MBB: Little East

7express · December 26, 2016, 10:45:37 PM

Merry Christmas AllStar, Bengals, Magic, Alum, Warriorcat, amh, Middhoops and all the other lurkers!

AllStar · December 30, 2016, 10:08:09 PM

An utterly pathetic game from Keene State against a 2-7 UNE team...and pathetic might be saying it nicely. They've now lost 4 out of 5 games, and in the game they won they only played well for 1 half. Yikes.

7express · December 31, 2016, 01:22:46 AM

Quote from: AllStar on December 30, 2016, 10:08:09 PM
An utterly pathetic game from Keene State against a 2-7 UNE team...and pathetic might be saying it nicely. They've now lost 4 out of 5 games, and in the game they won they only played well for 1 half. Yikes.

The whole conference looks like it sucks this year.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · December 31, 2016, 09:48:23 AM

Quote from: AllStar on December 30, 2016, 10:08:09 PM
An utterly pathetic game from Keene State against a 2-7 UNE team...and pathetic might be saying it nicely. They've now lost 4 out of 5 games, and in the game they won they only played well for 1 half. Yikes.

You might have to look at the UNE roster - they're pretty well known for bringing in transfers mid-year. There's a chance they could be better than their record - also a chance Keene could've just not yet been ready.

warriorcat · December 31, 2016, 02:23:49 PM

No All Star is correct. It was a horrible performance by Keene. It was even more frustrating after they played so hard against WPI two nights earlier. They were torched by a player who was starting his first game of the season, averaging 3.9 ppg 23% on 3ptrs he went off for 30 points on 6-7 from long range. This Keene team can take nothing for granted. Every game will be an adventure.

7express · January 01, 2017, 10:28:39 AM

Happy New Year everyone!

ECSUalum · January 01, 2017, 12:16:17 PM

Happy New Year to all!!

amh63 · January 02, 2017, 11:45:03 AM

Guess this is the offical New Year holiday...Rose Bowl Parade and all....so Best Wishes to all for the new year!
With that said...congrats to EConn for winning the Trinity Tourny! After a poor 1-4 start, they are surging.
I am concerned with ECSU. Amherst will be visiting on Tues.
I have been avoiding posting on the boards for a time. I realized that I was getting confused with what was going on wrt the Amherst team after the Amherst loss at Springfield when Amherst played a young physical opponent. Having said that, I am waiting for the outcome of the ECSU game to re calibrate my view of what is going on with the Jeffs and see how the coaches are working the team issues out for the long run...the conference games ahead.
In any case, it should be a dandy of a game! Where did EConn get it's PG..the freshman?

ECSUalum · January 03, 2017, 07:45:32 PM

Quote from: amh63 on January 02, 2017, 11:45:03 AM
Guess this is the offical New Year holiday...Rose Bowl Parade and all....so Best Wishes to all for the new year!
With that said...congrats to EConn for winning the Trinity Tourny! After a poor 1-4 start, they are surging.
I am concerned with ECSU. Amherst will be visiting on Tues.
I have been avoiding posting on the boards for a time. I realized that I was getting confused with what was going on wrt the Amherst team after the Amherst loss at Springfield when Amherst played a young physical opponent. Having said that, I am waiting for the outcome of the ECSU game to re calibrate my view of what is going on with the Jeffs and see how the coaches are working the team issues out for the long run...the conference games ahead.
In any case, it should be a dandy of a game! Where did EConn get it's PG..the freshman?

Yes amh63, I mentioned Carlos Gonzales early in the season: Carlos Gonzalez Fr. Guard 5-10 165 Springfield, MA / The MacDuffie School '16

middhoops · January 03, 2017, 08:50:18 PM

Big time mea culpa.
At halftime I posted on the NESCAC board that Amherst had just pulled ahead and looked ready to break out.
With all apologies to Eastern Connecticut, they just handled Amherst the whole 2nd half. No fluke.
My team opened the season in Willimantic and scraped by with a close win. Sure glad the team I saw tonight hadn't gelled in mid-November.
Congrats to the Warriors. Great game.

Also glad my team doesn't face Amherst next, after the drubbing put on them tonight.

