MBB: NEWMAC

[WPI89]

Dave/Pat/Anyone

Anybody know how to get scores (or even better, box scores) from the allstar's team games in Europe?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Hope you don't mind a break in the action, as it were, but I want to share a story the D3 community should know about. You actually may have seen the story on the front page of D3hoops.com, but just in case:

A Goucher basketball player has been paralyzed in a freak accident. He was wrestling around with a friend one morning in his dorm building when he landed on his neck. The entire story is here.

He was released from the hospital to the Kennedy Krieger Institute for rehab shortly after that article was posted last week. However, over the weekend he was sent back to the hospital when he apparently had trouble breathing. Now he awaits a return to the rehab facility, probably any day if he hasn't been released already.

Please keep Damone Brooks, his family, the Goucher basketball team(s), and Goucher community in your thoughts, hearts, and prayers. The family certainly needs help with medical bills as well, so if you feel inclined, please consider them as well.

To follow his progress online, click here.
And to consider a donation, click here.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

[rlk]

MIT announces its freshman recruit class: http://www.mitathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/2011-12/releases/20120702mjtmsb

Looks like Lampros Tsontzos is in there, but he's "only" listed as 6'10".

[Hugenerd]

MIT announces its freshman recruit class: http://www.mitathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/2011-12/releases/20120702mjtmsb

Looks like Lampros Tsontzos is in there, but he's "only" listed as 6'10".

Ryan Frankel: NYC non-'AA' POY
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/high_school/basketball/nyc_non_aa_boys_basketball_honors_w3nmiSN7JoDfUipKBuDuJK

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/high_school/basketball/inside_chsaa_private_boys_hoops_GsEFNfqLnexfkWqdzCgcCI/1

Miles Nolting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arXJcGGuWVc

[Hugenerd]

MIT announces its freshman recruit class: http://www.mitathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/2011-12/releases/20120702mjtmsb

Looks like Lampros Tsontzos is in there, but he's "only" listed as 6'10".

Tsontzos is on the Greek U18 15 man roster. If he makes the 12 man roster, he will compete in Lithuania/Latvia from August 9-19 for the Euro U18 championships.

http://u18men.fibaeurope.com/en/

[rlk]

MIT announces its freshman recruit class: http://www.mitathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/2011-12/releases/20120702mjtmsb

Looks like Lampros Tsontzos is in there, but he's "only" listed as 6'10".

Ryan Frankel: NYC non-'AA' POY
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/high_school/basketball/nyc_non_aa_boys_basketball_honors_w3nmiSN7JoDfUipKBuDuJK

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/high_school/basketball/inside_chsaa_private_boys_hoops_GsEFNfqLnexfkWqdzCgcCI/1

There's going to be a serious logjam at point guard this year, with Frankel joining Kates and Dawson.  But that's not exactly the worst problem to have, and Frankel will have an opportunity to learn a lot this season from one of the best in DIII.  And given how Coach Anderson sometimes had both Kates and Dawson on the floor late in tight games (presumably to really avoid mishaps in the backcourt in press situations), having someone else will give more options.

I also can't help but note that Frankel relishes the chance to compete for a national title, something he wouldn't have gotten in the Ivy League.  That Final Four appearance really has to have helped the recruiting.

Miles Nolting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arXJcGGuWVc

Nice post moves, would have been good to see some D also.

[rlk]

I also can't help but note that Frankel relishes the chance to compete for a national title, something he wouldn't have gotten in the Ivy League.  That Final Four appearance really has to have helped the recruiting.

Of course, that makes no sense because he (and everyone else) committed well before the tournament.  But I'm sure it made him feel very good about his decision and will surely help next year's recruiting.

[Hugenerd]

MIT is also getting Reinier Strobos back this year, who missed his freshman year last year due to injury. He was very highly taughted out of high school, playing for a top national AAU team (Texas D1 Greyhounds). He is a 6'8" wing player.

[mass_d3fan]

Right now, It looks like the rich are getting richer... MIT stacking up the talent
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I also read where Keene St has a 6'10" kid coming in

From what iI have read on NERR and heard, the Engineers here in Worcester are apparently going to rely on the backups to Matt Carr to step up and play big, since there is no word of them getting any one bigger than the 6'4"/6'5" range.

Unless there is a "BIG" splash to come, I think it could be a tough season for WPI when it comes to competing with the top NE teams.  Losing their center & defensive specialist David Brown to graduation are two big holes to fill.  They do have some good offensive punch coming back, but they will seriously struggle on the defensive end and need to find someone to rebound or they will have to send 5 to the boards and hold off trying to run someone on break outs.

