Quote from: nescac1 on November 17, 2025, 02:07:02 PMD3Bball, Zene did not play, maybe still recovering from injury? 

ThumannsOwn, pretty crazy re: Rein - Williams is certainly delighted to have him as he looks like he's primed for a great career for the Ephs.  Of course, to be fair that 10th place prediction was only an uneducated guess - after seeing the impact of their newcomers, I'd probably have pegged Amherst a few spots higher than 10th, they probably have more talent right now than Midd or Hamilton.  But certainly not in the top half of the league.  Amherst has not made the NCAA tourney since 2019, and if they don't this year - and I'd be very surprised if they did - we are talking about a 7-year run with no NCAA appearances.  From 2000 to 2019, they missed the NCAAs two times TOTAL.  So yeah, not exactly the level Amherst fans are accustomed to. 

A few other random early-season NESCAC thoughts:

Wesleyan seems pegged about right as a bottom-of-the-top-25 kind of team, playing TCNJ, which is also in that range, dead even after a game one blowout over an outmatched opponent.  Wesleyan has a lot of capable players but no clear star who is going to carry them every game, I'd say.  They do however have one of the top ROTY contenders in Jaalan Watson, an all-state player in H.S. who clearly is utterly unafraid to shoot it and is an elite athlete.  At a VERY generous listing of 5'10 155, he's putting up 13-5.5 in only 16 mpg and definitely is going to be a fun player to watch. 

Tufts, others have already made good points about, somehow this team loaded with talent has managed to lose four of its last five games going back to last season.  I agree with others that the early season schedule has certainly not helped.  I assume Tufts rights the ship and still ends up as an NCAA tourney team, but they've given themselves very little margin for error going forward if they want to end up as a high NCAA seed.  There is no way James Morakis stays on a 7 ppg pace and a return to his expected all-American level would by itself right the ship.  I note that Liam Kennelly has not played through two games, I assume injured, and he is someone who I suspect they really miss - one of my favorite guys to watch in the league, he really raises the energy level for the entire team. 

On another NESCAC note, Trinity's national title run is paying dividends in recruiting, they received a commitment from Rowan Introzzi, a highly ranked, physical wing/guard who looks like he has potential to give them a lot of what they will lose when Vetter graduates, similar profile of player at least. 

I believe Liam Kennelly is out for the year, unfortunately. Definitely a big loss and think he would have positively impacted tufts on both sides of the ball in both of those losses.

With the first game a day away, Mumbo   Is going to go on the record here. The Tufts University Jumbos are going to go 24-0 in regular season this year. They're going to win the NESCAC, and they're going to be national champions.

Sincerely,
Jumbomumbo

I imagine this is the highest Tufts has ever been ranked in a preseason poll. Excited to see what's ahead for this group this year!

Haven't seen this posted on the board and a week late but Tufts associate head coach Holmes took a head coaching job at John Jay. That's about all I know for new news about Tufts this year right now.

Expecting the league to be Trin and Tufts at the one and two, in some combination. Speaking for all tufts fans, beating Trinity would be sweet revenge. The tufts core is going to be as good as anyone. I know Trinity has given us matchup problems but I think we can find a way to beat them. Will be interesting to see if any first years make their way into the rotation. Have heard it's a pretty good class but they're behind some senior talent right now

Not quite sure where he's headed but looks like Tufts AD John Morris will be leaving Tufts in June. He sure saw a lot of championships, and a lot of the tufts programs that werent as strong as the others get better and more competitive. Hats off!

Quote from: WUPHF on April 30, 2025, 09:34:43 PMI do not want to overstate the importance of social media, but given that there is nothing on Twitter about Henry Vetter entering the portal... and Jake Lieberman never seems to miss a high academic transfer story... I am going with better than 50/50 odds that Vetter is not in the portal at all with a slight chance that he has already agreed to transfer to the Ivy League.

Vetter is 100% in the portal. I agree with many points made here about both Regan and Vetter not being ELITE in D1 but I think they could carve out better roles than being discussed on these boards. These dudes take insane shots as a lot is asked of them. In d1, I would suspect better looks, coaches that tell them to limit their "crazy shots" (mostly Vetter). Other players creating for them and better looks from beyond the arc. They're definitely capable of being 40% three point shooters in this scenario.

Quote from: ImTold on April 26, 2025, 08:25:28 PMI'm Told Trinity G Henry Vetter has entered the transfer portal

Mumbo was briefed on this news as well.

I'm watching old highlights of Nichols - Amherst and am now extremely disappointed I never played in front of a crowd at Amherst. They need to turn it around

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 23, 2025, 08:14:36 PMWho's taking Will Dorion's spot? Obviously his numbers didn't jump out at you, but definitely a key player. He played 33 minutes in each Final Four game, so he was important being on the floor.

Dorion will be missed but they will be fine. One of the bench guards will likely move into a starter role and need to understand they need to play the role. I've also noticed Trinity has absolute gym rats on the bench who don't even play - getting extra shots up immediately after games... they will be fine.

Quote from: jumbomumbo on March 22, 2025, 12:53:20 AMThe model fully expects Trinity to win. 3 variables are showing with significance in the model.

1. Trinity is deep.

2. The model thinks this Feeney kid can not control himself and that there is a high probability of it costing his team (if he even plays)

3. The model knows that Klatsky has been avoiding the Jumbos in regular season matchups. If he doesn't want to play Tufts in the regular season, he certainly doesn't want to play Trinity in the post season.

Trinity 65-59.

The model goes out on top! 64-60 final score, predicted 65-59.

Trinity was just too tough for anybody this year. Vetter completely took over the end of the game after a shaky start. Jarrell was an integral piece in that win especially in the first half. Wow. Nescac back on top.

Back2back nescac natty chips next year... tufts turn

The model fully expects Trinity to win. 3 variables are showing with significance in the model.

1. Trinity is deep.

2. The model thinks this Feeney kid can not control himself and that there is a high probability of it costing his team (if he even plays)

3. The model knows that Klatsky has been avoiding the Jumbos in regular season matchups. If he doesn't want to play Tufts in the regular season, he certainly doesn't want to play Trinity in the post season.

Trinity 65-59.

Quote from: SpringSt7 on March 21, 2025, 10:00:47 AMIs the consensus among players/coaches that Callahan-Gold was the biggest piece to last year's team? Because to my untrained eye it seems very clear that most of their success over the last two years can/should be attributed to Henry Vetter

I can tell you that from within the Locker room there's obviously multiple pieces to key in on but last year it was ensuring that it was tough looks for BCG, and then go from there. Clearly didn't work out for us, but his is what what thought our best chance of a win was. By the sweet 16 game, we keyed in more on Vetter. Both years, there's just so much to keep track of and you can't have any defensive liabilities if you want to beat Trinity.

Yall are casuals man a NESCAC team just made the natty chip and no chatter... prob too busy sweating out Omaha +18 against St John's... smh

How about Trinity man... loses BCG, the biggest piece to last years team, and they beat Wesleyan for the 2nd time this year - the only team to beat them all year... to advance to the national championship game.

They don't just own Tufts; they own the NESCAC. Goodluck to Trin tomorrow against whoever they play... but tufts is gonna beat yall next year

Supposedly the hotel where the UAA teams are playing got evacuated at 3:15-3:45 am last night. Mumbo's models just skewed even further to the winner of Trin / Wes winning the natty. Bring it home boys!!!