MBB: NESCAC

[walzy31]

New blog post: Revisiting preseason predictions

http://blogs.middlebury.edu/panthernation/2013/02/15/revisiting-preseason-predictions/

I appreciate the accuracy of those top 4 predictions more than most. Impressive and well done.

Spreads for tomorrow forthcoming.

[walzy31]

Saturday February 16, 2013 NESCAC Quarter-Final Spreads & Props

#8 Colby @ #1 Amherst
Amherst -20.0
O/U: 148.0

#7 Bates @ #2 Williams
Williams -8.5
O/U: 128.5

#6 Wesleyan @ #3 Middlebury
Middlebury -11.5
O/U: 133.0

#5 Bowdoin @ #4 Tufts
Tufts -6.0
O/U: 152.5

Will a home team and top 4 seed lose?
Yes +120
No -140

[walzy31]

2013 All-NESCAC All-Crazy Team

Ladies & Gentleman, do you know what time it is?
Time to get CRAZY!

Eight years ago, a Wes Tech baller with a head band, a penchant for rapping, and a nasty turn-around 35 footer was crawling the courts of our beloved NESCAC league. It was then that the All-NESCAC All-Crazy team was born.

Unlike Cousy and Monroe being passed by the likes of Jordan and Marcus Camby, Blake Curry is the bar for the crazy team and he always will be. In the first two years of existence (05-06 and 06-07), Blake was the 1st overall selection both years (his junior and senior years at Wesleyan) and is an All-Crazy Hall of Famer.

Similar to the traditional All-NESCAC post-season accolades that features 10 players, a coach, and some other awards, the All-NESCAC All-Crazy team is a compilation of what those knowledgeable in the conference have witnessed this season. All submissions are kept anonymous and result in great entertainment for the masses. Past 1st teamers include sprinting onto the court during a game wearing full warm-ups to participate in a fight and get ejected, taking 15 minutes to lace basketball sneakers before every practice and game, and committing 16 turnovers in a single game. Here is a link to the most recent two teams:

2012 http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=4491.11385
2011 http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=4491.9840

THE RULES
Nicknames are strongly encouraged, but are not required.
Per the 2011 draft, Wesleyan must be allotted at least one first-teamer.
All stories are based on facts and rumors and may not be 100% non-fictional.
Craziness is required.

[walzy31]

With the first pick of the 2013 All-NESCAC All-Crazy team draft...I select, Sha Brown from Wesleyan University in Connecticut.

1st Pick – Sha Brown (Wesleyan University)
Clearly this is a mistake and I meant to select Greg St. Jean (inducted into the HOF this year) or Tim Gallivan. Maybe even drafting a Blake Curry hologram that also raps would be a better pick.

Sha is no stranger to All-NESCAC accolades. Rookie of the year in the 2009-2010 season (and high point earner of the lone NESCAC fantasy basketball league I participated in that year), he has been first or second team All-NESCAC every season and will likely earn post season plaudits again this year.

He also is not a new comer to the crazy team. In 2010, he was the 8th pick for his over dribbling and over cross overing. In 2011, he slipped a spot for listing his height as 6'0" on the roster. Last season he wasn't that crazy at all (perhaps overshadowed by "The Mean" St. Jean). But this year I got not one, not two, but three submissions for inclusion of Sha Brown to the crazy team. THREE separate submissions for why one of the hardest players to guard belongs in elite company as a top pick.

1)   The story came to me right after I had posted the team in February of 2012, but I immediately opened up a word document and saved the file "All-NESCAC All-Crazy 2013" because you gotta report the news when the news comes to you. Apparently/allegedly/probably/definitely, 6'4" Sha Brown got into an actual fight with two recruits while they were visiting Wesleyan in the fall of 2011. Now let's just dissect the craziness of this for a minute: A recruiting trip's purpose is a two-way tryout. It lets the players and coaches know whether the player is good enough to play on the squad, and is one of the most important touch points of the university for the kid visiting the school. Those trips are usually pretty easy to figure out: either the kid is good enough and the players welcome him to the school, the kid is not good enough and the players don't hang out with them so they end up getting pizza with their parents, or the players get in brawls with starters on the team...

2)   Again, a late submission that makes me feel like Sha flew under the crazy radar for the better part of his career. Apparently/allegedly/probably/definitely he has told dozens of people that he is a D1 talent. I do not disagree...he is very good at basketball. The craziness comes from his bragging that "Columbia recruited me when they were good."
When they were good? Like your junior year of high school when they were a good 12-16? Or like your senior year of high school when they were a good 12-16 again? I think you're crazy.

