WBB: NESCAC

[wbbhoopsfan]

Regardless, why air this dirty laundry re: Pemper?  Sounds like she was in a tough decision and was forced to make a quick decision in order to get the team to their games.  Coupled with the safety of the players, this is a high priority during the season.

I am not a Pemper aplogist, in fact, I don't really like her very much, but this is petty. 

Floorgeneral - interesting that your associated email is "kaub@roadrunner.com" - any relation to Alexa?

[Pat Coleman]

From what I understand, AD was notified by some furious parents about the drive to Atlanta.

Any chance you're one of them? Perhaps you should confine your ax-grinding to proper channels and not to this message board.

[feces monkey]

It appears floorgeneral has left the building.

This operetta should do wonders for the Bowdoin morale as the season winds down.

[papabear]

That is irrelevant that someone else feels they need to speak through these boards to defend or oppose a decision by the coach.
The bigger question is why is everyone so upset about this, if it were Colby or Conn nobody would care. Pemper is the best coach the confrence has had, granted I disagree with many of her decisions including the one to dismiss the best returner to the team this year but give her some credit. The talent has been there but she is a big reason for the success.

Bowdoin is going to lose to Tufts by 8 tonight so everyone who thinks they are going to repeat as NESCAC Champs is off there rocker. I will make the trip down to the game but this team just has no drive, besides the upbeat and intense Kaubris and Nocus the team is lackadaisical and really not that talented. Analauskaus will have a tough night tonight if she plays as she hurt her head in a  game last weekend and has not been practicing this week, the size of Tufts will do them in. Bowdoin almost lost to Colby last week.Should be a strong Bowdoin 04-07 crowd there tonight, what great memories.

[Pat Coleman]

It appears floorgeneral has left the building.

I sure wish people would actually READ the Terms of Service beforehand.

[lefrakenstein]

tufts has a handy lead over Bowdoin at the half. looks like everyone will be locked in with 2 losses after tonight

[Gilby]

Tufts 83  Bowdoin 56 - Quite a performance by the Jumbos.  Everything seemed to clicking.  Bowdoin couldn't stop Jumbos inside players.   

[atn alum]

tufts has a handy lead over Bowdoin at the half. looks like everyone will be locked in with 2 losses after tonight

Well, not everyone...Wesleyan lost to Middlebury. Williams lost to Conn...

[sumfun]

As I said earlier that there are very even teams in this league and almost any team can beat any other team in any given game.  Mental game prep and game plan by the coach seem to be huge as the talent is very even.  "Sumfun" that it all comes down to the last day of league play to decide the seeds.  Can't wait to see the results.  Good luck to all.

[sumfun]

Who would have have predicted this day:

Bates over Bowdoin
Wesleyan over Williams
Amherst over Trinity
Tufts over Colby.

Seems to me that Amherst and Tufts have the same record, but Amherst beat Tufts head to head so they will be the #1 seed.  Let me know if anyone sees it any differently.

[nescac hoops]

Who would have have predicted this day:

Bates over Bowdoin
Wesleyan over Williams
Amherst over Trinity
Tufts over Colby.

Seems to me that Amherst and Tufts have the same record, but Amherst beat Tufts head to head so they will be the #1 seed.  Let me know if anyone sees it any differently.

Um, I actually would have predicted all of those perhaps with the exception of the bates/bowdoin game, but given the reports of the bowdoin "having nor drive" etc. that result doesn't shock me too much either. bates has too much talent and I think they can beat anyone on a given day despite their inconsistency. Even though wesleyan lost to williams the first time, this game was at wesleyan where the officiating literally puts you in a 10-15 pt. hole from the get go. I think Williams is 1-10 at Wesleyan. The last two game aren't shockers at all.

[yellstoomuch]

Re: Nescac hoops: Even though wesleyan lost to williams the first time, this game was at wesleyan where the officiating literally puts you in a 10-15 pt. hole from the get go. I think Williams is 1-10 at Wesleyan. The last two game aren't shockers at all.

Gee, this game was 26-20 Wesleyan at the half, and the Wesleyan defense held Williams to 2  (yes two)  points on field goals after 13 minutes in the second half, (I'm sure that is all the refs doing) and Alli Forney scored 23 points. We will see if Williams can make it out of the first round in NESCAC playoffs.

[speedy]

Here's the line-up for the play-offs:

2008 NESCAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Quarterfinals - Saturday, February 23 at Higher Seeds
No. 8 Colby at No. 1 Amherst - 2:00 p.m.
No. 5 Bates at No. 4 Bowdoin - 2:00 p.m.
No. 7 Middlebury at No. 2 Tufts - 3:00 p.m.
No. 6 Williams at No. 3 Wesleyan - 3:00 p.m.

[papabear]

Bowdoin having no drive is an understatement that team is bad in many aspects of the game. They have the weakest posts in the league and looked lost in both games. Anelauskaus has lost weight and is now frail and Rubega is out with a torn acl. I find it telling that in the biggest two games of the season against GOOD teams they lose by a combined fourty points. For the first time EVER there season will end in the first round of the NESCAC'S.

[lefrakenstein]

I'm predicting Amherst-Williams, Bowdoin-Tufts second round match-ups. It's always tough to beat a team twice in a row. If you look at conferences that play a double round-robin you often the see the results of the first meeting reversed. I also think Bowdoin and Williams are the better teams, although I am biased because both beat amherst earlier in the year.