MBB: NESCAC

tuftsalumni · December 08, 2009, 06:54:59 PM

In Response to Hugenerd:

Basically I like Amherst to cover the spread and hit the over in the game. I was throwing out an "ambitious" prediction because I do not want to have to sweat this one out.... haha... so yes I agree it is a bit ambitious.

Hugenerd · December 08, 2009, 08:09:55 PM

Quote from: tuftsalumni on December 08, 2009, 06:54:59 PM
In Response to Hugenerd:

Basically I like Amherst to cover the spread and hit the over in the game. I was throwing out an "ambitious" prediction because I do not want to have to sweat this one out.... haha... so yes I agree it is a bit ambitious.

Are you sweating yet? Amherst only up by 1 at the half on Emmaneul.

Luckily, Williams is just destroying Framingham.

tuftsalumni · December 08, 2009, 08:27:47 PM

Haha..... Yes I am - Amherst only up 1?!?! Where is froto when you need him..... what's the score at half?

Hugenerd · December 08, 2009, 08:31:40 PM

Quote from: tuftsalumni on December 08, 2009, 08:27:47 PM
Haha..... Yes I am - Amherst only up 1?!?! Where is froto when you need him..... what's the score at half?

Was 48-47, Amherst now up 58-51 with 16 minutes to go.

Hugenerd · December 08, 2009, 08:37:14 PM

Ouch, Tufts has a one point lead with 9 seconds left and the ball and cant get the win. Plymouth State wins 64-63.

tuftsalumni · December 08, 2009, 08:47:41 PM

Tufts loses 64-63.......

Tufts covers 7.5 by +6.5

The game stays under 133 by -6

Really would like a scoop on the entire game from anybody...... Tufts fights all the way back from down 9 with 7 minutes to play to be up 4 with 1:12 left to then lose by 1? Who's to blame?

duffer · December 08, 2009, 08:49:14 PM

Absolutely the worst coached game I have ever seen. Tufts up by 4 with 23 seconds. Sheldon calls for no fouls and the team gives up an uncontested 3. Now he has no time outs left so when they inbound the ball, it is stolen & P.S. player gets fouled & makes 1+1 to win the game when Jumbos can't score with 8 seconds left. He has absolutely no concept of the game; how to manage players, time; subs; or the clock!!!

walzy31 · December 08, 2009, 08:53:25 PM

Quote from: hugenerd on December 08, 2009, 08:37:14 PM
Ouch, Tufts has a one point lead with 9 seconds left and the ball and cant get the win. Plymouth State wins 64-63.

That hurts.

I think the Amherst spread will be decent (the over is already hit with 6 minutes left).
86-70 Amherst with 4:31 left.

The Con-Bet is whether or not Conor Meehan will score more points than the combined minutes played of the other two Connors in the game. The spread is that Meehan's point total is 2.5 point favorites over the combined minutes of the other two dudes (ie. Meehan scores 18 pts, connor johnson plays 10 minutes and connor morgan plays 4 minutes...Meehan would cover by 1.5 pts).

walzy31 · December 08, 2009, 09:12:54 PM

Quote from: walzy31 on December 08, 2009, 03:05:00 PM
Amherst -29 Vs. Emmanuel
Over/Under: 151

Props:

"The Con Bet"
Conor Meehan's (AMH) Points -2.5 Connor Morgan (EMM) & Connor Johnson's (AMH) Minutes Played

Amherst 98
Emmanuel 76
Conor Meehan Points 16
Connor Morgan Minutes 1
Connor Johnson Minutes 18

Amherst -29 Vs. Emmanuel (Emmanuel Cover +7)
Over/Under: 151 (Over +23)

"The Con Bet"
Conor Meehan's (AMH) Points -2.5 Connor Morgan (EMM) & Connor Johnson's (AMH) Minutes Played (The Connors Cover +5.5)

Line of the Night:
Kurt Bennett 12-12 for 24 points.

Side Note:
My posts are about to overtake Coach Hixon's win total and I've only been doing this for 6 years. Granted, I havn't had any achilles injuries in that span which I am sure has slowed Hixon down...

lefrakenstein · December 08, 2009, 10:04:05 PM

Shoutout of the game for Amherst: Kurt Bennett, clearly. 12-12 from the field with 6 boards in 25 minutes. Also of note, Spencer Noon played his first minute as a Jeff... but only one minute. Connor Johnson scores a (I believe) career high 12 points to carry the double n Connors in the Con bet.

Callout of game: The entire first half... again. What is the deal with this? I don't think I've ever seen a bigger consistent first half / second half performance difference. Amherst has outscored all opponents by a total of 13 points in the first half and and 87 points in the second half. Through 5 games that's pretty remarkable.

