NE gets 3!!! bids from non qualifiers!!!

Econn, Keene, and westfield....UNREAL

Keene lucks out getting a great seed in NY, with castleton in at the 8 amazing

How does econn end up and 4 and UMB 7?

All i know is a one mister Robert Beacon better get his little fingers typing so he can attempt to back an assault from wheaton's #1 this time around...

Worcester and Westfield taking up the 5 and 6 slots deservingly so of both teams.


Should be a great regional and a chance for Tufts to prove itself as a real regional power despite its phantom strong schedule.


LETS GET GOIN TO MANSFIELD EVERYBODY!!!!



Ya, Boy

Keene's big flop leaves them on the outs for an At-Large as far as I'm concerned.  Two more in region losses to inferior conference teams going down the stretch cant happen. The record leaves them close but, I will bet the barn that human nature comes into play in those seedings for regionals and human nature on keene state says they are not playing good enough baseball (Right Now) to be a part of this tournament. They had a great run towards the end of the season but these two games looked a lot like the slow start they came out of the gate with.

Ya, Boy

Eastern over USM
UMD over Keene (Talis walkoff off the scoreboard) 
UMB over RIC
Keene over USM

Ya, Boy

How close will the determination between the 1 and 2 seeds be with Tufts and Wheaton?

Any news on the Tufts vs. Williams Game i Know it was close in the 8th...finall?

woah woah woah...

before kscfan knocks wheaton dont forget about the spankin the lyons laid on the owls early in the season... now as for the UMB game the beacons played great, but i wish they didn't blow the rest of the season down the tubes so dont try to hate on wheaton for winning 32 games this season AND taking care of business in their conference and proving to everyone they are still a power in NE unlike what everyone thought in the beginning of the season.

the beacons can enjoy their win vs wc as long as they want but try to win a conf. game before you run your mouth against one of the best teams in new england.

THANKS,
YA, BOY

Wheaton over Econn today 7-3...

Big wins vs WNEC and EConn have the lyons rolling despite setback vs. Keene

Should be interesting who comes out of the LEC next week, really cant wait for both this weekends games and next week should be very exciting.

NE Regional looking LOADED right now it will be interesting to see how tuft plays in the NESCAC tourny and follow up in the region...which they should get at large if lose

Ya, Boy

EConn @ Wheaton tommorrow .... Who ya got???

Ya, Boy

Quote from: wordsmith on May 03, 2010, 01:54:52 PM

Quote from: wordsmith on May 03, 2010, 10:43:55 AM
So here goes - My Top 10 for New England for the first week of May- Things are starting to clear.

1. Tufts Solid #1 should be in Regionals regardless of Tourney outcome
2. Wheaton - 12 game win-streak ends with loss to KSC, solid week otherwise
3. WNEC - 3rd Straight and Final CCC Championship - crazy loss to Anna Maria, and a miracle comeback vs. Endicott but a rebound to take title
4. Westfield St. Just keeps winning
5. EConn - Split with UMD, big win over Tufts; the crouching tiger of NE
6. St. Joe's - GNAC Titleists; win streak now stands at 11, 29-6 in New England
7. Keene State - 13-4 in last 17 games, 7 game win streak; solid wins over Wheaton, Suffolk, Husson, & USM (2)- LEC title a possibility the Hidden Dragon of NE
8. Amherst - 5-1 last week;
9. Worcester St. 4-2 last week beat who they should have; lost to whom they should not have
10.Williams College 15-2-1 since AZ Trip; win streak snapped by Westfield St

Others:  WPI, Bowdoin; Castleton State

Word

An additional point reagarding my placement of Keene State. Took a quick look at the latest SOS numbers.

KSC - #3
EConn #31
Trinity #32
Tufts #42
Wheaton # 52
WPI #68
WNEC - #88
Amherst # 112
Westfield St. #117
Worcester st. #228
St. Joe's #320

Food for thought.

Word


Endicott # 98

I think this just goes to show also that a team like St. Joes will finally actually be tested come regional time...looking over tufts schedule can anybody explain how their SOS is so high... I know they have their NESCAC schedule which has its strength but really ended up being overall mediocre with tufts being the lone power in the conference....the out of conf in region schedule consisted of Econn, UMD, brandeis, and springfield!?!? I just think that its a bit overrated of a schedule to be the overall (1) and now (42).

the out of region opponents from the beginning of the year cannot be what makes this schedule so tough..I just dont see it.

Just a thought

Ya, Boy

Guys,

What decisions are made or should I say what is taken into consideration when a team leaves their region to play in another...I guess my question is what keeps the decision makers from placing a team like wheaton or the LEC winner or CCC winner in the NY region?

If the NY region is a bit lesser than our own here in NE then wouldnt it make sense to send a higher ranked team to NY to almost kind of make the possibilty of the CWS a bit more competitive???

just something I've thought about over the years and never really knew, it may sound rediculous but whatever.

thanks,

Ya, Boy

NEWMAC - Wheaton
LEC - Keene St.
NESCAC - Trinity
TCCC- Curry
MASCAC - Westfield State
NAC - Castleton St.
GNAC - Suffolk


At Large - ECSU

Wheaton blows through NEWMACS to earn first spot in the 2010 regionals with a rout of Coast guard in the finals...As ya, boy predicted...

I agree with Hobbsey with a big week coming for WC we could maybe see what they are really capable of as we move closer and closer to mansfield in may.

Ya, Boy

Roads paved for the lyons gotta come out and expect a game from a surging Coast Guard team who proved they can play with the better NE teams beating Babson and WPI in one day!!!!!
Prediciton:
Lyons pick up the loose ends of USCGAs pitching staff tomorrow and lay it on...but the bears will not go down without a fight as they pounded out hits today vs the beavers and engineers...should be fun to watch

Ya, Boy

Quote from: wordsmith on April 20, 2010, 11:30:19 AM
Reputation, Reputation, Reputation. Name Recognition, same reason some politicians get re-elected despite their performance. easier for the voter to punch the name of a known than to have to research that of an unknown.

The Coaches figure-(my speculation/IMO), like many of us that EConn will be there in the end in NE.

EConn is the Notre Dame of College Football they will always be ranked higher than their record or performance might indicate. Some of that, at least IMHO, is deserved/earned, some unfair to schools like KSC who for years was right on EConn's heels but seldom got the national acclaim.

Same goes for USM, Trinity and Wheaton for that matter. They have to be really bad before they are unranked. Although I have not seen either EConn, Wheaton or Trinity be 'really-bad", and that is not a pejorative comment as many teams would consider their really-bad as a successful campaign. Again, what do all of these teams have in common-recent trips to CWS.

Word

I hear you on this big time word but the only thing is what teams other than Tufts and WNEC are deserving of better ranking than the EConns and Wheatons and trinitys of the world?  None of them are having terrible years, and all 3 have shown that they are capable of being in CWS form this year. Babson and WPI dropped out of their shots with weak second halves. Curry is close but still not even on top of their own conference sure they beat wheaton 3 times...but who else???

A team like tufts however is starting to get that recognition like the team coming out of the woodwork becasue they are consistently playing good baseball...bowdoin was that team earlier but theyve had recent struggles also.

My point is the reason temas have their reputation is coaching and in the end good coaching will almost always have the advantage over poor coaching that may have more talent, because the good coaches can squeeze every bit out of every player they have to get the W.

Ya, Boy

I cant quite nail WC in on the number one spot in NE...agree with hobbsey the three losses to Curry and UMB amongst others leave doubts. Everyone seems to be having these types of seasons, but in the coming weeks the men will separate from boys and the cream will rise to the top...

Ya, Boy