Conn was also ranked #1 during at one point in the season of their 1999 final four run

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Quote from: jumbomumbo on January 05, 2025, 03:23:50 PMJust a thought. If NESCAC tuition prices are currently $95k per year, and grow at a 4% annual rate, tuition will be $250k, and over $1M just for a family to send one athlete to the NESCAC. I think it is a ticking time bomb, and something NESCAC coaches and athletic directors will have to address in the coming decades. Thinking this because it is becoming a no brainer for top level NESCAC kids to transfer for scholarships if available.

I do think this is a bit hyperbole. I would say the average kids actually pay is in 35-50 range with 'merit' scholarships. Price is definitely is a consideration/issue for nescac athletics. However to say people will be paying 1M for a nescac education in the next 20 years seems somewhat outlandish to me.

My wife and I have two solid incomes - not wealthy but by no means poor - and our son is a Nescac freshman paying less than 20% list price. Those schools have a lot of money to dole out. Not saying it wouldn't still be a stretch for many people, but those published tuition/room/board figures really don't apply to most people.

I think this is more the norm than paying full ticket

Quote from: jumbomumbo on January 05, 2025, 03:23:50 PMJust a thought. If NESCAC tuition prices are currently $95k per year, and grow at a 4% annual rate, tuition will be $250k, and over $1M just for a family to send one athlete to the NESCAC. I think it is a ticking time bomb, and something NESCAC coaches and athletic directors will have to address in the coming decades. Thinking this because it is becoming a no brainer for top level NESCAC kids to transfer for scholarships if available.

I do think this is a bit hyperbole. I would say the average kids actually pay is in 35-50 range with 'merit' scholarships. Price is definitely is a consideration/issue for nescac athletics. However to say people will be paying 1M for a nescac education in the next 20 years seems somewhat outlandish to me.

Quote from: nescac1 on March 07, 2024, 09:57:03 AMtransfers currently in the portal

What sort of line would you set for total D3 to D1? Including guys who aren't 'in the portal' yet? Maybe bumped up to 6.5?

Rough one this weekend for the NESCAC only ones to come out unscathed are Wesleyan, Trin, and Conn.

Trin looked very solid and Regan from Wes had himself a weekend. Conn appears to have been without Murray.

Everyone else is back to the drawing board

Colby is absolutely living and dying by the 3.

37 attempts last game against Emerson

58(!!!) attempts against Colby-Sawyer today

I'm not sure I've ever seen anything close to 58 attempts.

@Nescac1 I feel like you may know much better than me but what's realistic for his landing spot? Is Patriot or Ivy unlikely?

Now that everyone in the league is done for the season(What an entertaining season btw!). Does anybody want to do way too early predictions for next year? Obviously have to consider not all of the recruits are in. However, I feel like this past year was a bit of a down year for the average rookie class. I wonder if that will continue.

Quick Stab at predictions this weekend

Williams 81, Trinity 70
I think Williams's size will be pretty tough for Trinity, especially when they don't have the level of shooters that Williams has. No disrespect to Callahan-Gold

Hamilton 62, Conn 58
I honestly think this one could come down to the wire. I have weird faith in that zone even after seeing Williams pick it apart. Their last meeting was closely contested until Singh took over. Hamilton probably has enough to edge them here, especially without their PG but you never know with this league.

Wesleyan 84, Colby 77
I just don't think Colby has what it takes to get stops against Wesleyan. I mean I like both of their offenses but I have a lot more faith in Wes on the other side of the ball.

Midd 68, Tufts 64
I think this could be a close one but I don't think Tufts has an answer for Sobel and Brennan. Kinda tough for Tufts as I think they are NCAA quality but this might screw them out of that. We'll see.

Quote from: nescac1 on February 09, 2023, 01:49:48 PM
midrangepullup, I think that is indeed the scenario for 4 at-large bids for NESCAC.  I do think Hamilton would be on the bubble in that scenario but probably just barely squeezes in to the tourney thanks to some real high-quality wins.  But I think the odds of a Hamilton-random team championship game, which Hamilton then loses, are at best 1 in five.  It would be mean a lot of road wins in the NESCAC tourney and both of NESCAC's legit top 25 teams flaming out early in the tourney.  But, certainly not implausible, as we've seen all year no one is safe in basically any league game.   