ECSUalum · January 03, 2017, 09:24:24 PM

Quote from: middhoops on January 03, 2017, 08:50:18 PM
Big time mea culpa.
At halftime I posted on the NESCAC board that Amherst had just pulled ahead and looked ready to break out.
With all apologies to Eastern Connecticut, they just handled Amherst the whole 2nd half. No fluke.
My team opened the season in Willimantic and scraped by with a close win. Sure glad the team I saw tonight hadn't gelled in mid-November.
Congrats to the Warriors. Great game.

Also glad my team doesn't face Amherst next, after the drubbing put on them tonight.

Middhoops, As always your a class act! Thanks for your comments. Amherst is a great team, however Coach Geitner mentioned in the post game interview that they had to control the Purple's 3 point game! Which they did. I also thought that Amherst would break out with a final run, but Eastern's D was superb tonight, they protected the ball, (only 4 TOs causing 17TOs ), and got balanced scoring from the Brown, Gonzales, Lindo and Arnum!! Carlos Gonzales played like a senior vs a freshman tonight. Jayde Dawson and Eric Conklin are outstanding players for Amherst. However it was McCarthy I was most worried about, another outstanding player I would hate to be Williams on Fri as Amherst is going to be beasts in their first NESCAC game!

AllStar · January 03, 2017, 11:52:53 PM

Congrats to Eastern Connecticut and ECSUalum on a great win over Amherst! Greatly helps the Warriors, but also the conference, to have that win.

RIC managed a stunning win over a Wesleyan team that couldn't throw the ball in the ocean. The Cardinals were coming off an 81-65 win over highly-ranked Marietta in Daytona Beach before Christmas, but were dispatched by the Anchormen at home, who were coming off being dismantled by MIT and Eastern Connecticut. Go figure. Such is sports, I guess!

UMass Boston lost to Regis, who had lost three straight, in overtime. The Beacons have lost two of three.

Plymouth beat pathetic Elms (1-8) by 19 to wrap up Tuesday's action.

I never commented on Keene State's game against Fitchburg. It was nice to see something better than that complete embarrassment against UNE, but there still is room for improvement, or they will not fare well as the season goes on. Ty Nichols had a much better game after struggling mightily in the previous few games. Jake Collagan and Damonte Turner made solid contributions off the bench, which makes a big difference. Still hard to get much of a read on this team given some of the bad losses they've suffered, regardless of who is in or out of the lineup.

Bengalsrule · January 04, 2017, 01:29:28 AM

Congrats to ECSU and ECSUalum on 1 helluva victory! Just read a post from Magicman and Allstar on the SUNYAC boards!

ECSUalum · January 04, 2017, 08:35:33 AM

Quote from: Bengalsrule on January 04, 2017, 01:29:28 AM
Congrats to ECSU and ECSUalum on 1 helluva victory! Just read a post from Magicman and Allstar on the SUNYAC boards!

Thank you Sir, ECSU just put it all together last night! Hopefully this win will propel them forcefully into Conference play!

ECSUalum · January 04, 2017, 08:39:00 AM

Quote from: AllStar on January 03, 2017, 11:52:53 PM
Congrats to Eastern Connecticut and ECSUalum on a great win over Amherst! Greatly helps the Warriors, but also the conference, to have that win.

RIC managed a stunning win over a Wesleyan team that couldn't throw the ball in the ocean. The Cardinals were coming off an 81-65 win over highly-ranked Marietta in Daytona Beach before Christmas, but were dispatched by the Anchormen at home, who were coming off being dismantled by MIT and Eastern Connecticut. Go figure. Such is sports, I guess!

UMass Boston lost to Regis, who had lost three straight, in overtime. The Beacons have lost two of three.

Plymouth beat pathetic Elms (1-8) by 19 to wrap up Tuesday's action.

I never commented on Keene State's game against Fitchburg. It was nice to see something better than that complete embarrassment against UNE, but there still is room for improvement, or they will not fare well as the season goes on. Ty Nichols had a much better game after struggling mightily in the previous few games. Jake Collagan and Damonte Turner made solid contributions off the bench, which makes a big difference. Still hard to get much of a read on this team given some of the bad losses they've suffered, regardless of who is in or out of the lineup.

Thanks AllStar, great job this season doing the daily results. You like I get frustrated with our teams, so sometimes I back off and just say nothing. Good Luck to Keene in Conference play, it should be another dog fight to see who ends up on top and wins the Conf Chmapionship...wide open in my view!!