MBB: NESCAC

Knightstalker · March 21, 2006, 11:12:19 AM

Quote from: formerbant10 on March 21, 2006, 10:59:16 AM
Rhoten is now the fastest/quickest and most coordinated of the big men in New England and I'm sure he's up there for the rest of the country.

Gotta have pretty good hands and footwork if Syracuse wants you as a tight end.

Not necessarily coming out of high school. I know from my brother that someone that grows to that size is often very awkward until about the age of 18 to 20 when they stop growing or really slow down. He had good hands but his footwork in the paint was awkward. Again it was five or six years ago when I saw him play and it was nothing that couldn't be fixed. I saw one of his coaches pull him aside in the game and show him what he did wrong with his feet. Also it is easier to become a good TE than a good post player, at least in my experience.

What I have seen is generally the big men develop slower as basketball players then they can as football players. Guards and other smaller players develop faster in my opionion. You could see Rhotens potential but it wasn't there yet.

formerbant10 · March 21, 2006, 11:36:10 AM

Knight,

If that is true about the footwork, then he certainly has come a long way. Maybe it had something to do with the extra weight he carried for football. Who knows, as you said it was 5 or 6 years ago and a lot has changed.

Hoops,

He didn't have his best scoring year, but this was his best all around year as a basketball player. He was at a different level compared to other years. I'm sure there can be many excuses made for why he didn't score as many points: Playing with a new point guard; he was the only starter from last year's team still playing; constant double and triple teams. But if you want to know what changed in his game, it was his passing. 2nd on the team in assists this year.

He played as a much more poised, mature leader this year than he did in past years and it showed to those watching the games.

Pat Coleman · March 21, 2006, 03:16:32 PM

Quote from: GoJumbosOrGoHome on March 21, 2006, 09:41:03 AM
Pat,
Are the NABC All-Americans out yet? If yes, where could i find them.

I got a sheet of paper handed to me in Salem but I don't see them on the NABC web site.

When I saw that there were no Illinois Wesleyan players and no Wittenberg players on the NABC All-America team I discarded it, sorry.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · March 21, 2006, 03:53:02 PM

Here it is.

I'm a New England guy through and through, but this is retarded. These players are all great and worthy of recognition, but there are a few blatant absentees.

frank uible · March 21, 2006, 04:00:17 PM

Like Bismarck's laws and sausages, one should not see all-star teams being created.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · March 21, 2006, 04:02:17 PM

Quote from: frank uible on March 21, 2006, 04:00:17 PM
Like Bismarck's laws and sausages, one should not see all-star teams being created.

That was one of the most cryptic, yet poignant lines I've seen in a long time. If I could give you +2, I would do it.

Ralph Turner · March 21, 2006, 04:24:07 PM

Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 21, 2006, 03:53:02 PM
Here it is.

I'm a New England guy through and through, but this is retarded. These players are all great and worthy of recognition, but there are a few blatant absentees.

No, Hoops Fan, one player from each region on each of 3 teams. No more, no less.

The second teamer from the South Region was Reggie Magnusson, SCAC POTY.

Cedric Ison from ETBU was 3rd string from the South Region. Isom is a truly talented individual and was ASC-East Division POTY. (The ASC-West POTY was Sidney Hooper from Sul Ross State.)

frank uible · March 21, 2006, 04:26:23 PM

Hoops: A lot of my friends and acquaintances have said for a long time that I'm full of cryptic. Nonetheless, we aim to please.

mrmike88 · March 21, 2006, 05:59:59 PM

Congrats to Tufts for getting some love in the final d3hoops Top 25 of the season!

Dauksas may have struggled this weekend, but Amelianovich was the real deal, and I was most impressed with Freeman on IWU.

However, none of them can touch Ton Ton Balenga.

Pat Coleman · March 21, 2006, 08:24:24 PM

Call him Mr. March.

mrmike88 · March 21, 2006, 10:53:04 PM

And a sophomore to boot, right? VA Wesleyan returns all their main players.

walzy31 · March 21, 2006, 11:38:10 PM

Which will make VWC close to a unanimous preseason #1 for 06-07.

Mr. Ypsi · March 21, 2006, 11:42:12 PM

Wooster also loses only one starter - it may be a horse-race for pre-season #1, though I can't think who else would be likely to get top votes.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · March 22, 2006, 08:42:59 AM

I'm sure there will be a UW-dujour in the running as well. They always seem to have someone near the top to start the year.

Stevens Point held their own in the WIAC and only lose like 10-12% of their offensive production. I'm not sure they will get #1 votes, but one from a Wisconsin voter might not be a surpise.

dman · March 22, 2006, 12:17:02 PM

who cares who the pre-season top teams are??? i'd rather be no. 1 at the end of the season. the wiac's days are done, at least for a while. they couldn't even get a team in the sweet 16. i think the lack of red-shirt production in that conf. means they will take a few years to get back to national status. just look at their non-conf. record this year....
returning all your players is no guarantee either. i thought both springfield and union would be unstoppable this year, based on last year's results. springfield returned everyone from a sweet 16 team and had a losing record. union also returned everyone (i believe they were sweet 16 too) and they were barely over .500, got killed in its conf. final, and lost in the first round of the ecac-ny tournament....but i guess with a name like tonton, you could go all the way again....