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#1
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: MBB: NESCAC
February 25, 2024, 02:48:49 PM
NCAA-wise,is there any chance of either Trinity or Williams hosting?  Also, if one does would Tufts, if they make it, be in the same quad?
#2
Men's soccer / Re: NESCAC
February 23, 2024, 01:40:26 PM
 Hello NESCAC!  Now that the forum is back up is there any newsworthy soccer information you care to share about the conference?
#3
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: MBB: NESCAC
December 07, 2023, 02:08:48 PM
Quote from: Bucket on December 07, 2023, 11:02:25 AM
Not a typo: David Brennan—at 6'6"—had 28 rebounds for Middlebury in an 80-76 OT win at Plattsburgh on Wednesday.

Tristan Joseph with a career-high of 25, starting in place of Sam Stevens, who was a DNP. Osher with 26 and 6 assists.

Panthers host Skidmore on Friday and then travel to Stevens next week before entering the break.
I am sure glad that Midd prevailed in OT, but they obviously had to work extra hard to beat a 2-6 Plattsburgh team.  I wonder where that is going to place them in the food chain once the NESCAC season begins?  Meanwhile, I hope Stevens gets back soon.  Perhaps he tried to come back too soon following his injury.

The pecking order is changing at Midd.  Flaks has moved ahead of Bobbett at the G position.  Perhaps some competition for playing time can spur one or the other to win it outright and hopefully it will be based on point output.  Joseph has moved into the starting role and I hope he can keep it that way.  Moving forward, when Stevens is back, I expect Joseph to remain  a starter. Also, it would be nice to see Kulina increase his scoring and compete for more time.  A different combination is going to be required than just last year's starting five less Sobel and adding in McKersie.  Hopefully a new five will emerge with more scoring potential.
#4
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: MBB: NESCAC
November 17, 2023, 01:10:53 PM
Quote from: Old Guy on November 16, 2023, 11:17:25 PM
Quote from: nescac1 on November 14, 2023, 10:17:39 PM
NESCAC as a whole is having some uncharacteristic early struggles, with Amherst, Hamilton, Midd, Colby, Bates and Bowdoin a combined 1-8.  Of those teams I expect Midd at least to pick things up in the very near future - they've lost to two tough opponents, and one bright spot today was Tristan Joseph, who looks ready to earn more time and make a bigger impact. 

No relief for the Panthers as they play in Ohio in the Great Lakes Classic at Wittenberg this weekend. They play University of Redlands, CA (good team, good program) and draw the hosts in the second game. Post Sobel, Midd has to figure out who they are: play faster or set it up. It may take a while but they will surely be battle-tested when the 10 NESCAC games are played after the holiday break.
I would say that the Panthers have to find a way to get to the hoop.  Their outside shooting has not be kind to them and they really need multiple people to be able to penetrate and make layups.
#5
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: MBB: NESCAC
November 14, 2023, 01:40:35 PM
Quote from: JEFFFAN on November 14, 2023, 11:16:01 AM
Quote from: Maine Hoops on November 13, 2023, 05:24:16 PM
After years of reading this message board I just signed up.

I missed a webcast this past week-end and bought it for $11.

Does anyone know, does this get me only that particular game or does it buy me more?

if only the one game, is there a way to access more past games for a less pricey fee than $11 per game?
They are free if you watch them live, but you have to pay to watch them after the fact.

You should not have to pay anything to watch the NESCAC games.   Head to the NESCAC scoreboard when there is a game to watch - click through to video.

https://nescac.com/scoreboard/
#6
Maybe Bill Beliichick will be available for Colby?
#7
Since we have the big game this week between Trinity and Wesleyan, would anyone care to speculate on which team has the edge by positions such as QB, RBs, WRs, TE, Safeties, LBs, DE, Corners, Special Teams. etc.? I suppose the same could be done for the Tufts-Middlebury game since they both pit a one loss team against a two loss team.
#8
Quote from: SpringSt7 on November 01, 2023, 07:20:09 PM
Quote from: Nescacman on November 01, 2023, 11:39:15 AM
Quote from: Trin9-0 on November 01, 2023, 11:05:40 AM
Tufts' stunning loss to Hamilton got me thinking about the worst losses for each NESCAC program. For Trinity, the 2021 blowout loss to Williams jumps to mind. It was by no means an upset as the Ephs finished that season 9-0, but the nature of the loss was shocking. At the risk of bringing up bad memories, I'm curious to hear from other posters what their respective programs' worst losses have been.

OK, we'll take the bait.

As far as we are concerned, the Cardinals 1982 loss in Williamstown was far and away the worst. Not so much because of the score, but how we lost...last play of the game, after we took the lead with about 30 seconds left. Wes losses 27-24. Pretty bad. Definitely the worst we have seen for Wes in our 40+ years of being around the program. Way worse than Tufts this year, btw.

