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Checking in on… the NEC

rtmsf — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:23:25 +0000

Ray Floriani of College Chalktalk is the RTC correspondent for the MAAC and NEC conferences.

LYNDHURST, NJ – Coaches talk about separation. The ability to get stops, score on your end and open a lead on an opponent. In the NEC race Robert Morris is starting to gain that separation. The race is not over with Quinnipiac just a game behind, but the Colonials, by virtue of a hot 9-1 January, are now on top of the NEC. Finishing in that spot would be a definite plus. The conference postseason tournament is at the higher seed’s home court throughout. [...]

Checking in on… the NEC

rtmsf — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:59:38 +0000

Ray Floriani of College Chalktalk is the RTC correspondent for the MAAC and NEC conferences.

LYNDHURST, NJ – Conference play has began to heat up and a few points stand out. Mount St. Mary’s had a murderous non-league schedule. Maybe too murderous as an 0-3 start in NEC play was not expected in Emmitsburg. The Mount did get in the conference win column with a 69-65 victory at Sacred Heart on Saturday. Suddenly there is optimism at FDU as the Knights are 3-1 and the memory of a succession of pre-NEC defeats is now in the past. Here are [...]

Checking in on… the NEC

rtmsf — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:09:40 +0000

Ray Floriani of College Chalktalk is the RTC correspondent for the MAAC and NEC conferences.

LYNDHURST, NJ – The latest news in the Northeast Conference centers around the start of conference play. As it is for most conferences, the bulk of the action is after New Year’s. But the NEC members get a few games in the books prior to January 1st.

Standings

The tempo free breakdown, with gratitude to Basketball State.

Top Storylines

Player of the Week. Devin Sweetney (G/F), SR, St. Francis (PA) – Sweetney recorded a pair of double-doubles in a 2-0 week for St.Francis. The Red [...]

RTC 2009-10 Impact Players – Mid-Atlantic Region

zhayes9 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:08:31 +0000

Last week we took a look at the five impact players in the Northeast Region, so now we’re ready for the second installment of our ten-week RTC 2009-10 Impact Players series. Each week we’ll pick a geographic area of the country and break down the five players who we feel will have the most impact on their teams (and by the transitive property, college basketball) this season. Our criteria is once again subjective – there are so many good players in every region of the country that it’s difficult to narrow them down to only five in each – [...]

Checking in on the… NEC

rtmsf — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:21:49 +0000

Ray Floriani of College Chalktalk is the RTC correspondent for the MAAC and NEC Conferences.

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The standings of the NEC, Monday January 12, as the race is starting to take shape.

Robert Morris 5-1 LIU 4-1 Central Ct. 3-2 Quinnipiac 3-2 Sacred Heart 3-3 Wagner 2-3 Mount St. Mary’s 2-3 St.Francis(NY) 2-3 Monmouth 2-3 FDU 2-4 St.Francis(PA) 1-4

This week’s NEC news & notes:

Still some tough times for FDU but junior guard Sean Baptiste was named NEC player of the week for a 25 ppg week that included 31 points against Seton Hall just before the new year. Baptiste continued his hot shooting netting 37 points, his season high, in a 72-68 win over Quinnipiac. Julian Boyd earned [...]

Checking in on the… NEC

rtmsf — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:34:49 +0000

Ray Floriani of College Chalktalk is the RTC correspondent for the NEC and MAAC Conferences.

NEWARK, NJ – The Northeast Conference Co-Players of the Week were James Feldeine and Jeremy Chappell. Feldiene, a junior guard for Quinnipiac, averaged 27.5 ppg, 8 boards and 5 assists in a spectacularly well rounded week. Quinnipiac went 1-1 during that stretch. Chappell, a senior guard for Robert Morris and one of the NEC’s elite, averaged 22 points, 7 rebounds over a three game stretch that saw the Colonials take road games against Lafayette and Central Michigan. The latter was played at the Detroit [...]

Checking in on the… Northeast Conference

rtmsf — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:21:07 +0000

Ray Floriani of College Chalktalk is the RTC correspondent for the NEC and MAAC Conferences.

Decided to take a tempo free look at the Northeast Conference. The win-loss record includes all games, though everyone has a couple conference games in the total. The plus-minus is the difference between offensive and defensive points per possession. Naturally a figure on the plus side is good, while a minus figure suggests defense (most likely) should be addressed. The far right column is the average possessions per game. In the sixties is slow to moderate. [...]