MBB: Little East

[Argylebballer]

Video of the Carl Lee Dunk from tonight from Anchor TV the campus TV station
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuHQD-6PPXQ

[ECSUalum]

Video of the Carl Lee Dunk from tonight from Anchor TV the campus TV station
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuHQD-6PPXQ

COOOOOOOOOLLLL

[ECSUalum]

Keene State Owls lost a heart breaker last night vs the Springfield College Pride on a 3 pt finish by Darvis Rankins with 6 seconds left.!!!

I have been watching a lot of LEC BB games on LEC-TV when not able to watch live the last couple of years and have to say Keene St, WCSU and ECSU announcers are all exciting to listen to.  Keene and WestConn, in particular, do a very good job on the play by play!!!!  Anyone know if these announcers are full timers working in other jobs with the colleges?

[Argylebballer]

I don't know about that.  At RIC I watch the student TV broadcast of the games.  It generally is very good.  Here is a recent game.
http://anchortv.mirocommunity.org/video/39/anchorman-basketball-vs-jwu-20

[ballin3131]

Listen guy RIC's announcers not that gooD... Second whats all this chatter about RIC.. and Keene thats alls u guys ever talk about no love for WcsU.. the only signature win for the conference...beating then number 22 in the country Plattsburgh....Not to metion the best player in the LEC...o yea not to mention the coach with the most wins who has been to an elite eight before..give respect were its due and hop off the Ric bandwagon..I think you guys favor RIC and Keene on their past rather than on how good they really are. RIC is clearly not the same as it has been in years... and keene just lost to springfield ..  Springfield is not good this year wcsu beat them up pretty bad in a scrimmage this year. Not to mention i spoke to coach campbell directly and he tells me they may have a player of the year candidate coming back halfway through the year to play second semester... so dont sleep on the colonials who SHOULD be The favorites to win the conference this year

[ECSUalum]

Sounds like we now have a Colonials supporter, (former player?)  on the thread to represent WCSU.
I have always considered WCSU the class of the LEC re basketball, nice facility, great announcers, fantastic coach, all resulting in a great basketball program!! However, WestConn will have their work cut out for them this year, with strong LEC teams this year.

[warrior]

I agree!  EVERYONE looks good this year!  It is SCARY!  Boston, Maine, Keene, Plymouth - all picked towards the bottom - any of them could win it all while any of the top picks  - RIC, Dartmouth, Western, Eastern - could wind up at or below .500!  I can't imagine anyone getting fewer than 4 losses, and if they do, they definitely deserve the title!  Well, here we go - may the best team win!!!!

[ECSUalum]

Eastern falls again to RIC in Providence 52-49, on a 3 point half court toss by Mason Coice with 2 seconds left!!!!!!!!!!!

The old nemeses of poor Free Throw shooting, and poor ball control under the press did them in again .  

Every time ECSU looked to break it open, a turn over or missed free throws let RIC back into the game.

Nick Nedwick and Mike Garrow played huge, but J Kohn was neutralized tonight on the boards and had 0 points.

Very low scoring first half 17-19 on tough D and poor shooting on both sides and for the game as both teams continued to play VERY GOOD defense.  Just came down to free throws/TO's in my view.

ECSU just cannot win in Providence

Anyway, ANOTHER nail-biter!!!

Oh and LUCK of the IRISH again

[KSCfan]

Keene took care of Boston this weekend winning rather easily.  Again balanced scoring from the owls, 12 from D'amours, 11 from Mariano, 9 from Hunter, Snow and Woodberry with 8.  No one played over 18 minutes in the game as Keene was in control early and the bench got a lot of minutes.  This was pretty much all Keene the whole way.  The owls are looking good, still havent gotten into the tough meaty part of the LEC, but when it comes to conference games a win is a win is a win. 

I am pretty sure that the keene announcer is Gino Vilante.  The last name spelling is wrong im sure, but Gino has been broadcasting all sports at Keene for some time now.  I know that he does all the baseball games for the radio, and he was doing basketball before so i am sure that it is him again.  He always does a very nice job with the game.  I know that he had been working in the student center, i dont know if he still is

Ballin i dont think that no one is talking about Western because we know the most about our teams and we havent had a "Western" guy.  Welcome to the board and i look forward to more about western.  Western has always been a good team and im sure that they will be a very tough team to beat. 

Go OWL's

[ECSUalum]

Thanks KSCFan,

Gino Valenti really does a great job for Keene Sports, very professional!!  He must really pump up the Keene State players on the court when he shouts out their 3 pointers right there on court at the scorers table.

WCSU announcer also excellent, and of course John Cabral is great for RIC, UMD, and in particular during LEC/NCAA baseball games.  Piro for ECSU pretty good as well.

All above really makes watching the streamed audio/video much more enjoyable with them doing play by play!!!!

Also great job by LEC TV for getting the games to us!!!  Can you believe some NESCAC teams charge for listening/watching their games!!??

The LEC is the CLASS of d3 Sports broadcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KSCfan]

Alum, the guy that announces the game is Walt Kilburn the same guy who does the Keene Swamp Bats on the radio during the summer for the NECBL.  The play by play is Gino, both very good voices, and i must say that LEC TV is just awesome.  I dont think that i have ever seen a bad game announcing wise, and production wise, so hats off to the LEC for that.  I def think it puts the LEC is a class above the rest. 

[Argylebballer]

Video of the end of the RIC vs ECSU game with the half court buzzer beater
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-AGBgfhvO4

[ECSUalum]

Video of the end of the RIC vs ECSU game with the half court buzzer beater
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-AGBgfhvO4

YOU CANT SAY LEC BASKETBALL IS NOT EXCITING.  GREAT SHOT BY MASON CHOICE TO ICE THE GAME FOR THE ANCHORMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Mason Choice is an ECSU killler every time

+1 for the Argyleballmyster

[warrior]

I agree - LEC has it all - exciting games, great webcasts,and great teams top to bottom!  Even though we got beat at the buzzer at RIC - the game was AWESOME!  Two great defensive teams going head to head, separated in the end by only a half-court shot!
Tonights game wasn't as exciting (90-55 over Norfolk), but definitely fun for us.  I don't recall ever clearing the bench all last year, and tonight, the bench took over with about 12 minutes left!! 
After all those close games last year and this year, it was nice to finally pull away for a change!
Endicott should be a good game on Wed., then back to the LEC on Saturday vs. Plymouth!  PS As a UCONN alum - I've got to end with a "Go Huskies"!  Fiesta Bowl - can you believe it?

[ECSUalum]

I agree - LEC has it all - exciting games, great webcasts,and great teams top to bottom!  Even though we got beat at the buzzer at RIC - the game was AWESOME!  Two great defensive teams going head to head, separated in the end by only a half-court shot!
Tonights game wasn't as exciting (90-55 over Norfolk), but definitely fun for us.  I don't recall ever clearing the bench all last year, and tonight, the bench took over with about 12 minutes left!! 
After all those close games last year and this year, it was nice to finally pull away for a change!
Endicott should be a good game on Wed., then back to the LEC on Saturday vs. Plymouth!  PS As a UCONN alum - I've got to end with a "Go Huskies"!  Fiesta Bowl - can you believe it?

Warrior,

Yes, nice to watch a blow-out for once!

Congrats on the BCS Fiesta bowl award with a great win over USF for the Big East Championship!!  Is it Connecticut vs Oklahoma??

How is one a UConn alum yet ECSU basketball fan?  Huskey men kicked butt in Hawaii!!!