MBB: NESCAC

[fanfromct]

The announcement from the Bowdoin AD said that this was the first time in NESCAC history that anyone got three in a row.

[Pat Coleman]

The announcement from the Bowdoin AD said that this was the first time in NESCAC history that anyone got three in a row.

Just so you know, news releases come from the SID, not the AD. The SID's job is to handle that type of communication.

[fanfromct]

I know that, but my fingers didn't want to type that for some reason.
Jim Caton, the SID sent that out.
I stand corrected.

[amh63]

Found some CAC related info in the Sunday edition of the NYT..a paper that I have not read for years !...don't ask why
Article in the sports section featured Tom Penders...ex-college MBB coach who has been out of the coaching business for 5-years.  Saw him play at UConn in the mid 60's.  He won 648 Div1 games...his last stint was at the Un of Houston.  I also remember him at GWU in Foggy Bottom Wash D.C.
Anyway...article stated that he started his coaching career at Tufts Un...in 1971!  Maybe some posters remembers him then?
Seems he spends a great amount of time online Tweeting his opinning about BB matters.  Seems some former Tufts players he knew from his time in the Boston area caught up with him online after many...many decades.  small world is an understatement here!

[Old Guy]

Trinity has "Trinity Days" so most if not all of the students will not be on campus this weekend.  The way this season has gone, I will not be surprised by any result this weekend.  All of the games should be a good watch.  Good luck to everyone.

A "good watch," relatively speaking. The video camera seems to be mounted on the ceiling, so far away, and the announcers . . . well, weak (I won't start that debate again, but I do love the Bowdoin guy - great Maine accent - and the Bates' announcer is also professional in his approach, though at the same time animated).

I had Wohl as POY and the best player in the league - now I think it has to be Hausman. Never thought I'd see Wohl have a game like he did at Bowdoin. His game is so diversified - inside going hard the the hoop (he's long) and finishing, and outside shooting the three. Has he had a worse game in the last three years?

I'm rooting for Bowdoin to win it all, but if I had to bet I think I'd go with the Jeffs. They're due to put it all together - they didn't find Tufts much opposition.

[polbear73]

Found some CAC related info in the Sunday edition of the NYT..a paper that I have not read for years !...don't ask why
Article in the sports section featured Tom Penders...ex-college MBB coach who has been out of the coaching business for 5-years.  Saw him play at UConn in the mid 60's.  He won 648 Div1 games...his last stint was at the Un of Houston.  I also remember him at GWU in Foggy Bottom Wash D.C.
Anyway...article stated that he started his coaching career at Tufts Un...in 1971!  Maybe some posters remembers him then?
Seems he spends a great amount of time online Tweeting his opinning about BB matters.  Seems some former Tufts players he knew from his time in the Boston area caught up with him online after many...many decades.  small world is an understatement here!

I was a student at Bowdoin then and remember Penders well. Another "name" coach at the time was a very young Gary Walters at Middlebury, who was recently off a great playing career at Princeton and destined to be the AD at his alma mater.

[ronk]

Found some CAC related info in the Sunday edition of the NYT..a paper that I have not read for years !...don't ask why
Article in the sports section featured Tom Penders...ex-college MBB coach who has been out of the coaching business for 5-years.  Saw him play at UConn in the mid 60's.  He won 648 Div1 games...his last stint was at the Un of Houston.  I also remember him at GWU in Foggy Bottom Wash D.C.
Anyway...article stated that he started his coaching career at Tufts Un...in 1971!  Maybe some posters remembers him then?
Seems he spends a great amount of time online Tweeting his opinning about BB matters.  Seems some former Tufts players he knew from his time in the Boston area caught up with him online after many...many decades.  small world is an understatement here!

I was a student at Bowdoin then and remember Penders well. Another "name" coach at the time was a very young Gary Walters at Middlebury, who was recently off a great playing career at Princeton and destined to be the AD at his alma mater.

  I remember watching Gary Walters play high school bball where his coach was Pete Carril, future instigator of the Princeton offense and whose college teammate, Chris Thomforde, is the current head of Moravian College.

[polbear73]

The Thomforde-Walters 1966-67 Princeton team, coached by Butch Von Breda Kolff went 25-3 and finished ranked #5 in the country. I saw them play Penn in the Palestra, quite an experience! Walters was the youngest head coach in the country when he arrived at Middlebury.

[jumpshot]

Old Guy ---

Why so bitter toward Wohl? Perhaps your tone is influenced by his key shot in a win over the Panthers in Chandler as an underclassman, his leading the Ephs to a huge comeback win in Pepin last year, his 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists in this season's blowout in Chandler, etc.

I actually recall your own worst game --- one of several losses by wide margins to the Ephs many years ago....