It will be very interesting to see how this years Engineers Vs Engineers matchups play out.

[amh63]

It seems to be getting crowded at MIT.  After the first semester of classes at MIT, the new players may want to transfer to WPI for more playing time on the court and more real college fun at WPI.  A win win situation for the student-athletes. 

[rlk]

It seems to be getting crowded at MIT.  After the first semester of classes at MIT, the new players may want to transfer to WPI for more playing time on the court and more real college fun at WPI.  A win win situation for the student-athletes.

First semester's pass/fail at MIT, remember.  And MIT has plenty of activities.  Really, now, would you rather be across from Boston (and most of the team actually lives in the Back Bay), or in Woostah?

Last winter, one of the Caltech players transferred to MIT (Todd Cramer).  Wonder if he's going to be on the team next year.

[BBallers]

It seems to be getting crowded at MIT.  After the first semester of classes at MIT, the new players may want to transfer to WPI for more playing time on the court and more real college fun at WPI.  A win win situation for the student-athletes.

It is interesting that there is still a nerd perception at MIT that translates into no "real" fun.  Maybe it is somewhat true that there may be more nerds at MIT because it is a leading engineering school, but WPI is also an engineering school.  Although I don't believe it, many people associate engineering students with being "nerds".

FYI - All, but maybe a couple of the MIT basketball players are in the Lambda Chi Alpha (LCA) fraternity.  The recruits typically spend at least one night at the LCA frat house.  The LCA frat house is accross the river in Boston just a few blocks away from Fenway in the middle of Boston University (BU), next door to a BU dorm and directly accross from a newly constructed BU student center.  BU has ~30K students of which 59% are women and this is well known to the LCA occupents, especially in their weekend parties.  Also, their LCA fraternity house is undergoing a $2 million renovation that is currently underway this summer.  I believe this is more "real fun" there than many of the leading "party" universities accross the country.

Every year, at least for the past 4 years with MIT making the NCAA's, there appears to be more interest by basketball players in attending MIT.  Consequently, with 4 starters returning and the quality of roster depth, there are always players quitting because they may not get playing time and possibly see themselves as being passed by younger players.  However, these players seldom leave MIT.  I believe the incoming junior class only has one player left.

MIT has extremely difficult classes, but the basketball and other athletes have been admitted based on their overall college application with no priority given to athletics, so they are fully competitent at doing the work.  Other D3 schools may give priority to student athletes, but not at MIT.  MIT has had a lot of superior D1 players apply, but not get admitted.  As mentioned, it is also nice that MIT has a pass/fail for their first semester so all students can get used to the level of work required in their classes without destroying their GPA's.  There are numerous campus activities also, but I thought this may clarify what may be perceived as real fun.

[BBallers]

It seems to be getting crowded at MIT.  After the first semester of classes at MIT, the new players may want to transfer to WPI for more playing time on the court and more real college fun at WPI.  A win win situation for the student-athletes.

First semester's pass/fail at MIT, remember.  And MIT has plenty of activities.  Really, now, would you rather be across from Boston (and most of the team actually lives in the Back Bay), or in Woostah?

Last winter, one of the Caltech players transferred to MIT (Todd Cramer).  Wonder if he's going to be on the team next year.

My understanding is that Todd was working out with the team in the off-season last semester, so there is no reason to believe that he will not be on the team.  As you probably know, the Caltech coach used to be Larry Aderson's lead assistant coach, so I'm sure he knew about the transfer.

[rlk]

It seems to be getting crowded at MIT.  After the first semester of classes at MIT, the new players may want to transfer to WPI for more playing time on the court and more real college fun at WPI.  A win win situation for the student-athletes.

It is interesting that there is still a nerd perception at MIT that translates into no "real" fun.  Maybe it is somewhat true that there may be more nerds at MIT because it is a leading engineering school, but WPI is also an engineering school.  Although I don't believe it, many people associate engineering students with being "nerds".

FYI - All, but maybe a couple of the MIT basketball players are in the Lambda Chi Alpha (LCA) fraternity.  The recruits typically spend at least one night at the LCA frat house.  The LCA frat house is accross the river in Boston just a few blocks away from Fenway in the middle of Boston University (BU), next door to a BU dorm and directly accross from a newly constructed BU student center.  BU has ~30K students of which 59% are women and this is well known to the LCA occupents, especially in their weekend parties.  Also, their LCA fraternity house is undergoing a $2 million renovation that is currently underway this summer.  I believe this is more "real fun" there than many of the leading "party" universities accross the country.

