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Title: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoops
Post by: Poppadoc on February 14, 2005, 02:46:10 PM
Just heard that the Saints will be without their starting power forward tonight at DW. Shouldnt make must difference, provided Parker and Forbes
come ready to play. I would also like to see freshman Sara Long get some Q time. She could help them out during the playoffs allowing Andy to extend his rotation even further
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: raining 3 s on February 16, 2005, 09:22:50 PM
It's going to be another blowout!!
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Allen M. Karon on February 17, 2005, 09:17:00 PM
Emmanuel has just tied the DIII Women's Basketball record for most regular-season conference games won in a row, excluding conference tournament play.

Final from Yawkey Center, Boston, MA--

Emmanuel 73, St. Joseph, CT 53

With this win, Emmanuel goes 12-0 in GNAC regular season play for the fifth year in a row, and ties the regular season conference wins streak (excluding conference tournament play) of 60 in a row, which is believed to be also held by the St. Thomas Tommies (MN) women's basketball team.

Including conference tournament play, Emmanuel has now won 72 GNAC games in a row.

FYI, although Wash U won 81 games in a row during the Alia Fischer/Tasha Rodgers years of 1997 through 2001, Wash U only won 39 regular season conference games in a row in the UAA during that period.
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Allen M. Karon on February 23, 2005, 12:03:46 PM
Correction--

Since Emmanuel won their last 5 regular season games before the GNAC tournament in 1999-2000-- Emmanuel now has the active DIII record for most consecutive regular season conference victories in a row with 65 wins (excluding conference tournament play.)

GNAC tournament starts tonight with Pine Manor at Emmanuel, St. Joseph (CT) at WNEC, Albertus Magnus at Norwich, and Suffolk at Simmons.  All tip times are 7 PM Eastern.

Emmanuel is favored to advance to the semis tonight.  Depending on the halftime score, I may go across the street at halftime to catch the Suffolk/Simmons match-- but only if Emmanuel is comfortably putting away Pine Manor at that point.    An Emmanuel victory comes first.
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Allen M. Karon on February 23, 2005, 12:08:45 PM
Should Emmanuel advance tonight, the Saints will host both semifinal games and the championship game at the Yawkey Center in Boston.  Both semifinal games would be on Friday evening, with the championship game on Saturday afternoon.
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on February 24, 2005, 03:50:41 PM
I have a question for you Allen....

Why would the girls play at 5:30 instead of the late game. Its Friday night, its a big game (more inviting then the WNEC vs Norwich game)
You would think they would want a bigger crowd behind them, not that they need it, but the atmosphere in the gym will be better suited if they played the late game. Just a thought......

Also, who do you think the Saints opponent wil be for their 1st game in the NCAA? Where will the game be played?
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Allen M. Karon on February 24, 2005, 07:37:13 PM
Poppadoc--

LET'S GET THESE GAMES OUT OF THE WAY, FIRST!!!  I DON'T WANT EMMANUEL IN THE BOARDROOM ON SUNDAY WAITING FOR A POOL C PICK THAT MAY NOT COME, JUST BECAUSE THEY GOT UPSET BY FORGETTING TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS!!!

1.)  Historically, Emmanuel likes to get their game out of the way first in the semifinals so that Coach Yosinoff can scout the second game afterwards without worrying about getting the team ready.  Obviously, if the opponent in the first game was Simmons, then the big crowd would have been guaranteed, and Emmanuel doesn't need any motivation to play Simmons after what happened last time, but all it means is that the crowd that does show up early will really have to be vocal and work the Saints to get them fired up.

All that will be forgotten if Suffolk manages to take an early double digit lead in Friday's game-- then the crowd will really be into it.

2.)  Should the Saints win GNAC-- a few potential opponents.  

A.)  If both Brandeis and Emmanuel win on Saturday, then it is possible that both could play each other in the first round on Wednesday.  If that is the case, then I don't mind where the game is-- I would love for it to be on Brandeis's home court, though, but either facility is fine with me.  If that match takes place, the winner could probably go to Bates for a second round match on Saturday-- If Bates plays a first round game, it would probably be against the North Atlantic champion-- which looks likely to be from the state of Maine.  (Maine Maritime or Maine-Farmington are the favorites to win that title.)

Of course, if Brandeis loses on Saturday, then I will have to sweat it out on Sunday to find out if Brandeis gets selected to the tournament.

Other potential first round opponents:  Endicott or Colby-Sawyer (Comm. Coast champion), Babson or Clark if either the Beavers or the Cougars win NEWMAC, Salem State or Fitchburg State (MASCAC).  Of course, S. Maine could probably host one of these opponents in the first round and Bowdoin another, with both meeting up against each other in the second round if they win.

If Salve Regina wins Comm. Coast, the Seahawks could be shipped out this time.

It is still too early to discuss drawing a bracket, though, because the automatic qualifiers won't be settled until Sunday afternoon at the latest.  I believe that 36 or 37 of the 39 AQ's will be decided on Saturday, with a few decided on Sunday.
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Allen M. Karon on February 25, 2005, 08:05:55 AM
Update on the AQ schedule--

1.)  1 AQ was decided last night, 1 (or maybe 2) will be decided today, 29 AQs will definitely be decided on Saturday, and the final 7 AQs will be decided on Sunday.
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on February 25, 2005, 11:27:50 AM
Allen~

I understand what your saying about getting the games out of the way and your right anything can happen. I just dont see it though....Yes, Suffolk can give the Saints a good run but I really dont think Andy is gong to let that happen (getting complacent)at this time of year. I look for another Emmanuel/Norwich matchup again on Saturday.
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Allen M. Karon on February 25, 2005, 01:41:44 PM
Poppadoc--

It looks like Colby-Sawyer will be favored to win Comm. Coast on Saturday.  They have Gordon in the finals.  :-)
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: raining 3 s on February 25, 2005, 11:53:02 PM
George the coach at Colby Sawyer does a good job....and has dominated that conference...
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Mike Davidson on February 26, 2005, 10:54:17 AM
Allen
you hit the nail right on the head regarding the crowd at yesterdays games. The Emmanuel vs Suffolk game wsa a good game, however the crowd really was lethargic and mellow, obviously it would have been different if Simmons had reached the semi's . Suffolk game the saints all they could handle for a while. If the crowd is not active and vocal that works in the favor of Noriwch today in the Championship Game. Norwich and WNEC played a tremendous game, but since both schools had to travel so far, neither had a large following to get them going either. I hope the Championship game has a lot more festive atmosphere
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: raining 3 s on February 26, 2005, 07:21:27 PM
Another ...GNAC title for the Saints.....
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Allen M. Karon on February 27, 2005, 12:32:05 AM
Congratulations, Saints.  I hope that Brandeis can get a Pool C selection tomorrow evening, and if they do (or even if they don't)-- it looks like Emmanuel will host a first round game on Wednesday.  

Check the announcements on the Hoopsville show live Sunday evening at approx. 10:30 PM Eastern.  The show starts at 8:30 PM Eastern Sunday.

http://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: d-mac on February 27, 2005, 05:30:14 PM
It is time to find out who is in... and who is out.
Whose bubble has been burst and who is wearing Cinderella's glass slippers.
It's Selection Sunday... and tonight there will be a special "Hoopsville" as the 2005 NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Brackets are announced... LIVE on our air!
The Road to Salem and Virginia Beach officially starts tonight!


It plans to be a huge night... as 50 womens and 48 mens teams are officially invited to the dance and a chance at a national title.

Some teams already know they are going (thanks to winning their conferences) and some think they are going, but there are always surprises.

So tonight, we will break it all down. Starting at 8:30 PM EST, we will take a look at who is definitely in, who might make it, who will be disappointed, and what match-ups you might want to look forward to seeing later in the week.

Then at 10:00 PM EST... we will broadcast LIVE the Women's Selection Show so you can find out when we do... the 50 teams on the Road to Virginia Beach.

That will be followed by the Men's Selection Show at 10:30 PM EST - when 48 teams find out what their Road to Salem will be like.

After those selections... we will go over it with a fine-tooth comb and find out who we think are the surprises!

And throughout the show, we will hear from different regions with live reports and talk to coaches that have made surprising moves into the tournament.

Of course, you can listen in thank to Goucher College.
We suggest you try and use the low-bandwith signal which will require you to have Real Player and selection the 28K version of the show.
At the same time, you can listen to the Broadcastmonsters.com version, using Windows Media Player (go to the "Hoopsville" page for more information).

And you can share your opinions and questions with us, live on the air.
email - hoopsville@d3hoops.com  
AOL IM - Hoopsville2000

And for more information... check out the "Hoopsville" website (www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville)!

Again... it all starts tonight at 8:30 PM EST.
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: DannyBoy on February 28, 2005, 04:18:32 AM
Allen,

How do you think the Saints will fair vs Salem State?  I was at the game earlier this year when they lost by 2 to them at home.  The game was very sloppy, neither team shot over 35% from the field and the saints blew a late 8 point lead over the final 2 minutes of the game.  Do you think that they will be able to win and advance to Bates?

And if they do beat Salem State... do the saints have it in them to knock off yet another #1 seeded team in the nation right now or was the win vs Bowdoin earlier in the year a one time deal?

-DannyBoy
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Allen M. Karon on February 28, 2005, 02:47:09 PM
Emmanuel will do better this time around vs. Salem State-- the Saints did not seem as motivated to beat Salem the first time around, but they will be motivated to get revenge against the team that handed Emmanuel their first ever loss in the Jean Yawkey Center.  I expect that Emmanuel will advance, but it will be a very competitive game.

I will be at Emmanuel's game on Wednesday, as Brandeis has a home rematch with WNEC in the ECAC tournament, and if the Judges can't beat WNEC at Auerbach Arena without me (I am making a statement here), then they don't deserve to have their season go any further.  I know that I am giving Coach Wendy Davis a free shot at my alma mater here, but it is a shot that I think she should get due to the disappointment that I am feeling about Brandeis's performance over the last 5 games.

As for the game at Bates-- it will be tough for any visiting team to go up to Lewiston, Maine and win a game on the road at Bates's home court.  However, I believe that Emmanuel will probably do better at Bates than Brandeis did a few days ago at NYU.
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: raining 3 s on February 28, 2005, 04:36:10 PM
Emmanuel should play alot better.  I think they took Salem State for granted. Emmanuel played a very undiciplined game from what I remember.  Probably, the worst game I have seen against Salem State going back...at least ..10+ years.  I think they will be be up for the challenge
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Post by: DannyBoy on February 28, 2005, 05:18:26 PM
I can't wait for Wednesday night and the big rematch vs Salem State!

Rumor has it that Emmanuel's Gym is going to be packed.  The student activities board is doing all they can to get as many students into the gym to pump the Saints up.  It is definitely going to be a playoff environment!!  MARCH MADNESS STARTS IN BOSTON!!! I'M FIRED UP!!!  

YEA BABY!!!
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Post by: Poppadoc on March 01, 2005, 09:42:37 AM
WIthout a doubt!! The Saints will not play like they did the first game. Yes, it was a sloppy game but the ball just wouldnt drop for them. I can recall several easy missed layups and they didn't shoot their free throws very well either. I look for it to be close with the Saints pulling it out at the end. Besides, my daughter didnt like the taste of her 1st round loss last year to Salve Regina. If they play their game and keep the big guns (Johnson and Johnson) out of foul trouble they will do just fine......
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: DannyBoy on March 01, 2005, 02:18:18 PM
I was at the loss to Salve Regina and I'm still bitter about it as well.  Salem State is the only team to beat the Saints in the Jean Yawkey Center this year. I can't wait for them to stick it to them and go charging up to Maine this weekend.  

I've been posting on the NESCAC conference as well and Bates fans aren't even thinking about Emmanuel, they are pushing us over. I hope we can take it to Salem and then up to Bates!

DannyBoy-
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: d-mac on March 01, 2005, 04:21:12 PM
It's time for the Big Dance... the teams are selected... the games are scheduled... and now 48 men's and 50 women's teams will take to the court this weekend with the same goal... a national title.
But who will win? The tournament previews are tonight on "Hoopsville"!!!


Sunday night we were live when the teams were selected and we found out who was in and out. The women's bracket was done relatively well... the men's bracket seems to be a bit of a disappointment.

But now we are looking ahead at the big games this weekend. From now on its win or go home.

One of those men's teams that is one of the hottest in the nation is #17 Gustavus Adulphus... who is riding an 18-game winning streak into the NCAA Tournament. The Gusties now will take on Lawrence on Thursday and could face the defending National Champs, UW-Stevens Point on Saturday. So, what might Mark Hanson be thinking. We will hear from him tonight and how his team has recovered from their 4-5 start to the season.

Now... the NCAA doesn't seed the Men's and Women's Brackets... but we will!
Tonight, live on the air, we will seed the men's and women's brackets according to how we see it and how we think the NCAA was thinking. So you can get an idea of who the NCAA thinks are the top teams and who might be hosting games in the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 (Regionals).

And there are new #1 teams in both the Men's and Women's Top-25 this week... but barely. UW-Stevens Point is just points ahead of Amherst on the men's side. And on the women's, it is just a point between Scranton and Bowdoin.

We will breakdown the final regular season Top-25 and try and figure out what the voters were thinking. Along with pointing out how not all of the Top-25 made the tournament.

And of course, we will have live regional reports from around the nation and take your questions and comments live on the air.

So come join us online and LIVE from 8PM - 10PM Eastern!

"Hoopsville": only place where you can listen or chat about Division III Basketball in the nation.

Go to the "Hoopsville" page for information on how you can listen in and chat with us live!
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Allen M. Karon on March 03, 2005, 08:12:34 AM
On the NESCAC forum, Dannyboy pretty much summed up what happened in the Emmanuel/Salem State game-- however, I will give Salem State coach Tim Shea credit in being able to come up with a match-up zone that gave Emmanuel fits all night.  Emmanuel turned the ball over 23 times on the game and only shot 14-73 from the field (19.2%), and 2-23 from 3 pt. range (8.7%), but that second "3" was Katey Wentworth's "3" that won the game for Emmanuel with 31 seconds left.

Emmanuel outrebounded Salem State, 66-39-- LaTeisha Johnson had a double-double of 16 pts. and 20 rebounds for the Saints.

Emmanuel hit 13-20 from the charity stripe (65%), while Salem hit 8-18 from the line.  (44.4%).

Emmanuel has to shoot way better than 19% on Saturday, or Bates will not have too much of a difficult time advancing to the Sweet 16.
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on March 03, 2005, 09:19:06 AM
Allen~

Your right. That 2-3 zone was packed in all night not allowing to many looks for Paulette
and Teisha. FG Shooting was atrocius. If Salem had made some of those free throws and Teisha didnt rebound like a mad man, we would've been in trouble. Katey's 3 was "HUGE" as was Nessie's steal at half court with a minute or so left. However, shooting 19% against Bates will send us home.............for good!!
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Post by: Mike Davidson on March 03, 2005, 10:28:56 AM
Thanks Saints for proving that the GNAC is not the weakest conference in NE(as one person posted on the NESCAC board) The GNAC sent 3 teams to post season. Good Luck at Bates, it should be an exciting affair as both teams like to run and gun
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Post by: Allen M. Karon on March 03, 2005, 11:07:04 AM
Mike--

Schedule of games coming up--

1.) ECAC Semifinal--

Friday, March 4, 2005--

Auerbach Arena, Waltham, MA--

Norwich at Brandeis-- 6 PM Eastern.

Brandeis will be favored based on the fact that the Judges play a tougher schedule than Norwich, but Norwich has a team that can upset Brandeis on Friday if the Judges don't play well.

Winner of the Brandeis/Norwich match will play the winner of the Mt. Holyoke/Fitchburg State match for the ECAC title at 2 PM on Saturday-- that game will also be at Auerbach Arena in Waltham, MA.

NCAA Second round--

at Alumni Gymnasium, Lewiston, Maine--

Emmanuel at Bates-- 2 PM Eastern, Saturday.
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: dhhoops on March 06, 2005, 10:35:31 AM
Congrats on a great season, Emmanuel!
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Post by: Allen M. Karon on March 06, 2005, 10:57:51 AM
I also send my kudos to Emmanuel on a terrific season.  Going undefeated in the GNAC for a 5th straight year, and beating Bowdoin in the regular season make this season an excellent one for the Saints.

I also have a question:  How did they squeeze over 1,000 fans into a gym in Lewiston, Maine that only has a listed seating capacity of 750?  There must have been a lot of people standing around the court in very tight quarters.  If anyone has any pictures of yesterday's game that were taken with a digital camera, I would love to see them.

And as for Norwich Friday night, Norwich did have their moments in the second half at Auerbach, I will give them that.  Brandeis, however, came out on top with an 83-70 victory Friday, and then crushed Fitchburg State, 91-65, to repeat as ECAC New England champion.
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on March 07, 2005, 09:39:30 AM
Allen~

I was at the game Saturday and at the most there were maybe 850. Yes, the gym was packed but there was also standing room along the baseline. Alas, I have to say Bates put an old fashion but kicking on the Saints. They beat them at there own game. Out rebounding, out hustling and capitalizing on the turn overs. There were also alot of unforced turnovers which hurt even more. In there defense, those were some very tired girls going up against a team with over a weeks rest. Check this out...
During Bates "vacation" the Saints played 3 games and look at the minutes.....

1) Paez  Norw 39 min, Salem 33 min, Bates 38
2) Johnson, L. Norw 28 min, Salem 36 min, Bates 29 min.
3) Johnson, P. Norw 33 min, Salem 26 min, Bates 24 min (foul trouble in Salem and Norwich games)
4) McCoy  Norw 33 min, Salem 36 min, Bates 30 min.
 
That's alot of minutes for your main players, not to mention the intensity level of a championship game, and 2 NCAA playoff games. Lets not forget the "heat in the gym" I would have to say that was around 75-80 degrees, then add in the fans and it goes up another 10. Then think about that damn hot pipe on the top seat of the bleachers behind the teams benches. Hats off to Bates, they played like the #3 team in country. Also congrats to the Saints for finishing with the best record in school history at 27-3!!
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Post by: Allen M. Karon on March 07, 2005, 11:17:45 AM
Poppadoc--

Bates actually had about just a week's rest. :-) Bates played Williams in the NESCAC semifinals on the same day that Emmanuel played Norwich for the GNAC championship-- and then Bates played at Bowdoin for the NESCAC title the day after the GNAC championship game.  Bates then had the first round bye, so they did not have to play on Wednesday-- so Bates was more rested than Emmanuel.  (But I'm not nitpicking!  :-))

I may be going to the sectional at Southern Maine this weekend-- it all depends on whether my Maine friends can get tickets for me-- this sectional could easily sell out just like the one at Bowdoin last year.  I do want to see this one.  Of course, if I don't get tickets, the sectional will probably be webcasted, so I can listen to it.
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Post by: DannyBoy on March 08, 2005, 01:16:25 PM
I also want to extend my congrats to the saints on having the best winning percentage in school history.  It was a great season and was so much fun to watch.  Things are looking up for the saints in the future, only losing 3 seniors and with another strong recruiting class comming in they will be a tough opponent in the GNAC again.  I hope that next year they schedule some more out of conference games vs NESCAC teams so that if/when we make the NCAA's again we will get a better seed due to the harder out of conference schedule.

DannyBoy-
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Post by: d-mac on March 08, 2005, 04:48:46 PM
Basketball in Division III at this time of year... is so SWEET!!!
32 teams still have a chance at two national titles... and many teams weren't expected to get this far.
Tonight, a preview of this weekend's Sweet 16 action and preparations for the Final Four... on "Hoopsville"!!!


Wooster, Wittenburg, and Illinois Wesleyan are out of the men's bracket!
So, who in the world is still left in the Men's Road to Salem?
Well... UW-Stevens Point, Amherst, and St. John Fisher.

Trinity (TX) is still alive. Most thought they would be playing IWU on Friday night, instead they face Hanover. Tonight, we will chat with Coach Pat Cunningham about his Tigers. Their road to the Final Four is going to be a tough one.

Then there is John Carrol, who defeated Wittenburg to earn their Sweet 16 berth. Coach Mike Moran seems to have his Blue Streaks team clicking on all the right cylinders, having won the OAC before their run in the NCAA's. We will chat with Coach Moran about his upcoming game against Albion... who got by on what some say is a questionable win over Wooster.

On the women's side, not too many upsets, even though DePauw and Buena Vista were eliminated on their Road to Virginia Beach.

Wesleyan continues to surprise as they took out Staten Island to earn their Sweet 16 game against Springfield. Coach Kate Mullen will join us live on the air to talk about how this season's finish isn't what the Cardinals planned on... and how they're looking to keep dancing.

George Fox will be earning a lot of frequent flyer miles this weekend. Coach Scott Rueck has his Bruins playing very good basketball and will take on St. Benedict, who upset Buena Vista. But how are the Bruins going to handle flying across the entire length of the nation for the game(s)... we will ask Coach Rueck.

And Salem is getting ready for their tenth Men's Final Four. ODAC Commissioner Brad Bankston will join us live on the air to let us know how the preparations are going. How you can get tickets! And what else you can expect and should do while in the great city of Salem (and Roanoke), Virginia.

Oh... and of course we will chat with our regional reporters - Gordon Mann will actually join us in studio. And we will certainly take your questions and comments on the air and try and cover a very busy week of basketball.

So come join us online and LIVE from 8PM - 10PM Eastern!

"Hoopsville": only place where you can listen or chat about Division III Basketball in the nation.

Check out the "Hoopsville" page for information on how you can listen... and be a part of the show.
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Post by: raining3s on August 19, 2005, 10:33:22 AM
The forum renovations look awesome...and whats up with the www.thegnac.com site...its dead as a door-nail
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Post by: simon on November 17, 2005, 11:36:20 PM
Well its that time of year again for basketball madness. The saints should run the gnac again. SVC will be at the bottom again as they don't have a coach. It's a shame because they were showing promise with Finnigan at the Helm. Norwhich will again be tough but i look to see Simmons upset a few teams. Anything can happen, thats why we play the games. Good luck to all teams
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Post by: d3bballinboston on November 21, 2005, 01:37:14 PM
norwich got beat by westfield state
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Post by: miked on November 23, 2005, 09:45:52 AM
Well  I've checked out the results of the GNAC and have noticed a disturbing trend many of the top teams in the conference have losing records to date, including the Top Dogs (Emmanuel). I won't be following the conference as much this season, as my favorite player (daughter) has graduated, but will keep an eye open, is this the year the conference finally crowns a new CHAMPION?  I doubt it, as this will remain the Emmanuel Invitational, but it sure would be nice to see someone at least challenge them and make them work for the title.   
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Post by: Poppadoc on November 23, 2005, 10:21:46 AM
I agree. The Saints dont look as intimidating as they did last year. The Big girls
are going to have to step it up. Parker, Long and
Mooney and Wenz are gonna  have to take it up a notch. McCoy, Johnson and Paez are the glue to this team but they will have to get Bushman to stop dribbling and give Furtney some time as a back up to Paez. Defensively, she needs work but she seems to have the right attitude and the jump
shot to keep collapsing defenses honest. my opinion is if Parker can settle down and play within herself, they will be a force. She tends to force it at times and is unaware of where she is under the basket, but her tenacity is needed as well as the banging. she can fill the role of Munchie. who didnt let many guards come throught the middle "untouched".  Good luck this year Saints. I will be watching.  ;D
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Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on November 30, 2005, 11:12:07 AM
Hey how come there is not much said about the rest of the conference on this site, there are some good teams at the top of this conference. Yes the Saints win it every year, and this one will be no different, but there are some quality teams that could surprise a few people, teams like WNEC, who looks good with the new coach at the helm, Norwich is always a tough out, then there are the middle of the road teams, Suffolk, Simmons, St. Joes, who depending on the day could put a scare into a few teams,  a team to watch is the Lady Lions of Emerson, they will change the landscape of this conference this season.  This may not be the strongest conference, but the teams in the GNAC do play some of the top teams from the other conferences, give them that much
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Post by: dannyboyc5 on December 05, 2005, 08:56:53 PM
Welcome back to Basketball Season my fellow GNACer's

Gotta love that college basketball is back in our gyms, I know I do!

Some interesting posts already about other teams in the league this year.  I of course am an Emmanuel Saints supporter, but listen to and respect all of the posts about other teams in the conference.  However, dont forget that the Saints have not lost a Conference game in 5 years, compiling a 75-0 mark within that time frame.  Coach Yosinoff is already bitter with two early losses and has his girls working extra hard preparing for conference play.

Teams that will give the Saints good games this year include Simmons, Norwich and WNEC... and whoever decides to step it up when the Saints travel to their gym.  To beat the Saints at the Jean Yawkey Center is almost impossible, the atmosphere is incredible due to the large fan support from the college students on campus.

Poppadoc- I agree with a few of your statements about the Saints... McCoy, Johnson and Paez certainly are the glue to this team.  The three of them should combine for close to 45 points every night. With Johnson on the floor, the saints put themselves in good rebounding position on both ends.  Paez is an intense defensive specialist and is so mature with her court vision for only being a sophomore. McCoy, the team "veteran" will reach her 1000th career point milestone very shortly, not becuase she is a great shooter, but becuase she works hard on the offensive glass, gets out there on the fast break and makes her free throws.

Some question marks that I have early on include the Saints depth. They have a 15 women roster but in my opinion they only go about 8 maybe 9 deep.  The starting 5 includes johnson, paez, mccoy, brittan bushman and molly forbes when everyone is healthy.  Forbes, a senior, plays solid defense, can handle pressure and is an excellent passer with a good offensive sense. Bushman, a sophmore shot the ball very well in her rookie season with the saints and will continue to make the 3 ball when needed.  This starting 5 will dominate any other 5 in the GNAC.

Role Reserve Players - Maura Mooney, a sophmore, had flashes of brillance last year with strong power moves to the basket and had fierce defensive rebounding prowess.  She started a game this season due to a concussion suffered by johnson in an earlier game, so yosinoff is also confident in her abilities on the floor.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: dannyboyc5 on December 05, 2005, 09:13:24 PM
Welcome back to Basketball Season my fellow GNACer's

Gotta love that college basketball is back in our gyms, I know I do!

Some interesting posts already about other teams in the league this year.  I of course am an Emmanuel Saints supporter, but listen to and respect all of the posts about other teams in the conference.  However, dont forget that the Saints have not lost a Conference game in 5 years, compiling a 75-0 mark within that time frame.  Coach Yosinoff is already bitter with two early losses and has his girls working extra hard preparing for conference play.

Teams that will give the Saints good games this year include Simmons, Norwich and WNEC... and whoever decides to step it up when the Saints travel to their gym.  To beat the Saints at the Jean Yawkey Center is almost impossible, the atmosphere is incredible due to the large fan support from the college students on campus.

Poppadoc- I agree with a few of your statements about the Saints... McCoy, Johnson and Paez certainly are the glue to this team.  The three of them should combine for close to 45 points every night. With Johnson on the floor, the saints put themselves in good rebounding position on both ends.  Paez is an intense defensive specialist and is so mature with her court vision for only being a sophomore. McCoy, the team "veteran" will reach her 1000th career point milestone very shortly, not becuase she is a great shooter, but becuase she works hard on the offensive glass, gets out there on the fast break and makes her free throws.

Some question marks that I have early on include the Saints depth. They have a 15 women roster but in my opinion they only go about 8 maybe 9 deep.  The starting 5 includes johnson, paez, mccoy, brittan bushman and molly forbes when everyone is healthy.  Forbes, a senior, plays solid defense, can handle pressure and is an excellent passer with a good offensive sense. Bushman, a sophmore shot the ball very well in her rookie season with the saints and will continue to make the 3 ball when needed.  This starting 5 will dominate any other 5 in the GNAC.

Role Reserve Players - Maura Mooney, a sophmore, had flashes of brillance last year with strong power moves to the basket and had fierce defensive rebounding prowess.  She started a game this season due to a concussion suffered by johnson in an earlier game, so yosinoff is also confident in her abilities on the floor.  
                                 Ashley Ames - a freshman, has unlimited potential.  She is listed at 6'4'' but is closer to 6'5. 6'6'' in basketball shoes.  She runs the floor extremely well, beating mostly everyone to the block on the fast break.  Has great touch around the basket, and although doesnt need to often box out becuase of her size, she does anyway which will help her develop into a much better player.  When she is in the game and under the defensive basket, teams shy away from driving in the lane becuase she will certainly alter if not block their shots.  Ames' minutes will increase as the season goes on and Yosinoff develops confidence in the rookies game.
                               Ashley King - a sohmore, is probably one of the best defensive gaurds in the GNAC.  She is very intense and in your face, and a great asset to presses that Yosinoff will throw at unsuspecting opponents.  Not much of an offensive game, but cant make a 12 foot extended jumper routinely.  Her defense certainly more then makes up for her offense.
                               
