MBB: NESCAC

[Charles]

Middlebury played Curry on a neutral court in the '11-12 season.  Sedale Jones was 3-12 and 0-2 from three pt range.  Papalambros fared not much better, 2-6/1-2 in a Panther romp, 83-54.
Lynch was 6-6.
Nolan Thompson didn't suit up for the game.

Middlebury has the easiest region/draw in the tournament. Stop complaining. It would take an enormous upset or choke for Middlebury to not reach Salem.
Sit back and enjoy the games, sheesh.

I didn't realize Middhoops was complaining in his post    I must need glasses or something.  Charles, care to bold where he says he's complaining about the matchup because I sure can't find it.

Sorry, Middlebury has the easiest route to Salem, no Middlebury fan should complain about their games or Coach Hixon or whatever, just enjoy the ride? If they lose to Curry, then that easy non-conference schedule they played came back to bite them?  Better? 

[WPI89]

Amh63, the 7-3 kid on WPI is not a factor.  I think he may be from Australia (NZ?) and appears to be new to the game.  I saw him play a couple minutes and he looked lost.  Clearly, WPI's strength is not on the inside.

Midd - got you PM - thanks!  But no need - everything you say above is accurate. 

[remsleep]

I've already minus-1'd for the day but I can come back for you tomorrow if you prefer.

Now I see why you're so popular here. Why so angry?

boys, boys...can't we all just get along?....hahaha  this is hilarious!

[trixiep]

Middlebury played Curry on a neutral court in the '11-12 season.  Sedale Jones was 3-12 and 0-2 from three pt range.  Papalambros fared not much better, 2-6/1-2 in a Panther romp, 83-54.
Lynch was 6-6.
Nolan Thompson didn't suit up for the game.
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[Bucket]

Middlebury played Curry on a neutral court in the '11-12 season.  Sedale Jones was 3-12 and 0-2 from three pt range.  Papalambros fared not much better, 2-6/1-2 in a Panther romp, 83-54.
Lynch was 6-6.
Nolan Thompson didn't suit up for the game.

Middlebury has the easiest region/draw in the tournament. Stop complaining. It would take an enormous upset or choke for Middlebury to not reach Salem.
Sit back and enjoy the games, sheesh.

I didn't realize Middhoops was complaining in his post    I must need glasses or something.  Charles, care to bold where he says he's complaining about the matchup because I sure can't find it.

Sorry, Middlebury has the easiest route to Salem, no Middlebury fan should complain about their games or Coach Hixon or whatever, just enjoy the ride? If they lose to Curry, then that easy non-conference schedule they played came back to bite them?  Better? 

Who is complaining about Curry???!!! That's what we keep asking. For whatever reason, you seemed to think that Middhoops was complaining about the Curry draw, when that clearly wasn't the case. We are all scratching our heads at how you could—and can still, I guess—read it that way.

Now, contrary to Middhoops, I think the Curry game will be very competitive, but I'm not complaining about it. You'll probably see it differently, though, just as you do with anything that pertains to the blue and white.

[trixiep]

Middlebury played Curry on a neutral court in the '11-12 season.  Sedale Jones was 3-12 and 0-2 from three pt range.  Papalambros fared not much better, 2-6/1-2 in a Panther romp, 83-54.
Lynch was 6-6.
Nolan Thompson didn't suit up for the game.

Middlebury has the easiest region/draw in the tournament. Stop complaining. It would take an enormous upset or choke for Middlebury to not reach Salem.
Sit back and enjoy the games, sheesh.

I have no idea what Charles is talking about, but the '11-12 regular season game between Middlebury and Curry is completely irrelevant to the game Saturday.  Curry played with both Amherst and Williams, and knocked off Wesleyan this season.  Middlebury knows they need to bring their "A" game.

[grabtherim]

The greatest coaching move and turnover (yes turnover) any of us will ever see.
http://thechive.com/2013/02/25/high-school-basketball-player-passes-ball-to-mentally-challenged-player-on-the-other-team-so-he-can-score-a-basket-video/#.US0Wotcp360.facebook

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Middlebury played Curry on a neutral court in the '11-12 season.  Sedale Jones was 3-12 and 0-2 from three pt range.  Papalambros fared not much better, 2-6/1-2 in a Panther romp, 83-54.
Lynch was 6-6.
Nolan Thompson didn't suit up for the game.

Middlebury has the easiest region/draw in the tournament. Stop complaining. It would take an enormous upset or choke for Middlebury to not reach Salem.
Sit back and enjoy the games, sheesh.

I didn't realize Middhoops was complaining in his post    I must need glasses or something.  Charles, care to bold where he says he's complaining about the matchup because I sure can't find it.

Sorry, Middlebury has the easiest route to Salem, no Middlebury fan should complain about their games or Coach Hixon or whatever, just enjoy the ride? If they lose to Curry, then that easy non-conference schedule they played came back to bite them?  Better? 