3)   Big Pete has the nickname because he is 6'9" 270 pounds and plays like a man. I've seen video evidence of Sha investigating other reasons as to why he may have that nickname...

I am sorry that the Crazy team overlooked your talents throughout your career, and just think, you never would have been the #1 pick on a crazy team if you had gone Ivy! The 'CAC and the Crazy Team are happy to have you!

This draft pick fulfills the 2011 caveat that a Wesleyan baller must be a first-team selection.

[walzy31]

Here is the rest of the 1st Team!

2nd Pick – Gordon "The Finger" Fischer (Colby College)
Gordon, Gordon, Gordon...

In 2011, Gordon went 4th overall for an uncanny string of box score performances that, when aggregated, did not amass a stat line in 102 minutes that Ryan Sharry put up against the Mules in 19 minutes. It was an hour and 42 minutes of brilliance actually. I miss that Gordon Fischer. But now as his game has become a little bit better from a PER perspective, he still has a chip on his shoulder when it comes to Amherst College (even though this crazy team's only affiliation to Amherst is that I am an alum).

Well Gordon, I was at the Colby game this year and I did enjoy watching Toomey drop 34, but each time you scored and flipped off the fans (all three of your trips to the line and your one layup) I really wished you could have known what section I was in. It probably was meant for me, and not those young 18-21 year old Amherst students (who don't know the difference between a shot-clock or back-court violation) and probably didn't deserve (or notice) it.

Extremely fat men can't see their...toes because they can't see what is below their belly. Similarly, the big three can't really see below the 4 seed in the NESCAC tournament seeding. A 7-16 record usually means the season over, but now it just means one final crazy-team exhibition opportunity for you in Lefrak. I sit behind the Amherst bench...I would love to see you do your thing! One more time. For old time's sake.

3rd Pick – Ben Pollack (Amherst College)
James Klemm arrived at LeFrak gymnasium on a cold January 23rd, 2013 day. It was his final regular season game at his arch rivals' gym and I'm sure he was excited to play. I tried and failed to locate a halftime box score of that game, but I did see one that day and let me tell everyone reading this forum: if James Klemm had duplicated his first half performance in the second half, he would have been the first overall pick without hesitation. He told Coach Maker and the children of the corn that he would play a spotless first half. Well, 17 minutes of playing time later, Klemm was 0-0 (0-0) 0-0 with no rebounds, no fouls, no assists, blocks, turnovers, or steals. Please re read that stat line again.

Williams scored 38 points and was only trailing by four points at the break, and one of their senior starters had played 85% of the half without recording a single statistic. Perfectly crazily spotless indeed. However, by now you must be thinking "wow, Walzy has lost it. First he defends Hixon to the grave up at Middlebury and now he goes and drafts Pollack from Amherst but rambles about Klemm's quiet first half instead. He should add himself to the crazy team." Well that is probably true, but there is a second act to this draft pick. Actually, there is a third act and fourth act and fifth act too.

While I was unable to locate a box score for Mr. Klemm, which saved him a draft spot of his own, I was very easily able to find the final game box score for this same game in question.

Scroll down to the Amherst team box and look at my main man #30's line;
https://www3.amherst.edu/~sports/current/m-bball/mb12-18.htm

To play SIX minutes, go 0-2 from the line, pull one rebound yet FOUL OUT as a reserve is nothing but crazy team bliss. I thank you for that box score and I thank you for better performances as the season progressed.

4th Pick – Dylan "Hoop Dreams" Sinnickson (Middlebury College)
There has been a lot of chatter about the injured Panther on the chat rooms this year. A broken arm that cost him the entire season.
But how did he break his arm?
Was it during a normal, non-crazy video shoot titled "Overtime" and that started with his shirt off? http://vimeo.com/57383233
Or maybe it was while navigating chairs in Pepin? http://vimeo.com/57383233
Possibly playing with ropes in the gym? http://vimeo.com/57383233
Na, he probably broke it by failing to reach the top of one of the 36" high jumping platforms. http://vimeo.com/57383233

5th Pick – Parker "Token" McClelland (Williams College)
http://athletics.williams.edu/sports/mbkb/2012-13/bios/mcclelland_parker_zg4b

(conversation between Nate or Taylor and random Williamstown Ephs supporters)
Who is this guy? – Townie
His name is Parker but we call him "Token." – Epley/Robertson
Why is his nickname "Token?" – Townie
He's our token red head. – Epley/Robertson

So it turns out (and Mike Maker is not thrilled about it), that there is an official Williams college school policy to have at least one rostered men's basketball player with this orangey/redish/yellowish/brownish/orangish hair color at all times.

