As for Player of the Year, Tommy Bolte is the best story in the MEC and perhaps all of college basketball. Averaged 11 points a game last year. Is averaging 31 this season. Wowsers. Dude is a machine and would be very deserving of the award.
Kudos to West Liberty’s Marissa Brown for another dominating performance despite a losing effort by the Hilltoppers. Triple double of 41 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 blocks. What an incredible player!!!
passing through the Glenville exit. Hopefully soon when I pass through I will see a sign saying Glenville State University, 2022 NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball National Champions 🏆
Merry Christmas to all the great MEC players, coaches, administration, fans, media, and everyone associated with this great league. 🎅🏼🎁. Eats lots of food and enjoy the day. It shall be hoops season again real soon. 👏🏼
Kudos to
@WUCardinals
for their great history page with their basketball program. That 2015-2016 team had Haywood Highsmith, Eric Siefert, Pat Moseh, Justin Fritts, Kyle Ritz, and Drake Goddard. Good grief what a squad!!!
happy thanksgiving to all the players, coaches, administration, fans, and everyone associated with the MEC. So very thankful to have MEC hoops in my life! 🙏🏼
boggles my mind how a team can win a tournament championship, then fire your head coach, your two best players graduate, then your next best three players transfer! 🤔
Officially completed my 20th straight year of attending every MEC/former WVIAC mens and women’s hoops tournament game, quarterfinal round and beyond. 280 straight games! Very proud of my streak!
every time i see
@MrBolon_BBALL
play it just continues to amaze he that he has to wear an eye patch due to an injury and is still one of the beat players in the league. Dude is unreal!!!
“It might be our first time winning an MEC Tournament game since Eisenhower was in office”
“UC beat us by about 192 points at home in November”
“A lot of people have asked how we got Fitzwater. Her great uncle was my barber, when I had hair”
@CoachOzConcord
@CoachMcBride2
I would go with first year coach Will Ryan. What he has done at Wheeling this season is incredible. The school & program almost shut down. pretty much all of the players transferred. Had to bring in basically a whole new team. Cardinals were preseason dead last & finished 5th.
on the women’s side: speaking of great coaches,
@ucwv_wbb
has one in
@beckyburke11
. In just her first year took the Golden Eagles to great heights to Regionals. Will have to replace the amazing Raziyah Farrington but UC is suddenly a force to be reckoned with!!
Merry Christmas to all the MEC hoops players, coaches, administration, fans, refs, trainers, and everyone associated with the MEC. 🎄🎅🏼 enjoy the time with your families, get rested up, and be ready to finish strong upon returning to games!!!
traveled three hours to Wheeling the last two years just to see Wheeling Jesuit-West Liberty hoops. that streak will end this season. Without a doubt was the best rivalry in MEC hoops.
saw the Cal PA men Saturday. The Vulcans don’t have a lot of man power this season. They do have one of best coaches there is in Danny Sancomb. He will most definitely take that program to great heights over the next few years.
congrats so much to
@GSUpioneers
women’s hoops and
@WLU_Hoops
mens hoops on both reaching the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament! Amazing accomplishment! 🏆
shocker.
@NDCWBB
is one of my fave programs in the MEC. Amazing job by coach
@LoMace2
. Falcons are talented, deep, and play so great together. Have a great shot at regular season and/or conference title led by first team all MEC players
@m_finazzz
@Seina98
and 6 of 7 top scorers
Shoutout to the Sancomb boys (even though they don’t have twitter and can’t see this). Ha. being at the tourney every year, a cool thing has been seeing them get bigger and bigger and staying involved on bench.
my thoughts on the
@WLUHoops
women’s team. Massive fan of
@CoachCoop4Hoops
. Have a elite player in
@rissa_brownie
. Was told by someone I’d be super impressed with Taylor Johnson and I was. Solid players all around. Hilltoppers have a chance to make a lot of noise.
next shoutout is to all the players in the MEC, both men and women. It is an honor and a privilege watching each and every one of you play. From the first teamers to the last person on the bench, thank you for providing such outstanding basketball.