Who is complaining about Curry???!!! That's what we keep asking. For whatever reason, you seemed to think that Middhoops was complaining about the Curry draw, when that clearly wasn't the case. We are all scratching our heads at how you could—and can still, I guess—read it that way.

Now, contrary to Middhoops, I think the Curry game will be very competitive, but I'm not complaining about it. You'll probably see it differently, though, just as you do with anything that pertains to the blue and white.

I hope it will be competitive, but I'm not counting on it.  Curry is better than last year, markedly better, and Coach Wynn always gets his guys to step up in the post-season; they upped their intensity for the conference tournament.  Still, despite all the potential, I'm not confident they can put together 40 minutes of basketball good enough to beat Middlebury - because they've not yet put together more than 25 or 30 minutes of it so far this year.

[amh63]

Trixlep....welcome to the board.  I need help with your posts....what are trying to say?  On my laptop.....do not see any comments.

I think I got it in your second post on the subject.  The enclosed grey boxes also contain your comments.

[lefrakenstein]

Quick question in the lull before the all-conference teams are announced tomorrow- anyone know if Ray Barry is still on the Amherst team?

He was getting a few spare garbage time minutes during the first part of the nescac season then that abruptly stopped. Noticed he also isnt in the team celebration picture with all the other bench players. Even Buckner in 'street clothes' is in the picture. Anyone know what the deal is with him?

[magicman]

Thanks, Madzillagd. 
Interesting that #2 Amherst would meet # WPI so soon in the tourney.  It would appear that Midd got the best draw, but it rarely works out that way in tournaments.  It's kind of a shame that all the games are scheduled for the same time.  With all the streaming video, D3 hoops junkies hope to watch as many as possible.  Almost, but not quite, enough to make me stay home.

The games are not all scheduled for the same time. One starts at 2:00 PM, several others (at least 3)  start at 4:00 PM. A lot of them start at 7:00 PM, 1 starts at 7:30 PM, at least 4 start at 8:00 PM and 1 starts out west at 10:00 PM. There are others TBA.
Here's a link to the games that have been listed on D3hoops scoreboard: http://d3hoops.com/seasons/men/2012-13/schedule?date=20130302

[magicman]

In looking at Williams' road to Salem, I doubt any Eph fan will complain too much about our pairings, but they are not easy. Wesley appears to be a very good team, but Williams is probably favored. The likely matchup, if they can get by Wesley, is Catholic. That game appears to be a tossup. If they win that game, the Va. Wesleyan matchup is very tough. Williams will be an underdog in that one. Though Va. Wes. is ranked #25, most of their losses were when their best player, DJ Woodmore was hurt. He is back now. I would judge them to be a top 10 team now. Looking beyond that, #1 St. Thomas potentially looms. No complaints, It isn't supposed to be easy!

toad,

Not sure where you got your info from, but DJ Woodmore was not hurt for most of Virginia Wesleyan's losses. In fact they lost 7 games this year and Woodmore played in their first 6 losses and played around 30 plus minutes per game in those losses. The only game that they lost that he did not play in was their most recent loss in the championship game of the ODAC tournament on Sunday. He got hurt on Feb 22nd against Eastern Mennonite and left that game and hasn't played since, missing the semifinal win over Randolph and the finals loss to Randy-Mac. So not only did he play in most of their losses, he may not be healthy right now since he hasn't played since 2-22. That's quite different from the info that you posted and I didn't want you to have the wrong idea because obviously someone has misled you along the way.    

[nescac1]

Yeah, I am surprised Virginia Wesleyan did not post a stronger record.  It seemed like they went through a big slump early in the year (vs. mostly very tough competition) but have since bounced back.  The Teasley-Woodmore-Astorga trio, even two years ago, was as impressive a threesome as pretty much any out there, I thought, so Eph fans remember them with fear.  It does seem like VWU hasn't added much to that core in the last two recruiting classes (no underclassmen averages over 5 ppg), so they really have to rely on those three guys. 

But that's looking wayyyy ahead.  Williams has not faced any player like Wesley's star, a 6'4, 245 senior who averages over 20 ppg.  Based on the Ephs' struggles to guard Lynch, a banger with touch is something that can really flummox the Ephs, but with a week to prepare I'm sure Maker will have a plan in place to try to take away Wesley's top option. 

Here's an over-under request for Walzy.  Assuming Thompson guards Jones, under-over on number of points Jones puts up vs. the Panthers? 

[toad22]

Magicman, Thanks for the info. That makes me feel a little better. Only a little, though, because Williams had them up at Chandler Gym a couple of years ago, with much the same personnel. They can really play, and well coached as well.

[walzy31]

Here's an over-under request for Walzy.  Assuming Thompson guards Jones, under-over on number of points Jones puts up vs. the Panthers?

Points Sedale Jones scores against Middlebury in 1st Round of 2013 NCAA Tournament
Over/Under: 20.5