MBB: NEWMAC

mass_d3fan · February 21, 2012, 02:33:28 PM

Major Congratulations to WPI's Matt Carr for being named to the CoSIDA Academic All-American 1st Team.

http://wpi.prestosports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120221iivm48

Congrats also to Noel Hollingsworth & Jamie Karraker of MIT for being selected to the Academic All-American 2nd Team.

Easy for all of us to get wrapped up in the on-court stuff, but it is extremely important to remember these guys are really going make their way in life on what they get out of their work in the classroom, not the basketball court.

Great Day for NEWMAC basketball.

http://www.cosida.com/news.aspx?id=3565

WPI89 · February 21, 2012, 02:38:08 PM

Awesome, thanks MD3!

atn alum · February 22, 2012, 01:55:18 PM

Good luck to all teams in the NEWMAC Tournament this year.

As an aside, the No. 1 seed has not won since 2006 (WPI).

Since then we've gone 7 seed (Coast Guard), 3 seed (Coast Guard), 2 seed (MIT), 5 seed (Clark), 2 seed (MIT) if I'm not mistaken.

mass_d3fan · February 22, 2012, 11:52:51 PM

Recent history does not favor the #1 seed, but also the last 2 years injuries in the semis played a major role in the #1 team not winning it. 2 years ago it was Kates and last year it was Carr.

MIT will be playing Babson on Saturday. The Beavers defated Wheaton 62-58 behind current NEWMAC POW Alex Rudolph's 19 points and 6 boards. Freshman John Wickey chipped in with 10 points and 5 rebounds. Matt Florio contributed 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

NEWMACJACK · February 23, 2012, 01:14:36 PM

I do not recall Kates being hurt during the semi-final loss to Clark 2 years ago? I believe he played 34 minutes.

Hugenerd · February 23, 2012, 04:37:59 PM

Quote from: NEWMACJACK on February 23, 2012, 01:14:36 PM
I do not recall Kates being hurt during the semi-final loss to Clark 2 years ago? I believe he played 34 minutes.

Kates was injured, but not sidelined. Bender was injured and DNP.

mass_d3fan · February 23, 2012, 10:16:24 PM

From HN's post 2 years ago:

"They started out the game really well today, going up 17-4 in the first 4.5 minutes. Then something unfortunate happened, Mitch Kates hurt his ankle and was out of the game for about 5 minutes of the game, during which Clark went on a 15-2 run. The game was close the rest of the way, until Clark used a big run near the end of the game to take the win. "

NEWMACJACK · February 24, 2012, 09:54:07 PM

so did mit go on to the ncaa's? did kates play a few days later? yes! not out......OUT....is out of the game....every team has that problem. i wouldn't say he was out......or that mit was without him. every team has this problem every year.

NEWMACJACK · February 24, 2012, 09:55:38 PM

every team has injuries....it is part of the season and team....

NEWMACJACK · February 24, 2012, 09:58:57 PM

this year, however i believe this is MIT's year to got deep in the ncaa's...forget about past years.....good luck.

mass_d3fan · February 24, 2012, 11:31:32 PM

I hope I am wrong for the conference sake, but I think its going to be hard for MIT to go deep in the NCAAs. The simple truth is they have zero margin for error.

While their starting 5 can matchup with anyone, they have no proven depth. After the starters, their next 3 top scorers are averaging 2.8, 2.5 and 2.4 ppg and only one player (McCue) is averaging over 10 mpg. Hard to expect a player to step up and make a big time contribution in an NCAA tournament game when they haven't done it all year.

That being said, I do hope they can do it. Hopefully WPI will be joining them in the dance. Having 2 teams in again is a great thing for the NEWMAC. Seems like a lot of the those posting on the boards have them getting in. I am not quite as certain & I believe they do have to win tomorrow to have any chance.

Eye in the Sky · February 25, 2012, 01:05:31 AM

all you can say is OH MY GOSH. That's it. Incredible first game. I will say this, I don't think as a Keene fan I can go to these games anymore for sake of serious cardiac issues.

Much credit to Eastern Connecticut. Great group of guys that play with a lot of heart and made great plays to win the game. Chae Phillips threes, and the tip, which by the way, shows why Nick Nedwick is one of the best players in the league. He could have "hero" shot it which would have been a difficult shot, but instead made one of the best plays I have seen, throwing the lob to Robitaille. I want to take nothing away from East Conn because they deserve it.

Keene just cant figure out how to win the game. Keene should be celebrating a second trip in a row to the LEC championship, but for the second year in a row, couldn't make the play to finish the game. One of the best free throw shooters in the country misses a free throw, with 30 seconds that maybe puts the game out of reach? I feel so bad for some of the Keene players, to go through this all over again. Ryan Martin has no reason to hang his head however, because at the time, I thought me made the most clutch play of the season for anytime draining a tough catch and shoot 3, that was well contested with 10 seconds left that looked like it would send the Owls to the ship. Ryan Martin, as I heard through the grapevine, may have a pretty bad injury issue that he played through, and he played bigtime.

However, I guess, for the second straight year, (The Ghost of Akinrola) the Owls come up short. I can only hope that with almost everyone coming back, except for Hunter, for the Owls they can finally get over the hump, because we all know they could very easily have made the ship two straight years.

Good luck to the Warriors, they need all the support they can get after having to use so much energy to get the W tonight. I hope adrenaline can get them going because they are taking on a tough RIC team tomorrow. I would hope with this victory though, that East Conn gets the at large now because they deserve it.

