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[WPI89]

Sweet 16!

[Hugenerd]

Nerveless 3 by Jimmy Burke with 1.4 seconds left wins it for MIT over Babson.  He scored 2 more when MIT stole the inbounds pass and got fouled, so the final was 69-64.  Matt Redfield had another nice game; only 8 points, but 6 blocks and a nice jam (and an attempted alleyoop from Mitch Kates that got broken up).  Freshman Justin Pedley had 11 points on 3-4 from downtown.  Tash had 22, and Kates had 10 to go with 12 assists.  A scare late when Mitch went down, but went back in a few minutes later.

MIT had a big size advantage over Babson, but allowed entirely too many second chances.

Photos will follow later.  I got a clean shot at Jimmy's game-winner and also Redfield's slam.

Burke is 16-28 from 3 in MIT's last 3 games.

rlk, do you know if he created the last shot himself or was setup?

[rlk]

Nerveless 3 by Jimmy Burke with 1.4 seconds left wins it for MIT over Babson.  He scored 2 more when MIT stole the inbounds pass and got fouled, so the final was 69-64.  Matt Redfield had another nice game; only 8 points, but 6 blocks and a nice jam (and an attempted alleyoop from Mitch Kates that got broken up).  Freshman Justin Pedley had 11 points on 3-4 from downtown.  Tash had 22, and Kates had 10 to go with 12 assists.  A scare late when Mitch went down, but went back in a few minutes later.

MIT had a big size advantage over Babson, but allowed entirely too many second chances.

Photos will follow later.  I got a clean shot at Jimmy's game-winner and also Redfield's slam.

Burke is 16-28 from 3 in MIT's last 3 games.

rlk, do you know if he created the last shot himself or was setup?

Kates drove and dished it out to Burke, who was waiting and shot it right up.  You'll see (sort of) when the photos go up.

Babson immediately called TO.  During the TO, the ref was impressed.  No pressure at all.

[rlk]

MIT-Babson photos are in the process of uploading.  They should be done by 9 PM ET or thereabouts.

http://rlk.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/MIT-Babson-20130112/27525424_kNnscT#!i=2316663941&k=MZRv43n

[Hugenerd]

Nerveless 3 by Jimmy Burke with 1.4 seconds left wins it for MIT over Babson.  He scored 2 more when MIT stole the inbounds pass and got fouled, so the final was 69-64.  Matt Redfield had another nice game; only 8 points, but 6 blocks and a nice jam (and an attempted alleyoop from Mitch Kates that got broken up).  Freshman Justin Pedley had 11 points on 3-4 from downtown.  Tash had 22, and Kates had 10 to go with 12 assists.  A scare late when Mitch went down, but went back in a few minutes later.

MIT had a big size advantage over Babson, but allowed entirely too many second chances.

Photos will follow later.  I got a clean shot at Jimmy's game-winner and also Redfield's slam.

Burke is 16-28 from 3 in MIT's last 3 games.

rlk, do you know if he created the last shot himself or was setup?

Kates drove and dished it out to Burke, who was waiting and shot it right up.  You'll see (sort of) when the photos go up.

Babson immediately called TO.  During the TO, the ref was impressed.  No pressure at all.

Thanks

[rlk]

MIT-Babson photos are in the process of uploading.  They should be done by 9 PM ET or thereabouts.

http://rlk.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball/MIT-Babson-20130112/27525424_kNnscT#!i=2316663941&k=MZRv43n

Everything's uploaded.  Enjoy.  Same basis as usual (Pat, yes, you're welcome to use them for d3hoops).

[mass_d3fan]

Fellow Posters

I got to the WPI-Worcester St game last week and the Engineers looked very, very good.  The Lancers had no answer for the combo of Kolb (11pts/6 rbs/3 stls) and Longwell(14pts/4rbs) in the first half. The competetive aspect of the game was over with when Matt Harrington hit a 3-ptr that gave WPI a 35-15 lead.  While Worcester St. did cut the lead to 13 at one point in the 2nd half, you never had the feeling they were truly a threat and within 3 possesions the lead was back to 20 again.  Kolb continued to be a dominant force in the 2nd half with 11pts and 7 more boards.  Coach Bartley unloaded his bench and many of the reserves got in some good minutes.

Aaron Davis played another good game at point with 9 pts, 5 asts and 4 steals.  Coppola kicked with 9 points and Harrinton had 8.  Longwell finished with 18 to join Kolb in double figures and KJoe Wesoloski contributed 6 points and 5 boards.

I attempted to watch the game Saturday at Wheaton, but the video feed kept freezing up.  From what I could get from the video ansd its backed up by the numbers, both teams did not shoot well in the 1st half and thanks to Longwell's hot hand with 12 pts, the Engineers took a 26-21 lead into the half. In the second half, WPI played a little better better and Wheaton played a lot worse.  The Lyons shot 23% on 6 for 26. The outcome was settled about 8 minutes into the 2nd half.

Longwell carried the day with game highs of 24 points and 9 rebounds. Dom Mastacusa was the only other Engineer in double figures with 10 points.  Scott Faucher led the Lyons with 8 points and Eddie Capstick added 6 point to go with a team high 8 boards.

Big week for WPI coming up with 2 home games against Clark & MIT.

Keep up the good work!

[WPI89]

Fellow Posters



Big week for WPI coming up with 2 home games against Clark & MIT.

Keep up the good work!

Yes - a big week for the new #6 team in the country!

[amh63]

WPI89.....nice to hear from you on your fine team.  Want to let you know that Walzy has reappeared and making up for lost time.  Get your bet down.

