MBB: Little East

[ECSUalum]

Keene St @ Eastern Connecticut  men and women's BB games postponed to 5:50/7:30 tomorrow Thurs Feb 8th!

[AllStar]

First regional rankings:

Northeast              
1    Middlebury    18-3    18-3
2    Hamilton    19-2    19-2
3    Eastern Connecticut    18-2    19-2
4    Williams    16-3    18-4
5    Wesleyan (Conn.)    16-5    16-5
6    Keene State    14-5    15-6
7    Springfield    15-4    15-6
8    MIT    18-3    18-3
9    Nichols    18-3    18-3
10    Salem State    19-3    19-3
11    Tufts    14-5    16-7

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Men's first regional rankings: http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2018/02/men-regional-rankings-first

[7express]

I know this is the LEC board but very odd seeing regional rankings list and NOT seeing Amherst on it.

[ECSUalum]

Incredible game just finished between Keene St and Eastern Connecticut State with the Warriors squeaking out another victory vs the Owls victory 83-78! Freshman Miquel Prieto was unstoppable tonight and lead all players with 27 points. Sharpshooters Kendal Marquez and Keene St transfer Jake Collagan combining for 24 and 22 points on a combined 8 for13 from 3 point range.   However, it was NCAA #4 steal leader Carlos Gonzales' steal with 40 seconds left in the game that put the Eastern up for good and keyed the victory! Carlos contributed 15 points/9 rebounds to the cause.  Tarchee Brown was largely ineffective with just 8 points.  Ty Nichols contributed 16 points for the Owls. Eastern is now 20-2 overall and 11-0 in the LEC

Keene should have one more shot at ECSU in the LEC Tourney.  If Keene loses to Eastern in the LEC finals, will their estimated record 19-8, 12-3 LEC get them a Pool C, ie with 8 losses?

[warriorcat]

If Keene wins their three remaining regular season game and two more in the tournament and lose in the final they would finish 20-8 (.714 WP) they will have one of the better SOS 's. I think there will be a a number of teams Looking for a pool C bid with 7 and 8 losses

Still a lot of basketball to play. Keene has no margin of error.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

If Keene wins their three remaining regular season game and two more in the tournament and lose in the final they would finish 20-8 (.714 WP) they will have one of the better SOS 's. I think there will be a a number of teams Looking for a pool C bid with 7 and 8 losses

Still a lot of basketball to play. Keene has no margin of error.

We've seen teams get in with 7 or 8 losses, it isn't that shocking to see it happen again. With SOS and other criteria, that is more common than a team with three losses and lousy other data getting in.

The real indicator will be next week's rankings as that incorporates more primary criteria and thus gives us a much better sense of where teams sit in the rankings. Week 1 is just a glimpse.

[ECSUalum]

Thanks guys for the input!!  I think Keene deserves to be in the NC2A, they have a bunch of really good young players this year, but the stats will make the final difference

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Thanks guys for the input!!  I think Keene deserves to be in the NC2A, they have a bunch of really good young players this year, but the stats will make the final difference

Deserves and earns are two very different things.

[ECSUalum]

ECSU forgetting how to play defense and is defeated by UMass Dartmouth 101-99 in OT.  (they average 68 points)     At a loss for words in watching this game!  Don't know what was worse the loss, listening to the 2 homeys doing the play by play or the referees!  Not a time to lose focus!!!!!!!!!

[AllStar]

[7express]

Looks like the men's field is going through Willimantic yet again.  Keene has to win twice while Eastern has to lose twice to get the #1 seed.  Those 2 are the final 2 still in the running as the Keene win over Western today has eliminated the Colonials from winning the #1 seed and I believe the #3 as well, though as I've said the last handful of years not much difference between the 2 and 3 seeds.

[Pat Coleman]

These things are here:
http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2018/02/men-regional-rankings-second

[AllStar]

[fantastic50]

Love the graphical representation of the schedule & standings!  Is there an automated tool involved, or you just build it manually in a spreadsheet?