Keene State announces Team of the Decade

 KEENE, N.H. 1/20/10 - The votes have been registered and tallied and the 2003-04 Owl men's basketball team has come out on top in the poll to select Keene State College's team of the decade.

The 2003-04 KSC men's hoop team, which captured the program's first Little East Conference championship and advanced to the "Elite-Eight" of the NCAA tournament, received 207 first-place votes in the poll conducted on the College's athletic web page.      

The 2008-09 men's swim team, which placed third in the ECAC Division III championship and won a first-ever NEISDA title was second with 57 first place votes. The NEISDA and LEC champion 2008-09 women's swim team was third with 100 first-place votes.

The 2003-04 Keene State men's basketball team did something no other team had ever done - qualify for the NCAA tournament.  But the Owls didn't stop there.  KSC advanced to the "Elite-Eight"  by racing past Babson College (79-55) and shocking third ranked Rochester (82-79), before having its dream season end in the regional finals with a 79-64 loss to Williams College.

Posting a 25-6/13-1 LEC record, Keene State won both Little East regular season and tournament championships.  The Owls defeated rival Plymouth State (79-67) to win its first LEC crown. Keene State finished 18th in the final D3hoops national poll.

Almost 650 votes were received in the poll. 

If you're anxious to vote in the next KSC team of the decade poll, you'll have to wait until 2020.