Everyone else on the team has either not proved themselves in games yet, or is still not up to the college level of competition.  Two women that have improved from last year are Catherine Gallant and Erica Wenz.  Both have seem some time early this season and have shown they have worked on their offensive games developing good power moves underneath the basket, but still lack the game time minutes to have an impact on game results.  Both have the ability to be great players, they just need the chance, and with the saints having 5 big women in front of them, their minutes will be limited again this season.

Rickia Fonseca and Lauren Furtney can both flat out shoot... but thats about all they do well... neither plays aggresive enough defense for coach yosinoff to keep them on the floor for more than a few posessions.  Last year turnovers were a problem for Fonseca so this year when in the games she is playing the 2 gaurd spot, not handling the ball.  Again, the potential is there... but the playing time wont be.

Sara Long, Shardea Parker and Kathleen Brice are also in a tough situation, at the end of a very long rotation of forwards and centers.  Long sometimes seems unmotivated while playing.  Parker at times very lost on the court, not knowing her defensive assignment and also she does not have great hands when receiving entry passes into the low post, which is unfortunate becuase over the past two years she has developed an above average drop step move to the basketb.  Brice is a first year player that rebounds the ball well, but does not play solid enough defense to contain girls quicker then her.

Overall the Saints are not as strong as last years squad, but have much more potential.  Everyone knew that last year was going to be a great season.  This year the expecations are not as high, but the hunger and desire to advance in late season tournaments from the women is.  The GNAC will not be a breeze, but I do expect the Saints to capture the title championship again.

By earning an automatic NCAA bid... well you know the saying, "anything can happen, its tournament time baby!"

I wish the best of luck to the Saints this year, as well to the rest of the GNAC squads becuase frankly, you will need it when the Saints come marching into your town!

-DannyBoy
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on December 06, 2005, 11:19:43 AM
Well Put Dannyboy. Just a few thoughts on some of your comments.

Forbes is a hell of an athlete, rebounds and plays D, but she tries to force passes when its not there. I still will keep her in the 1st five that aggressive approach to her game is great.

Brittany is btter suited as a 2 guard, she has the shot and the D to stay with most PG, but she tends to dribble a bit much instead of setting up the play.

Ashley Ames only downfall (my opinion..:-) ) is that the conference she played in , out in Maine was not really that tough. She also had her 6'6" lil sister to take some of the load off. I DO agree with your assessment that she needs the playing time though, she can change the pace of the game defensively. Imagine driving to the lane and have to face either her or Lateisha.

Ashley King and Rickia are 2 of the better on the ball defenders in the GNAC. They are in yur face ballers that do not back down. They dont shoot the 3 that well but 12 feet and in is good, Rickia is a better passer and shooter.

Throw in Maura, who can defend, rebound and score (when given the ball in good position. Created her own offense causes her to put her head down and not see the court.
now thats your 9 man rotation right there..........as for the others, well.......

Long, Wenz, Gallant and Parker have been in the system 2 years and still seem to struggle at times. Furtney will be fine once she gets accustomed to what Andy wants from her. Brice is a beast and once she gets comfortable, look out. Dont let her size fool you.......

Yes the Saints are deep in the Forward/Center position but in a pinch they can all play. Playing time is earned not given.
There will not be many of those 20 -30 pt blow outs were Andy can get everyone 8-10 minutes a game so when the opportunity knocks, they better step it up.......................

Overall, your correct about the teams that will give the Saints a run for the GNAC. I see Simmons and Norwich as their toughest obstacles with WNEC u p there as well.....

Poppadoc

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on December 07, 2005, 12:07:23 PM
Dannyboy and Poppadoc you seem to have described the Emmanuel players down to the T. They will be interesting to watch. However there is clearly a team within this conference that is showing that they will be a legit threat more than any other GNAC team and that is WNEC, they have beaten quality teams,  while the other teams Norwich, Suffolk, St. Joes, and Simmons have been inconistent and pretenders to this point. Saints beware of the Bears they are rolling along.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: d3bballinboston on December 10, 2005, 10:15:18 AM
Is JWU going to be any better with a new coach?  I'd say JWU has the most potiential to be very competitive.  Big enrollment nice facility, just needed a solid coach to recruit steady and bring in solid players.  Very easy to recruit nationally at JWU.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on December 10, 2005, 05:37:22 PM
Earlier today at Auerbach Arena--

#4 Brandeis 63, WNEC 38

Official press release from Brandeis is on the D3Hoops.com women's basketball scoreboard for Dec. 10.

My thoughts on the game:

This was a near-textbook example of how to beat WNEC.  Brandeis came out ready and focused on defense and most of the time forced every WNEC player to take tough shots and do what the Golden Bears did not want to do.

Brandeis took the lead from the start and did not look back.  Although WNEC this year proved just as scrappy as last year, the Golden Bears could not stop Brandeis from slowly increasing the lead.  Brandeis led, 29-12 at the half and increased their lead to as much as 29 points with 4:43 left in the game.

Brandeis held WNEC to five field goals in the first half, all from the inside, and WNEC only made 13 out of 44 for a shooting percentage of 29.5% for the game,  WNEC hit 1 of 7 from 3 pt. range, and that 3 pointer came in the second half from Laura Booth.  WNEC hit 11 of 15 from the charity stripe.   WNEC committed 25 turnovers which Brandeis converted into 29 points.   WNEC's leading scorer was Vicky Taylor, who had a double-double of 11 points and 12 rebounds.  Lisa Masella was held scoreless on 0 of 3 shooting, while Jen Dabrowski had 6 points.

On offense, Brandeis shot 21 of 55 for the game (38.2%), hit 5 of 15 from 3 pt. land (33.3%), and made 16 of 21 at the charity stripe.   Brandeis only committed 15 turnovers, which WNEC converted into 9 points.

Brandeis was led by Caitlin Malcolm with 18 points and 7 rebounds, followed by Christine Clancy with 15 points and 6 rebounds, and Jaime Capra with 10 points.  Amanda DeMartino had 9 assists.

Brandeis outscored WNEC in the paint, 28-8.  On 2nd chance points, Brandeis outscored WNEC, 9-8.

Brandeis heads into final exams and the winter break at 6-0, while WNEC drops to 5-3 heading into the winter break.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: d3bballinboston on December 10, 2005, 06:09:02 PM
Pine Manor beats a very good Westfield State College team.  this is a quality win for not only Pine Manor but also the GNAC. PMC has a girl who is like 6-3 and is a stud.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: pops on December 12, 2005, 02:34:24 AM
Quote from: dannyboyc5 on December 05, 2005, 09:13:24 PM
Some question marks that I have early on include the Saints depth. They have a 15 women roster but in my opinion they only go about 8 maybe 9 deep.  The starting 5 includes johnson, paez, mccoy, brittan bushman and molly forbes when everyone is healthy.  This starting 5 will dominate any other 5 in the GNAC.

let's just say that the depth question will be resolved once they get back from Cali. a little birdie has been spreading a rumor that the Saints are about to be reunited with their former floor general to make for one helluva 1-2 punch in the backcourt.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: wbbhoops on December 12, 2005, 03:22:51 PM
JWU started 4-2 early on but then lost badly to Colby-Sawyer.  I'm not sure how good they are, but they already started much better than last year.  They seem inconsistent by the scoreboard, but at least improving.  Daniel Webster also pulled some early wins...are they going to be decent this year?




Quote from: d3bballinboston on December 10, 2005, 10:15:18 AM
Is JWU going to be any better with a new coach?  I'd say JWU has the most potiential to be very competitive.  Big enrollment nice facility, just needed a solid coach to recruit steady and bring in solid players.  Very easy to recruit nationally at JWU.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on December 13, 2005, 11:06:27 AM
Hey Pops,

I also spoke to that little birdie, and if it holds up, we can all look forward too a very entertaining season. The ONLY problem I see is
who will be designated to come off the bench. I would have to guess that Bushman go to the bench. It gives them more firepower off the bench and gives them 2 starting point guards in their starting 5. Either one can switch off to play the 2, I just hope these girls can cathc some of the passes that will almost assuredly be coming their way. Emmanuel will lead the league in steals for sure. Good Job Saints against Endicott, my girl went for 13, 17 and 8 thats twice she missed her first triple doulbe by 2 block shots. Keep up the good work Toots....
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: pops on January 03, 2006, 12:50:21 AM
well too bad the birdie didn't send good vibes to cali. the saints took an L. chapman is apparently a pretty decent team. and they lost to redlands, the saints' next opponent. here's to hoping it can only get better.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 03, 2006, 05:02:53 AM
News of note from last night:

Last night's Emmanuel at Chapman game marked Evita Esteves's return to the Emmanuel lineup after missing out a season and a half due primarily to injury.  Evita Esteves was the starting point guard for Emmanuel before her injury, and she is the only Emmanuel player, male or female, to have ever hit a quad-double in an NCAA DIII basketball game (points, rebounds, assists, and steals.)

Last night, Evita Esteves came off the bench and scored 5 points, had 3 steals and 2 rebounds in 18 minutes of action.  She still has to work on her A/TO ratio-- she had 0 assists and 5 turnovers.

If Evita can get back to near 100%, Jade Paez will have a very effective back-up point guard at the very least.

BTW, the final score last night was Chapman 63, Emmanuel 56.  Both teams combined for 71 turnovers-- Emmanuel committed 36 turnovers, and Chapman committed 35 turnovers.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on January 03, 2006, 09:45:06 AM
Since Esteves has returned, should the rest of the GNAC just mail it in? I still like either WNEC or Norwich to challenge Emmanuels dominance of this conference. It's clear that the interesting race will be amongst the mediocre teams to see who get's in the tournament and faces Emmanuel in the first or second round to end their seasons. If Evita is as good as advertised, I doubt there is a backcourt in this conference that can contend with them.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on January 04, 2006, 02:38:16 PM
71 TURNOVERS????
You cant blame that on jet lag...they were already there for over 3 days b4 the 1st game.

It will take some time for Evita to get back into game shape, maybe another 2-3 games. Once she does, it will make the bench that much stronger, whether she starts with Jade or comes off the bench for Brittany. I was kinda hoping she would be ready by this weekend for the Bowdion game. I am curious as to why she only played 18 minutes though ??? I am sure on the flight home, (they are in Atlanta as I type) Andy will be giving them an earful about protecting the ball because 36 to is just no good. It shows lack of concentration above anything else. Chew em out Andy, make them mad so they can take it out on the Polar Bears.
Title: womens basketball
Post by: monopoly on January 05, 2006, 06:57:55 AM
what's happening at wnec? second starter leaves team.
Title: Re: womens basketball
Post by: d3bballinboston on January 05, 2006, 12:29:38 PM
no idea but they got someone from Newbury who was averaging 10 points a game there.
Title: Re: womens basketball
Post by: Snowman on January 05, 2006, 05:58:06 PM
Wow, somebody averaging 10 whole points a game,  hope I get to see that
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on January 09, 2006, 10:37:13 AM
Hey Snowman~

Have you ever played any basketball ??? To average 10 points a game is not easy. Anyone who hits that average for 4 yrs will score over a thousand pts in a career. Especially with the amount of games being played 25-30 a season.

I hope the Saints get their act together before the conference games start. Norwich is looking pretty good......hopefully they exact revenge on Tufts tomorrow night.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Snowman on January 09, 2006, 01:56:38 PM
Hey Pop......(do you want to come out and Playayayyyyyyy)

Fisrt, nooooooobody said it was 10 points a game for the career

Second, on a bad bad team, I don't care if somebody scores 1500 points.....nothing worse then some kid taking every shot under the sun, scoring 1000 points and on a team that can't win 50% of their games.........ITS ABOUT WINNING NOT SCORING
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on January 09, 2006, 04:42:59 PM
Ok Snowman~

We are both dealing in hypothetical (sic) here.

I was just saying that to average 10pts a game is not an easy thing to do.  The career stats was just as an example  to show what 10pts a game will get you. 


Your right you dont need one kid taking 30 -40 shots a game, but if the team is that complacent in their shooting, then SOMEBODY has to shoot.

Unfortunately, I dont play anymore. I will stick with the refereeing and coaching. If you want to play my daughter Lateisha, I am sure she is up for the challenge. Let me know I will set it up......

Winning comes second only to SPORTSMANSHIP.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: pops on January 10, 2006, 11:47:20 PM
yo...y'all are mad funny. anyways, emmanuel dealt with tufts tonight 75-61. they were down by one at the half and came back to lay the smacketh on 'em while turning th eball over only 13 times.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: d3bballinboston on January 11, 2006, 07:45:34 AM
13 is still a lot of turnovers.  I am sure Yosinoff is going crazy over there. I can only imagine what he looks like going up and down the sideline.  i have to see he is one of the most entertaining coaches in New England to watch. 
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on January 11, 2006, 08:59:00 AM
make them girls work on the basics, over and over. I think it was halftime of the Colby or the Newbury game were the girls were turning the ball over. Andy had them work on bounce/chest passes and cutting to the basket at HALFTIME..
He should have them doing what you learn in middle school. The basics, layups, free throws,
boxing out, passing it will be painful but it seems necessary.They should not have lost to ECSU or CHapman in Cali....36 to's, man if I were Andy they would have walked home!!!!
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on January 11, 2006, 11:37:22 AM
Good win for Emmanuel over a tough and talented Tufts team, maybe they are rounding into form to capture another undefeated GNAC Championship, I still wouldn't count out WNEC (despite the departures) and Norwich as legit challengers, has anyone noticed Johnson & Wales scores? it looks as if another dark horse may be emerging to shake this league up, I also still like Suffolk and Emerson to make some noise down the stretch, I would have mentioned Simmons as a threat, but they've been hard to figure out and judging by the scores  I'm not sure they will contend. GNAC league play starts soon, this may be a fun season to watch this conference, the powers to be may face their most serious challenges in quite some time.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on January 11, 2006, 02:51:35 PM
 yes, the conference games will be interesting. Simmons will show up against Emmanuel, why wouldnt they?? I bet some of them (Norwich,
WNEC) are licking their chops for a shot at the Saints this year. Just becarful what you ask for though cuz if they get the turn over bug out of their system, they will be fun to watch.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on January 19, 2006, 04:20:21 PM
Saints are in for a helluva game tonight. No Jade, but Evita should fill in nicely. It may turn out to be a block party with Kulian and Johnson.
Yeah, see Salem News article about the game...

GO SAINTS.......
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: d3bballinboston on January 20, 2006, 07:37:39 AM
emmanuel got globbered against Salem.  if this is the best the GNAC has to offer.. OUCH!!
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: raining3s on January 24, 2006, 09:29:56 AM
Don't you know that Salem state has Emmanuel's number ........I wouldnt worry about that game ...as winning the conference is more important while ...building momentum into the playoffs.  the game against ...Norwich was pretty interesting as Emmanuel looked sluggish in the first half and Norwich took advantage.....but once Andy started turning up the heat with the press...Norwich had problems...and I think that press at the end...really..caught them off guard....and that was a helluva shot ..to win it ,,,at the end ...
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on January 24, 2006, 09:46:04 AM
It looks as if the Saints will go through this flaky conference again unscathed as they withstood their Biggest threat (Norwich) and pulled out the victory(sounds like it was a close game at least by the stats). I once believed that WNEC may challenge them also, but they lost to Johnson and Wales, who are no where near Emmanuels caliber. So the Saints will march through this conference again untouched, unless they have a MAJOR breakdown. None of the other teams will come close to beating them.(Blowouts) 

When was the last time the Saints lost a conference game? The rest of the GNAC teams should just concentrate on avoiding them in the playoffs at all costs to prolong their seasons
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: BostonCBBFan on January 24, 2006, 11:49:45 PM
What happened to Ashley Ames, the 6'4" center from Maine?

I noticed she is no longer listed on the Emmanuel roster...
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on January 26, 2006, 04:39:23 PM
I wouldnt say that SS has EC's number. However, they executed their game plan down to a T. They hit the shots
they should have (some of them they were wide open).
They moved the ball around making EC hustle on D. I would
very much like to see a rematch like last year. I gaurentee it will not be a 16 pt blow out again.

As for the conference games, EC has not lost one in almost
5-6 years, thats 72-0 in that span............
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: pops on January 27, 2006, 11:59:56 AM
that's three more in a row. the team dynamics are starting to come together. it's about to be a wrap for the rest of the GNAC. the Norwich game was hella good and exciting. Pne Manor got beat up with three LAdi Saints in double digits, and fourth hitting the boards hard. And then, last night, a tough Babson squad got dealt with in OT behind four Lady Saint dropping a load on 'em. However, somebody is gonna have to show the other big girls how to jump and graba rebound if LT is gonna be out, because that is not a good look for McCoy & Forbes to be the only serious rebounders. When Johnson is not in the game, the middle is wide open.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: raining3s on January 27, 2006, 01:27:31 PM
I think the saints are playing better ....but I still think Salem has there number.....I have been at many of those games over the last 15+ years....personally I dont think they have the interior passing or enough outside shooting to really go far .....but they have enough firepower to beat up on the GNAC .....
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: carolina on January 27, 2006, 11:38:36 PM
Anyone can beat up on the GNAC. It is a weak conference. Why do you think WNEC and Norwich want to get out and who knows who else will leave. Think about it Emmanuel wins it every year then gets beat in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: pops on January 28, 2006, 07:52:15 PM
um...not quite. they made the 2d round last year by beating...guess who...salem state int he first round. th year b4 thatg ot booted i the 1st by salve, and booted by bowdoin in the 2nd the 2 prior years (02 and 03). this year's team is dumb deep to give the other regional teams a good run. but word...the gnac is a wrap. that's all she wrote, folks.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: carolina on January 28, 2006, 10:50:41 PM
I stand corrected...they get booted in the second round!!!!!!! But, you are right they will win the GNAC because the GNAC is horrible!!!. If Emmanuel played in the NESCAC, they wouldnt be in the top 5. BUt congrats on kicking the GNACS butt.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on January 30, 2006, 11:00:01 AM
You must really hate the Saints to make an unbelievably moronic statement like that.  Yes, you do have 2 teams in the top 10, albeit 1 is slipping slowly. We have played 3 teams in your conference and beat 2 of them, we beat
Bowdion last year at home and lost this year at Bowdion. At the very least, the Saints could hold down spots 3-5.

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: raining3s on January 30, 2006, 02:30:58 PM
WNEC and Norwich want to get out ...because athletically...the other conferences have more variety in sports.  It makes sense in that aspect.  Not all of the schools in GNAC have the money to support that many sports.  You can't blame Emmanuel because the other schools do not do a good job recruiting.  I think Emmanuel is going to get stronger.  Ever since they went co-ed, each sport is has made great strides.  Every team has there up and down times....so enjoy yours while you can ... 
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on January 31, 2006, 08:44:50 AM
I think this conference is getting a bad wrap, no they are not the NESCAC, but they are not the weakest or worst conference in the area either. In fact a few teams in this conference play and beat teams from stronger conferences. There just seems to be a huge disparity in resources and academic requirements that separate the schools, and I don't think it's a matter of schools not recruiting just as hard as Emmanuel, but Emmanuel has a history of success and that's attractive to many of the kids today, very few talented kids want to attend schools that are rebuilding. There are some good coaches,teams and players within this conference who go unnoticed, because it's been a 1 team race every year, but give them their due credit .
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on January 31, 2006, 09:05:02 AM
Well put Biggirlz........

Also, Boston CBBFAN, apparently the Ames girl doesnt want to play ball this year. I believe she left the team on her own.

Evita is coming around folks............... look out!!!! 
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: carolina on January 31, 2006, 07:21:16 PM
I agree BIGGiRL...It's not that the other schools are not trying to recruit. Some of them are not getting the support financially or otherwise from the administration. Think about this..why would someone really want to go to Southern Vermont. There is nothing to do in Bennington. Most of the athletes that go there couldn't get in anywhere else. Small schools are always rebuilding. SVC was lucky when they had Ryan Marks on the Men's side but other than that they will never have championship caliber teams. I do not see Rivier or DW having them either. Most coaches at the smalls school, especially SVC use it as a stepping stone and are never there more than 2 to 3 years. Hardly enough time to build a decent program and recruit to a place where noone has a clue about athletics. It's not the coaches fault when there isn't any financial support to bring in better athletes. I think Andy from Emmanuel has done a tremendous job in getting great female athletes but he also has the support from the school.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 02, 2006, 07:49:23 AM
I went to the Emmanuel v. JWU women's game last night.

This game piqued my interest once I read Mark Simon's Jan. 20 "Around the Nation" column about JWU center, #25 Samantha Cowens, the daughter of NBA Hall of Famer Dave "Big Red" Cowens.

Emmanuel defeated JWU last night at the Jean Yawkey Center on the Emmanuel campus in Boston by a final score of 65 to 40.

Here is Cowens's stat line against Emmanuel from last night, in case you are interested--

In 26 min. of action, Samantha Cowens was held to 0-2 shooting from the field.  Cowens had 8 rebounds, blocked 2 shots,  had 2 steals, and turned the ball over only once.  Nobody else on JWU blocked any shots, while Emmanuel as a team blocked 8 shots.

Emmanuel led at the half, 40-13, and played their bench for most of the second half.  The Saints outrebounded the Wildcats, 49 to 39, and held JWU to 6 of 23 shooting (26.1%) in the first half, 0 of 7 from 3 pt. land, and 1-4 from the FT line in the first half.  JWU hit 9 of 30 (30%) from the field in the second half, 5 of 13 from 3 pt. land (38.5%), and 4 of 10 from the charity stripe.

In the first half, Emmanuel made 16 of 39 shots from the field, 3 of 7 from 3 pt. land, and 5 of 6 from the FT line.  For the game, Emmanuel shot 25 of 68 from the field (36.8%), 6 of 15 from 3 pt. land, and 9 of 13 from the FT line.

All in all, an interesting Wednesday night game to add a little spark to this league.  JWU coach Bethany Ellis has experienced some success in the GNAC this year, but Emmanuel made sure last night that her successes won't be as monumental as that of Emory coach Christy Thomaskutty any time soon....

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on February 02, 2006, 09:32:16 AM
I finally made it to GNAC game last night, Simmons @ Suffolk and after minutes of circling around locating a parking space in downtown Boston, I made it inside. Overall it was a close, low scoing affair for the most part, until Suffolk capitalized on Simmons inability to score and take care of the ball as well as make key free throws down the stretch. While I don't think either of these teams will be serious challenges, it was a good contest. Both teams struggled to score, as there were long scoring droughts, and it's easy to see why they have been inconsistent,  especially Simmons where the coach looks very frustrated as he tried different combinations to no avail, there guard play leaves a lot to be desired, bad decisions, pounding the ball, questionable shot selections. If this is what they practice  the coaching staff needs to re-evaluate. Overall  They are not very talented beyond # 50 (Lucek), who got into early foul trouble, she is the best player on the team ,and she is the only person who rebounds after that they have no legit low post presence, despite having 2 kids over 6'3. Neither Simmons or suffolk are very athletic, so they must play at a pace that maximizes their strengths, Suffolk did that last night, and walked away with the win. Simmons may make the playoffs but look for an early exit, they struggle to score easy baskets, plenty of blown lay-ups and they don't have anything worthwhile coming off the bench, Suffolk is not  a deep team either, but will be a tough out if they can hit the outside shot.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: carolina on February 04, 2006, 05:36:00 PM
Well, well well someone finally knocked off Emmanuel. Way to go WNEC!!!!! Conference Championship should be interesting. Andy must have been going crazy on the sideline. Does anyone know how many conference wins Emmanuel had in a row????????
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 04, 2006, 08:19:53 PM
Today's WNEC victory over Emmanuel snapped a 72 game consecutive GNAC regular season game win streak for Emmanuel. (excluding GNAC tournament games.)  This streak started in the 1999-2000 season when Emmanuel won its last 5 GNAC regular season games, but lost in the GNAC conference tournament.  Norwich won the tournament that year-- the last time a GNAC team other than Emmanuel was league champion.

In the 2000-2001 season, Emmanuel went on its first perfect year in the GNAC (12-0 regular season, 3-0 in the GNAC tournament.)  Emmanuel defeated Norwich in the GNAC final at JWU in Providence, RI to become league champion.  Emmanuel went on to the Final Four in Danbury, CT that year.  The regular season streak now stood at 17.

Emmanuel went perfect in GNAC for the next four seasons after that, so Emmanuel started the 2005-2006 season with a 65 game regular season GNAC winning streak, and a 75 game overall GNAC winning streak if you include conference tournament victories in the streak.  The regular season streak excludes GNAC tournament wins.

Emmanuel won its first 7 GNAC games this season before the loss today.

Although Norwich has a 1/2 game lead in the GNAC right now, if both Norwich and Emmanuel win out the rest of the GNAC games, Emmanuel still gets the #1 seed in the GNAC tournament due to Emmanuel's head to head victory over Norwich.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: carolina on February 05, 2006, 10:14:06 AM
DEISCANTON

Thanks for all the info, appreciate it!!!!!Do you know anything about J&W? They were horrible last year (Think they even lost to SVC) Now they are scoring like 70 points a game. Whats up with that?
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 06, 2006, 08:25:41 AM
Johnson & Wales revamped their entire coaching staff.  The coaching staff is much younger this year.  Bethany Ellis coaches Johnson & Wales in a very similar manner to Case Western Reserve's Jacki Windon.  (It is also no coincidence that Coach Ellis and Coach Windon look to be about the same age.)

The new assistant coach for JWU is Kristen Quinn.  She is about the same age as the new head coach, Bethany Ellis.  They are also around the same age as WNEC's new head coach, Nicole Chaszar.

JWU also practically rebuilt the entire team from scratch.  Most of the roster are either freshmen or sophomores, I believe.  Samantha Cowens just transferred into JWU this season for her senior year, and there are only maybe 2 or 3 players from last year's squad who are on this year's team.

Essentially, this is a new Wildcats team.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on February 10, 2006, 11:47:57 AM
well it's gut check time for the teams of the GNAC and is there a hotter team than WNEC, they have won all 10 of their games at home this season after taking care of Simmons last night, (no surprise) the score was a little to close for comfort for the bears, but they'll take the victory. The playoff positioning is looking very interesting, there will be some interesting scores over the next week or two and the first round matchups will be good ones, unlike years gone by, when you could assume the top teams would breeze through the first rounds. The Saints are no longer invincible and Norwich is still in  prime position should the Saints fall. Any predictions on playoffs seedings??
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 16, 2006, 07:55:38 PM
Courtesy of St. Joseph, CT via the Free Teamline Service:

Halftime at O' Connell Center-- West Hartford, CT

Emmanuel 34, St. Joseph (CT) 19

This is Senior Day not only for the St. Joseph women's basketball team, but also for all of the St. Joseph student athletes-- so an overflow crowd has gathered at the O' Connell Center.

As for the game, this is for the #1 seed in the GNAC tournament.  If Emmanuel wins, the Saints get home court advantage throughout the tournament due to the head to head victory over Norwich.  If the Blue Jays come back from behind in the second half, the Norwich Cadets will get home court advantage with the semis and championship game going to Vermont.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 17, 2006, 04:42:49 AM
It looks like the final score will probably be up this morning, but with Emmanuel leading St. Joseph (CT) by 19 with 6 minutes to go in regulation, I felt safe to say that Emmanuel has now finished its GNAC conference regular season with an 11-1 GNAC mark and will be the #1 seed in the GNAC tournament.  Should Emmanuel win in their quarterfinal match next week, both semifinals and the championship game will be played at the Yawkey Center in Boston.

