WBB: NESCAC

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

This transfer came to our attention this week.  Interesting, if nothing else.  Trinity begins their season tomorrow with SCAC play opening.

https://www.trinitytigers.com/sports/wbkb/2020-21/bios/shipley_maggie_85gx

[saratoga]

A somewhat surprising degree of ouch factor in that profile.

[ronk]

A somewhat surprising degree of ouch factor in that profile.

Saratoga,
  As I mentioned on the SCAC board, Maggie was on my prospect list since her rising junior AAU summer, and was among 4 that started for Amherst last season. A fifth stopped playing after her first 2 years. Was hoping to meet up with them again in the NCAA last year but our 1st round upset then covid squashed that.

[Pat Coleman]

A somewhat surprising degree of ouch factor in that profile.

If you are referring to what I think you are referring to, that was noted by our team as well.

[saratoga]

Pat,

I am.
It just kind of jumps right off the page.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

In case you missed it.  Another big change for Bowdoin:

https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2021/05/shibles-jump-to-d1

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

And Bowdoin has their coach, selecting Sacha Samtimano from ENC. She's a really good coach. You gota good one.

[amh63]

Guess Nescac WBB is NOT too interesting a topic.  Too bad since Nescac has dominated New England WBB for sometime in general and Amherst in particular.  Oh well.  Caught Amherst play a game and several interesting points observed.  First, Amherst WBB team is young and deep.  Young point guards will be a hand-full for opponents...much like several former all-american point guards at Amherst.  Did notice an older male "coach" on the bench talking/coaching to some of the players while the posted coaches were following the play on the floor.  Looked like it was the retired Amherst men's HBC...to me.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

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[deiscanton]

As of December 17, 2021, the athletics suspension at Middlebury that was necessitated by the COVID-19 red alert status on campus has been lifted when Middlebury moved to orange alert status.  Athletic facilities at Middlebury have now reopened, however, no spectators are allowed at Middlebury indoor home games under the current alert at this time.

In other news, the Amherst women's basketball team cancelled their 4 game road trip to Las Vegas and California in response to the Omicron variant.

[amh63]

deiscanton....was aware of Amherst's cancelation of their four game trip out West....a trip that was almost a yearly thing.  However saw nothing on the Amherst's website to indicate WHY!  No notice on the D3 hoops site as the primary reason....plane flights or team members "hit" with the latest convid variations, etc.  D3hoops has been quite on the cancellation matter wrt it's Las Vegas event.

[deiscanton]

deiscanton....was aware of Amherst's cancelation of their four game trip out West....a trip that was almost a yearly thing.  However saw nothing on the Amherst's website to indicate WHY!  No notice on the D3 hoops site as the primary reason....plane flights or team members "hit" with the latest confide variations, etc.  D3hoops has been quite on the cancellation matter wrt it's Las Vegas event.

Actually, the operator of the event is Sport Tours International, and they would have the travel details.  D3Hoops.com is the presenting sponsor of the event, provides the commentators for the event, and streams the classic on Team1Sports.com, but anyway...

I just checked the Team1Sports.com updated video schedule for this week's D3Hoops.com classic, and all women's basketball games associated with this year's classic have been cancelled.  The D3Hoops.com Classic is being run this year as a men's basketball classic only, and the University of St. Joseph's men's basketball team has also cancelled its appearance in this year's tournament.  I posted the updated schedule of the classic on the UAA Men's Basketball discussion page, as the University of Chicago men's basketball team is still scheduled to participate in the Classic.

[Pat Coleman]

Just seeing this but can't really speak to Amherst specifically. We started with 19 teams and ended up with nine for a variety of reasons. Some teams had positive tests, some schools changed their travel policies, and two teams were unable to attend because of airline issues.

[amh63]

Amherst turned on the "switch" at Tufts this afternoon.  Losing to Bates in Maine, they beat Tufts at Tufts today.  Looking forward to reading the story tonight.

[amh63]

The three Nescac teams in the Big Dance moves forward......Amherst and Tufts on the left side of the brackets and Bates on the right side in OT! Amherst will play a tough opponent from the Rochester area.  Looking forward to see how Amherst play against a deeper team in the 2nd round.   Go CAC teams.