Good teams do what their suppose to do @ home 

Wow - nice start for the East Division.  Only one team losses (McM beats LC by 4pts). 

LETU plays without POY Canidate Vanwright and pulls away from HPU.  Would be nice to see them start 2-0 this year after two tough games on the road. 

Quote from: Bearkat00 on February 20, 2009, 10:00:26 AM
It's always fun to speculate on awards, so I figure I'd give out some early awards:

POY
Bryan Johnson - MC Correct

Newcomer
Dale Vanwright - LETU Correct

Defensive POY
Josh Chambers - ETBU Correct

Coach
Terry Butterfield - UTD Correct

1st Team
Dale Vanwright - LETU Correct
Bryan Johnson - MC Correct
Josh Johnson - LC Correct
Anthony Reese - UTT Correct
JJ Rockmore - LETU Honorable Mention

2nd Team
Dusty Evers - LETU Correct
Hakeem Kareem - UTT Honorable Mention
Chris Williams - UO Correct
Jeremy Clark - UO Honorable Mention
Temaine Wright - UTD Correct

Honorable Mention
Tony Brock - UO No mention
Jacob Turnipseed - ETBU 2nd Teamer
Jeremiah Pojah - ETBU Correct
Clarence Jeffery - MC No mention
Ernie Lowry - UTD 1st Teamer - whoops

I didn't do that bad in my guesses for 1st team, 2nd team, and honorable mention.  Not that these guesses were rocket science or anything, but fun to see. 

Quote from: pistol pete 22 on February 24, 2009, 10:03:19 PM
He changed his line up every game. The players werent gettin in trouble in class on friday when they were traveling on the road. He started 10 different players, no player started every game. So that proves that theory wrong. I even noticed that #35 who did not get many minutes started a game late in the year.

Davis isnt even the best defender on the team. He may have had 1 good game an shut down Josh Johnson. Davis is a solid role player. One of the least athletic starting guards in the East.

Sorry it's taken so long to repsond to everything.

The rule is if you MISS THE PRACTICE BEFORE A GAME, YOU DON'T START.  Simple as that.  It wasn't who is in trouble with teachers or missing class - it was missing practice, which Coach Davis regretted doing early in the season.  Hence, why we had a dozen different starting line-ups.     

Second - I don't know which LETU athlete you talked with, but that is totally incorrect on "leadership" scholarships.  In fact, b/c LETU has no affiliation with any specifc church or organization to have leadership scholarships.  Visit the website to see what scholarships they have - pretty cut and dry.  Academic Scholarships, an alumni scholarship and then any federal or state grants that a student might be eligible for.  The average discount rate for a LETU is WAY below the conference average.   

Finally - yes, it's the same PG that was out last year, who's been out this year.  You make it sound like we went 20-7 this year, when we went 16-9 and lost a few close games b/c of some key TO.  My point about having this young man is that he is our true PG and would've helped us when a couple of those games down the stretch.  He would've made us a better team.  Yes, we had four players that are above avg. players in our conference, but none that can handle the rock. 

And I am curious on why we don't think Josh Davis deserved any credit for being in the same conversations as Defensive POY.  Did you have the opportunity to watch him play?

Quote from: ASCfan237 on February 21, 2009, 11:20:44 AM
Coach
Terry Butterfield - UTD- Not very talented but run their stuff to perfection
(Sidenote: Bob Davis - LETU- does not deserve this award. He underachieved last year and did not make the playoffs and this year his team is stacked. He should win every game by 20 with the likes of Evers, Vanwright, Smith, and Rockmore. I am pretty sure if any other team in the conference had Vanwright they would be dominating too.) 

I definitley see your arguement, but in his defense, I don't think you are giving enough credit to how good our league is to even consider anyone winning games by 20 points.  If that were the arguement every year, MC wouldn't even get any consideration.  Please also consider that Coach Davis RECRUITED these studs and convienced them to come to the most expensive school in the conference. 

Last year, LETU did underachieve, but we also lost our starting PG - which we see can be a very important aspect of the game (look at McM)

So with that being saidm while I see your argument, let's not just rule him out yet :-) 

Quote from: rimrocker on February 20, 2009, 05:34:48 PM
Bearkkat:

I assume you are just looking at players for the East division since you don't mention a single west player(?) 

I think it will be a tight vote between Gaddy at UMHB and Moreno at McMurry for West POY. 

That is correct.  I haven't seen all the teams from the West - though I've seen both of those players that you mentioned.  If I had a vote, Moreno would be my POY. 

