MBB: NESCAC

[amh63]

Austin Carr was a D.C. Area student.  Can not recall which parochial school he went too....DeMatha or Mackin...the latter school no longer is around. 

[amh63]

Jim Rehnquist became a Williams fan when his daughter played at Williams not so long ago.  Do not believe his son played in the Nescac.  Resides in Ma., I believe.  Grew up in Northern Va.where family members still reside.  Old stories remain wrt to Jim's father at Langley HS games.  One relates to the referee that looked up to see who was yelling at him for a call and was startled to see it was the Chief Justice that questioned his judgement.  The local HS sent a number of students to CAC schools.

[jayhawk]

Jimmy Rehnquist was a great,deadly outside scorer but he was also extremely strong and could jump out of the building with great body control. His dad would come to the games and was a quiet but solid fan.

[Bucket]

Jim Rehnquist became a Williams fan when his daughter played at Williams not so long ago.  Do not believe his son played in the Nescac.  Resides in Ma., I believe.  Grew up in Northern Va.where family members still reside.  Old stories remain wrt to Jim's father at Langley HS games.  One relates to the referee that looked up to see who was yelling at him for a call and was startled to see it was the Chief Justice that questioned his judgement.  The local HS sent a number of students to CAC schools.

More NESCAC ties: his brother-in-law, married to Jim's sister, is a professor and vice president at Middlebury. And even more of a small world: this Rehnquist bro-in-law was once a student of Old Guy's at the University School in Cleveland.

[nescac24]

Jimmy Rehnquist was a great,deadly outside scorer but he was also extremely strong and could jump out of the building with great body control. His dad would come to the games and was a quiet but solid fan.

I played on a NESCAC team against Rehnquist (mostly I sat on the bench and watched others play). My recollection of Rehnquist better matches the 2nd part of jayhawk's description: A powerful leaper who did most of his scoring from 12 feet and in. It's possible the years have dulled my memory. Rehnquist was very strong, with an array of power moves in the lane that allowed him to score over, around and through taller -- but less athletic -- people. Sort of a poor man's Adrian Dantley. I just don't remember him shooting deep all that much. But he was unstoppable anywhere inside the free throw line.

[amh63]

nescac24.....you brought up a name...Adrian Dantley...that "links" back to Old Guy's post.  Dantly is another D.C. Parochial school product that also starred at Notre Dame.
Bucket....Jim Rehnquist has another sister living in McLean, Va....a neighbor of Supreme Court Justice Scalia.  Do not know which sister also went to Amherst....could you clarify?

[Bucket]

The sister who lives in Midd also went to Amherst, I believe...

And speaking of Adrian Dantley: when I was the JV hoops coach at Sidwell, we faced Dantley's son when he was at St. Albans.(A good pg; his backcourt mate, blanking on his name, went on to play  at Williams. He was a senior in my friend Mike Makers' first year as coach.) I had several conversations with Adrian, who was a very intense fellow. The son went on to be the QB at Syracuse, I believe.

[nescac1]

Very nice win for the Ephs tonight against a solid Ursinus squad.  Great to see lots of Eph regulars and former players / parents in the stands as well! 

This was very similar to the Springfield game in that the second half performance was night and day from the first half -- 22 points vs. 55 in the second!  The Ephs looked very rusty (unsurprising coming off the break) and tentative offensively in the first half.  Shots weren't falling, yes, but more importantly guys were not decisive in either shooting or attacking the rim; lots of aimless passing around the perimeter with little to show for it.  Fortunately the defensive effort was there, as it has been for most of the season, and it kept the Ephs in the contest.  In the second half, the Ephs were executing brilliantly and also benefited from SCORCHING hot perimeter shooting.  11-17 from 3 in the half, and all 11 3's came from frosh and sophomores. 

Great to see Chris Galvin return from injury for the Ephs.  He had his usual strong all-around floor game, penetrating into the lane, playing good defense, getting to lose balls, and even hit a big three.  His importance is greater than what is reflected in the box score, the consummate glue guy. 

Cole Teal had a big overall game (23-4-4, with six threes and two steals) and hit two critical deep, contested threes with the shot clock winding down at a critical juncture of the half.  Hopefully he will keep building on his last two very impressive performances, as he seems to be getting his confidence back.  Frosh James Heskett also was red-hot, swishing four straight threes in the second half and generally causing panic for the defense whenever he got the ball.  He also hit a very high-degree-of-difficulty driving banker in the first half.  Great game for him and his defensive effort is also improving.  Also playing well for the Ephs was Bobby Casey, who had 9 points and 4 assists in only 16 minutes, and Kyle Scadlock, who once again was much better in the second half than in the first.  He had one particularly memorable play late in the game when he gathered in a pass, somehow, that seemed about five feet over his head, and then immediately drove like a whirling dervish into the lane for a beautiful finish.  He is capable of some spectacular finishes but like all of the Eph frosh is still very much a work in progress.  Still, his talent is immense.  Scadlock, Casey and Heskett are all benefiting from the big early minutes each has been forced to play, all just need to find a bit more consistency.

