MBB: NESCAC

ajsnc13 · February 17, 2006, 04:07:05 PM

Formerbant,

I couldn't agree more, I was just suddenly struck by lightening when contemplating the "all-crazy team" post by Walzy, and thought that Fitzy definetly required a spot. I'd take him 2nd right behind Curry and the nickname(s) would be #1- Brian "an alcoholic with a basketball problem" Fitzgerald or #2- Brian "It's MY Island" Fitzgerald (that's a Braveheart reference for all of you out there)

walzy31 · February 17, 2006, 06:44:30 PM

Thanks for the quick feedback. It was 2 hours well spent in my mind. Brian Fitzgerald is crazy too, I won't remake my lists, but he can be the leader of the "snubs" and is defintely on my radar for next season.

Lastly, I thought about it some more and decided that every team needs a coach, mascot and fans...so I came up with the following:

All NESCAC All Crazy Coach:
Coach Whitmore at Colby (although the league as a whole has very sane coaches.)

All NESCAC All Crazy Fans:
Williams College's Children of the Corn. Who are those kids? Where did they come from? Do they know what they are wearing? If Crotty, Abba, Coffin and the rest of the choir sing do the children dance? It seems like there are 500 of them.

All NESCAC All Crazy Mascot:
This was a tough one as all the mascots are pretty absurd. Initially I was going to give it to the Lord Jeff...a guy with the historical background of unleashing small pox upon the natives. Then I thought, "hey. why not continue the onslaught on Tufts?" And it makes sense. With the ridiculously large representation of crazies out in Medford, they should continue playing for a Baby Blue Elephant. Last two picks: Bobcats & Cardinals

formerbant10 · February 17, 2006, 11:39:29 PM

asnjc 13,

I like "It's my Island" fits the Irishman well.

Walzy,

Fantastic!!!

senatorfrost · February 17, 2006, 11:59:58 PM

Yes and who is 'He Who Walks Behind the Rows?' Could it be Crotty? Abba? Or perhaps DMan.

formerbant10 · February 18, 2006, 12:15:13 AM

An All NESCAC All Crazy fan honorable mention:

Just before my time in Hartford, back when the Camels were at the top of the league, some gutsy fellas from High Rise decided that they wanted a little souveneir from the TC/CC game. As the game was nearing its end (no clue who won this game, not important) the driver of the getaway car was waiting just outside the main doors (I believe, a little fuzzy on the exact details) with the car running. The Camel mascot was walking behind the bleachers at Conn when he was approached by two former bantams. One distracted the mascot, while the other took off his head. The pair then raced out the door and past the indoor tennis courts to the awaiting driver. They safely made it back to Hartford and managed to hold on to the Camel head for about a week till the President got word their were some pictures around the campus with the Head and the students returned it.

One of the all time great moves in a big rivalry game. Figured it warranted some mentioning in the craziest fan section.

feces monkey · February 18, 2006, 05:01:53 AM

Quote from: formerbant10 on February 18, 2006, 12:15:13 AM

The pair then raced out the door and past the indoor tennis courts to the awaiting driver.

Isn't this a two-credit physical education course at Trinity? Or perhaps vocational training?

D3Cast · February 18, 2006, 09:01:12 AM

Here's the webcast schedule for schools in the D3Cast network today:

NESCAC men's quarterfinals:
Williams @ Tufts, 3 p.m. on JumboCast (http://www.jumbocast.com) audio & video
Bowdoin @ Bates, 4 p.m. on BatesCast (http://www.batescast.com) audio & video (their first video webcast, and I'm on my way to Lewiston (wind chill = 5 above!) to make sure it goes okay)

Enjoy!

Steve Clay
D3Cast
http://www.d3cast.com

P.S. look for D3Cast's announcement about the NESCAC men's and women's basketball championship weekend (semis and finals) on Monday...

formerbant10 · February 18, 2006, 10:53:05 AM

Quote from: feces monkey on February 18, 2006, 05:01:53 AM
Quote from: formerbant10 on February 18, 2006, 12:15:13 AM

The pair then raced out the door and past the indoor tennis courts to the awaiting driver.

Isn't this a two-credit physical education course at Trinity? Or perhaps vocational training?

I believe that it was the senior thesis project.....but I could be wrong.

mrmike88 · February 18, 2006, 12:00:45 PM

For those who are interested...

WAMH will have the Amherst-Conn College game today live from LeFrak. Tip-off is at 3:00 with pregame starting at 2:45. Go to http://wamh.amherst.edu/ to listen in.

Also, if the semis and finals are at LeFrak next week, we'll be broadcasting all three games.

walzy31 · February 18, 2006, 12:44:06 PM

Amherst by 24
Trinity by 9 (tie with 5 minutes to go)
Tufts by 5 (highest scoring total of the 4 games)
Bates by 17 (lowest scoring total of the 4 games)

boring with no upsets.

mariner75 · February 18, 2006, 01:21:39 PM

Jumbocast crew going big time with ever expanding coverage!.......good job, Steve Clay!

formerbant10 · February 18, 2006, 01:23:23 PM

Honestly, I think the Amherst game might be even more lopsided than 24. It depends on when the backups to the backups backups see some action. Conn would have to shoot around 65-70% from the field to win this game. That's as long as Amherst doesn't look past this game, which they almost did last year in the first round.

Trinity wins by more than 9, too good from the free throw line. Colby relies too much on its top 2 players, Cohen and Farrell and Trinity has good defensive matchups for them in Hoar and P. Martin/Westbrooks.

The shootout known as Tufts-Williams could get very interesting if Williams is hot. But Tufts did nearly beat Williams in the conference tourney the year Williams won the whole thing, and Williams won at Couzens gym earlier this year. So you never know.

Bowdoin doesn't have an answer for Stockwell down low. Bates doesn't have anyone who can guard Petrie. If Ray/Wholey outplay Bradley/Hippert, Bates comes away with a decisive win. But I don't think it'll be a 17 point game.

If Amherst, Trinity, Tufts and Bates advance the Pool C bids for the 3 non-champs look much better. Runner up is pretty much guaranteed if those 4 make the semis.

mrmike88 · February 18, 2006, 03:33:27 PM

2:46 First half, Amherst 39, Conn 23.

Amherst is running all over the court but can't convert the fast break layups.

mrmike88 · February 18, 2006, 03:38:57 PM

Halftime score: Amherst 44, Conn 28.

Andrew Olson is on fire - no-look pass to Hopkins in traffic for two, then a fast-break alley-oop to K-Hop next time down.

McLaughlin with 4 steals, high energy.

Adolphe can JUMP.

Two Conn big men in trouble with fouls.

Go Jeffs!

mrmike88 · February 18, 2006, 04:30:56 PM

Amherst wins running away. Impressive job on the boards for the Jeffs, outrebounding the Camels by a margin of almost 2-1. This is mostly due to the fact that Stone and Zejnulahu both had four fouls early on in the second half. Lots of perimeter pressure created turnovers and lots of fast breaks. Quick game, done by 4:30.

I have to say that Conn looks much-improved this year, and they could be dangerous come 06-07.

The NESCAC championship officially goes through LeFrak. WAMH will have all games live for your listening pleasure next weekend - 2:00PM and 4:00PM on Saturday, noon on Sunday.

MBB: NESCAC

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