Thanks to Teamline and St. Joseph College for audio webcasting the game from W. Hartford, CT.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 17, 2006, 09:22:59 AM
Courtesy of the Boston Globe--

Emmanuel 65, St. Joseph (CT) 39
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on February 22, 2006, 10:25:32 AM
Let the Games Begin, my prediction all 4 top seeds will advance, Jwu will extract a little payback to St. Joes, this time at home. The other games should go according to plan, hopefully the scores will be posted immediately
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on February 23, 2006, 09:22:21 AM
Emerson never had a chance last night!!! From the opening tip, the Saints were in control. They played their style of ball, that in your face tough minded D. They were not at their best but if they dont play any worse, it's gonna be the Saints vs Norwich(??) for the title. Personally, I think a few of the girls were fired up because of one of the visitors at the game yesterday, a UCONN Huskie happened to pay a visit last night and was spotted by several of the girls........

Final Score ...Saints 70 Emerson 41....

That #13 for Emerson is gonna be pretty good if she can get a jump shot to go with her D and hustle.  :o
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: thebigO567 on February 26, 2006, 07:13:37 PM
way to go norwich ladies.  Going down to Emmanuel and winning was a great accomplishment.  They have a geat gym and a great fan base, so you did well to win there.  Good luck in the draw and your NCAA tournament!!! :)
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: carolina on February 27, 2006, 12:03:39 PM
Yes Emmanuel goes down!!! Great run though but there is a new dog in town. Congrats to Norwich. Would have loved to see coach Andy running up and down the sidelines. Don't see Norwich getting past the first round but good luck anyway. Thats why they play the games, anything can happen.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on February 28, 2006, 10:35:19 AM
Oh yes, Andy was his usual "ANIMATED " self on the side lines. As was Allen during free throws :o. You can see that the Saints were being outhustled to loose balls and were more or less boxed out of rebounding position by those 2 6'3 behomeths...damn them gurls were big, slow, but big.

Goodluck to the Saints in the ECAC, it looks like
there could be some pretty good games. Also,
congrats to Alyssa for making 1st team, Teisha and Jade for second team all conference. Lets do this Saints, I havent been to the HALL OF FAME in Springfield since the 9th grade which was, well.............a long time ago.

Well, Pops, we got atleast one more game so lets make the best of it. See you on Wednesday............lets try to send the 3 seniors home with some hardware...........1
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: THE BIG MAN on March 10, 2006, 08:52:42 PM
in this up coming year there will be alot of upset cause there will be some fire coming from the svc mountaineers
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: carolina on March 11, 2006, 11:37:20 PM
Fire from SVC hoops...they can't get out of their own way. I would like to know where this fire is coming from because I can almost guarantee they will not upset any teams next year so wake up from that little dream of yours. The best chance they had of winning was when that Prue girl was playing. They did have a decent scorer this year but it won't matter. SVC will always be at the bottom because they 1) Can't keep Coaches there and 2) Don't get any support from Administration and 3) Who the heck really wants to play at SVC .....But thats funniest thing I heard this year. I think they were like 0-27!!!! Atleast they won some games last year but thats all they will ever do win a few here and there.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: THE BIG MAN on March 12, 2006, 01:49:10 PM
just remeber what i said and you will see and when you do you will shut up for good
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: carolina on March 12, 2006, 02:17:26 PM
First of all, you must go to SVC because this is they way you spell REMEMBER.
Second, like I said give me proof of this fire power
Third, if I believe you they still will not compete with the likes of Emmanuel, Norwich, Simmons, WNEC, Suffolk, Albertus, JWU, Emerson, Pine Manor.....They may beat DWEB and Rivier as they did last year when they had their best team in years.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: THE BIG MAN on March 12, 2006, 02:26:53 PM
svc has a new coach with new ideas and a new way to when there are some weapons they have coming dont worry you will see and you will like
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: carolina on March 12, 2006, 04:48:54 PM
Yeah well you can bring in Dean Smith to coach at SVC. They will never go anywhere. The so called new coach brought in three players this year and only one was any good. I hope she can find some Jordanesque type players but even if she does they will stay a year and either transfer or become ineligible. That is what SVC is about and the only reason anyone goes there is because they can't get in anywhere else!!!!!!
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: THE BIG MAN on March 12, 2006, 08:00:32 PM
never say never put it that way.................... where there is a will theres a way
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: carolina on March 12, 2006, 08:49:39 PM
Well the only way they will get any wins is if they downgrade their schedule to about 10 Bay Paths an 10 Wheelocks oh you can add the school for the blind...they might beat them too. They do not know what they are doing at that school.  The average coach stays for three years and if they know what they are doing then the school can't keep them. It is a waste of time and space to even discuss them being in the top eight in the conference luckily I had nothing to do this weekend. However, this coming weekend I will go watch real basketball players play and real basketball games. SVC plays not to get beat by 100 and that is the way their coach is going to have to coach!!!!!!
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: d3bballinboston on March 12, 2006, 09:22:18 PM
please SVC probally wouldnt beat wheelock or baypath.. i seen SVC play against Newbury this year and newbury had only 5 players and beat them by around 60 points.

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: carolina on March 12, 2006, 10:19:49 PM
d3ballinboston,  you are probably right. I was just trying to give the big man some help......however, they did have 5 wins last year under the previous coach. They beat dweb, bay path , riv, jwu and heelock I think!!!!!! But Big man seems to think that they are going to be spectacular next year so I had to give him hope. They will be lucky to be with 15 in any given game lol
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Pat Coleman on March 13, 2006, 04:27:41 AM
Quote from: THE BIG MAN on March 12, 2006, 08:00:32 PM
never say never put it that way.................... where there is a will theres a way

Hopefully they'll have the will to report scores next year too. That would be a refreshing change of pace.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: THE BIG MAN on March 13, 2006, 02:09:53 PM
i lie that everyone puts other teams down there aregoing to be alot of changes and you will see
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: carolina on March 14, 2006, 10:43:18 AM
LOL at PAT...SVC will have to get competent people first. Hey big Man...can you type more than one sentence at a time or do you go to SVC or should I say CVS. If SVC stays in the GNAC or any conference they will not win. If they schedule schools for the blind and High Schools they might have a shot but to tell you the truth..I have seen High school teams who are much better.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on March 14, 2006, 11:40:02 AM
aRE YOU SERIOUS.....SVC hasn't played a decent game this
year let alone win a meaningful game. The top teams beat
them by 50 and the other teams beat them by 20-30. The only
thing they have going for them would be the scenery.........
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: carolina on March 14, 2006, 05:49:02 PM
It is very obvious the BIG MAN goes to SVC and knows nothing about basketball if he or she thinks SVC is ever going to be competitive.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: THE BIG MAN on March 14, 2006, 08:24:24 PM
i dont go to svc just know the people there
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: d3bballinboston on March 15, 2006, 04:01:09 PM
i have herd that GNAC is looking to get rid of SVC.  Anyone here more about that?
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: carolina on March 15, 2006, 11:21:03 PM
That rumor has been going around for a few years now. I think they should get rid of them. They have nothing to offer the GNAC.

AND BIG MAN...you obviously dont know much because they ARE HORRIBLE!!!!! I Dont care how good you think the new coach is....they will not win anything...anybody who knows anything about basketball knows that. Besides I dont know what you see in this coach..She is like anyone else there. You can't coach what you dont have and SVC will never have any promising athletes and if they do get one or two they wont stay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on March 20, 2006, 11:47:30 AM
Some where in the outskirts of north west kalamazoo is SVC's saving grace. She is working very hard on her own to one day become SVC's all time best player. ...........

I also have a bridge for sale........
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: carolina on March 20, 2006, 12:17:59 PM
LOL Poppadoc you are too funny!!!! ::)
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: THE BIG MAN on March 21, 2006, 10:26:26 AM
just wait and see what happens
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on March 21, 2006, 11:21:15 AM
Oh, I will be around to see, but  do you have the guts to stick around and try to defend that moronic statement about SVC actually putting a team on the court? I will go on record now saying they do not win more than 8 games next year. I can see the excuses coming now...............

BTW..that bridge was purchased by a SVC grad,
could that have been you???????
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: carolina on March 21, 2006, 06:31:33 PM
Poppadoc.....you are giving SVC way to much credit.   8 GAMES!!!!!! The most games they have won in a season was 5 and that was last year when they had the Prue girl. They won't come close to winning 8 games!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: THE BIG MAN on March 27, 2006, 07:41:20 PM
there is always time and when you see the on the winning side you will be quite
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Pat Coleman on March 27, 2006, 10:34:28 PM
Quote from: THE BIG MAN on March 27, 2006, 07:41:20 PM
there is always time and when you see the on the winning side you will be quite

Quite what?
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: d3bballinboston on March 28, 2006, 01:14:02 PM
haha funny pat.  i think he meant quiet :) 
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Pat Coleman on March 28, 2006, 02:56:07 PM
That's why spelling is important. :)
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: THE BIG MAN on March 29, 2006, 12:45:33 AM
its what eva but you wills e when the season when it starts
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: carolina on March 29, 2006, 06:37:50 PM
Well BIG MAN just keeps proving my point. Can't spell and doesn't know anything about basketball. Could you please wake up from this dillusional dream of yours. Andy could have is fourth string on the floor and SVC wouldn't have a chance. i will give them credit when they had the prue girl and the previous coach they actually were competitive in some games but of course the school found a way to mess that up and niether one of them returned. They may get a player or two but nothing that will prove to be any worth. I have to laugh at BIG MAN...Do you even go to school? And if you did...did you cut english class or typing class???????
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: THE BIG MAN on April 01, 2006, 07:41:32 PM
thats cool but the svc girls will be better than they were with this coach hen with the other coach
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: carolina on April 01, 2006, 08:32:31 PM
OK once again work on the typing. I never said the coach wasn't good. In fact the previous coach was good as I am sure the new coach is. The fact is the turnover at SVC does not allow for consistency. It was amazing the previous coach had the talent she did and for the new coach to bring in the DOW girl is big but that is all it will ever be one or two players never enough to cause any damage, so quit dreaming and don't get your hopes up becuase I don't want to be the one to say I told you so. Oh I am sure PAT and d3bballinboston will say I told you so too!!!!!!!!!!

P.S why don't you just tell the truth and say you go to SVC because you are very bias.......
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on April 03, 2006, 10:12:39 AM
[Ah yes, a definite SVC grad.  ;D........

Ok BIG MAN, here is your chance. Please explain
why you think a new coach and 1 player will make a difference to a team that has NO chance of even winning the bottom half of their
conference against the Pine Manors, D Webster. They may be better off playing High
school all stars.......thats not to say they will win but the chances are better.......
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: d3bballinboston on April 03, 2006, 01:04:13 PM
pine manor isnt that bad.. they beat a good Westfield State team this year..
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Poppadoc on April 05, 2006, 03:30:30 PM
i KNOW......but they are still in the bottom half of the conference. Top consist of EC, Simm, Norwich, WNEC, Suffolk not in that order  ;)
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Longtooth on April 12, 2006, 08:13:33 PM
good luck
Title: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: D3Ballin on November 25, 2006, 03:02:57 PM
Hooray for basketball season being in full-swing once again, feels like playoffs last year just ended!!  Any predictions on how the GNACs going to pan out this year?!  (even though it's still very early)
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: dannyboyc5 on November 29, 2006, 11:58:53 AM
I'm going with the Lady Saints from Emmanuel. They look much stronger then last years team, and have much more depth. I know Norwhich and WNEC will also be strong but I do not see the Saints losing an in conference game this year. I've watched them in the first three wins this season and they have dominated play. They made Eastern CT look like a high school team, and Eastern is always a contender in the Little East. I'm excited for the season and hope that everyone else is fired up too!!

-DannyBoy
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on December 01, 2006, 10:11:55 PM
I echo the same sentiments, the Saints are on a mission and have loaded up like only they can. They are talented and deep, (how does Coach Yasinoff land these kids) a couple of other potential early season candidates that will make Emmanuel work at least for a half: Norwich, WNEC, Suffolk, St. Joe's the rest of the GNAC will battle for the remaining spots, the real race in this conference will be for the 8th seed, to see who get's to walk into the Lions den (Yawkey Way) to get there doors blown off in the playoffs ;D

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on December 03, 2006, 05:55:35 PM
Norwich has been impressive thus far and beating Bates, was a quality win, I still give the Saints the edge, they play a more tougher non-conference schedule. I think Norwich will suffer when they play the Saints without the leadership of all everything guard Flynn. Either way it will be an interesting game between the two front runners. I still say the most interesting thing about this conference will be the battle for the remaining 6 playoff spots
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: raining3s on December 05, 2006, 01:29:52 PM
wow....its nice to be back...posting.....I think the Saints are going to be very hungry this year......but people dont even realize how tough it is to repeat as conference champions...in fact when is the last time Coach Y has lost 2 consecutive conference titles.....hmmmmm :o.... ;D ..... 
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: raining3s on December 05, 2006, 01:35:37 PM
BTW ...where the heck ...is THE BIG MAN.....oh thats right ....SVC got thrown of the conference.....btw ...does anyone know what sports teams are good at ST Joseph of Maine, Mt Ida and Lasell....I hope they bring ..something to the table when they join...the conf next year....   
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: d3bballinboston on December 08, 2006, 07:04:07 AM
st. joes baseball team is really good.  they should win the gnac in their first full season.   Mt.ida has gone to 4 NCAA tourneys in women's volleyball.. their men's soccer team is also very good.  lasell's men's soccer team went to ncaa's last year. lasell has a solid wvb team as well.  They got 2nd the last 4 years.

mt. ida and lasell's other teams are middleof the pack teams at best. .compare them to maybe rivier(not including their volleyball teams) for the most part.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: raining3s on December 11, 2006, 12:24:50 PM
well...baseball is not going to be a GNAC sport until more schools offer it ...(fat chance)  ...there volleyball team is ok....heck ..who do they play that is any good....heck ...there biggest win is against...Wentworth, Newbury, or ....Lasell....I think they are not going to offer as much as people think....but I know these schools are not as ....solid academically ....so...basically ...its bad news for GNAC......
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: emmanuelfan on December 11, 2006, 01:55:41 PM
Yes Southern Vermont did get thrown out of their league thanks to their Athletic Director. As you can see other than men's basketball their programs are terrible. Doesn't matter who coaches up there...they will always be terrible because they do not have great administration or support. The women are still 0 and whatever!!!!!  Atleast they won a couple of games a few years ago. If they were in the conference then mens basketball would be competing this year. They already beat Norwich and Johnson and Wales..........
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: d3bballinboston on December 11, 2006, 06:47:19 PM
The problem is low enrollment at SVC. .they have under 400 full time students.. no budget to support full time students.

dont knock newbury's wvb team they would have been the 4-5th seed in the GNAC this year.  but over all the best team coming into the gnac of the 3 schools being added is st. joe's baseball team.  They went to NCAA's last year.  rest of the sports for the other 3 schools are average at best.

The academic standards of mt. ida and lasell are just as good as emmanuel, JWU, dweb, riv,albertus,pine manor

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: GnacAlum55 on December 12, 2006, 12:21:35 PM
Baseball is a GNAC sport.  Most teams offer it and they do have an NCAA bid.  St. Joe's basebal will add a lot to the conference.  The other schools will be middle of the pack teams in men's and women's basketball.  Over all the conference did not hurt itself by taking these teams.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: raining3s on December 12, 2006, 04:34:52 PM
thanks for correcting me on baseball...as for newbury...being 4th or 5th....I guess you have never seen them play before in person....I would place them ..at least 6th...heck...they got a cushy schedule while playing those very weak Maine teams  in the Independant Championship...way to pump up those wins....as for academic standards....I guess US News is wrong in saying "less selective" which means .....as long as you have money we will take you in....as for the WBB...its going to be another exciting year....
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: d3bballinboston on December 12, 2006, 05:31:58 PM
Well in WVB Newbury did beat emerson who was 5th.  Why is the Emmanuel College WVB coach blasting other colleges onthis board.?? Not to professional if you ask me.

but doesn't matter this is a basketball board. 

but i do agree that st. joe's baseball team is huge for the GNAC.

it should be an exciting match between norwich and emmanuel though!  WNEC should be tough as well. but we shall see when tourney time comes!  The key will be who gets the home game i think.  it be a long ride to norwich for emmanuel if that is what happens.

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: heythere on December 13, 2006, 11:56:08 AM
 st. joes baseball team will be a nice upgrade for the gnac, there always good and have a deep squad every year, and a nice field.

Let me see if i got this right raining 3's is the emmanuel wvb coach so that means d3ballinboston is the newbury wvb, now i am the coach of my sons 4th grade aau bball team who has the better job???
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: d3bballinboston on December 13, 2006, 12:56:24 PM
actually i coach junior high bball.. but doesn't matter i was just wondering why a WVB coach would come on here and bash another college for no apparent reason.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: fells on January 03, 2007, 01:10:32 PM
How in the world is Norwich not ranked in the polls? Geez, they are only 10-0.......
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Pat Coleman on January 03, 2007, 01:27:49 PM
There are 425 teams in Division III women's basketball. Norwich hasn't played a good enough schedule to merit a Top 25 slot.

We'll find out today how good they are.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: nescac hoops on January 04, 2007, 01:59:52 PM
dballin (i.e. caitlyn bailey #14, norwich women's basketball) your team is good and in my opinion is one of the better teams in NE (top 6 somewhere). that being said, bowdoin would beat you 99 times out of 100. if you two were to play again on ANY court, the outcome would be the same. bowdoin has had a lot of close games over the years and find a way to win pretty much all of them (except 12 over the past 5 years). the norwich game was no different - bowdoin is at the top every year and walk into every game with a HUGE target on their back with every opponent being up to play one of the best. think of last night and how pumped/excited/giddy/etc. you and your team was to face the #1 ranked team in the nation and to get a chance to knock them off. imagine having to play those opponents EVERY time you stepped on the floor and your team might have more than one loss and perhaps, a few closer games too.
lastly, while you "don't like to blame refs" as you said in the nescac forum, do you think that your opinion is somehow "tainted" given you played in the game and ended up on the losing end? did you read the boxscore to see that the fouls were 16-16? this includes the end of the game when your team was forced to foul, thus bowdoin was actually called for more fouls than norwich. i'm a williams college fan, so i'm unbias but i think you should spend less time advocating your own team on a forum and more time with your team in the gym buliding your "defensive powerhouse". hahahhaa, i liked that one.

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: nescac hoops on January 04, 2007, 04:18:45 PM
d3ballin,
why are you erasing all of your insightful posts? they were entertaining. please don't go. i suppose if we see a post from someone in shock that caitlyn bailey wasn't named to the preseason all american team we can assume you haven't left us.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Pat Coleman on January 05, 2007, 02:00:23 AM
This is why you should quote posts. :)
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 17, 2007, 11:29:25 AM
Well, the GNAC conference season on the women's side has finally started, with Norwich already having played 2 league games, and Emmanuel starting league play tonight at Emerson's new Piano Row Gymnasium in Boston.

(Finally, the Lions have their own gym on campus-- no more YMCAs, random gyms in Boston, or going to Pine Manor to watch Emerson hoops.   It will be brutally cold tonight, but I will probably go into town tonight to watch the game.)

Once again, it looks like Emmanuel and Norwich for the GNAC crown, with Norwich being the defending champion and Emmanuel the challenger, for a change.  If history is any indication, Norwich does not usually stay GNAC champion for too long-- I pick Emmanuel to take back the crown this season-- even if only because the Saints played Bowdoin better on a comparative basis than Norwich did.  However, that pick is not final-- Norwich also plays at Emerson on Saturday, so I will check out the Cadets then and see if I can refine that early opinion. 

The February 3 game between Emmanuel and Norwich up in Vermont will go a long way in deciding who will take the GNAC title.  If neither team disappoints along the way, the winner of that game will get to play the GNAC semifinals and championship game on their respective campus.

On the most recent D3Hoops.com Top 25 poll, Norwich receives 50 votes and Emmanuel receives 42 votes.  On the most recent ESPN/USA Today/WBCA DIII coaches poll, Emmanuel is ranked at #25 with 19 votes, and Norwich receives 2 votes.

Let's have a terrific conference season everybody.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 17, 2007, 10:39:27 PM
PS--

And when I mean that Emmanuel played Bowdoin better on a comparative basis than Norwich did, I mean it. 

I was very proud of Emmanuel's challenge against Bowdoin.  The Saints came very close to tying the game with a minute left on January 6, but they were unable to do it, unfortunately.  That is all that I am going to say right now.

Moving on to tonight's game...

Emmanuel beat Emerson at what Emerson calls "the Lions den".  I would call it "The Den at Piano Row", but what do I know? ;) 

The Saints won tonight, 68-57.   Emerson is a small, but scrappy team, and Emmanuel's #44, LaTeisha Johnson, did not play tonight for reasons not disclosed to me.   Still, the outcome was never seriously in doubt-- Emerson couldn't handle the Saints when their pressure defense was applied at full strength-- Emerson was only able to score on counter-runs when Emmanuel let up on the defense momentarily.  Emmanuel would then answer each relatively small Emerson run with a run of their own.  The Saints were up by 20 in the middle of the second half.

Emerson's new gym is one to be proud of.  It has about 250 seats, and is located 3 flights underground, like Suffolk's gym.  It is different from NYU's place in that it is a basketball gym and not a full-fledged underground fieldhouse.  Concepts from Emmanuel's facility were borrowed into the Emerson gym, such as the athletic offices located 1 level above the gym, and the scoreboard is just like Emmanuel's scoreboard.  The building in which the gym is located is also the new Emerson student center (another concept borrowed from Emmanuel's facility).
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Pat Coleman on January 17, 2007, 10:56:39 PM
250 seats? Yikes.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 17, 2007, 11:12:21 PM
Pat--

For Emerson, they at least have a gym on campus now.  It is great for the players, if not the spectators, but the small capacity is the only thing that I can complain about.  It has more seats than Suffolk's gym, at least.  The 250 seats in the bleachers was my guess upon counting-- they could only put about 3 rows of seats maximum on 3 sides of the gym.

It is very hard to build gyms in that section of Boston unless they build the gyms as underground facilities.  The Boylston "T" stop is located a short walk down the street.

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 20, 2007, 07:24:31 PM
I saw Norwich play Emerson today.  Norwich has a great starting five, but their bench did not produce many points today-- the Norwich bench scored only 4 points in the game, with the starters scoring the rest.

Emerson led by 1 at the half, and the game was not decided until the final 2 minutes.

Based on how both Emmanuel and Norwich played against Emerson, I would have to rank Emmanuel above Norwich right now.  The Saints are playing better than they did last year, and I would favor Emmanuel taking the GNAC title back from Norwich this season.

This year's Emerson Lions team could be what WNEC was in previous years when Wendy Davis coached the Golden Bears-- I would not be surprised to see the Lions as a GNAC semifinalist.  In previous years, I would have expected both Emmanuel and Norwich to blow out Emerson-- Emerson as a program is better this year than in the past.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on January 23, 2007, 07:49:37 AM

Before you crown Emerson as the next great team in th GNAC, I think it's important to remember that although they've improved there are still a few schools in the conference that could push them for the GNAC semifinalist spot, have you noticed that Suffolk is still undefeated in league play? JWU will be a tough out, as will WNEC as they play out there final season in the conference.  The rest of the pack could be just as challenging on any given night St. Joes, Albertus, Simmons, etc.. It's seems a given that  Emmanuel and Norwich are 1 & 2, but the remaining seeds will be interesting. One upset could change the balance of this league dramatically
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: simon on January 23, 2007, 09:55:51 PM
WOW whats up with Norwich only beating SVC by 20!!!! Did they play their bench or what? SVC is terrible....If Norwich is that good they should of won by more than 20 unless they played everyone!!!!!!1
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on January 24, 2007, 10:08:33 AM
I wouldn't read to much into the Norwich score, I'm sure they were up big and emptied the bench and coasted, my guess is that it wouldn't be far off base to assume they are looking ahead a bit to the Big showdown with Emmanuel coming up, as they will motor through their next couple of opponents.  It's also a great thing to empty your bench when your up big at this time of the season and give the starters some rest, so expect the scores to reflect that.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 24, 2007, 11:18:00 AM
Quote from: Biggirlzdontcry on January 23, 2007, 07:49:37 AM

Before you crown Emerson as the next great team in th GNAC, I think it's important to remember that although they've improved there are still a few schools in the conference that could push them for the GNAC semifinalist spot, have you noticed that Suffolk is still undefeated in league play? JWU will be a tough out, as will WNEC as they play out there final season in the conference.  The rest of the pack could be just as challenging on any given night St. Joes, Albertus, Simmons, etc.. It's seems a given that  Emmanuel and Norwich are 1 & 2, but the remaining seeds will be interesting. One upset could change the balance of this league dramatically

You make a good point-- however, I don't see Suffolk not making the GNAC semifinals-- Suffolk looks to be the third best team in the GNAC to me.  I was thinking that Emerson could win a GNAC tournament game this year for the first time and be the fourth team into the GNAC semifinals.

Of course, Suffolk is 5-0 in GNAC play, but they haven't played the stronger GNAC opponents yet.  The first big test for the Rams comes on Monday when they have to go up against Emmanuel's press defense.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on January 24, 2007, 12:32:48 PM
Deis,

I can see your perspective, and I agree it looks as if Emerson has turned the corner with their program. The Rams will def have their hands full with Emmanuel, don't forget Jwu and WNEC lurking in the back ground. There may also be other teams who haven't made the playoffs in the past few years, join the party(Rivier).  anyone have any predictions for the playoff seedings?  What happened to St. Joes they were semifinalists last season, and are struggling early, same with Simmons, ALbertus etc?
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 24, 2007, 01:19:00 PM
Simmons is clearly in a rebuilding mode; this year's team is not as good as the team of 2 or 3 years ago-- although Sarah Clayton of Simmons just happens to be the most accurate 3 point shooter in DIII right now.   Albertus Magnus has slipped since Natalia Perlaza graduated;  St. Joe's (CT) looks to be down from last year as well.

Don't be fooled by Rivier's 11-5 record-- the Raiders have not beaten a team above .500 all season.  2 of Rivier's wins came against Wheelock, 2 of Rivier's wins came against Bay Path; the other wins came against Fisher, E. Nazarene, Regis (MA), Lesley, Daniel Webster, Newbury, and S. Vermont.  Of these teams, only Daniel Webster is anywhere close to breaking .500.

Johnson & Wales and WNEC are clearly better teams than Rivier-- JWU already defeated Rivier by 12, and Suffolk just beat Rivier by 20 yesterday.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 27, 2007, 07:25:18 PM
Well, from the look of things today, it doesn't look like Simmons is going to stay in that rebuilding mode for very long.  Simmons may be back by next season or two years from now at the latest.

I watched the Norwich at Simmons game today, and Simmons clearly played their best game of the season to date.  Simmons was in the game and actually had a 2 point lead on the Cadets with 3 minutes to go before the inexperience of the Sharks caught up to them.  Norwich was able to win the game thanks to 2 crucial 3 pointers by the Cadets in the final 2 minutes of the game.  (Norwich didn't really play a very poor game, either-- the defense of the Cadets was top notch today.)    Given the way that Simmons was playing games earlier this season, for the Sharks to even play that well against Norwich this season is a terrific accomplishment.  Coach Price should be proud of the way Simmons performed today.

As for Emmanuel, an easy win over St. Joseph, CT today.  Emmanuel plays Suffolk on Monday, and goes to Providence, RI on Wednesday to play Johnson & Wales before the anticipated big matchup at Norwich next Saturday.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on January 27, 2007, 08:17:46 PM
Deiscanton,

I have to admit that I was surprised, if nto shocked to see that Simmons vs Norwich was so close, and judging by your posting it was a legit game, no injuries on Norwiches part.  Norwich had better focus on the task at hand, and stop looking at the BIG matchup before they get in trouble. Maybe Simmons will make some noise in this conference? or at best play the spoiler role as they rebuild and look forward to their future. The Emmanuel / Suffolk game looms large on Monday.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 29, 2007, 09:53:36 PM
Emmanuel pulled away in the second half to beat Suffolk by 22 today.  Suffolk kept it close in the first half, but the Saints were able to pick it up in the second.

It doesn't look like I will be able to be in Vermont on Saturday to see Emmanuel at Norwich.  Emmanuel is sending both the men's and women's basketball teams up on the same team bus on Saturday (the men are playing at Norwich in the second half of the doubleheader, with the women playing first at 1 PM), and there are no immediate plans for Emmanuel to send a fan bus to Norwich.  I will check the computer on Saturday to find out what happens, and I do have the NESCAC's Williams at Tufts women's game as an alternate game for me to check out on Saturday-- in between the Brandeis home games vs. Chicago and Wash U this weekend.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 03, 2007, 05:07:06 PM
Courtesy of http://www.norwich.edu/athletics

Emmanuel 61, Norwich 59

Assuming no disappointments the rest of the GNAC season, Emmanuel is on track to get the home court advantage for the GNAC tournament once again.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 08, 2007, 09:26:33 AM
Regional rankings came out yesterday, and it looks like both Emmanuel and Norwich are strongly assured of bids to the NCAA tournament, barring any major disappointments by either club along the way. 

