MBB: Little East

[warrior]

ECSUalum - It's a long story! Over thirty years ago my best friend coached at Eastern, my kids go to Eastern, I teach across the street .... I was even an Eastern mascot in the late 70s when Coach Clyde was kicking butt in softball!  Suffice it to say, although I'm a UCONN alum, I now "bleed" Eastern blue and maroon!!!!!
But let's get back to BBALL - Keene has D'amours back, RIC could be getting their point guard back second semester, Dartmouth is back on the winning track, and I haven't even seen Western yet!  This league SCARES me!!!  The games should be awesome! Anyone disagree that there are no easy games this year?

[KSCfan]

D'amours back is really going to help the Owls.  It adds another playmaker/scorer to the team that is already very balanced.  The balanced attack is going to help the owls as they will trust in each other to make plays.  With D'amours back just adds another weapon to the team.  I feel like the owls are going to surprise some teams in the league this year. 

KSCfan was born and raised in Southeast CT about 15 minutes from Eastern CT actually.  I have grown up loving uconn athletics and i am very excited about UConn in the BCS.  Upset city!

[Argylebballer]

As for RIC.  Antone Gray is fully expected to suit up for the Anchormen starting with game on Jan. 8th.  RIC will also said to be adding a 6-4 SG for next semester who was on the team a few years back but has battled knee problems.  When he was on the team he was the 6th man as a freshman and a viable scorer.

[ECSUalum]

ECSUalum - It's a long story! Over thirty years ago my best friend coached at Eastern, my kids go to Eastern, I teach across the street .... I was even an Eastern mascot in the late 70s when Coach Clyde was kicking butt in softball!  Suffice it to say, although I'm a UCONN alum, I now "bleed" Eastern blue and maroon!!!!!
But let's get back to BBALL - Keene has D'amours back, RIC could be getting their point guard back second semester, Dartmouth is back on the winning track, and I haven't even seen Western yet!  This league SCARES me!!!  The games should be awesome! Anyone disagree that there are no easy games this year?

Warrior,

Very interesting!!  Clyde was a wonderful basketball coach as well, and I remember a lot of exciting ECSC games when he coached Lou Chartier, Lenny Reed, John Barry, Lou Canady etc!!!  Also a UConn alum, but was there for grad. school.


All LEC games need to be taken seriously this year, no letting up.  Coach Geitner needs to get a couple of wins over teams like RIC, WCSU and Keene, (especially during the LEC Tourney), if they want a chance at the LEC title and a shot at the NCAAs.  I really believe this is the year they can accomplish the task!!!!!

[KSCfan]

Keene dumped MCLA last night by like 30 nothing to brag about there, D'amours is back, hit a couple of threes.  Keene off to a good start.  Real teams to come.....

[warrior]

We just beat Endicott by 10.  We were up by 14 at the half, but let them get back into the game in the first few minutes of the second half.  Towards the end, they threatened to catch us, but a few key baskets let us pull away.  Six players had 9 or more points - a common theme lately! 

ECSUAlum - you'll be happy to know we were under 10 turnovers again!  Of course, this one was just a warm-up!  The big one is once again on the weekend - Plymouth at our place at 3pm!!! Should be a great game!

PS Congrats to Western.  I heard they had an OT win.  That is going to be one tough opponent!!!

[ECSUalum]

Warrior,

Yes TO's were good. We need to keep up the good work on that front.   Balanced scoring attack with Kohn and Nedwick getting the honors for players of the game in my book.  Jaime dominating the boards AGAIN!! and some nice reverse layups in key points of the game.  We were shooting 90 % from the free throw line toward the end of the 1st half, so I mentioed this to my wife and jinked them for the second half .  Endicott had a few good big players but I think ECSU is a bit more athletic this year with the likes of Nedwick, and Garrow, Kohn now maturing.

Good solid win last night, now lets get Plymouth who looks to be playig well

[leelowlang]

Most Productive/Efficient LEC Players Thus Far?

Using NBA Effeciency Rating:

(Pts + Rebs + Asts + Stls + Blks) - ((FGA-FG) + (FTA-FGA) + TO) =

Total divided by GP = per game average

Keene - Martin - 12.3
West Conn - Jarrett - 16.7
RIC - Akinrola - 13.9
UMD - Stephens - 13.7
East Conn - Robitaille - 13.9
USM - Isaac - 18.3
UMB - Joseph - 18.4
Plymouth - Dowd - 17.7

[Hugenerd]

Most Productive/Efficient LEC Players Thus Far?

