BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[hockeyfan77]

Southern Maine Out Slugs Bowdoin 15-12 to improve to 19-15 (5-7 in the LEC):




Next up for USM:


Wed.    4    at    Bates                                                    4:00

The game against Bates has been postponed to Saturday....

[wordsmith]

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A random thought about the dblheader tomorrow between KSC & TEE. I suggest, given the lack of recognition KSC receives in the national poll level they need to take at least 1 game tomorrow if not sweep. Losing both and not winning the LEC Tourney just might cause them to miss the NCAAs. Now I realize there are multiple scenarios, like what happens to WNEC in TCCC, etc.

I believe KSC must win at least 1 tomorrow and go fairly deep in the LEC Tourney to secure a bid. Failing in either area could make for a difficult path. IMHO. Thoughts?

Word

THIS ENDS THE KSC POSTING WARNING. 8-D

[Jcon8958]

Never thought I would come to the aid of the KSC POSTERS (makes me sick just saying it) BUT IF YOU DONT LIKE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY DONT READ IT.

Anyway on to more pressing issues like the state of the Beacons. Not going to lie I would really like to see ECSU host the tourney....why you ask??? BECAUSE THEY CAN NOT BE BEATEN THERE. And it will just be that much sweeter to go into Coach H's house again and watch him sit in the stands wearing the colors of other teams.

[LEC Fan]

Word I think you bring up some good points...Keene is currently 27-10 and in a 3 way tie for 2nd place in the LEC with Boston and Dartmouth. Eastern is 27-8 and sits atop the LEC. For Keene to get an at large I think WNEC has to win the TCCC (33-8 regular season and in discussion of regional ranking) and Tufts win the NESCAC (23-6-1 regular season record and in top 5 of regional rankings), Keene split with Eastern and make a nice dent in the tournament (think championship game). If they get swept by Eastern that will give them 12 losses and not winning the LEC gets them to 14...I know they got a shot last year with 15 losses but it probably is not a good idea to leave it to the selection committee come Sunday (for some reason that Plymouth loss is glaring right now!)

The LEC tournament should tell us alot as we know how competitive those games are and it can really show us who is playing well at the right time. Depending on how the seeds turnout there is one game I am looking forward to...KSC v. UMB!

[kscer]

NEW ENGLAND         
1   Tufts   16-2   22-6-1
2   Wheaton (Mass.)   25-8   27-8
3   Keen State   25-8   27-10
4   Western New England   31-6   32-8
5   Amherst   21-6   21-7
6   Eastern Connecticut State   21-7   27-7
7   MIT   19-12   21-12
8   Bowdoin   16-9   20-10
9   Babson   25-13   25-13
10   Brandeis   21-14   24-17
http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d3
Week 2 ranknigs. KSC moves up? Go figure. Must be in-region wins. Looks good for the owls with reasonable performance here on out.

[KSCfan]

I think it was word and LECfan that i agree if Keene can pick up one of these games on friday with eastern then it should be just what they need to get an at large.  But, i feel it will be Eastern that needs the at large as i see Keene taking the tournament.  I think that the keene bullpen is going to make the difference.  Lots of spaces still wide open as far as seeding and who is in and who is out.   

Does anyone feel its bush that Tufts has played dramatically less in region games?  Shouldnt that impact them, and what about western new enlgand with 30 wins in region.  Will that get them in as an at large over say amherst or tufts?

Do conference tournament wins and loses count towards the in region win total?  It seems that it would make more sense for wnec who has 31 region wins over tufts who has half as many!!!!

[kscer]

This ranking is where the pool B + c bids are taken from. there is one more weekly and then the final. Teams on this list who win their conference and get automatics improve the chances of the remainders for getting an at large. With Keene ranked third inthe NCAA, I dont understand the total lack on interest from the NCBWA/D3 poll. Maybe someone can enlighhten me.

[JustAFan]

These rankings reflect games thru Sunday and Eastern's second straight week of going 1 and 2.  They don't include Eastern's Monday loss to Tufts.  That will factor into next week's rankings.  Eastern may need to win 2 of 3 this weekend vs. Keene and Amherst to remain at #6. Interesting to see 3 NEWMAC teams and 3 NESCAC teams in the top 10. Those conferences may well be stronger than the LEC this year. It'll all come out in the wash soon enough, though. Wonder when the NCAA will learn to spell Keene's name correctly.

