MBB: Little East

[KSCfan]

oh its to late you are not a pessimist but a realist.  Here is my prediction for Keenes LEC tourny, first round win, second round blow out of water like a missle in battleship.  This team in Keene has been painful to watch, i dont know if its a lack of team chemistry, or just dysfunction, or Colbert underachieving with essentialy the same team as last year, but this year was a painful year to watch

[Old Man]

to MeOak21....

i found this about tie-breakers in the LEC

6.4. Ties will be broken using the following criteria:
1. Head to head competition in regular-season conference games.
2. Competition with higher seeded teams beginning with #1.
3. Overall road record in the conference.
4. Road record against common non-league opponents. "Road record" constitutes games played on an                opponent's home court, and does not include "Neutral-Site Contests."
5. Home record against common non-league opponents.
6. Flip of a coin.

Note — Ties Involving Three or More Teams: If three or more teams remain tied following the application of head-to-head competition between only the teams involved in the tie, each ensuing tie-breaker will be applied for the purpose of eliminating a single team (lowest seed) or producing a single winner (highest seed). Once a single team has been eliminated or declared the winner, the tie-breaker will revert back to the first step (head-to-head competition) and will be reapplied to the remaining teams involved in the tie.

Note — Ties Involving Three or More Teams: "Road record against common non-league opponents" will be defined as a common "Road Opponent" (not neutral site opponent) that all teams involved in the tie have played. Similarly, Home record against common non-league opponents," will be defined as a common "Home Opponent that all teams involved in the tie have played.

Coin Toss Involving Two Teams: To break a tie involving two teams, a coin toss will be held in the Office of the Commissioner on the day after the regular-season concludes. Alphabetically,* the first team involved in the tie will be assigned "Heads" and the second team is "Tails." The Commissioner will conduct the coin toss. The athletic directors of the school's involved in the coin toss will be informed immediately of the outcome by the Commissioner. The Commissioner will also notify the LEC Publicist, who will inform the league's Sports Information Directors.

Coin Toss Involving Three Teams: In the case of a three-way tie, the names of the schools involved will be written on a separate sheet of paper and the three sheets will be placed in a hat. The first two schools drawn from the hat will participate in the coin toss. Alphabetically,* the first team involved in the tie will be assigned "Heads" and the second team is "Tails." The loser of the coin toss is eliminated. The tie will now be broken between the winner of the coin toss and the team remaining in the hat, using the tie-breaker criteria. If the teams remain tied, a second coin toss will be held to break the tie. Alphabetically,* the first team involved in the tie will be assigned "Heads" and the second team is "Tails."

[ILive4This]

I wonder if this is an NCAA rule because the exact same criteria step by step is used in the UAA as well.

[MeOak21]

Old Man, yes, thank you.

After last nights games if everything plays out as it should it looks like RIC will be hosting the LEC tournament.

#1 RIC 11-2 (last game vs. ECSU. Wins tie break with UMD by sweeping KSC)
#2 UMD 11-2 (last game vs. PSU)
#3 KSC 7-6 (last game vs. UMBoston. Split w/ UMD to take tie breaker vs. USM)
#4 USM 7-6 (last game vs. WCSU)
#5 WCSU 6-7 (last game vs. USM)
#6 ECSU 5-8 (last game vs. RIC)
#7 PSU 4-9 (last game vs. UMD)
#8 UMB 1-12 (last game vs. KSC)

If WCSU beats USM they will take over at 4th because they swept PSU. I'm relatively comfortable the rest of the games will go as they should according to current standings.

[ILive4This]

That makes things interesting, as RIC is no easy place to play.

[Pat Coleman]

I wonder if this is an NCAA rule because the exact same criteria step by step is used in the UAA as well.

It's not.

[KSCfan]

any predictions for tuesdays round of games?
Im thinking that UMD rolls, RIC wins a close one(plymouth is hot lately), Keene struggles past Westconn at home, and im taking USM over Eastern.

Which sets up up a UMD/USM and a Keene/RIC matchup on friday

[basketball]

As a KSC I was just wondering what do you guys think are Kathan's chances of getting an invite to the CBI next year. For those who arent sure what the CBI is, its a invitional for DII, DIII and NAIA guys to show their stuff for international scouts in hopes of playing overseas professionally. I'm not sure how the selection process goes but 7 guys went this past year ( Ruths. Olson, Williams, Cooper, Welton, Jean, Strong) . Hes had a great career. ROY, 2nd team then POY and 1st team , then 1 st team and leading scorer. I'm thinking that if he has another POY caliber season which theres no reason he shouldn't and that if he takes KSC into the tournament like his sophmore year then hes deserving of a invite. Thoughts out there from people that know more about the selection processor thoughts in general?

[Pat Coleman]

In general the invitees seem to be the top Division III seniors with pro-style bodies.

[basketball]

So in your opinion do you think Kathan is worthy? Because hes a 6'5 220lb  small forward. And I believe he was a Pre-season d3 All-american this past year.

[basketball]

http://www.nhsportspage.com/display_full_story.php?story_id=117

If that first part of the story is true then PSU has picked up a big player in Paul Chergey who played at SNHU but had some issues off the court nad has transfered . He is the brother of Mike chergey also plays for them.

[KSCfan]

the season is rapidly approaching about a month and a half away till preseason anyone with thoughts about how this season is going to play out?

[jamiejohn]

Looks like jay harris has found a pretty good job after begin the interim head coach at Plymouth State last year.

http://www.hoopdirt.com/blog/1c6f16f189/

[chubbyboybaby]

Reece Freeman for president!

[KSCfan]

The season is almost here, anyone want to throw out a preseason poll of thier own?