MBB: Conference of New England

[akirk]

From what I understand Gordon decided to stop participating in the ECAC because of they wanted to start focusing on the BIG dance and the membership dues were high.  They dropped out of the ECAC across all sports.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

With the ECAC bid comes no compensation for travel or expenses like you get with the NCAAs.  A lot of teams don't want the extra headache or a few more meaningless games.  The only way it makes sense in my view is if you have a lot of young guys coming back who could use some time playing together in real games.

I suspect the CCC would have had more teams in, had more teams been willing.

[NEballer]

I'm just curious if anyone knew the farthest a CCC team has gone in the tourney? I know AMC in 1996 went to the round of 16. I actually had the pleasure of watching that team albeit at a very young age. I don't think anyone has made it past that round but I could be wrong. I didn't know if any of those very good CSC teams from a few years ago went deep into the tourney.

[Put_It_On_My_Tab]

Congrats to Curry College and coach Malcolm Wynn, who deserved Coach of the Year.  I like their chances against a solid Bowdoin team.

Hopefully UNE will have a good showing at Emerson tomorrow night, this is a great opportunity for the returning players to gain some post season experience in a tough environment.   

I once got a 36 point word playing my favorite board game...tabble.

[joehakes]

Gordon pulled out of the ECAC championships a number of years ago due to the fact that there was no reimbursement for playing in these games, and as Hoops Fan says, they really are meaningless.  We still pay dues because we need to belong to the ECAC for assingment of officials in some sports.  It was expensive to play games that no one cared about.

Neither our coaches or players have missed the ECAC championships at all.  Each to his/her own. 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I'm just curious if anyone knew the farthest a CCC team has gone in the tourney? I know AMC in 1996 went to the round of 16. I actually had the pleasure of watching that team albeit at a very young age. I don't think anyone has made it past that round but I could be wrong. I didn't know if any of those very good CSC teams from a few years ago went deep into the tourney.

I think that's the last time a CCC team won a game in the NCAAs.

[TTP14]

Bowdoin is a very solid team and I think Curry will have there hands full, Bowdoin is a very defensive oriented team. Curry couldn't have gotten a better draw and a better location for there 1st game, they have played there before. On  another note Curry is playing great and has been playing well. I don't think they have reached there peak so I smell a big upset, did you see that Bowdoin only beat UNE by 6 and lost to Trinity by almost 20 after beating the #1. I don't know seems a little shaky going into playoffs. For the ECAC yea more teams should have entered but they didn't and I think playing in the ECAC is just to see what you have coming back next year not to make a statement.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

A talented Curry team has let me down in big spots as I've picked them over the last few years.  I like that Tim Jones is actually on the floor, but Bowers has disappeared in games where he's been challenged by big bodies.  He showed some fight against Barranger, so maybe he's overcome the weakness.  I don't expect to see an upset, but I'll be rooting for one.

[getouttahere]

Ummm for one there has only been one big body that Bowers has went up against and thats from Roger W.  so how could he have had down games when he's averaging a double double!  Please pay attention before making stupid statements!

I see Curry Going at least to the sweet 16, they have a good chance at making some noise in the big dance!

[backboard]

Ummm for one there has only been one big body that Bowers has went up against and thats from Roger W.  so how could he have had down games when he's averaging a double double!  Please pay attention before making stupid statements!

I see Curry Going at least to the sweet 16, they have a good chance at making some noise in the big dance!

Talk about stupid statements.  Curry to the sweet 16?  That's dreaming for you

[uconn05]

I don't know how Bowers did last year but he was was up and down against good bigs this year.  He was very good against RWU but went 4-15 against Russ Martin from Trinity.

[getouttahere]

Honestly Bowers hasn't played anybody big so thats not a good statement and everyone has doubted Curry to win anything and they proved everybody wrong with that so i guess we will have to see.

[getouttahere]

O yea that game I believe Bowers dunked on Russ on a out of bounds play, Soft I don't know!

[backboard]

Who?  We could be here for a while talking about who dunked on who off of which play, but there's no point in that.  The bottom line is that Bowers is a very good CCC player and I fully expect him to hold his own against Bowdoin and certainly do some damage.  Curry has a good offensive threat when Jones, Marstrullo, and Bowers are playing well.  It should be a good game if they decide to play defense and rebound too.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Honestly Bowers hasn't played anybody big so thats not a good statement and everyone has doubted Curry to win anything and they proved everybody wrong with that so i guess we will have to see.

How can you know what my definition of "big body" is?  He's played against guys who rival his size and its only been the last couple games that he's done well.  You're right, he hasn't played a lot of big guys this year, but that doesn't remove his performance from last season.  Barranger isn't exactly the best example of a big guy, just because he's big.

I don't doubt that Bowers has improved; I was just saying he hasn't had a chance to prove it against a legit big body yet this year.