BB: General New England Discussion

[bball13]

Wheaton 6, Endicott 1

4 in a row now for Wheaton.  They're starting put pitching, hitting, and defense together.  If this consist look out.

[soxfan42585]

Weather permitting- (snow???) there is a good game on wednesday- USM vs. SJC.

Measuring stick.

[wordsmith]

Weather permitting- (snow???) there is a good game on wednesday- USM vs. SJC.

Measuring stick.

Good Citizen Sanborn will have the Joe's super-jacked, but HOFEF counters with his own brand of clipboard mania. USM rolls as Bourque runs wild.
Joe's sing "Where have you gone Charlie Furbush, our program turns a lonely eye to you, wooo, woooo, wooo, wooo, wooo, wooo. What's that you say Father Michaels, Charlie's left for L-S-U, wooo, wooo, wooo; oh L-S-U, wooo, wooo, wooo.

[soxfan42585]

What???

[wordsmith]

Weather permitting- (snow???) there is a good game on wednesday- USM vs. SJC.

Measuring stick.

Good Citizen Sanborn will have the Joe's super-jacked, but HOFEF counters with his own brand of clipboard mania. USM rolls as Bourque runs wild.
Joe's sing "Where have you gone Charlie Furbush, our program turns a lonely eye to you, wooo, woooo, wooo, wooo, wooo, wooo. What's that you say Father Michaels, Charlie's left for L-S-U, wooo, wooo, wooo; oh L-S-U, wooo, wooo, wooo.

What?

To translate:

Coach Will Sanborn of St. Joe's, who is a great guy, will have his players all hyped-up to play near-by rival USM(the 2 schools are just a few miles away form each other). Ed Flaherty, coach of USM, who is also a good guy and in the coaches Hall of Fame (thus the HOFEF), and is famous for kicking and throwing his clipboard around, will be ready as well. Bourque, is Ryan Bourque, pre-season All-American who plays for USM and is the real deal and will play well.

In the end St. Joe's falls to USM, and the team sings the old Simon & Garfunkel song "Where have you gone Joe Dimaggio, our nation turns its lonely eyes to you woo, wooo, woo." and that they miss Charlie Furbush, a top nation pitching prospect who left their program this year to attend LSU.

Must I explain everything?? Oh yea you are a Red Sox fan, that explains it. 

[soxfan42585]

The what? was in reference to charlie furbush being the only way saint joes can beat usm...


they are a complete team.

[Jim Dixon]

The what? was in reference to charlie furbush being the only way saint joes can beat usm...

they are a complete team.

I had a short conversation if Coach Sanborn a week ago and It sounds like he has his team going in the right direction.    You can see how he has looked at what his teams is capable of and has tailored the team to take advantages of their strengths.   

I think that Southern Maine has a target on their back because of the expectations and St Joes has something to prove.  All this works in the monk's favor. 

No matter the result, this promises to be a good game.

[soxfan42585]

Any good coach would try to get his team to play to their strengths- as USM will try to score often and early.

Looks like it might be snowed out however.

[Bostonian]

First coaches' poll came out yesterday...
1. Wheaton
2. Trinity
3. Tufts
4. Southern Maine
5. ECSU
6. St. Joe's
7. Keene St.
8. Williams
9. Suffolk
10. Bowdoin
11. Salve Regina
12. WNEC

The coaches give no respect to the GNAC and too much respect to the NESCAC, in my opinion...

[Paul Heering]

Some games to watch out for this weekend (fri  and sat only, not many--if any--games sunday)

Friday
MIT @ Coast Guard
Endicott @ Babson

Saturday (all double headers)Williams @ Tufts
WPI @ Babson
MIT @ Wheaton
Suffolk @ Wheaton
Southerm Maine @ Eastern Connecticut
Bridgewater State @ Salem State

[DIII Dad]

Suffolk is at Western New England on Sat.

[Paul Heering]

Update on New England Games to watch from this weekend

Summary--Wheaton and Eastern flex, everybody else splits


Friday
MIT @ Coast Guard--MIT wins 2-0
Endicott @ Babson---Babson wins 13-7

Saturday (all double headers)
Williams @ Tufts--Split Williams wins 4-3, Tufts wins 4-3
WPI @ Babson---Split WPI wins 3-2, Babson wins 6-5
MIT @ Wheaton--Wheaton Sweeps 17-0 & 15-3
Suffolk @ WNEC---Split, WNEC wins 7-6, Suffolk wins 9-2
Southerm Maine @ Eastern Connecticut---Eastern Sweeps 6-2 & 5-1
Bridgewater State @ Salem State--ppd

[Bostonian]

April 9 NE coaches poll is out...
1. Trinity (3) 17-3 43 pts.
1. Wheaton (2) 16-6 43 pts.
3. Eastern Connecticut (1) 13-6 38 pts.
4. Tufts 13-5 30 pts.
5. Keene State 14-7 23 pts.
6. St. Joseph's, ME 12-1 10 pts.
7. Western New England 11-7 8 pts.
8. Williams 11-5 7 pts.
Others Receiving Votes: Rhode Island College (5), Suffolk (4), Southern Maine (3), Salve Regina (2).

Trinity has played noone yet. Their record is a result of a very weak schedule. They could conceiveably finish with 27 wins and not make the NESCAC tournament.

[Old Spartan]

Is this poll driven strictly by the win/loss record or do coaches vote?

[Bostonian]

From the looks of it, 6 coaches vote...since there are 6 first place votes...

The poll means nothing. The only poll that matters is the one that the NCAA releases in May.