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

Quote from: SpringSt7 on December 01, 2025, 08:32:31 PMNotable strenghts of schedule per D3Datacast

Wesleyan - 14th
Middlebury - 24th
Tufts - 45th
Williams - 247th
Amherst - 306th

Also of note - Amherst is 7th in the country in adjusted efficiency.

Wait til that Amherst ranking gets efficiently adjusted after NESCAC play

Tufts squeaks by Keane State. Trailed pretty much the entire way, but freshman POTY Ricardo Nieves came in clutch. Fast break dunk to take the lead, then he back taps keane point guard and gets fouled on a fast break, makes both. 7-9 from the field and 18 points on 30 mins.

Quote from: el_jefe_90 on November 26, 2025, 04:57:34 PMSomething of note for Tufts last night, maybe a Jumbo fan has some info as to why. James Morakis wasn't in the starting lineup. He's gotten off to a bit of a slow start shooting, though he's scored 30 points over the last two games. He was also coming off a game where he turned it over 6 times. Perhaps this was coach Linton trying to switch things up and give the team a spark? We'll see if it's for one game or see it become the norm.

I think he will find his way back into the lineup. But right now, tufts looks real comfortable in their full court press and that lineup is always going to have Zion Watt on the court, along with Jon medley and either Sidney Wooten or Nieves. I can't express how impressed I am with Nieves early on. The kid plays with fire and works his ass off on both ends of the ball. He's a wing that can take his man to the rim and finish, which we've been lacking for years. It also seems like Wooten and Watt have made a big jump early on. Offensively, when we want to run actions, I think we trust Wooten more right now to get us into our offense.  Morakis will break off and try and get a bucket often. Bernstein also has been getting less playing time of late. There will certainly be games where a lot is asked of him but there will also be games we win on the press and he will have less of a role in those games

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