MBB: Little East

[WPI89]

Sorry to crash your Little East party - I am normally only a NEWMAC "poster".  However - I live a couple of miles from WestConn.  They are very good this year - I mean - maybe best in the Northeast type good.  There will be nights that they "do not feel like playing" - maybe Keene gets one of those tonight but I do not see anybody holding them to 68 points.  I predicted over on our board a couple of weeks ago that WestConn will win a couple of tournament games this year and be a really tough out for nayone - we shall see.

I watched them beat WPI in late December and they are the quickest d3 team I have ever seen (also saw Albertus Magnus - who may be a close second just on pure quickness).

Just a compliment to WestConn - no disrespect to Keene who I no nothing about this year.

[WcsuAlum]

Westconn is looking for revenge. Keene swept the season series last year, it's going to be a big game. I still think Westconn's starting five and bench play may outlast the owls but I may be wrong. Brooks, Jarrett and Robinson will have to be on, while Addy Bentil and Redding will have there hands full on the defensive end. Tonight will be big!

[ECSUalum]

ECSU with stifling defense today in their 70-52 win over UMD.  Game never really close except in first 5 minutes. Bench empties with 9 minutes left in game and a Warrior 25 point lead.
Jamie Kohn superb tonight, leads scoring with 15 points on 7-10 from the field and GREAT defense.  If Jamie plays like this on a consistent basis, ECSU will be dangerous. Only negative for the Warriors were 15 TOs. UMD shot 29% from field including 17% from 3PTers range.

Now listening to KSC and WCSU game, 61-56  Keene lead with 7 min left in second half.  WESTCONN announcer FANTASTIC!!!!!

[ECSUalum]

RIC, (vs USM) and WCSU, (vs Keene) both lose tonight!!!!  4 way tie for LEC lead, (ECSU, KEENE, RIC, WCSU)

[gordonmann]

This should be one of the more entertaining conference races this year.

[warrior]

I hope everyone is safe and warm at home!  What a storm! But to be honest, as crazy as this storm is, it doesn't compare to the craziness of last night's games!!!
4-way tie for first?  0-3 USM beats 3-0 RIC?  We hold UMD to 15 in the first half?
Well, here goes another wild and crazy LEC season!
What a league this year!  8 great teams that can beat anyone on any given night and we certainly proved it last night.
I'm still in shock from our game last night.  I never saw us play such great defense, and we did it with one of our best defenders (Bill Roveto) on the bench with an ankle injury!
KSC fan - you were pretty prophetic in 3 of 4 games, but no one can blame you for the big miss with the RIC game - I think we all had that one picked wrong!
Enjoy the snow-day all!

[WcsuAlum]

Westconn loses to Keene State and gets out rebounded by almost 30 boards! The only bright side to that is they still only lost by 5 and had about 4 chances to tie the game within the last minute but could not come up with the defensive rebound. Great comeback at the end but good job Keene.

[AllStar17]

Thursday's (1/13/2011) LEC Games:

Rhode Island College at Colby College

Bridgewater State at UMass-Boston

Salem State at UMass-Dartmouth
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Eastern Connecticut at Wentworth - POSTPONED

It will be interesting to see if RIC can rebound after the Southern Maine loss.

[KSCfan]

Really good win for the Owls on tuesday night.  Very entertaining game.  The Western announcers do a great job.  Yesterday i spent all day shoveling out of this crazy snow we got here in CT.  WPI89 you are right, Western is very good.  RIC losing to USM was shocking to say the least.  I really am looking forward to the stretch run as this conference seems to be wide open this year.  GOing to make a great tournament, and the importance to have that 1 seed and host is so much important this year!  Playing at home is vital as it seems the teams are very evenly matched

[AllStar17]

Tough night last night as all three conference teams in action lost by double-digits (RIC by 11 at Colby, UMass-Boston by 16 vs. Bridgewater St., and UMass-Dartmouth by 16 vs. Salem State).

Saturday's (1/15/2011) Conference Games:

UMass-Dartmouth at Keene State

Plymouth State at Rhode Island College

UMass-Boston at Western Connecticut

Eastern Connecticut at Southern Maine
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I'd expect that ECSU/USM game to be one of the better ones, if not the best, game of the day.

[ECSUalum]

Another great game put in by Jamie Kohn together with Nick Nedwick, in 86-76 win over U of S Maine in Portland.

Corteze Isaac shot the lights out in first half, but Eastern D keyed on him in second to limit his attack to under 40 points.

Nice job by USM play by play guys tonight!!

see Stats:
http://www.easternct.edu/athletics/men_basketball/ECMB0115.HTM

[warrior]

Wow!  Another awesome LEC night! 

That Keene/Dartmouth game must have been WILD!  I can't believe they scored over 200 points!

RIC was down at the half to Plymouth before turning it on in the second half.

Western took care of business.

And then there was our game!  Isaac was on his way to a 50 point game, before Eastern, like RIC, turned on the jets and Isaac cooled down in the second half.

Tuesday should be another CRAZY night.  Obviously RIC/Western is huge and our game with Keene should be a BATTLE!

Was anyone at any of the games today?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

If you missed Hoopsville Sunday night, you missed our conversation with Western Connecticut coach Bob Campbell.

You can catch the Hoopsville archive here. The interview with Coach Campbell is in the first 40 minutes of the show.

And remember, tune in on Sundays and Thursdays throughout the season from 7 - 9 PM EST. And if you have ideas, questions, suggestions, thoughts, whatever email us (hoopsville@d3hoops.com), or follow us on Twitter (@d3hoopsville) or our Facebook Fan Page. And there is always the trusty Ustream chat room and AOL IM (hoopsville2000) during the show.

[AllStar17]

Tonight's Eastern Connecticut at Keene State and Southern Maine at Plymouth State games have both been postponed and rescheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday) night (1/19) due to the winter storm.

As of now, Western Connecticut at Rhode Island College and UMass-Boston at UMass-Dartmouth will still be played as scheduled (tonight).

[AllStar17]

It will be very interesting to see how this conference shakes out.  Still many games to go.  These are the updated standings after Tue. 1/18 games:

1  Western Connecticut:  5-1

2  Eastern Connecticut:  4-1 (0.5 GB)

3  Rhode Island College:  4-2 (1 GB)

4  Keene State:  3-2 (1.5 GB)

5  UMass-Dartmouth:  3-3 (2 GB)

6  Southern Maine: 1-4 (3.5 GB)

7  Plymouth State:  1-4 (3.5 GB)

8   UMass-Boston:  1-5 (4 GB)