MBB: NEWMAC

nehoops4life · February 23, 2006, 10:59:51 AM

Did someone call Wheaton a "jock" school??? AS an alum and former athlete of that institution, it is FAR from a jock school. Good athletics, yes ... jock school, no.

Springfield, yes, THAT is a jock school

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · February 23, 2006, 11:03:06 AM

Quote from: nehoops4life on February 23, 2006, 10:59:51 AM
Springfield, yes, THAT is a jock school

They do have somewhat of a reputation to live up to.

hugenerd · February 23, 2006, 11:15:37 AM

Just some trivia for you, before Naismith came to Springfield and invented the game we now call basketball, he taught at and went to school at a very good school in Montreal...McGill University.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · February 23, 2006, 01:34:30 PM

Yes, yes, the great American game was invented by a Canadian, but he did invent it in Springfield, just not while he was at Springfield. It's still a rep to live up to.

sixer · February 23, 2006, 03:13:35 PM

I have lived in Mass my whole life and I've never heard of Wheaton for anything BUT athletics...

What else are they known for?

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · February 23, 2006, 03:19:18 PM

I think Wheaton is best known for being mistaken for the other Wheaton out in Illinois.

WNECFAN · February 23, 2006, 09:07:24 PM

I'm an SC alum and Naismith did invent basketball while he was at Springfield.

hugenerd · February 23, 2006, 09:37:59 PM

If you read the posts, there was no argument about the location of the invention. I was actually at Springfield's gym last week. The point was that he came from Canada, where he was born, raised and schooled, and then came up with the sport after coming to work at Springfield. Here is a quote from my previous post "before Naismith came to Springfield and invented the game", hence I am stating that before he both came to Springfield and invented the game, he worked and went to school at McGill. No need to be touchy about the subject, no one is trying to steal Springfield's thunder. Just adding a little historical taste to the board, since most people don't know much about Naismith, the man, not just the myth.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · February 24, 2006, 09:11:26 AM

I'm guessing most New England basketball fans do know something about him, because of the proximity.

I just thought the timing of the post was strange. It seemed like you were trying to debate the fact that Springfield has an athletic legacy to live up to. If you weren't, fine. No big deal.

I was also alluding to the fact that Volleyball was invented in Holyoke, as well. Two major d3 sports invented really close to your school, that is a legacy to live up to.

hugenerd · February 24, 2006, 11:30:08 AM

That is why I prefaced the post, "Just some trivia for you...", the timing of the post was irrelevant, I just think that is interesting.

mikejeep · February 25, 2006, 08:11:10 PM

Just got back from the NEWMAC Tourney at WPI...

WPI beat Wheaton fairly handily, but they did have a 34-point lead early in the second half nearly evaporate due to a great run by Wheaton. Coleman did his usual thing grabbing several key rebounds, and freshman Adam Lirette got quite a bit of playing time and looks like he is going to be a central component of this team over the next few years.

MIT beat Coast Guard in a pretty good game, giving MIT 20 wins for the first time ever. MIT's Dau had a great game even with a large bandage on his hand, including a monster dunk.

All-Engineer final at 1pm tomorrow for the trophy!

hugenerd · February 25, 2006, 08:13:06 PM

MIT handles CGA today, leading by as much as 24 in the 2nd half before winning by 12. Dou Soumare again had a big game, as did freshman Jimmy Bartollota and scoring leader Mike Dauria. Alex Krull also scored in double figures off the bench. Soumare had a pretty nasty dunk after a steal in the first half.

WPI was up by 32 at half time (53-21) after scoring 25 points in the first 6 minutes and leading 31-6 after about 9 minutes. Wheaton didnt give up though, as they cut it to 10 with about 5 minutes remaing, again WPI showed why they have won every game so close this year: they cant close out a game. Luckily they had built up a big enough lead to hold off Wheaton with free throw shooting at the end of the game.

atn alum · February 26, 2006, 07:34:12 AM

NEWMAC men's title game.

#1 seed WPI vs #2 seed MIT

Tip at 1PM ET, pre-game at 12:50, featuring brief interviews with MIT head coach Larry Anderson and WPI senior guard Ryan Flynn.

Those with high-speed internet can go here for the video/audio feed

http://mfile.akamai.com/21612/live/reflector:49031.asx?prop=n

Those on dial-up can go here for an audio feed

http://www.bcmonsters.com

(not sure if interviews will be available on the video feed)

I imagine we'll also be updating the women's title game (Springfield vs Mount Holyoke)

WPIgrad · February 26, 2006, 03:37:54 PM

WPI won in pretty convincing fashion today against MIT 69-56. Solid performances all around with Flynn leading WPI with 20 points. We've really played well in the tournament and I'm looking forward to the NCAAs. Coleman had two emphatic dunks and MIT's supposedly big defensive threat 'Dou' was silent. To everyone who keeps doubting WPI - I think we answered pretty nicely.

Here we come NCAAs!!!!

GO TECH!

broke_ya_ankles · February 26, 2006, 08:48:13 PM

as far as what Wheaton is known for, they are respected in terms of athletics, however they offer a quality education, average SAT scores to get in are about 1260 and average GPA is 3.45 so its got a solic academic foundation. student faculty ratio of 11:1 is solid too for the small college idea they try and offer.... on a side note, they usually have some rather appealing girls there too haha

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