The coaching staff goes to basketball camps and AAU tournaments saying "Yup, we will recruit Mayer...and that Daniel kid looks like a hard worker... OHHH and that Parker kid for his hair."

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I please present you with the

2013 All NESCAC All-Crazy First Team

1st – Sha Brown (Wesleyan)
2nd – Gordon Fischer (Colby)
3rd – Ben Pollack (Amherst)
4th – Dylan Sinnickson (Middlebury)
5th – Parker McClelland (Williams)

[walzy31]

Wow, Sha would get a LOT of shots up on that team if it were an actual team...

6th Pick – Stephen Haladyna & Tom Palleschi (Tufts University)
Roommates, scholar-ballers, study buddies, teammates, freshmen, peers, amigos, and friends are some of the terms used to describe these two Jumbos. Now they can add All-Crazy team second teamers to the list.

This duo can play hoops...but as Bill Cosby said, "freshmen sometimes do the darndest things." Your first keg stand. Your first black out. Your first missed exam or practice. Maybe your first girlfriend or first time experimenting intimately. But while everyone in the NESCAC probably experiences most of these firsts during their freshmen school years, not all freshmen account for 100% of their program's technical fouls in a season. I can't speak to whether or not these Jumbos can check off all of those fine freshmen accomplishments, but young Stephen and Tom can take credit for the all of the Jumbo technical fouls this year.

Crazy-Team fans across the country are crossing their fingers that these two develop into a two-headed crazy team monster in Medford not seen since the Jeremy Black / Jake Weitzen days.

7th Pick – Daniel Wohl (Williams College)
Question 1: What do the following basketball names have in common:
Nogelo, Zieja, Crotty, Schiel, Whittington, Toomey, Wang, Salerno?

Question 2: What do the following soccer names have in common:
Leary, Duker, Khari, Noon, Huffer, Kovachs?

Answer to both questions: They are unique names representing athletes in the Amherst / Williams rivalry that distinctly represent one school.

What about Wohl?
You broke the code bro. You broke the code.

8th Pick – Greg "Side Kick" St. Jean (Wesleyan University)
Greg graduated from Wesleyan in January yet is still dawning his black and red warm up suit to every game while playing the roll of energizer bunny for the Cards. I don't know if he is coaching, on red cocaine, or just showing up randomly to the gyms and sitting on the bench. If I had to put money on it, I would guess he has linked up with Curry via the Wesleyan alumni network to get lessons on how to remain a force on this team. Without any minutes on the court or pre/post-game fights, it was a precipitous fall to the #8 spot on the squad. But due to your transcendence of eras of NESCAC ballers, and your legend status in locker rooms from the WIAC to the ODAC, you make the squad one more time and join an elite group of Hall of Famers for career accomplishments.

9th Pick – Ryan Jann (Colby College)
Statistical inclusions on the crazy team are often crowd favorites. My favorite of all time was Demetrious Porter's 16 turnover game. I still can't get over that one. Ryan's Mule teammate (see this year's #2 selection) had some statistical crazy-team worthiness a couple years back and returned to the team while on his vengeance trail. Each year I check for low hanging fruit on the NESCAC site and am usually disappointed coming up empty handed (they only list the top 25-30 players in each category and that is usually a sign of good play). Then there are obvious anomalies like Locke's FT shooting where if you ever watch a game you know there is something there.

Jann is low hanging fruit. When sorting overall season stats for the entire conference and starting at the bottom, I was surprised to see a 3pt fg% below 25% that qualified. Let's look a little bit at Jann's splits:

18 minutes per game shooting 30.5% from the field, 24.5% from three, and 72.4% from the line. Those numbers are...low. Remember, to qualify you have to play in 60%+ of your team's games and make at least one 3pt fg per game. Ryan is 23 for 94 on threes in 23 games played. If I were Ryan on Saturday, I would either desperately try to make 20 threes without a miss to raise my 3pt fg% to a respectable 37.7%, or better yet not take a three and let myself drop off of the "league leaders" for three-point shooting. 