Using NBA Effeciency Rating:

(Pts + Rebs + Asts + Stls + Blks) - ((FGA-FG) + (FTA-FGA) + TO) =

Total divided by GP = per game average

Keene - Martin - 12.3
West Conn - Jarrett - 16.7
RIC - Akinrola - 13.9
UMD - Stephens - 13.7
East Conn - Robitaille - 13.9
USM - Isaac - 18.3
UMB - Joseph - 18.4
Plymouth - Dowd - 17.7

You have a small typo in your equation, but I am sure you are actually calculating the values correctly.  Should be (FTA-FTM) in the second part.

[ECSUalum]

Most Productive/Efficient LEC Players Thus Far?

Using NBA Effeciency Rating:

(Pts + Rebs + Asts + Stls + Blks) - ((FGA-FG) + (FTA-FGA) + TO) =

Total divided by GP = per game average

Keene - Martin - 12.3
West Conn - Jarrett - 16.7
RIC - Akinrola - 13.9
UMD - Stephens - 13.7
East Conn - Robitaille - 13.9
USM - Isaac - 18.3
UMB - Joseph - 18.4
Plymouth - Dowd - 17.7

Lee, TYPO OR NOT NICE JOB WITH THE STATS, WHICH MOST PEOPLE DO NOT FOLLOW YET GOOD INDICATOR OF TEAM SUCCESS+K

[leelowlang]

Good looking out Hugenerd, apologies.

Many thanks ECSU...

FYI, will have the other leagues posted shortly.

For what it is worth, surely this is no end-all-be-all teller to anything in my mind but I like that it balances out those who stack up stats but also shoot 30% to do so with a 3-1 to-to-assist ratio.  Effeciency, in anything, is important.

[warrior]

Leelowlang - I almost fell off my chair when I read your "Efficiency Rating" post.  The reason for my shock is that "Efficiency Rating" is a stat that I invented about eleven years ago when I was coaching my sons in AAU! Back then I called it "Contribution Points Per Game", but the stat was identical to this "Efficiency Rating"! If you ask any of my former players, in AAU, High School and College, they will confirm that I invented it to choose the "Star of the Game" as well as for picking our MVP at the end of the year!  I can't believe it is an actual NBA stat now! It used to drive players AND parents CRAZY, because I used to refer to it all the time and they never quite understood the stat! I still insisted on using it, however, because, like you, I felt it was a much better measure of success. As the years went on, I even 'tweaked' it a bit to reflect defense a bit more by adding points for defensive stops and double points for a charge! (I still can't believe there is no place for charges in a box score!) 
Anyway LeeLow, as you can see, you made my day!  My stat is now OFFICIAL!  I can't tell you how cool that is for me!  I wish I could give you 100 Karma stars, but as a newbee, I'm not allowed!  Thanks again Leelow!

[warrior]

Oops - in all that excitement about my 'Contribution Point' stat, I forgot to mention what I wanted to share when I logged on - did anyone notice the little video interview with coach Geitner on the ECSU Men's Basketball page?  Just click on "News" and you'll find the link at the top of the latest article about the Endicott game.  I am just so impressed with our league's media coverage! Between the web tv, live stats, and video interviews, we've got it ALL.  Little East Rocks!  Anyone watch any LEC games tonight?

[ECSUalum]

ECSU men with a very solid all around performance  (82-65)this afternoon vs Plymouth State.  Balanced scoring attack for the Warriors, however, Nick Nedwick and Ryan Lambert put on a shooting clinic this afternoon:
                 
                  TP     FG      3PT      FT
 
Nedwick      29   11-14     5-6      2-2    
Lambert      32   10-20     3-7    11-13

Overall ECSU shot FG% -44,  3-Pt% -46, FT% -69  which I believe was a team best, and only had 8 TOs all game.  Even on the boards with PS holding a 41-38 total RB margin.
Sawyer had 14 pts Ives and Garrow 11, and Robitaille 10

The Warriors now head to SoCal for a couple of games with CalTech and Claremont Mudd Scripps Colleges before returning after the Holidays with a game with UMass-Boston.

If the boys can keep up this level of performance, they will be dangerous   

[warrior]

Yes! It feels good to get an LEC win under our belts!  It really was quite a shootout between two great players, but apparently, not as wild as the one in the Keene/Umass game where D'amours and Isaac each scored 31!  Apparently, Umass missed two(!) layups in the last 4 seconds that would have put them on top.  Oh well, that's the way the ball bounces.  I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday and a merry Christmas!