MBB: Little East

[Hugenerd]

Why doesnt Mass-Boston have coverage on LECTV?

Huganerd,

According to LECTV schedule, (GO TO: www.littleeast.tv), the 12/12 UMB vs RIC mens BB game will be broadcast live.
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KEEP CHECKING FOR ANY CHANGE IN SCHEDULE.  You can also watch all LEC Fall/winter/spring games already played
in the archive section on above web site.

You might want to contact LEC Commissioner Jonathan Harper, (jonathan@littleeast.com) for why UMB Mens BB has little coverage this season.  He is a great guy and always replys to e-mails

Thanks.   I am really only interested in their game tonight so I dont think the email will help in this circumstance, but I appreciate your response and the information.

[ECSUalum]

ECSU over Endicott 78-74 tonight

Edwin Ortiz with 28 points, Simmons with 13, Freshman Chris Robitaille with 10.

Better on controlling the ball today, but still made it close at the end.

Nice job at Sidearm live stats tonight

[ECSUalum]

Why doesnt Mass-Boston have coverage on LECTV?

Huganerd,

According to LECTV schedule, (GO TO: www.littleeast.tv), the 12/12 UMB vs RIC mens BB game will be broadcast live.
,
KEEP CHECKING FOR ANY CHANGE IN SCHEDULE.  You can also watch all LEC Fall/winter/spring games already played
in the archive section on above web site.

You might want to contact LEC Commissioner Jonathan Harper, (jonathan@littleeast.com) for why UMB Mens BB has little coverage this season.  He is a great guy and always replys to e-mails

Thanks.   I am really only interested in their game tonight so I dont think the email will help in this circumstance, but I appreciate your response and the information.

Huganerd,

Went over to the MIT website today.  Looks like they are having a great start, and based on what i see on thier roster, some good young players!!  Looks like a powerhouse in the making.

Is UMB and MIT big rivals?  I would not have thought so.

Goes to show that a university of MIT"s acedemic standards can have an outstanding athletic program as well, unlike a certain school in California which is a disaster in athletics

[Hugenerd]

Yeah, they are off to their best start in school history.  Essentially their entire team is new (there are 4 freshman and one sophomore transfer who play significant minutes) except for one 5th year senior and one junior.  They have been recruiting some guys in the past few years that are more serious about basketball and it appears to be paying off.

UMB and MIT are not rivals, I was just hoping to catch the game online because I couldnt leave the house last night.  Looks like it wasnt that competitive in the second half anyway, so I am not sure if I missed anything that exciting anyway.  I follow the team really closely so I try to see them play as often as possible.

MIT has a couple advantages over Caltech, but they definitely do perform much better.  Caltech has classes that are about 3 times smaller than those at MIT, so one could argue that it is even harder to get kids into Caltech than MIT (although both are extremely competitive).  Also, MIT has had 21 wins seasons 2 of the last 4 years and therefore are starting to establish themselves as a solid d3 program.  Coach Anderson has done a great job at growing the program and they are at a level now where they can essentially get some of the top student athletes in the country.  Their major competitors for recruiting are really the Ivy league schools.  I know numerous players that have had to choose between Harvard and MIT (for example, Jermey Lin, Harvard's current best player was recruited heavily by MIT).  Also, MITs current leading scorer and rebounder, Noel Hollingsworth, is a sophomore transfer from Brown.

I am going to the Salem State game tomorrow, so it will be interesting to see if they can be the first team in d3 this year with double-figure wins.  Salem State is off to a rocky start, but they are alsways dangerous and I know MIT will not take them lightly.

[ECSUalum]

Always a tough call for a high school senior to decide between the D-I Ivys or the D-III schools like MIT, Johns Hopkins, (except for LAX), or the little Ivys, ( Amherst, Williams, Trinity etc).  Do they want to be the star at D-III or take a chance at sittting the bench @ a D-I school. Either way they are getting a great education at these schools which is more important anyway.

Coach Barlow did a nice job with the MIT baseball team last year!!!  Hope that continues and they give ECSU, USM, WPI, Trinity, Wheaton WNE etc as run this spring.

Good Luck to MIT MBB this year, hope to see them in the NCAA Regionals and give Amherst, UMDartmouth, and Middlebury some trouble.

[LECFAN32]

Huge vistory for wcsu today, team is playing with a ton of confidence.. hopefully the long layoff over the holiday does not derail this great start.. in the past this has been a little bit of an issue.

[ECSUalum]

I happened to watch the 12/12 WCSU win vs UMD on LEC TV archive today,and must say WestConn has a GREAT Play by Play announcer!!

Sounds a bit like Marv Albert.  Not your typical student announcer!