We'd also like to nominate on behalf of our Purple Cow friends, the 2016 tilt v. Wesleyan...Wes 59 Purple Cows 14. We think our Eph friends will have a tough time beating that one.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record since it came up last week - 2016 to Wesleyan was awful but it was really obvious by about September 1st of that year that it was not going to be a fun season in Williamstown. 2017 and 2019, both also to Wesleyan, hurt a little more in some ways. 2017 was the 30-0 drubbing in Maimaron's freshman year that really stung and in 2019 they lost in overtime after outgaining Wes 419-296 but Estevez returned a kick for a touchdown and they couldn't get the stop they needed at the end of regulation before losing in OT.

The 2019 loss wasn't awful in a vacuum but coupled with the Week 1 loss to Middlebury all of a sudden you realized they were just two stops away from going 9-0. I know they went 7-2 but they were the best football team that year. Don't think they got a trophy for that though.
Spring, I think you have things mixed up here.  In 2019 you played Midd on the sixth weekend of the season and lost 45-21. Besides, Midd had the edge in first down 23-16 and total offense 529-350. Wes couldn't have been bettter than Midd that year.
#10
Quote from: The Mole on October 30, 2023, 12:32:33 PM
I think you mean 7-2. It can happen. Not sure NESCAC has ever had "quad-champs". Time to revisit tie-breaker rules....

The rescheduled November 18th games will factor in as well. It is up for grabs.

Quote from: maineman on October 30, 2023, 11:19:21 AM
How likely is this to happen?  Wes beats Trinity, Midd loses to Tufts.  The teams win out on their other games and there are four 5-2 teams atop the NESCAC standings at season's end. 
Could it even happen?
Whoops, l blew the math.  7-2!
#11
Region 1 men's basketball / Re: MBB: NESCAC
October 30, 2023, 11:21:48 AM
Do practices with coaches start today or do we have to wait for Wed, 11/1?
#12
How likely is this to happen?  Wes beats Trinity, Midd loses to Tufts.  The teams win out on their other games and there are four 5-2 teams atop the NESCAC standings at season's end. 
Could it even happen?
#13
The change in the NESCAC schedule will have far reaching effects,  It will take on a more NFL look with a bi-week for each team inserted into the season,  Traditional rivalries will permanently change with Williams dropping Amherst for their closing game and picking up Bates.  Now the final Little Three Game featured on NESN TV will be Amherst vs Wesleyan.  Similarly, Colby will jettison Bowdoin for its final tilt and pick up Middlebury.  The Polar Bears will finish their season against the Bantams who will no longer have their instate foe Wesleyan available on that weekend.  Lastly, the new ultimate rival for Tufts will be Hamilton. 

While the season will now end later than ever, the only question remaining is, which game will now be known as the Biggest Little Game in America?
#14
Quote from: College Soccer Observer on October 24, 2023, 11:35:21 PM
Jumping over from the NESCAC thread for a moment.  Conn College and Middlebury both managed to navigate the NESCAC slate without a loss.  Conn had 5 wins and 5 ties, while Middlebury had 7 wins and 3 ties.  Middlebury finishes the regular season at 11-0-4, scoring 40 goals and only giving up 8.  They have only trailed for a total of 15 minutes all season (against Amherset in their first conference game before equalizing).  The Panthers have balanced scoring, with Jordan Saint-Louis with 8, Gavin Randolph with 6, and Tyler Payne with 5, and Colin Duggan and Luke Madden with 3 each.  The Panther defense has been rock solid, with 7 shutouts over their last 9 games.  Since giving up two goals to Vassar off corner kicks, Midd has been lights out winning headballs in the box, as evidenced by Tufts having 13 corners last weekend and generating nothing from them.  The Panthers have secured  hosting rights as long as they are alive in the NESCAC tournament, and will surely have a pool C bid awating them if they do not capture the automatic bid.  Midd will be a tough out for anyone in the postseason.
The good news is that they beat Williams and the bad news is that they have to play Williams again on Saturday.  The Ephs are very good despite being the #8 seed and they have an excellent goalie in Diffley.  Midd won the game by virtue of a penalty kick  Statistically, the game was somewhat even.  Midd had the edge 4-3 in corners.  We know corners don't always tell the story if you don't do anything with them.  See the Tufts game.  Shot wise, Midd had the edge 16 to Williams 9.  They big difference was Midd got 6 of those shots on net and Williams got none.  Grady did not have to make a save.  I know both teams are difficult to break down, but if Williams can generate some shots on net and put the pressure on Midd by scoring first, they could indeed upset the Panthers.  Also, I think Randolph and Payne are the chief scoring threats for Midd with 6 and 5 goals respectively.  St Louis has 8 goals but 5 of them are on PKs.  St Louis also has 8 assists and is the chief playmaker along with Nilsson..
#15
Men's soccer / Re: NESCAC
October 21, 2023, 09:36:20 PM
It was interesting to hear Coach Saward's commentary.  I hope we get more of it.