MBB: Conference of New England

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I don't think you're going to see too many coaches voting for Bowers.  He's a solid player, but he's been too up and down in person to get this award.

In the past, talented underclassmen have been overlooked for solid Seniors who have put in time.  Last year was an exception and maybe all the new-blood coaches are changing things up, but I'm still putting my money on Tim Jones.

[backboard]

Wentworth goes down to Newbury 68-67.  Prezzie-Blue and Doyle each score 16, but a foul with less than a second left gave Newbury the victory at the line.

[broke_ya_ankles]

couple early finals from today:
Endicott 72  Salve  65
Nichols 89  Eastern Naz  83

With Endicotts win that basically finalizes who the 8 playoff teams will be, now its just a matter of sorting out the seeds

[broke_ya_ankles]

Final from wentworth...

Curry 69  Wentworth 64

Wentworth absolutely KILLED curry on the boards

[broke_ya_ankles]

UNE over Colby Sawyer today  90-78 

and

Gordon over WNEC 67-59

[Put_It_On_My_Tab]

Jaykyri Simpson's line:  25 points, 9 rebs, 8 assists
Johnnie Jefferson: 33 points, 8 rebs
UNE 12 point win over CSC.

They still are not for real though, they haven't beat Duke yet.

G.I. Joe's, Barbie Dolls, Tabbage Patch Kids

[backboard]

Credit to UNE and their three headed monster.  I didn't think they would be able to win or even be competitive in their past games but they've certainly proved that they can play in the regular season. They definitely could be dangerous in the playoffs.  They have another tough game at home against Gordon on Wednesday and I expect a close game there too.

The standings are still up in the air but now we know the 8 teams that are most likely in.  I'm surprised that Wentworth has been a bottom dweller despite the fact they have battled injury to one of their key players.  They had an awful shooting day yesterday and it appears last year magic hasn't yet arrived.  Also impressed with Endicott and their ability to 'stick around.'  A lot of people had written them off, including me, earlier in the year.  But with a win over RWU and competitive play in every game they've played, they could also surprise someone in the playoffs.

It seems like Gordon has been overlooked a bit on this board.  They're still very dangerous and have solid veteran leadership, very similar to RWU and Curry.  This year there isn't a clear favorite which makes playoff time more exciting.

[bballfan55]

Congratulations to Jones, Mastrullo, and Simpson.... The only players in the entire conference who will finish the season with over 300 points and 100 assists!!!!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

We do have seven guaranteed playoff spots now and EC just needs a win or a Nichols loss to clinch as well.  That being said, the seedings are still very much up in the air.

[scout]

games tonight...

Colby-Sawyer - Wentworth  7:30 p.m.
New England College - Endicott 8:00 p.m.
Western New England - Anna Maria 8:00 p.m.
Eastern Nazarene - Salve Regina 8:00 p.m.
Roger Williams - Curry  8:00 p.m.
Gordon - University of New England 8:00 p.m.
Regis - Nichols  8:00 p.m.

Curry and RWU battle for top position. A win tonight for RWU would lock up the top spot. A loss would allow for the possibility of a 4 way tie for first if RWU and Curry lose on Saturday and the winner of Gordon/UNE and WNEC win out.

It's unlikely to happen, but it'd be fun to see.

[scout]

so, it's time to revisit my projections to this point...

RWU - Predicted: 1-1 ... Actual: 1-1
WNEC - Predicted: 1-1 ... Actual: 1-1
Curry - Predicted: 2-0 ... Actual: 2-0
Gordon - Predicted: 1-1 ... Actual: 1-1
CSC - Predicted: 1-1 ... Actual: 0-2
UNE - Predicted: 2-0 ... Actual: 2-0
WIT - Predicted: 1-1 ... Actual: 1-1
Endicott - Predicted: 2-0 ... Actual: 2-0

this last round of games on saturday will probably put all of the predictions out of whack, but it's been interesting to see the parity in the CCC right now...

UNE appears unbeatable at home...
Curry is getting hot...
Gordon is crazy inconsistent...
WNEC is talented but won't be seen past the second round of the tournament...
Wentworth has Prezzie-Blue and we all know what he can do...
And CSC is inconsistent, but has beaten the talented teams in the conference...

At this point, it looks as if RWU and Curry have locked up home games in the first round...
WNEC and UNE can do so with wins this weekend... Both are playing away games (at Nichols and CSC respectively)

thoughts everyone?

[backboard]

Judging by the stats tonight, it looks like Todd Doyle may be back for Wentworth (24 points), which makes them extremely dangerous.  Prezzie-Blue and Bynes scored 16 and 17 points respectively as they defeated Colby-Sawyer 71-63.

Endicott pulls one out over NEC 100-56.  Jaziri was held to 7 points as Endicott had 4 players in double digits.

Curry wins at home over RWU.  Baranger had 13 points and 12 boards while Bashaw and Barrett had 11 each.  Bowers goes for 18 points and 15 boards and Jones had 18 on his own as well.

UNE wins at home over Gordon 72-59.  Trigg had 19 while Simpson dropped 21 points and Stickney goes for 16 points and 16 boards on his senior night.  The win secures a home playoff game for UNE

Nichols over Regis 91-71.

Eastern Naz wins at Salve 59-51.

[cccc-fanatic]

I have a suggestion for the Gordon coach and his players.
Take some time to re-read the mission statement on your athletic webpage that talks about competing with integrity and good sportsmanship.
Your behavior at the UNE game last night was atrocious.
Losing is a part of competing but it requires losing with character!

[scout]

for those of us who did not attend the UNE-Gordon game, cccc-fanatic, would you kindly provide some detail into what happened?

[Put_It_On_My_Tab]

Gordon's coach got tossed for snapping at the refs in a game that was already over.  The game was over with under 2 minutes to go when he was thrown out.   The weird thing about it was the clock showed "UNE Fouls=8 :  GORDON Fouls = 5" at the time.  Clearly the officials were not the reason for UNE's dominating second half performance. 

Gordon seemed as though as they could not take the fact that UNE was beating them fair and square.  UNE players however did not do a good job of walking away and they allowed Gordon to get to their heads.  Johnnie Jefferson and Gordon's Shnackenber were called for double technical fouls and than Jefferson reacted to this call and collected a second technical foul and was ejected.

UNE was simply the better team tonight.

The game was tabotaged.