The Williams College men are off to Illinois to play in the NCAA Division III Sweet 16. The Ephs will play Wabash Friday.

Effort does not always translate on the scoreboard in college basketball. Saturday afternoon in Williamstown, it did — and in a big way.

It was a sweep in Maine for 22nd-ranked Williams. The Eph men beat Colby 74-58 Saturday afternoon, after defeating Bowdoin Friday.

Adversity hit the Williams College men’s basketball team on Saturday. The question is where they go from here.

Williams improves to 4-0 with an 89-62 men's basketball win over Route 2 rival MCLA.

WILLIAMSTOWN — The last time the Williams College men’s basketball team took the court, the Ephs lost in overtime to archrival Amherst in the …