MBB: NESCAC

[7express]

I only went back a couple dozen pages of posts so I may be missing some potentials that were previously posted but I'll try to remember to keep track going forward. 

AMHERST RECRUITS
Jacob Nabatoff---6'8 C, Charlotte Latin HS,  Charlotte, NC
Reid Berman---  PG, New Trier, ME
Jeff Racy---6'4 G, Ridgefield HS, Ridgefield, CT

BATES RECRUITS

BOWDOIN RECRUITS

COLBY RECRUITS

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE RECRUITS
Colin Pasco---6'5 F, Suffield Academy,

HAMILTON RECRUITS
Weston Wilbur---6'4 F, Wilton HS, Wilton, CT
Alex Addesi--- 6'8 F/C, Staples HS,  Westport CT

MIDDLEBURY RECRUITS
Bryan Jones---6'1 G, Loomis Chaffee/Christian Heritage, 

TRINITY RECRUITS

TUFTS RECRUITS
Hunter Sabety---6'8 C, Oceanside HS, Oceanside, NY
Tarik Smith---- 6'0 PG, Cheshire Academy, Concord, NH
Drew Madsen--- 6'6 F, St. Augustine's HS, San Diego, CA 

WESLEYAN RECRUITS
Harry Rafferty---5'11 PG, Berwick/Phillips Exeter, Durham, NH
Joe Connelly---6'2 SG, Beaver Country Day, Boston, MA
Davis Reid---6'2 G, Phillips Exeter, Kansas City, MO

WILLIAMS RECRUITS
Duncan Robinson---6'7 F, Phillips Exeter/Governors, Newcastle, NH
Daniel Aronowitz---6'5 F, Columbus Academy, Columbus, OH
Mike Greenman--- 5'9 PG , St Augustine Prep, Linwood, NJ

I live about 30 feet from Christian Heritage.  Do you know if he's at Chaffee or Christian Heritage this year??

[Bucket]

I only went back a couple dozen pages of posts so I may be missing some potentials that were previously posted but I'll try to remember to keep track going forward. 

AMHERST RECRUITS
Jacob Nabatoff---6'8 C, Charlotte Latin HS,  Charlotte, NC
Reid Berman---  PG, New Trier, ME
Jeff Racy---6'4 G, Ridgefield HS, Ridgefield, CT

BATES RECRUITS

BOWDOIN RECRUITS

COLBY RECRUITS

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE RECRUITS
Colin Pasco---6'5 F, Suffield Academy,

HAMILTON RECRUITS
Weston Wilbur---6'4 F, Wilton HS, Wilton, CT
Alex Addesi--- 6'8 F/C, Staples HS,  Westport CT

MIDDLEBURY RECRUITS
Bryan Jones---6'1 G, Loomis Chaffee/Christian Heritage, 

TRINITY RECRUITS

TUFTS RECRUITS
Hunter Sabety---6'8 C, Oceanside HS, Oceanside, NY
Tarik Smith---- 6'0 PG, Cheshire Academy, Concord, NH
Drew Madsen--- 6'6 F, St. Augustine's HS, San Diego, CA 

WESLEYAN RECRUITS
Harry Rafferty---5'11 PG, Berwick/Phillips Exeter, Durham, NH
Joe Connelly---6'2 SG, Beaver Country Day, Boston, MA
Davis Reid---6'2 G, Phillips Exeter, Kansas City, MO

WILLIAMS RECRUITS
Duncan Robinson---6'7 F, Phillips Exeter/Governors, Newcastle, NH
Daniel Aronowitz---6'5 F, Columbus Academy, Columbus, OH
Mike Greenman--- 5'9 PG , St Augustine Prep, Linwood, NJ

I live about 30 feet from Christian Heritage.  Do you know if he's at Chaffee or Christian Heritage this year??

I believe that he is at Loomis this year.

[NEhoops]

It will be interesting to see how the all-league teams shake out. I don't think we can discount the value that the coaches give to seniors when voting. With that said it will be interesting to see if any of the top teams get three players recognized. Here is my ten, it's a little top heavy and it includes three Amherst players. 

Anderson – Senior and leading scoring of a top four team; second team last year
Brown – Senior and leading scorer in the conference; two time all league selection
Callaghan – Senior; second team last year
Epley – Fifth leading scorer in the league
Kaasila – Senior; top ten in points/rebounds/FG%
Kizel – Leading scorer of a top four team; top ten in assists/steals; first team last year
Mayer – Leading scorer of a top four team; top five in rebounds/FG%
Thompson – Senior; top ten in points/3FG%
Toomey – Leading scorer of #1 seed; top five in assists/steals/3FG%; first team last year
Workman – Senior; top ten in rebounds/assists/3FG%; second team last year

POY: Toomey – he is the most important player to any team in the league
DPOY: I know the contenders, but haven't seen everyone play enough to comment on it
ROY: Palleschi – second leading rookie scorer; top ten in rebounds/FG%. Hart had a great year as the top rookie scorer and they could be co-winners
COY: I think Hixon is the front runner, but not the clear cut favorite. It's a funny award. Greg Popovich has won four NBA titles and led the Spurs to the best record in the league six times - maybe more, but only has two COY awards

[wrm238]

It will be interesting to see how the all-league teams shake out. I don't think we can discount the value that the coaches give to seniors when voting. With that said it will be interesting to see if any of the top teams get three players recognized. Here is my ten, it's a little top heavy and it includes three Amherst players. 