The main story now is-- which one of the two gets in as GNAC champion, and which one of the two gets in as a Pool C bid?

The other main story right now is whether or not Emmanuel will be hosting a weekend first/second round site in the NCAA tournament if they win the GNAC's automatic bid.  Currently, Fitchburg State is ranked #2 in the Northeast rankings, and both Fitchburg and Emmanuel are ranked ahead of Southern Maine in the regional rankings. 

It looks to me right now that Bowdoin will get one of the 2 first weekend sites in the Northeast region if the Polar Bears win the NESCAC tourney, and that currently Fitchburg and Emmanuel are battling it out for the 2nd site.

Games remaining for Emmanuel before the GNAC tournament:

1.)  Tonight (2/8)-- at Simmons (can the Sharks do as well against Emmanuel as the Sharks did against Norwich?)  (GNAC game-- local across the street rivalry in the Fenway.)

2.)  Saturday (2/10)-- at Daniel Webster  (GNAC game)

3.)  Monday (2/12)-- start of a 3 game home stand vs. Babson
4.)  Tuesday (2/13)-- Make-up home game vs. S. Vermont
5.)  Wednesday (2/14)-- Emmanuel hosts the Pine Manor Gators in GNAC play.
6.)  Saturday (2/17)-- GNAC regular season finale at Rivier.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 08, 2007, 09:17:15 PM
A few things to note from tonight's Emmanuel at Simmons game, which Emmanuel just won by 22 points.--

1.)  Emmanuel took control of this game in the first half-- the game was only close for the first five minutes before the Saints clamped down on the Sharks.

2.)  Late in the first half, Emmanuel fans were starting to chant LaTeisha Johnson's name.  It was only at halftime that I learned that LaTeisha Johnson was in range of the 1,000 point milestone.   LaTeisha Johnson started today's game with 983 points for her college career at Emmanuel.  At halftime, LaTeisha Johnson was 7 points shy of the milestone.  Emmanuel was up 16 at the break, but Simmons scored the first 5 points of the second half while the Emmanuel fans were putting the pressure on for the milestone to be achieved today at Simmons.

3.)  With about 5 minutes to go in the game, LaTeisha Johnson scored points 1,000 and 1,001 on a made basket to become the newest member of the Emmanuel 1,000 point club.  The game was briefly suspended for a few minutes for a short ceremony before play resumed.

4.)  After the game, an Emmanuel basketball tradition of celebrating coach Andy Yosinoff's birthday took place on the Simmons court as the Emmanuel fans and players sang "Happy Birthday" to him.  (Andy Yosinoff's birthday always falls either on the exact day of the game, or within a day or two either way of the game, so the birthday is always observed at the Emmanuel/Simmons game.)
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Pat Coleman on February 09, 2007, 02:35:59 AM
Unfortunately, five GNAC schools tonight couldn't even be bothered to report scores to their own conference Web site, which means we didn't get the scores either.

The Rivier/Emerson game affects Quality of Win Index calculations for everyone Rivier played, as does the Southern Vermont/St. Joseph game for anyone St. Joseph played (though if SJC lost to Southern Vermont that would be a significant surprise).
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 16, 2007, 05:08:16 AM
What's at stake for the GNAC Women's Tournament with 1 regular season GNAC game remaining:

1.)  Emmanuel has clinched the #1 seed and has home court advantage throughout the GNAC tournament.   Emmanuel will host the GNAC semifinals and championship game next weekend with a victory over the GNAC's #8 seed.

2.)  The winner of the Suffolk at Norwich game on Saturday will get the #2 seed in the GNAC tournament, while the loser will get the #3 seed.

3.)  The #4 and #5 seeds for the GNAC tournament has been locked up, thanks to a 2 point victory by WNEC in the head to head match vs. Emerson.  WNEC has the #4 seed, and Emerson has the #5 seed.

Emerson will play at WNEC in a GNAC quarterfinal-- This GNAC quarterfinal in Springfield will be a rematch from the regular season tilt which was also held in Springfield-- This should be the most exciting quarterfinal match of this year's GNAC tournament.

4.)  The winner of the Simmons at Johnson & Wales match on Saturday will clinch the #6 seed in the GNAC tournament and travel to play the #3 seed.

5.)  Albertus Magnus, Pine Manor, and Daniel Webster have been eliminated from GNAC tournament consideration.

6.)  St. Joseph, CT can get into the GNAC tournament if they defeat Daniel Webster, Johnson & Wales can defeat Simmons, and then the Blue Jays must win a coin flip for seeding.  A Simmons victory at Johnson and Wales eliminates the Blue Jays from GNAC tournament consideration.

7.)  If Simmons wins at JWU, and SJC wins at DWC, and Emmanuel wins at Rivier:

Simmons-- #6 seed
Johnson & Wales-- #7 seed
Rivier-- #8 seed
St. Joseph, CT-- OUT

8.)  If JWU def. Simmons, SJC wins at DWC, and Emmanuel wins at Rivier:

Johnson & Wales-- #6 seed

Rivier, Simmons, and St. Joseph, CT would all end up with GNAC records of 4-7.   Since each team in the group would have gone 1-1 vs. the other two, and since all 3 members of the group would have defeated and lost to the same common GNAC opponents outside the group, a coin flip would have to settle the #7 and #8 seeds-- as well as eliminate one of the three.

Rivier, Simmons, and St. Joseph, CT would each have wins over Albertus Magnus, Daniel Webster, and Pine Manor as the 3 wins vs. common GNAC opponents.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 18, 2007, 06:34:15 AM
My quick thoughts on the upcoming week ahead for Emmanuel and the GNAC tournament--

1.)  St. Joseph, CT was eliminated from GNAC tournament consideration yesterday as a result of a 2 point loss to Daniel Webster.  The loss by the Blue Jays saved the GNAC of the necessity of having to go to a coin flip for the 7th and 8th seeds.

2.)  Emmanuel's bid to host 1st and 2nd rounds of the NCAA tournament the weekend of Friday March 2 and Saturday March 3 got a huge boost with the losses by Fitchburg State and S. Maine yesterday.  As a result, look for Emmanuel to rise to the #2 ranking in the Northeast Region when the next regional rankings get released on Wednesday.  Should Emmanuel win the GNAC tournament this week and Bowdoin win the NESCAC tournament this upcoming weekend, then Bowdoin and Emmanuel should be the favorites to get host sites in the Northeast Region.

3.)  The GNAC tournament field-- Quarterfinals on Tuesday, with Emmanuel hosting the GNAC semifinals and championship game on Friday and Saturday should the Saints win on Tuesday.

Tuesday, February 20-- GNAC Quarterfinals

1.)  (#8 seed) Rivier at (#1 seed) Emmanuel-- tip time 7 PM Eastern.
2.)  (#7 seed) Simmons at (#2 seed) Norwich
3.)  (#6 seed) Johnson & Wales at (#3 seed) Suffolk
4.)  (#5 seed) Emerson at (#4 seed) WNEC

The GNAC quarterfinal between Emerson and WNEC should be the most exciting matchup of the four.  Emerson, in their second ever appearance in the GNAC tournament, will look to advance to the GNAC semifinals for the first time, while WNEC will try to advance to the GNAC semifinals in the final year for the Golden Bears as members of the GNAC.  WNEC will be in the Commonwealth Coast Conference next season.

In the regular season matchup in Springfield, WNEC took a 2 point victory over Emerson, so this rematch should be a good one.

I expect Emmanuel, Norwich, and Suffolk to win their Tuesday games and advance to the GNAC semifinals, with a potential rematch between Emmanuel and Norwich on Saturday for the GNAC championship and the automatic bid to the NCAAs.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on February 18, 2007, 04:30:50 PM
Well we finally are ready for the exciting part of the season, post season tournaments, Like Deis, I expect the top seeds to advance on Tuesday. But I think that kudos should also go out ot Emerson for making the tournament again, and for Rivier(when was the last time they were in) ? its always good to see some new faces in the tourney, I think Simmons also deserves some credit for making it back to the conference playoffs, considering what / who they graduated last season. Don't sleep on the Jwu vs Suffolk game, and I will bet the house that Norwich will not take the Sharks lightly this time around. Good Luck to all of the teams, I'll be watching for those scores
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 26, 2007, 07:36:29 PM
Congratulations to Emmanuel College on the winning of the GNAC championship and their landing of a host site for this weekend's first and second rounds.

The Brandeis women are also playing at the Jean Yawkey Center this weekend in Friday's first game.

Here are the starting times for the games at the Yawkey Center, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA.

Friday, March 2, 2007

1.)  5:30 PM Eastern-- Brandeis v. Maine-Farmington
2.)  7:30 PM Eastern-- Emmanuel v. Salve Regina

Saturday, March 3, 2007

7 PM Eastern-- Brandeis/Maine-Farmington winner vs. Emmanuel/Salve Regina winner.

I will not be going to Friday's first round games at Emmanuel, as I will be in Providence to cheer on the Brandeis men's basketball team against Trinity(CT).  Both Brandeis games will be playing simultaneously, with the Brandeis men tipping off one half hour after the start of the Brandeis women's game.

Should both Brandeis teams win on Friday, however, I will be attending Saturday's second round game at Emmanuel College however.  I don't want to miss a Brandeis v. Emmanuel women's basketball game if that comes to fruition.

If the Brandeis women win on Friday, but the Brandeis men lose, then I will also be attending the second round game at Emmanuel.  Likewise if both Brandeis teams get upset this Friday.

The only way that I would go to the second round men's game in Providence is if the only game that Brandeis loses on Friday is on the women's side-- which I hope does not happen.

Good luck to Brandeis and Emmanuel this Friday, and I hope that the Judges and Saints win their respective games so I can get a dream matchup on Saturday.

Note:  Please save a 2XL t-shirt with the field printed on it and an official NCAA women's basketball program for me to buy if Friday's games don't go as I hope.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: nescac hoops on February 26, 2007, 08:05:12 PM
deis,
you sound like you will be pretty busy this weekend! thanks for keeping us updated on your weekend plans. let us know if anything changes.
Quote from: deiscanton on February 26, 2007, 07:36:29 PM
I will not be going to Friday's first round games at Emmanuel, as I will be in Providence to cheer on the Brandeis men's basketball team against Trinity(CT).  Both Brandeis games will be playing simultaneously, with the Brandeis men tipping off one half hour after the start of the Brandeis women's game.

Should both Brandeis teams win on Friday, however, I will be attending Saturday's second round game at Emmanuel College however.  I don't want to miss a Brandeis v. Emmanuel women's basketball game if that comes to fruition.

If the Brandeis women win on Friday, but the Brandeis men lose, then I will also be attending the second round game at Emmanuel.  Likewise if both Brandeis teams get upset this Friday.

The only way that I would go to the second round men's game in Providence is if the only game that Brandeis loses on Friday is on the women's side-- which I hope does not happen.

Good luck to Brandeis and Emmanuel this Friday, and I hope that the Judges and Saints win their respective games so I can get a dream matchup on Saturday.

Note:  Please save a 2XL t-shirt with the field printed on it and an official NCAA women's basketball program for me to buy if Friday's games don't go as I hope.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: dannyboyc5 on March 01, 2007, 12:57:48 PM
I was reading the tourney preview piece and was a little surprised that there was no mention of Emmanuel in there. The Saints are having their best season in the programs history and are still being overlooked by most of the field in this tourney.  I know Coach Andy Yosinoff has his girls ready for this tournament more then ever, and I hope the Saints come marching in on Friday!

Alan - Enjoy the game on Friday at RIC... A little interesting fact that you might not have known about the two teams... Both teams have an assitant coach with the last name of Tabb... Trinity has Sean Tabb and Brandeis Colin Tabb... the two are brothers and from my hometown of Somers, CT. Both were all state high school players and continued their careers in college Sean at U-Hart and Colin at Trinity. So if the game's stakes are already high, theres a little family rivalry going on in the coaching staffs as well! My fathers going to be at the game as well, so I'm sure I'll hear all about it. Enjoy!
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: atn alum on March 03, 2007, 10:27:21 AM
We're broadcasting tonight's game- Emmanuel vs Brandeis. Check for the link here

http://www.d3hoops.com/audio

We'll be on about 6:50-6:55 or so with pregame.

Thanks, and enjoy!
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on March 04, 2007, 11:11:24 AM
Congratulations to the Emmanuel Saints on defeating my Brandeis Judges and advancing to the Sweet 16.  If you get to host a sectional next weekend, I'll be cheering just as hard for you in the sectionals as I did for Brandeis last night.  If you get to play against another UAA team this postseason, I will have to remain neutral, however.

I did find my old XL "EC Saints Basketball" t-shirt in one of my closets this morning, and yes, I am wearing it today.  (OK, enough with the "traitor" teasing that I heard Emmanuel fans call me last night after the game-- Brandeis is my alma mater, after all, and I have to support them in every game that 'Deis plays.)

This Emmanuel team is every bit as good as the 2000-2001 Saints Final Four team.  There are some differences, though.

(1)  This year's Emmanuel press defense is definitely way better than the press defense that the 2000-2001 Saints team that was captained by my good friend Brianne Bognanno used.  In 2000-2001, Emmanuel's old home court was 10 feet shorter than regulation size, so the press defense that Emmanuel used in 2000-2001 had to be adjusted when the Saints played on regulation sized courts.  This year's press defense was made for the regulation sized court.  In both cases, Emmanuel's press defense, when executed correctly, would remind a lot of people of the swarming quick defenses that Arkansas's "40 Minutes of Hell" men's basketball teams used.

(2)  The 2000-2001 Emmanuel team led the nation in rebounding margin, while this year's Emmanuel team could still use some rebounding work between now and Friday.  Last night, Brandeis outrebounded Emmanuel 49-31, but Emmanuel's press defense which led to Emmanuel getting 20 steals off Brandeis, and forcing Brandeis to turn the ball over at least 10 more times more than made up the difference last night.  Emmanuel got 36 points off Brandeis turnovers-- a very typical Emmanuel-style run game.

(3)  I was reading that Emmanuel was leading the nation in steals per game-- I will have to check the NCAA stats to see if that is still true.

I was glad that the Saints held nothing back last night to win this ball game.  Brandeis held nothing back as well.  (I wish that the officiating would have been better last night, but that is another story....)

Good luck against DePauw on Friday.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on March 04, 2007, 12:22:05 PM
Women's sectional sites have been announced.

Emmanuel is hosting a sectional this weekend!

Scranton, Luther, and NYU are hosting the other sectionals.

Emmanuel will host next weekend regardless of the outcome of today's second round game between S. Maine and Fitchburg State.

Emmanuel will play in the second game on Friday against DePauw, while the first game on Friday at the Jean Yawkey Center has Calvin going up against the winner of S. Maine against Fitchburg State.

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: atn alum on March 04, 2007, 01:57:17 PM
Good analysis on the UAA board and here allen. The halftime guest on our broadcast (emerson's coach, the site rep) told us that emmanuel was a different team in the 2nd half all yr, and she was right on...

Definitely a unique team to watch. A lot of coaches that run and press (the number seems to be growing)should watch Emmanuel to see how it's best done
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: atn alum on March 08, 2007, 12:27:34 PM
If you can't make it on Friday or Saturday, please tune in:

We'll have all 3 games
http://www.d3hoops.com/audio

* Calvin vs Southern Maine
* Emmanuel vs DePauw
* Saturday's sectional final

Coverage on Friday starts at 5:15pm, Saturday at 6:45 ET
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: atn alum on March 08, 2007, 12:28:07 PM
and feel free to e-mail the broadcast crew at cgbears2006@aol.com

Thanks!
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: pops on March 08, 2007, 02:02:30 PM
HOLLA!!!

yo whattup. my lady saints are getting it in this year.

just wanted to hop on her for old time's sake and shake the haters off.

basketball..........i love this game!!!!!!!

get your wet wipes! holla!
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on March 09, 2007, 07:03:30 AM
Just a reminder...

I will be at the games tonight and Saturday at the Jean Yawkey Center.

GO SAINTS!!!  BEAT DEPAUW!
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: creekhoops on April 11, 2007, 11:34:12 AM
Looks like J&W is close to landing a strong recruit out of Fayetteville, North Carolina.  She led her team in scroing for two stright seasons, and the 10-team 4-A county in rebounding.  Coach Ellis' squad may very well become more athletic and much deeper if this recruiting trend keeps up. 
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Post by: pureshooter on November 09, 2007, 12:42:57 PM
 is emmanuel loaded this year?
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on November 19, 2007, 01:39:46 PM
As far as I am concerned, when it comes time for Emmanuel to play GNAC games, Andy Yosinoff can play the part of New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick when he talks about how good the other GNAC opponents are.  :)

In preparation for the game on November 27,  I watched Emmanuel play Colby-Sawyer.   In retrospect,  I would have hoped to have seen the Saints play Denison or Ohio Wesleyan yesterday, but Colby-Sawyer was the opponent, and the Saints didn't have to play their absolute best yesterday to win this game.    Brandeis is the definite underdog on November 27 with more to prove-- the Saints are as quick and hard-nosed as ever on defense, if not even quicker, and the key on each game will be how many points the Saints can get off the opponent's turnovers.

The biggest challenge for the Saints this season will be on how to play defense in the post without LaTeisha Johnson, who graduated in May.    In that respect, expect the post defense to be done as a group-- Maura Mooney (#43)  will probably lead the group defense in the post.  (This is according to the Emmanuel News Tip-Off Tournament Preview.)

Emmanuel returns 3 starters:  point guard Jade Paez, shooting guard Iman Davis, and forward Jacquelyn "Jackie" Pannell.    The duo of Paez and Davis could end up as two All-Americans this year if this season plays out well enough, with Paez having potential to end up as a First Team All-American.  Coach Yosinoff expects one of the two guards, if not both, to be among the nation's leaders in steals this season.   According to the Emmanuel newspaper, the other returning starter, Jackie Pannell, will be expected to guard the top opposing player this season.

Once again, Emmanuel has a quality group of new talented recruits.  One of the frosh, Casey Shelvin '11 (New York State), will be a back-up point guard to Paez this season, and will be expected to take over at the point once Paez graduates.  Two other newcomers to keep an eye on are fellow frosh Kristin Lebel, a shooting guard from Tolland, CT who was a First-Team All State selection in high school last winter, and sophomore transfer and 6 ft. 2 inch center Meredith Shaw, who played at Keene State College last season.

If the cards play right, this could be another special season for Emmanuel, and coming off last weekend's games, I would rank Emmanuel as the best team in New England D3hoops right now.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on November 21, 2007, 09:50:59 AM
Go figure.

Seems that a funny thing happened last night on the way to the forum, as those in the theater industry might say.  Just as soon as I say that I think that Emmanuel is the best d3 women's basketball team in New England right now, the Saints have a horrible game last night and lose by 18 at Eastern Connecticut State, a long time local rival of Emmanuel-- thereby shifting the balance of power in this region to the Maine schools once again, unless something dramatic happens next week.

I would like to see comments by anyone who went to the game in Willimantic, CT to explain to me what happened last night.  It seems like Jade Paez really did not have her "A" game last night.

This is not the way you want to come into matches vs. Brandeis and Bowdoin....
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: newtonnancy on November 23, 2007, 07:39:51 AM
After their loss, can Emmanuel get up and beat Brandeis next Tuesday???
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on November 28, 2007, 07:50:51 AM
What Gives with the power teams of the GNAC thus far, Emmanuel loses back to back in a blowout fashion, Norwich is struggling, losing to Johnson State, Suffolk got pounded by Endicott? with WNEC  gone, the rest of the GNAC playoff seeds are up for grabs, and judging by the recent scores of the remaining teams, like Rivier, Simmons, Emerson, St. Joes, JWU and others the conference playoffs will be up for grab, with Emmanuel favored to win the conference championship again undefeated. The power rankings for this conference have to be abysmal at this point.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on November 28, 2007, 08:31:19 AM
After yesterday's Brandeis win over Emmanuel, I can safely say that Emmanuel did not get any strong post players over the off season to at least provide some type of replacement for LaTeisha Johnson.  As a result, any team that has really strong post players combined with good and quick guard play will be able to blow out Emmanuel this season.

Emmanuel needed a d1 transfer at the post this season more than Tufts did, in my humble opinion.  Of course, how to get a d1 transfer to come to the GNAC, let alone Emmanuel, is another story entirely.

Outside of Emmanuel, does the GNAC have any really strong post players?  It doesn't look like it, from what I see of the box scores.

It seems like an earlier exit in March this year for the GNAC champion.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: nescac hoops on November 28, 2007, 09:55:27 AM
Quote from: deiscanton on November 19, 2007, 01:39:46 PM
If the cards play right, this could be another special season for Emmanuel, and coming off last weekend's games, I would rank Emmanuel as the best team in New England D3hoops right now.

I know two NE teams this week that would beg to differ....
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on November 28, 2007, 01:37:18 PM
That's why I said "Go figure.", as in "let me figure this one out.",  when E. Connecticut State won on Nov. 20.  I thought that I stood corrected last week on whether or not Emmanuel was #1 in New England when the Warriors won, but it is clear that I stand corrected now. 

It should be at least 3 NE teams that happen to differ, since my team beat Emmanuel last night.  (Those teams would be 'Deis, Tufts, E. Conn., S. Maine, etc.) 

Of course, I don't see Tufts vs. S. Maine on the schedule, so...

Local and regional bragging rights are fun and all, but getting the teams ready for conference season is really what matters now.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: nescac hoops on November 28, 2007, 01:45:39 PM
Quote from: deiscanton on November 28, 2007, 01:37:18 PM

It should be at least 3 NE teams that happen to differ, since my team beat Emmanuel last night.  (Those teams would be 'Deis, Tufts, E. Conn., S. Maine, etc.) 


I was referring to the two teams that beat Emmanuel but if you want to include all of NE, then I will say that Bates will be stronger come second semester with the return of All-American Meg Coffin. My predictions...

1. Tufts
2. Southern Maine
3/4. E Conn/Brandeis
5. Bates
6. Emmanuel
7. Bowdoin

* Bates is my wild card team that go go as high as #1 or as low as not even being ranked depending on how Coffin returns from her injury.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on January 10, 2008, 08:18:37 AM
The count down is on for the Emmanuel Invitational (aka GNAC conference)  and with the recent results of some of the established teams in the conference including Emmanuel, I'm sure those teams are looking forward to beating up on each other to see who will finish 2-8 (Emmanuel is a lock at #1) with WNEC gone and Norwich obviously down, who will challenge or for that matter give the Saints a game?? any predictions? 

here are mine:
1. Emmanuel
2. Suffolk
3. Emerson
4. Rivier
5. St Joes, ME
6. Johnson & Wales
7. Albertus Magnus (very athletic and talented if they come to play)
8. ???fill in the blank, won't matter they will lose to Emmanuel BIG in first round
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 09, 2008, 05:49:30 PM
Suffolk just beat Emmanuel about 90 minutes ago-- the first time since the 1999-2000 season that Suffolk beat Emmanuel in GNAC women's basketball play.  Today's game was one of the worst games that I have seen Emmanuel play in quite some time.

Is this a harbinger of things to come for the GNAC tournament?  The last time Emmanuel lost a GNAC regular season game in 2006 (at former GNAC opponent WNEC-- which snapped a 72 game regular season conference winning streak for Emmanuel), the Saints then went on to lose the GNAC title game on their home floor.

Emmanuel's next game (against Emerson) now becomes a must-win in order for the Saints to maintain home court advantage in the GNAC tournament.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: emmanuelfan on February 09, 2008, 09:21:21 PM
Well if we are talking top teams in NE then we must consider Williams since they beat undefeated Amherst and just beat Tufts who you put in the top five. Although williams does have something negative going against them or should i say someone negative..I mean their coach gets out coached 90% of the time so they have lost games they shouldn't have.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: saints15 on February 10, 2008, 12:37:38 AM
Predictions

1. Emmanuel
2. Suffolk
3. Emerson
4. Rivier
5. St. Joes Maine
6. Johnson and Wales
7. Norwich
8. Simmons

**Emmanuel will edge Emerson to attain that VERY IMPORTANT game.
Paez and Davis will step it up.

Playoffs

Emmanuel over Simmons
St. Joes ME over Rivier

Suffolk over Norwich
Emerson over Johnson and Wales


Emmanuel over St. Joes ME
Suffolk over Emerson

Emmanuel over Suffolk

gnac champs: Emmanuel Saints
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Biggirlzdontcry on February 21, 2008, 09:52:05 AM
well it looks like the top 8 teams are set for the GNAC playoffs , it's not a given that Emmanuel will breeze through as I orignally thought, having lost to Suffolk and barely beating Emerson and their first round opponent(either Simmons or Rivier) could give them a run in the opening round, especially if they can handle Emmanuels pressure and take care of the ball, both teams can score when they are on. It's no secret that the key to beating Emmanuel is good guard play,  I'm sure the Saints would love to see Suffolk again on their home floor, but there will be some tough challenges for them both to get through, before that can happen. I hope the playoffs make for some interesting basketball for this conference.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 26, 2008, 07:48:06 PM
The big challenge for the Saints is going to be getting up from the opening tip and playing ball for the entire 40 minutes rather than sleepwalking through the first half. 

I attended the first round game tonight against Simmons, and Emmanuel didn't really get up and play their best game until the start of the second half.  That was enough to put away Simmons, but that style can very well run into a lot of trouble this weekend.  On Friday at 5 PM Eastern, Emmanuel hosts Johnson & Wales (RI) in the first semifinal game at the Jean Yawkey Center in Boston.

PS-- I was informed today by the coaching staff of Emmanuel that the Emmanuel women's basketball team had never lost to Suffolk until this season.  If Suffolk has past stats that indicate otherwise, please inform me.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 29, 2008, 10:22:59 PM
Emmanuel v. Suffolk for the GNAC title on Saturday.

Today, Emmanuel's defense held JWU to 18.5% shooting for the game.  JWU took 81 shots from the field and only made 15 field goals-- the Wildcats shot 5-35 from 3 pt. land.  22 of JWU's 57 points came from the charity stripe.

In the second game, Norwich almost pulled off the upset to make it to their 5th consecutive GNAC final, but Suffolk pulled it out by 1 point to advance to their 1st ever GNAC tournament final. (I believe that to be the case.)  Still, considering what Norwich had at the beginning of the season when they were not even competitive in non-conference action, the Cadets should be proud of at least making it to the GNAC semifinals this season.

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on December 05, 2008, 04:46:29 PM
Well, we have gone a few weeks into the new GNAC season, and I just wanted to give some of my thoughts on the conference so far:

(1)  I have read the GNAC Women's Pre-season poll, and I find it interesting that the coaches think that Emmanuel can successfully defend the GNAC title this year with 12 newcomers on the team.  That's right-- there are only 5 veterans, and 12 newcomers on Emmanuel's roster this season.

I know that Andy Yosinoff can recruit good talent to come to Emmanuel, but great recruiting does not, by itself, mean that the Saints can automatically win another GNAC regular season and conference title.  I will need to see some evidence of team chemistry and great work ethic between the newcomers and veterans developing before I can proclaim Emmanuel to be the best team in the GNAC once again. 

I will know more about the Saints after they go through their Florida trip and face Northwood to see whether or not Emmanuel is getting better.

(2)  As it stands now, my pick to win the GNAC title this season is Norwich.  Norwich has enough athletic talent to be successful in GNAC play, and the Cadets also have the experience to succeed in GNAC regular season and conference tournament play.  It would not take much improvement for Norwich to win the GNAC championship, as they have the most experience among the top 4 teams (Emmanuel, Emerson, Norwich, and Suffolk) coming back.    Norwich also is having a better non-conference season this year than last, with their only loss so far being a 3 pt. defeat to Southern Maine.

(3)  Suffolk made the GNAC title game last season, but the Rams also have a very young team this season on the roster.  For this reason, I cannot pick them to be the favorite to capture a GNAC title-- especially since the Rams have never been GNAC Women's Basketball Champions.

