@nescac1 - I heard Watson may have D2 Nova Southeastern on his radar. They have been a D2 power over the last few years. They are in the same conference as U of Tampa. Would be fun to see those two possibly square off against each other.

One more! Matthew Cadogan has added NYU hoops to his X bio. Seems to me that is a sign. No official commitment/statement though.

Another update. Octavio Alexander is heading to Jarvis Christian University, an NAIA program.

Drew Hamilton is staying at Maine Maritime Academy according to his X account.

Not sure if it's been posted yet, but Kenneth Rogers to D2 Coker University

Colby Men's Ice Hockey won a NESCAC Championship in 2018. Colby Women's Lacrosse won a NESCAC Championship in 2017. The Women's Ice Hockey team did reach the conference championship game this past season. As you see though, they don't win conference championships often.

@NEHoop, Can't say I blame him, mainly because he was recruited by Rutigliano and he leaves. Also moves up a division. With Civello leaving as well, I don't really see Colby in the running for NESCAC this coming season. Tough couple of years for the Colby athletic department.

Read on X that Dylan Watson is getting interests from a variety of D1 and D2 schools. While it's only interest, it's about 8 schools. That many usually means the player isn't coming back to his original school.

Also just saw 2025 GNAC Rookie of the Year Silvano Ismail is in the portal. From St Joes Maine. Huge first year production. Looks like an injury plagued sophomore year. Still could be a great grab if another school picks him up.

Saw online Sophomore Emmanuel Domingo from DeSales is in the portal. 7.1ppg and 3.4rpg in 26 games with 10 starts. Nearly 60% shooting.

Wondering if this is true or you wrote this on April 1st for a reason?? Hmmmm.

As stated by quicksilver, losing Cuevas does open up opportunities for guys like Dawkins, Bleecker if he comes back fully healthy and Chilson who had some moments. Along with Cuevas, they do lose size in Reeves and Bessire. Hopefully Simonds can fill that role.

There has certainly been talk about the best 3 year run a NESCAC school has had. In my opinion, it is certainly between Amherst, Trinity and Williams. Here's what I think are the schools best three year runs:

Amherst: 2006 to 2008 and 2012 to 2014
2006 - 28-4, NESCAC Regular Season & Tournament Champions, NCAA Final Four (4th Place)
2007 - 30-2, NESCAC Regular Season Champions, NESCAC Tournament Runner Up, NCAA National Champions
2008 - 27-4, NESCAC Regular Season Champions, NESCAC Tournament Semifinals, NCAA National Runner Up
85-10 overall record

2012 - 26-3, NESCAC Regular Season & Tournament Champions, NCAA Sweet 16
2013 - 30-2, NESCAC Regular Season & Tournament Champions, NCAA National Champions
2014 - 27-4, NESCAC Regular Season & Tournament Champions, NCAA Final Four
83-9 overall record

Trinity: 2024 to 2026
2024 - 30-2, NESCAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Final Four
2025 - 30-3, NESCAC Tournament Champions, NCAA National Champions
2026 - 29-3, NESCAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Final Four
89-7 overall record

Williams: 2002 to 2004
2002 - 22-6, NCAA Second Round
2003 - 31-1, NESCAC Tournament Champions, NCAA National Champions
2004 - 30-2, NESCAC Regular Season & Tournament Champions, NCAA National Runner Up
83-9 Overall Record

I would say for three years, Trinity has the best run with Amherst's first run following that. Both had three straight Final Four appearances. While Amherst went to back to back title games, Trinity winning 3 straight conference tournaments, all of them on the road, has to be accounted for. That Amherst run only accounted for 1 NESCAC tournament championship. For Amherst's second run, losing in the Sweet 16 that first year I think hurt them. Fans might remember they had to go to Franklin & Marshall despite being a better seed. I think the Amherst women hosting might have had something to do with that.

The best two year run still might be the Williams runs in 2003 and 2004. 61-3 record. Two NESCAC tournament championships and were essentially one great shot away from going back to back for National Champions (I think the game was tied before the shot, but you never know what would've happened in OT). Maybe they had some better runs in the '90s, but none of them got a National Championship, or a conference tournament championship for that matter since those didn't start until 2001.

Fun stuff to look back on!

I will say even though they lost, it was a controversial but great decision by Linton to bench Gyimesi from the 8 minute mark to the end. He was becoming a liability by committing that flagrant foul and nearly committing another. Gave them a fighting shot. Gyimesi was their best player this year, but he was helping Trinity more than Tufts

For Tufts, I was thinking about their past years since Palleschi was mentioned. The 2015-16 team went to the Elite 8 and the next year, they went to the Sweet 16. How great would they have been if Hunter Sabety stayed? Averaged about 15ppg, 7rpg and 2bpg in 40 games for the Jumbos from 2013-2015. Left to go to Hofstra I believe. He certainly could have been listed amongst the best Jumbos ever.

And those teams with Palleschi, Vincent Pace, Tarik Smith and guards like Stephen Haladyna and Ryan Spadaford that first year and a young Eric Savage that second? They would've been amongst the greatest Tufts teams, if not the greatest.