10th Pick – Luis Serota (Hamilton College)

On the bright side, Luis Serota of Hamilton is averaging 120 points/40 min on 40/40 shooting from behind the arc. That's good for a PER of 117.54. Hopefully his second minute of playing time will be as explosive as his first.

Luis, don't give up...don't ever give up. Jeremy Lin made it to the league out of Harvard and you are basically on the same path since you play on the same team as his brother. Next year if you double your output per 40 minutes while keeping a 100+ PER you will be put you on the first team.

2013 All NESCAC All-Crazy Second Team

6th – Stephen Haladyna & Tom Palleschi (Tufts University)
7th – Daniel Wohl (Williams)
8th – Greg St. Jean (Wesleyan)
9th – Ryan Jann (Colby)
10th – Luis Serota (Hamilton College)

I See You – Don't Give Up on Your Crazy Team Dreams (aka Honorable Mention)
Matt Vadas
Bernie Clevens
George Papadeas
Landrus Lewis
Darren Buck
Logan Buckner
Oliver Cohen
Ziggy Vrana
Adam Philpott
Bo McKinley


Head Coach (James Cosgrove – Trinity College)
For going through three soles on your dress shoes this season from the pacing and stomping on the sidelines, you are awarded this year's All-Crazy team to yourself. It's a promotion from last year's co-position you held.

Fan (Unknown – Hamilton College)
There was a game after the release of last year's team in which a Hamilton College student fan was ejected from the game for being too  intoxicated. When the officer pointed at the student and told him to leave, the student looked sheepish (and drunk) and tried to squirm his way down the steps to the court level. He was unsuccessful at doing this simple task gracefully as he fell down about seven rows of bleachers before rolling to the feet of the cop. Whoever you are...if you at all remember your actions at that game, we applaud you.

D3Hoops.Com NESCAC Forum Poster – madzillagd (Williams College)
Really hard not to go with the "Wesleyan is better than Middlebury" debates and comments (tomorrow should end that once and for all). Likewise, the emotion drawn out from posters after the Middlebury / Amherst 3OT game had some classic lines. However, earlier in the season Madzilla came through with Operation Troll for the win:

It's with considerable hesitation that I come forward and post this.  I'm concerned for my own safety and the safety of my family but I think the truth needs to get out.  NESCAC1, you do not need to be upset about the new Top 25 rankings and specifically the inclusion of Amherst and the exclusion of Williams.  I know this defies all logic pertaining to how basketball teams are ranked: Wins/Losses, Strength of Schedule, Common Opponents, Point Differential, etc.  However, what I'm here to tell you is that in this case there is something more devious afoot that goes far beyond the basketball court.

Yesterday, the D3Hoops agent pictured below was captured and in his possession was hard evidence of a far reaching conspiracy.  This evidence came in the form of a hardcopy letter sent from Pat Coleman, aka The Don, to the voters of D3Hoops Top 25.  The contents of the letter explain it all:




From the Desk of the Don...

Dear Minions,

It has come to my attention that after the success of Operation Nerd and Operation 138, that our site traffic has started to lag and as you know this directly impacts the steady flow of riches to my lair.  As you recall, our preseason ranking of MIT at #1 was simply a ploy to pull people in to the site and start the site hits early.  We all knew MIT did not possess Weapons of Mass Execution but by downplaying our knowledge of the team we worked the rankings to perfection.  Furthermore, our sleeper cell Jack Taylor did a tremendous job with Operation 138 and the national media hits were at an all-time high as a result. 

Alas, the early season success has started to lag and we need to continue to look for new ways to boost the site.  Although it may be going to the well once to often, as your fearless leader I propose we use the Top 25 gag one more time to drive traffic.  Ranking a new #1 that can't maintain that spot is too obvious and would easily be spotted the users so I've come up with something a bit more complex. 

This week I would like you all to rank Amherst above Williams in the polls.  If you look at the results of the two clubs it's clear that Williams has outperformed Amherst at this point in the season but that is the beauty of this plan.  The key is - the Williams fans KNOW they deserve to be ranked above Amherst, their arch rival, and that knowledge will drive them to the site.  They'll post the records, the common opponents, how the teams played.  All that will accomplish is stirring up the angst of other teams that feel they too are deserving.  They in turn will post about their team, giving the reasons why they should be in the Top 25.  The traffic will grow exponentially while we sit back and count our money.  It's perfect. 