(4)  Emerson is well coached and a team that also has a good work ethic.  These qualities are essential to succeed in GNAC conference play. 

(5)  Other than these 4 teams, I don't see any other GNAC team with a decent shot of winning the GNAC title this season.

Just my brief thoughts so far....
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on December 10, 2008, 09:48:47 AM
Congratulations to Andy Yosinoff on the milestone 600th career win last night.   Andy, you deserve that victory for your long years of service to Division 3 women's basketball and to the Emmanuel Saints. 
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 29, 2009, 07:41:10 PM
I just saw the final box score from the Emmanuel at Norwich game, and I have to say that I was impressed with Emmanuel's play from the 11:30 mark of the first half to the end of the game.

According to the box score, Norwich played in the first half like the Cadets wanted to put away the young Emmanuel Saints team early.   Only the final box score is printed from today's game at the moment, and the game in Vermont was not webcasted on streaming audio or video, so I can only guess what happened.   It looked like the Cadets went on a 24-4 run to open the game for the first 8 min and 30 seconds, and then Emmanuel started playing their best ball of the season.

2 of Emmanuel's newcomers, Karin Bird and Breanna Ockimey, had big games for the Saints, and Emmanuel needed the newcomers to step it up today because Norwich was doing a good job containing Iman Davis and Kristin LeBel on defense.

So, after Norwich opened up the 24-4 lead (I am guessing that was what the score was like at that time), Emmanuel's game brought the Saints all the way back and Emmanuel took the lead for good with 20 seconds left in the first half.

The halftime score was Emmanuel 30, Norwich 29-- and the Cadets had very little gas left in the tank to deal with the Emmanuel onslaught in the second half.

Emmanuel won the game, 71-45, and the Saints are now in the driver's seat to once again host the GNAC Tournament-- it looks like the GNAC women's title game will once again be on Emmanuel's home floor, and Norwich and the rest of the GNAC will have to rethink their game strategy if they are going to defeat the Saints on Emmanuel's home floor in the conference tournament.

Emmanuel still has road games at Rivier and Emerson left, and those two teams are decent, but I think that the Saints will now be able to run the table in the GNAC until the conference tournament.  To be honest, I didn't think that it was going to be the case based on Emmanuel's lackluster first semester, and Bowdoin's blowout victory over Emmanuel earlier in the month (remember, my pick was for Norwich to be GNAC champion this year)-- but it says something about the rest of the GNAC when Emmanuel can still be the top dog in the GNAC with 12 newcomers on the roster.

There is still 1 non-conference game left for Emmanuel when Wesleyan comes to the Jean Yawkey Center, and the Saints can use that game to prove that they are indeed a better team than they were a few weeks ago.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 05, 2009, 07:57:39 AM
I went to the Emmanuel game vs. Wesleyan at the Jean Yawkey Center last night, and I was pleased with what I saw.

Emmanuel defeated Wesleyan by 11 points, 66-55, and the Saints have proved to me that they are indeed a better team than they were just a few weeks ago when Bowdoin beat the Saints by 25 points.  In contrast, the past two Emmanuel/Wesleyan games have since Emmanuel win by 2 points just two years ago, and lose by 8 last season.

The newcomers are proving that their work ethic and their ability to bond with the veterans is paying off.  I saw some great defense and hustle from the newcomers, and their ability on offense to work with Iman Davis and Kristin Lebel to put together some great plays is also paying off.  In the game last night, Iman Davis accounted for 1/3 of the Emmanuel offense, Kristin Lebel accounted for another 1/3 of the offense, and the newcomers made up the rest.

They still have a lot more work to do, however, before they can get back to the top 25 again, but look for the Saints to be back in the top 25 next season and make a serious run in the NCAAs next season as well.  I am also probably going to be proved wrong with my pick of Norwich to win GNAC this season, as it now looks like Emmanuel is now poised to not only host the GNAC tournament, but also to win it as well and go to the NCAAs as GNAC champion once again.  (You never know, however, a lot can happen on that week.)

Andy's recruiting effort from this past season is paying off now, and over the next two seasons, he may have a team that can go back to the sweet 16 in the NCAAs and compete for a Final Four bid.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 09, 2009, 09:57:30 AM
Assuming the weather does not get bitterly cold again Wednesday night (I had to take a cab ride home from Canton Jct. last Wednesday after Emmanuel beat Wesleyan because of the wind chill temperatures), I may go in to Boston Wed. night to see Emmanuel play at Emerson.

On Saturday, Emerson crushed Norwich by 20.  After a few games out, Emerson's #45 Lauren Zaniboni is back in the lineup.  Zaniboni is the leading scorer among the newcomers in the GNAC this season.  Zaniboni only had 4 pts on Saturday, but the rest of the Lions stepped up their game.

I expect to see a good match on Wednesday between Emmanuel and Emerson.  After that, the next big games will be in the GNAC tournament.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 12, 2009, 12:33:33 PM
I went to the Emmanuel at Emerson game last night, where I saw Emerson beat Emmanuel for the first time in the history of the Emmanuel/Emerson series.

Emerson plays a game very similar to what you find with the top NEWMAC teams such as WPI, Springfield, Wheaton (MA), or Babson.  Emerson has only 9 or 10 players on the roster, but they all can play-- they are very athletic, quick, and can shoot the ball.  Carol Simon of Brandeis would call Emerson one of the "scrappy" teams of Division III.

To me, this loss to Emerson felt no different than I would feel if Emmanuel lost at WNEC in the days when the WNEC Golden Bears were part of GNAC.  Emmanuel can learn from this game and play better in the GNAC Tournament coming up.

As it stands now, Emmanuel should be the #1 seed when GNAC regular season play concludes, and Emerson should be the #2 seed.  I just want Norwich to be the #3 seed so that Emmanuel would not have to play Norwich in a potential Friday semifinal before an anticipated rematch with Emerson for the GNAC title.

The good thing about the GNAC Tournament this year is that Emmanuel will not have to go to Vermont to win it.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 20, 2009, 04:35:17 AM
What is at stake this weekend to set up the GNAC Tournament field:

1.)  Emmanuel clinched the top seed in the GNAC Tournament with last night's victory against Mount Ida.   Next Tuesday, the Saints will play the winner of Saturday's elimination matchup between the Lasell Lasers and the St. Joseph's of Maine Monks.  The winner of the Lasell at St. Joe's (Maine) match gets the #8 seed, and the season is over for the loser of that game.

2.)  Emerson can clinch the #2 seed with a victory on Saturday, while Norwich needs a victory and an Emerson loss to get the #2 seed.  A Norwich victory on Saturday assures the Cadets the #3 seed at the very least.

3.)  Simmons needs a victory over Norwich on Saturday to clinch the #4 seed, but a Simmons loss and a Johnson and Wales victory on Saturday gives the Wildcats the #4 seed.

4.)  Suffolk has clinched the #7 seed in the GNAC Tournament and will travel to play either Emerson or Norwich on Tuesday.

I will try to give my thoughts on the upcoming GNAC Tournament on Sunday evening.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 22, 2009, 03:12:34 AM
The field for the GNAC Women's Tournament is set:

First Round Games-- Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009

1.)  #8 St. Joseph's (Maine) (Lady) Monks at #1 Emmanuel Saints
2.)  #7 Suffolk Rams at #2 Emerson Lions
3.)  #6 Simmons Sharks at #3 Norwich Cadets
4.)  #5 Rivier Raiders at #4 Johnson & Wales Wildcats

The following GNAC Tournament Teams expressed interest in being considered for the ECAC New England Tournament and have officially filed their declaration papers as of the deadline of Friday, Feb. 20:  (Listed with their current overall records)

1.)  Emerson (18-7)
2.)  St. Joseph's (Maine)  (13-12)
3.)  Rivier (17-8)
4.)  Suffolk (14-11)
5.)  Simmons (17-8)
6.)  Johnson & Wales (14-11)

The following teams have placed their seasons on the line and will pack it up for the season on their next loss:

(1) Emmanuel Saints
(2) Norwich Cadets
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 22, 2009, 03:33:24 AM
Preview of the GNAC Tournament:

(1)  All of the first round games on Tuesday should be very interesting-- all 4 games are very capable of going down to the final minute-- but some of these games could also have wider margins of victory than in the regular season as well.  You can't really tell in these single elimination games.

(2)  Here are the results of the previous matchups this season:

#8 St. Joseph's Maine Monks at #1 Emmanuel Saints

Last time out:  Emmanuel won, 89-82, on Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, at St. Joseph's Maine.

The game had 20 lead changes, and Emmanuel needed a career best 39 points from Iman Davis and another 21 pts. from Kristin Lebel to help secure the victory.

Emmanuel newcomer Karin Bird also scored 16 pts. in the previous match between the Saints and the Monks.

S. Maine flavor:  St. Joseph's #23, Megan McDevitt, is the daughter of current S. Maine head coach (and former St. Joseph's head coach) Mike McDevitt.

More S. Maine flavor:   Former Division III Player of the Year and S. Maine standout Ashley Marble will be making her first visit back as an assistant coach to Emmanuel's Jean Yawkey Center on Tuesday.  I believe that she played for S. Maine against Calvin in the Sweet 16 in the 2007 NCAA Division III Tournament the last time she visited Emmanuel as a player.  Ashley Marble currently is serving her first year as an assistant under Deb Reardon, the current head coach at St. Joe's Maine.

#7  Suffolk Rams at #2 Emerson Lions

Last time out:  Emerson won, 62-61 in overtime, on Feb. 4, 2009 at Suffolk.

#6  Simmons Sharks at #3 Norwich Cadets

Last time out:  Norwich won, 67-60, yesterday (Feb. 21) at Simmons.

#5  Rivier Raiders at #4 Johnson & Wales Wildcats

Last time out:  Johnson & Wales won, 62-60, on Feb. 7, 2009 in Providence, RI.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 27, 2009, 07:30:02 PM
Emmanuel has just advanced to the GNAC Women's Title game where they will take on either Emerson or Norwich.  Johnson & Wales made it interesting for the first 30 min of the game, but the Saints were able to pull away in the final 10 minutes.

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 27, 2009, 11:46:56 PM
Emerson defeated Norwich in the other GNAC semfinal to set up a rematch with Emmanuel in the GNAC title game tomorrow (Saturday) at 3 PM.

If Emerson can once again defeat Emmanuel on Saturday, the Lions will win their first GNAC title and go to their first NCAA Tournament.  The Saints will be looking to avenge their defeat from earlier this season on their home court.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 28, 2009, 05:00:28 PM
An outstanding defensive performance by Emmanuel today has led to Emmanuel once again winning the GNAC Women's Basketball Championship and earning another automatic bid to the NCAAs.

This win is even more incredible when you figure that Emmanuel had 12 newcomers on the roster this season.

Final:  Emmanuel 51, Emerson 40

Congrats to Andy Yosinoff and the Emmanuel Saints on a job well done.  A tough game will await the Saints in Friday's first round, but Emmanuel will prepare themselves over the week for the challenge.

I'm tempted to want to see a first round rematch between Emmanuel and NYU.  (Be careful what you wish for....)
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on March 02, 2009, 03:46:35 PM
Well, I was right in that the Saints will be facing a tough first round opponent.  Fortunately for Emmanuel, they will not be at Coles Center in New York going up against Jessica McEntee and the NYU Violets.   (The honor of being NYU's first victim... I mean opponent... went to Salve Regina.)

Emmanuel does go to LeFrak Gym in Amherst to face Stacey Kent and the Southern Maine Huskies-- sorry, Emmanuel, I will have to pick S. Maine in my bracket this time around.  Maybe these young Saints will prove me wrong and pull off an upset, but I don't see it happening from the GNAC Title game box score and based on Emmanuel's performance against regionally ranked opponents from earlier this season.  The Saints will be able to play enough defense to make the game interesting, but S. Maine should be able to advance.

The winner of the S. Maine/Emmanuel game will probably play Amherst, who should not have too much of a problem getting by Babson.  Amherst probably wins this weekend's particular pod to advance to the Sweet 16.

All of the same, I was wrong in 2001 about Emmanuel losing to NYU in the Elite Eight.....
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on March 07, 2009, 02:37:02 PM
... and I was wrong about last night's game as well.

Congrats to Emmanuel on advancing to the second round vs. Amherst.  Another outstanding defensive performance from the Saints,  holding S. Maine's Stacey Kent to 3 of 13 shooting.

My Judges took care of business against W. Conn, and Messiah crushed E. Conn, so it's bye, bye, Little East for the season....

Emmanuel playing Amherst today-- if the Saints pull off the upset, they most likely will get a rematch of the 2001 Elite Eight game vs. NYU on Friday.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 04, 2010, 12:23:06 PM
First things first--- it has been a while since I posted.

I've been following Emmanuel's schedule, and I am glad that they upset Messiah over the weekend out in California.  Unfortunately, it seems that the victory may have been a costly one, as pre-season All-American Iman Davis left the game with an injury 11 minutes into the first half.  Kristin Lebel took over and helped lead the Saints to the 60-56 upset, but I hope that Iman Davis is not out for the season as a result of the injury.  If she is, the Saints will be in for a rougher ride.

I don't know how many Emmanuel games I will be able to attend for the rest of the season (due to my financial situation) but I will continue to check up on them.  Emmanuel will be playing Tufts and Bowdoin this week, so this should be an indicator of where the Saints are in the region.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Laserty on January 05, 2010, 09:14:31 PM
My guess is they will win one of those... Hopefully not Bowdoin. Amherst will be their first loss of the season ;)

Quote from: deiscanton on January 04, 2010, 12:23:06 PM
First things first--- it has been a while since I posted.

I've been following Emmanuel's schedule, and I am glad that they upset Messiah over the weekend out in California.  Unfortunately, it seems that the victory may have been a costly one, as pre-season All-American Iman Davis left the game with an injury 11 minutes into the first half.  Kristin Lebel took over and helped lead the Saints to the 60-56 upset, but I hope that Iman Davis is not out for the season as a result of the injury.  If she is, the Saints will be in for a rougher ride.

I don't know how many Emmanuel games I will be able to attend for the rest of the season (due to my financial situation) but I will continue to check up on them.  Emmanuel will be playing Tufts and Bowdoin this week, so this should be an indicator of where the Saints are in the region.
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Post by: deiscanton on January 06, 2010, 12:46:07 AM
It looks like Tufts defeated Emmanuel-- so Bowdoin should be favored on Saturday as well.    Emmanuel plays their GNAC conference opener against St. Joe's Maine on Thursday.

PS-- It looks like Iman Davis's injury wasn't too serious, as she was listed in the Tufts box score as having scored 12 pts in 33 minutes of action last night.

I already know about the Amherst show  :)  Emmanuel is probably in the second group in order of best teams in the Northeast after the "Big Three" of NESCAC.  (Amherst, Bowdoin, Tufts-- the NESCAC teams that played in the NCAA tourney last year.)  (However, as long as Amherst is clearly the best team in the Northeast right now-- it may not matter as to Emmanuel's status in postseason-- but Emmanuel should be able to win the GNAC title again.)
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 08, 2010, 03:38:07 AM
What a time for the Saints to have a really bad game-- the first game of conference play!  I don't know what to think of them now-- give credit to the Monks for taking advantage.

Congrats to the Monks-- first win ever over Emmanuel-- first regular home game GNAC season loss for Emmanuel since the Jean Yawkey Center was opened.  (Emmanuel did lose at home in the GNAC tournament before, and Emmanuel has lost GNAC games on the road over the years in the past-- at Suffolk and at Emerson, respectively.)  However, since 2000-2001, GNAC conference game losses for Emmanuel have been few and far between.

Only good points for the Saints this game:

Iman Davis had 15 pts on a good shooting night for her.
Kristin Lebel had 14 pts-- on a 6 of 18 shooting night.
Pam Mobley had 11 rebounds.

All St. Joe's Maine has to do now is have their best GNAC season ever (i.e. no more than a loss), and Emmanuel will have to go on the road for the GNAC title game for the first time since the GNAC tournament went off the pre-determined sites determined years in advance-- and awarded home court for those games to the higher seeds in the tournament.  (It used to be that when the GNAC got to semis and finals, the home court was not determined by seed, but the games were guaranteed to be at Johnson & Wales (2000-2001 GNAC semis and championship), or at WNEC (I believe that was in 2001-2002 season and 2002-2003 season respectively.)), due to the fact that those schools bid on hosting rights and won them.   
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Post by: deiscanton on January 09, 2010, 04:05:02 AM
Just to clarify..

It's No. 5 Bowdoin hosting No. 23 Emmanuel today....

Interesting mix-up on the front page, BTW.  (I wish Brandeis was ranked at No. 5!!!) ;)
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Post by: sumfun on January 09, 2010, 09:24:28 PM
And what a win for Emmanuel.  Always tough to win in Brunswick as the local support is so strong.  I dare say that Bowdoin won't have that kind of let down when Amherst darkens their doorway, and Amherst has to be careful not to be complacent after beating Emmanuel by 30 or more.
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Post by: deiscanton on February 03, 2010, 04:35:27 PM
Regional rankings have been released by the NCAA for February 3

GNAC leader Emmanuel is ranked #4 in the Northeast this week.

The top three teams regionally ranked in the Northeast this week are Amherst, Tufts, and Williams

Emmanuel has a record of 3-2 against currently regionally ranked teams in the primary criteria, with wins over Mt St Mary (NY) (#6 in Atlantic-- within 200 miles of Emmanuel), Eastern Conn St (#8 in Northeast), and Bowdoin (#5 in Northeast).  Emmanuel has lost to Amherst and Tufts, which are the top two teams regionally ranked in the Northeast this week.


Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 23, 2010, 07:16:25 PM
Huge win for the Simmons Sharks today in the first round as they have just knocked off the only team in the GNAC tournament to have defeated Emmanuel this season.

Simmons won at Emerson, 85-68, behind what the Emerson sports webcast described as a 34 point effort from Simmons's #33 Juliana Eagles.  The game was very close until the final 4 minutes, and then the Sharks pulled away down the stretch.

The Simmons win over Emerson was the first time that the Sharks have defeated the Emerson Lions since January of 2006.  Simmons was also the only New England Division III women's basketball team to win a conference road tournament game last night (Feb. 23, 2010)

Simmons advances to play in the GNAC semifinals on Thursday night against the winner of the Emmanuel/Rivier contest going on right now-- Emmanuel is the favorite to win that one as to my knowledge, Emmanuel has never lost a #1/#8 matchup in the GNAC tournament-- at least since the days of the 2000-2001 Final Four Emmanuel team.

With the win, the only 2 teams to have ever won GNAC regular season contests at Emmanuel since the days that the Jean Yawkey Center opened up (both wins happening this season) have now been eliminated from the title hunt.  St. Joe's Maine did not qualify for the GNAC tournament.

It should be an entertaining game on Thursday if Simmons plays Emmanuel, but Emmanuel has had Simmons's number over the years if that game happens.   Emerson was the more scary team for a potential Thursday semifinal opponent.
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Post by: deiscanton on February 23, 2010, 07:44:28 PM
Halftime from Jean Yawkey Center--

Emmanuel 40, Rivier 31

Rivier led for the first 10 minutes, but the Saints were able to figure out Rivier's game after that and take control to open up the 9 point lead.

I expect Emmanuel to expand on that lead in the second half and advance to Thursday's semifinal against Simmons.

I will keep on watching the videocast, but it looked like I didn't need to waste my money on a Tuesday personal appearance at this moment.     I may go to Boston to see Thursday's game in person since I will be occupied with the NYU at Brandeis doubleheader in Waltham, MA on Saturday.
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Post by: deiscanton on February 23, 2010, 08:50:46 PM
Emmanuel holds on in the second half to fight off a scrappy Rivier team and advance to Thursday's GNAC semfinal game vs Simmons.

Emmanuel won over Rivier today, 68-60

In a change from previous years, the GNAC women's semifinals will be held on Thursday night.  

Emmanuel plays Simmons at the Jean Yawkey Center on Thursday at 7 PM in 1 semifinal.

Albertus Magnus defeated Suffolk tonight and will head to Norwich for the other semifinal on Thursday.

(Note:  Updated to reflect all GNAC tournament results on Tuesday).

In previous years, the final four teams left in the GNAC women's tournament would have been playing both semifinal games at Emmanuel (traditionally the highest remaining seed) on Friday, with Emmanuel playing in the first game.   However, due to the economic situation, the timing of the GNAC semifinals has been changed to have the two highest remaining seeds host semifinals on Thursday evening in order to avoid having travelling teams stay overnight on Friday in a hotel.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 02, 2011, 03:25:28 PM
First Regional Rankings: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/category/ncaa-stuff/regional-rankings/
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Post by: deiscanton on February 22, 2011, 10:20:33 AM
 2010-2011 GNAC Women's Tournament

Tournament news on the pairings at  http://www.thegnac.com/news/10-11/wbbtournament2011  (http://www.thegnac.com/news/10-11/wbbtournament2011)

First round-- Tuesday, February 22, 2011

#8 Johnson & Wales (5-7, 8-17)   @  #1 Emmanuel  (12-0, 17-7)

#7 Mt. Ida (5-7, 9-16) @ #2 Suffolk (10-2, 16-9)

#6 Emerson (7-5, 9-16)  @ #3 St. Joe's Maine (9-3, 17-8)

#5 St. Joe CT (8-4, 18-6)  @ #4 Norwich (8-4, 16-9)

Semifinals are Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 at the sites of the highest remaining seeds.

Championship game is Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 at the site of the highest remaining seed.

I expect the home teams to win the Tuesday games, with the St Joe at Norwich match being the most interesting match today-- how will the rookie St Joe CT class fare in their first GNAC tournament game?  St Joe CT is also making their first appearance in the GNAC tournament since the 2005-2006 season and carry a school record 18 win season into the tournament.

Regardless of the outcome today,  I have to say that the top two rookies in GNAC are Devon Diliberto and Diamond Doe of  St Joe, CT-- with my informal vote for GNAC rookie of the year going to Devon Diliberto of St Joe CT.

My vote for GNAC player of the year is definitely Meghan Kirwan of Emmanuel-- who played her first two seasons at DII UMass-Lowell before joining the Saints this season.   Kirwan wrapped up the honor with a 10-10 from the field shooting effort vs Mt. Ida earlier this season-- Kirwan had big games non-conference vs Brandeis and Amherst, and she is lighting up the GNAC stats.

I have to make Emmanuel the heavy favorite to win out this week-- Emmanuel won their last two GNAC games before the tournament by blowout, and Meghan Kirwan did not even play most of the week due to a minor injury that she sustained in the final minutes vs Albertus Magnus.   Kirwan is expected to play in the GNAC tournament this week.

Assuming that Emmanuel wins today, I will make every effort to follow Thursday's Emmanuel GNAC semifinal game.   The tournament will get interesting then.

The GNAC is a 1 bid league this season, so Emmanuel needs to win out the week to make the NCAAs.

PS-- I miss the old posters on this board-- they made the GNAC forum exciting, but I guess that it is very hard to sustain interest when Emmanuel wins most of the time...  ;)

PPS-- GNAC Commissioner Joe Walsh does a very good job in promoting the GNAC men's and women's basketball on the conference web site, so I get a lot of news from there, even when I don't have the time to post in this forum like I used to....

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: 7express on February 22, 2011, 11:54:09 AM
Home teams should sweep tonight, with the only possible road victory comming from St. Joes (CT) over Norwich, but with a freshmen heavy class I think they'll come up short.  Suffolk and Emmanuel should be big favorites to meet in the championship game Saturday.
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Post by: deiscanton on February 22, 2011, 12:18:39 PM
Quote from: 7express on February 22, 2011, 11:54:09 AM
Home teams should sweep tonight, with the only possible road victory comming from St. Joes (CT) over Norwich, but with a freshmen heavy class I think they'll come up short.  Suffolk and Emmanuel should be big favorites to meet in the championship game Saturday.

Suffolk's small underground home gym in Boston does give the Rams an advantage in their potential semifinal matchup with the St. Joe's Maine Monks.   I would have made the Monks the favorite over the Rams if the game was at Emmanuel.  The regular season contest between the Monks and Rams was very close-- Rams won by 6 pts over the Monks in the regular season-- that game was at Suffolk's underground Regan Gym.
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Post by: deiscanton on February 22, 2011, 06:16:45 PM
Halftime score from Standish, Maine--

St Joe's Maine 44,  Emerson 16

St Joe's shot 18-30 from the field for the half, 2-6 from 3 pt land, 6-6 from the charity stripe.

Emerson shot 4 of 27 from the field for the half, 1-5 from 3 pt land, 7-10 from the charity stripe.

St. Joe's had 12 assists and 6 turnovers, while Emerson had 1 assist and 11 turnovers.

Leading scorer for St. Joe's-- Megan McDevitt-- 7 pts.

Ashley Geel and 3 other Monks have 6 pts a piece.

Leading scorer for Emerson-- Kathy Andrade-- 6 pts.

Most recent score from Andrews Hall in Northfield, VT--

St. Joe CT 39, Norwich 31  32 seconds left in first half.

Although a halftime score has not yet been posted, it looks like the Blue Jays have the lead over the Cadets going into the locker room.

(Update:  The score at halftime was St. Joe CT 39, Norwich 31-- Second half has started at Andrews Hall.)

Later games-- Tip at 7 PM Eastern

#7 Mt. Ida at #2 Suffolk
#8 Johnson & Wales at #1 Emmanuel

Second half update from Northfield, VT:  St. Joe CT 57, Norwich 43  13:10 left in regulation

Second half update from Standish, ME:  St. Joe's Maine 50, Emerson 23  14:27 left in regulation.

Update:  St Joe CT 62, Norwich 54  10:58 left in regulation

Update:  St Joe's Maine 63, Emerson 33  8:24 left in regulation

Update: St. Joe's Maine 65, Emerson 36  4:49 left in regulation

Update:  St. Joe CT 82, Norwich 67  1:27 left in regulation
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Post by: deiscanton on February 22, 2011, 06:59:56 PM
Finals of the Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011  5:30 PM Eastern tips -- GNAC Quarterfinal matches

#3 St. Joe's Maine  69,  #6 Emerson 48

St. Joe's Maine advances to Thursday's GNAC semifinals-- Barring an upset later today, it looks like the Monks will be headed to Boston to play the Rams.

#5 St. Joe CT 86, #4 Norwich 70

Congrats to the Blue Jays rookie class on winning their first GNAC tournament game.

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Post by: deiscanton on February 22, 2011, 07:34:53 PM
Update from Jean Yawkey Center--

Emmanuel 32,  Johnson & Wales 3  7:00 left in first half.

Emmanuel started the game on a 22-0 run.

Halo, the Emmanuel mascot, looks to be pretty animated today....  ;D
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Post by: deiscanton on February 22, 2011, 07:51:53 PM
Halftime from the Jean Yawkey Center in Boston--

#1 seed Emmanuel 39,  #8 seed Johnson & Wales 15

From what I can hear from the videocast, it looks like Meghan Kirwan is playing today for the Saints.

The Emmanuel PA announcer has just announced the final scores of the 5:30 PM Eastern quarterfinal tips to the crowd at the Jean Yawkey Center....

Update from Regan Gym in Boston, MA--  #2 seed Suffolk 25, #7 seed Mt. Ida 20  1:55 left in first half.

Halftime from Regan Gym in Boston, MA

#2 seed Suffolk 27,  #7 seed Mt. Ida 22
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Post by: deiscanton on February 22, 2011, 08:21:00 PM
Update--  Emmanuel 61,  Johnson & Wales  26  9:53 left in regulation.

Update--  Suffolk 47,  Mt. Ida 32-- 9:23 left in regulation.

Update-- Suffolk 58, Mt. Ida 47-- 3:33 left in regulation.
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Post by: deiscanton on February 22, 2011, 08:37:28 PM
 Finals from the 7 PM Eastern tips-- Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 GNAC Quarterfinals  

#1 seed Emmanuel 75,  #8 seed Johnson & Wales 29

#2 seed Suffolk 68, #7 seed Mt. Ida 55

GNAC Semfinals-- Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011

#5 seed St. Joseph, CT  @  #1 seed Emmanuel

#3 seed St. Joe's Maine @  #2 seed Suffolk

(Comment:  Hopefully, the St. Joe CT bus will not break down this Thursday on the Mass Pike like what happened last Thursday-- the Blue Jays team was stuck at the Charlton, MA rest stop on the Pike last Thursday while another bus had to be sent to pick up the team and take them to Boston-- as a result, St. Joe CT did not arrive at Emmanuel until 7 PM Eastern last Thursday, and had to shorten their warm up time to 30 minutes.   The game tipped 1/2 hour late at 7:30 PM Eastern.   On the one hand, the St. Joe CT rookies should have plenty of time to warm up for this GNAC semifinal.   On the other hand, the Blue Jays will have to face Meghan Kirwan-- and Emmanuel did not need Kirwan to blow out St. Joe CT last week.)

