Obviously a huge loss for my Polar Bears but, at the same time, Brown seems to be close to the perfect landing place for Ray Cuevas.It's D1 but he could be a star from day one, given Brown's need for scoring.

Yes, next season looks grim but am hoping for a healthy Jackson Bleecker. He looked so good in the 4 games that he played. And there is also Chris Simonds at the center position, who was injured for most of the season. A few possible pieces in addition to Dawkins but it is going to be difficult to cobble together a competitive line-up . .

Via X:

A reporter by the name of Greg Levinsky reports that Civello has heard from:


Harvard
Cornell
UC San Diego
Holy Cross
BU
Colgate
Lafayette
Lipscomb

Some overlap with the Cuevas list. It may be that these mid-major D1 schools cast a wide net in terms of looking at possible transfers.

Ray Cuevas announced on X a short while ago that he has entered the transfer portal . .

Both Vassar and Brandeis would work. Neither would upset the balance on the hockey front since neither has a hockey team. There are just 10 hockey playing NESCACs, which makes for a nice 18-game conference schedule, with a home-and-home series. The same thing is true regarding football -- I believe that neither Vassar nor Brandeis has a football team so would not screw with the current 9-game football schedule . .

 

Quote from: SpringSt7 on January 11, 2026, 05:45:06 PMProbably not enough made of Bates' being the odd travel partner out in our analysis of the league slate. IT is a big ask, especially that combination of travel

Yup --- the Amherst-Hamilton weekend is brutal for the Maine teams (and likely vice versa for Hamilton) in other sports with back-to-back games (chiefly hockey) even with a travel partner. Is Bates always the odd team out or does this rotate??

Civello's progress from his first year is also dramatic and noteworthy. Interesting test for both Bates and Colby when they meet on Sunday (Jan 4) for their nonconference game . .

Also on the Maine front, Bowdoin easily downed a weak Maine Maritime Academy team yesterday (86-56) but, perhaps more important, saw the return to action of 4 of their injured players -- Chris Simond, Jackson Bleecker, Liam McBride, and Jules Varin. All played significant minutes and made good contributions, suggesting the Bowdoin will be able to go much deeper as it moves to conference play.

Three NESCACers receive all-American recognition:

Dylan Connors (Wesleyan) - 1st team (DB)
Angus Leary (Bowdoin) - 3d team (DL)
Owen Thornton (Middlebury) - 3d team (LS)

Here's another one for Bowdoin:
Josh Belcher, 6'0 G, Exeter (NH) (PG)

Quote from: D3BBALL on December 04, 2025, 02:46:05 PM. . Does anyone know what happened to Natrel Allen at Bowdoin. 2 years ago as a freshmen he started off very well, then got hurt. Was on the roster lasted year but didn't play. Would have been a junior this year. His size I think would have really helped them, which is what the need.

Natrel Allen's health-related issues persisted into his sophomore year and stopped him from playing last year. According to the Bowdoin announcer, he is abroad this year and is expected to return for the second semester. I am not sure how bankable this info is so take it with a grain of salt . . .

Not to whine too much but Bowdoin is wracked by injuries -- Chris Simonds, Will Logue, Liam McBride, & promising FY Jules Varin have missed every game this season and now Jackson Beeckman, after a promising start to the season and missing his entire first year, has joined them on the bench in civvies. Unsure what the prognosis is for the return of them this season but a couple of them would help with the offense . . Bleecker was scoring at a 16 PPG pace when he went down after 3 games

nescac1

ran into a couple more NESCAC recruits on insta

Colby:
Ty Landers, 6-8 F, St. Ignatius (CA)

Conn College:
Finn Brennan, 6-5 Wing, Holderness

@NESCAC1

Here is another recruit for Bowdoin:

Corey Baylor, Jr, 6-0 PG, Phelps (PA) via NYC

Quote from: nescac1 on October 18, 2025, 06:52:41 PM. . . Turning away from Williams-Bates, I'd be REALLY curious to see the last time a NESCAC team lost a game with a stat line like Amherst had (plus 290 yards, plus 14 in first downs, plus 14 minutes in TOP, holding the opponent to under 100 yards total offense, only minus one in TOs).  Going 0-5 on fourth down surely didn't help, and of course the big special teams play.  And I think everyone is waiting with baited breath to hear from NESCACman!  Suddenly Amherst-Wesleyan is an elimination game for the league title chase between two VERY pissed-off teams that probably can't believe they lost this week.  (Wesleyan also had a huge advantage in total yardage, but less surprising to see a loss in that situation with four turnovers). 

Wesleyan had a significant advantage in total yardage (344 to 243) over Bowdoin but not huge in the grand scheme of things. More striking was that neither team could run the ball at all -- something like 33 versus 23 yards on the ground . . .Having watched Bowdoin, I know all too well that they cannot run the ball (injuries and poor recruiting) but was surprised the a contender like Wes had a similarly anemic ground game . . 

Quote from: Trin9-0 on October 18, 2025, 04:31:38 PMWes dropping a head scratcher in Maine: set your watch to it!

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Even worse -- the head-scratching loss to Bowdoin took place in Middletown as did last year's loss to Bates.

Quote from: Nescacman on September 14, 2025, 09:00:49 AMBeing objective, based on the games we've watched (and we've watched 3+ of the 5 so far) plus analyzing the stats plus speaking with our reporters that were at games we have not watched completely yet, outside of Wes and Colby, that was (by far) the worst weekend of NESCAC football we have ever seen...

100% agree. I was at the Bowdoin-Tufts game where both teams played poorly although the Jumbos, employing two new QBs, who showed flashes but not much consistency, were able to do the bare minimum needed to come away with the win.

The Polar Bears went with an unusually young line-up, with the top 3 or so defensive performers being first years and the next bunch being sophomores. It made me wonder whether preseason should start earlier and whether there should be more exhibition games . . And throughout the NESCAC, we see brand new or inexperienced QBs getting the starting nod . . This year is perhaps unusual due to the back-up of fifth year players in the fall of 2024 that slowed the development of younger players but regardless more of a glide pathway to the regular season is probably in order.