From this point forward we will refer to this poll mischief as: Operation Troll.

Sincerely,
Pat Coleman
The Don



I for one am not going to take the bait and I suggest you follow suit.  If you do not hear from me again soon you know what happened.

All-NESCAC All-Crazy Hall of Fame

Blake Curry (Wesleyan) – 2007 Inductee
Simon Behan (Middlebury) – 2008 Inductee
Coach Dick Whitmore (Colby) – 2012 Inductee
Greg St. Jean (Wesleyan) – 2013 Inductee

[grabtherim]

With the first pick of the 2013 All-NESCAC All-Crazy team draft...I select, Sha Brown from Wesleyan University in Connecticut.

1st Pick – Sha Brown (Wesleyan University)
Clearly this is a mistake and I meant to select Greg St. Jean (inducted into the HOF this year) or Tim Gallivan. Maybe even drafting a Blake Curry hologram that also raps would be a better pick.

Sha is no stranger to All-NESCAC accolades. Rookie of the year in the 2009-2010 season (and high point earner of the lone NESCAC fantasy basketball league I participated in that year), he has been first or second team All-NESCAC every season and will likely earn post season plaudits again this year.

He also is not a new comer to the crazy team. In 2010, he was the 8th pick for his over dribbling and over cross overing. In 2011, he slipped a spot for listing his height as 6'0" on the roster. Last season he wasn't that crazy at all (perhaps overshadowed by "The Mean" St. Jean). But this year I got not one, not two, but three submissions for inclusion of Sha Brown to the crazy team. THREE separate submissions for why one of the hardest players to guard belongs in elite company as a top pick.

1)   The story came to me right after I had posted the team in February of 2012, but I immediately opened up a word document and saved the file "All-NESCAC All-Crazy 2013" because you gotta report the news when the news comes to you. Apparently/allegedly/probably/definitely, 6'4" Sha Brown got into an actual fight with two recruits while they were visiting Wesleyan in the fall of 2011. Now let's just dissect the craziness of this for a minute: A recruiting trip's purpose is a two-way tryout. It lets the players and coaches know whether the player is good enough to play on the squad, and is one of the most important touch points of the university for the kid visiting the school. Those trips are usually pretty easy to figure out: either the kid is good enough and the players welcome him to the school, the kid is not good enough and the players don't hang out with them so they end up getting pizza with their parents, or the players get in brawls with starters on the team...

2)   Again, a late submission that makes me feel like Sha flew under the crazy radar for the better part of his career. Apparently/allegedly/probably/definitely he has told dozens of people that he is a D1 talent. I do not disagree...he is very good at basketball. The craziness comes from his bragging that "Columbia recruited me when they were good."
When they were good? Like your junior year of high school when they were a good 12-16? Or like your senior year of high school when they were a good 12-16 again? I think you're crazy.

3)   Big Pete has the nickname because he is 6'9" 270 pounds and plays like a man. I've seen video evidence of Sha investigating other reasons as to why he may have that nickname...

I am sorry that the Crazy team overlooked your talents throughout your career, and just think, you never would have been the #1 pick on a crazy team if you had gone Ivy! The 'CAC and the Crazy Team are happy to have you!

This draft pick fulfills the 2011 caveat that a Wesleyan baller must be a first-team selection.

Sha is a wonderful choice:
1.  If he really did have fights with not one but two recruits, he should not only be on the team this year, one of the spots going forward should be named after him for the "Craziest of the Year".
2.  When Columbia was good?  Was that with Lou Gehrig played 1st base for the Lions or much later in 1957 when a 5'7" later to be legendary ABC Sports Producer beat out a slightly taller player out of Philadelphia / Kansas Jayhawks for National Player of the Year.  You might have heard of him:  Wilt Chamberlain
3.  Not 100% sure where you might be going here, but a classic Madeline Kahn/Cleavon Little scene from Blazing Saddles comes to mind.
Surely, you have to look in the mirror and consider yourself from your admirable but childish reaction to anyone calling Saint Hixon to task.  Rumor has it Coach Hixon yelled Box Out last night at Barnum and Bailey's as as the tight rope walker was overhead.  His family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations to the Old Circus Performers Home are preferred. 

[toad22]

Walzy:
Well done!!! I do believe that Coach Cosgrove will soon be joining the all-time greats!

