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Linking Around the NESCAC |February 24

Champions will be crowned this weekend, and links will be had right now.

Men’s Basketball | So long, farewell to the Jumbos’ sixth man (via Tufts Daily)

Long blames his lack of free-throw success on his running inner dialogue. He admits that with the leadership role came constant responsibility and worry for the team’s performance, and that he often found it hard to clear his head of strategizing thoughts.

“Free throws are such a mental thing,” Long said. “I just think I always have trouble getting to the line and removing myself. I struggled with that the last few seasons because so much of my game is thinking and being smart. I was never a good free-throw shooter in high school either, but it wasn’t a duck-and-cover kind of thing.”

Some people still have faith that Long’s free-throw shooting will improve in his post-college career.

“[Assistant] coach Chad Onofrio says that they’re bound to start falling … that I’m going to be the best men’s league free-throw shooter of all time.”

“His mother taught him how to shoot free throws,” Sheldon joked. “Put that in the article.” Continue reading

Linking Around the NESCAC | February 23

Happy Thursday from NESCAC Insider. Thanks to all for reading. Here’s another batch of links:

Men’s Ice Hockey | Amherst fine-tunes the machine (via USCHO.com)

Now let’s see: What’s that old expression? “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

For NESCAC’s number one seed Amherst Lord Jeffs, it really doesn’t seem like anything is “broke” on their 20-3-1 record heading into this weekend’s quarterfinal matchup with Hamilton at home. The fact is they really haven’t changed much all season with their schemes, and their success in the post-season will come down to their excellence in execution as I discovered at their first practice of the week yesterday at Orr Rink.

“We have a couple of different forechecks, breakouts, penalty kills and power plays,” said coach Jack Arena. “We really haven’t used a lot of different things this year at all. There have been times when things on the ice have not been going great and we have discussed changing things up, but at the end of the day, this group has always figured it out and made things work.” Continue reading

Linking Around the NESCAC | February 21

A heartbreaking weekend for some, a glorious one for others, this is your daily batch of NESCAC links to start off your short week:

Basketball | Newest D3hoops.com polls released

Men
2. Amherst (1)
4. Middlebury
Receiving Votes: Wesleyan, 29

Women
1. Amherst (20)
Receiving Votes: Tufts, 8 Continue reading

Linking Around the NESCAC | February 17

Happy Friday, everyone. Here are some links:

Men’s Basketball | Highest-rising team in NESCAC history wraps up winningest-ever regular season (via Welseyan Athletics)

Defeating Bowdoin Fri., Feb. 10, 74-61, behind the monstrous double-double of Mike Callaghan ’13 (#44, right side photo), who had 25 points and 15 rebounds, both career highs, along with 20 points from Derick Beresford ’13 (#3, left side photo), Wesleyan secured the #3 seed in the upcoming NESCAC tournament and will host a first-round game Sat., Feb. 18 against Bowdoin, the #6 seed. Ending the regular season with a 76-70 victory at Colby Sat., Feb. 11 to snag a pair of NESCAC wins in Maine, the Cardinals eclipsed the school mark for wins in a season with their current 19-5 record. The 1990-91 Cardinals finished 18-6 in establishing the previous school record for wins in a season. Callaghan, who averaged 20 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists over the weekend, was honored by the NESCAC as Player of the Week while also finding a spot on the D3hoops.com Team of the Week. Continue reading

Linking Around the NESCAC | February 16

The men’s and women’s NESCAC Tournament previews have been cross-posted from the Tufts Daily. Hockey will come.

For now, the links:

Men’s Basketball | Hamilton hoping to get some Lin-sanity in NESCAC playoff matchup vs. Amherst (via Hamilton Spectator)

It’s not every day that the New York Knicks starting point guard walks into Hamilton’s own Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.

It’s not every day that one of the most accomplished basketball players in Hamilton history plays his last game there, either.

Needless to say, Sunday, Feb. 12 was a day of excitement, celebration and triumph for the Hamilton men’s basketball family. After having officially clinched a berth to their first ever NESCAC tournament with a Trinity College loss to Williams on Saturday, the Continentals honored their graduating seniors by handily defeating Bates College in front of an atypically large and energized crowd which included emerging NBA superstar Jeremy Lin. Continue reading