MBB: Little East

[ECSUalum]

D3hoops seems to have all the data, re the polls, but fail to post it on the web site, so who is really confused! 

We were assuming you could really read this.

It there was something worth reading!

I don't know why *I* would be jealous of Eastern's success, though. You should really consider your words before you put them into my mouth. I'm not generally a big fan of that.

Pat, I am sorry I hurt your feeling 

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Dude ... grow up ... it got old real quick.

[wcsu91]

Western Held on with a nice road win at Keane St, 58-55. First time they win at Keane in 4 years.  Finish the regular season wining 5 straight and 8 of 9 LEC conference games. Western Had a 15 point lead with just under 5 minutes left And shot just 10 of 23 from the charity stripe. Yikes. With the #1 seed they await the winner of the 4/5 game ( think it's Plymouth at Boston) which will be played at the O'Neil center on Thursday. Dartmouth gets the other 1st round bye and awaits they winner of #6 Keane at #3 RIC, I believe. Should be fun to watch and hoping with Western's home court where they are 8-0 in conference play this year, they get a Win on Thursday to play in the LEC championship at home on Saturday 2/29 for an automatic bid into the NCAA D3 Tourney!

[wcsu91]

Western Held on with a nice road win at Keane St, 58-55. First time they win at Keane in 4 years.  Finish the regular season wining 5 straight and 8 of 9 LEC conference games. Western Had a 15 point lead with just under 5 minutes left And shot just 10 of 23 from the charity stripe. Yikes. With the #1 seed they await the winner of the 4/5 game ( think it's Plymouth at Boston) which will be played at the O'Neil center on Thursday. Dartmouth gets the other 1st round bye and awaits they winner of #6 Keane at #3 RIC, I believe. Should be fun to watch and hoping with Western's home court where they are 8-0 in conference play this year, they get a Win on Thursday to play in the LEC championship at home on Saturday 2/29 for an automatic bid into the NCAA D3 Tourney!

Correction. According to the LEC website for LEC Tourney:

Keane st #6 at #3 Plymouth - Tuesday

RIC#5 at #4 Boston - Tuesday

#1 Western will play the winner of RIC/Boston at home on Thursday

#2 Dartmouth will play winner of Keane/Plymouth at home on Thursday.

[7express]

Alum is feisty, I like that!  I'd like to think if Carlos Gonzalez doesn't take a sabbatical this year, Eastern is in the playoffs.  Maybe not number 1 like they were predicted preseason, but definitely top 3 I'd believe.

Happy for Western.  Disappointed that the conference moved the semifinals from 1 site over 2 days to campus sites, as Friday is in between regular season and postseason games in the state.  Yes, when the day comes I'll probably actually be happy there aren't 2 games up in Danbury I could go so I can get a night off after working 6 straight days, and our state game is up at Danbury High school a couple days later, but at the present time I wish I had that opportunity to attend the 2 games.  Oh well *shrug*

I wish we could get back to the 2010-2012 Brooks, Robinson, Redding, Nedwick, Kohn, and Robitiale days when BOTH Eastern & Western were fighting for the title.  When they were both at the top of the conference, that was one of the better rivalries in the conference and hell include Akinrola and company @ RIC and Martin/D'Amours at Keene and whenever those 4 teams matched up, it was not only must watch in the conference, it was must watch in the region.   Of all the games I attended at Western, the Robinson to Brooks game winner against Eastern (I believe the last Western win over Eastern before this season) was probably the best game I ever attended when I was at school...and that includes the women's team who made 3 straight NCAA tournaments.  And yes, if Brooks missed the layup, or Robinson throws a bad pass, or Robiltaile actually makes a free throw that game and they avoid overtime entirely, and Eastern ended up winning I'd probably still have that number 1, that's how exciting that game was.  Hopefully in 2021 the Western/Eastern rivalry can go back to where it was a decade prior!!

