MBB: Little East

LECFAN32 · January 10, 2010, 10:14:10 AM

was fairly surprised to see that wcsu had not beaten plymouth... tough place to play and plymouth seems to play with a whole lot more confidence in their own gym.. in my last two years playing (07-08) we won their within the last 5 seconds even though we had surperior talent. UMD seems to have righted the wrongs of some head scratching early second semester losses so that will be something to keep an eye on, also ric appears to have shifted their lineup around lately. League is still wide open in my opinion and hopefully wcsu comes back from this holiday hangover.

ECSUalum · January 10, 2010, 03:02:23 PM

Current LEC standings:

Conference Overall
GP Record Win % GP Record Win % Last 10 Streak
Rhode Island College 3 3-0 1.000 12 8-4 0.667 6-4 Won 3
Western Connecticut 3 2-1 0.667 11 9-2 0.818 8-2 Lost 1
Eastern Connecticut 3 2-1 0.667 12 9-3 0.750 7-3 Won 1
UMass Dartmouth 3 2-1 0.667 12 8-4 0.667 7-3 Won 2
Plymouth State 3 1-2 0.333 13 8-5 0.615 6-4 Won 2
Keene State 3 1-2 0.333 13 7-6 0.538 5-5 Lost 1
UMass Boston 3 1-2 0.333 13 3-10 0.231 2-8 Lost 6
Southern Maine 3 0-3 0.000 13 2-11 0.154 1-9 Lost 5

For Games Through: Jan 10, 2010 11:26:12 AM

thatdude 30 · January 10, 2010, 08:55:04 PM

I am hearing through the grape vine that 4 players on UMD are no longer on the team. Two of which who where starters #22 Jeff Machii and #30 Matt Walker. Also #1 Antoine Gray for RIC is not elgible for 2nd semester. RIC played there last game without Gray and UMD played there last game without Machii but has yet to play without both of them yet.

ECSUalum · January 12, 2010, 09:13:16 PM

Listening to ECSU vs UM Dartmouth game on Little East TV. Cabral really does a nice job with the play by play.

He did the NCAA NE Regional Baseball play by play last Spring @ ECSU and was wonderful!!!

ECSU over UMD 84-78

Keene St over WConn 96-90 @ Keene

LECFAN32 · January 13, 2010, 02:14:31 PM

does anybody know why macchi and walker are no longer with the team??

two guys who are very solid players and would make alot of teams better..

also watched the eastern/umd game.. ecsu shares the ball very well and seem to play games with a plan everytime out

wcsu is worrying me with their recent play as I was saying in december that this is a team with a shot to be a serious league contender

thatdude 30 · January 16, 2010, 05:53:00 PM

Quote from: LECFAN32 on January 13, 2010, 02:14:31 PM
does anybody know why macchi and walker are no longer with the team??

two guys who are very solid players and would make alot of teams better..

also watched the eastern/umd game.. ecsu shares the ball very well and seem to play games with a plan everytime out

wcsu is worrying me with their recent play as I was saying in december that this is a team with a shot to be a serious league contender

Jeff Macchi swore at his coach during a game then the head coach yelled at him during halftime which resulted in Jeff either quitting/ getting thrown off the team. Matt Walker is Jeff's best friend so since Jeff quit he quit too. Thats what one of the players told me.

thatdude 30 · January 16, 2010, 05:54:45 PM

Quote from: LECFAN32 on January 10, 2010, 10:14:10 AM
was fairly surprised to see that wcsu had not beaten plymouth... tough place to play and plymouth seems to play with a whole lot more confidence in their own gym.. in my last two years playing (07-08) we won their within the last 5 seconds even though we had surperior talent. UMD seems to have righted the wrongs of some head scratching early second semester losses so that will be something to keep an eye on, also ric appears to have shifted their lineup around lately. League is still wide open in my opinion and hopefully wcsu comes back from this holiday hangover.

I def agree. No teams have showed any consistent dominance this year. This will make for an interesting year.

ECSUalum · January 16, 2010, 05:55:11 PM

Plymouth St over RIC 62-60
ECSU over USM 77-69
WConn over UMB 87-79
UMD over Keene St 93-74

RIC/ECSU now tied for LEC lead

LEC All
Eastern Connecticut 4-1 12-3
Rhode Island College 4-1 9-5
Western Connecticut 3-2 10-3
Plymouth State 3-2 10-5
UMass Dartmouth 3-2 10-5
Keene State 2-3 8-7
UMass Boston 1-4 3-13
Southern Maine 0-5 2-13

ECSUalum · January 20, 2010, 05:18:12 PM

Latest and greatest in LEC:

LEC All
Eastern Connecticut 5-1 13-3
Rhode Island College 5-1 10-5
Plymouth State 4-2 11-5
UMass Dartmouth 4-2 11-5
Western Connecticut 3-3 10-4
Keene State 2-4 8-8
UMass Boston 1-5 3-14
Southern Maine 0-6 2-14

Keene St guys did a nice job with the play by play on Little East TV @ ECSU last night!!!
Also saw the WestConn/RIC game. WestConn play by play guy is the best!!!