[nescac1]

Well done, as always, Walzy.  The Sha Brown stories are incredible.  What's even better is that he may be only the second craziest member of that Wesleyan recruiting class, after a guy (also named Brown) who scored a total of 12 points in his only NESCAC season after all but being proclaimed the second coming by at least one member of his family (his father, I believe) on the D3hoops boards.

I applaud the selections even if my nomination, Hamilton's own "Pethan Hawke" Kazcikas, did not receive even a shout-out.  Maybe next year ...   

http://www.hamilton.edu/assets/mmlibrary/images/460x/2012-13Kazickas11.jpg

[grabtherim]

What's even better is that he may be only the second craziest member of that Wesleyan recruiting class, after a guy (also named Brown) who scored a total of 12 points in his only NESCAC season after all but being proclaimed the second coming by at least one member of his family (his father, I believe) on the D3hoops boards.

Where have you gone Ameer Brown?  A nation turns it's lonely eyes to you.

[lefrakenstein]

Some recruiting news, including some impressive recruits for Tufts and Middlebury:

http://www.newenglandrecruitingreport.com/news/article/2974/Commitment-CatchUp.php.  Tufts should have quite the duo of big guys for the next three years if it's accurate that Sabety "turned down 18 scholarship offers."  Jones sounds like a guy who could play early on for Midd, especially in light of the Panthers' perimeter losses this year. 

So far, the 2013 NESCAC recruiting stands as follows.  Sounds like Williams and Tufts both have extremely strong and potentially elite classes coming in, and Wesleyan and Amherst also have solid groups of recruits.  Wesleyan is loading up on guards to help replace two four-year starters on the perimeter.  Tufts is building a NESCAC and potential national power, it seems, after three great recruiting years.  Very quiet, so far, for the Maine schools and for Trinity, who all typically bring in mainly New England recruits.   

Tufts: G Tarik Smith, C Hunter Sabety, F Drew Madsen
Williams: F Duncan Robinson, G/F Dan Aronowitz, PG Mike Greenman
Amherst: C Jacob Nabatoff, PG Reid Berman, G Jeff Racy
Wesleyan: G Harry Rafferty, G Joe Connelly, G Duncan Reid
Hamilton: F Weston Wilbur, C Alex Addesi
Middlebury: G Bryan Jones
Conn College: F Colin Pascoe

Do any of these Amherst recruits merit getting excited about? We are going to really need some solid freshman contributors next year.

[jayhawk]

article on Nabatoff: http://www.thecharlotteweekly.com/sports/2013/01/big-mans-role-fits-nabatoff/

[jayhawk]

article that mentions Berman, a point guard,started for 3 years, a distributor/assist more than a scorer

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-02-02/sports/ct-spt-0203-prep-bkb-war-on-shore-1-20130202_1_stas-banas-trevians-trier-coach-scott-fricke

[madzillagd]

I'd like to thank the little people that helped make this happen....


But seriously, I can also back up one of your Top 4 Crazy picks...with some pics.  I won't mention who it is, but I'll just say that some folks aren't very smart when it comes to what they post on social media sites.  Being a twitter user, I follow a lot of folks and I see the good with the bad with a lot of these kids.  Only one have I seen the lack of discretion to where they are posting pics of under-age teammates drinking (not that big a deal of course) but to also have pics with bongs in the background is crossing the Crazy Team line.  Not exactly the message your coach wants out there, especially when many of these potential recruits and their families begin to connect on these sites as well. 

[wrm238]

As an avid NESCAC basketball fan, I seem to have some questions and comments regarding the All-CAC teams. The crazy team is spot on, good job Walzy. However, problems arise with the 1st and 2nd all NESCAC teams. I think there will be five kids on the first team: Toomey, Workman, Mayer, Kizel, Thompson. Second teams should be as follows: Anderson, Ferris, Sha, Epley, Vadas. Player of year has to go to Workman. He does it all, offense and defense and defensive player of year should go to Thompson. In an outstanding year for first years, there seems to be a bunch of deserving players. My order looks like: Paleschi, Shill, Hart, Halydyna, Hudnut. I think Paleschi edges out Shill and Hart because his team has made the NESCAC playoffs and he was a big reason why. That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if Hart or Shill won the award either, as both had good first year seasons. Coach of the year has got to go to Hixon. Undefeated in NESCAC play is just a tremendous job. Any disagreements with my post season accolades???