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 23, 2011, 04:28:16 PM
Final Regional Rankings before Selection Sunday: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/category/ncaa-stuff/regional-rankings/
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 24, 2011, 09:29:31 PM
GNAC Semifinal results

#1 Emmanuel 67 , #5 St. Joe CT 47
#2 Suffolk 71 , #3 St. Joe's Maine 62

  GNAC Championship game

Suffolk at Emmanuel-- Saturday Feb. 26, 2011-- 2 PM Eastern.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 25, 2011, 06:06:57 AM
GNAC Women's Teams who have filed declaration papers for the ECAC New England Tournament for 2010-2011 season

1.)  Emerson
2.)  Emmanuel
3.)  Norwich
4.)  St. Joseph, CT
5.)  Suffolk

Note: I am glad to see that the St. Joseph CT Blue Jays decided to put their team into consideration for ECAC selection.  It would have been a shame to see their school record season come to an end last night at Emmanuel.  The Jays have a chance of being picked on Monday to continue their season-- we will have to see if their winning pct, in balance with their SOS, gets them in.

I think that the loser of the Suffolk at Emmanuel game on Saturday has a good chance of being selected for ECACs as well.
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Post by: deiscanton on February 25, 2013, 11:54:50 AM
It's been two years since I last posted on this board.   Time for a quick update while waiting for the 2013 selection show later today.

Once again, Emmanuel is trying to make a run in the NCAAs.   Saints seemed very good in the GNAC tournament-- not the best defensive effort on Tuesday vs St. Joseph, CT-- but played great ball all around on Thursday and Saturday to defeat Albertus Magnus and Suffolk.

The second half defensive effort vs Suffolk on Emmanuel's Senior Day was very intense.   That level of effort in the NCAA tourney will lead to a deep run for the Saints again.

Stumbling blocks this season for the Saints-- 3 game losing streak vs UC Santa Cruz, Scranton, and Bowdoin.   Of those games, Bowdoin was the game that the Saints should have been able to win.

The only 2 GNAC games that the Saints were trailing at the half and had to come from behind to win were the game at St. Joseph's (Maine)-- a rematch from the 2012 GNAC title game, and the game at Rivier-- which was delayed 1 day due to Winter Storm "Nemo."

Emmanuel made to the Elite Eight in the 2012 NCAA tournament.   We will see what draw the Saints get today. 
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 25, 2013, 11:59:10 AM
Other GNAC Women's Basketball highlights this season from other GNAC teams--

Rivier's Deanna Purcell and Norwich's Aliah Curry got their 1,000th points in college basketball as sophomores.

Suffolk and Albertus Magnus got 20 win seasons-- but will be looking for ECAC New England tournament bids as they were not regionally ranked this season.

Suffolk's Shelby Santini transferred in to Suffolk over mid-semester from DII Southern New Hampshire, and looks to be one of the future rising stars of Suffolk WBB.

Albertus Magnus's Kendrea Walker had a 38 pt game vs Johnson & Wales, and a 28 pt, 14 rebound perfomance in the GNAC Quarterfinal at Rivier.

Albertus Magnus's Lianna Carrero was named a Capital One Academic All-American.
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Post by: deiscanton on February 25, 2013, 04:26:45 PM
Really yelled OMG when Emmanuel got picked to go to the Palestra in Rochester, NY to face U. of Rochester Yellowjackets in first round!!!

Williams is also in the pod.

Rochester is an excellent team.  Emmanuel does match up well with Rochester players height-wise-- Rochester is 6-1 at home in the UAA this season-- UAA Champion Emory Eagles, with their quick guards, won at Rochester in double OT.

Scranton and Ithaca also won at the Palestra over Rochester earlier this season in non-league play.

Rochester's best 7 players:

5-6 G So #13 Ally Zywicki-- Brandeis D held her to 1 pt at Auerbach Arena in Waltham.
5-5 G So #24 Breana Madrazo-- Leading scorer for 'Jackets in 62-49 loss at Brandeis-- 11 pts in that game.
5-10 G/F Sr #14 Jackie Walker
6-0 F/C  Sr #5 Amy Woods
6-0 F/C Jr #42 Loren Wagner
6-1 G/F Jr #31 Danielle McNabb
5-7 G Jr #32 Paige Aleski

The juniors and seniors are great players-- but the sophomores Madrazo and Zywicki are the X-factors and both sophomores cannot have big games for Emmanuel to have a shot at the upset.

Emmanuel will need to have the defensive effort that they used in the second half vs Suffolk on Senior Day-- and score pts on offense to beat Rochester.

In UAA play at the Palestra, Rochester defense only held 2 teams to under 50 pts-- Chicago and Wash U.   Brandeis lost, 72-58 at the Palestra, but won the rematch at Auerbach Arena, 62-49.  Rochester was very tired after barely winning in overtime at NYU the game before.

The Sunday after the loss at Brandeis, Rochester shot lights out at Wash U and won, 93-74.

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Post by: pjunito on February 27, 2013, 10:01:00 PM
Good luck to the Saints as they represent the GNAC in the NCAA's!!!

Albertus's season comes to an end with a lost at Castleton in the first round of the ECAC.. Great season for the falcons and first year head coach Fredette.
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Post by: deiscanton on March 01, 2013, 03:30:53 PM
Game Day!

Good luck, Emmanuel College Saints!  In the 2000-2001 season, my greatest NCAA moment was seeing the Saints beat UAA Co-Champion (and the #1 team in the WBCA poll) NYU at Coles Center in New York, NY for a trip to the DIII Final Four in Danbury, CT.  Emmanuel then played fearless ball against the other UAA Co-Champion, Wash U (the #1 team in the D3hoops.com poll) in what was the national semifinal, but felt like a national championship game to me.

In the 2006-2007 season, Emmanuel defeated my alma mater, Brandeis, in the second round.   As a result, I got to see DePauw play Emmanuel in the Sweet 16 at the Jean Yawkey Center.  DePauw would win the national championship that year-- but it was great to see the DePauw vs Calvin Elite Eight game in the Jean Yawkey Center.

Today, Emmanuel plays in the Palestra in Rochester NY for the first time in the modern era-- at least in my memory.  I am rooting for Emmanuel to get the win today-- but just like in 2001, I will root for the winner of tonight's game to win the pod-- just like I rooted for Wash U to beat Messiah after the result in the national semifinal did not go the way I hoped. 

I am watching the game tonight from the Tufts library, but I have my Kindle Fire with me for wifi.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on March 02, 2013, 01:05:32 PM
My thoughts on last night's game--

Emmanuel had probably the best ball control of an NCAA tournament game that the Saints had ever played.   Usually, the Emmanuel system doesn't mind if the Saints turn the ball over 20 times, as long as the opponent turns it over 35 times.   However, in the game vs Rochester, Emmanuel only turned the ball over 9 times.   Usually, that is enough to win an NCAA tournament game and advance to the next round, but last night, the result did not come.

Although the result last night was not what Emmanuel had hoped for, the game itself could not have been any better played.  I was very proud of the effort and passion of both Emmanuel and Rochester in playing this contest.   It was unfortunate that the NCAA bean-counters and women's selection committee had to schedule this game as a first round match, but the insistence on not scheduling a lot of plane flights to make a more competitive bracket in DIII means that games normally that should wait for later in the tournament have to be played early under geographic proximity and regional ranking results.   

Emmanuel's game plan was the game plan I wanted the Saints to execute.   Emmanuel did a good job holding the star sophomore players Ally Zywicki and Breanna Madrazo in check.   I knew that Rochester's #42 Loren Wagner was a great player, and normally Loren Wagner is not thought of as a 20+ ppg player, but if Wagner had not played the game of her life last night, the Saints would have played Williams today in round 2.  Wagner did not have a 20+ ppg game in her college career until last night.  Of all of Rochester's best 7 players to take over the game in the last 5 minutes, Wagner would definitely not have been my first pick.  I would have gone with the sophomores, Jackie Walker, or Amy Woods for my first 4 picks before Loren Wagner, but in the NCAAs-- anything can happen.   In her 24 pt game last night, Loren Wagner of Rochester scored 11 of her team's final 13 pts in the last 5 minutes.

Emmanuel is now 2-2 vs UAA teams in the NCAA DIII tournament counting the famous 2000-2001 season.

Although Emmanuel had played Rochester twice in the past, last night's contest was the first between the two sides played in the Palestra in Rochester, NY, and the first time that Coaches Andy Yosinoff and Jim Scheible have squared off.  Prior to last night, the last meeting between Emmanuel and Rochester took place in the early 1990s.

This year's Emmanuel team, had they competed in the UAA, could have gotten at least 8 wins in league play over the course of the season.   Had Rochester played Emmanuel on their conference road trip to New York and Boston, I strongly believe that the Saints would have won the game in the Jean Yawkey Center by at least 20 to 25 points-- as Rochester was really tired after their OT victory at NYU on that weekend.

In other GNAC news--

Suffolk is in Castleton, VT to play their 3 PM Eastern semifinal vs Wellesley today, with the winner playing the winner of Castleton vs Westfield State tomorrow for the ECAC New England title.  If the Rams win the ECAC New England title, I believe that it would be the first in their program history.

PS-- Andy Yosinoff was quoted as saying that last night's game was the best NCAA tournament game that he has ever coached and been in.   This certainly was the best first round game that the Saints have ever played-- that I can agree. 

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: gordonmann on March 16, 2013, 04:03:50 PM
We've released our list of All-Americans. Congratulations to Fiona O'Dwyer

http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2013/03/womens-all-americans
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Post by: remsleep on April 09, 2013, 12:14:37 PM
Love to hear about coaching change rumors. Let's dig and find out!
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Post by: deiscanton on February 23, 2015, 04:50:11 PM
Sorry that I have not posted in a while...

Another GNAC tournament starts tomorrow.

Last year,  Emmanuel lost in the first round of the GNAC tournament for the first time in school history.  #8 seed Norwich knocked off the Saints in overtime last year, and the following week in the ECAC tournament, Brandeis ended Emmanuel's season.  Emmanuel was the #1 seed for the ECAC tournament last year as well.

Tomorrow, Olivia Bolden, the top candidate for GNAC Rookie of the Year, will try to lead her Albertus Magnus Falcons to knock off the Saints in the Jean Yawkey Center.  I don't expect that to happen tomorrow, but I did not expect Norwich to win last year either. 

Emmanuel only beat Albertus Magnus by 12 pts in the regular season, but the Saints have won every GNAC game by at least 15 pts since the 2 pt win at Norwich.  Norwich is the #2 seed in the GNAC tournament this year, so Saturday would be the earliest time that Sarah Higgins, Vanessa Bramante, Jen Bujnowski,  Devin Rauh and the rest of the Emmanuel Saints would square off against Heather LeBlanc, Aliah Curry, and the rest of the Norwich Cadets.  If that game takes place on Saturday, it will be a barn-burner.

St Joe's Maine, the defending GNAC champion, has to go to Providence, RI tomorrow to take on Johnson & Wales.  Game could go either way.

To me, Suffolk looks to be a favorite in the underground Regan Gym tomorrow against Deanna Purcell and the Rivier Raiders.

Emmanuel is looking for redemption this season in what should be an excellent GNAC tournament.  I will probably be following the early games on line due to the state of the MBTA Commuter Rail system.
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Post by: Pat Coleman on February 23, 2015, 06:59:22 PM
So glad to see you back here!
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Post by: 7express on February 23, 2015, 07:50:09 PM
Good to hear from you Deis!  I agree, Emmanuel should definitely be the team to beat.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 28, 2015, 08:03:57 PM
I got to attend the GNAC women's championship game today.

Congrats to the Johnson & Wales Wildcats on going dancing in the NCAAs for the first time.  The Wildcats certainly earned their bid this week with road victories at Norwich and Emmanuel.

JWU is a young team, but Coach Boilard will have them ready for the spotlight on Friday.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on November 21, 2017, 05:51:27 PM
I am at the Brandeis v Emmanuel game.

Emmanuel's new low major d1 transfer from Fort Wayne, #1 Yuleska Ramirez-Tejeda, is a player.  She is leading all Saints in scoring with 12 pts, and it is her play on the court that was instrumental in helping Emmanuel to a 4 pt lead at halftime, 27-23.  The first quarter played like a Tufts-Amherst fight, but the game opened up in the second quarter.  If the Saints are to defeat the Monks and regain GNAC supremacy, Ramirez-Tejeda will have to play big against St Joe's (Maine).
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Post by: deiscanton on November 22, 2017, 10:32:57 AM
My wrap up of last night's Brandeis vs Emmanuel game--

Although the Saints lost by 11 last night, Yuleska Ramirez-Tejeda posted career highs in pts with 21, in rebounds with 11, and in steals with 4.  Last year, her season highs while playing for Fort Wayne in the DI Summit League are 10 pts vs North Dakota State, 7 rebounds vs Denver, and 3 steals vs North Dakota State.  She played in 23 games off the bench for the Fort Wayne Mastodons last season.

Brandeis had a great defensive performance in the 4th quarter in which the Judges held Ramirez-Tejeda to 1 pt in the quarter, and the Saints to 2-15 shooting in the last 10 minutes.

Emmanuel has 2 tough games remaining before the slate starts to ease up a bit.  The Saints play at Amherst next Tuesday before opening up GNAC play by hosting the reigning GNAC champion St Joe's Maine Monks the following Saturday.  The Monks will come into GNAC play as the favorites to repeat as champions, and I saw nothing from last night's game to convince me that the Monks won't do it again-- especially given the success of the Monks last year in GNAC road games, and given that the Monks return most of their big players back from last year's team.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on November 27, 2017, 07:15:49 AM
GNAC women's basketball conference play starts on Saturday with the highlight game being the reigning champion St Joe's Maine Monks travelling to Emmanuel to take on the Saints.

Each GNAC team is scheduled for 16 league games before the conference tournament.  With Regis (MA) now in the conference, sub-divisional play has been scrapped this year.  Each team has 4 randomly selected opponents that each team will play home and away.  Here is the slate of opponents that the top 4 teams in the GNAC poll will play home and away.

St Joe's Maine gets these conf opponents home and away:

Rivier, Suffolk, Lasell, Norwich

Emmanuel gets to play these opponents home and away:

Simmons, Albertus Magnus, Mt Ida, Anna Maria

Johnson and Wales plays these opponents home and away:

St Joseph CT, Simmons, Rivier, Albertus Magnus

Regis plays these opponents home and away:

Lasell, Simmons, Suffolk, Rivier.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on November 27, 2017, 07:35:01 AM
Another milestone coming up this season:

Emmanuel head coach Andy Yosinoff needs 11 more wins to become the 13th Women's Basketball coach at any NCAA division to win 800 career games.  This milestone should be reached in late January, 2018 at the earliest.
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Post by: deiscanton on November 29, 2017, 09:05:11 AM
I do not know what to make of Emmanuel outscoring Amherst 21-7 in the fourth quarter last night.  The Saints had only scored 17 pts vs Amherst's defense after 3 quarters and were down by 25 entering the fourth.  I guess any positive event in a game against Amherst is good momentum going into the game with the Monks on Saturday.  I still have to give St Joe's Maine the edge on Saturday given that the Monks are shooting better from 3 pt range and at the free throw line.  There will still be another 15 conference games to play after Saturday, but home court for the GNAC title game could get a very early decision this weekend.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on November 30, 2017, 08:19:24 AM
Since there has been a discussion on the UAA Men's Basketball forum about which 1st year player has been scoring the best per 40 minutes, I did an unofficial calculation on St Joe's Maine's top 6 scorers vs Emmanuel's top 6 scorers as to point production per 40 minutes going into Saturday's game.  My unofficial results:

St Joe's Maine

Kelsi McNamara-- 20.94 pts per 40 min.
Emily Benway-- 18.04 pts per 40 min.
Regan McFerran-- 17.95 pts
Julia Champagne-- 17.68 pts
Julia Quinn-- 14.96 pts
Heather Marks-- 13.58 pts

Emmanuel-- points per 40 minutes

Yuleska Ramirez- Tejeda-- 24 pts
Alisha Fox-- 19.76 pts
Taylor Shubrick-- 16 pts
Kayla Weaver-- 14.49 pts
Maddie McLaughlin-- 13.53 pts
Mary McCarthy-- 12.63 pts

St Joe's has a slight combined edge vs Emmanuel in pts per 40 minutes with their top 6 scorers.

The big matchup is at Andy Yosinoff Court in Boston on Saturday.
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Post by: amh63 on November 30, 2017, 10:44:04 AM
deiscanton.....will give you my view of the 4th quarter of the game at Amherst the other night.  Your coach brought in some quick players that outplayed the Amherst players on the floor at the time.  They caused TOs, finally made their foul shots, etc.  Finally, Amherst's HC put two starters back into the game in the last few minutes to steady the team.  It will be a 4th quarter that will become a teaching point at practice,imo.  An example, an Amherst FY player made a slick no-look pass to a teammate.  The problem was her teammate was not expecting it...TO!   
Will see if the team plays better tonight in an away game.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on November 30, 2017, 11:43:09 AM
Quote from: amh63 on November 30, 2017, 10:44:04 AM
deiscanton.....will give you my view of the 4th quarter of the game at Amherst the other night.  Your coach brought in some quick players that outplayed the Amherst players on the floor at the time.  They caused TOs, finally made their foul shots, etc.  Finally, Amherst's HC put two starters back into the game in the last few minutes to steady the team.  It will be a 4th quarter that will become a teaching point at practice,imo.  An example, an Amherst FY player made a slick no-look pass to a teammate.  The problem was her teammate was not expecting it...TO!   
Will see if the team plays better tonight in an away game.

Amh63, Coach Yosinoff is a good friend of mine, and I did live on the Emmanuel campus during the 1991-92 season when I was a first year at Northeastern University Law School, but I find it weird to have an old Amherst fan refer to coach Yosinoff as "my coach" (it implies that the Saints are my primary team) when I went to Brandeis as an undergrad.  I do have an association with Emmanuel through the 2000-01 Final Four team, which was captained by a hometown player who currently is the girls high school coach at Westwood, MA, so during that season, I adopted Emmanuel as a second team.   However, I always cheer on my alma mater when they play the Saints-- other than those times, I hope Emmanuel succeeds in GNAC play. 

Anyway, I'm glad for the analysis, amh63, and I hope that the Saints can pull off an upset on Saturday.  It feels weird not having the GNAC title game in Boston for the past few years.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on December 03, 2017, 11:40:16 AM
St Joe's Maine has the inside track to the AQ at the moment with their victory at Emmanuel yesterday. 

Yuleska Ramirez-Tejeda only had an 8 pt, 9 rebound performance yesterday as Maddie McLaughlin led all Saints with 15 pts off the bench. 

For the Monks, Kelsi McNamara is proving why she is the top player in GNAC-- 23 pts, 5 rebs, 3 assists.  Julia Champagne also had a double-double for the Monks yesterday.

Monks dominated on the glass, 53-32.

It looks like Monks's Coach Mike McDevitt gets his interview with 'D-Mac' on February in the Hoopsville Marathon, if not sooner.

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on December 03, 2017, 11:49:18 AM
The next remaining storyline in GNAC, other than predicting when Emmanuel coach Andy Yosinoff gets his 800th career coaching win, is when Regis (MA) finally drops a regular season conference game.  The Pride last lost a regular season conference game in the 2010-11 season, when they were members of the Commonwealth Coast Conference.  Regis never lost an NECC regular season game, and only dropped 1 NECC tournament game to Daniel Webster in 2012.

The Pride started GNAC play with a win at Albertus Magnus yesterday to extend their conference regular season winning streak over the 3 leagues combined to 113 games.  Regis is idle this week before they play Anna Maria on December 11.

I believe that Regis will finally drop a league game in mid to late January.  They play Johnson and Wales on Jan. 18, and Suffolk on Jan. 20

The Pride play at St. Joe's Maine on Feb. 1, and they host Emmanuel on Feb. 13.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on December 09, 2017, 05:07:40 PM
St Joe's Maine defeated Rivier by 85 pts today, 102-17, in GNAC play.   Last year, River handed the Monks their only conference loss of the season.  Rivier lost by 17 pts in the meeting in Maine and defeated the Monks by 5 pts in the rematch in Nashua, NH.  This year, the Raiders don't seem to even have a working basketball team, as they are 0-6 with the loss, 0-2 in GNAC, and losing by at least 60 pts in both GNAC contests played so far.

Over at Emmanuel, Yuleska Ramirez-Tejeda is having a good week.  She led the Saints in scoring all week with 2 20 pt performances against Rhode Island College and Pine Manor followed by a 23 pt game at Simmons today.  The 23 pt game is a career best for her, and she also had a double-double in that game with 10 rebounds.

Saints are now 4-4, 1-1 in GNAC, but have to play at Tufts on Monday before they break for finals and the holidays.

St Joe's Maine is now off for final exams and the holiday break.  They host Husson on December 31.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on December 10, 2017, 01:03:03 AM
Things of note:

1.). This semester, 2 GNAC teams set records for largest margin of victory in a game in their program's history:

A.). Emmanuel won by 82 over Yeshiva in the Saints's home opener, 100-18, on November 18.

B.) St Joe's Maine won by 85 over Rivier yesterday, 102-17.

2.). Kelsi McNamara scored her 1,000th career point for the Monks in their win over Rivier yesterday.  She reaches the milestone in her junior year.

Game recap of St Joe's Maine vs Rivier:

gomonks.com/sports/wbkb/2017-18/releases/20171209rzoa6c (http://gomonks.com/sports/wbkb/2017-18/releases/20171209rzoa6c)
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Post by: deiscanton on December 17, 2017, 04:31:36 AM
GNAC Honors for the first 4 weeks-- Summary

GNAC Player of the Week:

Week 1-- Morgan Church, Lasell
Week 2-- Brittany Stone, Regis
Week 3-- Brittany Stone, Regis
Week 4-- Georgia Bourikas, Suffolk

(In week 4, Georgia Bourikas was also named USBWA D3 Women's Player of the Week and also named to the D3Hoops.com Team of the Week for Dec. 11, 2017)

GNAC Rookie of the Week

Week 1-- Jenni Rose-DiCecco, Suffolk
Week 2-- Roselynn Voislow, Univ of St Joseph, CT
Week 3-- Jenni Rose-DiCecco, Suffolk
Week 4-- Jenni Rose-DiCecco, Suffolk

Other honors:

Valerie Martin of Mt Ida named to the D3Hoops.com Team of the Week for Dec. 11, 2017

GNAC Teams off to program-best starts:

Suffolk-- 8-2

Mt Ida-- 6-2.

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Post by: deiscanton on December 19, 2017, 06:46:17 AM
Week 5 GNAC Honors

GNAC Player of the Week-- Brittany Stone, Regis
GNAC Rookie of the Week-- Jenni Rose-DiCecco, Suffolk

Lasell is the only GNAC team in action this week.  The Lasers play Rockford on Wednesday, and Centre on Thursday.  Both games are being played in Florida.

GNAC then takes their holiday break until Friday, December 29, 2017.

Seasons Greetings!
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Post by: deiscanton on December 27, 2017, 05:20:02 AM
Live video streaming has just been added for this weekend's Emmanuel games at Whittier College in California.

Emmanuel is playing in a 3 team classic involving Dickinson and UW-River Falls.

The classic is being played on Friday, Dec. 29 to Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017.

All games tip at Noon Pacific/2 PM Central/3 PM Eastern.

Emmanuel plays UW-River Falls on Saturday, and then plays Dickinson on Sunday.

Records coming in:

Emmanuel 4-5, 1-1 GNAC
UW-River Falls 7-2, 0-0 WIAC
Dickinson 2-6, 2-3 Centennial

Live video streaming available at:

portal.stretchinternet.com/Whittier (http://portal.stretchinternet.com/Whittier)

Note-- Whittier charges $5.00 per game for live stream and on-demand access.
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Post by: deiscanton on December 27, 2017, 05:46:59 AM
Another special event coming up:

On Friday, January 5, 2018, Johnson and Wales will take on Brown of d1's Ivy League.

Game will tip at Noon Eastern at the Pizzitola Sports Center.

Brown is calling this game their "Education Day" game, and is inviting local school kids to watch the game.

Brown is off to a 10-1 start, and has beaten 3 Patriot League teams this season (BU, Holy Cross, and Colgate)

Brown is coached by Boston College Hall-of-Famer Sarah Behn, who got her college coaching start at MASCAC's Framingham State.

Brown also has a Rhode Island College alum on the coaching staff.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on December 31, 2017, 04:49:53 PM
I just watched the live video stream of Emmanuel prevailing over Dickinson, 83-58, to finish 1-1 on their California swing.

The Saints resume GNAC play on January 11, 2018 when they host Mount Ida.

Emmanuel coach Andy Yosinoff is now 7 wins away from 800.

Whittier has a nice, if old, bandbox gym with 2 levels in the building.  They have an official NCAA basketball sign of "Fear the Poet" on one of the walls of the gym, and a part of the wooden bleachers is painted as the "Poet Pit", which must be the designated student section.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on December 31, 2017, 05:05:25 PM
St Joe's Maine beat Husson today with a 3 point barrage, 80-63.

Hannah Marks led the Monks with 30 pts, while Kelsi McNamara had 8 assists for the Monks.

Husson is not as strong as they were last year.  Like Dickinson, Husson's only wins this season are in conference play.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 03, 2018, 02:58:59 PM
Week 6 GNAC Honors

GNAC Player of the Week-- Hannah Marks, St Joe's Maine
GNAC Rookie of the Week-- Franchesca Hammond, Anna Marissa
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 05, 2018, 06:33:35 AM
I just bought a 1 day video pass to the Ivy League Network to see Johnson and Wales take on Brown.

Brown comes in at 11-1, receiving votes in the AP d1 Top 25, and is ranked #24 in the Collegeinsider.com Women's Mid-Major Top 25 poll.

I don't see an upset today-- Brown is too good a team.  It's not going to be a Trine-type upset over Fort Wayne, like what happened last season.

In this first meeting ever between Johnson and Wales against Brown, the big question is going to be how long the Wildcats can stay in this one before Brown pulls away with the expected 12th win of the season.

Great game for the local elementary and middle school kids to watch, though, as part of Brown's Education Day today.  Tip is at Noon Eastern.
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Post by: deiscanton on January 05, 2018, 12:23:09 PM
Excellent use of the 1st quarter media timeout by coach Kim Dweck of JWU.  She called it early with Brown up 16-4 with 5:37 left in the quarter.  At the end of the 1st quarter, Brown leads 20-18, over Johnson and Wales.
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Post by: deiscanton on January 05, 2018, 12:52:15 PM
After Johnson and Wales tied the game at 20-20 with 9:30 left in the first half, Brown went on a 34-12 run to end the half.

Brown leads JWU at halftime, 54-32.

Brown has a great webcast of the game-- worth the money that I paid to watch it so far.

For Johnson and Wales--

Raquel Pederzani had 10 pts on 2-6, 1-2 from 3 pt land, 5-5 from the charity stripe.  She also had 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Kristen Habbel had 4 assists to lead JWU in that category.

For Brown--

Erika Steeves has scored 26 pts on 10-13 from the field, 6-8 from 3 pt land.  She also had 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Janie White has scored 10 pts on 4-10 from the field, 2-2 from the FT line.  She also has 6 rebounds.

Megan Reilly has 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 05, 2018, 01:52:15 PM
Brown defeated Johnson and Wales today, 100-79.

I was glad that I chose to pay the $9.95 fee to the Ivy League Network for a 1 day Brown school pass to watch the stream from home, rather than paying for a game ticket and a commuter rail round trip to Providence in the cold weather to watch this one in person.

The Education Day activities were cancelled due to school being called off today due to the weather-- therefore, there were no elementary or middle school kids in the Providence area at the game.  Thanks to the JWU Wildcats for not cancelling this game entirely-- the game was an entertaining one to watch from home.

