NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. –The Little East Conference and EZStream.com have partnered to video-stream each men’s and women’s basketball regular season conference contest free of charge to the viewer during the 2009-10 season on LittleEast.tv. The conference circuit begins at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5 with four women’s games scheduled, while the men take the court approximately two hours later.

The Little East men’s and women’s basketball teams travel to the same site of competition during conference play, primarily on Tuesday night and Saturday. This weekend’s match-ups include: Keene State College at University of Massachusetts Boston, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth at Plymouth State University, Rhode Island College at Eastern Connecticut State University, and Western Connecticut State University at University of Southern Maine.

The Little East men’s and women’s basketball teams each play a 14-game double round-robin conference schedule to determine the final regular season standings. LittleEast.tv will feature 112 broadcasts on 14 selected dates during the season twice in December, seven times in January, and five times in February. The top-six teams in the final standings will advance to the 2010 Little East Championship Tournament. The conference office will also sponsor full video coverage of the men’s and women’s basketball tournament games between Feb. 23-27. The conference champion will earn the automatic qualifier into the 2010 NCAA Division III Tournament.

LittleEast.tv was launched on February 4, 2009, when the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth defeated Tufts University in men's basketball. LittleEast.tv has broadcasted 12 Little East Conference championships in its first full year of coverage (baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, women’s swimming and diving, women’s tennis, and volleyball) . This past spring, Eastern Connecticut State University and the Little East Conference co-hosted the 2009 NCAA Division III Baseball New England Regional Championship from Willimantic, Conn. Each of the 14 games were produced and broadcasted on LittleEast.tv.

Initially formed in 1986 as a six-team men's and women's basketball conference, the Little East Conference is celebrating its 24th sponsored season. Western Connecticut State University joined the conference in 1993-1994, while Keene State College raised its current membership to eight teams in 1997-1998.