MBB: Little East

[fanofowl]

Well have just witnessed my fourth Keene game of the year, and it is going to be a long year. First, the number of freshman on this team that have to learn that they have a possible ALL-AMERICAN AND THEIR JOB IS TO GET THE BALL TO HIM, not shot everytime they touch the ball, will cost the team at least ten games this year IE the Springfield game where he did not get a score for the first 15minutes of the game. Or may I say when Williams went scoreless for the first 4:30 of their game and all they did was throw up more bricks than I have on my two chimneys.  Second, this may be the slowest defensive team they have had since the 2-22 teams of the 90's.
No-one blocks out or knows how to defend the back door pass. Fiske is a leadfooted Ox and really Anderson is not much better. He is too slow and afraid to challenege the low post, hell he should dominate almost all who dare come underneath. The other players are young and have no idea that college ball is about teamwork. Give Kathen his 25-30shots a game and allow others to develope around him, he is unstoppable when he wants to be but seems to not want the position as leader on this team,just wants to be one of the players not THE PLAYER. Will continue to go to games and cheer like a fool but I think a long year or maybe two is upon us.

[KorsairKILLAH]

Well have just witnessed my fourth Keene game of the year, and it is going to be a long year. First, the number of freshman on this team that have to learn that they have a possible ALL-AMERICAN AND THEIR JOB IS TO GET THE BALL TO HIM, not shot everytime they touch the ball, will cost the team at least ten games this year IE the Springfield game where he did not get a score for the first 15minutes of the game. Or may I say when Williams went scoreless for the first 4:30 of their game and all they did was throw up more bricks than I have on my two chimneys.  Second, this may be the slowest defensive team they have had since the 2-22 teams of the 90's.
No-one blocks out or knows how to defend the back door pass. Fiske is a leadfooted Ox and really Anderson is not much better. He is too slow and afraid to challenege the low post, hell he should dominate almost all who dare come underneath. The other players are young and have no idea that college ball is about teamwork. Give Kathen his 25-30shots a game and allow others to develope around him, he is unstoppable when he wants to be but seems to not want the position as leader on this team,just wants to be one of the players not THE PLAYER. Will continue to go to games and cheer like a fool but I think a long year or maybe two is upon us.

I agree.  I also think that Keene would have been in the LEC championship game last year had they given Kathan the ball down in the final minutes.

[fanofowl]

  Well just witnessed my fifth game of the year and I still stand by my previous statements. When will Kathen figure out that he can score at will underneath the basket (if not by having 25 foul shots a game). He is determined that he is a great 3-point shooter and yes every once in a while even a missile hitsit targt.  While I am still trying to understand what Anderson is doing other than looking lost, this team I do admit is only going to go as far as its FRESHMAN will take them. They have no upper class leadership and they will continue to have long slumps in games that may work against there last three opponents, but do this against UD and Rhode Island and it will be a 40 point blow out. Everyone in New England knows Colberts coaching style and are ready for it. These last three games would have been a great time for them to work on a serious slow down post up style and teach the freshman how to do somthing other than RUN RUN RUN and throw the ball away. Well we will see but if previous games are a look into the future get ready for some serious blowouts against teams that have strong guard play and the ability to work the ball inside.

[KSCfan]

fanofowl- once again you are right on with your post.  Kathan for whatever reason doesnt want to go down low and bang on the big boys.  He should run right to the front of the rim and post up.  he has the ability to dominate down low, he just needs to want to dominate down there instead of hacking up threes.  He started this jacking up three thing last year and i remember wondering why he started doing it because he can dominate down low.  As far as the style of Colbert Keene has always tried the "wolf" run up and down the court offense.  That is why with three freshman starting at the guards thier is going to be a lot of turnovers for the owls.  Hopefully the freshman will be able to grow as the season goes.  Otherwise LEC play is going to be tough for the OWLS

[leelowlang]

Going to be tough for anyone in the LEC to keep up with UMD and RIC...perhaps WestConn and EastConn who have looked good early.

[fanofowl]

So we get ready for another week of KSC Basketball and lets hope that we see a few changes. First and most important of all lets hope Kathan doesn't continue to shot 50% from beyond the arc. He has what maybe 12-14 foul shots this year, heck he should get that many per half. He needs to become more of a Coates type player- I will shot outside but I perfer to bang it up. Also lets hope that the freshman on this team begin to realize that shooting the ball with no one under the basket but other team players results in -lets see- NO OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS-. The one thing this team has is speed, but there is a time aNd place for speed, this team is going to have to run when possible but learn how to spread the floor and allow their guards to penatrate and dish off to Anderson and Kathan and let them take it to the basket, unless they do the other teams will kill them down low and their bigmen will eat Keene alive. As far as the Wolf, well thats good for a team with a good guard that can handle the ball with his head up, not one that just puts his head down and runs, with no certain place in mind. The guards on this team are young, but when all the coaching staff does is continue to do the same old thing than when the time comes to change the style, NO ONE KNOWS HOW.  Every team in the conference and country changes their style of play by the roster they have,
Keene never does and everyone across the area knows it. They at least for this season need to learn to mix it up and give other teams a new look at different times of each game, this is not one of the strongest teams KSC has ever had, but a little different style and change of pace could result in more than a few extra wins and who knows maybe a ECAC bid.