[ECSUalum]

Alum is feisty, I like that!  I'd like to think if Carlos Gonzalez doesn't take a sabbatical this year, Eastern is in the playoffs.  Maybe not number 1 like they were predicted preseason, but definitely top 3 I'd believe.

Happy for Western.  Disappointed that the conference moved the semifinals from 1 site over 2 days to campus sites, as Friday is in between regular season and postseason games in the state.  Yes, when the day comes I'll probably actually be happy there aren't 2 games up in Danbury I could go so I can get a night off after working 6 straight days, and our state game is up at Danbury High school a couple days later, but at the present time I wish I had that opportunity to attend the 2 games.  Oh well *shrug*

I wish we could get back to the 2010-2012 Brooks, Robinson, Redding, Nedwick, Kohn, and Robitiale days when BOTH Eastern & Western were fighting for the title.  When they were both at the top of the conference, that was one of the better rivalries in the conference and hell include Akinrola and company @ RIC and Martin/D'Amours at Keene and whenever those 4 teams matched up, it was not only must watch in the conference, it was must watch in the region.   Of all the games I attended at Western, the Robinson to Brooks game winner against Eastern (I believe the last Western win over Eastern before this season) was probably the best game I ever attended when I was at school...and that includes the women's team who made 3 straight NCAA tournaments.  And yes, if Brooks missed the layup, or Robinson throws a bad pass, or Robiltaile actually makes a free throw that game and they avoid overtime entirely, and Eastern ended up winning I'd probably still have that number 1, that's how exciting that game was.  Hopefully in 2021 the Western/Eastern rivalry can go back to where it was a decade prior!!

Spot on 7,  Totally agree!  I was a big fan of Coach Campbell/Daquan Brooks, (he was a truly exceptional player), and the Eastern/Western rivalry was huge!! That game which I attended at the O'Neill center was thrilling!!

Carlos brought not only his scoring and defense (steals etc), but a lot of intangibles to the team!  In 2018/19 the points for/game vs points against/game differential was 10 vs 2 this year, and Carlos contributed close to 17 ppg vs current point guard's 7ppg!  Eastern also did not execute their offence as efficiently without Gonzales which was the most obvious weakness and Muckle, Colligan, and Thomas thus had more difficulty scoring. ECSU's defense was below par due loss of Carlos, (many times assigned to opposition's top scorer), and a couple of other bench/starting players.

Good Luck to the Colonials in the LEC and NCAAs tournament!

[wcsu91]

Alum is feisty, I like that!  I'd like to think if Carlos Gonzalez doesn't take a sabbatical this year, Eastern is in the playoffs.  Maybe not number 1 like they were predicted preseason, but definitely top 3 I'd believe.

Happy for Western.  Disappointed that the conference moved the semifinals from 1 site over 2 days to campus sites, as Friday is in between regular season and postseason games in the state.  Yes, when the day comes I'll probably actually be happy there aren't 2 games up in Danbury I could go so I can get a night off after working 6 straight days, and our state game is up at Danbury High school a couple days later, but at the present time I wish I had that opportunity to attend the 2 games.  Oh well *shrug*

I wish we could get back to the 2010-2012 Brooks, Robinson, Redding, Nedwick, Kohn, and Robitiale days when BOTH Eastern & Western were fighting for the title.  When they were both at the top of the conference, that was one of the better rivalries in the conference and hell include Akinrola and company @ RIC and Martin/D'Amours at Keene and whenever those 4 teams matched up, it was not only must watch in the conference, it was must watch in the region.   Of all the games I attended at Western, the Robinson to Brooks game winner against Eastern (I believe the last Western win over Eastern before this season) was probably the best game I ever attended when I was at school...and that includes the women's team who made 3 straight NCAA tournaments.  And yes, if Brooks missed the layup, or Robinson throws a bad pass, or Robiltaile actually makes a free throw that game and they avoid overtime entirely, and Eastern ended up winning I'd probably still have that number 1, that's how exciting that game was.  Hopefully in 2021 the Western/Eastern rivalry can go back to where it was a decade prior!!

