MBB: NESCAC

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Bucket, we all vividly remember Hixongate, along with his cranking up the baskets preventing Ephs cutting down the nets after beating amherst in LeFrak for NESCAC championship, among other moments with various opponents ....

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Ummm D3bball no one else on Wesleyan did anything!  He was by far their best player today. Aren't you the guy who said Pohlman should be POTY?  No shade on him, Trinity's guards play suffocating D, but he had 4 points, zero boards and seven TOs today.  Wolinski was the only guy who could do anything today.

Wolinski had a great first half no doubt but it wasn't from the outside. Looked like trinitys game plan on defense was not up give up threes and just give up twos. Wesleyan was 3 for 15 for the game on 3's. Wesleyan averages about 24 attempts per game. Trinity just wouldn't let them shoot threes.

[D3BBALL]

Yeah kinda felt like Trinity was saving this extra gear.  They are now fully in tourney mode and will be very tough to beat.  They can raise their defense up to such an intense level that it wears you down inevitably. I think with three Nescac titles, and what they've done and will likely keep doing in the NCAAs, they've locked down best Nescac team ever and are firmly in the D3 pantheon.  Especially if they reach a third straight final four, which is very, very rare.

Best team ever? Not so fast my friend.  I of course agree that the book on Trinity has not been written yet and a repeat National Championship would be an unprecedented accomplishment in the NESCAC but I do not think anything is "locked down" just yet.  I feel honor bound to remind you that Amherst won three consecutive NESCAC championships from 2012-14 and only lost ONE conference game during that stretch (which of course included some pretty good competition).  We were an overtime a way from a four-peat.  The 2013 team remains the only NESCAC team to win the NESCAC regular season, NESCAC Tournament and NCAA Tournament all in one season. 

Don't agree with NESCAC1 much recently, but also add that Trinity just won 3 NESCAC championships on the road knocking of the number 1 seed each time. I don't believe any team has won 3 in a row on the road. Their senior class is special. 34-5 in their last 39 conference games including playoffs and 37-5 if you count conference opponents in the ncaa. Pretty impressive.

[D3BBALL]

Looks like it is official Amherst is in at least from d3datacast numbers. Congrats NESCAC conference 5 teams wow!!!

[AmherstStudent05]

Very exciting to be back dancing!

D3, this Trinity senior class is certainly already in the NESCAC Mount Rushmore — no argument from me there. However, I actually think winning the NESCAC Championship three times in a row at home is much more impressive. For three straight years that Amherst team was tops in the NESCAC in both the regular season conference slate as well as the conference tournament. But again, three in a row is a tremendous accomplishment however one slices it.

[D3BBALL]

Very exciting to be back dancing!

D3, this Trinity senior class is certainly already in the NESCAC Mount Rushmore — no argument from me there. However, I actually think winning the NESCAC Championship three times in a row at home is much more impressive. For three straight years that Amherst team was tops in the NESCAC in both the regular season conference slate as well as the conference tournament. But again, three in a row is a tremendous accomplishment however one slices it.

It's the only thing this class lacks, a regular season title. So winning 3 straight regular season and titles is very impressive but winning 3 straight on the road is harder. In the end does anyone remember regular season champs😉.
Tie breaker will be how far this team goes in NCAA.