for all that you do to bring D3sports news to us fans.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Thanks Bill.  Like I said, I spoke with Joe early on in the scheme of things.  We'll have to find out this fall.


That is a convenient way to do the schedule, though.

[Bill Gorman]

Mr Gorman, thank you for the clarification and your comment on your understanding of the Regis situation.

Best wishes this season, and thank you for all that you do to bring D3sports news to us fans.

Thanks Ralph.

Thanks Bill.  Like I said, I spoke with Joe early on in the scheme of things.  We'll have to find out this fall.


That is a convenient way to do the schedule, though.

Hoops, since just one school is affected (as opposed to a conference like the NEWMAC with more single-sex schools), it really is a convenient way to work the schedule.  Some men's teams will fill it with a non-league, while some will opt to not play, to break up the three-game a week schedule; another thing that was pretty much eliminated from a league standpoint for this year.

[joehakes]

The Regis men's games this coming season will not count as conference games.  To help them get their program off the ground all the conference members agreed to try and fit them on the schedule this year, but it was not mandatory and we did not even know if it was possible by that point.  Since they don't have their schedule on their website, I don't know how many were able to schedule.  It will be changed on the conference site at some point.

It was felt, not by all, that it would be helpful to Regis in establishing their men's program if they did not play a conference schedule this year.  The conference schedule for this year had already been out for a while, and some schools had scheduled other teams on the date that they were playing the Regis women.  Since the conference did not do the schedule and it may not be a balanced (home/away) schedule it would not make sense this time around. 

I believe that they will begin conference play in the 2008-09 year.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Thanks, Joe.  As far as I've seen, every CCC school that has released a schedule so far has Regis on it.