MBB: Little East

[7express]

Got 2 punching bags in Worcester State & Conn College, and the only win on the night comes from the basically pick em game.  Not good indeed AllStar 

[ECSUalum]

Actually watched the replay this morning and the ECSU-Conn College game was tied with 6 min to go before the Camels went on a tear to put it away.  Basically it is hard to beat a 43%/ 90%/ 60 % FG/FT/3PT performance.  ECSU was 43/67/24% resp.  Conn College played an excellent game last night and did not look like a punching bag.

[7express]

Usually they're a punching bag Alum, that's why I said that.  I think you can make a case with Worcester too, I think AllStar was saying they hit like 57% from the floor??  Tough to win games when the opponent scores 95 points and hits 57% from the floor. 

BTW Alum, I'm doing some scouting for E.O. Smith high school right up the street from Eastern this winter, so hopefully I'll be able to get to some Warriors games while I'm up that way, hopefully I'll see you, WarriorCat, and the Saltillo's (hopefully they are still reading!) while I'm up that way.

[ECSUalum]

Usually they're a punching bag Alum, that's why I said that.  I think you can make a case with Worcester too, I think AllStar was saying they hit like 57% from the floor??  Tough to win games when the opponent scores 95 points and hits 57% from the floor. 

BTW Alum, I'm doing some scouting for E.O. Smith high school right up the street from Eastern this winter, so hopefully I'll be able to get to some Warriors games while I'm up that way, hopefully I'll see you, WarriorCat, and the Saltillo's (hopefully they are still reading!) while I'm up that way.

Yes Sir 7, We generally always go to the ECSU/WCSU game at the O'Neill Center and will most likely be at the Keene and or Plymouth games, and always try to make the LECs if in Willi or Danbury.  Let me know when you will be in Willimantic or ECSU-Danbury game and best of luck on your recruiting, sounds like EO Smith has got a good guy for that job!!!

[7express]

Thanks Alum!  It's gonna be really weird doing scouting for real, when I've just done it for myself for fun, but hopefully it goes well, and they set me up with success today.

And BTW, no Eastern/Western games this year    They moved conference games to Wednesday this year (probably because high school plays Tuesday's night) and I'm taking the 45 clock hour CIAC coaching permit class which is on Wednesday nights in January & February.  I know it sounds shocking that I'd miss BOTH Eastern/Western games this year (along with BOTH Western/RIC games), but I really want to coach, and this class is the only way to accomplish that so I have to bite the bullet this year, LOL.    I'll be in Avon tomorrow, depending on what time that game ends I may head over to Willi for the RIC/Eastern double header.

[AllStar]

There you go.  Absolutely terrible loss for Keene State against a bad team.  No excuse.

[7express]

There you go.  Absolutely terrible loss for Keene State against a bad team.  No excuse.

SMFH!  I've been picking against them all season (Springfield, Dartmouth) and the ONE. FREAKING. TIME. I pick them to win they lose.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[amh63]

7express.....we ALL went down with you on Keene!  Keep the faith, my friend.
By the way....is the E.O. Smith school you are visiting  the one up at Storrs?...across the street from the new Complex of stores and apartments.  Ate at Gino's when I dropped in at UConn last year. Went over the Frog Bridge in Willimantic...Thread city..on the way up.

[7express]

7express.....we ALL went down with you on Keene!  Keep the faith, my friend.
By the way....is the E.O. Smith school you are visiting  the one up at Storrs?...across the street from the new Complex of stores and apartments.  Ate at Gino's when I dropped in at UConn last year. Went over the Frog Bridge in Willimantic...Thread city..on the way up.

Yup!  E.O. Smith is the high school that's on the campus of UConn.  I believe the Tufts got women have gotten a few players from the program in recent years.  Think Liz Moynihan went to school there.

[ECSUalum]

ECSU defeated by Lagrange today and barely beat Barry yesterday!  Tre Preston playing injured.  Hopefully he will be back to form after Christmas/New Year holidays.  A disappointing performance thus far !!  Had much higher expectations for this team.

[amh63]

ECSUalum....Merry Christmass to you too!   Season Greetings to everyone here.

Hope the "wounded Warriors" are at full speed when ECSUs show up in LeFrak on the 5th of Jan.
Believe it is the first home game for the Amherst MBB after road trip games down South.  Your Warriors cannot be overlooked, period.  Two conference matches follow on the weekend

[warriorcat]

UWSP 65  Keene St 56

Tough loss for the Owls in Phoenix against the defending national champs.  Injuries have sidelined two starters (Dizel Wright and Lucas Hammel) along with the loss of freshman Andrew Houde have changed the type of team that Keene was before Christmas.  The return of Tre Tipton will help some but this is a team that will need to find itself with one more game out West and then two non-conference home games before they play Southern Maine. 

[warriorcat]

Tough triple OT loss for Keene.  Loras 112  KSC 102. 

Nate Stichell (29 points) hit a running 3-ptr at the end of regulation to extend the game. Nate Howard (22 pts and 19 rebs) and Matt Ozella (18 and 11) had double/doubles.   Four Keene players logged 42+ minutes.

Two hard fought losses in AZ but hopefully the team will learn from these games and be ready to go next week.

[AllStar]

Tough triple OT loss for Keene.  Loras 112  KSC 102. 

Nate Stichell (29 points) hit a running 3-ptr at the end of regulation to extend the game. Nate Howard (22 pts and 19 rebs) and Matt Ozella (18 and 11) had double/doubles.   Four Keene players logged 42+ minutes.

Two hard fought losses in AZ but hopefully the team will learn from these games and be ready to go next week.

I wouldn't bet on it.

[7express]

Losing to UWSP, even though are down this year, I can live with.  Losing to Loras I can't.