MBB: Great Northeast Athletic Conference

[beaner11]

The game got supspended due to condition floor conditions. There was a leak in the roof.

[CSC Spartan]

http://www.norwichathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/Hockenbury_12-04-10

Congrats Cadets

[bballer500]

anyone know when it's rescheduled for?

[CSC Spartan]

anyone know when it's rescheduled for?

Dec 12th @Rivier 1:00 PM 

[CSC Spartan]

http://www.norwichathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/Hockenbury_12-05-10

Norwich 2 straight won Ed Hockenbury Championship!

MVP 
Ryan Williams 　　　 Norwich

All tourney
Orlando Holmes 　　University of Maine - Augusta
Rob Key  　　　　　Johnson State College
Corey Willis 　　　　Colby-Sawyer College
Antonio Davis 　　　　Norwich University

[Emerson_fanatic]

mid season reports?
To no surprise albertus is on top the gnac, anyone see someone challenging them? johnson and wales and st joes look like they have the best chance, but i feel like emerson and coach smith always need to be feared

[leelowlang]

GNAC First Semester All-Conference Team
Just one basketball junkie's opinion...

Player of the Semester:
Ray Askew - 6'6", Jr., F, Albertus Magnus - 23.4 ppg, 13.4 rpg, 2.4 apg, 51% FG, 69% FT, 2.8 bpg

Coach of the Semester:
Rob Sanicola - St. Joseph's (Maine)

Newcomer of the Semester:
Darius Watson - 6'5", Fr., F, Albertus Magnus - 16.0 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 48% FG, 37% 3FG, 73% FT

First Team:
Ray Askew - 6'6", Jr., F, Albertus Magnus - 23.4 ppg, 13.4 rpg, 2.4 apg, 51% FG, 69% FT, 2.8 bpg
Tyler Kelley - 6'3", Sr., G, St. Joseph's - 17.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.2 apg, 53% FG, 46% 3FG, 100% FT, 1.3 spg
Zach O'Brien - 6'4", Jr., G/F, St. Joseph's - 14.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 5.2 apg, 43% FG, 53% 3FG, 77% FT, 1.2 spg
Don Poitras - 6'8", Sr, C, Rivier - 18.5 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 62% FG, 91% FT, 1.3 spg, 2.3 bpg
Lamonte Thomas - 6'2", Jr., G, Johnson & Wales - 25.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 4.6 apg, 50% FG, 40% 3FG, 83% FT, 1.6 spg

Second Team:
Colin Halpin - 6'4", So., F, Suffolk - 18.1 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 2.1 apg, 57% FG, 36% 3FG, 86% FT
Chris Petzy - 6'0", Jr., G, St. Joseph's - 17.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 46% FG, 44% 3FG, 79% FT, 1.2 spg
Matt Pepdjonovic - 6'7", So., C, Suffolk - 17.5 ppg, 12.8 rpg, 2.0 apg, 55% FG, 1.8 bpg
Walden St. Juste - 6'1", Sr., G, Albertus Magnus - 16.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.1 apg, 35% 3FG, 83% FT, 3.0 spg
Javon Williams - 6'4", Jr., G, Lasell - 18.3 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 48% FG, 3.3 spg, 1.3 bpg

[Hugenerd]

Albertus is getting more talent for the coming semester, they apparently have a scholarship level player coming in (from D2, St. Anselm), Zack Dugas:

http://www.newenglandrecruitingreport.com/news/article/1765/Commitment-CatchUp.php

[Emerson_fanatic]

i like that you put zack obrien on first team, i feel like the teams are two points based. obrien does ALOT for st joes and i believe he is by far their best player.

Albertus with another pick up is scary! Watson seems to be a monster in his own right now throw in a scholarship pg with lora, askew, and st. juste along with depth off the bench.

early season surprise suffolk defeats st. joes (who i thought was the clear cut challenger to albertus) this is going to be an exciting second semester, will be interesting what teams will make big jumps in the gnac this year. Im going to keep going - Emerson playing well as a team with no sure fire go to guy's , johnson & wales handles rivier with their run n gun style of play.  Cant wait for january to roll around 

[Mayor LISA]

I haven't been able to see many games this season, but so far it seems like there's a lot of parity in the GNAC. Albertus has played some tough teams, but I expected their record to be better than it is. Suffolk beat St. Joe's - did anyone see that one? What happened? Is Suffolk for real or did St. Joe's not show up? Any changes from the beginning of the season on what we can expect to see through league play?

[GnacAlum55]

Hank Smith resigns at Emerson - what is going on?  Does anyone have the real scoop?  Seems crazy to me.  He was a good coach who got his players to play hard!  I played against his teams for 4 years, and never had 40 minutes of someone in my face like his teams would do. 

[deiscanton]

Be careful here, Emerson Athletics Department.   To me, this situation looks so much like the Brandeis softball situation when Brandeis Athletic Director Sheryl Sousa let go of former Brandeis softball coach Mary Sullivan out of the blue and hired a younger coach to replace her.   Yes, Brandeis softball did reach the NCAA tournament under the coach that was hired to replace coach Sullivan last season, but Brandeis Athletics got hit with an age discrimination complaint of which the Mass Commission Against Discrimination found probable cause.   I still don't know what if the MCAD complaint/lawsuit has been finally disposed of-- but Brandeis definitely could have handled the situation with former coach Sullivan much better, and I am afraid that Emerson Athletics is about to make the same mistake with the basketball situation that Brandeis did with the softball situation.

I do hope that Emerson did not think that Hank Smith was too old to coach basketball, but my inner gut is telling me that this is the current reason that Hank Smith was let go.   This is an outrage if that is the reason.

[Pat Coleman]

Hank Smith resigns at Emerson - what is going on?  Does anyone have the real scoop?  Seems crazy to me.  He was a good coach who got his players to play hard!  I played against his teams for 4 years, and never had 40 minutes of someone in my face like his teams would do.  

Our story has a little more, including a link to the school newspaper report.

http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2011/01/emerson-coach-resigns

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Hank Smith resigns at Emerson - what is going on?  Does anyone have the real scoop?  Seems crazy to me.  He was a good coach who got his players to play hard!  I played against his teams for 4 years, and never had 40 minutes of someone in my face like his teams would do.  

Our story has a little more, including a link to the school newspaper report.

http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2011/01/emerson-coach-resigns

This is really odd.  I've seen coaches forced out, but this seems like there's more to it, or they're being needlessly cryptic.

[All-around]

Word around the league is that Coach Smith was forced out (which if true...is ridiculous). From the grumblings I've heard and been told i there may have been some tension within the Athletic Department. Also to be noted that word was that Emersons AD (who has been there maybe 3-5 years...not sure when she took over) has a terrible reputation and has fired or "forced out" a good handful of coaches from other departments since she took over. Hopefully the story will break soon...your previous posts' and the newspaper definitely make you think something else is going on