Gotta like his entire body of work ---on and off the court ---over his four years. Clearly gets my vote as the most complete player of the year ....

[hoya73]

Seriously Jumpshot?  Bitter?  I just reread OG's post and there was no bitterness.  He simply pointed out that Daniel had a bad game last week and that it influenced his view on POY.  No one on this board has anything but respect for the player and person that Wohl is, and that's from a person who roots against him virtually every time out.

[Old Guy]

Seriously Jumpshot?  Bitter?  I just reread OG's post and there was no bitterness.  He simply pointed out that Daniel had a bad game last week and that it influenced his view on POY.  No one on this board has anything but respect for the player and person that Wohl is, and that's from a person who roots against him virtually every time out.

Didn't mean any bitterness - thanks Hoya 73. I think Wohl is the best player in the league. In NESCAC-wide pickup, I pick him first. He also plays with poise and maturity, not a lot of complaining or posturing. I thought his game was so diversified that it was almost bad game-proof, but he's human.

Nothing but respect for the Ephs. Their continuous excellence in hoop is astonishing, goes back 6-7 decades without a break. In my repertoire of personally embarrassing moments of play a number have to do with Williams, who were a powerhouse even back then. My best basketball friend and mentor as a h.s. coach is Geoff Morton '59 who for years was Williams' top lifetime scorer with 1231 points in three years. I do like it when Middlebury beats Williams, and it has happened on occasion in the last decade. Wins before that were few and far between.

[nescac1]

Even as an Eph fan, gotta agree with Old Guy on this one.  Wohl had a great season overall, he (along with Hayden) put a young, thin, and undermanned Eph team on his back, and kept them competitive all season long.  Until about two weeks ago, Wohl I thought was a clear choice for player of the year.  Unfortunately, his three point shot has been uncharacteristically off for a few weeks now, and it also hurt his driving ability since teams were playing off him and daring him to shoot and the shots just weren't falling, and as a consquence, he had tough offensive outings vs. Bowdoin and Wesleyan.  Still played great on D, distribution, rebounding, etc., but if you are talking about POY, that is enough to knock him off the perch, especially when Williams as a team ended the season on a rough note.  Doesn't in any way diminish from a great career in which he continually came up big in big moments, and a particularly good senior season. 

Wohl is a first-team all-NESCAC player, still, no doubt, but barring a truly incredible weekend from Connor Green and a poor weekend from Lucas Hausman, Hausman HAS to be the player of the year.  He has been unstoppable in NESCAC play to a degree we've rarely seen, and the historic three-straight POTW awards are indicative of that.  And other than Swords and Hurley, he's done it without a ton of help since Pieri went down.  Counting his playoff game, Hausman is averaging north of 25 ppg in conference play -- when was the last time we saw that happen in NESCAC?  Certainly, not for many, many years.  Now that his three point shooting has dramatically improved, he has the entire package on offense -- deep threes, fadeaways, transition buckets. strong drives to the hoop, and he always hits his foul shots.  I'd say he is an all-American right now.  Hausman, Wohl and Green continue to be the only locks for the all-NESCAC first team, still lots of fluctuation there, and a few candidates, like Palleshi and Safford, were possibly hurt in that regard by their team performance last weekend. 

[ronk]

The Thomforde-Walters 1966-67 Princeton team, coached by Butch Von Breda Kolff went 25-3 and finished ranked #5 in the country. I saw them play Penn in the Palestra, quite an experience! Walters was the youngest head coach in the country when he arrived at Middlebury.

Playing in the Palestra(the mecca of college bball) against the Temple frosh(who later played in the NIT as seniors when the NIT was a very big deal) was my top experience as a collegian(seeing how the 1% lived). The nitecap of the triple-header was a Big 5 game(St. Joe's-Jimmy Lynam, NBA coach vs. Penn-John Wideman,Pulitzer Prize author).

[P'bearfan]

Quote from: polbear73 on Today at 03:59:56 am

The Thomforde-Walters 1966-67 Princeton team, coached by Butch Von Breda Kolff went 25-3 and finished ranked #5 in the country. I saw them play Penn in the Palestra, quite an experience! Walters was the youngest head coach in the country when he arrived at Middlebury.




Playing in the Palestra(the mecca of college bball) against the Temple frosh(who later played in the NIT as seniors when the NIT was a very big deal) was my top experience as a collegian(seeing how the 1% lived). The nitecap of the triple-header was a Big 5 game(St. Joe's-Jimmy Lynam, NBA coach vs. Penn-John Wideman,Pulitzer Prize author).

Having grown up in Philly I really appreciate all the references to the Palestra!!

[toad22]

I normally don't get involved in discussions about year end individual honors, but I would just point out that in Wohl's last game, though his shooting was off, he had 10 rebounds and 7 assists, leading the Ephs in both those categories.