WBB: NESCAC

[Laserty]

Saw that Colby upset as a possible. Not that surprised.

[pureshooter]

OMG!
2 home losses for the polar bears already. they bricked their 3-pointers and Colby had 3 times as many free throws, cause Bowdoin got whistled for 7 more fouls, at home, imagine that!

[Laserty]

@ pure, I don't know whos side you're on. My sarcasm sensor is tingling.

[sumfun]

Richard Stockton gives Amherst a good game today.  The 15 point margin of victory for Amherst all game in the second half.  They got a test today, shot the ball poorly, and still came out on top.  Good teams win on bad/ugly days.

[amh63]

Agreed sumfun.  Turned on the game at the half and saw the score and the stats.  Was wondering if the trip down right after two games over the weekend and the early start had took its toll.  I am sure the coach had scheduled the game to see if his team can respond to travel and a game after an emotional weekend.  Richard Stockton has good players and their bigs are good.  Amherst has two player on crutches now, on a team of only 12 players.  Bridget, their 6'1" first year player is out and Kim F. is also on crutches.  One of the players just had an operation and will be out for 4 weeks.  It relates to a broken foot!  The player in question is ? I spoke to the player's mother on the matter, but due to the noise and my age, I forgot the name.  In any case, the depth of team diminished somewhat.  With a long period of away games coming up, depth comes into play.  The positive side to the early blow outs is that the new players and others have had increased playing time and the coach has had time to evaluate different lineups/rotations in different situations and at different times of the games.  Game experience is valuable with the conference games ahead.

[sumfun]

Hey Pure....Maybe they've found some refs from outside of Maine to ref the games fairly.  Playing at Bowdoin has usually meant an additional 5 to 7 fouls for the away team....5 to 7 at the least.  Don't have any stats to back that up....just feels that way.

[Laserty]

What's amazing to me is the strength of schedule that richard stockton has. Just go through their schedule and look at the records and rankings of the teams they have lost to. Much better than their record says.

[sumfun]

Big weekend in the NESCAC.  Will be interesting to see if anyone comes out unscathed as Bowdoin, Colby and Tufts go head to head.  Amherst just has game with Trinity who I think knocked off Thomas More, so Amherst shouldn't take this game lightly.

[amh63]

Looking at the Trinity game, I was struck by the fact that Amherst's starting point guard was not listed.  The first year point guard, Voight played very well over several games.....i.e. the Conn. game which I saw live.  However, does anyone know the reason of the "missing point guard".  Was the coach resting her and looking at backup personnel?  There was some sickness going around at Amherst that had hit some of the men's BB players.  The starting point guard, Finnicane, had her left forearm well wrapped when I saw her in both the Wes and Conn games.
I was struck by the missing point guard during the Trinity game since the men's team also had its starting point guard missing during the Trinity game.   Strange similiaritiy.
Oh yes, my memory returns.  The first year player out with a broken foot is the center, Bridget C.

[sumfun]

Tough to win at Bowdoin even with Bowdoin having two losses in the league. Amherst will have to bring their A-game to win on a court where they haven't had much success..  Seems like Amherst is kind of knicked up which could be a factor also.

[amh63]

Amherst broke the jinx at Bowdoin.  Amherst was up by 15 with 30 seconds to go.  Turnovers resulted in 6 points by Bowdoin.  Though the fouls were about even, the foul stats jumps out.  Bowdoin seemed to get and made more foul shots....The strange Maine homecourt calls.

[senatorfrost]

  I started watching the women's game and turned it off because the screen kept freezing. Also the sound was very bad. So combining the freezing with the small screen, I couldn't tell the first thing about the fouls. I came back for the men's game but that was even worse.
  As far as refs go, last year at Amherst the refs handed Bowdoin women the game on the proverbial silver platter. Talk about bad calls. If I didn't know any better I'd say the game was fixed but of course that's hard to believe in D3. I realize that.
   

[senatorfrost]

  A nice win for Amherst last night. According to what I just read, the lead would have only been 5 with 3 1/2 min. left if a three pointer had not been waved off. Amherst was 50% from three so it's hard for me to get too excited because it seems with that kind of shooting the lead should have been larger at that point. BUT it was a win.

[sumfun]

A win is a win especially with some injuries on the bench for Amherst and some just coming back after missing a game.  I had trouble with the webcast also.  Very bad sound, and to keep the picture moving I had to keep my cursor moving especially when I went to full screen mode.

Jeffs had better be careful of not letting down against Colby today after being so up and focused on Bowdoin.  Colby has height and some shooters.

Bowdoin announcers were talking last night about Bowdoin being the second best team in the NESCAC.  They seem to have forgotten about Tufts.

[sumfun]

Wow, Bowdoin pulls off a close one after Trinity led most of the game.  Tough to close the deal on the Polar Bear's home floor.  Amherst wins by 20 or so, but it was close until the very end against Colby.  Didn't think that Amherst would come out of this weekend still unbeaten.  They could be the "real deal."  Williams stays atop the league by taking care of business against Middlebury.  The next two weekends will be big.