1999-2000 Little East Conference Basketball Preseason Polls

DANBURY, Conn. - The 1999-2000 Little East Conference has announced its'
preseason coaches poll for the upcoming season.  
	
The men's side is going to be a three team battle with Eastern Connecticut 
State University predicted to finish on top.  Eastern finished in a tie for 
fourth place last season, and received three first place votes and 38 points in 
this years poll.  The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth fills the No. 2 spot 
in the poll with three first place votes and 36 points, followed by Keene State
College with one first place vote and 35 points.
	
Western Connecticut State University, the 1998-99 LEC Tournament Champion 
has been picked to finish fourth on the men's side with the University of 
Southern Maine (22 points), Plymouth State College (21 points), the University 
of Massachusetts Boston (13 points) and Rhode Island College (7 points) rounding
out the poll in the fifth through eighth place spots.
	
In the women's race, the University of Southern Maine has been picked to 
repeat once again.  The Huskies picked up seven first place votes and 49 points 
to get themselves the No. 1 preseason ranking.  Western Connecticut tallied one 
first place vote and gathered 41 points placing them in the No. 2 spot.
	
Eastern Connecticut State University, Keene State College and Plymouth 
State College are expected to do battle for the third, fourth and fifth spots as
Eastern  gathered 36 points followed by Keene with 30 points and Plymouth with
27. 
	
Rounding out the preseason poll were Rhode Island College (20 points), the
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (13 points) and the University of
Massachusetts Boston (8 points)


 Men's Poll
    Team (First Place Votes)    Pts
1.  Eastern Connecticut (3)      38
2.  UMass Dartmouth (3)          36
3.  Keene State (1)              35
4.  Western Connecticut          24
5.  Southern Maine               22
6.  Plymouth State               21
7.  UMass Boston                 13
8.  Rhode Island College          7


 Women's Poll
    Team (First Place Votes)    Pts
1.  Southern Maine (7)           49
2.  Western Connecticut (1)      41
3.  Eastern Connecticut          36
4.  Keene State                  30
5.  Plymouth State               27
6.  Rhode Island College         20
7.  UMass Dartmouth              13
8.  UMass Boston                  8