[WPI89]

17.................

2 days straight of shooting drills in Harrington after 2 straight wins in the 50's!.

Can't see them getting to 20 unblemished.  MIT, Springfield, Babson next 3.................................

[madzillagd]

Nice battle going on at WPI today with a 3 pt game at halftime.  The refs going with the 2 wrongs make a right style of reffing with back to back clean blocks by WPI & MIT that were both called fouls.  Other than that it's been well played by both sides.  MIT going 1-11 from 3 pt line in the 1st half, we'll see if they pick it up in the 2nd to pull off the upset. 

[WPI89]

18!

I am in awe of this team - they win big, they win close, they blow leads and then come back again, they extend close games with runs late, they win in the 50's, they win in the 80's - there is a clutch aspect to this team that has simply been missing from some of their really good WPI teams in the last 10 years.  The only thing I can figure out with regard to their consistency is that they are not reliant on 1 big player like some of their recent very good teams.

My video feed cut out after Burk's layup made it a 3 (maybe even 2) point game.  2 minutes of game clock later, WPI was back up 10!

Hope nobody pinches me - this is fun.

[BBallers]

Nice battle going on at WPI today with a 3 pt game at halftime.  The refs going with the 2 wrongs make a right style of reffing with back to back clean blocks by WPI & MIT that were both called fouls.  Other than that it's been well played by both sides.  MIT going 1-11 from 3 pt line in the 1st half, we'll see if they pick it up in the 2nd to pull off the upset.

You are correct that they called bad fouls both ways when it came to those clean blocks.  I believe there were other clean blocks that were also inappropriately whistled as fouls.  Speaking from MIT's perspective, the worst 3 calls came at the end of the game when it was close.  Near the end of the game when MIT was getting a little momentum, Redfield had an easy layup where the shorter defender hit his arm just above Redfield's elbow that Redfield missed badly with no whistle.  With a couple minutes left and a 4 point WPI lead, Paul Dawson had the ball (I forgot if it was after a turnover or rebound) and was bodied by WPI player to the point where he was being pushed backwards while dribbling and unable to use his speed for one of the few MIT fast break opportunities.  Not only did they not call the body foul (no-calls are okay if consistent), but then called a foul on Dawson for pushing off with his offhand.  The worst was with about a minute left in the game and I believe a 4 point WPI lead where Kates drove the lane and dished to a wide open Dawson for a corner three point shot.  Dawson missed off the back of the rim and MIT got the rebound and quickly scored a layup that the refs ruled was a shot clock violation.  IOW's, all 3 refs apparently did not see Dawson's shot hit the rim or were afraid to make the right call.  A great game could have been a better game with competent officials.  With that said, I believe WPI would have won this game even if the officials made the right calls.  WPI is balanced and physical and truly worthy of their high national ranking.  Their student fans really get into the game that adds to the excitement.  I will look forward to seeing the future games.

[WPI89]

Nice battle going on at WPI today with a 3 pt game at halftime.  The refs going with the 2 wrongs make a right style of reffing with back to back clean blocks by WPI & MIT that were both called fouls.  Other than that it's been well played by both sides.  MIT going 1-11 from 3 pt line in the 1st half, we'll see if they pick it up in the 2nd to pull off the upset.

You are correct that they called bad fouls both ways when it came to those clean blocks.  I believe there were other clean blocks that were also inappropriately whistled as fouls.  Speaking from MIT's perspective, the worst 3 calls came at the end of the game when it was close.  Near the end of the game when MIT was getting a little momentum, Redfield had an easy layup where the shorter defender hit his arm just above Redfield's elbow that Redfield missed badly with no whistle.  With a couple minutes left and a 4 point WPI lead, Paul Dawson had the ball (I forgot if it was after a turnover or rebound) and was bodied by WPI player to the point where he was being pushed backwards while dribbling and unable to use his speed for one of the few MIT fast break opportunities.  Not only did they not call the body foul (no-calls are okay if consistent), but then called a foul on Dawson for pushing off with his offhand.  The worst was with about a minute left in the game and I believe a 4 point WPI lead where Kates drove the lane and dished to a wide open Dawson for a corner three point shot.  Dawson missed off the back of the rim and MIT got the rebound and quickly scored a layup that the refs ruled was a shot clock violation.  IOW's, all 3 refs apparently did not see Dawson's shot hit the rim or were afraid to make the right call.  A great game could have been a better game with competent officials.  With that said, I believe WPI would have won this game even if the officials made the right calls.  WPI is balanced and physical and truly worthy of their high national ranking.  Their student fans really get into the game that adds to the excitement.  I will look forward to seeing the future games.

BBaller - I missed from 4:30 down to 2 minutes (video feed issues) - and perhaps this is when all these calls happened?  After the 2 minute mark - the game was never in doubt and varied from 7-10 point lead.  Kates (I think Kates) hit the 3 at the buzzer to change a 9 point lead to a 6 point lead.  I agree that this was truly anyone's game until 2 minutes though and I really look forward to the rematch in Cambridge.  Watched 38 minutes and never really thought about the refs - they let both sides play and stayed out of the way in my opinion.

Student section was great for an early Saturday contest.

[amh63]

WPI89....really fun when the contested games are in full swing are they not.  The MIT video feed will cost you though so better get your electronics in order to get your money's worth.
See that you took your winnings and ran....so to speak...on the "CAC" board.  Nice recovery!  If Amherst can get through the next few weeks....win at home and win another few road games......there is a strong chance that our schools will met again down the road.