NE Region General Questions

ballerstatus · January 13, 2008, 06:10:53 PM

hammond of GMC is being a beast as usual. consistent with the scoring. he is a guaranteed 22 and 15 with 4 blocks....however when his side kick Fisher does not show up (which he really seems to have problems doing against athletic guards) the team looses...such was the case in their two loses of the season.

svc has won 2 straight after the christmas break. with the acquisition of kordana over the break who can punish you from the arc, things have opened up inside for harrington and karnik making it easier for them to score.

btw who saw harrington score 37 and grab 33 boards at the williams tourney....

however hammond - harrington matchup when gmc and svc play should be a hell of a game to watch. My bets on GMC. Harrington is very good and his stats show it, but watch his games, he doesnt put up his regular numbers against equally strong and physical posts (and we all know hammond definitely fits the description). Hammond on the other hand eats when he wants to irrespective of who it is.

all in all this game should come down to the help both players get from their guards.

lets see what happens.

the_real_gnac · January 22, 2008, 01:07:41 AM

the second half of the season is looking promising, Green Mountain still leads the conference with newbury and svc on winning streaks trying to cut it closer. I just dont see any other team besides GMC winning the independent conference with their guard center combination of Fisher,Hammond who are tops in ncaa rankings. Actually 3 kids out of the independent conference lead in rankings of division 3 basketball. Why is it these kids dont get any recognition besides post ups. Congrats to those teams in the race and continue to the guys showing that independent is where it at.

newenglandball · January 24, 2008, 08:19:13 PM

um newbury beat gmc very handily this year.. I'd say newbury is the team to beat this year.. u foget the way the base the seedings is based on head to head agaisnt other independents. Newbury hasnt lost to any of the idependendts yet.

the_real_gnac · January 31, 2008, 12:38:37 AM

No disrespect to newbury they are strong led by Mitchell but there biggest win was the upset to gmc. At the rate Svc is going they can be a huge threat to newbury but I've seen gmc lost to NEC and there top players didn't play ? To that if anyone knows anymore. Hey who knows it seems anybody can win any given night . Any answer to what makes an all-american because harrington,Hammond,fisher have the stats as of today to be at least 1st or 2nd team but we all know the politics behind that getting close to the independent tourney. If gmc can bounce back and get a 20 win season and get the independent tournament may there be a bid to the big one who knows

ballerstatus · February 01, 2008, 12:48:02 PM

if green mountain can have a 20 win season...i say da ncaa tourney should not be out of reach....gmc vs svc on tuesday should be da game of the season...hammond goes back to his former hometurf...very place he won gnac POY and the GNAC championship to square off against harrington who hasnt scored below 30 in the second half of the season......
should be a good one.......

broke_ya_ankles · February 01, 2008, 01:20:08 PM

Green Mountain is in a very interesting situation, the depth of pool B candidates doesnt seem as strong as in years past, which certainly favors GMC, however as someone pointed out on the multi region board they have the 391st weakest schedule out of 399 teams, and if they beat castleton state they will have 2 wins all season against .500 teams or better. If green mountain played even mediocre teams (middle of the pack LEC, GNAC, CCC teams) they would be lucky to finish the season at .500
not taking away what theyve accomplished as the players have no control over who they play but they in all honesty do not deserve to make the NCAA tournament, their resume is just too weak and I fully expect the committee to look at GMC and see a team that would have absolutely no shot at all of winning a tournament game and thus give that pool B bid to someone else

MeOak21 · February 01, 2008, 01:23:52 PM

BYA- well put... I was in the middle of writing a similar response but you beat me to the punch.

newenglandball · February 01, 2008, 07:02:30 PM

the green mountain have no shot at making all american they only have those good stats because they play awful school. lets see them put those numbers up agaisnt williams, amherst tufts and umass dartmout on their schedule

buck1053 · February 13, 2008, 08:38:17 PM

I understand the talk about Green Mountain, I know they've played nobody, but they currently stand at 17-4, and could be 20-4 by the time the independent tournament is played at their place. Would winning that tourney help make a case for NCAA's? That would likely make them 22-4. By the way, I realize the independent tourney does not have an automatic bid, I was just wondering if they could get an at-large.

jamiejohn · February 14, 2008, 08:30:42 AM

You must be joking. GM is 17-4 but 3 wins are vs non ncaa teams so that puts them at 14-4. They also havent beaten a above 500 team all year. they have also lost 4 games to NEC, bard, newbury and east conn.

coachhawk · February 14, 2008, 10:24:29 AM

has anyone taken notice to Newbury? 12-2 in their last 14 games, 14-6 now overall. they are finally coming together and look like they could make a strong tournament push. keep in mind they still havent lost to an independent school which means if they win the independent tournament thats a bid into pool b.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · February 14, 2008, 11:55:51 AM

Quote from: coachhawk on February 14, 2008, 10:24:29 AM
has anyone taken notice to Newbury? 12-2 in their last 14 games, 14-6 now overall. they are finally coming together and look like they could make a strong tournament push. keep in mind they still havent lost to an independent school which means if they win the independent tournament thats a bid into pool b.

There aren't very many Pool B spots in the tournament and I don't think Newbury has the record to compete for one of them. They aren't even ranked regionally, so that puts them at a huge disadvantage already.

They're doing well, but this is not their year.

backboard · February 14, 2008, 12:28:12 PM

Newbury has a test tonight against Wentworth. Should be a good game

coachhawk · February 14, 2008, 01:59:50 PM

Newbury by far has one of the best back courts with morris running the point and mitchell at the 2, morris is probably one of the most solid point gaurds i have seen quick plays great defense and always makes the big play when needed. arch mitchelle is another that will come out and give you 20 on any given night, plus they got a guarenteed double double coming from kevin clevland and also sophmore javon mathis has been impressive averaging 14 and 7 this season. lets stop the talk about these kids from green mountain (yes they are putting up some rediculous numbers but look at the weak schedule they doing it against) and talk about a team who's head coach was fired over christmas break and looked as if the season should have been over and have turned it around and again are 12-2 since coming back from christmas break.

looks like they will just have to prove you guys wrong again with another big home victory over a good wentworth team tonight.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · February 14, 2008, 06:24:09 PM

Quote from: coachhawk on February 14, 2008, 01:59:50 PMlooks like they will just have to prove you guys wrong again with another big home victory over a good wentworth team tonight.

It's not about proving anything to me. I have no opinion on the team one way or another. Simply by numbers, unless a lot of Pool B teams lose a lot of games in the next couple weeks, they won't be in the discussion for the NCAA tournament.