Here is a link to the 28-member Bowdoin roster.

Did Tufts also play Harvard?

Bowdoin is playing Harvard in a preseason game this Sunday (Aug. 24) at 3:30 pm in Cambridge.

The NESCAC operates via super-majority (at least 3/4ths of the presidents voting on the proposal must vote in favor of it). I am not sure about rounding up and whether the Conn College president would cast a vote but it looks like maybe as many as 9 of the NESCAC presidents voted for the cap. Likely undoing or modifying the new policy requires a simiar consensus so it is probably not happening.

I just saw a recent post where the wait at Red's was 90 minutes. We are talking about 90 minutes of standing in line. Also drove by it the other day and the line was insane. Hence my caution about banking on a Red's lobster roll during a short weekend trip to Brunswick . .

I would advise agaisnt a side trip to Red's for a lobster roll. It is a serious trourist trap, which in practical terms means a very long wait for your lobster roll. There are places closer to Brunswick (but on the shore) they offer equally good lobster rolls but also many other seafood options plus better views, etc. The Dolphin Marina, Erica's, and Morses are all on the Harpswell peninsula (not part of the town of Brunswick but connected to Brunswick) and right on the ocean and have superb lobster rolls plus many other choices . . 

Quote from: IVY/PAT on July 25, 2025, 10:38:18 AMThanks for all the info. Like many of you, I cannot wait for college season to begin aside from the  chaos  of big time college football.

Need some help-we are making our first trip ever to Bowdoin.  Any suggestions on  where to stay, dine  etc.?  Thanks

The Brunswick Hotel is adjacent to the campus -- you can walk from there across campus to Whittier Field: https://thebrunswickhotel.com

Very close to the Brunswick Hotel is the Pomelia Restaurant (it is adjacent to the train station so within a block of the hotel). It is very excellent. There are other restaurants further downtown with Bao Bao Dumpling House in Pleasant St offering superb Asian fusion cuisine (maybe 3 blocks from the hotel).

OneSixtyFive -- The Inn on Park Row is another hotel that is also very close to the campus but is smaller than the Brunswick Hotel. A little bit further from the campus is a third hotel option, the Federal, which includes an excellent restaurant (555 North).

Generally speaking, Brunwick is known for good dining . . .

The NESCAC does not impose any limits n transfers, either within or outside the conference. The only restriction is that there are deadlines for the submission of transfer applications and the payment of a deposit to hold a spot at the school for the upcoming semester but I suspect (but do not know) that those deadlines may sometimes be waived to pick up transfers who entered the portal late or are weighing multiple transfer possibilities.

According to his X account, Aronson entered the portal in March. That account also confirms his commitment ot Trinity so it is all looking very definitive  . .

Yes -- I can confirm that NESCAC coaches are contract employees, with 3 years being a common term. If a college wishes to terminate an employment relationship with a coach before the end of the term of the contract, it is typically on the hook for whatever compensation may be owed to the coach for the remaining term of the contract. 

Perhaps unrealistic expectatons on the part of Colby as to the transformative impact of the high-end athletic facilities on athletic performance?

Quote from: nescac1 on January 14, 2025, 08:27:03 PMBowdoin is really hard to figure, eviscerating Colby after a tough league weekend, and the great effort vs Harvard before that.

One thing is for sure - Ray Cuevas is absolutely legit.  Reminiscent of Lucas Hausman in that he's explosive off the bounce, really hard to stay in front of, but a better deep shooter.  Bowdoin has a real star to build around. 

Some injuries to contend with, with both Kevin Reeves and Liam McBride out. The Reeves injury happened at the very beginning of the Tufts game. He is on crutches so likely a consequential injury. Not sure the nature of the McBride injury but he last played versus Tufts.

My Polar Bears ended up falling to Harvard 71 to 65 but put on a good show for a D3 team.

Yes -- He would have been a difference maker for Bowdoin. Between the COVID shutsown and Gilbride announcing his retirement just after what would have been the basketball season during the COVID year,I totally get why Chebuhar would have transferred, especially since he had an opportunity at a D1 school (Lehigh) where he would see some playing time. And now graduate school at ND -- things worked out well for him . .

Here is a somewhat circuitous NESCAC to D1 transfer story. One of Tim Gilbride's prize recruits toward the end of his tenure as HC at Bowdoin was a big power forward from Georgia by the name of Burke Chebuhar. He spent only 1 year at Bowdoin, and it was the Covid shutdown year. He transferred to D1 Lehigh after the Covid season where he played 3 seasons, blossoming into an impact player in his final season. He has now transferred to Notre Dame as a graduate student and seems to be seeing some playing time and scoring some points:
https://fightingirish.com/roster/burke-chebuhar/