West Liberty somehow finds a way to come back and defeat Fairmont State 119-113 in overtime. With the win, the Hilltoppers clinch the Mountain East Conference regular season title for the 5th straight season and 9 times out of the 10 years in the MEC. Absolutely incredible feat!
with MEC hoops season officially over with, would like to thank for the final time this season all the players, coaches, SID’s, administration, fans, trainers, and absolutely everyone associated with MEC basketball, my fave thing in life!!
My top 3 women’s basketball players in the MEC era for Glenville State is led by captain Paris McLeod, along with Kenyona Simmons and Keyanna Tate. Fan favorite of mine was Karina Kendrick. Blast from past names include Rachel Reddick, Denae Dobbins, & Tracy Wyatt
I also want to give a huge shoutout to
@UCWV_MBB
@DwaineOsborne
! UC with a great accomplishment of 20 wins in the regular season. And an even better person off the court!!!
gotta give a ton of credit to
@WU_Basketball
. Huge win tonight and what they have done this season has been incredible being a top 6 team in league, especially with the financial and other hardships that program and school has endured over the years.
Women’s Player if the Year is super tough. could easily see Paris McLeod, Marissa Brown, Chenelle Moore, or Morgan Arden win it. Coach of the Year is also tough with many strong candidates. Leaning either Kyle Cooper or Lauren Macer
want to thank the
@TheMountainEast
for absolutely everything. MEC hoops my favorite thing and the tourney my fave week of the year. Top notch people there from top to bottom. What a great week.
As for Player of the Year,
@hay_iAMHigh
is half man, half beast. A double double machine and fills the stat sheet. Winning matters too being on the second best team in league. For many reasons, in a close battle, he’d be my pick for POY!
it’s officially MEC hoops season. 👍🏼👏🏼☝🏼🏀. Gonna start diving into the rosters and schedules of all the teams starting today. Will give some initial feedback on all the teams men and women in the coming days. Then will do so again after media day!!!
Huge congrats to
@GSCpioneers
@CoachStephens_
on being named MEC Coach of the Year. So deserving. Lost so much to graduation including the two time Player of the Year. Despite that, still won the conference by 3 games. Incredible stuff by the Pioneers!
I admit I’m a WV State alum & they are the reason I got started with my hoops fandom. So I will root for them against anybody just like everyone else roots for their school. But I feel like I do a fairly good job of hyping up/promoting players from every school in the MEC.
kudos to coach Steve McDonald and the
@Lady_Falcons_
. Lost all five starters from last season but finished fifth in regular season and now in semifinals of the MEC Tourney. 👏🏼
on the women’s side: the future looks bright with 6 of the 8 first team all MEC selections underclassmen. However one of the two,
@rissa_brownie
from
@WLUHoops
, will be greatly missed and will go down as one of the most dominant players to be seen in the MEC. What a great career
man I’m gonna miss
@wilbur_41
. 44 points and 10 rebounds in a Regional game. And getting his number retired at
@MensNdc
. Well deserved. One of the best players I’ve ever seen!!!
my dude
@ballinout_pat
with the game winning 3 point play with 5 tenths of a second to lift
@WVSU_GoJackets
to a 95-92 win over previously unbeaten Chowan
sad to hear of the passing of Joe Retton. What a legend. Of all the MEC games I’ve seen on the road, I’ve seen way more
@fsfalcons
games than any other. Not only because of the great program but because Joe Retton Arena is one of my fave venues.
MEC starting five
Harris (1st Team 3 times and POY in 2014)
Bolte (1st Team 2 times and averaged 31.5 ppg in 2018)
Bonifant (1st Team 2 times and POY 2 times in 2015 and 2016)
Vorhees (1st team 3 times and POY in 2019)
Highsmith (1st team 3 times and POY in 2018)