MBB: NESCAC

[Dr E. Spengler]

I'm choosing genius in the form of brevity rather than length this time:


CAS MATSUI ONE TIME!

[mrmike88]

Good luck Tufts in the tourney.  Some team is going to have their work cut out for them.  I hope we meet again down the line.

Amherst really gutted it out today.  The shots weren't falling, the offense was disrupted by Tufts' D, and the Jumbo offense was having their way with us for a long stretch of time (60% from the field with a few minutes remaining).  Wheeler caught fire, Bedford fought through it, Goldsmith stepped up and played juuuust enough D on Dan Martin, and then Caz made the trey...

#1 seed?

[walzy31]

Tufts outplayed Amherst in the first half only to see the score be 37-37 at the break. Jumbos led by as many as 12. Amherst came back just by working hard and making some tough shots. Tufts played great. Weitzen was 10-11 from the floor with 25 points before missing his last 3 shots. Dan Martin dropped 23 on 10-15 and grabbed 10 boards. Swampass also played very well with 8 assists..

Amherst down 1 with 50 seconds left and a full 35 run the offense...nothing open with the shot clock winding down olson drives and kicks out to John Casnocha with 03 showing on the shot clock. Cas shoots a three from about 27 feet near the Amherst bench and it was nothing but net. It was Cas' first three of the game, but one of the most memorable in recent Amherst history. O'Keefe went and scored on a great play for Tufts to tie it and Bedford's shot at the end of regulation just missed. In OT Amherst jumped out to an early 7-0 run and tufts could not cut it to less than 4 at any point. Olson hit a huge three in OT.

Goldsmith and O'Shea attacked the boards and Wheeler played amazingly. When Amherst was down 12 in the first half, they took out Olson and put in Corrigan. Corrigan led them back to the tie with a different style and pace. It is nice having both of them on the squad. Bedford (23 on 7-14 shooting) and Wheeler (24 on 8-14 shooting) led the Jeffs in scoring. Olson with 4 assists and 4 steals.

Formerbant is a legend.
Lohrer is a legend (Cas got a huge cut above his left eye).
Back-2-Back NESCAC champs.

Good luck to Trinity tonight in the selections...
Looking forward to the pairings tomorrow morning.

Amherst College Men's Basketball 05-06...We just use our timeouts better.

[JeffRookie2]

I love Jim Rome fans, got to be amongst the most intelligent, inciteful fans in the country... along with fans of Stephen A. Smith. Tell me, are these people the sports-world equivalent of people who take Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly seriously?

Who are Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly?

War people who namedrop to make themselves appear well informed.

Seacrest out.

Any even remotely well-informed person knows who these two are. Both are extremely famous. I believe both (I know Coulter, not sure about O'Reilly) have been on the cover of Time. I hardly think anyone would consider it, "name dropping." You prove my point for me, Rome fans are not exactly the brightest bunch. But hey- you picked up on the sarcasm, that was more than I expected. This is where you stoop to 'never been kissed' insults because its the best you can come up with.

[JeffRookie2]

The final stats that we were handed, actually had Martin with 23 and Weitzen with 25. Great game, I was very nervous throughout. I think this shows that the Jeffs still have not found any answer to interior scorers. Great game for both Wheeler and Bedford, and what a clutch performance on several occasions by Cas. (remember that steal when he ripped the ball out of the Tuft's players hand after the inbound?)

[formerbant10]

Great game.  Tufts shot the ball the best I've seen any team in the first half.  The few misses they did have, they were able to collect the rebound and score.  The "Backsweat Brigade" of Black and Weitzen were great off the bench for Tufts.   Weitzen made everyone who attempted to guard him look foolish with his nose for scoring.  Martin did a good job again, a little bit of foul trouble in the first half for him kept Tufts from putting Amherst away.

Casnocha's injury kept Amherst from playing synchronized ball for the first 20 minutes.  Amherst didn't look as sharp as expected.  But when they needed a bucket, they looked to Bedford posting up in the first half.  Wheeler really stepped up his game in the 2nd half.  Great mid range jumper from the baseline.  Even bigger three from him just after that. 

As stated earlier, Casnocha's 3 was huge.  They hadn't been shooting great before that.  I thought Tufts should've tried to run the clock down a little more at the end of regulation.  They gave too much time to Amherst to finish the game and got lucky that Bedford didn't hit his shot. 

Tufts did a great job running their offense, and when it does break down they have a few guys they can give the ball to at the end of the shot clock who can score.  They could do some damage in the tournament. 

Walzy, great to meet you.  The line was a little off, but it was a great game so I'm not mad at all.  No way anyone would've predicted that game. 

MrMike and Jeffrookie, a pleasure to meet you as well.  Thanks for having me on at the half, hope I didn't make a huge fool of myself.  I enjoyed it thoroughly.

Amherst and Tufts will do a great job representing the conference in the NCAA's, and with WPI winning, Trinity just may squeak in.  The coaches seem to think Trinity is in, but you never know.

Congrats to Amherst again.

[littlejeff08]

all of a sudden i dont see any arguement against bedford for POY...is that cause he stepped up his game in the semis and finals to win the NESCAC tourny while rhoten shot 33%, fouled out and lost?  hmmm..... ill say it again...bedford should be player of the year, no doubt...

[ephoops]

As of 10:45 pm there are only 10 teams listed in Pool C.  Where's the other 8 teams!!!  Are Trinity and Tufts in or out???

Pat, a little help???!!!

[broke_ya_ankles]

tufts is in tinirty is out

[broke_ya_ankles]

any thoughts on the ECAC's?

[All-around]

My predictions for ECAC's

In no particular order

Trinity, Bates, MIT, Wheaton, Emmanuel, Keene St., RIC, Williams


Anyones thoughts on Trinity not getting a bid....They must be really dissapointed after their first yr. with Pat Martin

[Maq Diesel]

I think Colby-Sawyer will get a bid to the ECAC, but that is just my thought.

[hugenerd]

Isn't Coast Guard in this region also, the finished ahead of Wheaton in the NEWMAC with a better record in region and overall.

[Mike T]

Halas is a loser. As is rhoten. nice to see both of them not make the tourney as a player or a fan. bates....thats too bad. lets go tufts, jake is nasty...tonight was a dogfight.

[speedy]

My predictions for ECAC's

In no particular order

Trinity, Bates, MIT, Wheaton, Emmanuel, Keene St., RIC, Williams


Anyones thoughts on Trinity not getting a bid....They must be really dissapointed after their first yr. with Pat Martin

I am not 100% certain on this but I think that the NESCAC rules do not allow NESCAC teams to play in the ECACs (or any other post-season tournament other than the NESCAC and the NCAA tournaments).