MBB: NESCAC

[old_hooper]

I think that Amaker at Harvard could be a real possibility for the BC job.  If that happens, Maker could be a real good fit at Harvard,

Paulsen also but he did not have a great year at Bucknell.  They lost a lot from last years team.  Plus he signed a new contract last year.

[JustAFan]

I was just typing the same scenario!  And I think it might be possibility if Amaker gets the BC job. Of course, unless Dartmouth decides to make a change (unlikely, in my view)...

[amh63]

Interesting news flying around....though D1 openings is a "side bar" story here at this time, IMO.

Seems that the NABC selections for players and coaches for regions are out.  There is a story on the Amherst website.  The story also has the  D3hoops regional selections...for comparison.  Toomey and Mayer are first team selections for the NE region.  Not to extend earlier discussions here on selections...the NABC  list has the Babson FY player on the first team.   Would post a link but have not master the technology.

Nescac 1....thanks for the advice.  In all the times that I have been to Salem....the Amherst crowd is always placed in the same quadrant...it seems.  Going in the front door of the building, it is the left side and the back quadrant nearest to where the team players waiting for the next  game can sit.  Hopefully where the bands and cheerleaders are found...that's for Middhoops.

GingerB...you do phrase some surprising posts.....though I admit I do not fully comprehend your last one.

[jayhawk]

Boston College will hire someone who has demonstrated success at recruiting.
Harvard alumni have an arrangement to supplement Amaker's salary. Harvard is unique recruiting tool don't see Amaker leaving Harvard for BC (BC has a tiny basketball gym for the ACC)

[Pat Coleman]

Seems that the NABC selections for players and coaches for regions are out.  There is a story on the Amherst website.  The story also has the  D3hoops regional selections...for comparison.  Toomey and Mayer are first team selections for the NE region.  Not to extend earlier discussions here on selections...the NABC  list has the Babson FY player on the first team.   Would post a link but have not master the technology.

Robinson was not selected to the NABC regional team at all but believe it is NABC policy to have just one player per team. If it's not a formal policy, it at least seems to be the norm.

re: Maker -- no D-III MBB coach in the past 15 years has gone straight to a BCS conference head coaching job from D-III. Here's the list of those who have made the direct jump and where they went: http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2011/03/whitworth-coach-moves-to-d1

[nescac1]

If Bo Ryan couldn't do it .... a lot of D1 programs missed the boat on that one! 

[Bucket]

Williams fans will have to bank on the reluctance of many DI schools to take what is perceived to be a chance when hiring a DIII coach, no matter how successful. 

Mike has far more DI experience than DIII experience, albeit, not as a head coach. I'd think that his DI trajectory--associate head coach at Dartmouth, then asst. positions at Samford, West Virginia, and Creighton—coupled with what he has done at Williams, would make him a highly desirable candidate for a select group of DI jobs.

[nescac1]

Bucket, watch it, or I will start pumping up Jeff Brown as a D1 candidate . 

[Pat Coleman]

If Bo Ryan couldn't do it .... a lot of D1 programs missed the boat on that one!

Yep. He had to spend a couple years at UW-Milwaukee to do so.

On Bo Ryan, though, it's possible he might have been able to get that job somewhere. He wanted to stay within the UW system, though, because of his seniority and pension status, so he was limiting himself to a small set of D-I schools.

[middhoops]

My last David George plug.
What I remember most about Andrew Locke was all the panic shots that got thrown to nowhere because he was looming back there, ready to swat it.  He altered at least a dozen shots in some games that never counted as blocks.
George will be bringing that scariness next year in more minutes per game. 

Now, c'mon Eph fans, you KNOW I'm a huge Robinson envier.  No slight was intended there regarding his D.  Once this week is over, I think you'll find my opinion more palatable.

[nescac1]

Middhoops, no worries -- while I think Robinson is right now a solid defensive player with potential to eventually be very good, I would agree that his impact on that end of the court is nowhere close to George's, who is going to win multiple NESCAC DPOY awards if the last few weeks are an indication of what is to come ...

[toad22]

Maker can't get the BC job, because BC couldn't win the press conference announcing his appointment. However, some head coach at some mid-major is likely to get that job, opening up a job he might be able to get. Let's face it, if Maker gets offered a job that pays 3-5X as much money as he is making right now, he has to look at it. Coaching is his career. Being the coach at Williams is not a calling.

[magicman]

Seems that the NABC selections for players and coaches for regions are out.  There is a story on the Amherst website.  The story also has the  D3hoops regional selections...for comparison.  Toomey and Mayer are first team selections for the NE region.  Not to extend earlier discussions here on selections...the NABC  list has the Babson FY player on the first team.   Would post a link but have not master the technology.

Robinson was not selected to the NABC regional team at all but believe it is NABC policy to have just one player per team. If it's not a formal policy, it at least seems to be the norm.

Pat,

Not sure if that's true and I'm just trying to point out what the other regions are showing.

 

The NABC Atlantic Region team has 2 players from SUNY-Purchase. Andre Nixon is on the 1st team and Joel Neri is on the 2nd team.

The NABC Middle Atlantic Region team has 2 players from Dickinson. Adam Honig on the 1st team and Gerry Wixted on the 2nd team.

The NABC East Region has 2 players from Hobart. Richie Bonney is on the 1st team and Joe Gibbons is on the 2nd team.

The NABC Midwest region has 2 players from IWU and 2 players from Washington U.  Andrew Ziemnik made the 1st team and Victor Davis made the 2nd team for the Titans. Chris Klimek made the 1st team and Alan Aboona made the 2nd team for Wash U.

In addition there are 2 other regions, The Great Lakes region, and the West region that have the District Player of the Year and a 1st team player from the same team. The Middle Atlantic region has the DPOY and a 2nd team player from the same team. I thought these last three instances wouldn't apply to your statement, since they have the DPOY as one of the two players from the same team, but clearly the first 5 instances are contrary to what you thought was the norm.

So apparently the coaches didn't choose Robinson as one of the 11 best players in the Northeast region or he would have been listed on the 1st or 2nd team.

Here's a link to all the NABC Regional Teams:

http://www.nabc.org/awards/all_district/2014_NABC_Division_III_All-District_Teams_and_Coaches.pdf   

[Panthernation]

The final episode of The Road to Salem: http://sites.middlebury.edu/panthernation/2014/03/19/road-to-salem-part-8-the-road-ahead/

[amh63]

PN......thanks ....again !