Let's get weird... tufts bates NESCAC final. Give it to me

I haven't seen anyone mention this but Middlebury's Jaden Bobbett is on LSU's roster.

I don't know what happened Friday. I don't care. Hats off to Wes for that. Tufts beat Trinity. Tufts beat Trinity. First time since 2022. The nescac is wide open. Let's GO

Quote from: SpringSt7 on January 30, 2026, 06:35:59 AM

Quote from: Stickthe3 on January 29, 2026, 11:58:28 AMLeast favorite: Conn College, Wesleyan
Conn: Generally not a fan of gyms where there's only bleachers/stands on one side.  No atmosphere here.
Wesleyan: this was the old gym, and by all accounts the new one brings a great atmosphere.  The old one was a long walk to the locker room and was just overall kind of odd. Glad they replaced it.

Full disclosure I completely forgot about Conn - they would be easily last.

Conn was certainly one of my least favorite spots to play. Bates as well, they always played us tougher than everyone else and while the gym is cool it was a bit sleepy.

Favorite gym was obviously Cousens at tufts.

It's time to briefly shift discussion to the Super Bowl. I'm sure there are a lot of biased Patriots fans here, including myself.

Last year I gave everyone Eagles moneyline and it was the easiest bet of all time. This year I don't expect it to be easy, but THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS ARE GOING TO WIN THE SUPERBOWL.

Quote from: ItsATuftSituation on January 26, 2026, 07:48:20 AMSituation here...I was at the Conn. and Tufts game on Saturday and I think it's time we start to give Joshua Bernstein a little more love on this board.

I'm not saying that he's a lock to make All-NESCAC, and maybe he shouldn't be. But he's a difference maker, shooting 67 percent for the season, averaging nearly 10 boards. But more importantly is his improved confidence with the ball in his hands not at the rim. He has become a better passer, can handle it (made a Conn. player fall down with a crossover Saturday). He also has been better about his fouling.

Should be entertaining this weekend in Medford with the CT teams coming to town.

Bernstein can now grab rebounds and push the ball in transition which is scary. Have even seen him make a euro step on a defender. He's been crucial and will continue to be crucial to th success of this team

76-73 final. Tufts wins. The shot making down the stretch for both Conn and Tufts has been incredible. Zion Watt with 3 threes in a row, some of them crazy pulls off the dribble but he like that. Couple different conn kids drilling crazy threes too.

Today could be a great day in jumbo nation. Tufts leading Conn 57-50 with 8 left. Trinity dropped to Wes. Home court advantage is there if we want it. Jumbos been on an absolute roll lately

Quote from: D3BBALL on January 17, 2026, 03:50:06 PMI can't talk about other sports at Williams or the facilities or the administration issues.
Maybe Jumbo makes a very good point, maybe it's a talent issue at Williams.
Last year they had a big win early against Trinity in conference play and then they were bad for the rest of the season. Trinity was terrible shooting the ball that game, but give Williams credit. They won the game on the road.
I remember watching Hansen as a freshman and saying that this kid could be a dominant player or a player of the year in the league. Last year, I think I even had him as a candidate for player of the year, preseason. But when you look back, I'm not sure he's that much better than when he was as a freshman.
I know the Lee injury hurts. But they've had a month to figure out how to handle that before conference play even started.
You can't start NESCAC play scoring 15 points in the first half at home. Then yesterday scoring 16 points in the second half against the team that had their best player in foul trouble.
I don't think anyone thought they would win any of the games that they played. Two of the games, heavy underdogs against Trinity and Tufts.
Hanson, Yates and Rien have been pretty bad so far in three conference games.
You can't continue to use injuries as an excuse.
If that front court is supposed to be so good, what is hurting them. Now they have gone against three teams that are very good defensive teams, especially at the forward position. But those three are like shooting 30% in the first three games. That just doesn't cut it.
In the end, have we overvalued the talent on that team. I don't think there's a Smith and/or Karren's on that team right now. Have to withhold judgment on the freshman. But there's not a player on that team that I would have in the top 14 in the league right now the way they have played.
I think jumbo is right, they have a lot of good players, but maybe there's not a dominant player on that team.
So is it a talent issue , is it the coaching, is it to off-season commitment issue. I do think they lack toughness and if you don't have that in the NESCAC hard to compete against the top teams.

There's no focal point and there's no core on offense. I had no idea wtf they were doing all game

Williams is just a terrible basketball team. What an embarrassment, 36 points. At all times tonight, tufts had 5 better athletes on the court. Simple as that. Think #20 had a put back dunk that didn't count at the end of the game, maybe coach should play him more.

Those last year know Mumbo loves predictions. It saddens me that I didn't do them last week. I am less active these days, but the jumbo love is still there. I will stick to strictly tufts predictions going forward.

Record: 2-0 (yeah I didn't post here but I certainly didn't have us losing to Bowdoin or Colby.

Alumni weekend so we're all watching tonight and tomorrow.

Tufts 73 Williams 64. I hope this is a good game because tomorrow is goin to be Tufts 82 Middlebury 55. Normally would have us beating Middlebury by more but I want to see a good game tonight.

Shoot never mind guys I was definitely part of the team that lost to them in 2020.

Alumni weekend in Medford coming up. Will be great times and hoping to see the jumbos take care of business. Last year I took many shots at Williams, but this year it will just be this one today. They never beat us. Someone please fact check, but I don't think we've lost to them since 2018.

Tufts beats a solid WPI team 70-52 today. Looks like Reilly is back in the lineup as he went 4/11 from 3 today. Gyimesi with 24 points, after hitting a game winning buzzer beater against Clark a few days ago. 11 straight wins and wouldn't want to play them right now!

Tufts wins their second game in Miami 111-51, think that was the score. Tufts sophomore Lukas Schmidt with a casual 35 points on 21 mins. Hardly sees the rotation! Tufts may have some injury issues but they do have depth