Brown goes into Ivy League play at 12-1.

Johnson and Wales drops to 6-5.  This game counts for both teams, so it is a secondary criteria game for the Wildcats, and the game is not reflected in Brown's RPI rankings.  (JWU is not a Division 1 team.)

Brown game recap: brownbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/2017-18/releases/20180105mthnkn (http://brownbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/2017-18/releases/20180105mthnkn)

Johnson and Wales game recap: providence.jwuathletics.com/sports/wbkb/2017-18/releases/20180105o046ed (http://providence.jwuathletics.com/sports/wbkb/2017-18/releases/20180105o046ed)

Johnson and Wales finishes non-league play at 4-5.  The Wildcats go into GNAC play the rest of the way on Tuesday at St Joe's Maine.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 08, 2018, 03:57:52 PM
Week 7 GNAC Honors

Player of the Week-- Kelsi McNamara, St Joe's Maine
Rookie of the Week-- Jenni Rose-DiCecco, Suffolk
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Post by: deiscanton on January 12, 2018, 06:50:06 AM
Recap of last night's Emmanuel game:

Maddie McLaughlin sets Emmanuel single game assist record in 100-66 win over Mount Ida. (http://www.goecsaints.com/sports/w-baskbl/2017-18/releases/20180111wz2hqq)
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Post by: deiscanton on January 12, 2018, 07:10:24 AM
Yesterday afternoon, I met with Coach Yosinoff, and I asked him about Emmanuel's California trip.  The games were originally scheduled to be played in Puerto Rico this year, but were moved to southern California due to Hurricane Maria's impact on the island.  Emmanuel was instrumental in moving the classic to California and effectively was the host team for the 3 team classic with UW-River Falls and Dickinson.

Coach Andy Yosinoff said that if he had complete control over the schedule of the classic, Emmanuel would have played Dickinson first and River Falls second, but the travel schedule of UW-River Falls prevented that from happening.

He was very impressed with the quality of play of River Falls, and thought that they were just as tough an opponent as Tufts.  Different playing styles, though.

Coach Yosinoff has been very impressed with the development of Kayla Weaver and Mary McCarthy as players over the past few weeks.

So far, Coach Yosinoff thought that the 3rd quarter of the Emmanuel vs Dickinson game was the best quarter that Emmanuel played all season.  GNAC fans can still purchase the Emmanuel v Dickinson game on-demand for $5.00 on the Whittier College video streaming page and judge for themselves if they so wish.

He also asked me about my alma-mater, Brandeis, and we talked about the UAA so far.  I chatted about the newest addition to the Wash U family, Zeke Henderson.  In case you are wondering, Randi and Duez Henderson both played in the Big Ten for Iowa.  Wash U coach Randi Henderson is 6 ft 2, and Duez Henderson is 6 ft. 7.  This is in answer to a question that Coach Yosinoff asked me yesterday.

Anyway, back to GNAC play yesterday.  Regis escaped with a 4 pt victory at Norwich last night-- that was the closest game of the night.

Looking forward to watching Emmanuel take on Albertus Magnus next Thursday.  Olivia Bolden of Albertus Magnus currently leads the GNAC in scoring and rebounding.

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 16, 2018, 03:39:50 PM
Week 8 GNAC Honors

GNAC Corvias Player of the Week:  Brittany Stone, Regis (MA)

GNAC Corvias Rookie of the Week:  Jordan Hipwell, Suffolk
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Post by: deiscanton on January 18, 2018, 05:58:34 AM
Top games in GNAC today:

1.). Regis faces the first serious challenge to their conference winning streak tonight as they travel to Providence to take on Johnson and Wales.  The Pride salso host Suffolk on Saturday.  Regis is currently undefeated in GNAC play, but they only beat Norwich by 4 pts and River by 10 pts.

2.). Emmanuel hosts Albertus Magnus tonight.  The Saints are 23-2 lifetime vs Albertus Magnus, but the Falcons have the top scorer and rebounder in the GNAC in Olivia Bolden.
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Post by: deiscanton on January 18, 2018, 07:10:21 AM
I still can't believe that 3 women's basketball coaches outside of DIII reached the milestone of 1,000 career wins this season.

Yesterday, Barbara Stevens of DII Bentley got her 1,000th coaching win with a victory over Adelphi in Northeast 10 action in Waltham, MA.  Congrats on the accomplishment-- I went to some Bentley games during my student days at Brandeis.  First DII women's coach to get 1000 wins-- 5th overall in NCAA.

Meanwhile, no Division III coach has reached 900 coaching wins.  Andy Yosinoff has the most wins among coaches currently coaching at DIII with 795, and is scheduled to get win 800 this season.  Mike Strong of Scranton retired with 815 career coaching wins.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 18, 2018, 06:09:58 PM
Halftime--

Johnson and Wales 44, Regis(MA) 28

Regis's conference regular season winning streak is 20 minutes away from ending.

The streak started in Regis's final year as a member of the Commonwealth Coast Conference and spanned through all of the years of NECC membership.
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Post by: deiscanton on January 18, 2018, 09:17:14 PM
Final

Johnson and Wales 77, Regis 68

Regis's D3 conference regular season winning streak snapped at 118 games.

The streak started on Feb. 8, 2011 when Regis won its last 4 conference regular season contests as a member of the Commonwealth Coast Conference.  Regis then moved to the NECC, where they went 18-0 in regular season conference play for 6 straight seasons.  Regis won its first 6 league games as a member of GNAC before finally dropping a conference game today, Jan. 18, 2018.
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Post by: deiscanton on January 18, 2018, 09:27:11 PM
Final

Emmanuel 86, Albertus Magnus 60

Olivia Bolden had a double-double of 21 pts, 18 rebounds (9 offensive) for Albertus Magnus.

Yuleska Ramirez-Tejeda led Emmanuel with 21 pts and 16 rebounds.

Emmanuel coach Andy Yosinoff now has 796 career coaching wins.  The earliest that the milestone of 800 wins can be reached will be in the conference rematch at "The Nest" at Albertus Magnus on Saturday, January 27, 2018.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 19, 2018, 04:09:29 AM
Full story of the end of Regis's 118 game regular season conference game winning streak:

NCAA Record Winning Streak Ends at Hands of JWU (http://goregispride.com/sports/wbkb/2017-18/releases/20180118uupukr)
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Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on January 19, 2018, 11:18:13 AM
Quote from: deiscanton on January 18, 2018, 07:10:21 AM
I still can't believe that 3 women's basketball coaches outside of DIII reached the milestone of 1,000 career wins this season.

Yesterday, Barbara Stevens of DII Bentley got her 1,000th coaching win with a victory over Adelphi in Northeast 10 action in Waltham, MA.  Congrats on the accomplishment-- I went to some Bentley games during my student days at Brandeis.  First DII women's coach to get 1000 wins-- 5th overall in NCAA.

Meanwhile, no Division III coach has reached 900 coaching wins.  Andy Yosinoff has the most wins among coaches currently coaching at DIII with 795, and is scheduled to get win 800 this season.  Mike Strong of Scranton retired with 815 career coaching wins.

Shorter seasons is one of the biggest reasons DIII coaches don't get the same raw numbers. Along with the fact that the tournaments are as easy to get into as they are for DII and DI, thus no extra games to rack up wins.

Also, some of the best in women's basketball at the DIII level tend to move up divisions.
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Post by: Pat Coleman on January 19, 2018, 02:57:15 PM
Quote from: deiscanton on January 19, 2018, 04:09:29 AM
Full story of the end of Regis's 118 game regular season conference game winning streak:

NCAA Record Winning Streak Ends at Hands of JWU (http://goregispride.com/sports/wbkb/2017-18/releases/20180118uupukr)

Thanks for the note on this -- I assume you remember when Emmanuel once held this record!
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Post by: deiscanton on January 19, 2018, 04:12:38 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on January 19, 2018, 02:57:15 PM
Quote from: deiscanton on January 19, 2018, 04:09:29 AM
Full story of the end of Regis's 118 game regular season conference game winning streak:

NCAA Record Winning Streak Ends at Hands of JWU (http://goregispride.com/sports/wbkb/2017-18/releases/20180118uupukr)

Thanks for the note on this -- I assume you remember when Emmanuel once held this record!

Indeed I do.☺

In case readers are wondering, Emmanuel had a streak of 72 straight conference wins from 2000 to 2006, which was the D3 record at that time.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 21, 2018, 07:51:13 AM
Regis coach Angela Santa Fe got her 100th career coaching win yesterday:

Santa Fe picks up 100th career win as Pride Comes from Behind to beat Suffolk  (http://goregispride.com/sports/wbkb/2017-18/releases/20180120n48w0h)
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 21, 2018, 08:03:50 AM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on January 19, 2018, 11:18:13 AM
Quote from: deiscanton on January 18, 2018, 07:10:21 AM
I still can't believe that 3 women's basketball coaches outside of DIII reached the milestone of 1,000 career wins this season.

Yesterday, Barbara Stevens of DII Bentley got her 1,000th coaching win with a victory over Adelphi in Northeast 10 action in Waltham, MA.  Congrats on the accomplishment-- I went to some Bentley games during my student days at Brandeis.  First DII women's coach to get 1000 wins-- 5th overall in NCAA.

Meanwhile, no Division III coach has reached 900 coaching wins.  Andy Yosinoff has the most wins among coaches currently coaching at DIII with 795, and is scheduled to get win 800 this season.  Mike Strong of Scranton retired with 815 career coaching wins.

Shorter seasons is one of the biggest reasons DIII coaches don't get the same raw numbers. Along with the fact that the tournaments are as easy to get into as they are for DII and DI, thus no extra games to rack up wins.

Also, some of the best in women's basketball at the DIII level tend to move up divisions.

For clarification, I believe you meant to say "the tournaments are not as easy to get into as they are for DII and DI."

Other than that, the reasons that you mentioned as to why it is not as easy for a DIII coach to get to 900 wins are well explained, d-mac.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on January 22, 2018, 03:22:34 PM
Yes.. my meaning is that the DIII tournaments are MORE difficult to get into than the DII and DI tourneys. Sorry for miswording that.
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Post by: deiscanton on January 22, 2018, 03:55:15 PM
GNAC Honors-- Week 9-- Jan. 22, 2018

GNAC Corvias Player of the Week-- Olivia Bolden, Albertus Magnus

GNAC Corvias Rookie of the Week-- Nikki Bitinaitis, Regis (MA)
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: ronk on January 22, 2018, 07:21:57 PM
Quote from: deiscanton on January 22, 2018, 03:55:15 PM
GNAC Honors-- Week 9-- Jan. 22, 2018

GNAC Corvias Player of the Week-- Olivia Bolden, Albertus Magnus

GNAC Corvias Rookie of the Week-- Nikki Bitinaitis, Regis (MA)

Nikki was a prospect from her AAU days a year ago; glad to see she's being a factor.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 23, 2018, 06:17:09 AM
Last night, in a battle between GNAC leader St Joe's Maine and Commonwealth Coast Conf leader UNewEngland, the Monks got their first victory over the Nor'easters since Jan. 22, 2004-- exactly 14 years to the date of last night's contest:

Monks Blow Past Nor'easters, 74-53  (http://gomonks.com/sports/wbkb/2017-18/releases/20180122v6nrgl)
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 23, 2018, 10:21:35 PM
The countdown to Emmanuel coach Andy Yosinoff's 800th win is underway, with 2 more wins to go to the milestone.

The Saints won at Norwich today, 60-41, to pick up career coaching win #798 for Andy Yosinoff.

Emmanuel hosts 0-12, 0-8 GNAC Rivier next on Thursday afternoon, and will travel to New Haven, CT on Saturday for the return match with Albertus Magnus.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 25, 2018, 12:59:38 PM
Start time for today's Emmanuel v Rivier game has been delayed to 8:30 PM Eastern, and will now be the second game of the doubleheader.  The Emmanuel men will play first vs Suffolk.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 26, 2018, 05:14:49 AM
Rivier did not make it too easy-- the Raiders probably played their best game of the season-- hard to believe that this was the same team that lost by 85 in a GNAC game earlier this season-- but Emmanuel pulled it out in the second half to win.

Coach Andy Yosinoff now has 799 career coaching wins and will attempt to reach the milestone of 800 on Saturday at "The Nest" in New Haven, CT, as the Saints will play Albertus Magnus for the second time this season.

Game recap:

(Emmanuel) Women's Basketball Holds off Rivier, 70-58 (http://goecsaints.com/sports/w-baskbl/2017-18/releases/20180125zct5o2)
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 27, 2018, 01:28:21 PM
End of 1st quarter in New Haven--

Albertus Magnus 23, Emmanuel 17.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 27, 2018, 01:45:57 PM
Halftime at "the Nest" in New Haven, CT

Albertus Magnus 49, Emmanuel 37

Live stats seem to be slow to update, but Olivia Bolden of Albertus Magnus already has a double-double.

Update:  Olivia Bolden in the first half has a double-double with 18 pts and 12 rebounds.  Only 1 3 pointer was made in the first half, and that was made by Albertus Magnus.

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 27, 2018, 02:26:41 PM
End of 3rd quarter--

Albertus Magnus 72, Emmanuel 69

Falcons attempting for their third lifetime victory vs the Saints.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 27, 2018, 02:58:54 PM
Final

Emmanuel 100, Albertus Magnus 94.

Congratulations to Emmanuel coach Andy Yosinoff-- 800 career coaching victories! 


Emmanuel pulled it out in the fourth quarter-- took the lead with less than 4 minutes to go.

Game played like a GNAC Championship game-- Very exciting watch today.

Albertus Magnus played like a GNAC Top 4 team today and gave Emmanuel a great game.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 27, 2018, 03:05:28 PM
For Emmanuel--

Yuleska Ramirez- Tejeda:  23 pts, 11 rebounds
Alisha Fox-- 20 pts
Kayla Weaver-- 18 pts, 6 assists

For Albertus Magnus--

Olivia Bolden-- 33 pts, 19 rebounds
Jill Johnson-- 24 pts
Kiki Epps-- 19 pts
Raegon Shirling- Davis-- 7 pts, 13 rebounds.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 27, 2018, 03:20:58 PM
Box score of today's Emmanuel 100-94 win over Albertus Magnus to give Andy Yosinoff his 800th career coaching win (http://d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2017-18/boxscores/20180127_a02k.XML?view=box%20score)
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 27, 2018, 03:41:15 PM
I just called coach Andy Yosinoff to express my congratulations on his 800th win.   Coach Yosinoff expressed to me that there were times during the game today where he thought that the milestone would have to wait until Tuesday's game vs Suffolk.  Speaking of which, Suffolk almost pulled off an upset over St Joe's Maine today-- just heard it from him.  I will have to check the box score.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 27, 2018, 03:48:36 PM
Checked it.

Monks won at Suffolk today 82-79.

Kelsi McNamara had 31 pts to lead St Joe's Maine.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 27, 2018, 09:58:42 PM
Game recap:

Yosinoff joins 800 win club as Emmanuel tops Albertus Magnus, 100-94 (http://goecsaints.com/sports/w-baskbl/2017-18/releases/20180127s44sju)
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 28, 2018, 04:11:51 AM
There are now only 14 coaches across all 3 divisions of NCAA women's college basketball with 800 or more wins-- only 2 are in DIII, with only Andy Yosinoff currently active in DIII.

1.). Pat Summitt
2.). Tara VanderVeer
3.). Geno Auriemma
4.). Sylvia Hatchell
5.). Barbara Stevens
6.). C. Vivian Stringer
7.). Jody Conradt
8.). Jim Foster
9.). Robin Selvig
10.). Andy Landers
11.). Muffett McGraw
12.). Curt Frederickson
13.). Mike Strong (DIII-- Scranton-- retired with 815 wins)
14.). Andy Yosinoff-- Emmanuel (all 800 wins came at the same school)


Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 29, 2018, 06:09:54 PM
GNAC Honors-- Week 10

GNAC Corvias Co-Players of the Week:

Brittany Stone, Regis
Kelsi McNamara, St. Joe's Maine

GNAC Corvias Rookie of the Week

Jordan Hipwell, Suffolk
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 30, 2018, 07:47:21 PM
I am watching the Emmanuel v Suffolk game on-line right now.

Emmanuel up 47-36 at the half.  Suffolk's Georgia Bourikas is just a few points away from 1,000.

Coach Andy Yosinoff was honored at courtside just before tipoff for getting his 800th win on Saturday.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 30, 2018, 08:17:07 PM
After 3 quarters, Emmanuel is up 74-47 over Suffolk.  In the entire history of the GNAC, the Suffolk Rams have never won at Emmanuel, and it will not happen tonight. 
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 30, 2018, 08:36:57 PM
Final:  Emmanuel 81, Suffolk 55

Coach Andy Yosinoff has just picked up his 801st win, and is being serenaded by the Emmanuel crowd, who are holding "801" signs.

ECTV's Player of the game is Ryan Maynard, who prevented Suffolk's Georgia Bourikas from reaching the 1000 pt club tonight with a strong performance on defense. 

Emmanuel hosts Johnson and Wales on Thursday.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 01, 2018, 04:15:49 AM
GNAC Update--

1.). The Hoopsville Marathon is on today starting at 10 AM Eastern.

As part of the Marathon, Dave McHugh ("d-mac") will interview Emmanuel coach Andy Yosinoff at 5 PM Eastern. (Time scheduled approximately-- subject to change)  Among the topics that I expect to be discussed are Andy Yosinoff's 800th career coaching win and the state of the GNAC Women's Basketball race. (Spoiler alert-- St Joe's Maine is favored to win the GNAC women's AQ.)

2.). Georgia Bourikas of Suffolk is 3 pts shy from joining the 1000 pt club.  She  had 12 pts and 7 rebounds on Tuesday at Emmanuel.  Suffolk hosts Anna Maria today at 5 PM Eastern, so look for that milestone to be accomplished in the first half of that game.

3.). Regis (MA) is at St Joe's Maine this evening.  Brittany Stone of Regis goes up against Kelsi McNamara in that one.  Tipoff is at 6 PM Eastern for that one, so that is probably one of the reasons why coach Yosinoff and not coach Mike McDevitt of St Joe's Maine gets the honor of doing the Hoopsville Marathon interview this year. (Of course, 800 wins also has a lot to do with it as well.😀)

Did you know: Brittany Stone is Regis's all-time leading scorer, currently with 1682 career points.   She stands at #3 in GNAC in scoring at 19.0 ppg, at #2 in GNAC in rebounding at 12.2 ppg, and at #1 in GNAC in FG pct, shooting 61.4% from the field.  She is also a nursing major currently doing her clinicals at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 01, 2018, 05:35:08 PM
Suffolk is going to win handily over Anna Maria tonight-- the Rams have a big lead in the second quarter.

Following the game on live stats-- Georgia Bourikas of Suffolk is 1 pt shy from the 1000 pt club.  She is currently resting on the bench in the second quarter.

Emmanuel hosts Johnson and Wales at 7:30 PM, while St Joe's Maine hosts Regis at 6 PM Eastern.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 01, 2018, 05:44:07 PM
Suffolk up 54-26 over Anna Maria at halftime.

Georgia Bourikas of Suffolk scored 2 pts in the first half on 1-3 shooting, 0-1 from 3 pt range.  She currently stands at 999 career points.

Update-- With a layup 27 seconds into the third quarter, Georgia Bourikas has just joined Suffolk's 1000 point club.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 01, 2018, 07:42:40 PM
Final-- St Joe's Maine defeats Regis, 66-45.

Update-- Emmanuel defeated JWU, 70-61.  Emmanuel now in 2nd place in GNAC with a 1/2 game lead over Regis with 5 games left to play for the Saints.  Regis Pride only have 4 GNAC games left until the conference tournament.

Emmanuel is at Mt Ida on Feb. 10, and at Regis on Feb. 13.  (These two opponents are currently in the top 8 of GNAC who would qualify for the conference tournament if it was to be held today.)

Mt Ida is currently at 8th place in GNAC with a 5-6 GNAC record and 5 conf games left to play.

GNAC tournament field, if it were to be determined today, would be St Joe's Maine, Emmanuel, Regis, Suffolk, Johnson and Wales, Albertus Magnus, Norwich, and Mt Ida.

GNAC team out of the running for a playoff spot is Rivier, due to their 0-2 mark vs Mt Ida.  The Raiders will not go 0-16 in GNAC play though, as they got their first GNAC conference win of the season last night, 56-52, over Lasell.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 03, 2018, 02:38:52 PM
Emmanuel defeated Simmons today, 73-54, to go to 30-0 lifetime vs their Colleges of the Fenway neighbor from across Brookline Ave in Boston.  Emmanuel improves to 11-1 in GNAC play.

Emmanuel has their next 3 GNAC games on the road, with the highlights being next Saturday at Mt Ida and Feb. 13 at Regis.  Meanwhile, St Joe's Maine plays at Albertus Magnus next Saturday.  The Monks and the Saints are heading to the top 2 seeds in the GNAC tournament in a few weeks, barring an upset.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 05, 2018, 09:24:32 PM
GNAC Honors-- Week 11

GNAC Corvias Player of the Week--

Yuleska Ramirez-Tejeda, Emmanuel

GNAC Corvias Rookie of the Week--

Jenni Rose-DiCecco, Suffolk
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 05, 2018, 09:51:45 PM
St Joe's Maine is receiving votes in this week's D3Hoops.com Top 25 at 2 pts.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 06, 2018, 06:42:03 PM
Halftime in Standish, Maine

St Joe's Maine 36, Suffolk 24

For St Joe's

Kelsi McNamara 8 pts, 6 assists
Julia Champagne 8 pts, 4 assists
Emily Benway 8 pts, 3 rebounds

For Suffolk

Jordan Hipwell 7 pts
Alexis Hackett 5 pts, 10 rebounds
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 06, 2018, 07:38:05 PM
Final

St Joe's Maine 73, Suffolk 45

Halftime

Emmanuel 36, Lasell 15
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 06, 2018, 08:33:42 PM
Final

Emmanuel 62, Lasell 34

For Emmanuel--

Yuleska Ramirez-Tejeda 20 pts, 9 rebounds

For Lasell

Dana Ross 14 pts, 11 rebounds
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 07, 2018, 02:37:00 PM
Women's first regional rankings of the season are out: http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2018/02/women-regional-rankings-first
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 07, 2018, 03:05:15 PM
St Joe's Maine is at #4 in the Northeast in the Feb. 7, 2018 regional rankings.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 12, 2018, 05:44:57 PM
GNAC Honors-- Week 12

GNAC Corvias Player of the Week--

Brittany Stone, Regis

GNAC Corvias Rookie of the Week--

Jenni-Rose DiCecco, Suffolk

Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 13, 2018, 08:38:39 AM
Today, St Joe's Maine can clinch the #1 seed in the GNAC tournament with a home win over Lasell.

In addition, Emmanuel travels to Regis tonight to play the Pride in a battle for the #2 and #3 seeds.  If Regis loses tonight, they would be in a 3 way tie for third with Suffolk and Johnson and Wales, and the Pride could drop as low as the #5 seed, depending on tiebreakers.  An Emmanuel win in one of the two remaining GNAC games secures the Saints #2 seed at the very least.

This week, Regis has a feature on coach Angela Santa Fe on the occasion of her 100th career win.

Regis feature on coach Angela Santa Fe:

Revisiting 100: Culture, Character The Keys to Santa Fe's Success (http://goregispride.com/sports/wbkb/2017-18/releases/Angela_Santa_Fe_Feature-_100_wins)
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 13, 2018, 08:52:54 AM
GNAC tournament update--

We have our field of 8 for the conference tournament-- it is just a battle for seeding.

Here are the 8 participants for next week's conference tournament:

1.). St Joe's Maine
2.). Emmanuel
3.). Regis
4.). Johnson and Wales
5.). Suffolk
6.). Albertus Magnus
7.). Norwich
8.). Mt. Ida
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 13, 2018, 07:01:31 PM
With the victory over Lasell by a score of 69-42 this evening, St Joe's Maine has clinched the #1 seed to next week's GNAC tournament.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 14, 2018, 12:47:20 AM
Emmanuel came back from an 11 point deficit to defeat Regis, 72-66, in Weston, MA.  As a result, Emmanuel clinches the #2 seed in the GNAC tournament.

Suffolk and Regis are tied for third at 11-4 in GNAC play with 1 game remaining.  Suffolk currently has the tiebreaker for the #3 seed by virtue of both teams's performances vs Johnson and Wales.  Regis can secure a top 4 finish and a home game in the GNAC tournament with a win on Saturday.

Johnson and Wales finishes at 11-5 in GNAC play with their loss to Albertus Magnus this evening.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 14, 2018, 03:12:55 PM
New women's regional rankings: http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2018/02/women-regional-rankings-second
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 17, 2018, 03:04:13 PM
GNAC Tournament

Quarterfinals-- Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018

#8 seed Mt Ida at #1 seed St Joe's Maine
#5 seed Albertus Magnus at #4 seed Regis

#7 seed Norwich at #2 seed Emmanuel
#6 seed Johnson and Wales at #3 seed Suffolk

Semifinals at highest remaining seeds, Thursday

GNAC Championship game Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 18, 2018, 05:03:24 AM
GNAC Conference tournament release:

SJC, Emmanuel, Suffolk, Regis Set to Host GNAC Women's Basketball Quarterfinals Tuesday Night. (http://thegnac.com/sports/wbkb/2017-18/releases/20180217qpt9c9)
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 19, 2018, 04:33:55 PM
GNAC Honors-- Week 13

GNAC Corvias Player of the Week-- Raquel Pederzani, Johnson and Wales

GNAC Corvias Rookie of the Week-- Jenni-Rose DiCecco, Suffolk
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 21, 2018, 10:22:57 AM
GNAC Conference Tournament release-- Complete quarterfinal wrapup:

Albertus Magnus Women's Hoop Downs Regis On Road in GNAC Quarterfinals (http://thegnac.com/sports/wbkb/2017-18/releases/180220_WBB_Qtrs)
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 21, 2018, 03:00:25 PM
The NCAA released the third set of women's basketball regional rankings with few changes from last week's version. This is the final set that we'll see before the Tournament bracket is released on Monday. Full list here: http://d3hoops.com/notables/2018/02/women-regional-rankings-third

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Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 22, 2018, 09:02:50 PM
I just saw Suffolk get their first ever victory at Emmanuel, and their 2nd victory over the Saints all time, 73-68.   :'(

Looks like the Monks are going to get the AQ, because I cannot see Suffolk pulling off another upset on Saturday.

Update-- thanks, d-mac, for mentioning Suffolk's accomplishment on Hoopsville.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 23, 2018, 08:23:29 AM
Yesterday was the 31st meeting all time between Suffolk and Emmanuel.

Before last night, Suffolk had only beaten Emmanuel one time-- that was a 66-55 win for the Rams at Regan Gym on Suffolk's campus on Feb. 9, 2008-- a GNAC regular season contest.

Suffolk never won on the Emmanuel campus until last night, when the Rams rode their starters to the win.  3 of 5 Suffolk's starters are underclassmen, and 4 of the 5 Suffolk starters played 35 min plus last night.  All of the starters for Suffolk came up with big games.

I was impressed with the double-double of Suffolk senior Georgia Bourikas, who had a 21 pt, 14 rebound game-- 9 of those 14 rebounds came on the offensive glass.

Also, Suffolk rookie point guard Jenni-Rose Dicecco proved with her 14 pt, 4 rebound game why she is going to be GNAC Rookie of the Year.  The GNAC has awarded her the Rookie of the Week honors several times this season.

Suffolk used 9 players in the win, with none of the bench players playing 10 min plus.

Suffolk out rebounded Emmanuel by 11, and shot 95% (19-20) from the FT line.

Overall, I felt that Suffolk showed more poise than Emmanuel last night and deserved the win.  I was a little disappointed in Emmanuel's Yuleska Ramirez- Tejeda's reaction to a foul call from one of the officials in the first half.  She reacted by slamming the ball down on the court-- thereby also earning a technical foul.  Suffolk hit all 4 of their FT attempts on that play.  As a result, Yuleska Ramirez-Tejeda will be joining the Emmanuel softball team as a utility player 1 game earlier than she would have liked.  She played shortstop in high school.

