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#1
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: MBB: NESCAC
December 18, 2023, 09:18:40 PM
Am seeing the following Middlebury commitment on Twitter:

Sawyer Ramey, 5-10, PG, Deerfield (PG)
#2
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: MBB: NESCAC
December 16, 2023, 02:22:40 PM
Quote from: nescac1 on December 15, 2023, 10:00:40 AM
Some info on the first round of NESCAC recruits.  This information seems to have become harder to track down than it used to be, so I'm sure there are loads of others. Nice early recruiting group for Williams, which added a very smooth point guard who is quick with the ball, a bigger guard who is appears to be a three-point shooting specialist, and two big, skilled wings. 

Beyond the Williams group, the most notable name here is likely Oscar Edelman to Wesleyan.  Wesleyan should be loaded next season as it returns its entire rotation, including two frosh wings each with a ton of upside, other than its back-up big man, and Edelman should be able to fill in as the back-up big right away.  Mitch Humphrey seems like a good fit for Colby as he's an ace three point shooter with the size to guard up a bit. 

  . .
Bowdoin:

Liam McBride, 6'3 G, Deerfield

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You can add to Bowdoin's list of commits:

Chris Simonds, 6'8 C, Falmouth (ME) HS: Younger brother of Jack and Michael and apparently a defensive force . .
#3
Great to see the very recent NESCAC players joining the board!

The All-New Englnad D2/3 team has been released and includes the following 6 NESCAC players:

Spencer Fetter, QB,Trinity
Sean Clapp, WR, Trinity
Matthew Jumes, K, Trinity
Brendan King, TE, Bowdoin
Tomas Kenary, DL, Middlebury
Travis Cephalia, OL, Tufts.

Congratulations to all!!

#4
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: MBB: NESCAC
November 20, 2023, 04:51:22 PM
Quote from: nescac1 on November 20, 2023, 11:12:21 AM
Regarding Bowdoin, I also note that Natrel Allen starting the first game (and was productive) and hasn't played since, so I assume he is injured as well. 
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Yes -- Natrel looked to be a superb addition in that first game. He was a little out of control at the beginning of the game but settled down to score critical points. He is very fast and can slash and drive to the basket, which he did to help tie up the game but injured himself toward the end of regulation in the Husson game and has not played since . . .It looked like a sprained ankle from a distance . .I hope that both he and James McGowan are back soon!! 
#5
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: MBB: NESCAC
November 20, 2023, 11:02:36 AM
Bowdoin's McGowan has been out with an injury for the past couple of games. He was at the MMA game on the bench but in street clothes. He was hobbling a bit so likely a leg injury of some sort. . Aside from McGowan's absence, the Bowdoin shooting was atrocious in the MMA game.
#6
Bowdoin honored all the seniors on senior day so I was not certain that it provided information about who was returning for a fourth season or maybe it meant that decisions are not made until after the season.
#7
Quote from: NESCACFball24/7 on November 15, 2023, 09:35:56 PM
I know it is early but does anybody know who may or may not be coming back for 5th years around the league? Seems to be a bigger deal for tufts,midd, and trinity if they can get guys like richardson or wood or other big players back.

Big for Bowdoin too. There are many superb Bowdoin seniors who have only played 3 seasons--Boel, Fahey, Eden, Jacobs, and Price come quickly to mind--who are eligible to play another season should they choose to do so . .
#8
The Amherst faculty obtained access to race-based data about Amherst's recruited athletes at a faculty meeting in late October. The data was made available to the faculty in response to a formal request by the faculty but was not provided to the larger college community and is being closely guarded. The data presented to the faculty updated a 2018 report that showed some 75% of recruited athletes at Amherst were white and apparently showed that some movement had been made to reduce the gap in the percentage of recruited athletes who are white versus the percentage of the overall student body that is white.

The newish Amherst president, Michael Elliott, stepped into the debate and stated that changes in recruiting practices would likely only be made in concert with other NESCAC schools and after more was known about the impact of the Supreme Court's ruling this past summer that effectively prohibited affirmative action by colleges and universities in admissions practices. The Amherst president noted that the NESCAC presidents were in the process of reviewing recruiting practices, stating "The NESCAC presidents are actively considering how to reform the recruiting system ... so that it better serves our institutions in light of the Supreme Court [affirmative action] decision." This was new information to me and something to keep an eye on.

