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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWheelock has a roster of 13 and no freshman class on the team . 19-0 followed by 8-0 loss to Maine Maritime. It's going to be a long season.
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Anyone know anything about the UMass Boston Men's Program. I see that they were picked to finished first in the Little East but I just saw they have a 28 year old freshman from Jamaica. How is that even possible?! I thought there were rules that prevented kids that age from playing collegiate athletics.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAnyone know anything about the UMass Boston Men's Program. I see that they were picked to finished first in the Little East but I just saw they have a 28 year old freshman from Jamaica. How is that even possible?! I thought there were rules that prevented kids that age from playing collegiate athletics.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAnyone know anything about the UMass Boston Men's Program. I see that they were picked to finished first in the Little East but I just saw they have a 28 year old freshman from Jamaica. How is that even possible?! I thought there were rules that prevented kids that age from playing collegiate athletics.
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Some of you need to cool your jets, you are talking about D3 and having a 28 year old player is exactly what the level is all about. Believe it or not there is nothing unsavory about it so if you want something more you should have sent your son to a D1 program where they have rules up the wazoo. Be careful what you wish for.
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Some real surprises in the first few weeks. Tufts loses to Endicott. Colby loses to St. Josephs two NESCAC loses to weaker conferences. Dean winning by an average of six goals. Umass plays Union this weekend which will be a good indicator of how strong they are.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostSome real surprises in the first few weeks. Tufts loses to Endicott. Colby loses to St. Josephs two NESCAC loses to weaker conferences. Dean winning by an average of six goals. Umass plays Union this weekend which will be a good indicator of how strong they are.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYeah, but Endicott was a really good team last year, and Colby has been the bottom of the NESCAC barrel for years, so neither is a crazy result. As for UMass Boston, those Bolts kids are the real deal (D-1 caliber players), but I'm not so impressed with wins over Wentowrth and the like. So agreed that Union will be a good measuring stick; unfortunately the rest of the schedule looks pretty weak throughout except for a game against MIT (which looks to be down this year) and Babson (which is usually decent if not quite tournament caliber).
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYeah, but Endicott was a really good team last year, and Colby has been the bottom of the NESCAC barrel for years, so neither is a crazy result. As for UMass Boston, those Bolts kids are the real deal (D-1 caliber players), but I'm not so impressed with wins over Wentowrth and the like. So agreed that Union will be a good measuring stick; unfortunately the rest of the schedule looks pretty weak throughout except for a game against MIT (which looks to be down this year) and Babson (which is usually decent if not quite tournament caliber).
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You have to get other teams to agree to play you, and there is some scheduling strategy to this. Some other teams will worry about their strength of schedule for purposes of making the NCAA tournament, so may only want non-conference games against good teams, and before last year UMass Boston wasn't a good team. And while they seem to be onto a good thing with the players they're bringing in, I'd say there's some question as to whether this is sustainable. People have said here that the Bolts kids were supposed to go to Northeastern but couldn't swing the academics, but you'd have to think there's a real chance that at least MK makes the jump to D1 next season- he's a transcendent player at the D3 level.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYou have to get other teams to agree to play you, and there is some scheduling strategy to this. Some other teams will worry about their strength of schedule for purposes of making the NCAA tournament, so may only want non-conference games against good teams, and before last year UMass Boston wasn't a good team. And while they seem to be onto a good thing with the players they're bringing in, I'd say there's some question as to whether this is sustainable. People have said here that the Bolts kids were supposed to go to Northeastern but couldn't swing the academics, but you'd have to think there's a real chance that at least MK makes the jump to D1 next season- he's a transcendent player at the D3 level.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostLol. Here today, gone tomorrow is more than normal at this level of D3. All it takes is for one "transcendent" player to show up and the faithful start talking about the NCAA tournament and program dominance. The reality of the level is the situation will change rather quickly because either the player will flunk out, run out of money and have to go to work, or end up getting that D1 scholarship. No one around here is actually doing anything to sustain success, they are just lucking into it. If you want to see what being competitive at this level is go watch a few episodes of "Last Chance U"
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