One of the reasons that Yuleska Ramirez-Tejeda transferred to Emmanuel was to be a 2 sport athlete in college-- she was not going to be able to do that at a low major d1 school.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on January 06, 2019, 03:13:26 PM
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Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 13, 2019, 02:53:39 PM
Regional Rankings Week 2 released: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2019/02/women-regional-rankings-second
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 20, 2019, 03:00:27 PM
The new NCAA Division III women's basketball regional rankings are posted: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2019/02/women-regional-rankings-third
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 23, 2019, 01:40:53 PM
Just saw a rare thing in basketball.  Emmanuel's  Yuleska Ramirez-Tejeda scored the equivalent of an own goal in soccer with 1:03 to go in the first half of the GNAC title game.😯  She was going for a defensive board but put the ball in her own hoop, and scored 2 pts for the Monks.

St Joe's Maine up 34-31 at the half.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 23, 2019, 02:12:05 PM
Emmanuel was up 47-42 with 1:10 left in the 3rd quarter, but the Monks hit 2 straight 3 pointers to end the third.  The Monks open up the 4th quarter with a third straight 3 pointer.  Monks up 51-49 with 8:36 left in regulation.  Monks have a huge advantage with their 3 point shooting.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 23, 2019, 02:16:47 PM
 Setting up for an excellent final 5 minutes.  Emmanuel up 56-54 with 5:29 remaining.

Congrats to Emmanuel on winning the GNAC!  Great defensive stop at the end for the 65-64 victory!
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 25, 2019, 03:21:26 PM
I have been encouraged by the placement of both Emmanuel and St Joe's Maine in their respective brackets.  Both teams have first and second round games that both the Saints and Monks can win and get to the sweet 16.  The other 2 top two teams in the GNAC (Albertus Magnus and Suffolk) are unsung teams, but play basketball at a very high d3 level.  This should be a very interesting weekend.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 25, 2020, 03:54:37 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a GNAC race.

Regis just handed Emmanuel their first GNAC loss of the season, 55-52.

The #2 pick, Albertus Magnus, dropped a GNAC game to Suffolk about a week ago.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 12, 2020, 03:36:53 PM
Women's first Regional Rankings released.

https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/women-regional-rankings-first
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 19, 2020, 03:09:38 PM
The second week Regional Rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/women-regional-rankings-second
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 26, 2020, 02:25:41 PM
Women's third regional rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/women-regional-rankings-third
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 28, 2020, 08:11:18 AM
Dave McHugh accidentally reported on Hoopsville last night that the GNAC Women's Tournament was postponed along with the GNAC Men's Tournament due to the fatal accident on I-84 Westbound in the Quiet Corner of Connecticut.  No teams from Connecticut were involved in the GNAC Women's semifinals, which were played last night with Emmanuel defeating Suffolk by 1 point in their final game as conference opponents, and the St.Joe's Monks of Maine winning over Regis up in Standish, Maine. 

Emmanuel plays St. Joe's of Maine for the women's AQ on Saturday, Feb. 29 at 1 PM Eastern.  The GNAC Men's AQ will be decided on Sunday, March 1.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 28, 2020, 01:27:10 PM
Quote from: deiscanton on February 28, 2020, 08:11:18 AM
Dave McHugh accidentally reported on Hoopsville last night that the GNAC Women's Tournament was postponed along with the GNAC Men's Tournament due to the fatal accident on I-84 Westbound in the Quiet Corner of Connecticut.  No teams from Connecticut were involved in the GNAC Women's semifinals, which were played last night with Emmanuel defeating Suffolk by 1 point in their final game as conference opponents, and the St.Joe's Monks of Maine winning over Regis up in Standish, Maine. 

Emmanuel plays St. Joe's of Maine for the women's AQ on Saturday, Feb. 29 at 1 PM Eastern.  The GNAC Men's AQ will be decided on Sunday, March 1.

I didn't accidentally report anything. I said at one point I thought the GNAC women had been affected by the I-84 accident, BUT I wasn't sure where I saw that and I needed to check it again.

Later in the show it dawned on me it was the LEC women that were affected along with the GNAC men semifinals and made that plain as I could. Talking about what games specifically had been changed and what championship games were moved. I even pointed out that I thought I read something about the GNAC women, but clearly I was confused with a very fluid situation between GNAC men (two games) and the game in the LEC. But I NEVER reported anything as fact until it was fact. I most certainly indicated what I was absolutely sure of and what I wasn't sure of.

I never said something absolutely happened unless I had it directly in front of me. Please don't mis-characterize what I say.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 28, 2020, 01:44:36 PM
Thanks for the clarification. I retract my first sentence in Reply #342.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on March 01, 2020, 09:07:49 AM
Congrats to Emmanuel on winning the GNAC yesterday.

I do not know what the NCAA will reveal Monday afternoon, but if NYU gets a Pool C and draws the Saints at Tufts on Friday, I will definitely watch it in person. 
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on March 02, 2020, 02:38:07 AM
Quote from: deiscanton on March 01, 2020, 09:07:49 AM
Congrats to Emmanuel on winning the GNAC yesterday.

I do not know what the NCAA will reveal Monday afternoon, but if NYU gets a Pool C and draws the Saints at Tufts on Friday, I will definitely watch it in person.

Looks like the potential game would not be at Tufts, since Cousens Gym is mock projected for a men's pod under NCAA rules that men get hosting priority  in the opening weekend this year.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on March 02, 2020, 03:27:56 PM
NYU vs Emmanuel at Bowdoin instead in the first round.

NYU leads the series 2-1.

Meg Barber was the NYU captain in the Elite Eight game in 2001, which Emmanuel won in OT after she hit the tying shot to force the game into OT.

Now, Meg Barber will coach NYU against the legendary coach Andy Yosinoff.

NYU is coming off a 17-37 from 3 pt range game at Brandeis-- a single game UAA record for most 3's made and attempted.

Brooklyn Shelton of NYU is among the top FT shooters in the nation.

NYU will be the favorite, but never count out the Saints.
Title: Re: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: ronk on March 02, 2020, 03:43:33 PM
Quote from: deiscanton on March 02, 2020, 03:27:56 PM
NYU vs Emmanuel at Bowdoin instead in the first round.

NYU leads the series 2-1.

Meg Barber was the NYU captain in the Elite Eight game in 2001, which Emmanuel won in OT after she hit the tying shot to force the game into OT.

Now, Meg Barber will coach NYU against the legendary coach Andy Yosinoff.

NYU is coming off a 17-37 from 3 pt range game at Brandeis-- a single game UAA record for most 3's made and attempted.

Brooklyn Shelton of NYU is among the top FT shooters in the nation.

NYU will be the favorite, but never count out the Saints.

If Emmanuel lets Katie Foos(NYU) open, that could be the difference.
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on January 17, 2022, 04:23:53 PM
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Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on January 28, 2022, 11:52:38 AM
Due to blizzard conditions expected in New England tomorrow, the Emmanuel women's basketball game at St. Joe's Maine has been rescheduled from tomorrow, January 29 to Thursday, February 3, 2022 with a scheduled tip of 6 PM Eastern.
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 03, 2022, 06:06:57 PM
Watching the Saints at Monks game now.  National anthem playing in Standish, Maine.

If Emmanuel wins tonight, they will most likely be the #1 seed overall in the GNAC tournament.  A Monks win keeps St. Joe's alive in the race for the GNAC's overall #1 seed.

Emmanuel enters the contest 16-1, 11-0 in GNAC play.  St. Joe's Monks enter the contest 14-3, 8-1 in GNAC play.
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 03, 2022, 06:24:38 PM
Emmanuel leading 18-16 after 1 quarter of play vs St. Joe's (Maine).
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 03, 2022, 06:46:45 PM
Halftime in Standish, Maine--

Emmanuel 34, St. Joe's (Maine) 32

Leading scorers for Emmanuel--

Jamad Finn-- 12 points, 5 rebounds

Loredana D'Agostino-- 8 points

Amari Faust-- 5 points

Korie Mathis leads Emmanuel with 2 assists

Leading scorers for St. Joe's--

Cassandra Stapelfeld-- 10 points, 2 assists

Nina Howe-- 6 points, 2 assists

Jayne Howe-- 6 points, 5 rebounds

Angelica Hurley-- 3 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists

Emmanuel shot 14-32 from the field (43.8%), 3-6 from 3 pt land (50%), and 3-6 from the FT line (50%)

St. Joe's shot 14-34 from the field (41.2%), 1-9 from 3 pt land (11.1%), and 3-4 from the FT line (75%)

Emmanuel outrebounded St. Joe's 20-16, 6-3 on the offensive glass

Emmanuel made 4 assists and committed 7 turnovers-- 4 of which were as a result of St. Joe's Monks steals

St. Joe's made 7 assists and committed 4 turnovers-- 1 of which was as a result of an Emmanuel steal.

Emmanuel blocked 2 St. Joe's shots in the first half.

Points off turnovers-- St. Joe's leads, 5-0

Points in the paint-- St. Joe's leads, 20-18

Second chance points-- Emmanuel leads, 4-3

Bench points-- Emmanuel leads, 12-8.

Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 03, 2022, 07:07:58 PM
Here is an update on the 2022 GNAC Women's Basketball Tournament

The top 12 GNAC women's basketball teams will qualify for the tournament-- only the team finishing in 13th place will not qualify.

Tuesday, Feb. 22 is the GNAC preliminary round--the top 4 GNAC seeds get a bye.  (#12 at #5, #11 at #6, #10 at #7, #9 at #8)

Wednesday, Feb. 23 is the GNAC quarterfinal round held at the top 4 seeds (#1 hosts 8/9 winner, #2 hosts 7/10 winner, #3 hosts 6/11 winner, and #4 hosts 5/12 winner)

GNAC semifinals-- Friday, Feb. 25 at highest remaining seeds

GNAC Championship-- Sunday, Feb. 27 at highest remaining seed.
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 03, 2022, 07:12:13 PM
Emmanuel leading 55-53 over St. Joe's after 3 quarters in Standish, Maine.

Jamad Finn with a game high 15 points for Emmanuel, while Loredana D'Agostino has 12 points for the Saints.

Jayne Howe leads St. Joe's with 13 points, while Cassandra Stapelfeld has 10 points for the Monks.
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 03, 2022, 07:44:04 PM
End of regulation--

Emmanuel 72, St. Joe's (Maine) 72

Saints not able to get a crucial defensive stop in the final minute, so we are headed to overtime.

1st quarter-- Saints outscored the Monks, 18-16

2nd quarter-- 16-16

3rd quarter-- 21-21

4th quarter-- Monks outscored the Saints, 19-17
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 03, 2022, 08:13:13 PM
Final from Standish, Maine--

Emmanuel 82, St. Joe's Maine 80 (OT)

Winning layup scored by Allison Wild of Emmanuel with 0.5 seconds left in OT-- assist from Riley Lahiff.

Emmanuel improves to 17-1, 12-0 in GNAC play

St. Joe's drops to 14-4, 8-2 in GNAC play.

With a 2-0 series sweep of the Monks by Emmanuel, the Saints are in the driver's seat for the #1 overall GNAC seed and home court throughout the GNAC Tournament.

Leading scorers for Emmanuel--

Jamad Finn-- 25 points, 7 rebounds

Loredana D'Agostino-- 13 points, 11 rebounds

Yannie Chan-- 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists

Riley Lahiff led Emmanuel with 4 assists, including the game winning assist to Allison Wild.

Leading scorers for St. Joe's--

Cassandra Stapelfeld-- 19 points, 4 rebounds

Jayne Howe-- 17 points, 7 rebounds

Nina Howe-- 11 points, 4 assists

Angelica Hurley led St. Joe's with 14 rebounds-- she also had 4 assists

Grace Philippon also had 4 assists for the Monks.

Emmanuel shot 31-72 from the field (43.1%), 4-13 from 3 pt land (30.8%), and 16-26 from the FT line (61.5%)

St. Joe's shot 31-76 from the field (40.8%), 7-23 from 3 pt land (30.4%), and 11-12 from the FT line (91.7%)

Emmanuel outrebounded St. Joe's 43-35, 14-10 on the offensive glass

Emmanuel made 12 assists and committed 11 turnovers-- 6 of which were as a result of St. Joe's steals.

St. Joe's made 20 assists and committed 12 turnovers-- 5 of which were as a result of Emmanuel steals

Emmanuel blocked 3 St. Joe's shots, while St. Joe's blocked 1 Emmanuel shot.

Points off turnovers-- Emmanuel won that category, 8-7

Points in the paint-- Emmanuel won that category, 42-38

Second chance points-- Emmanuel won that category, 8-3

Bench points-- All even at 20 a piece







Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 01, 2023, 09:22:14 AM
GNAC Women's Conference update--

This week's D3Hoops.com Top 25 poll has seen GNAC South leader Albertus Magnus receive 1 poll point in the Top 25.  Albertus Magnus has never been ranked in the top 25 since the poll first came out in 1999-2000.

Last night, Albertus Magnus went to "the Jim" at Univ. of St. Joseph in West Hartford, CT, and the contest became the first DIII Women's basketball game to go to triple OT all season. 

Last night was the first time in the program histories of both Albertus Magnus and Univ. of St. Joseph that these teams played a triple OT game in women's basketball.

Alb. Magnus survived, 106-104 in 3 OT to remain undefeated in GNAC play.  In the GNAC South, Albertus Magnus has a 3 1/2 game lead over Regis and a 4 1/2 game lead over Univ. of St. Joseph, with Albertus Magnus having a head-to-head sweep over Univ. of St. Joseph, and a 1-0 lead over Regis, with 5 games left for Albertus Magnus to play.

Albertus Magnus had approx 113 possessions in the ball game, with approx 77 of those taking place in regulation.

Albertus Magnus earlier this season also has defeated the top 2 teams in GNAC North in crossover play, with both of these victories coming at "the Nest" in New Haven, CT.  For Albertus Magnus, this season marks the third ever win in program history vs Emmanuel, and the first ever win in program history vs St. Joe's Maine Monks

As a result, the GNAC Women's Basketball Tournament in a few weeks looks poised to go through New Haven, CT, with both Emmanuel and St.Joe's Maine having to defeat Albertus Magnus at "the Nest' to gain the AQ in a 1 bid league-- no Pool C's are expected to be granted to GNAC given the current and cumulative OWPs of the top 3 GNAC contenders.

Here are the current Massey ratings of the top 3 GNAC teams

1.)  Albertus Magnus-- GNAC South leader--- #147
2.)  St.Joe"s Maine-- GNAC North leader--#136
3.)  Emmanuel-- GNAC North 2nd place-- #115

Courtesy of NCAA stats, here are the current and cumulative OWPs of the three teams before the GNAC tournament.

1.)  Emmanuel-- current OWP is .503 (ranked #212 in DIII), cumulative OWP is .505
2.)  St. Joe's Maine-- current OWP is .473 (ranked #273 in DIII), cumulative OWP is .461
3.)  Albertus Magnus-- current OWP is .464 (ranked #287 in DIII), cumulative OWP is .457

Here are the current PrestoSports D3Hoops.com NCAA SOS calculations of the top 3 GNAC Women's AQ contenders:

Calculations courtesy of:   d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2022-23/schedule?tmpl=sos-template  (http://d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2022-23/schedule?tmpl=sos-template)

Emmanuel-- .507 (#203 in DIII)
Albertus Magnus-- .474 (#290 in DIII)
St. Joe's Maine-- .472 (#293 in DIII)
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 03, 2023, 05:33:11 AM
Great interview of Albertus Magnus women's head coach JR Fredette by Dave McHugh on the Hoopsville Marathon.  For this season, coach Fredette has earned the spotlight in GNAC women's hoop no matter what happens the rest of the way, thanks to his team defeating both Emmanuel and St. Joe's Maine in the same season for the first time in the history of the program.

Of course, to get to the NCAA tournament, the Falcons will have to most likely have to repeat that feat in the GNAC tournament-- only this time, they will have to do it back-to-back in less than 1/2 a week. The fortunate news is that Albertus Magnus will most likely get to have home court again to do this.    If they successfully defend home court in the GNAC tournament and win the AQ, Albertus Magnus will come into NCAAs on house money. 

In other news last night, on the Hoopsville Marathon Happy Hour, the panel showed last night's Dean at St. Joe's Maine women's box score, where St. Joe's Maine won by the score of (I kid you not) 80-5.  Dean was held to 2-33 from the field, 0-3 from 3 pt land, and 1-6 from the charity stripe for the game.

It is very difficult for a team to go winless in league play and overall, but the Dean Bulldogs look like a safe bet to do both with only 4 games left to play.
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 05, 2023, 03:56:14 AM
GNAC Women's Conference update--

Despite losing at Rivier yesterday, Albertus Magnus officially clinched the #1 seed in GNAC South and home court advantage throughout the GNAC tournament-- thanks to the current second place team in GNAC South the Regis Pride also losing to Colby-Sawyer yesterday.

Albertus Magnus owns a 3 1/2 game lead over Regis in the GNAC South division.  The Falcons have 3 GNAC games to play before the tournament, while the Pride have 4 GNAC games left to play.   Albertus Magnus has the week off before they resume play on Saturday, February 11, at Regis.   Regis plays Lasell in GNAC play on Wednesday before facing off against Albertus Magnus on Saturday

Albertus Magnus clinched the #1 seed in GNAC South vs Regis on tiebreakers thanks to a 2-0 sweep of the University of St. Joseph (the current 3rd place team in GNAC South), while Regis went 1-1 vs the Univ. of St. Joseph this season-- the Pride lost by 6 points to USJ back in January.

Albertus Magnus also has home court advantage throughout the GNAC tournament thanks to the Falcons defeating both Emmanuel and St. Joe's Maine this season in crossover play.

Regis and USJ are battling it out for the #2 seed in GNAC South with USJ only having 3 GNAC games left to play before the tournament.

In GNAC North, St. Joe's Maine has a 1/2 game lead over Emmanuel for first place in the division-- the Monks have an extra GNAC game to play, which will happen on Monday when the Monks play in divisional play at Colby-Sawyer.  After Monday night, the Monks are heavily favored to extend their lead over Emmanuel to 1 game in the standings.

After Monday, the Monks will continue in divisional play at Anna Maria on Wednesday, followed by their big rematch at Emmanuel on Saturday.

Emmanuel hosts USJ in crossover play on Wednesday evening, followed by St. Joe's Maine visiting the Andy Yosinoff Court in Boston this upcoming Saturday.

If St. Joe's Maine and Emmanuel finish tied at 15-2 in GNAC play by the end of play on February 18, a coin flip will settle the #1 seed in GNAC North between the two teams.  Thanks to both of these teams losing to Albertus Magnus in crossover play earlier this season, the GNAC North winner becomes the overall #2 seed in the GNAC tournament this year, with the #3 seed being the 2nd place GNAC South team and the #4 seed being the 2nd place GNAC North team.
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 08, 2023, 06:47:44 PM
GNAC North update--

Final from Paxton, MA--  St. Joe's Maine 87, Anna Maria 65.   Monks improve to 13-1 in the GNAC North and set the stage for Saturday's big rematch at Emmanuel, where the Saints will attempt to split their season series vs the Monks and create a tie for the lead in the GNAC North at 13-2 in the division with 2 games left to play after this upcoming Saturday.

Final from Boston, MA-- Emmanuel 72, Univ of St. Joseph, CT 55 in GNAC crossover play.

Emmanuel improves to 12-2 in GNAC North, 17-5 overall.

USJ drops to 10-6 in GNAC South, 14-9 overall.   USJ will remain in 3rd place in GNAC South-- if that position holds the USJ Bluejays would be the road team at the 2nd place GNAC North team in a Tuesday GNAC quarterfinal on February 21.

The big rematch of the season comes at 1 PM Eastern on Saturday when St. Joe's Maine plays at Emmanuel.   A Monks victory on Saturday would clinch the GNAC North title for St. Joe's Maine and force Emmanuel to have to hold off Rivier next week for the right to host USJ in a Tuesday GNAC quarterfinal and a potential semifinal trip to New Haven, CT to take on Albertus Magnus.

If the Saints win on Saturday, that would create a tie for first place in the GNAC North with the St. Joe's Maine Monks.  If St. Joe's Maine and Emmanuel finish tied in GNAC North play with 15-2 marks by the conclusion of play on Saturday, February 18, there would be a coin fiip to detemine the winner of GNAC North with the winner of the coin toss getting a home semifinal game and not having to travel to New Haven until the GNAC title game.
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 08, 2023, 08:58:32 PM
GNAC South update--

Final from Weston, MA-- Lasell 57, Regis 46

Albertus Magnus had a bye tonight.

Regis drops to 10-5 in GNAC South, 10-11 overall, 1/2 game ahead of USJ for 2nd place in the GNAC South standings.

  With a 4 game lead in GNAC South over Regis and 3 games left to play until the GNAC tournament, Albertus Magnus cllinches GNAC South title and #1 seed overall outright.-- Albertus Magnus has home court advantage throughout the GNAC Women's Basketball Tournament.
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 11, 2023, 02:35:48 PM
Final in GNAC South action from Weston, MA--

Regis 72, Albertus Magnus 59

Albertus Magnus drops to 14-2 in GNAC South., 19-3 overall.
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 11, 2023, 05:00:31 PM
Final in GNAC North action from Andy Yosinoff Court in Boston, MA-- Emmanuel Senior Day

Emmanuel 73, St. Joe's Maine 69

Emmanuel and St. Joe's Maine are now tied for the lead in the GNAC North at 13-2 in the GNAC, 18-5 overall with 2 games left.

If both the Saints and the Monks win out on their final 2 games, a coin flip will be conducted at the conclusion of GNAC play next Saturday, Feb. 18, to determine who wins the GNAC North title and the #2 seed overall. 

The #1 seed in the GNAC North would have a potential home court semifnal game in the GNAC tournament and not have to travel to New Haven, CT to face Albertus Magnus, the #1 seed in the GNAC South, in a Thursday Feb. 23 semifinal.
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 14, 2023, 06:37:45 PM
Final in GNAC North action from Paxton, MA this evening--

Emmanuel 78, Anna Maria 55

Emmanuel improves to 14-2 in GNAC North, 19-5 overall and will play at Rivier on Saturday.

In GNAC South--

Today's scheduled contest in New Haven, CT between Albertus Magnus and Elms has been postponed to tomorrow evening.  Tip time to be determined.

Final in a GNAC crossover game from Standish, Maine--

St. Joe's Maine 76,Regis 48

Monks improve to 14-2 in GNAC North, 19-5 overall and will host Elms on Saturday.

If both Emmanuel and St. Joe's Maine win on Saturday, there will be a coin flip to determine the #1 seed in GNAC North.
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 15, 2023, 11:42:51 AM
GNAC South rescheduled game from yesterday will be played today:

Elms at Albertus Magnus-- 7 PM Eastern tip.
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 15, 2023, 10:22:19 PM
Final in GNAC South women's action in a rescheduled game from yesterday-- from "the Nest" in New Haven, CT--

Albertus Magnus 73, Elms 58

Albertus Magnus improves to 15-2 in GNAC South, 20-3 overall with 1 game left to play.  The Falcons are now 11-0 at "the Nest" this season and will host Lasell on Senior Day on Saturday.

Albertus Magnus has already clinched the #1 seed in GNAC South in next week's GNAC tournament.
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 18, 2023, 01:05:13 PM
Currently watching Emmanuel at Rivier on livestream.

After not playing in the previous game vs Anna Maria, Yannie Chan is back in the starting lineup for the Emmanuel Saints today vs Rivier.
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 18, 2023, 01:37:18 PM
Halftime at "the Nest" in New Haven, CT in GNAC South action--

Albertus Magnus 51, Lasell 38

Halftime in Nashua, NH in GNAC North action--

Emmanuel 42, Rivier 32 

Halftime in Standish, ME in GNAC North action-- (crossover game)

St. Joe's Maine 38, Elms 20

If both Emmanuel and St. Joe's Maine win their games today, they will finish tied for first in GNAC North at 15-2 in GNAC play, and a coin flip will determine the #1 seed in GNAC North for the GNAC tournament.  The #1 seed in GNAC North will host a conference semifinal game, while both Emmanuel and St. Joe's Maine will host conference quarterfinal games on Tuesday regardless of the outcome of the coin flip. (The loser of the coin toss will be the #2 seed in GNAC North.)
Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 18, 2023, 02:18:46 PM
End of third quarter in Nashua, NH in GNAC North women's action--

Emmanuel 69, Rivier 48

Game update from "the Nest" in New Haven, CT in GNAC South women's action--

Albertus Magnus 72, Lasell 61  6:09 left in regulation.

Score was Albertus Magnus 69. Lasell 55 at the end of the third quarter.

Game update from Standish, ME in GNAC North women's action--

St. Joe's Maine 63, Elms 29  53 seconds left in third quarter.

Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 18, 2023, 02:32:52 PM
Game update from "the Nest" in New Haven, CT in GNAC South women's action

Albertus Magnus 76, Lasell 75  45.5 seconds left in regulation.

Update-- Albertus Magnus 78, Lasell 77 17.7 seconds left in regulation.

Update-- Albertus Magnus 82, Lasell 77  6.6 seconds left in regulation.

Title: Re: WBB: GNAC Women's Hoop.
Post by: deiscanton on February 18, 2023, 02:48:51 PM
Final scores in GNAC women's action

In GNAC North action from Nashua, NH, the final score was Emmanuel 83, Rivier 61

In GNAC North action from Standish, ME, the final score was St. Joe's Maine 78, Elms 51

Emmanuel and St. Joe's Maine finish in a first place tie in GNAC North at 15-2 in GNAC play.

A coin toss will determine the #1 seed in GNAC North between Emmanuel and St. Joe's Maine.   The winner of the coin toss will have a potential home court conference semifinal on Thursday, while the loser of the coin toss will have a potential Thursday trip to New Haven. CT for a semifinal game at Albertus Magnus.

In GNAC South action from "the Nest" in New Haven, CT,  the final score was Albertus Magnus 82, Lasell 77

Albertus Magnus finishes at 16-2 in GNAC play and is the #1 seed in GNAC South.   Awaiting confirmation of the final GNAC field, but it also looks like Albertus Magnus is the overall #1 seed in the GNAC women's basketball tournament as well thanks to their head to head wins over Emmanuel and St. Joe's Maine earlier this season.
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Post by: deiscanton on February 18, 2023, 05:32:11 PM
From the schedule pages of Emmanuel and St. Joe's Maine--

This afternoon, St. Joe's Maine won the coin toss over Emmanuel, and with that result, got the #1 seed in GNAC North.

St. Joe's Maine will host a Thursday semifinal should the Monks prevail over #4 seed in GNAC South Johnson and Wales (RI).

The quarterfinal game between St. Joe's Maine and JWU will tip off Tuesday at 5:30 PM Eastern in Standish, Maine.

Emmanuel is the #2 seed in GNAC North and will host a quarterfinal vs #3 seed in GNAC South University of St. Joseph (CT) on Tuesday at 7:30 PM Eastern.

Should Emmanuel win on Tuesday, the Saints would most likely travel to New Haven, CT for a conference semifinal against #1 seed in GNAC South Albertus Magnus.

In other quarterfinal action on Tuesday, Rivier (#3 seed in GNAC North) will play at #2 seed in GNAC South Regis, with the winner most likely travelling to Standish, Maine for a potential Thursday clash against the Monks.

In the other quarterfinal game on Tuesday, Colby-Sawyer won a tiebreaker with Norwich for the #4 seed in GNAC North, and will make the trip to New Haven, CT for a quarterfinal round matchup at "the Nest" vs Albertus Magnus.
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Post by: deiscanton on February 18, 2023, 09:02:53 PM
GNAC press release for the 2022-23 GNAC Women's Basketball Tournament:

Women's Basketball:  Albertus, St. Joseph's Capture Top Seeds in GNAC Tournament

thegnac.com/sports/wbkb/2022-23/releases/20230218s11dv6  (http://thegnac.com/sports/wbkb/2022-23/releases/20230218s11dv6)
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Post by: deiscanton on February 24, 2023, 08:42:51 PM
GNAC Women's Semifinals-- Friday, February 24, 2023  (rescheduled from Thursday, Feb. 23 due to weather)

1.)  Final from "the Nest" in New Haven, CT--   #2N Emmanuel 66, #1S Albertus Magnus 55

2.)  Final from Standish, ME-- #1N St. Joe's Maine 83, #3N Rivier 55

GNAC Championship Game on Sunday--

Emmanuel at St. Joe's Maine