Anderson – Senior and leading scoring of a top four team; second team last year
Brown – Senior and leading scorer in the conference; two time all league selection
Callaghan – Senior; second team last year
Epley – Fifth leading scorer in the league
Kaasila – Senior; top ten in points/rebounds/FG%
Kizel – Leading scorer of a top four team; top ten in assists/steals; first team last year
Mayer – Leading scorer of a top four team; top five in rebounds/FG%
Thompson – Senior; top ten in points/3FG%
Toomey – Leading scorer of #1 seed; top five in assists/steals/3FG%; first team last year
Workman – Senior; top ten in rebounds/assists/3FG%; second team last year

POY: Toomey – he is the most important player to any team in the league
DPOY: I know the contenders, but haven't seen everyone play enough to comment on it
ROY: Palleschi – second leading rookie scorer; top ten in rebounds/FG%. Hart had a great year as the top rookie scorer and they could be co-winners
COY: I think Hixon is the front runner, but not the clear cut favorite. It's a funny award. Greg Popovich has won four NBA titles and led the Spurs to the best record in the league six times - maybe more, but only has two COY awards

NEHoops,

Good post. Your all league teams look pretty good for the most. As I have stated and as I think most posters on here would agree, once you get into that second team all CAC area, things can get very close and there can be a lot of tossups. POY is still a tossup in my opinion, but I think it will go to either Toomey or Workman, but I have to give the slight, slight edge to Workman. But Toomey can easily win that award, as both are very deserving. DPOY has to go to Thompson. After watching Midd a few different times this season, Thompson is clearly deserving of this award and has stepped up to the defensive occasion multiple times. ROY IMO should go to Paleschi but if there was to be a co-winner, I would go with Shill over Hart. After looking at their head to head matchup box score, Shill clearly won that battle. Hart was a great scorer this season, but Shill had better all around statistical averages. However, I do feel that Paleschi was the top frosh in the league this year. COY should go to Hixon as well. Looking forward to this weekend of NESCAC hoops.

[middhoops]

coy - Hixon.  He won at Williams and Midd.
poy- Mayer.  Unstoppable with limited support.
dpoy- Thompson.  Duh.
roy- Hart.  Carried a bad team as a freshman.

[Old Guy]

Epley – Fifth leading scorer in the league
Kaasila – Senior; top ten in points/rebounds/FG%
Kizel – Leading scorer of a top four team; top ten in assists/steals; first team last year
Mayer – Leading scorer of a top four team; top five in rebounds/FG%   NEHoops

Lynch is Middlebury's leading scorer with 15.1 ppg (Kizel - 13.7)

[nescacbball]

POY - Toomey
COY - Hixon
DPOY - Thompson
ROY - Haladyna or Palleschi....toss up

[maineman]

Midd fans can make it a full day at Amherst:

Midd-Amherst Men's hockey 1PM
Midd-Williams Men's Basketball-3PM
Midd-Williams Women's Basketball 7:30PM

[pick and roll]

Then Midd v Tufts mens and Midd v Bowdoin women's basketball on Sunday should be a great weekend indeed v - lol

[middhoops]

If anyone is online and wants to see what a couple of top 10 teams in the Midwest look like:    http://www.nctv17.com/schedule/

Thus far, they appear less athletic than the top NESCAC teams.

[Charles]

If anyone is online and wants to see what a couple of top 10 teams in the Midwest look like:    http://www.nctv17.com/schedule/

Thus far, they appear less athletic than the top NESCAC teams.

They both look so unathletic and slow. How are they ranked in the top 5? Wow.

[Pat Coleman]

Last 10 years: midwest seven national titles, new england two, south atlantic one. Probably has something to do with it.

[toad22]

It is a big mistake to underestimate the strength of the midwest. The teams that Williams has played in their six trips to the final four were universally big, strong, well coached teams. That is the heart of D3 basketball. Which is not to say that other regions can't compete. There are just a great many excellent teams in the midwest.

[Mr. Ypsi]

If anyone is online and wants to see what a couple of top 10 teams in the Midwest look like:    http://www.nctv17.com/schedule/

Thus far, they appear less athletic than the top NESCAC teams.

They both look so unathletic and slow. How are they ranked in the top 5? Wow.

Oh, my!  I am SO pumped to see either IWU or NCC to face a NESCAC team!  My hunch is that you will see why they are ranked in the top 5.

And this is from a guy who has Amherst and Midd both in the top 5, and Williams in the top 10, on the Posters' Poll.  (Charles, I will not reveal where YOU voted IWU and NCC vs. the NESCAC teams in the Posters' Poll! )

[Vandy74]

If anyone is online and wants to see what a couple of top 10 teams in the Midwest look like:    http://www.nctv17.com/schedule/

Thus far, they appear less athletic than the top NESCAC teams.

They both look so unathletic and slow. How are they ranked in the top 5? Wow.


The video feed is so choppy I don't think you can use it to determine team speed and athleticism.  It looks like a film strip with every 4th or 5th frame missing.   They all look like pretty good athletes to me.  As a Midd fan what I noticed most, with one exception, was very good free throw shooting.  That has been the Panthers' Achilles heel in several of their post-season losses.  If they don't take care of business at the charity stripe they won't have to worry about how slow or unathletic either of these teams are.