MBB: Great Northeast Athletic Conference

[KorsairKILLAH]

Couple of big wins for the gnac, lasell beating brandies and Albertus beating Trinity. Any info on these games

Albertus beating trinity.  That has to hurt...  In the last 4 years they are 12-88.

[leelowlang]

Lasell looking like the cream in the GNAC again early.

[goldenpipes]

Lions roll 86-58 over U-Mass Boston....any details?

[ac08]

Amherst beats Lasell 104-77.

[kmk72289]

Lasell looking like the cream in the GNAC again early.

i don't know.  Lasell is a great team and have played a tough schedule, but i think you could make an argument for emerson, emmanuel and st. joe's as well.

[Word Life]

Your conference's boy Shannon was one of the 5 players to be picked to the D3 team of the week...

[leelowlang]

Emerson, with a player like Shannon, certainly could win it.  St. Joe's I agree with as a good contender.  Not sold on Emmanuel yet.  The inside/out of Guitian and Sainval with Carvoulias as a solid 3rd offensive weapon and good depth makes Lasell the favorite for me.  The New Orleans PG for the Lasers will be the X factor or not.

[Hugenerd]

Emerson got destroyed by Brandeis today.  It looks like Shannon was held in pretty good check as well, commiting 7 turnovers and shooting well below his usual point and FG average (15 points, 5 for 14, 36%).  Was there anyone who was at the game who has any insights?

[kmk72289]

yeah, the game actually hung in the balance for some time, i think it was like an 8 pt. game with 12 min. or so left, but Brandeis had much too much size down low.  Hollins from Brandeis put in 27 and had 14 boards and overall, just was a major presence down low.

it looks like Emerson is running into the same problems they did last year with their defense.  Brandeis put in 97 points on sat. and they've given up 80+ points in 5 out of their 6 games thus far.

as far as shannon goes, he had a pretty poor shooting performance in comparison to the last few games.  got some good looks, but a lot just weren't falling for him. 

Suddenly Lassel, after that win against Brandeis earlier in the year, jumps way up on my list of contenders in the GNAC.

[jamiejohn]

Lasell is the pick to win this league.

Emmauel the pre season pick to win the league lost yesterday to Rivier.

[ILive4This]

So the North East Region Posters' Poll is back, if you are interested in participating, which clearly you are, please submit your polls to either my email or my message box here by 9pm mondays (so for this week tonight, sorry for the short notice).

Thanks

[Hugenerd]

MIT 65- Emerson 57 tonight (Bartolotta 27 pts, 9 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals, 4 blocks and 1 turnover; Shannon 17 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and 7 turnovers).  The score was 37-18 at the half (Bartolotta scored 17, Shannon 6 in the first half) and MIT led by as much as 26 in the second half before Emerson made it a game.  I saw a lot of good things out of Shannon and Bartolotta.  Shannon appears to be playing out of position, he seems like a true point (a very good one) but has to score on the team he is on.  If you want to read my take I wrote a lot about the game on the NEWMAC board. 

[86Alum]

Does anyone know what happened to Emerson recruit Kyle Kesses?  I understand that he is in school, but he is not on the roster.As a 6'5" shooter and scorer he would give Shannon some much needed help and loosen up the doubles on Rouse.

[kmk72289]

was wondering the same thing actually...

[Worse than Alex Tse]

Does anyone want blogs like this out of the GNAC? (http://clubtrillion.blogspot.com) I sure do. This is what I need fellas. This is what you are NOT giving me.  I want to hear what is going on form those that know. I don't know about Kresses, but if he isn't on the roster, I can be sure he has some sort of attitude malfunction. Hank Smith doesn't mess with kids who have bad attitudes, doesn't matter how tall you are or how well you shoot.