MBB: Little East

[broke_ya_ankles]

Western Conn has been given much respect all along, they were pre season polled at #3 so them being in 2nd is no big suprise.  Yes its obvious they will make the tourney and even have a chance of winning it.  lots can change though

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

The LEC is doing too much beating up on each other.  A team can survive one bad loss early on, but not when they take a beating in the conference as well.  There's already no chance the LEC gets a second team into the tournament unless Keene goes undefeated and loses in the tourney final.

[broke_ya_ankles]

i was talking about the conference tourney theres no chance in hell western conn makes the ncaa's unless they run through the conference tourney and win that which is possible but unlikely

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I wasn't really replying to your post, just making the observation in general.  The LEC is just eating itself alive.  Hopefully Keene can stay out of the fray, but its dicey in there.

[broke_ya_ankles]

i figured as much, just wanted to clairify to everyone that im not that dumb haha

you're right about the LEC eating each other up, it happens every year too, it always seems to be plymouth, keene, and western conn, but i think Keene is seperating themselves as the favorite.  Theres still the preseason favorite too in RIC that are a very good team.  and teams like eastern conn, usm, and umb all can knock off any of those higher teams

[broke_ya_ankles]

Keene dropped their first conference game of the season last night @ eastern conn.  giving eastern their first LEC win of the season.  figures something like this would happen, but to easterns credit they have now beaten Keene and Trinity....

[umbfan05]

Well, I Think umb will win The little east,oh yeah look hall stats in the last five games. They have a guy name Bennett that 6'9,and can get up the floor,but if they beat keene, Plymouth it over they will win the conference. 8)

[butchieed]

umb has a good team. However, they have no depth. Keene and Plymouth each go 8 to 10 deep. Big game in Keene tonight against Plymouth. Once all the little east teams finish beating up on each other and the dust settles the team with the most depth will prevail.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

the team with the most depth will prevail.

I'll go with the team that has the most wins, but these aren't mutually exclusive concepts.

[umbfan05]

a umb has beating plymouth at home, they may sweep them. they play at home the next time.

[tjcummingsfan]

I just got home from the KSC-PSC game.  It's amazing every time I watch Keene play I like them less and less.  They are a pretty good team, or pretty good by East Coast standards (they would get tooled in the CCIW or the WIAC), they have a couple guys who can play sometimes.  I have yet to see a player have a complete game without going into at least 10+ minutes of just poor play.  The one exception, and its an excepttion only because there wasn't ever really poor play, but pleanty of mediocre play would be the point guard Matt Hickey. 

Sontag is such a dissaster to watch.  He took more bad shots than anyone else on the floor, and is as dirty as anyone I've ever seen play (yet somehow gets away with it).  He plays with alot of fire which I like, but he needs to learn to control himself if he's ever going to be a star.

[umbfan05]

mr. tjcummings  the best team in the little east conference is umass-boston they has scorer all over the floor and the bench, and the more they play together the better they will get . They beat plymouth at plymouth,and they play WPI,and Tuft Just watch how they with shock the top 25. Last year they beat salem state  when they was ranked 25th. But academics cause them to drop a lot of games, but this year is different and their ready. They have a lot talent that will  play after college maybe not the NBA,but maybe the ABA or the CBA. They will more Then likely win their conference,and play in the the tournament for the first time since 1997.

[eminabe53]

A little reality check please.  UMB relies too much on their starters.  Their bench is poor, their free throw shooting is poor, their defense is poor, they get outrebounded by almost 3 rebounds a game, I could go on and on.  I give them credit for what they've done.  I remember when they were the doormat of the league not too long ago.  But a team with all those defeciencies (spelling?) is not going to do much damage down the stretch of a long season.  And as for them making it in the CBA?  I took the liberty of taking a quick glance at a CBA roster.  Players in the CBA went to schools like:

Lousiville
Texas Tech
Houston
New Mexico
NC State
UConn
Kansas
Illinois
Michigan State. 


I think any player, from any DIII conference in New England, is probably not ready for the CBA. 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

That's probably not true.  Generally the best players in the NESCAC can hold their own in the CBA and do so quite often in Euro leagues of similar calibre.

[eminabe53]

Ok, fine.  The NESCAC.  Is UMass-Boston in the NESCAC?  Are Euro leagues the CBA? The answer to both is no.  Maybe I exaggerated a little.