ECSUalum · January 22, 2010, 09:37:56 PM

Quote from: LECFAN32 on January 13, 2010, 02:14:31 PM
does anybody know why macchi and walker are no longer with the team??

two guys who are very solid players and would make alot of teams better..

also watched the eastern/umd game.. ecsu shares the ball very well and seem to play games with a plan everytime out

wcsu is worrying me with their recent play as I was saying in december that this is a team with a shot to be a serious league contender

LECFAN32,

Go over to the LEC Baseball thread for more info on Macci and Walker. Sort of ugly

ECSUalum · January 23, 2010, 05:26:19 PM

ECSU loses a nail biter to RIC 72-71. Eastern had the ball with 3 sec to win but fell short.

This was a very good game!! It will be a dog fight between RIC, ECSU, WConn, and UMD for the title.

Next UMD at RIC, ECSU at WConn on Tues

LECFAN32 · January 25, 2010, 12:46:30 PM

wow just read that story that was posted on the baseball board.. ugly situation and one that I would not hae expected.. baptiste always seemed to be somebody who during the heat of the moment (game situations) seems to keep his composure.. another part of the story that surprises me is that baptiste's statement said that the player was suspended for disciplinary reasons.. that sounds like a coach with an ego who isnt taking responsibility for their actions..

tha being said this was most likely out of frustration a team who was underachieving compared to preseason predictions, its very hard to replace a 4 year starter at point guard like freeman and UMD has found this out but appear to be working things out..

ECSUalum · January 25, 2010, 01:15:11 PM

LECFAN,

Good insight on this story +K

ECSUalum · January 27, 2010, 03:33:14 PM

Dissapointing loss to WConn last night 78-73. ECSU just could not contain WCSU outside shooting. I was at the game and IMO Eastern tried to go too many times inside against a equally sized WCSU team, and should have let Nedwick and Ortiz have more 2-3 point attemps. ECSU shot very well, (17 of 22) from FT line which was a positive. DaQuan Brooks and Tyshawn Gillespie also had success driving the base line which gave Western enough of a lead to ward of a last 5 minute Eastern comeback

Fortunately UMD beat RIC 91-89, which keeps the conference leaders one loss away fom WCSU and ECSU. Still think the LEC rep. to the NCAA tourney is wide open at this stage, ie anyone of the top 4-6 could win the LEC Tournament.

LEC All
UMass Dartmouth 6-2 13-5
Rhode Island College 6-2 12-6
Western Connecticut 5-3 12-4
Eastern Connecticut 5-3 13-5
Plymouth State 4-4 11-7
Keene State 4-4 11-8
UMass Boston 2-6 4-15
Southern Maine 0-8 2-16

thatdude 30 · January 27, 2010, 09:25:58 PM

Quote from: LECFAN32 on January 25, 2010, 12:46:30 PM
wow just read that story that was posted on the baseball board.. ugly situation and one that I would not hae expected.. baptiste always seemed to be somebody who during the heat of the moment (game situations) seems to keep his composure.. another part of the story that surprises me is that baptiste's statement said that the player was suspended for disciplinary reasons.. that sounds like a coach with an ego who isnt taking responsibility for their actions..

tha being said this was most likely out of frustration a team who was underachieving compared to preseason predictions, its very hard to replace a 4 year starter at point guard like freeman and UMD has found this out but appear to be working things out..

I agree that replacing a player the caliber of Reece Freeman is very hard to do and I'm sure UMD struggled partly because of that but I couldn't disagree with you more about Coach Baptiste having an ego problem. He obviously did something right because the team has been 7-1 since Matt Walker and Jeff Macchi have no longer been on the team.

Quote from: ECSUalum on January 27, 2010, 03:33:14 PM
Dissapointing loss to WConn last night 78-73. ECSU just could not contain WCSU outside shooting. I was at the game and IMO Eastern tried to go too many times inside against a equally sized WCSU team, and should have let Nedwick and Ortiz have more 2-3 point attemps. ECSU shot very well, (17 of 22) from FT line which was a positive. DaQuan Brooks and Tyshawn Gillespie also had success driving the base line which gave Western enough of a lead to ward of a last 5 minute Eastern comeback

Fortunately UMD beat RIC 91-89, which keeps the conference leaders one loss away fom WCSU and ECSU. Still think the LEC rep. to the NCAA tourney is wide open at this stage, ie anyone of the top 4-6 could win the LEC Tournament.

LEC All
UMass Dartmouth 6-2 13-5
Rhode Island College 6-2 12-6
Western Connecticut 5-3 12-4
Eastern Connecticut 5-3 13-5
Plymouth State 4-4 11-7
Keene State 4-4 11-8
UMass Boston 2-6 4-15
Southern Maine 0-8 2-16

I think its looking like a 4 horse race at this point. From what I have seen so far this yr I dont think any team outside of ECSU, WConn, UMD and RIC can win the conference tournament. Although Plymouth and Keene are close in the standings they are simply not as good as the top 4 teams in my opinion. It's going to be interesting to see which teams start to separate themselves down the stretch. Thats if a team even happens to separate themselves.