MBB: NESCAC

[jumbomumbo]

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

[stlawus]

Their opponent is 394th ranked on Massey out of 409 teams.

[ItsATuftSituation]

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

Website release said 117-51. The 66 point win was the largest in program history for Tufts. That's pretty lopsided, but when you go to those tournaments in FL and PR it can be hard to dictate opponents.

Not sure what's up with Medley and Reilly, hopefully they're back at some point.

[SpringSt7]

Williams won a game in 2019 against MCLA by 83 and then 9 days later beat Fitchburg St by 68. I wonder what the NESCAC record is

[D3BBALL]

My Post Xmas rankings. Strength of Schedule is from Massey and out of 409 teams
1) Trinity 8-0 - No Change- Strength of Schedule 217. Blah Blah Blah zero change, best team in NESCAC, maybe best team in D3. No one can touch their top 7.
2) Wesleyan 8-2 - No Change - Strength of Schedule 106 - Playing well and a tough schedule. Until someone beats them in the NESCAC, they are my #2. They have already beaten Williams as well.
3) Bates 9-0 - Up 2 Spots - Strength of Schedule 323 – Every time I watch Pouye, like him more and more. Upcoming Emory game will tell a lot.
4) Tufts 9-2 - No Change – Strength of Schedule 155 – Have won 9 in a row, but not very convincing against average teams. Injuries issues continue to grow. Clark & WPI upcoming, they can make their case to move up.
5) Colby 7-1 – Down 2 – Strength of Schedule 275 – Not a good loss to St. Joes of Maine, who I believe were still missing some key players. Still early, new coach, different system, will take time.
6) Conn 8-1 – Up 1 – Strength of Schedule 219 – New players really helping this team. Espinosa shooting better, loss to Western NE not great.
7) Williams 8-2 – Down 1 – Strength of Schedule 264. Injury issues and still questions on guard play, rebounding and shooting. Haven't really beat anyone below 150 in rankings except Suny Oneonta.
I think NESCAC could get 4-5 in the NCAA, 2-6 all have a real shot, Williams at this time Bubble at best.
8) Bowdoin 7-3 – Up 2, Strength of Schedule 161. Cuevas playing well, just need others to step up.
9) Amherst 7-1 – Down 1 – Strength of Schedule 395 out of 409. Loss to Springfield bad. Play no one until out of conference Wesleyan game.
10) Middlebury 4-3 – down 1 – Strength of Schedule 103. They have played the toughest rated schedule in NESCAC but haven't really beaten anyone in top 150 rankings. Lost a ton of talent, new coach, new system, not looking great.
11) Hamilton 2-8, No Change – Strength of Schedule 199. They just don't have enough talent.

[CC.CamelFan]

Correction on your Post Xmas rankings.
6) Conn hasn't played Western NE lol. Their only loss was on the road to Eastern Conn who is currently #27 NPI.

[D3BBALL]

Correction on your Post Xmas rankings.
6) Conn hasn't played Western NE lol. Their only loss was on the road to Eastern Conn who is currently #27 NPI.

Oops good catch. Still moved them up 1 in my rankings lol

[nescac1]

Amherst lost a close game to Whittier last night.  I still cannot believe the insanity of Amherst's winter schedule.  They had a 21-day gap in play before yesterday's game, so of course they were going to be rusty.  Now they have four West Coast games in five days with I would guess (if a bus trip) a long travel day on the one day off.  The latter pair of games aren't even in the same spot, so that's another bus trip.  Then they have a long day of travel back to the east coast with only two days to recover and prep for an early game (which will feel like playing at 9 a.m. after over a week on Pacific time) against a rival. 

It's especially dangerous with only a 12-man roster (ten of whom seem to be in the rotation) and with a small team that needs to play fast and whose frontcourt has to work hard to defend much bigger guys in many games.  If one or two guys gets dinged up during the four game West coast swing there is no recovery time at all built in.

[D3BBALL]

Amherst lost a close game to Whittier last night.  I still cannot believe the insanity of Amherst's winter schedule.  They had a 21-day gap in play before yesterday's game, so of course they were going to be rusty.  Now they have four West Coast games in five days with I would guess (if a bus trip) a long travel day on the one day off.  The latter pair of games aren't even in the same spot, so that's another bus trip.  Then they have a long day of travel back to the east coast with only two days to recover and prep for an early game (which will feel like playing at 9 a.m. after over a week on Pacific time) against a rival. 

It's especially dangerous with only a 12-man roster (ten of whom seem to be in the rotation) and with a small team that needs to play fast and whose frontcourt has to work hard to defend much bigger guys in many games.  If one or two guys gets dinged up during the four game West coast swing there is no recovery time at all built in.

100% agree, just a bad schedule, I think 3 of the games will be against teams whose SOS is 125 or below, compared to their first 8 games with none under 150. Then as you state the travel and then coming back to play Wesleyan