You would think this would get cleared up after awhile. Letting Emmanuel shot 58% over a whole half? Pretty embarrassing. I can't believe Hixon won't get this taken care of, that's just poor effort.

nescac1 · December 08, 2009, 10:06:07 PM

Tufts' collapse prevents a clean sweep for NESCAC of the seven games played tonight ... lots of teams in the conference really seem to be finding their grooves ... it is going to be a VERY competitive conference season. IF Colby keeps it up, by the start of conference season NESCAC will very likely have four top 25 teams going head-to-head.

Just utter domination from start to finish by Williams over a Framingham team that isn't a total joke (lost to Brandeis and WPI by a combined five points). Ephs were firing on all cylinders as they went up early 32-6. The Williams center trio (Geoghegan / Whittington / Emerson) is combining to average over 20/20/3/2 on the year so far, just tremendous depth at the five. Wang and Schultz continue to shoot at unsustainably high levels for the leading scorers, but Whittington could easily finish the year as one of the national leaders in FG percentage -- he has really stepped up. Hopefully the Ephs will take care of business against Springfield, who sometimes plays the Ephs tougher than one would expect, and then they get a little break before a potential road game against number six Randolph-Macon later this month, which should finally give a sense of what the true ceiling for this group is. Good to see Klemm finally shake lose to hit 2-2 from 3, plus two boards ... hopefully he will soon start to get some non-garbage-time minutes.

Old Guy · December 09, 2009, 12:14:16 PM

Callout of game: The entire first half... again. What is the deal with this? I don't think I've ever seen a bigger consistent first half / second half performance difference. Amherst has outscored all opponents by a total of 13 points in the first half and and 87 points in the second half. Through 5 games that's pretty remarkable.

Substitution pattern? As a former (and present) second stringer I always told the coach one minute in the first half when the game is close is worth two in garbage time. Is Coach Hixon playing some players in the first half that ordinarily would not see action in a more competitive match-up to get them minutes that count? Coach Brown here is playing 10-12 guys in the first half of games that will end up one-sided.

amh63 · December 09, 2009, 04:41:33 PM

My two-bit "observation" after following the Amherst/Emmanuel game on LS.
Emmanuel is another smaller team that Amherst will be facing many times this season. Emmanuel was shooting very well during the first part of the fast paced opening half. They were hitting around 70% of their shots before slowing down to 58% at the half. For awhile, I too was wondering about the defense. However, give Emmanuel its due. Last year, Amherst won( away) by less than 4 points in a game that was in the 60's.
The second half was another story, as Emmanuel shots didn't drop due to blocks, defense and adjustments made by Amherst. Meehan got in foul trouble and played only 28 minutes. In the second half, he was driving more and picking up fouls and shooting foul shots. The good news was that DJ got in for extended time as a point guard.....and played well; especially on defense.
The game proved the value of K. Bennett and his experience. It also was a coming out party for Williamson who at the end of the first half threw down a slam dunk and then followed it with a two handed block.
The younger players seem to be adjusting well. They all are going to the boards. Amherst seems to be going into the paint more and kicking out to shooters and drivers......vice relying on the 3-point shooting. Last year there was too much relying on the long ball.

muletrain · December 09, 2009, 07:23:48 PM

Interesting that Amherst had such a hard time stopping emmanuel. I watched the emmanuel vs Colby game and the emmanuel team was not effective at all. Colby won by 18 and had there backups in for the last 10 minutes.

My other reason for posting is to say that the top 25 rankings for dIII are absolutly insane. How do teams with 2 and even 3 losses get into these rankings and undefeated teams not even get votes. I know the season is in its early stages but the fact that Colby is 6-0 without a single vote for the top 25 makes me wonder how legit these rankings are.

Hugenerd · December 09, 2009, 07:38:27 PM

Quote from: muletrain on December 09, 2009, 07:23:48 PM
Interesting that Amherst had such a hard time stopping emmanuel. I watched the emmanuel vs Colby game and the emmanuel team was not effective at all. Colby won by 18 and had there backups in for the last 10 minutes.

My other reason for posting is to say that the top 25 rankings for dIII are absolutly insane. How do teams with 2 and even 3 losses get into these rankings and undefeated teams not even get votes. I know the season is in its early stages but the fact that Colby is 6-0 without a single vote for the top 25 makes me wonder how legit these rankings are.

It is because they were not on the national radar at the beginnning of the season and there are 3 other NESCAC teams that are ranked already. Voters are hesistant to put 10 teams from one region in the top 25, especially if that team does not have a history of being a typical power. For up and coming teams, unfortunately, you have to make a statement to get voters attention. RIC may have looked like a statement, but now that win is looking less impressive with RIC losing a bunch of games, and Colby doesnt play any national contenders until Jan. 30. If they keep winning they will get noticed eventually. but in cases like this you need to be patient.

From personal experience, I can tell you that in 2005 Carnegie Mellon started out 10-0, but didnt receive any votes until beating a nationally respected Rochester team, and they did not break into the top 25 until going 9-0.