BB: General New England Discussion

[Stump]

Gun to head picks:

NEWMAC - Wheaton (ok you're right, everyone should get that one)
NESCAC   - Tufts
LEC          - ECSU
TCCC       - WNEC
MASCAC  - Worcester State
GNAC      - St. Joe's
NAC        - Castleton
Pool C   - gun to head(guessing)- Curry? or Suffolk, or . . . . (real decisive there, huh?)
I would have thought NESCAC was the Pool C until this weekend now it looks like the NESCAC teams had beaten up on each other enough that as long as Tufts wins tourney there probably is not another NESCAC rep.  If USM gets on a roll and wins LEC tourney then Eastern probably gets Pool C. (Boy I sure hope the gun to my head isn't loaded)

[Hobbesy]

Ready....go

NEWMAC- Wheaton
LEC- Eastern
NESCAC- Williams
TCCC- WNEC
MASCAC- Worcester
NAC- Castleton
GNAC- St. Joes
At Large- Tufts

[wordsmith]

Now that I have a moment to reflect I wanted to enter the Mansfield Discussion:

NEWMAC - Wheaton
LEC - EConn
NESCAC - Williams
TCCC- Curry
MASCAC - Westfield State
NAC - Husson
GNAC - Suffolk
At Large - WNEC

St. Joe's goes to NY Regional

Word

[wordsmith]

Date: Monday, April 26, 2010
New England Divison III College Baseball Coaches Poll
(Conducted by New England College Baseball Coaches, First Place Votes in parentheses, followed by record and total points)

Division III
1. Tufts (5) 21-4 40 pts.
2. Wheaton 25-7 34 pts.
3. Western New England 28-8 26 pts.
4. Eastern Connecticut 23-8 25 pts.
5. Worcester State 24-7-1 10 pts.
6. St. Joseph's, ME 28-10 8 pts.
7. Bowdoin 21-10 7 pts.
7. Curry 25-11 7 pts.
Also Receiving Votes: Westfield State (6), Trinity (5), Bates (4), WPI (4), Williams (2), Endicott
(1), Wesleyan (1).

[RSSmith]

Gun to head picks:

NEWMAC - Wheaton (ok you're right, everyone should get that one)
NESCAC   - Tufts
LEC          - ECSU
TCCC       - WNEC
MASCAC  - Worcester State
GNAC      - St. Joe's
NAC        - Castleton
Pool C   - gun to head(guessing)- Curry? or Suffolk, or . . . . (real decisive there, huh?)
I would have thought NESCAC was the Pool C until this weekend now it looks like the NESCAC teams had beaten up on each other enough that as long as Tufts wins tourney there probably is not another NESCAC rep.  If USM gets on a roll and wins LEC tourney then Eastern probably gets Pool C. (Boy I sure hope the gun to my head isn't loaded)

My ballot looks like yours, except I have Westfield State getting the Pool C bid.

[YA, Boy]

NEWMAC - Wheaton
LEC - Keene St.
NESCAC - Trinity
TCCC- Curry
MASCAC - Westfield State
NAC - Castleton St.
GNAC - Suffolk


At Large - ECSU

[Stump]

Gun to head picks:

NEWMAC - Wheaton (ok you're right, everyone should get that one)
NESCAC   - Tufts
LEC          - ECSU
TCCC       - WNEC
MASCAC  - Worcester State
GNAC      - St. Joe's
NAC        - Castleton
Pool C   - gun to head(guessing)- Curry? or Suffolk, or . . . . (real decisive there, huh?)
I would have thought NESCAC was the Pool C until this weekend now it looks like the NESCAC teams had beaten up on each other enough that as long as Tufts wins tourney there probably is not another NESCAC rep.  If USM gets on a roll and wins LEC tourney then Eastern probably gets Pool C. (Boy I sure hope the gun to my head isn't loaded)

My ballot looks like yours, except I have Westfield State getting the Pool C bid.

Yeah,that's another to add to the Pool C debate. Last week I was sure Pool C was coming from the NESCAC but not so sure now.

[KSCfan]

Ya Boy is drinking the owl kool-aid as he has picked them to win the LEC my only reaction....Ya Boyyyy.  Sorry couldnt help myself.  If you are Eastern you need to hope for chalk in the NESCAC.  If the Jumbos get upset in the NESCAC tournament i would assume that they are a lock for the pool C bid as they are currently number 1 in NE and those rankings are usually pretty helpful in who the NCAA will pool C bid. Thus bursting the bubbles of the likes of Eastern, or Suffolk, or whomever.

