MBB: Little East

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Maybe I exaggerated a little. 

Just keeping you honest.

[broke_ya_ankles]

first of all UMB has no one in the league thats gonna be in the CBA or overseas.  They have the individual talent to compete in the Little East and even get to and compete in the championship game, but their knock has been they dont play as a team and they arent that deep, they are athletic and guys like barros are flat out good but a bunch of little white unathletic kids can beat them cause basketball is a team game (that isnt a knock on any player on UMB they are good, just lack the team mentality)

and eminabe welcome to the board, and we kinda let umbfans comments go in one ear and out the other now, they just talk up umb all the time and dont even do it in correct grammatical terms

[umbfan05]

For all haters umb is (6-2) in the conference, has great chance of winning it. sweep e.conn,beating plymouth state,ric. They have the little east rookie of the year on their team this year and last year,and his name is Rodney Bennett. Keene state is the only team in front of them, and they lost to e.conn,they beat umb at keene,but keene has to come to boston to play them. But umb has two big games against WPI,and TUFT With i feel like they can win both games. For Other comment Feel free.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

They've got to be consistent, something they have been unable to do in the past few years.  I'm not knocking them, but I'm not pumping them up until they prove they can settle down, play like a team and consistently play well.

[umbfan05]

if umass-boston beat Wpi,tuft and keene or goes 2-1 in this next would that be enough to get them in the tournament.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

UMass-B doesn't have any shot of making the NCAAs unless they win the LEC tournament.  Their losses are mostly to really poor teams, which means their QOWI number is already shot.  Even if they run the table in the regular season and lose in the conference final, they will have given Keene and Plymouth both at least one more loss, which hurts their numbers even more.  They have to win the LEC tournament or they can hope for maybe a look by the ECAC tourney.

[eminabe53]

So I just found out that Rodney Bennett has only been on the UMB team for 6 games.  Anyone know where this guy came from?

[All-around]

Well UMBfan should be happy. UMB is playing well, and is currently in first with a win over keene. If they can do well, they may just win their conference tourny. But, we are a long way from that.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I think UMB is much improved, but they will have to win a bunch of tough games in short span of time.  It's hard for anyone, especially a team without a lot of post-season experience.  We'll see.  The LEC will indeed be interesting.  I doubt they will get an at-large bid at all this year, so the tourney should be extra special.

[umbfan05]

UMass-B doesn't have any shot of making the NCAAs unless they win the LEC tournament.  Their losses are mostly to really poor teams, which means their QOWI number is already shot.  Even if they run the table in the regular season and lose in the conference final, they will have given Keene and Plymouth both at least one more loss, which hurts their numbers even more.  They have to win the LEC tournament or they can hope for maybe a look by the ECAC tourney.

well,three more games to go for umass-boston and then would have shock the conference. they was pick to finish second to last but are in first place.

[LarryLegend]

What the heck happened at Boston?  How does Plymouth State hold UMass-Boston to 49 points?  I've watched them play and they are a very talented offensive team.  Did Plymouth do something special or was Boston horrible?  Looks like the Little East is still anyone's conference!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

The teams shot a combined 41%, it looks like the defense was good at making UMB go the distance on the shot clock and Plymouth slowed play down quite a bit.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Two teams in the regional rankings this week is a good showing, although I guess RIC is a lame duck after the loss.

[broke_ya_ankles]

UMASS-Boston leads Keene State in the LEC Championship by 13 with 12 minutes to go...

[broke_ya_ankles]

still UMASS-Boston by 13 with 4 minutes to go...