MBB: NEWMAC

[WPI89]

Let me just try to counter any unintentional hex Massd3 may have put on today's game by talking about the Babson game already.  it is always tough to come back on the bus from Maine with a win.  St Joe's has some nice wins this year already as well (Bowdoin, Bates, Becker).

12-0 would be sweet - hope it happens, but I don't have a great feeling.  2:00 start, early bus ride, nobody on campus, cold (as always in Maine) - can you say trap?

[amh63]

WPI89......Hex?  For a well educated person, you do not think of such things do you?  Must be drinking too much of that "beer" in that NFL beer commercial.  In any case, it is good to see how the players play under adverse conditions....so to speak...before the conference scheduled games enter the picture.  In the end it is the conference title that gets WPI into the post season.  Still can complain to the coach for the scheduling.

[mass_d3fan]

WPI89

Not trying to hex them at all, so far they have not come up against a team that has the inside game as their primary go to guy.  I did not check St. Joes roster 7 stats but now that i do, it does seem that their leading scorer is a 6'6" forward scoring17.2 ppg with 6.0 rpg.  So we may larn a little about their ability to defend a good inside game today. That was what I was eluding to in a earlier post about the Fitchburg game.  Fitchburg did not attempt to pound the ball inside where they had an advantage with (Valliere only had 4 FGAs, when he was avergaing 13 per game). Instead they tried to play shoot out with the WPI guards and the way that group is playing, that is a big mistake.

I was lookin forward to the Babson game because the Beaver's offense is built around Wickey and he has produced in a big way so far this season.  I was not trying to make light of a tough road game up north at all.  Good Luck To the Engineers this afternoon!

[madzillagd]

It's such a trap game that the scoreboard already has them losing before the tipoff - 73-72.  Well no reason to play the game now 

[WPI89]

Funny Madz! 

PS - $10.95 for the video from St. Joseph's - holy cow!!!!!!  At least I will get some stuff done at work.

I was happy about the quick start - up 10 early but now that I know they lose by 1........I guess the start does not matter!

[WPI89]

Hope there is an issue with the gym (or even better the live update) and not an injury or something.  Game has been "stuck" for 10-15 minutes at 2:14 in the first - WPI up 11.

[madzillagd]

Hope there is an issue with the gym (or even better the live update) and not an injury or something.  Game has been "stuck" for 10-15 minutes at 2:14 in the first - WPI up 11.

Maybe St. Joe's charges by the minute to use the basketball and WPI ran out of quarters.

[WPI89]

2-18 from 3!!!!!!!!!!!!

Up 5, 13 minutes to play.  Would take about 4 OT's to get this game into the 70's!

[WPI89]

12-0 - first time in school history!

Let the NEWMAC begin!

[amh63]

WPI89......I know you don't care....FYI, WPI rises to #14 in today's D3hoops poll.  Congrats to your team in the game and the rankings.

[mass_d3fan]

WPI89

Like you, I was not up for paying a fee like that to have the game running in the background for the most part while I was working. I'm not sure what St. Joes charges for addmission, but im guessing it was less than the fee to watch online.

Congrats to the Engineers for tying the school record for consectutive wins and for rising up to #14 in the polls.  Either my fears about their ability to defend a good low post game are completely unfounded, or St. Joes fall into the same category as Fitchburg in regard to understanding how to operate the inside game.   Personally, I hope its the former.

From the numbers, Ryan Kolb (13pts, 8 rbs, 3 assts) played very well as did Dom Mastascusa (10 pts, 5 rbs).  Freshman Zach Karalis contributed 11 pts as did Marco Coppola.  Coppola & Sam Longwell( 8pts, 7rbs, 4 assts)struggled from the floor going a combined 9 for 29.  Freshman PG Aaron Davis only played 13 minutes, all in the 1st half.  I hope this is not due to an injury.

WPI held Nickolas Jobin to 6 points on 2 for 7 shooting.  If they can do this to Wickey of Babson, then it should be a great ride as the conference games get going.

[amh63]

WPI posters.....some info for your upcoming game with Babson.  In Babson's win against Amherst on the road, it was Babson's hot outside shooting and rebounding that did in Amherst.  Babson was 12 for 22 from outside, shooting better from three point range than overall.  They out rebounded Amherst 37-31.  It was an eight point lead at the half and an a 8-point win.  It was only Babson's 2nd win over Amherst in ten tries.  The LJ'd just got out hustled and outplayed by a smaller team in size but not in effort.

[rlk]

MIT starts off conference play with a nice 84-47 W over Wheaton, including a torrid 43-21 second half.

Matt Redfield looks like he's finally breaking out, with three consecutive big games.  Given that Hollingsworth still isn't back, another inside threat to go along with Tashman is sorely needed, and it looks like Redfield may be the one.  Nice board work (40-26), but a bit of a concern that Wheaton got 12 O-boards.  But that was 12 out of 45 missed shots, while MIT got 7 O-boards from 20 missed shots, so perhaps not as big of a concern after all.

[toooldtoplay]

Nice article in the Sun on the Wheaton/MIT game.  Good to see MIT finally put someone away and get the bench in the game.  Defensively this was a far better effort than the previous few but cleaning the boards is a concern. 

http://www.thesunchronicle.com/sports/local_sports/lyons-schooled/article_10433b2a-b274-599b-896c-bdeadaedc81b.html

[WPI89]

WPI-Babson - OMG - anybody see it?