Definitely hear you, there have been a lot of head-scratchers this year, but all the moving parts make 5 pretty unlikely. But I feel like the scenario with 4 bids is actually pretty likely. Hamilton's been tough to beat at home and if they take care of business(Good chance) this weekend they'll be home all tourney. Tufts just needs to take care of business this weekend(Good chance) and not get upset in the first round(good chance).

Although not likely, I think it's still more likely than you may think. The formula would essentially be Midd and Williams, which are essentially auto-ins, Tufts, would win out and win in the quarterfinals, Hamilton, would need to win out and make the championship, and a random team(Trin, Wes, Colby, Conn) wins the tournament.

Realistically, I think there's a decent chance of 4 bids. The Continentals really just have to not slip up until the championship.

Maybe I'm seeing it with rose-colored glasses but that doesn't seem all that unrealistic to me

Quote from: SpringSt7 on February 05, 2023, 07:30:26 PM
Johnson with the beefed up home assists I just can't put on 1st team over Maccoux and they don't deserve two at 5-3.

I definitely hear you from an all-league case perspective but man on the eye test Johnson's the 2nd best player to me in the league. The way he controls the game on both sides is incredible—a nightmare for opposing pg's every game.

We now have 15 Undefeated teams, and 7 Winless according to the NCAA stats site

Quote from: nescac1 on December 02, 2022, 09:57:12 AM
I wish more of the NESCAC upper tier was involved in the NESCAC-UAA challenge, but maybe in future years.  Still should a lot of fun.  I do think we will find out a lot about NESCAC teams this weekend between that, Wesleyan at Williams, Hamilton hosting WPI, and Tufts going to Harvard (well, the latter may not say much but is still a lot of fun). 

It's still very early but interesting to see where NESCAC teams stand in these efficiency ratings so far:

http://tomaroonandgold.blogspot.com/p/division-iii-mens-basketball-efficiency.html

Williams is 5th nationally, consistent with its ranking.

Then there is the contending tier in the league, fairly closely grouped together ... Trinity 34, Tufts 43, Midd 60, Colby 63.  I agree with SpringSt that Colby as a very veteran team is definitely right in that mix.  Midd and Colby have a chance to dramatically rise this weekend if they perform well in the UAA challenge, and I think Midd, at least, is going to end up well above 60.  Midd is a top-heavy team and Stevens is just too good a player to keep struggling with his shooting the way he has, especially with all the attention Sobel is going to be drawing.  This weekend sure would be a good time to start.  Still, the order of these four teams is not at all clear at this point and Trinity has looked the best to date.  Too bad Trinity's remaining non-league schedule is so ridiculously weak and we probably won't have a great sense of just how good they are until league play begins. 

Hamilton is next at 92, and everyone else is below 100.  Obviously Wesleyan is far below preseason expectations (which were probably a bit lofty based on what they lost to graduation), and they will be desperate for a win (or at least a strong showing) over a favored Williams team this weekend.  Both Williams and Wesleyan are a lot healthier than they were early in the season, so it should be a fun game. 

Amherst keeps dropping and yesterday was a bad day for the Mammoths.  I don't think any Amherst team has lost (let alone by double digits) to a team as bad as Colby Sawyer for many, many years.  Colby Sawyer has been blown out by some pretty mediocre teams this year.  And then Yeshiva, who just beat Amherst, lost by 40 to a good-but-probably-not-great NYU team last night.  It seems like Amherst may have some sort of team illness or something since Randle, Mitchell, Phelan, and Vance did not play and Tam only played two minutes, on top of preexisting injuries.  So certain guys were forced into much bigger roles than usual.  Still, limited roster or no, it's still a very bad loss.  I wish Amherst's website would give ANY sort of information about the team, but the recaps are basically just long form box scores.  Never any quotes from coaches, highlights, or commentary beyond what can be gleaned from statistics.  Seems like it continues to be a bare-bones Sports Information operation there.   

Conn at 70 too

Pretty new here - Does the NESCAC ever do a preseason poll?

If not anybody have any predictions?