MBB: Great Northeast Athletic Conference

Jamball1444 · February 23, 2006, 05:25:48 PM

Thanks Carolina, I respect your opinion as well. My opinions of the Riv head coach are only based on the last 4 years. I was not quick to judge him at all and I'm well aware that coaching from the stands is alot easier than actual coaching. You could base my comments on his losing record, you could base it on what I said earlier about having "Rookie's of the Year", "Leading Scorers" and still not able to pull of a winning season or even close to it. I would think that given the above that the coach would have to be held accountable. I guess if I there was any evidence at all that he was a successful coach in any way and I'm not even referring to just his losing record, I might be humbled and change my opinion. Until that time I think Riv needs to seriously consider replacing him.

goldenpipes · February 23, 2006, 09:12:04 PM

Emerson 68, Emmanuel 58 - it's a final from the Yawkey Center on the Fenway.

The Lions raced out to a 30-11 lead over the 1st 15 minutes and led 42-27 at the half. The Saints cut it to 3, 54-51 with 6:30 to play but the Lions made theit FT's down the stretch.

I couldn't get to the game tonight so this is a secondhand report- but I was told it was really close over the last 5 minutes.

The Lions advance to the GNAC Tourney Finals for the 8th time in 11 seasons.

Congrats to Coach Jackson and the Saints on a fine season. A 17-1 regular season GNAC record and 20 wins overall is a lot to be proud of. They have a good young team that is well balanced and they'll be a force in the GNAC for seasons to come.

creekhoops · February 23, 2006, 10:20:52 PM

Congrats to both Emerson and Norwich. Should be a great rematch - two teams know eachother very well, having played in last year's final and twice this season. Tough place to play - long trip in the Emerson Vans, but those are tough kids and they have the drive to get it done. Norwich withstood the brunt of a tough second half of the season, and here they are once again. Deservedly so. I believe Emmanuel will receive an ECAC invite, as will the runner up. Either way, the GNAC will be well represented in the post season. A well-balanced season from the GNAC, with several teams within just a game or two from one another. Lets hope the best team wins it, and gets the GNAC a win in the NCAA tournament. Pipes - I can't believe you missed this game!!

thebigO567 · February 24, 2006, 01:44:32 AM

norwich played a hard game tonight as did wnec. with hensley and godbout cancelling each other out with great defense, norwich came thru in the stretch. should make for a great finals game at norwich. cheatham another strong game with a double- double. coming on strong during tournament time.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · February 24, 2006, 09:15:06 AM

Norwich and Emerson for a trip to the big dance. I'm picking Emerson in this one, they are on too good a run of late.

goldenpipes · February 24, 2006, 12:34:03 PM

Thanks Hoops Fan- hopefully this year we will get it done. There won't be any surprises in store for Coaches Hank Smith and Paul Booth- just 40 minutes and two teams playing hard.

Last year it went down to the end- hopefully we'll be treated to the same kind of game. I know the Lions will bring max effort and hopefully that translates into our first NCAA tourney berth and our 3rd GNAC title in 8 trips to the finals.

I'll be making my way to Northfield tomorrow and I will post on Saturday night late or on Sunday morning.

thebigO567 · February 25, 2006, 09:20:25 PM

Congrats to the Norwich Men and Women for pulling off the double victories in Conference titles tonight. At Norwich, Norwich managed to play solid the entire game and Coach Booth got great play from guys off the bench as well. Looking forward to see who they draw in the first round on Sunday night

All-around · February 27, 2006, 01:17:41 PM

Congrats to Norwich for going back to back. Congrats to emmanuel on having a good season and looks like they will be a force for years to come. Congrats to Emerson on making it to the final game again.

All-around · March 02, 2006, 11:00:39 PM

Norwich beat a decent elms team tonight, however SJF will be a much harder task. Good luck to them

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · March 03, 2006, 08:29:03 AM

Good win for Norwich; I didn't think they had it in them. I would love for them to pull an upset tomorrow, but those are long odds.

runitup · March 04, 2006, 07:13:48 PM

I guess I'm out of the loop. What really went on up there at Riv this year? Anyone got specifics, not just rumor?

THE BIG MAN · March 05, 2006, 10:15:14 PM

everyone needs to know that this was an ok year for the svc mountaineers but just wait til next year there will be some fire coming from svc this waas a rebuilding year for them but dont worry i have a feeling they will get the gnac and get very far in the ncaa tourney congrats to the mvp of the gnac next year there should be another one and your team should make the first team the starting line up i am talking about

All-around · March 05, 2006, 11:31:22 PM

Thanks for the update mr. hammond

the_real_gnac · March 07, 2006, 01:09:42 AM

To Let you know this is Mr Hammond And i would never come on this site to give myself extra credit what i recieved i deserved and who ever the big man is thanks and next year should be good ...good luck to all the teams

thebigO567 · March 07, 2006, 10:35:07 PM

Good season for the top 4-6 teams in the GNAC, especially Emanuel. Was a shame they lost to Emersonin the conference semi's. would have liked to see the rematch of norwich/Emmanuel for the title. Norwich had a few losses in Jan. cuz Hensley turned an ankle and had to sit out 3-4 games> Kid is averaging 16 pts. and 4-5 assists could have turned losses into possible wins. Would have made the conference race closer. Congrats to the 5 first team conference players. Murphy,Godbout, Hensley, Hammond, Georgoules. Unfortunately,no one from Emmanuel there and they had a great record!! 3 guards and 2 centers!! Wonder what they are looking for... Hammond and Hensley recorded double and triple respectfully in D-3 catagories, whcih shows they played consistantly every game. But in Norwich's case they came out on top with the furthest record, which shows they played more as a TEAM! It takes 5 to win most of the time, and with respect to Hammond's and Murphy's ability, its' more than shooting and scoring for a team to have only 1 or 2 shine. Norwich got alot of help out of Cheatham and Williams in scoring when Hensley had an off night. And team rebounds from Cheatham, Dupont, and Dumond, averaged 30+ s a team. That showed good balance in both their offense and defense. I'm looking for Norwich to be a strong contender next season in the GNAC.