Commonwealth Coast Conference

[nescac1]

He only played a few minutes in the exhibition game before not returning.   I assume he got injured.  I hope not seriously because man he looks fun to watch!

[Greek Tragedy]

So Nichols beat Emerson tonight, 90-80. Nichols was 34-63 from the field...and recorded ZERO assists.

Emerson was 35-79 and recorded just 3 assists.

I wonder if there was ever a game when neither team recorded an assist.

[ronk]

So Nichols beat Emerson tonight, 90-80. Nichols was 34-63 from the field...and recorded ZERO assists.

Emerson was 35-79 and recorded just 3 assists.

I wonder if there was ever a game when neither team recorded an assist.

 Sounds like the pickup games I play in where nearly all the guys go 1-on-1 instead of passing and cutting. 

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Hoopsville is airing at 1:00 PM today and for the next several shows (due to schedule conflicts).



Here is what we have on tap today in terms of guests:
- Jordan Olufson, Webster women's coach
- Meg Barber, #9 NYU women's coach
- Sean Foster, Salve Regina men's coach
- Raul Placeres, #16 Maryville men's coach
- Ryan Scott & Mike Rejniak, Men's Top 25 Double-Take

We will recap the NCAA Convention and hit on some other notes as well.

Again, starting at 1:00 PM ET today. Watch the show here (or On Demand if you missed it): www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2021-22/jan24

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Week 2 Regional Rankings - which are ranked now: https://d3hoops.com/notables/2022/02/men-regional-rankings-first

[stlawus]

For all the hype Nichols got coming into this season, they're now 6-4 after a loss to 3-6 Albertus Magnus.   

[nescac1]

I was definitely guilty of being one of the folks hyping Nichols, I figured they would CRUISE in the CCC ... just shows that games are not played on paper, regardless of how many seemingly big-time transfers you bring in.  In watching them, they are just a crazy undisciplined team, at times almost like they aren't coached at all, and seem to have a bunch of individual agendas.  The chemistry does not seem to be there between the transfers and the returning players.  Obviously hurts that Dupree left a pretty thin team after two games and a sign that something might be up beyond the numbers on the stat sheet, as well.

Western New England has been a big surprise in the CCC, they have a really strong top four players, who have been playing together for awhile (two of them for seven years, since they were high school teammates).  All four have two years of eligibility remaining, so if they decide to stick around, this could be the start of a really nice three-year run for this nucleus.   Jake Harrison is one of the best under-the-radar guys in D3, he was a big time player in high school and he is putting up some crazy stats as just a soph ... 17-10-7 on 58/40/78, plus 2 spg and 2 bpg.  Truly does it all. 

[deiscanton]

Watching on livestream, I watched Western New England come back from down 19 in the first half and down by 15 in the second half to defeat Endicott last night, 82-75.

Jake Harrison led the Golden Bears in the comeback with a game high 27 points on 8-15 shooting from the field, 0-2 from 3 pt range, and 11-15 from the charity stripe in 38 minutes of action.  He also grabbed 8 rebounds and made 5 assists.  Still, he could work on trying to protect the ball a little more-- he did turn the ball over a game high 5 times in the comeback.

Western New England and Roger Williams are now tied for first place at 5-0 in the CCC after last night's action with Western New England scheduled to play at Roger Williams next Tuesday, with the winner getting sole possession of first place-- assuming that both the Golden Bears and the Hawks win their league games on Saturday, which both are favored to do.  WNE plays at Salve Regina tomorrow, while Roger Williams plays at Gordon.

It will be interesting to see if Western New England can win the CCC-- there are a lot of games still left to be played.  However, I currently believe that the Golden Bears are the team to watch in the CCC race.

Before last night's action, here were the net efficiency rating margins per 100 possessions of all of the CCC teams, as computed by Matt Snyder's program:

1.)  WNE-- +18.7 --#34th nationally
2.)  Nichols-- +11.7-- #87th nationally
3.)  Suffolk-- +8.9-- #112 nationally
4.)  Endicott-- +5.1-- #144th nationally
5.)  Roger Williams-- +1.4-- #192nd nationally
6.)  Wentworth-- +0.8-- #197th nationally
7.)  Gordon-- -1.8-- #231st nationally
8.)  Salve Regina-- -3.0-- #248th nationally
9.)  Curry-- -23.2-- #401st nationally
10.)  UNE-- -26.4-- #404th nationally

[Greek Tragedy]

I wouldn't be too harsh on Harrison and his turnovers. He still has a 72-42 assist to TO ratio. He also leads the team in scoring, rebounding and steals.