Every year, at least for the past 4 years with MIT making the NCAA's, there appears to be more interest by basketball players in attending MIT.  Consequently, with 4 starters returning and the quality of roster depth, there are always players quitting because they may not get playing time and possibly see themselves as being passed by younger players.  However, these players seldom leave MIT.  I believe the incoming junior class only has one player left.

MIT has extremely difficult classes, but the basketball and other athletes have been admitted based on their overall college application with no priority given to athletics, so they are fully competitent at doing the work.  Other D3 schools may give priority to student athletes, but not at MIT.  MIT has had a lot of superior D1 players apply, but not get admitted.  As mentioned, it is also nice that MIT has a pass/fail for their first semester so all students can get used to the level of work required in their classes without destroying their GPA's.  There are numerous campus activities also, but I thought this may clarify what may be perceived as real fun.

If you're at MIT, it's because you're interested in a lot more than just basketball.  Yes, MIT has a top basketball program these days, which will surely help convince a serious basketball player with the academic chops and technical interests to attend, but that's always going to be a secondary factor.  You go to MIT because you want the MIT education.  Period.

But that said, as you note, it's more than just a bunch of Joe (and Jane) Tools carrying nerd kits to 6.111 while working on their 2.70 (or whatever they renumbered it to) contest projects.  There's a tremendous variety of activities, and if somehow there isn't what you want, you start it yourself.  Sports-wise, MIT has more varsity teams (currently 37, I believe) than all but a handful of other schools.  When I was there, there were 12,000 annual participants in IM teams -- with 4000 undergrads and another 4000 grads, the average student was on more than one IM team each year.  And if you want lots of off-campus life, MIT's location is second to none.

Read Jimmy Bartolotta's thoughts on his experience at MIT here: http://mitbasketball.blogspot.com/2010/02/former-mit-star-jimmy-bartolotta-talks.html for a more contemporary take on student life.  Although it really isn't that different from my own experiences.

[WPI89]

It seems to be getting crowded at MIT.  After the first semester of classes at MIT, the new players may want to transfer to WPI for more playing time on the court and more real college fun at WPI.  A win win situation for the student-athletes.

It is interesting that there is still a nerd perception at MIT that translates into no "real" fun.  Maybe it is somewhat true that there may be more nerds at MIT because it is a leading engineering school, but WPI is also an engineering school.  Although I don't believe it, many people associate engineering students with being "nerds".

FYI - All, but maybe a couple of the MIT basketball players are in the Lambda Chi Alpha (LCA) fraternity.  The recruits typically spend at least one night at the LCA frat house.  The LCA frat house is accross the river in Boston just a few blocks away from Fenway in the middle of Boston University (BU), next door to a BU dorm and directly accross from a newly constructed BU student center.  BU has ~30K students of which 59% are women and this is well known to the LCA occupents, especially in their weekend parties.  Also, their LCA fraternity house is undergoing a $2 million renovation that is currently underway this summer.  I believe this is more "real fun" there than many of the leading "party" universities accross the country.

Every year, at least for the past 4 years with MIT making the NCAA's, there appears to be more interest by basketball players in attending MIT.  Consequently, with 4 starters returning and the quality of roster depth, there are always players quitting because they may not get playing time and possibly see themselves as being passed by younger players.  However, these players seldom leave MIT.  I believe the incoming junior class only has one player left.

MIT has extremely difficult classes, but the basketball and other athletes have been admitted based on their overall college application with no priority given to athletics, so they are fully competitent at doing the work.  Other D3 schools may give priority to student athletes, but not at MIT.  MIT has had a lot of superior D1 players apply, but not get admitted.  As mentioned, it is also nice that MIT has a pass/fail for their first semester so all students can get used to the level of work required in their classes without destroying their GPA's.  There are numerous campus activities also, but I thought this may clarify what may be perceived as real fun.

Bballers - AMH63 is just trying to stir things up - which he has apparently done effectively.  Also - be careful about "no priority" to student athletes - that statement is patently false.  They still may have the highest standards of any university in the country (world?) - which is saying a lot - but the coaches do have say on admissions.  I have nephews at Columbia and at MIT right now - both student athletes - and both had excellent relationships with their respective coaches before and during the admissions process.