[7express]

If Keene can get at least a split this weekend I think both are in.  If Eastern sweeps Keene will have to sweat it out, if Keene sweeps I think eastern is good shape regardless but will be interesting.

As for the rankings: I'm not sure if its exactly the same, but probably pretty close to the basketball rankings and I found this out the hard way.  There ARE regional rankings after the conference tournaments conclude but they aren't made public (that was the case in basketball, not sure if this is the case in baseball).  Also, leaving it at these rankings next week (Keene at 3 and Eastern at 7), lets assume UMass-Boston gets its act together and wins the LEC title, that'll leave both Keene & eastern in the at-large pool and since Keene is regionally rated higher then Eastern, eastern could not be picked until Keene gets selected.  Thats why the Eastern basketball team got left out of the NCAA's.  Chances are pretty good that if Eastern had held onto that 9 point second half lead at Western in February, Eastern would've jumped Western in the New England rankings.  Since they didn't they were still behind them, they couldn't have been selected until Western had been selected.

[7express]

So, lets take it back to this weekend:

Even with a split, I don't see how Eastern would pass them in the regional rankings and assuming both make the LEC championship game, both should be in good shape.
Keene sweeping.  That'll make 3 losses during the week for Eastern who would be in danger of falling out of the regional rankings.  That would be a death sentance for them, LEC champioship or bust.  Keene would be in.
Eastern sweeping.  Here's where things get interesting.  Keene would have 12 overall losses, at least 3 games back in the standings, but would be interesting what the difference is, especially considering Eastern lost mid week.  I wouldn't be confident in either team in that case.

[kscer]

If Keene can get at least a split this weekend I think both are in.  If Eastern sweeps Keene will have to sweat it out, if Keene sweeps I think eastern is good shape regardless but will be interesting.

As for the rankings: I'm not sure if its exactly the same, but probably pretty close to the basketball rankings and I found this out the hard way.  There ARE regional rankings after the conference tournaments conclude but they aren't made public (that was the case in basketball, not sure if this is the case in baseball).  Also, leaving it at these rankings next week (Keene at 3 and Eastern at 7), lets assume UMass-Boston gets its act together and wins the LEC title, that'll leave both Keene & eastern in the at-large pool and since Keene is regionally rated higher then Eastern, eastern could not be picked until Keene gets selected.  Thats why the Eastern basketball team got left out of the NCAA's.  Chances are pretty good that if Eastern had held onto that 9 point second half lead at Western in February, Eastern would've jumped Western in the New England rankings.  Since they didn't they were still behind them, they couldn't have been selected until Western had been selected.

I believe the last rankings are made public.

[wordsmith]

Predictions ladies, enough talk...Predictions.

EConn sweeps KSC

Rhode Island College splits with Plymouth State     

UMass-Dartmouth splits with Southern Maine 
   
UMass Boston sweeps Western Connecticut   

Let's hear your picks.

Word

[7express]

Eastern & Keene split: Warriors win game 1 7-3, Owls win game 2 6-4
RIC sweeps Plymouth 7-0 & 8-2
So Maine sweeps Dartmouth 7-2 & 7-3
Western & Boston split.  Western wins game 1 2-0, Boston creams us in game 2 10-3.

[KSCfan]

Keene sweeps Eastern 3-2 in the first game and 10-7 in the second.  Tournament in the swamp!!!
RIC sweeps Plymouth as plymouth fails to make the tournament again
UMD splits with USM
Western and Boston split with the first game awesome with Armstrong and Dalton

[OshDude]

I think it was word and LECfan that i agree if Keene can pick up one of these games on friday with eastern then it should be just what they need to get an at large.  But, i feel it will be Eastern that needs the at large as i see Keene taking the tournament.  I think that the keene bullpen is going to make the difference.  Lots of spaces still wide open as far as seeding and who is in and who is out.   

Does anyone feel its bush that Tufts has played dramatically less in region games?  Shouldnt that impact them, and what about western new enlgand with 30 wins in region.  Will that get them in as an at large over say amherst or tufts?

Do conference tournament wins and loses count towards the in region win total?  It seems that it would make more sense for wnec who has 31 region wins over tufts who has half as many!!!!

Yes.