As for the 2nd game, which turned out to be very good, but not quite the same as the first. In the KSC, ECSU game, it was two teams making plays trying to win the game. In the RIC WCSU game, unfortunately, and it was what I worried about with West Conn, and Daquan, that he was great until he tried to be "Hero", and takes bad shots and gets sloppy. Those tournovers late were inexcusible, for a team trying to advance to the conference championship. The players didn't even look like it was a big deal that they were imploding over the final two minutes. (Sorry 7, I'm not trying to rub it in, was just sort of shocked I guess) After whatching all the energy and enthusiasm in the first game, couldn't believe that is how West Conn. Finished.

Signing out tonight, and saying a prayer tonight for my Owls that someone talks them off the ledge after another, gut wrenching, heartbreaking, fist clenching loss, for the second straight year. For a team that unfortunately didn't do enough at the end of the season to secure a bid and won't make it, however, is clearly an NCAA tournament team if I have ever seen one.Tomorrow's championship should be great, and goodluck to both the Warrios and Anchormen, because they both deserve it, and I look forward to both making deep NCAA tournament run. Come on boys, make the LEC proud!

Hugenerd · February 25, 2012, 01:50:56 PM

Quote from: mass_d3fan on February 24, 2012, 11:31:32 PM
I hope I am wrong for the conference sake, but I think its going to be hard for MIT to go deep in the NCAAs. The simple truth is they have zero margin for error.

While their starting 5 can matchup with anyone, they have no proven depth. After the starters, their next 3 top scorers are averaging 2.8, 2.5 and 2.4 ppg and only one player (McCue) is averaging over 10 mpg. Hard to expect a player to step up and make a big time contribution in an NCAA tournament game when they haven't done it all year.

That being said, I do hope they can do it. Hopefully WPI will be joining them in the dance. Having 2 teams in again is a great thing for the NEWMAC. Seems like a lot of the those posting on the boards have them getting in. I am not quite as certain & I believe they do have to win tomorrow to have any chance.

Lets not forget last years national champion was heavily dependent on their starting 5 and only played 1-2 bench players significant minutes (~10 minutes).

Hugenerd · February 25, 2012, 02:31:15 PM

MIT rolls over Babson today, 65-42. MIT never trailed in the game. Up by 13 at the half, MIT held Babson to just 5 points in the first 13 minutes of the 2nd half, building up 59-30 lead in the process. MIT was led by Mitch Kates with 19 points. Noel Hollingsworth had a near perfect afternoon, going 5-6 from the field, including 2-2 from 3 and 4-4 from the FT line, for 16 points to go with his 8 rebounds.

ECSUalum · February 25, 2012, 10:23:30 PM

Quote from: Eye in the Sky on February 25, 2012, 01:05:31 AM
all you can say is OH MY GOSH. That's it. Incredible first game. I will say this, I don't think as a Keene fan I can go to these games anymore for sake of serious cardiac issues.

Much credit to Eastern Connecticut. Great group of guys that play with a lot of heart and made great plays to win the game. Chae Phillips threes, and the tip, which by the way, shows why Nick Nedwick is one of the best players in the league. He could have "hero" shot it which would have been a difficult shot, but instead made one of the best plays I have seen, throwing the lob to Robitaille. I want to take nothing away from East Conn because they deserve it.

Keene just cant figure out how to win the game. Keene should be celebrating a second trip in a row to the LEC championship, but for the second year in a row, couldn't make the play to finish the game. One of the best free throw shooters in the country misses a free throw, with 30 seconds that maybe puts the game out of reach? I feel so bad for some of the Keene players, to go through this all over again. Ryan Martin has no reason to hang his head however, because at the time, I thought me made the most clutch play of the season for anytime draining a tough catch and shoot 3, that was well contested with 10 seconds left that looked like it would send the Owls to the ship. Ryan Martin, as I heard through the grapevine, may have a pretty bad injury issue that he played through, and he played bigtime.

However, I guess, for the second straight year, (The Ghost of Akinrola) the Owls come up short. I can only hope that with almost everyone coming back, except for Hunter, for the Owls they can finally get over the hump, because we all know they could very easily have made the ship two straight years.

Good luck to the Warriors, they need all the support they can get after having to use so much energy to get the W tonight. I hope adrenaline can get them going because they are taking on a tough RIC team tomorrow. I would hope with this victory though, that East Conn gets the at large now because they deserve it.

As for the 2nd game, which turned out to be very good, but not quite the same as the first. In the KSC, ECSU game, it was two teams making plays trying to win the game. In the RIC WCSU game, unfortunately, and it was what I worried about with West Conn, and Daquan, that he was great until he tried to be "Hero", and takes bad shots and gets sloppy. Those tournovers late were inexcusible, for a team trying to advance to the conference championship. The players didn't even look like it was a big deal that they were imploding over the final two minutes. (Sorry 7, I'm not trying to rub it in, was just sort of shocked I guess) After whatching all the energy and enthusiasm in the first game, couldn't believe that is how West Conn. Finished.

Signing out tonight, and saying a prayer tonight for my Owls that someone talks them off the ledge after another, gut wrenching, heartbreaking, fist clenching loss, for the second straight year. For a team that unfortunately didn't do enough at the end of the season to secure a bid and won't make it, however, is clearly an NCAA tournament team if I have ever seen one.Tomorrow's championship should be great, and goodluck to both the Warrios and Anchormen, because they both deserve it, and I look forward to both making deep NCAA tournament run. Come on boys, make the LEC proud!

Eye,

I will bet Keene St kicks ass next year in LEC based on losses to ECSU, RIC, and WCSU!!! I posted simular comments re Ryan on the LEC thread, ie playing an incredible game yesterday, a real class act !!!