MBB: Little East

[amh63]

ECSU....congrats to the Warriors!  Gave up on them in the 2nd OT with 30 plus seconds to go and down 3.  What happened in the last 30 seconds?
Hope you guys get to play the host team.

[7express]

ECSU....congrats to the Warriors!  Gave up on them in the 2nd OT with 30 plus seconds to go and down 3.  What happened in the last 30 seconds?
Hope you guys get to play the host team.

Eastern hit a basket to cut it to 1, Oswego made 1 of 2 free throws to get the lead back to 2 and Brian Salzillo hit the game winning 3 for the Warriors.  As Bill Raftry would say about that Salzillo 3 ONIONS!!!

Also, good luck to Amherst at F&M next weekend.  I think Amherst will pull it off, but that will be a tough place to play.

[7express]

Eastern plays Cabrini up at Middlebury.  Kind of expected them to get shipped up there, but was hoping they'd get the hosting rights.  As is now I'll probably go up to Amherst for the 2 women's games Friday night, and keep track of the Eastern game on my phone, but if Eastern can win Friday I may try to go up to Middlebury Saturday.  Hopefully ECSUalum and Warrior don't mind me jumping on the bandwagon, with them being the only team left, no matter which conference team you root for, you want your conference brethen to do as well as they can, and root for all conference team's once NCAA play rolls around.

[warrior]

Don't mind at all!  The more the merrier!  See you all in Middlebury!  
PS Magicman, You were right!  I guess I don't know as much about how they decide on hosts as I thought!    It appears as if seeding does take precedent over geography!

[WCSUFan14]

Congrats to Western on a hell of a season! A lotta fun with the greatness this year! Congrats to one of, if not THE, greatest player in the LEC ever, DaQuan Brooks. Won't be the same without him anymore. Looking forward for another great season next year! Also congrats to Eastern on advancing and wishing them the best of luck to go far!

[magicman]

PS. Regarding where we will be next weekend, I have to disagree with Magicman.  At this point in the tournament, records and ranking mean nothing; it's all about geography.  (And I wholeheartedly agree!  Medaille and Oswego only had 5 losses combined, but were no better than us. Similarly, Middlebury has the high ranking, but still lost to a team we beat twice!)  With one team in Vermont and two in Pennsylvania - Willimantic is the logical choice!  Sooooo I hope to see everyone there next weekend where, hopefully, we can earn the right to carry the LEC banner to Virginia!   

Sorry you were disappointed warrior and didn't get the sectional but it was really a no brainer that Middlebury was going to host.

[Mr. Ypsi]

PS. Regarding where we will be next weekend, I have to disagree with Magicman.  At this point in the tournament, records and ranking mean nothing; it's all about geography.  (And I wholeheartedly agree!  Medaille and Oswego only had 5 losses combined, but were no better than us. Similarly, Middlebury has the high ranking, but still lost to a team we beat twice!)  With one team in Vermont and two in Pennsylvania - Willimantic is the logical choice!  Sooooo I hope to see everyone there next weekend where, hopefully, we can earn the right to carry the LEC banner to Virginia!   

Sorry you were disappointed warrior and didn't get the sectional but it was really a no brainer that Middlebury was going to host.

magicman is correct.  As onetinsoldier mentioned earlier, the only geography the NCAA cares about is 500 miles (the cut-off for bus vs. plane).  Seeding (assuming adequate facilities) IS the prime consideration UNLESS one location means less flights than another.

Westminster was sent to Hope (despite closer regionals) because there was no plane involved in going 497 miles!

[ECSUalum]

ECSU....congrats to the Warriors!  Gave up on them in the 2nd OT with 30 plus seconds to go and down 3.  What happened in the last 30 seconds?
Hope you guys get to play the host team.

amh63, I almost gave up watching in the 2OT too, as the Warriors could have won the game twice if FT were made. (I have a pet peeve about bad FT shooting, as you know),  However Sophomore Brian Salzillo, who, by the way has been huge for the Warriors down the stretch, splashed a 3 pointer from the top of the key with 5 or so second left to ice the game. 

I am sure Coach Geitner is looking one game at a time, but playing a great Middlebury team would be cool.
Thank you sir!

[ECSUalum]

Eastern plays Cabrini up at Middlebury.  Kind of expected them to get shipped up there, but was hoping they'd get the hosting rights.  As is now I'll probably go up to Amherst for the 2 women's games Friday night, and keep track of the Eastern game on my phone, but if Eastern can win Friday I may try to go up to Middlebury Saturday.  Hopefully ECSUalum and Warrior don't mind me jumping on the bandwagon, with them being the only team left, no matter which conference team you root for, you want your conference brethen to do as well as they can, and root for all conference team's once NCAA play rolls around.

7, we would be honored to have you guys on the band wagon

[amh63]

7Express....in your opinion/observation at the F&M game....who matched up/guarded DQ Brooks?  Why couldn't he take over the game?

[Bucket]

7Express....in your opinion/observation at the F&M game....who matched up/guarded DQ Brooks?  Why couldn't he take over the game?

Maybe F&M has a stopper on par with Nolan Thompson? Thompson held Brooks to 11 during last year's 2nd-round match-up.

[Pat Coleman]

There was a lot of discussion on the Centennial Conference board about this. Might go read back a few pages there.

[7express]

7Express....in your opinion/observation at the F&M game....who matched up/guarded DQ Brooks?  Why couldn't he take over the game?

Matt Porter was on him most of the game.  Brooks did most of his damage in the latter part of the 1st half when Porter was on the bench saddled with 2 fouls.  He completely shut Brooks down in the 2nd half.  I think he only had 7 or 8 points the whole 2nd half, and only had 1 field goal the final 13:30 of the game.

[amh63]

7express......Thank you for the data!  Thought about your stay in Pa. and points of interest question today...a little late.  Was going to suggest the Harley Davidson Factory in YORK, PA....but as cool as you are...did not think you are a motor cycle type.

[7express]

Nah, it's fine.  I just drove around, drove through Hershey and Gettysburg, etc.  Are you going to F&M this weekend??  I'll be up in Amherst for the women's games Friday night if you want a report if your not going to be up there.