MBB: NEWMAC

[WPI89]

D-Mac

No nee to post about the Hoopsville shirt on NEWMAC - I am the only one here and I will be watching!

[WPI89]

Clark's midnight game seemed pretty cool!  NEWMAC undefeated so far......

Good luck to WPI tonight.  Either ECSU's or WPI's season will get quite a nice little jump start tonight!

I almost never mention individual players by name on this site - as I have no idea who reads what.  But I am looking forward to a big leap forward from Sean Doncaster this year.  I assume he will start at the 2 guard, but he will have the ball in his hands as much as anybody.  If he can knock down the occasional 3 and combine that with his slashing scorer mentality - I believe he could average 18+ this year.

Well looking forward to it regardless.

[amh63]

WPI89....will be watching the game tonight with you.  Amherst plays ECSU yearly, so it is an early scouting event.
Met your coaches last year in a Tourny in Baltimore...beside the HC, maybe the one who moved on to Keene St.  Saw that the " interim" HC at Keene brought some young assistant coaches.  T. Carter being one from RIC.  Spent a long morning with Carter's father in Salem, Va., when Canrter was playing in the All-Star game.
Maybe you have some insight on why WPI and Amherst hve not schedule a game during the regular season.  Heck, your Head Coach and COach Hixon may even live in the same neighborhood.

[ECSUalum]

ECSU being dominated by WPI tonight!  Eastern completely impotent offensively.  Great D by the Engineers.  Hope Eastern can regroup vs WNEC tomorrow.

[WPI89]

ECSU - typical Bartley D.  I am sure better shooting days ahead for your boys- likely every other game you play.  Defense is easier to start the season "hot".  Pretty pleased with a couple freshman contributions.

Your boys making the score close late and improving the scoring stats.

Rebounding may be the biggest issue for my young Engineers.

[WPI89]

NEWMAC off to a FLYING start.  MIT even hanging with Harvard thru 25 minutes!

Great win for WPI!

[7express]

Great win for your boys tonight WPI!  I was there tonight, and they'll definitely get better as the season goes on, but 1 thing to remember: defense never has a bad game, and they have havoc to the Warriors on that end, couldn't let them get anything going.

[WPI89]

7. That is exactly what I sloppily tried to say. You had a bad night shooting. WPI will rarely have a bad night on D.

Best of luck the rest of the way. Let me know if you go to the game in Danbury vs Western. I will buy you a beer before or after.

[ECSUalum]

ECSU - typical Bartley D.  I am sure better shooting days ahead for your boys- likely every other game you play.  Defense is easier to start the season "hot".  Pretty pleased with a couple freshman contributions.

Your boys making the score close late and improving the scoring stats.

Rebounding may be the biggest issue for my young Engineers.

Thanks WPI,  Tre Preston really had a slow start and Tarchee Brown was not suited up, never the less WPI was the better team and Sean Doncaster hit some daggers and already showing he will be a great player for the Engineers!  Best of luck to WPI going forward, it looks like Coach Bartley has another excellent team this year!

[amh63]

Watched the "game" last night for about 3 quarters....using women new rules here.  The online broadcast was NOT good on my TV....beside the school error labeling, the signal was poor. 
The game was not very good,IMO.  A little harsh, I know.  First game nerves, I keep saying to myself as both team offensea started slow and ECSU never seem to start. 
Yes, WPI's defense was solid.....but Eastern had no outside shooters and no mid range shooters and no foul line shooters.  No excuse to miss shots on the foul line.  WPI seemed to realize the limitations of ESCU and packed the driving lanes and around the basket.  Very few inside baskets for Eastern and only one shot attempts.  Eastern' best inside player and rebounder was taken out of the game...fouls and keep away from the boards.
Escu's coach has a lot of work ahead and must find an outside game so his inside directed offense can be effective.
Expect ESCU will work it out when they arrive in Le Frak later in the year.  Too much talent on the team....especially Lindo...and too fine a head coach.

[WPI89]

^gsmd feed was pretty rough. 10-3 weekend by NEWMAC, including a loss by MIT to Harvard.  Congrats to WPI for winning the Westfield State Tourney by beating 2 tournament teams from last year. Nearly identical scores and style for both games. Defense will be amoungst the best in the country. Offense is still searching for that one knock down shooter.

I would think WPi earned a spot in the top 25. We shall see. I will be in Worcester on Saturday for the Ted Coghlin championship game.

[WPI89]

Woohoo.  Going on the premise that somebody may still peak in on the NEWMAC page.  Just back in CT from a day in Worcester.

I can't imagine anybody else in the country has beaten 3 tourney teams from last year on the way to an early 4-0 start.

WPI "held" the Staten Island's slashing point guard to 29 (43 last night against Colby).  SI will win a lot of games this year.  Way more than half of Schettino's (sp?) came when Aaron Davis was on the bench in both halves in foul trouble.  Not sure Davis even scored but he was close to the most valuable player for WPI.  Kid - number 4 is a world class slasher and finisher and also a world class whiner (kind of breaking my policy here but he deserves it - he is that good and he is that much of a whiner).

Teams that are heavily dependent on their point guard will have a rough go against WPI this year because of Davis on D.

WPI makes just enough plays on offense to beat good teams.

Clyde Niba was nearly perfect in the first half (I think 27 of his 32 were in the first half).

The second half collectively they made just enough big shots to hold off Staten Island.  Doncaster had a couple of big drives, Todd had 2 key back to back post moves, and Niba had 1 huge 3 in the second.

All around fun game and a great start to 15-16.  Way to go boys!

[WPI89]

Wow. 0-16 from the field to start the second half!  Nobody in Harrington with students home for turkey. This is one that easily could have gone wrong. Ugly ugly ugly. But so pretty in early March counting as a W. Bartley actually has to feel good tonight when head hits the pillow.  My word is resilience. This team finds a way. Worcester State soooo wanted this one. Not to be.  For you golf fans, this win validates the earlier big wins. 5-0 and feeling fine!

[amh63]

WPI89...watching over your shoulder here .  Enjoying your posts....though the last one made me go to the WPI website to check on the game with your neighborhood school.  why?   Amherst had some problems with Worchester State earlier...especially in the first half!  Like your Engineers, Amherst led by two at the half, but got their act together in the second half and won by 20 something.  Was curious about the time on the floor wrt the big man Brooks and how he played against WPI.  Nonfactor!  Brooks did not start in LeFrak.  The program had him over 300 plus lbs as quoted by our announcers...but is listed at only 250 on the website roster.  Oh well, roster info are most misleading...always.

[WPI89]

Branson 11

WPI 13

Going to be a fun year. Big WPI/Tufts game tomorrow!