MBB: NESCAC

walzy31 · January 28, 2006, 04:47:17 PM

Amherst 26 Colby 33...that was the half time score believe it or not.
Cohen had 18 points and 3 blocks in the half and Amherst was shooting 23% from the floor and 14% from three (4-24). Amherst also had 11 O Boards to Colby's one.

Second half was a different game. Amherst rattled off 52 points (many from Casnocha three balls), and continued to absolutely dominate the glass.

Cohen finished with 28 and 5 blocks...he is really good. It was great to see Petrie and Cohen back to back nights. They are two of the premier scorers and players in the conference.

Best dunk...Dan Wheeler with the powerful slam on the fast break mid second half. I think that is 7 different players to have dunked in a game this season.

I was off on this predicition but I'll wait for the rest of the NESCAC results before I put up a post.

"SIMPSON! Get the ball!"

Final Score Amherst 78 Colby 59

Christmas is coming up...

ephwithbeef · January 28, 2006, 09:32:45 PM

Disastrous loss for middlebury to williams. really needed that one. this is a year of mediocrity for NESCAC, and midd needed to capitalize on that to make the playoffs but we're coming up way short. it's too bad.

Midd Range · January 28, 2006, 09:43:13 PM

Definitely a win that Midd needed, but certainly not putting them out of the NESCAC playoffs. Midd had a two point lead with about 3 minutes left and Shalvoy hit some huge shots down the stretch that put the game just out of reach. A battle throughout, Midd and Williams were pretty evenly matched, and I think that Midd has the talent to get in the playoffs as the 8 seed, maybe even 7.

Red1 · January 28, 2006, 09:44:38 PM

Bates 68 Wesleyan 47. It was never really that much of a game. Wesleyan got it's first field goal of the game at the 14:47 mark (more than 5 minutes in) and never got too close. Bates out rebounded the Cardinals on both ends of the floor 46-28 total. The Bobcats also had 20 rebounds on the offensive glass which matched Wesleyans total on the defensive glass. That stat pretty much tells the story.

Cheers,
Red1

rufus · January 29, 2006, 05:19:59 PM

Walzy31 - nice job on the predictions, kudos to you. I never thought that you would be even near right on some of them, and so much for me smelling an upset.

Bobcats are 14 straight, and have 5 remaining. It's the last four that will tell the tale - Thursday, Plymouth State; Saturday, Tufts; Friday, Amherst; Saturday, Trinty. Some great basketball coming up. Has anyone (HoopsFan??) heard that Pope from Plymouth State was no longer on the team?

GinoFelino · January 29, 2006, 07:42:04 PM

Anybody seen Bobby Lupo?

dman · January 29, 2006, 10:24:27 PM

ephwithbeef,

excuse me???
a year of mediocrity for nescac?? i'm not sure where you're coming from. look around...nescac is as good a conference as anyone. i'd rather dis the wiac, who are coming back to earth now that redshirts are gone; or the uaa, who has nyu leading the pack. check out their "rugged" schedule....i'm thinking that nescac may get 4 teams in the big dance if the chips fall the right way. really, who else in new england is any good?? salem state couldn't even make the finals of the williams invite, and wpi is a really weak leader of the newmac. it's time to talk about nescac with pride, especially in light of the comments coming from the power monarchs at d3hoops......

also, let's see what happens with amherst-brandeis and bates-plymouth.....

umbfan05 · January 30, 2006, 12:50:05 AM

Please Somebody let know why Umass-boston doesn't get any respect Northeast.

Pat Coleman · January 30, 2006, 02:46:10 AM

dman,

NYU might be in a three-way tie for first in the UAA but they have lost to the other two teams they're tied with. NYU wouldn't get the automatic bid in this three-way tie, Carnegie Mellon would.

Perhaps you would like to check out their schedule.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · January 30, 2006, 10:06:00 AM

Pope hasn't been there since the break, academics. He won't be back. PSC is basically out of contention without him.

rufus · January 30, 2006, 10:08:05 AM

dman - ditto's from me on the ephbeef comment. I see 3 or 4 NESCAC teams with all the qualities necessary to get a bid/invite. I think ephwithbeef may be just reacting to his team.

Hoops Fan - thanks for confirming what I had heard. Too bad, I saw him play earlier this year and he was quite good. A big loss for PSC.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · January 30, 2006, 10:09:30 AM

I'm not sure the NESCAC can get in 4. The CCIW has 4 comparably better teams, although they have a tougher region. I doubt anyone gets four teams in. Three though, is a distinct possibility for both. We'll see how February plays out.

rufus · January 30, 2006, 02:02:15 PM

Hoops Fan - no argument here. I was just saying that 3 or 4 had the qualities to get in. Personally, I'd be overjoyed if NESCAC got 3...

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · January 30, 2006, 02:12:57 PM

It's going to be interesting. I think Amherst, Bates, Trinity, Tufts and Williams are all still alive for a tourney spot, but some of them will have harder roads than others. Tufts and Williams may both have to win out for a shot and Tufts and Bates both have tough scheds down the stretch. Then there is the conference tournament on top of that. Its hard to predict, but there should certainly be a decent number of teams in the mix.

formerbant10 · January 30, 2006, 07:19:35 PM

Seeing as though the NE usually gets more Pool C's than the other regions, due to the fact there are more teams in this particular region, I have no doubt that the NESCAC will get at least 3 teams in. Amherst and Bates have very high QOWI's and records right now and look very very good to get an at large if either doesn't win the tourney. Trinity needs to win the rest of its regular season games to erase the two bad losses from the first semester, but they are in pretty good shape to snag an at large. Tufts and Williams are on the outside looking in, Tufts with a better view...but I think for either of them to get in, they'll have to win the tourney.