Those Brooks years were a lot of fun to watch! D1 caliber player with his NBA 3's! Never were out of a game with Brooks. He could hit 3's from anywhere on the floor. It was always a Big battle between Western, Eastern, RIC and Keane from the 09/10 thru 11/12 seasons.

[ECSUalum]

Oh and BTW say anything negative about the D3Hoop.com polls and you will experience the wrath of Coleman and McHugh!

[wcsu91]

Alum is feisty, I like that!  I'd like to think if Carlos Gonzalez doesn't take a sabbatical this year, Eastern is in the playoffs.  Maybe not number 1 like they were predicted preseason, but definitely top 3 I'd believe.

Happy for Western.  Disappointed that the conference moved the semifinals from 1 site over 2 days to campus sites, as Friday is in between regular season and postseason games in the state.  Yes, when the day comes I'll probably actually be happy there aren't 2 games up in Danbury I could go so I can get a night off after working 6 straight days, and our state game is up at Danbury High school a couple days later, but at the present time I wish I had that opportunity to attend the 2 games.  Oh well *shrug*

I wish we could get back to the 2010-2012 Brooks, Robinson, Redding, Nedwick, Kohn, and Robitiale days when BOTH Eastern & Western were fighting for the title.  When they were both at the top of the conference, that was one of the better rivalries in the conference and hell include Akinrola and company @ RIC and Martin/D'Amours at Keene and whenever those 4 teams matched up, it was not only must watch in the conference, it was must watch in the region.   Of all the games I attended at Western, the Robinson to Brooks game winner against Eastern (I believe the last Western win over Eastern before this season) was probably the best game I ever attended when I was at school...and that includes the women's team who made 3 straight NCAA tournaments.  And yes, if Brooks missed the layup, or Robinson throws a bad pass, or Robiltaile actually makes a free throw that game and they avoid overtime entirely, and Eastern ended up winning I'd probably still have that number 1, that's how exciting that game was.  Hopefully in 2021 the Western/Eastern rivalry can go back to where it was a decade prior!!

Actually, Western won against Eastern last season (2018/19) at the O'Neil center, but lost to them in Willimantic and Western won both games this season. But prior to last seasons win, I think you are correct 7, that Brooks pass to Robinson for the layup was the last time they won against Eastern.

[Pat Coleman]

Oh and BTW say anything negative about the D3Hoop.com polls and you will experience the wrath of Coleman and McHugh!

Hi there. I don't know when the last time was I said anything to you before you started sniping at other posters here. What's your beef with me based on?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Oh and BTW say anything negative about the D3Hoop.com polls and you will experience the wrath of Coleman and McHugh!

Saing hello as well ... not sure I've said anything to you about rankings or the poll. That seems like a new topic.

I know I comment about the juvenile comments. Not sure how that relates.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The Week 3 men's regional rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/men-regional-rankings-third

[LECFAN32]

7, it was brooks who made the pass and robinson who made the layup. Great to look back and all as usual but those teams underachieved when compared to their talent that's just fact. There is great reason to be excited about THIS western group and what the future may hold. They play 5 freshman 10+ minutes per game and run out some truly gifted athletes for this level.

[ECSUalum]

Congrats to Western on their LEC Championship!  Good Luck in the NCAA's

[wcsu91]

Congratulations to WestConn on winning the LEC Tourney and automatic bid into the NCAA tournament in front of a packed, loud crowd at the O'Neil Center. Dartmouth went on a crazy 22-4 run with about 5 and a half minutes left in the 1st half to go to the break with a 1 point lead. Western Fought back and got the Momentum back in the second half to get the win.  Also, congratulations to coach Rancourt in only his 2nd season as head coach, winning the LEC regular season title and the LEC tourney into the NCAA's!! With the amount of freshman/sophomores And their playing time this season and the ability Of WestConn being able to recruit from NYC now, the future looks bright! Thanks ECSU Alum for the well wishes.