[KSCfan]

Looking ahead for the mighty owls, they have NEC tommorow which is another poor team that they should get a win against.  Going into the weekend they open LEC play with Southern Maine.  I crunched some numbers, the teams that Keene has played so far are a combined 8-6.  Which is not that bad till you look at who the wins came against.(Johnston State, Vaughn, Hampshire College).  If keene is showing this much weakness with teams that are this poor (lets not kid ourselves, other than Williams Keenes schedule has been a joke so far) then what happens with LEC play?  Southern Maine is 1-4 going into this week as well so hopefully Keene can work out some of the kinks otherwise im not even sure that Keene will make it to the ECAC's

[KSCfan]

Keene takes care of NEC with ease in concord NH.  THey shot 48% from 3 point range.  Next up USM on sat in USM.  First road conferance game.  SHould see if Keene has really improved or if they have just been beating up on some inferior teams

[fanofowl]

  Inferior is not what I would call last nights KSC game opponent-weak,ugly,pitaful and most likely a few other words I can use. This is not the type of opponent you get right before you open your leaque schedule. Loses early in the year do not hurt as much at tournament time as beating high school level teams no matter what time of year you beat them. As far as how they played well lets just say-THANK GOD IT WAS AGAINST A HIGH SCHOOL JV TEAM- and leave it at that.  kATHAN AND ANDERSON SHOULD HAVE STAYED AT HOME. Kathen made nothing but a few three pointers, would have been a great time to break out the low post game, but no, pre season all-american my butt. This team had way to many turnovers and blown easy shots and proved once again that anyone can score down low because the (big) muscle under the basket can't play DEFENSE. I hope leaque play brings out a better brand of basketball from certain players and better coaching from the staff. Maybe next year Colbert and the boys will realize getting a few players that are willing to play under the basket and mix it up might be a pleasent change. Can't make satursday game but will listen on the radio-hopefully a early christmas present, WE WILL SEE.

[KSCfan]

fanowfowl- i dont know if you live in the keene area but 93.5 fm is now a WEEI station.  They have most of the home games on the radio, i dont know if they have the away ones.  Last year Keene had Geno on the internet which wasnt that bad at all.  Im sure that we can listen to the mighty owls some how.  USM i checked was 1-4 going into this week, hopefully the owls will put together a good game.  As far as NEC, i mean the game is for a good cause as it is part of that bridge through Autism tournament, so i wouldnt get to hard on them for that.  But some of the teams that come to that mighty tip off classic are pretty bad for sure.  I would like to see some other teams than Sister Marys school of the blind.  But, we will see just how good, and or bad Keene is come saturday.  There aint no play like conferance saturday

[KSCfan]

Keene state beats USM on saturday.  I missed the game but according to the box score and the USM write up Keene seemed to play pretty good.  THey got big contributions out of Anderson and Kathan, which is encouraging to see.  Kathan lead the team in free throws and free throw attempts which would mean that he would be a presence down low.  Keene is currently on a five game win streak.  Keene has a week to prepare as they walk into the lions den saturday at RIC.  This week will allow Bobby C and the boys to come up with a game plan against a tough opponent.

[ILive4This]

So the North East Region Posters' Poll is back, if you are interested in participating, which clearly you are, please submit your polls to either my email or my message box here by 9pm mondays (so for this week tonight, sorry for the short notice).

Thanks

[KSCfan]

Ilive4this- sorry, i did not see the post until this moring, i promise that i will weigh in next week for the Posters Poll

[fanofowl]

 8)Well a win against Southern Maine, well thats worth making my reservations to the final four. Yes, its a conference win (an those are always big) and yes they did a little more scoring down low(against a team they should have been able to)and it was nice to see a little more set offense(nobody will fault this)but i feel that will only last until they get in trouble than WHAM off to the races we go. Kathan and Anderson did better and I hope it was not a one game thing, i would like to see Kathen get to the line 20 times a game (he still shot outside the arc to much) and Anderson should never shot out there. The freshman showed some improvement and the bench did better, lets hope on saturday against Rhode Island they remember its a team game. Kathan or Anderson should touch the ball down low on each position, if they do not get Rhode Islands big people in foul trouble early it is going to be over by halftime. I hope they run when possible but play smart team ball, they have the capibility, just do not know if they have the patience. GOOD LUCK OWLS AND FLY HIGH.

[KSCfan]

Well the keene state basketball team served me up a big bad crow pie to eat this weekend.  I must admit i thought they were going to get blown out of the water against ric and instead the owls pulled it out.  And on top of it all, the thing i have been bashing Keene the most about ( Kathan's 3 point shootin) is what bails them out.  So i must admit THAT I WAS WRONG AND I AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT.  Big win for the owls in the murray center and a big conferance win.  That is two road conferance games and two wins for them.  The owls have been playing better of late, and i hope they keep it up