MBB: NEWMAC

[Hugenerd]

Congrats to Jimmy Bartolotta for being named Northeast Player of the Year and to the All-Northeast 1st-Team.  Another great accomplishment to cap off a great career.

Craig Johnson made the 2nd-Team.

[Hugenerd]

Congrats to Jimmy Bartolotta for being named the NABC New-England Player of the Year. He was the only NEWMAC representative on the two teams named.

Full release:

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nabc/genrel/auto_pdf/D3all-district.pdf

[clarkie]

I haven't been following D3Hoops since the two NEWMAC teams were eliminated, but did want to wish a huge congratulations to Jimmy Bartolotta. An unbelievable player and what it seems, an unbelievable person as well. Wishing he and MIT all the best in the future.

[Hugenerd]

MITs release on Bartolotta receiving Jostens Award today:

http://mitathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/032009aac.html

[Hugenerd]

Congrats to Jimmy Bartolotta for being named as a First-Team All-American and National POY of the year by d3hoops.  Another great accomplishment on his great career.

http://www.d3hoops.com/all-american/menallam09.htm

[Hugenerd]

If you havent heard, Bartolotta will be playing in the D1 Seniors All-Star game Detroit (played at Ford Field, the site of the D1 Final 4).  He was invited to play for being selected the NABC D3 POY.  He will also receive his POY award at the event.  You can find more information about the game at the final 4 website.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

If you havent heard, Bartolotta will be playing in the D1 Seniors All-Star game Detroit (played at Ford Field, the site of the D1 Final 4).  He was invited to play for being selected the NABC D3 POY.  He will also receive his POY award at the event.  You can find more information about the game at the final 4 website.

I hope he gets enough practice time so he can hit those threes in such a big arena.

[Hugenerd]

If you havent heard, Bartolotta will be playing in the D1 Seniors All-Star game Detroit (played at Ford Field, the site of the D1 Final 4).  He was invited to play for being selected the NABC D3 POY.  He will also receive his POY award at the event.  You can find more information about the game at the final 4 website.

I hope he gets enough practice time so he can hit those threes in such a big arena.

I just hope his ankle is back to 100% so he can get the lift on his shot he needs to shoot like he did the first 23 games of the season.

[Hugenerd]

Rosters were announced today for the NABC/Hershey's All-Star Game to be played at the Final Four this weekend.  In all, only 20 players were selected, that comprise two teams: The Hershey's All-Stars and The Reese's All-Stars.  Jimmy Bartolotta is on the Hershey's All-Star team, which appears to be the weaker of the two teams.  The Reese's All-Stars have Tyrese Rice from BC, Alex Ruoff from WVU, BJ Raymond from Xavier, Alfred Aboya from UCLA, Marcus Landry from Wisconsin, and Josh Heytvelt from Gonzaga and they are coached by Bruce Weber and Matt Painter.  The Hershey's team doesnt have any really big name players.

Full release: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nabc/genrel/auto_pdf/Hersheys.pdf

[massd3fan]

Congratulations to Jimmy Bartolotta - Give those D1 boys hell !

Great Pub for the NEWMAC too !

[Hugenerd]

Bartolotta is the only non-scolarship player that is playing in the game.  I hope he represents MIT, the NEWMAC, and d3, in general, well.

[nescac1]

Bartolotta's team also has Ben Woodside, who tore Kansas to shreds.  Really fun player to watch ...

[Hugenerd]

Andy Katz blog that includes some comments about the NABC All-Star game:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4033468&name=katz_andy

[Hugenerd]

I was able to watch about 3/4 of the NABC All-Star game today and the Reece's team beat the Hershey's team 105-100.  I havent seen a boxscore, but in the part of the game I saw, Bartolotta played about 5 minutes and made a shot. Heytvelt was clearly the best player in the game, he dominated in the second half.

In the middle of the second half, they did a nice feature on Bartolotta, outlining his stats and doing a live interview from the bench.  You had your typical questions about being a student at MIT, but it was clear by the last question that the lady doing the interview didnt have a ton of background because she asked him whether he would try ot play in the NBA next year, to which Bartolotta chuckled and answered he was going to try to play in Europe.  Anyway, it was nice exposure and I am sure he will have fun receiving his POY award this weekend.

[Hugenerd]

Boxscore for the All-Star game, for those who are interested:

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/gonz/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/NABCBox.pdf