Little East Picks

1. East Conn - I honestly think they have the potential to go 14-0, they have the best players, they have the best coach.

2. Keene- Learned how to win last year, if the first year coach just keeps the train on the tracks they cruise to a top 3 finish.

3. RIC- Super young and lacking Walsh magic, but I think the league is bad enough that won't matter.

4. Dartmouth- Rezendes and not much else

5. West Conn- Young young young.

6. Plymouth- Tough and well coached, best of the bad.

7. USM- Not much to speak of

8. Boston- I think Harris will do well, but they could go 0fer this year.

I would imagine it will make recruiting easier, most HS games are tuesday/friday

Mom! The old white guys are yelling at each other again!!!!

CB has a lot of former assistants patrolling the sidelines:

http://athletics.elms.edu/sports/mbkb/Coach/Southall

http://athletics.greenmtn.edu/insideAthletics/directory/bios/AnthonyLeonelli

http://keeneowls.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/Ryan_Cain

Good post jeff....

How about Curry!?

They get rid of Coach Wynn who went to 2 NCAA Tournaments (Although admittedly had a few down years as well)

They hire a guy who went 21-70 at Wheelock...yikes. The rest of the league has to be happy with this one...

Great run for Albertus...as long as the financial aid stays "interesting" in New Haven, they'll be back!

Tuesday, December 2:
UMass-Boston @ #16 MIT 7:00
Western Connecticut @ Framingham State 7:00
Worcester State @ UMass-Dartmouth 7:30
Rhode Island College @ Elms 8:00
Hartwick @ Oneonta State 8:00
Marian @ Milwaukee Engineering 8:00

Week 3:

Out of conference (each game worth 1 point):

Monday, November 24:
Plattsburgh State @ Skidmore 7:00
Connecticut College @ Eastern Connecticut 7:30

Tuesday, November 25:
Curry @ UMass-Dartmouth 7:00
Southern Maine @ Bates 7:30
Bridgewater State @ Rhode Island College 7:30
Vassar @ Western Connecticut 7:30
Plymouth State @ Castleton State 7:30
UMass-Boston @ Fitchburg State 7:30
Springfield @ Keene State 7:30
Cabrini @ Scranton 7:30
William Paterson @ Ramapo 7:30

Wednesday, November 26:
Birmingham-Southern @ Spalding 7:30

Friday, November 28:
Eastern Nazarene vs. Colby (@ UMass-Boston) 8:00

Saturday, November 29:
Rhode island College @ Salve regina 1:00
Roger Williams @ UMass-Dartmouth 1:00
Illinois Tech @ Blackburn 4:00
Dickinson @ Cabrini 4:30
Eastern Connecticut vs. Stevenson (@ U of Rochester) 7:00

Sunday, November 30:
Trinity (Connecticut) @ Vassar 4:00
St. Joseph's (Maine) @ Southern Maine 7:30

Tuesday, November 18:
UMass-Boston (0-0) @ Colby-Sawyer (1-0) 7:00
Keene State (2-0) @ Elms (1-1) 7:00
Rivier (0-1) vs. Plymouth State (0-1) (@ New Hampshire Tech) 8:00

Wednesday, November 19:
Nichols (1-1) @ Eastern Connecticut (2-0) 7:00
UMass-Dartmouth (0-2) @ Brandeis (0-0) 7:00
University of New England (1-1) @ Southern Maine (0-2) 7:30
TCNJ (1-1) @ Western Connecticut (0-0) 7:30

Thursday, November 20:
Suffolk (0-1) @ UMass-Boston (0-0) 7:00
Rhode Island College (1-0) @ Lasell (0-0) 7:00

Friday, November 21:
Eastern Connecticut (1-0) @ Hartwick (1-0) 6:00
Plattsburgh State (1-0) @ Western Connecticut (0-0) 7:00
Plymouth State (0-1) vs. Endicott (0-0) (@ Colby) 7:00

Saturday, November 22:
Brandeis (0-0) @ Rhode Island College (1-0) 1:00
Oneonta State (0-0) vs. Eastern Connecticut (1-0) (@ Hartwick) 2:00
Lyndon State (0-1) @ Keene State (1-0) 3:00
Newbury (0-1) @ UMass-Boston (0-0) 3:00
Salem State (1-0) @ UMass-Dartmouth (0-1) 3:00

Wentworth gets their running game going they could be ok.

40 freaking points?

I agree with Hoops Fan to a point- although Malcolm Wynn does a pretty great job as a PT coach in a FT league.

My "interesting" take was that it seems odd to hire a coach from a very high academic level at a program that runs a ton of slowdown set plays, to take over Nichols where they have a team built to run-

I tired to factor in recruiting classes as best I could. I think Salve's class is very strong, and I've heard good things about the RWU freshman, but I will tell you I can never remember a year in my 12 years following this league that a freshman class has really made a huge difference in a league race. Vets win in this league, now and then.

Sounds like fun

November 15:
Spalding (19-8) @ Oglethorpe (21-7) 12:01 AM
Brockport State (24-4) vs. Rhode Island College (20-9) (@ Marymount) 1:30
SUNY-Canton (9-13) vs. Fredonia State (6-19) (@ Allegheny) 2:00
Colby-Sawyer (14-11) @ Plymouth State (13-14) 4:00
Salem State (17-9) vs. Staten Island (28-3) 4:30 (@ UMass-Dartmouth) 4:30
Johnson State (6-20) @ Keene State (8-17) 5:00
Newbury (3-22) @ Eastern Connecticut (23-7) 5:00
Trinity (CT) (15-11) @ UMass-Dartmouth (16-11) 6:30
Medaille (14-12) @ Buffalo State (12-13) 7:00
Southern Maine (7-19) vs. Anna Maria (9-17) (@ Connecticut College) 8:00

November 16:
St. Mary's (MD) (19-8) @ Eastern Mennonite (17-11) 4:00
Randolph-Macon (20-7) @ Mary Washington (25-6) 4:00
Hartwick (18-10) @ Oswego State (17-10) 6:00
Staten Island over Umass D

2014-2015 CCC Preview

1.  Salve Regina  - Hanlon is supposedly out until the 2nd semester but with him and Pringle and the big time recruiting class they brought in, the Seahawks are my pick in 15.

2. Gordon - Fresh off the first NCAA Tournament win for a CCC in a really long time, I think it's time to recognize that Tod Murphy is the best coach in this league. That coupled with the return of Miresma and Bajema, I wouldn't be at all surprised if they take it down again.

3. Eastern Naz- Athleticism goes a long way in a league like the CCC where a lot of teams play station to station. Also it's a tough place to play.

4. Endicott- All the pieces are there, but all the pieces have been there for the last few years, will be interesting to see what the new coach does with them.

5. RWU- Played a lot of freshman last year, seems like a strong group.

6. Nichols- The last of Dave Sokolnicki's guys are now gone. Also they made a...let's say...interesting hire.

7. Curry- It will all depend on who they bring in at the break.

8. Wentworth- Tailspin continues for the Leopards. Lost most of their talent and didn't bring in a terrible impressive class.

9.  WNEU- If Thuelen's assistant coaches could suit up they'd be pretty good. 

10.  UNE- Still a mess.

This could very well have something to do with it:

http://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/franklin-pierce-university-credit-downgraded/article_bd950d4a-7767-5a6a-a6e8-d167065e15a0.html

Not good times for Franklin Pierce as an institution right now, and he's always been one of the lesser paid coaches in the NE10