MBB: NEWMAC

[rlk]

Definitely raises the profile of NEWMAC to have Babson in the Final Four.  Any Babson folks here, if you have any possibility of making it to Salem Friday (and hopefully Saturday), go!  It will be a real experience.  MIT's  Final Four run 3 years ago was a never-to-forget experience.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Definitely raises the profile of NEWMAC to have Babson in the Final Four.  Any Babson folks here, if you have any possibility of making it to Salem Friday (and hopefully Saturday), go!  It will be a real experience.  MIT's  Final Four run 3 years ago was a never-to-forget experience.

I'll say 'Amen' to that.  I went for IWU in 2014, and had a blast despite losing to eventual champ UWW.  I would have gone in 2012, but the IWU women ALSO made the FF - I decided the most reasonable thing was to stay home to better follow both.  But I really regret not going to nearby Holland for the women (I had already gone there for the first two rounds for the men) - they won it all that year! )

[BBallers]

Definitely raises the profile of NEWMAC to have Babson in the Final Four.  Any Babson folks here, if you have any possibility of making it to Salem Friday (and hopefully Saturday), go!  It will be a real experience.  MIT's  Final Four run 3 years ago was a never-to-forget experience.

Absolutely agree.  Try to attend because Salem does a good job and you will never forget the experience.  It is so difficult to make the final four at any level, so you may not be able to experience it again.

Congrats to Babson and here's hoping they can win the title!

[rlk]

Definitely raises the profile of NEWMAC to have Babson in the Final Four.  Any Babson folks here, if you have any possibility of making it to Salem Friday (and hopefully Saturday), go!  It will be a real experience.  MIT's  Final Four run 3 years ago was a never-to-forget experience.

Absolutely agree.  Try to attend because Salem does a good job and you will never forget the experience.  It is so difficult to make the final four at any level, so you may not be able to experience it again.

Congrats to Babson and here's hoping they can win the title!

Salem does a really good job.  The Salem Civic Center is a great facility.  This is the kind of thing you have to look forward to: http://rlk.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/MIT-NCAA-semi-20120316/

Sure, it's not nearly as big a house as the D1 final four, but it's your team playing, and they do everything they can to give it a "big game" feel.  They divide it up by team so that you're sitting with your fans behind your team's bench.  I was hoarse with a severe case of basketball on the brain for a week afterwards, and it's something I remember vividly.

[rlk]

Good luck to Babson this evening!

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Definitely raises the profile of NEWMAC to have Babson in the Final Four.  Any Babson folks here, if you have any possibility of making it to Salem Friday (and hopefully Saturday), go!  It will be a real experience.  MIT's  Final Four run 3 years ago was a never-to-forget experience.

Absolutely agree.  Try to attend because Salem does a good job and you will never forget the experience.  It is so difficult to make the final four at any level, so you may not be able to experience it again.

Congrats to Babson and here's hoping they can win the title!

Salem does a really good job.  The Salem Civic Center is a great facility.  This is the kind of thing you have to look forward to: http://rlk.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/MIT-NCAA-semi-20120316/

Sure, it's not nearly as big a house as the D1 final four, but it's your team playing, and they do everything they can to give it a "big game" feel.  They divide it up by team so that you're sitting with your fans behind your team's bench.  I was hoarse with a severe case of basketball on the brain for a week afterwards, and it's something I remember vividly.

By the way... Salem took the entire event to a completely different level this year. Spectacular how they continue to raise the bar.

[rlk]

Definitely raises the profile of NEWMAC to have Babson in the Final Four.  Any Babson folks here, if you have any possibility of making it to Salem Friday (and hopefully Saturday), go!  It will be a real experience.  MIT's  Final Four run 3 years ago was a never-to-forget experience.

Absolutely agree.  Try to attend because Salem does a good job and you will never forget the experience.  It is so difficult to make the final four at any level, so you may not be able to experience it again.

Congrats to Babson and here's hoping they can win the title!

Salem does a really good job.  The Salem Civic Center is a great facility.  This is the kind of thing you have to look forward to: http://rlk.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/MIT-NCAA-semi-20120316/

Sure, it's not nearly as big a house as the D1 final four, but it's your team playing, and they do everything they can to give it a "big game" feel.  They divide it up by team so that you're sitting with your fans behind your team's bench.  I was hoarse with a severe case of basketball on the brain for a week afterwards, and it's something I remember vividly.

By the way... Salem took the entire event to a completely different level this year. Spectacular how they continue to raise the bar.

What did they change?

[WPI89]

No idea what it means but I got a tweet this morning that said on April 7th, the NEWMAC will be adding a new chapter?

No idea if that means another school/team?

Also - Bartley has been rumored to be interviewing (or at least in the mix) for some big jobs - Holy Cross included.

I wish him nothing but the best - but as a fan, I am glad with each passing day, as I believe with time - his chances of staying increase dramatically.

[amh63]

The Bucknell job is available.....Former HBC Paulsen...of Williams fame....has taken the George Mason Un. position.   If the Holy Cross job is open...maybe a better choice for him...do not have to move! .

[WPI89]

A63 - HC hired ex Northwestern Coach Bill Carmody.  He did a pretty decent job at NU and quite frankly I was surprised they bailed on him.  He is a little long in the tooth but a great basketaball man.  He is a Pete Carril disciple - so you can imagine some discipline is coming to HC!

The Bucknell job scares me - I could see Barley fitting in there very well.

[WPI89]

The announcement was Football.  NEWMAC will now "sponsor" football for the first time next year.

United States Coast Guard Academy, MIT, Springfield College and WPI will be joined by Maine Maritime Academy, the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and Norwich University.

I would assume they will be in search of an 8th member?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Starting in the 2017 season and they don't need an eighth if they don't want to. More info: http://www.d3football.com/notables/2015/04/newmac-adds-football

[Pat Coleman]

But they did say at the very end of the release they will consider whether to find an eighth member. In football, it is really ideal to have eight teams.

[Mr. Ypsi]

But they did say at the very end of the release they will consider whether to find an eighth member. In football, it is really ideal to have eight teams.

I think 8 is the ideal number in most sports - round robin in fball still leaves 3 OOC games; double round-robin in bball gives a large number of OOC games.  And with an even number of teams, everyone plays the same days.

Nothing against Carroll, but I kinda wish the CCIW had stayed at 8. Maybe I'll get used to it, but I think 9 is a mess.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

WPI has a schedule up.  Pretty ambitious.  There's some fluff in there, but they've also got Tufts at home, then at Bates and at Eastern Nazarene around new year's.