MBB: NEWMAC

[BaboNation]

I saw that Clark's Shay John is entering the portal.  Big loss for them if he goes, I imagine.   Iscandari seems like a guy who might get some higher-level interest too? 

I've been wrong before, but I can't see John at the D1 level.  D2 possibly.  He can dominate smaller/weaker 4/5's at D3, but against equal size I question whether he can survive.  He doesn't have an outside game and isn't a good ball handler.  He needs the ball on the low block and finish after 1/2 dribbles. I don't see him as skilled as John Adams (WPI) who went on to The Citadel.  But maybe someone wants a 10 mpg backup.
Iscandari is probably the quickest guard in the NEWMAC and likely was ROY runner up to Ferdinando.  Gets to the rim in tight spaces.  I think he'd need another full year and show improvement before drawing interest.  Lots of upside if he keeps working.

Like I said, I've been wrong before and the world is changing In college hoops.

[BaboNation]

More recognition for Ferdinando, winning the D3Hoops Region 2 ROY and 2nd-team All-Region.

I guess in this day and age I'll have to say I hope I have the pleasure of seeing him play 4 years @ Babson.

[D3BBALL]

More recognition for Ferdinando, winning the D3Hoops Region 2 ROY and 2nd-team All-Region.

I guess in this day and age I'll have to say I hope I have the pleasure of seeing him play 4 years @ Babson.

Very much deserved, and as you say going to be fun watching him play the next 3 years, 2 alongside with Mulvey.

[nescac1]

Wow, St. Anselm headed from D2 to NEWMAC in 2027-28:

https://x.com/HD_DirtKing/status/2047000156885729695?s=20

[BaboNation]

Not a fan of this at all.  I have nothing against St. Anselm's, just as I had nothing against Emerson and Salve Regina.  This would now be 3 additions in 15 years.
Sticking strictly with basketball and leaving everything else aside, if they stay with the Home-Away model this would now eat up 18 of 25 regular season games.  There are already too many teams with lackluster out of conference schedules.
Without looking it up are there even any 10-team conferences that play H&A?
And I'm not a fan some sort of 2 division conference either made up of 5 teams each, if that's what they're thinking.
Oh well, they didn't ask my opinion, so I'll just have to adjust.
But all this expansion is subtraction by addition if MIT ever jumps to the UAA where they are more closely aligned.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Not a fan of this at all.  I have nothing against St. Anselm's, just as I had nothing against Emerson and Salve Regina.  This would now be 3 additions in 15 years.
Sticking strictly with basketball and leaving everything else aside, if they stay with the Home-Away model this would now eat up 18 of 25 regular season games.  There are already too many teams with lackluster out of conference schedules.
Without looking it up are there even any 10-team conferences that play H&A?
And I'm not a fan some sort of 2 division conference either made up of 5 teams each, if that's what they're thinking.
Oh well, they didn't ask my opinion, so I'll just have to adjust.
But all this expansion is subtraction by addition if MIT ever jumps to the UAA where they are more closely aligned.

Plenty of 10 team conferences with 18 conference games.  You don't really want to go any higher.