Friday, November 30, 2012
Check out Damon’s article in the Campus about the Panthers’ 5-0 start to the season: http://middleburycampus.com/article/fourth-ranked-panthers-tip-off-season-undefeated/ With Finals week on its way, it is unlikely that we will have a substantial post on the blog before the winter break. We will, however, be broadcasting both home games (12/6 and 12/8) on WRMC and bringing you stats, [...]
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
I wrote a game summary of the 117-81 win over GMC on d3boards, talking about Kizel’s absence, the slow start, the up-tempo turnaround, and the play of Jake Wolfin and Henry Pendergast. Check it out; D3Boards is a great NESCAC hoops resource for those who don’t know about it. Although there were some struggles in this [...]
Saturday, November 17, 2012
The Middlebury men’s basketball team is off to a 2-0 start with a sweep of the Rinso Marquette Tournament at Lebanon Valley College. The Panthers won a close game against Ursinus in the opener and then beat the hosts Lebanon Valley in a more decisive 72-63 win this afternoon. Sophomore Hunter Merryman and captain Nolan [...]
Friday, November 16, 2012
Here are all of the links from our 2012-13 men’s basketball preview: PART I: Reserve Player Profiles PART II: Starter Player Profiles Nolan Thompson Peter Lynch James Jensen Jake Wolfin Joey Kizel PART III: Non-Conference Opponents PART IV: NESCAC Opponents PART V: Pre-Season All-NESCAC Teams
Friday, November 16, 2012
Damon and I have compiled our pre-season All-NESCAC teams: FIRST TEAM: G Shasha Brown, Wesleyan G Joey Kizel, Middlebury G Aaron Toomey, Amherst F Willy Workman, Amherst F Michael Mayer, Williams SECOND TEAM: G Jake Wolfin, Middlebury G Nolan Thompson, Middlebury G Matt Vadas, Connecticut College F Mike Callaghan, Wesleyan F Peter Kaasila, Amherst THIRD TEAM: [...]
Friday, November 16, 2012
The NESCAC is arguably the top conference in all of Division III basketball (combined 71% winning percentage vs. non-conference opponents over the last two seasons), and this year the top tier of the conference goes deeper than any year in recent memory. We wouldn’t be surprised to see any of Amherst, Middlebury, Wesleyan, Tufts or [...]
Friday, November 16, 2012
While we will give the NESCAC games far more attention, Middlebury’s non-conference schedule is challenging and could easily determine whether they receive an NCAA tournament bid. The highlights of this season’s non-conference schedule come at the beginning of the season in the tip-off tournament against Ursinus and Staten Island, then in late January against Keene [...]
Friday, November 16, 2012
15 – JOEY KIZEL, JUNIOR, GUARD, 6’0″ 2011-12 stats: 30 GP, 29 GS, 30.4 MPG, 14.0 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 3.93 APG, 21 STL, 2 BLK, .912 FT%, .506 3PT%, .537 FG% Joey Kizel is the most efficient offensive player in the NESCAC. What he did from the floor last season was truly incredible. In the [...]
