MBB: Little East

[eclinchy]

Who's to say Holbrook isn't the best player in the league?  He's leading the league in rebounding running away, and he's a really high-percentage shooter.

[broke_ya_ankles]

I was he does deserve to win it...by a landslide

[daysof]

I was he does deserve to win it...by a landslide

Your right Holbrook derserve it. Lets not forget freshman forward Brandon Stephens plays the best player on opp. team defense. Not to mention (4)rookies of week ,putting good numbers up on offense WOW!!

[old_hooper]

I am a little surprised at the margin of victory that Amherst put on RIC last night.  Amherst was on fire in the beginning hitting its first 4 threes and jumping out to 12-2 lead.  RIC has been a heckyl and jeckyl team this year.  Hard to believe they win at Holy Cross at the beginning of the season and now appear to be struggling to find consistency.  They need to put it together now if they want to be playing in March for a Pool C bid if they don't win the conference championship.  Big game tonight with UMD and Tuffs.  If Tuffs stays close to UMD it may validate the NESCAC for one and possibly 2 Pool Cs.  UMD appears to be a lock for the tournament but if they win the LEC Championship, I'm not sure a POOL C is in the picture for the second or third place LEC team.  Is Jumbocast going to broadcast the game tonight? 

[MeOak21]

Yea, I was surprised to see the large margin of victory as well in last nights game. Its bad for the entire LEC when one of your top teams gets drilled like that. Then again, it's not every night you have a guy come straight out the gates with 6-6 3ptr's in the first half like Amherst had but regardless... just plain ugly for RIC.

Tufts would need to beat UMD for the game to matter at all tonight. A close game won't say much besides what we already know about the Tufts squad-- they aren't the typical conference O-fer. They can play but they've struggled to win (especially lately). It wouldn't "validate" the NESCAC so much as it would harm UMD's reputation.

The only way the LEC gets 2 teams in the NCAA's is if Dartmouth loses in the LEC tournament which is far from impossible. That being said, who knows what they'll do for the NESCAC regarding pool C bids. If Amherst doesn't win the NESCAC tourney, they'll have a very strong case for 2 pool C's.

[eclinchy]

For what it's worth, Tufts is 5-0 against UMD over the past five years.  Obviously these are better UMD and worse Tufts teams than usual, but still... it's something.

JumboCast has the call tonight... watch for me.

[hoopjunkie]

Im feeling upset at Cousens tonight for the Jumbos to knock off UMD . Following the Giants whooping of you know who.

[MeOak21]

Did you have a feeling that the Giants would beat "you know who" as well?

modified "be" to "beat"

[hoopjunkie]

I just think that Tufts has had such a frustrating year that they are due for a couple of breaks . The Nescac is so even this year with the exception of Amherst , that they just need to win the first one tonight & maybe gain some momentum against Middlebury & Williams this weekend . Both winnable games . Not sure of your Giants reference .

[broke_ya_ankles]

Umass Dartmouth remains undefeated with a 86-74 win over Tufts tonite, UMD had the game under control from the very beginning. 

the road to a perfect season doesnt get any easier from here...

[bosox781]

Tufts definitely had some good mismatches there.. pierce is very athletic for his size and is a very good player.. I dont think Tufts record really indicates their talent.  Reese Freeman had an unbelievable game and was the difference maker last night in my opinion.  This is a very tough stretch for UMD.. if they can pull off the next 2, they should go undefeated for the regular season.

[MeOak21]

UMD was in control of that game the entire way through. Tufts defense was full of holes. They couldn't stay in front of Freeman and allowed him to get all the way to the basket for most of his 24 points. There were a few strange matchups between the teams but it's pretty safe to say that they didn't favor Tufts very much. Pierce couldn't guard Holbrook and he didn't have much help to back him up. Holbrook struggled to defend Pierce as well but Freeman shut down Black to go O-4 with 3 assists and 5 TO's.
Tufts managed to outrebound UMD but they had 17 TO's to UMD's 9 and they sent UMD to the line for 25 FT's in comparison to their 12. Tufts really didn't show any sign during that game that they could pull it off.

[broke_ya_ankles]

Umass-Dartmouth and Keene are heading into overtime as we speak....a layup with 7 seconds left by keene forces the OT, the corsairs had a look to win it in regulation...

this could be a big upset in the making...

[pbrooks3]

UMD goes down in OT 92-85.

[broke_ya_ankles]

Keene knocks of previously undefeated Umass-Dartmouth in overtime!!

Final Score:
Keene State  92
Umass-Darmouth 85


Kathan hit 2 HUGE 3's in overtime that essentially won it for the owls, great win for a roller coaster Keene team this season.