RSSmith i dont really seeing Westfield getting the at large, they have lost to some teams that are going to hurt them, and they play in the MASCAC which does not have the reputation as a strong conference.  If Eastern wins the LEC and Tufts takes the NESCAC I HAVE NO IDEA WHO IS POOL C.  If Eastern loses the LEC tournament(i hope keene beats them in the championship) then is thier record strong enough to get the pool C over a suffolk or a Curry, or whomever, will Eastern's reputation and the fact that they are hosting the tournament  factor into the decesion. And that they would draw well and make money for the NCAA factor into this as well.  Im not saying conspiracy theory but something to consider.

[straightHeat3]

NEWMAC - Wheaton
LEC - ECSU
NESCAC - Tufts
TCCC- WNEC
MASCAC – Westfield St.
NAC - Castleton St.
GNAC – St. Joseph's


At Large - Trinity

[Hobbesy]

My thoughts and a preview of the week to come..

http://ned3baseball.wordpress.com/

your thoughts??

[KSCfan]

Hobbesy great stuff on the blog as usual.  Like the Wheaton piece about the LEC teams, as well as your preview of the Tufts Eastern game.  Love reading your blog as it always has some very good insight

[Hobbesy]

Thanks KSC and I agree with you about the pool C.

If Eastern doesnt win it will be interesting to see if they can get a pool c.  My junior year we didnt make the conference final and we somehow got a bid (didnt think we would)

And as for Westfield getting an at-large bid...I dont think that will ever happen.  No knock to Westfield St. but it just doesnt track for me.  A good record but a sub-par conference...

[RSSmith]

Ya Boy is drinking the owl kool-aid as he has picked them to win the LEC my only reaction....Ya Boyyyy.  Sorry couldnt help myself.  If you are Eastern you need to hope for chalk in the NESCAC.  If the Jumbos get upset in the NESCAC tournament i would assume that they are a lock for the pool C bid as they are currently number 1 in NE and those rankings are usually pretty helpful in who the NCAA will pool C bid. Thus bursting the bubbles of the likes of Eastern, or Suffolk, or whomever.

RSSmith i dont really seeing Westfield getting the at large, they have lost to some teams that are going to hurt them, and they play in the MASCAC which does not have the reputation as a strong conference.  If Eastern wins the LEC and Tufts takes the NESCAC I HAVE NO IDEA WHO IS POOL C.  If Eastern loses the LEC tournament(i hope keene beats them in the championship) then is thier record strong enough to get the pool C over a suffolk or a Curry, or whomever, will Eastern's reputation and the fact that they are hosting the tournament  factor into the decesion. And that they would draw well and make money for the NCAA factor into this as well.  Im not saying conspiracy theory but something to consider.

I'm kind of rooting for Westfield for the twenty years I lived up the road in Springfield, but also, their combined in-region winning percentage (.767, 23-7) and strength of schedule (.543) is better than anyone else in New England except Tufts and Wheaton.  There's a relatively tight grouping of New England teams, so it looks to me like any conference favorite who fails to win its tournament (except for Tufts) could be watching the regional on Gametracker.  One interesting note, if Castleton or Husson fails to win the NAC, that automatic bid could go to the New York Regional freeing up a second Pool C bid in New England.

[KSCfan]

Good point RSSmith about 2 pool c bids.  Will anyone get shipped to the NY regional.  Could Eastern get shipped on a pool C bid, or would the NCAA save Eastern some money and have them stay home?  2 pool C bids would gurantee Eastern that bid, but i wonder if anyone will go to Cortland, maybe Castleton if they win the NAC??? Last couple of years we have seen teams get bumped out of NE for NY but could this year be the year that they all stay home in NE.   I would think that Cortland is prob closer than Mansfield for teams like Castleton

[GBearsAlum15]

I would imagine that if ECSU makes the regionals, they will be in Mansfield no matter what. I just can't see them getting shipped out when they are hosting the NE regional. I feel that this year all of the New England teams will stay home and play in Mansfield. However KSCfan, you bring up a good point that Castleton St could get shipped out to the NY regional because of their closer proximity to Cortland. There is always the possibility of a NE team being shipped out to NY. Last year, we (WNEC) got shipped out to the NY regional at Farmingdale St. Getting shipped out to the NY regional might not be such a bad thing. We thought we had a real shot to win the regional because of the 6-team bracket. Although, this year in New England is wide open and any team that makes the regionals has a real shot to win it and get to Appleton.