WBB: NESCAC

pureshooter · November 22, 2007, 09:36:37 AM

if bowdoin doesn't have the talent this year, that's the way it is. deal with it.
they still should be decent if they play within the coach's system.

papabear · November 22, 2007, 10:25:25 AM

Well yeah they will be decent it is easy to be decent in a conference that has fallen apart. They will continue to pound on the weak teams, Arcadia, and New England so far and even Emmanuel looks weaker this year, I believe Bowdoin has them scheduled in December at home which should be a good test.

Pemper is a good coach who would have won a national championship if she played her stars Flaherty, Cummings, Loonin and Analeuskas more, and did not play a freshmen in big spots foolishly. Look at the time they spent on the bench in close games last year and it ended up costing them in the end. Watch a game and tell me how many times she gets off the bench, excluding half time and time outs which she rarely calls. She will be sitting there with her leg crossed. She is a good coach, but the talent is gone so this is a big season for her.

Happy Thanksgiving all I will be back on Sunday.

newtonnancy · November 23, 2007, 07:39:06 AM

Can TUFTS get up and beat Brandeis on Sunday?

whoarewebobcats · November 24, 2007, 06:56:39 PM

Anybody at the Bates/USM game on Tuesday? My usual crew wasn't there so I didn't get to hear anything outside of the recap (which was depressing from my end, but I imagine pleased most of you).

nescac hoops · November 25, 2007, 04:27:03 PM

Quote from: whoarewebobcats on November 24, 2007, 06:56:39 PM
Anybody at the Bates/USM game on Tuesday? My usual crew wasn't there so I didn't get to hear anything outside of the recap (which was depressing from my end, but I imagine pleased most of you).

only down at 5 at the half. first game of the season for the bobcats (usm with +2 weeks of practice and 2 games under their belt). kostakis having a miserable night shooting. sans meg coffin. game at southern maine. ill take the bobcats by 15+ if the two teams meet up again later in the season when it counts. whoarewebobcats, you can lay off the prozac.

newtonnancy · November 26, 2007, 12:23:22 AM

Kudos to TUFTS.....Great Win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

deiscanton · November 26, 2007, 08:17:44 AM

I just wanted to state that when coach Berube and the Tufts Jumbos arrived back on the Tufts campus yesterday after their victory over Brandeis, I personally congratulated them on the win. Both Brandeis teams were playing Tufts yesterday, with the men's game taking place at Cousens Gym on the Tufts campus, and both games were challenging affairs.

Best wishes to Tufts in the upcoming NESCAC conference season...

whoarewebobcats · November 26, 2007, 09:38:14 AM

Quote from: nescac hoops on November 25, 2007, 04:27:03 PM
Quote from: whoarewebobcats on November 24, 2007, 06:56:39 PM
Anybody at the Bates/USM game on Tuesday? My usual crew wasn't there so I didn't get to hear anything outside of the recap (which was depressing from my end, but I imagine pleased most of you).

only down at 5 at the half. first game of the season for the bobcats (usm with +2 weeks of practice and 2 games under their belt). kostakis having a miserable night shooting. sans meg coffin. game at southern maine. ill take the bobcats by 15+ if the two teams meet up again later in the season when it counts. whoarewebobcats, you can lay off the prozac.

I wasn't all that worried about it, just looking for anything that the recap/box score might not have showed. Thanks.

nescac hoops · November 26, 2007, 09:55:13 AM

WAWB,
I know. It was jsut a joke. All joking aside, I don't think there is too much to worry about up in Lewiston as far as the women's team is concerned....men's team, well that's another story. With a Tufts win yesterday against Brandeis I think it will be be a bobcat-jumbo conference title game assuming coffin's knee rehabilitation allows her to return to her old form.

whoarewebobcats · November 26, 2007, 01:23:25 PM

Yeah I figured you were joking, I just didn't want to come off as panicky

I agree with your thoughts on the team though. One weird thing about these Bates girls teams of the last few years is that they seem to have one or two of these kind of blowout losses a year. Maybe it's true of any team. Sometimes I think Murphy just gives up on the team during certain games. But if Meg can come back even at 80% of her old form, this should be a pretty good team.

The boys are a different story, yes. I saw them at the Babson tourney (posted about it in the men's forum) and they are certainly in rebuilding mode. Some good young players, though, they could be good again in a couple years.

feces monkey · November 26, 2007, 04:42:01 PM

Quote from: deiscanton on November 26, 2007, 08:17:44 AM
I just wanted to state that when coach Berube and the Tufts Jumbos arrived back on the Tufts campus yesterday after their victory over Brandeis, I personally congratulated them on the win.

Following the bus back to Medford, huh? I'll assume you've already received the 100-foot restraining order by certified mail.

You can bet Carol Simon is furiously crossing Tufts off the '08-'09 schedule today and skimming the NAC for a replacement.

The Polar Bears head south for their annual match-up with the Gorham semi-pro franchise tomorrow. Word has it there will be a little extra in the pay envelopes if the Huskies can send a message. Judging by the Bobcat score, I'd say Bowdoin is a 20-point 'dog.

Quote from: papabear on November 20, 2007, 08:17:18 PM
She just likes to kick back and relax during the game not a micro manager at all, it also helps when you have such enormous talent in Justine Porevoluis in the past and Flaherty, Cummings, Loonin, and Berne while she was on the roster.

The odd (and somewhat laughable) inclusion of Berne on the above list leads me to believe Ol' Papabear is not an objective observer to the Polar Bear squad.

nescac hoops · November 26, 2007, 07:35:12 PM

Feces, do you know exactly what happened to Berne....perhaps papabear would be the better one to ask?

papabear · November 27, 2007, 06:49:56 PM

In response to Berne I am not sure of the details, I heard through a third party, the team has been very quiet about it, all I can say is it was a coaches decision.

I think the bears lose by 15tto USM I will be there though.

feces monkey · November 27, 2007, 10:15:23 PM

USM 77, Bowdoin 58

Seasons Beatings.

Governor Baldacci has already bankrupted the state with his health care farce, so he's going to have to dip into the emergency fund to pay off Fifield's impending "work-study" bonuses after this beat down. And according to GoDaddy, Papabear has already registered StefStinx.com.

Brunswick is Burning.

Circle the date: Jan. 15, Conn. College v. Bowdoin. Toilet Bowl.

nescac hoops · November 28, 2007, 09:24:30 PM

I have a quick question after looking at Bowdoin's schedule. I know the Maine schools played each other twice similar to the Little Three games that Williams-Amherst-Wesleyan do. Why is Bodwoin playing Colby at Thomas (?) - what/where is Thomas and why are they playing there? Is something wrong with the Colby gym. Renovations?

Also, Bates is playing the Apprentice School of Norwich next week. Now I have heard of Norwich College but who is this? I know Murphy wanted to pad the first semester with cupcakes while Coffin is not eligible, but is this game really necessary?