Quote from: Brian Hamilton on February 14, 2011, 09:59:16 PM
We will also make sure to tell the students to sing some peace and love songs.

Yeah, that's the way I remember Fleet.  Peace and love songs.

Quote from: hasanova on February 12, 2011, 11:22:48 PM

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Quote from: donho on February 12, 2011, 04:14:52 PM
Makes me think of an old Beatles song...................with a little help from my.........'s

Can't figure out what that's supposed to mean, donho .... but I can guarantee you that anyone watching how the Marlin big men banged and fouled the Tigers over and over wouldn't have argued with the way the refs' called the fouls.  All those guys -- Vaughn, Astorga, Davis, and Brown -- seemed to be playing under the basket as if they didn't have to worry about having their fouls called.  Perhaps they hoped they could get Harrison George fouled out of the game if they played it rough enough.  And Macedo stood on the court the whole game, but was finally called on it and given a technical.  The Marlins' bench taunted the Sydney players in a way I haven't seen any ODAC bench do this season.  

The Tigers played their best game of the season ... they have been getting better and better ... and now, having lost by 2 points to the #11 Yellow Jackets and by 2 to Lynchburg, they've put together three 10-19 point victories over Randolph, Bridgewater, and Emory & Henry, plus a victory over #19 Ferrum and #6 VWC.  They are clearly among the best five teams in this league, along with VWC, RMC, EMU, and Guilford.  Harrison George (22 pts, 6 reb) should be among the top two vote-getters for POY this year, and Ru White (16 pts, 9 reb) is certainly an All-ODAC second-teamer, if not a first-teamer.  Randall Ward (17 pts, 4 assists) and Colin O'Neill (11 pts) are playing their career best over the past 5 games, and Sasha Obradovic was really quite impressive this afternoon.  Ben Jessee, although shooting little, was strong throughout and had 5 assists.  The Tigers shot 50% against a solid Marlin defense, 33% from behind the arc, and 72% from the foul line.  They outrebounded the Marlins, 40-33.

"And Macedo stood on the court the whole game, but was finally called on it and given a technical."  

Macedo did the same thing at Guilford and probably should've been called for a Technical, but wasn't.

Wow, that's terrific.  I've been waitin' for years to Macedo to get off the court.  It is ridiculous, really.  The refs have been way to slack on that for about a decade.

Quote from: FISHTANKFAN on February 13, 2011, 12:13:44 PM
For the record, Brandon Adair is finishing up his degree at VWC, his education interrupted because he wanted to continue playing Basketball overseas. Coach Macedo has benched players for academic reasons in the past and has done everything he can possibly do to see that his players graduate.  Why must only Coach Macedo and VWC be put on trial for every player, every word and action of every game ? Shall we disect every team and coach in the ODAC also?  I am certain that their was no concerted effort by VWC to antagonize  HSC fans or players without any provocation.  Their first meeting at VWC had no incidents.  We do not know the whole story, and our biases for and against any school are very evident in the postings.  Each person will see what they want to see and believe what they want to believe, regardless of the facts.  It was an ugly game yesterday, one to put behind both teams and fans alike.  You can argue until doomsday about who was to blame and how it started but no one will ever agree, even if the all saw the same thing.  VWC's success will always be questioned by those who are intolerant or predjudiced in favor of their home school.  Maybe we should all learn more tolerance, players, fans and posters alike.

I myself, have on occasion made one or two indiscreet comments during games.  As surprising as this seems.

The road is a harsh mistress.

Since oldfish and DeWayne are being so polite, I'll admit that after they are done trying to warm up partly on the wrong side of anybody's court, the VWC team is well coached and exciting to watch.

Quote from: DeWayneCarter on February 14, 2011, 07:19:16 PM
hasanova..... now that I think about it... Im not even sure if the guys in Miami compare to Guilford's Big 3 in Bonner, Henson, and Sanborn... being that I am not the biggest LeBrick, I mean LeBron fan... I'll take Rhett Bonner, Clay Henson and especially Tyler Sanborn (a member of my beloved Lakers summer league squad) over those guys any day!

And what the heck has gotten into DeWayne?  Call the doctor.

Quote from: oldfish on February 14, 2011, 03:03:16 PM
And ANOTHER thing...Guilford IS boring and the only reason they are having any success in basketball is due to their VWC trained head coach! Dont worry Lynchburg I'm sure we will train another winner that you can have someday soon!

(tongue firmly in cheek for those of you that think I might be serious)

Guilford boring?  Sportscenter 9,7,5,3, and 1 play of the day boring?  Triple overtime at the fishtank boring?  You must be mad!  Something is fishy here.
You could take boring and shove it. You know, respectfully like.

;-)

What a day.  If Guilford can be VWC while getting 3 from Pittman, then we can beat anybody.  The team is exceeding expectations and is officially dangerous.  Where did Akinsola learn to shoot free throws like that?

Of course, the surprise award goes to Randolph!

At 4-4 ODAC, EMU's #14 ranking has to be toast right about now.  At least for a while.

Hampden-Sydney show no quit, that's for sure.  Gotta stick a stake in those guys to consider a game over.

I wasn't figuring for Guilford to bounce back from that Greensboro loss to beat Methodist and McMurry, especially McMurry.  Hey this year is exceeding expectations already.  Go Quakers!

Ben Strong (Guilford) is playing for a first division team in the Netherlands, Landstede Zwolle.  Haifa swapped out its entire roster this year.

This is an exciting opportunity for him.

> And having sent a son to a DIII school for four years to play basketball, sludge would know!

Ha ha , hasanova.  You know as well as I do that we send them to a DIII school for four years for the education.  So they're prepared for what happens after the basketball.  The basketball is a special added pretty cool bonus.

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Quote from: Jeremybozz on July 16, 2010, 08:55:10 AM
Boo Payne and Luke Holloran have left the EMU Royals basketball program.

Interesting.  Any reason given?

For 2 freshmen to leave; I'll bet on the usual  - PT &/or grades

Yes, and I think costs can also be a factor.

Quote from: hasanova on June 29, 2010, 11:57:31 PM
In case you didn't see the press release (also cited on the d3hoops.com home page), Guilford alumnus Tyler Sanborn '10 has been invited by the NBA's LA Lakers to play for their summer Developmental League team in Las Vegas in July.  In addition to the Lakers, Tyler also had pre-draft tryouts with the Memphis Grizzlies and the Charlotte Bobcats.  Congratulations, Tyler!  As the old saying goes, "the harder I work, the luckier I get!"

That rocks!

Great summary, oldfish.

Quote from: ODACHOOPS on June 06, 2010, 04:12:40 PM
DeWayneCarter- My "karma" whatever the heck that is, is so low because I speak the truth and say what every other person on this board thinks and wants to say but doesnt say because they are afraid of upsetting people. 

This is an odd statement, actively projecting your thoughts onto the rest of the world. 
You'd be surprised, ODACHOOPS, people are actually capable of thinking differently than you.  Very, very differently.

Please consider the truth of this.

Players tell me:  Averett coach Parke can really coach.  You've got to be ready to work, though.