MBB: NESCAC

[formerbant10]

Only my boy Treyball (Cohen) would miss the opening weekend of NESCAC play for a wedding.

I'm wondering if Clark is an awful team if they managed to win @ WPI??  I'm thinking more that they are inconsistent and can be good in stretches.  And no even double teaming Rhoten wasn't effective, but that was because Rhoten was patient and waited for guys to get to the open spot and hit them for easy buckets.  Whether it was Hoar for a foul line jumper, Westbrooks for a layup or Clarke for a weakside bomb, Rhoten looked like the old Brett Favre picking apart a weak secondary. 

I don't care what team he was playing against, he raised his level of play a couple of notches just to remind everyone he's still the best player in New England.

Good luck to the Bants this afternoon.

[senatorfrost]

 Someone I know saw the Trinity/Clark game and said Trinity will most likely beat Amherst. I am not one of those who thinks that  Amherst is loaded. At the beginning of the year I thought Amherst and Trinity were 1 and 2 and very close. Now with the dismantling of Clark I have to wonder if the man I know who saw the game is right.
  By the way, I have to admit I am wondering, WHO ARE these people, who have the audacity to schedule a wedding during NESCAC Conference games? They could have waited until April. What's the rush, especially since they have about a 50% chance of getting divorced. Ah yes, but like most of us they are only thinking of themselves and only in the moment.

[formerbant10]

As I said, it was a great game.  All the reports I've heard said it was a thriller as usual.  Great hearing that someone not named Tyler Rhoten hit the winning shot, shows the confidence they all have in each other now.  Trinity in the driver's seat now, just the way I like it.

[speedy]

A solid victory by Bowdoin over Tufts today, 84-70.

[formerbant10]

Williams only beats Wes by 11 w/o Ashe, then escapes Conn with a 2 point win.  Maybe they aren't as good as advertised.  And that's a great win for Bowdoin, not just a solid one.

As for Cohen, it really doesn't surprise me.  As good a player as he is and as much as I love the kid....he's always been a little aloof to say the least. 

[Red1]

And without Cohen Bates cruised to a 66-55 win over Colby this afternoon.

[Sticks11]

As for Cohen missing this weekend's games....I don't think he had any control over deciding when his sister was going to get married, regardless if they were playing Bates or not.  Knowing how he is, I'm sure he would have much rather been playing then going to her wedding...

[formerbant10]

I was hoping that it was his sister getting married.....anything else would've been unacceptable.

[eholmes]

great win for the bants tongiht. Pat Martin putting in a solid night's work in his 45! minutes with 15 and 7. Mike 'the fisher cat' Hoar hit a couple clutch shots at the end of regulation and OT. Ty Rhoten with an impressive eight assists on top of his 28 points.  Also heard russ martin had 8 points in a row to spark a 15-0 run to tie the game up.

great free throw shooting by the bants as well, its won them a couple games this year, especially the first weekend in pennsylvania.

surprised that casnocha had 16 tonight, last year against us he was pretty non effective on the offensive end of the floor. I'm wondering what was different this year?

[walzy31]

Cas shot 50% (4-8) from deep yesterday compared to two 0-2 performances in last year's Trin games. That's pretty much what was different in his offensive production.
Must say Trinity is in drivers seat and I don't like that. Still think that Trinity can beat anyone and lose to anyone, which will open the door for Amherst.

[dman]

conn college has a really nice team.  i would say they have a chance for a few upsets in conference play.  they play alot of sophmores and frosh, so i think they will be a force for the next few years.  stone is very hard to stop, and he looks like a good passer, too.  newton played him pretty even.  williams was lucky to escape with a win.  meanwhile, i think williams just couldn't take wes. very seriously after hammering them early in the season.  that curry guy is nuts, (or maybe he might have to pee in a cup)!!  what happened to the ashe guy???  nice win for trinity.  i'm going to stick to my belief that the 'herst has too much talent....and where did bowdoin come from? 

also, i thought most people got married between may and october....

[formerbant10]

Dman, Conn has been playing freshman and sophomores for the past 4 years and for some reason those kids never develop the way they should.  Stone has still yet to play well in a big game against a good big man....keep in mind that Newton is recovering from a knee injury.

Walzy, Trinity can absolutely beat anyone and lose to anyone....but it looks like Amherst can be beaten as well.

And the Cohen's are jewish.....i don't know if that makes a difference on wedding season or not.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Right now it looks like a countdown to Amherst-Tufts on the last day of the season, unless Williams of Trinity can sneak up on them.

[toad22]

Williams needs to play much better in the coming weeks if they hope to be a factor in the league this year. Both Wes and Conn took the Ephs to the tape. I doubt either of those teams will do much this year, though as Dman wrote, Conn could sneak up on somebody. They appear to be very disciplined and well coached. The Ephs need to come away from next weekend with at least 1 win. They are on the road at Tufts and Bates, so nothing will come easy.

[formerbant10]

Hoopsfan, Technically right now it's more about Trinity-Williams the night before seeing as though Trinity just beat Amherst.  Whether it will stay that way remains to be seen.  But Williams, Bates and Trinity are the ones to beat right now.

Both Amherst and Tufts have losses in the conference already.  Tufts having a particularly bad loss at Bowdoin, makes them very beatable.  If not for the Cohen family wedding, they very well could've lost both this past weekend.