Well, Saturday was a discouraging day for LCA boys' basketball. We headed to Concord Academy for the Eastern Independent League (EIL) tournament as the fourth of four seeds in the "A" pool. Our first game, we played Pingree, the number one team and lost as we never developed an offensive flow. In the third place game, we faced Beaver Country Day. Just like Pingree, we had beat them once during the regular season. This time, however, we looked lost. They played an uptempo game and got out to a 27-point lead at one point during the second half. Defense was suspect in both affairs of the day. Our only hope of an extension of our season at this point is to be invited to the NEPSAC Tournament (regional tourney) as a team in the "B" pool. We were on the fringe going into the committee meeting held today.

I think to wind up fourth in our league was disappointing considering the physical talent we had. We beat each of the top three teams once so we played well -- at times. A lack of consistency and effort, both mentally and physically, really hurt us this year, though. We also lost to the worst team in the league, handing Portsmouth Abbey their first win of the season. None the less, it has been a great experience and I've really enjoyed it. We'll just wait and see what happens from here.