It is in the nature of certain NESCAC sports to trend white based on the demograpic make-up of the developmental leagues from which NESCAC players are drawn (like hockey and lacrosse players tend to be drawn from leagues that trend white for various reasons). That would seem hard to fix through changes in recruitment practices . .  or it could mean that sports like football are expected to pull a larger share of the load in ensuring equivalence in the racial make-up of athletes versus the overall student body although such an approach would smack of affirmative action too . .
#9
Quote from: lumbercat on November 13, 2023, 03:05:37 PM
Significant differences in the interpretation and application of banding and other NESCAC admission mechanisms and "controls" that are in the hands of each school. Far less consistent than the Ivies.

Plus each school has some discretion in assigning banded slots among the various sports. And even more discretion with regard to assigning "tips." Trinity is in the lower half of the NESCAC in its overall performance in sports so is likely over weighting in football in terms of number of slots in comparison to its NESCAC peers. In 2022-23, Trinity ranked 58th in the Learfield Cup, which treats all sports equally but gives zero points to NESCAC schools for football because of the lack of post-season play; only Colby, Bates, Hamilton, and Conn College were rated lower than Trinity in the Learfield standings in 2022-23. The top three NESCAC performers overall in sports as measured by the Learfield system in 2022-23 were Tufts (no. 2), Williams (no. 3), and Middlebury (no. 8). So the out-sized performance by Trinity in football over the years likely has a lot to do with the sport Trinity has chosen to emphasize . . 
#10
Quote from: lumbercat on November 11, 2023, 09:01:09 PM
. . .

Quick-

I think Colby started Keeling and pulled him- but maybe I'm wrong. Sadly, at least from my perspective, they put Keeling, a senior, back in with about 4 minutes left trailing 35-7............Maybe his line shoulda been "Thanks Coach, do want me to win it or just tie
it up?"

I was watching/listening to the Colby play by play feed with an announcer who was the worst I have ever heard. Don't understand why these NSN announcers are not managed/trained. The NESCAC obviously pays NSN to cover games.

No excuse for a guy calling the Colby games to not know the numbers of at least the skill position guys for Colby and their opponents as well. Hell it would take about 30 minutes of preparation.
If I'm NESCAC AD and a Netcast with a totally ignorant announcer like Colby had today was going out to my parents, fans and Alums I'd have a real issue with NSN.

FY Chris Milmoe started the game and played intil the last drive when Keeling took over for the final Colby touchdown. It was a bit of an odd call for a game of such consequence of the two teams since Milmoe had not taken even one snap as best as I can determine. And Keeling had been the starting QB since the thrid game of the season . .

The NSN play-by-play is often awful (this is true for all sports), and this guy was particularly bad. They don't know the names of the players and, when they do know them, they sometimes mispronounce them.
#11
Polar Bears down Colby easily, 35-14 (game was not actually that close) behind back-up QB Robbie long, who played very well and slayed the Mules for the second year in a row only this time he brought an excellent passing game.mit is the first CBB crown for Bowdoin in many years and the first win at Colby since 2010. Colby was at even more of a disadvantage than Bowdoin as it started an untested freshman.
#12
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: MBB: NESCAC
November 11, 2023, 01:05:45 PM
McGowan had an off-night in part due to picking up 2 quick fouls in the early going so never being able to get in a rhythm. His shooting was off as was Michael Simonds' shooting.

On the plus side, it was nice to see Kevin Reeves take over as Bowdoin's big. He had a nice double-double (16-13) and played some nice D in terms of blocks and showed great reach and athleticism (he is a very long and springy 6-8)

Concerning was the absence of the Lithuanian and quick PG Jaden Hill from the line-up. Both were in uniform and on the bench but perhaps one or both were nursing injuries . . Jaden Hill has very quick hands and probably could have helped handle the primary Husson scorer (Riles Neff) whom the rest iof the team could not stop.
#13
Wow -- Huge congratulations to the Continentals as they down the Jumbos 36-34 in the 5th OT. The Conts got to OT with 17 unanswered points in the 2d half after falling behind 0-17.
#14
Men's soccer / Re: NESCAC
October 28, 2023, 01:08:19 AM
Robert Card, the Lewiston mass shooter, was found dead of a self-inflicted wound at 7:45  pm Friday in Lisbon, ME, very close to his last place of employment (the Maine Recycling Center). His death at least brings to an end to the public safety emergency but obviously the pain will never end for the relatives of the 18 dead victims.
#15
As per the Bowdoin website, the Trinity at Bowdoin game has been rescheduled for Nov. 18.