MBB: NESCAC

[fpc85]

13:00 min to go
Jeffs-65
bates-35

[fpc85]

Jeffs-88
Bates-52

Jeffs are peaking at the right time. Must be Hixon's substitution pattern.

[walzy31]

fpc took the words out of my mouth.
Amherst got out to a 31-10 lead and Bates never came back like I thought they might. Zak Ray is extremely quick and plays the best defense out of all the point guards in the league. Stockwell was off but had 8 before it was a true blowout. Looking forward to Tufts tomorrow and hopefully the Bants drop one.
"Rafters...I'm out!"

[mrmike88]

All I can say is, wow.  I don't think I've ever seen the Jeffs play that well before.

[mrmike88]

Tufts 84, Trinity 80 (OT) per NESCAC scoreboard.  Looks like Amherst is in the driver's seat tomorrow.

[JeffRookie2]

Great game, McLaughlin had 5 blocks and 2 steals AT THE HALF! Hope there isnt a letdown tomorrow. BLJ- returning to the Goldsmith thing, what highschool would play a 6'7" guy at the two? Maybe if you have a body like Coulibaly, but if you are as thick as Goldsmith, I think its unlikely that any highschool would play him anywhere but a 4 or a 5. That doesnt mean that he doesnt have the necessary speed/dribbling ability etc. to play the two, he is just another in long line of Amherst big men who can play outside.

[senatorfrost]

 I am waiting to see Tufts for the first time this year before naming my All Conference picks. Hint: I think some maybe named their teams too early and left Wheeler off.

[fpc85]

jeffrookie,
goldsmith went to delbarton in nj and played the 3 on most nights. I believe he was orginally recruited as a wing player

[Red1]

Apparently Amherst was just on in every way tonight.  Bates was 4th in the country in rebound margin.  Amherst out-rebounded Bates 48 to 23.  Also Amherst was 70.8% from the field in the first half.  That's just not fair.  No one shoots 70% from the field, and Bates is ranked 14th in the country in fieldgoal % defense according to the latest NCAA stats page (which clearly doesn't include tonights game).  If Amherst is going to put up numbers like that maybe Duke would make a more evenly matched opponent for the Lord Jeffs.

I didn't get to watch the game, so I'd like to ask the many Amherst fans, was Amherst as incredibly on as the stats make it appear?  Do you agree with MrMike in that this may have been the game of the year for them (up to this point)?  I'm wondering if this is the type of performance that Amhest is likely to repeat or if they were playing considerably better than they usually do? I.E.  was Bates playing particularly poorly or was Amherst just that hot today?

Cheers,
Red1

[cruiser]

colby beats williams ....67-61 was the score i believe

[soze]

Hello

[mariner75]

Can anyone report out on the Tufts - Trinity game last night?  Box score stats show that Martin & Rhoten were very close, with a slight edge going to Martin.   Obviously a big win for the Jumbos but I'm afraid they'll have a tough time this afternoon at Amherst, given their OT effort & how the Jeffs coasted in their game against Bates.

[walzy31]

Red1,

Amherst played the best first half I have seem them play all season. I would say their game at Williams 8 days ago was a better full game performance because of protecting the ball better. The number of blocks Amherst had last night were very unusual of this years team. When we are shooting 70% it ends the game in the first half. The first 8 minutes were very high energy and everyone was thinking that Bates would go on a run of their own, but even when Bates' role player shooters were hitting threes the lead was not decreasing. I thought Amherst would win by 8, not 36. I did take Tufts by 4 over Trinity though

However, Tufts does stand a chance against Trinity. I will take Tufts by 4. Saturday Trinity will beat Bates in an incredibly exciting game.

Amherst by 18 today against Jumbocountry.

[Pat Coleman]

Amherst 52, Tufts 36 HALF

[fpc85]

Jeffs-99
Jumbos-70
Congratulations Men! 2005-2006 NESCAC regular season champions! Job well done. How was the [arty at the Monkey bar?

See you next weekend!