Anyone know who it is?

Fantastic listening to exciting game with an announcer that makes it even more exciting

Westconn Arena also looking pretty professiona as well !!!

[LECFAN32]

the play by play announcer was formerly the pa announcer who sat at the table announcing who scores and subs in etc.

feldman arena opened in 95, and is a huge recruiting tool (big reason why i decided to transfer there) for a commuter school with two campuses, comparably in state it is definitely superior then both central ct, as well as southern. fortunately theres some good basketball played there this year too!

[ECSUalum]

LECFAN,

Many thanks.

Suggest all interested, tune in to LEC TV when the Colonials are broadcast, GREAT PLAY BY PLAY COVERAGE for a very good basketball team this year!!

I plan to be in Danbury for the ECSU vs WCSU game.  Cross state rivalry alway makes for exciting game.

I remember when we played both SCSU and CCSU, (formerly SCSC/CCSC), back in the old days.

Back then they also had what was called the "Nutmeg Classic" in Baseball where the 4 state colleges played a tournament.

I guess that is out of the question these days 

Has any LEC basketball team played a D-I or D-II team since the LEConference started??

[LECFAN32]

Ric beat both holy cross in 06, and iona in 07..for thelast two years they have played uri as well...

this years ecsu wcsu game will prove to be agood one, and have implications in the conference race as well!

[leelowlang]

LEC First Semester All-Conference Team
Sure this'll bug somebody...just one basketball junkie's opinion.

First Team:
DaQuan Brooks – 5'9", So., G, Western Connecticut State – 21.7 ppg, 4.2 apg, 88% FT, 1.7 spg, 40% 3FG
Cortez Isaac – 6'3", Jr., G, Southern Maine – 29.1 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 4.2 apg, 0.7 spg
Derek D'Amours – 6'5", So., F, Keene State – 23.6 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 80% FT, 0.6 bpg
Lance Greene – 6'7", Sr., C, Mass-Dartmouth – 13.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 62% FG, 2 spg, 1.8 bpg
Antone Gray – 5'9", Jr., G, Rhode Island College – 15.9 ppg, 5.1 apg

Second Team:
Brandon Stephens – 6'3", Jr., F, Mass-Dartmouth – 15.4 ppg, 57% FG, 1.8 spg, 49% 3FG
Matt Walker – 6'4", Sr., F, Mass-Dartmouth – 13.1 ppg, 2.4 apg, 83% FT, 1.4 spg, 47% 3FG, 0.6 bpg
Nick Nedwick – 6'1", So., G, Eastern Connecticut State – 13 ppg, 3.6 apg, 80% FT, 2.5 spg
Edwin Ortiz – 6'0", Sr., G, Eastern Connecticut State – 14.5 ppg, 88% FT, 42% 3FG
Ryan Lambert – 6'0", Jr., G, Plymouth State – 14.6 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 2.2 apg, 87% FT

Player of the Semester:
DaQuan Brooks – 5'9", So., G, Western Connecticut State – 21.7 ppg, 4.2 apg, 88% FT, 1.7 spg, 40% 3FG

Newcomer of the Semester:
Cortez Isaac – 6'3", Jr., G, Southern Maine – 29.1 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 4.2 apg, 0.7 spg

Coach of the Semester:
Bob Campbell, Western Connecticut State

[LECFAN32]

these look pretty accurate for the time being.. more conference games will even out some of these gaudy statistics as everybody will be facing similar competition...

[ECSUalum]

Discovered today on Little East TV, ( http://www.littleeast.tv/ ) that Rhode Island College has started a broadcast called "Inside Rhode Island College Athletics Show".

I watched the first two broadcasts, where the moderator interviews RIC Athletic Director and a number of RIC, (winter sports), coaches.

Actually pretty well done with interesting insight into the RIC sports programs and whats happening on campus re new athletic facilities etc etc.

I presume they will continue broadcasts for RIC Spring Sports

Once you go to above site the 12/16 and 12/18 broadcasts will be on the right side of page under "Recent Archives"

[thatdude 30]

West Conn goes down @ Plymouth. UMD has won two in a row and it looks like they're best player is finally starting and playing heavy mins again. Ric holds on in OT to take 1st place in the LEC. East Conn holds on against UMB.  Who do you guys think will take the LEC regular season???

[ECSUalum]

Shocker that Plymouth beat WConn!!!

I would have said Western or UMD for the LEC reg season and WCon to win the tournament, but with UMD looking stronger, maybe UMD is the favorite.  If ECSU can cut down on thier T/O's, and continue to play good D they could be spoilers.  RIC will be in the mix some where as well.