[nescac1]

Yeah, regarding Harrison, last night he also stole the ball with brilliant anticipation of a pass and then went coast to coast, hitting a difficult contested layup to to secure the win for WNEC in the last minute of the game.  He is already one of the better players in New England, and only a sophomore.  A big time steal in recruiting for WNEC. 

[warriorcat]

It should be an interesting night in the CCC.

Western New England 6-0 vs Roger Williams 6-0

Endicott  5-1 vs Nichols 4-2

[deiscanton]

It should be an interesting night in the CCC.

Western New England 6-0 vs Roger Williams 6-0

Endicott  5-1 vs Nichols 4-2

I will be watching Western New England vs Roger Williams on livestream tonight and check the other game for the boxscore.

I am hoping that the Golden Bears get the road victory tonight at RWU and take the sole lead in the CCC standings.   Many years ago, WNE head coach Colin Tabb was on the Brandeis staff when the Judges made the NCAA tournament and had to play in Providence vs Trinity (CT), who had Colin's brother Sean on their coaching staff.   Sean Tabb then was on the Brandeis staff for many years, and now he just became the boys high school basketball coach at Middlesex School (ISL-- Concord, MA) this season.

[deiscanton]

Final scores today--

Western New England 89, Roger Williams 86 (OT)-- Game was in Bristol, RI.

Golden Bears are now in sole possession of first place in the CCC with a 7-0 record in league play after the hard-fought road win at RWU tonight and 11 games left to play until the conference tournament.

Game was tied at 78-78 at end of regulation-- Roger Williams led 42-41 at halftime.

Game had 10 ties and 14 lead changes

Largest lead for RWU was 7 points at 22-15 with 11:41 to go in first half.

Largest lead for WNE was 6 points at 86-80 with 2:12 to go in the first overtime period.

Golden Bears sealed the win on a defensive stop-- Roger Williams had the ball and a chance to tie the game again and send it to a second overtime with 9 seconds left in the first overtime period.

For Western New England:

Jake Harrison-- Team high 18 points,  Game high 20 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals before fouling out with 25 seconds left in the overtime period.

Tim Restall led the Golden Bears with a team high 22 points and 8 rebounds before fouling out with 1:33 left in the overtime peri

Gavin Greene-- 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists

Brian Geitner-- 15 points

For Roger Williams--

Mac Annus had a game high 26 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals to lead the Hawks in the scoring category.

Ty Higgins-- 14 points

Max Manjos-- 11 points

John Ah Kao-- 10 points.

Leading rebounder for RWU was Will MacDonald with 7 boards.

Leading in assists for RWU was Nate Lopes with 3 assists.

The other final from Dudley, MA today was:

Nichols 77, Endicott 68 in regulation.

Endicott and Nichols are now tied in third place in the CCC standings with both teams at 5-2 in league play-- 2 games behind the Golden Bears in the standings.

Roger Williams is one game back of WNE at 6-1 in conference play.

[deiscanton]

Western New England hosts the return fixture vs Roger Williams on February 1.

Games remaining for both WNE and RWU in the first half of the double round robin before the clubhouse turn occurs on Saturday, January 21--

For WNE--

1/14-- Home vs Curry
1/18-- Home vs Gordon

For RWU--

1/14-- Road game at Endicott
1/18-- Home vs Wentworth

[deiscanton]

I just started rewatching the WNE at Roger Williams game from last night on-demand this morning.  I fell asleep during most of the livestream last night, but caught the final 2 minutes of the overtime period.

No Play by play commentary on this one-- just a llve court mic instead.

Somehow, there was a clue that this game could get officiated tightly when the first foul of the game was a technical foul called on WNE's Jake Harrison with 16:12 left in the first half.  From what I saw in the video, it looked like Jake Harrison flopped in the back court and got the tech for flopping, and I heard one young RWU supporter cheer when Jake Harrison got "t"'d up. Seems that the WNE and RWU fans at the game had no love lost for each other during last night's play, because they were so intent on wanting their respective sides to take possession of the overall conference lead.

With that said, I will get back to watching the replay....