Dan Aronowitz had yet another strong game -- he is someone who has to be seen in person to be fully appreciated as he has an uncanny ability to slither around defenders in mid-air close to the basket to make very difficult finishes look almost routine.  He had a 13-6-5 and often made something out of nothing late in the shot clock by working his way into the lane.  Finally, want to give props to Marcos Soto -- he made almost no impact on the box score, but played 28 big minutes with Ed Flynn in foul trouble and worked his butt off, for the most part guarding a guy who had probably 80 pounds of muscle on him, largely keeping him out of the paint or forcing him into difficult shot attempts.  Heck of an effort defensively by Soto. 

Catholic looks like a really tough match-up tomorrow.  They are quicker than the Ephs and also far more experienced, and of course are playing at home.  The Ephs will need to bring the intensity from the opening whistle and also hope to get good three point shooting once again. The Ephs could also benefit from better free throw shooting (only 50 percent tonight). 

[pinseeking1]

Bates came up short tonight against a tough WPI team up in Maine. Final score was 58-51. Bates looked good against a quality opponent, but once again couldn't close the deal with poor shooting down the stretch. One for 11 from 3 point range in the second half and 22% for the game told the story. Next up, Babson, Brandeis, Colby and Bowdon, so things won't get much easier soon...

[ronk]

Austin Carr was a D.C. Area student.  Can not recall which parochial school he went too....DeMatha or Mackin...the latter school no longer is around.

Austin went to Mackin, then went to Notre Dame with DeMatha foes Sid Catlett and Bob Whitmore; Austin holds the NCAA tourney single game record of 61 points, 3 of the 5-highest games, averaged 52.7 in the '70 tourney and has the highest career NCAA average/game of 41.7, 8 points higher than 2nd place Bill Bradley. Watching those Mackin-DeMatha battles when Austin played was my intro to the highest level of high school ball. They were beating major college freshman teams in those days.
  Adrian Dantley works out at the same fitness center as me now; working out was his secret before it became a fad. People told him at every level that you may have played down low in junior high(then high school, college, NBA) but you won't be able to do it at this level. He always out-worked the opposition and proved them wrong.   

[booyakasha]

Good win for Colby last night vs #16 Mt Union on a neutral court 87-81. Very much like the Williams game, it was a tale of two halves for the Mules (30pts, 57pts). Nice to win with an uncharacteristically low offensive output from Hudnut. Wilson paced the mules with 18 and 12.

Should Colby take care of business over the next two games against weaker opponents (Maine Farmington and Pine Manor), they will enter conference play at Bates with a 10-1 mark. The lone loss was the first game of the year to Staten Island; a game in which they lead by as much as 30 early in the second half, only to be taken to and defeated in overtime. That game included one of the best individual performances I've ever seen by CSI guard Frank Schettino. He put up 43 points, 9 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals while having the ball in his hand the whole game and only turning it over twice. I wish the video was archived somewhere because it would be worth a second viewing.

[WPI89]

Booya - I was at the Colby/Staten Island game - perhaps the most shocking last 12 minutes of a D3 game I have ever seen.

After losing to WPI the next night - Staten Island has only lost to D1 Wagner the rest of the way.  They will do damage in the big tourney when it always seems like big players make big plays. They have likely the best 1-2 punch in d3 I n Schettino and Fonseca.

Congrats to Colby on their fast start - keep it up.

[booyakasha]

Thanks WPI.

I drove up to Lewiston to check out your boys yesterday, and came away impressed. They are flat out difficult to score on, particularly on the interior (though they go through their own stretches where they have a tough time putting it in the hoop as well). Check out the box score - 8 points total for the Delpeche twins, two of the most athletic players in the league.

I was impressed with 22's play for WPI, though baffled when Bates left him open after he seemed to get it going from three. Furbush seemed equally baffled, calling timeout after he knocked down a pair of uncontested threes.

Better crowd than I thought there might be as well, considering the school break and storm.

[amh63]

Nice posts of the CAC games last night! 
I did a bit of surfing around to catch some games.  I tried to watch the Bates-WPI video but my "equipment" failed me...more likely my abilities.  Anyway, caught the stats up to the half.
Switched over to the Williams game and watched up to the first part of the 2nd half.  Missed the Ephs comeback/wake up in the second half. 
Congrats to Colby's win!  Too late for me to watch the Tufts game.  Overall, good day for the Nescac.  Amherst games down South starts in Jan.  Hope the team will be ready.
Nescac1...was wondering if you were at Catholic Un.  Which side did you sit on.....the crowd behind the Williams' bench or the small group across from the Williams bench?  There was a number of younger Williams fans...with young kids/infants on the opposite side.  Had the game on my TV screen and the video was on during half time.
Oops.....thank you ronk for confirming a hunch wrt to Mackin and Carr.  Remember there were some DeMatha players on the ND team too.  Plus K

[P'bearfan]

Bowdoin will host St Joe's (Me) tonight at 7 pm; I'm looking forward to the second half of the season getting underway.

In the last two seasons, Bowdoin had a longer break between their last game in December and their first game after Xmas.  This year they will play tonight and then take on Bridgewater State on Jan 5th before traveling to Tufts on Jan 8th. 

IMHO, this year's schedule is advantageous as there is less downtime between games and it gives the P'bears a couple of non-conference games to fine tune things before entering conference play.  Will check in after the game.

GoUBears!!