It's always fun to speculate on awards, so I figure I'd give out some early awards:

POY
Bryan Johnson - MC
From my understanding, MC's losses all came with him either out of the game or injured while playing.  Seeing him play made me a believer.  Provides a very strong post presence, but with his quick feet, makes him difficult to match up with.

Other nominees
Dale Vanwright - LETU
While we see that LETU can win without him, he truly is a difference maker and a leader of this team.  When he gets hot, no one can stop him.  Had too many games where he scored in single digits.  Probably the best OVERALL player in the conference (I know, I am bias  )
Anthony Reese - UTT
Had the best individual performance from any player that I've seen.  Seems to have been consistent throughout the year.  If his team makes the playoffs, he might move ahead of Dale in these rankings
Temaine Wright - UTD
Best player on the best team.  I haven't seen him play yet, so I could be wrong.

Newcomer
Dale Vanwright - LETU
I don't even think this is going to be a close vote.  On the flip side, I am too lazy to do any research to find out if there is anyone else worth considering.  Still, I think this is a no-brainer

Defensive POY
Josh Chambers - ETBU
I am going off of what I've seen him do against LETU.  He is unbelievably athletic and had quiet a few block shots. 
Clarence Jeffery - MC
Harrassed our guards all day long and seems to be very quick
Josh Davis - LETU
I believe he is the most underrated player in our conference (as McM and what he did to them).  Coaches son who matches up against the best player.  Helped hold J.Johnson, LC, to only 6 points in the first meeting. 

Coach
Terry Butterfield - UTD
Best team, National Ranking
Bob Davis - LETU
Improvement of last year's record, playing for opportunity of first every Division title. 

1st Team
Dale Vanwright - LETU
Bryan Johnson - MC
Josh Johnson - LC
Anthony Reese - UTT
JJ Rockmore - LETU

2nd Team
Dusty Evers - LETU
Hakeem Kareem - UTT
Chris Williams - UO
Jeremy Clark - UO
Temaine Wright - UTD

Honorable Mention
Tony Brock - UO
Jacob Turnipseed - ETBU
Jeremiah Pojah - ETBU
Clarence Jeffery - MC
Ernie Lowry - UTD

Just my thoughts - by no means am I an ESPN analyst.  Just thought I'd cause a rutkus :-)

Not very often an LETU fan can start bragging about their team!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LETU - 87
UO - 80
FINAL

In the first halff of the LETU-UO game, no one could miss.  The fans got into the act last night when a LETU student hit half-court shot and won a year's supply of chic-fil-a, and he wasn't even the highlight of the first half.  Ozarks (10) and LETU (6) combine to hit 16 threes in the first half in what was a back and forth contest throughout the night in a nice win for LETU.  The second half was a different story in the shooting category as Ozarks went 3-14 behind the arc - though a few of those came with about 45 seconds left to play and they started jacking shots up - and LETU only attempted 4 in the frame. 

Seniors D.Smith and Evers led the LETU attack with 24 and 20 for the game and the Jackets battled back from 4 down with about 4:00 to play to secure a nice 7 point win.  Ozarks was led by Chris Williams with 23, Jeremy Clark with 20 and Colby Woolverton with 15 off the bench.  Ozarks suited up only 8 men for the game and it showed in the second half.  As the game wore on late in the second half, LETU seemed to be a step quicker to loose balls and grabbing rebounds. 

You could hardly tell that LETU was missing their best player - Vanwright - who could possibly see some court on Saturday.  Saturday's game is huge for LETU, hoping to possibly secure that 2 seed and a share of a division title.   

I can tell you for certain that the crossover games will continue to count for a few more years for sure.  In fact, the vote wasn't even close. 

HOW HUGE are the last games of the season this year shaping out to be!

UTD @ LETU - a battle to secure anywhere between the 1st thru 3rd playoff spots.

UO @ ETBU - potential battle for the 4th and final playoff spot.

UTT @ MC - UTT hoping to nab a spot in the tourney, while MC could be jockeying for the 1st thru 3rd spots.

Somewhat fitting for LC not to be playing on the last day, however, can they play the roll of spoliers - see recent Ozarks game when LC went on the road and beat a very good Ozarks team. 

BTW - UTD has officially clinched a tournament spot.  LETU needs 1 more win or ETBU/UO loss. 

Quote from: TheBuzz on February 08, 2009, 01:39:53 PM
Does anyone know the typical tournament schedule?  i.e. How many games on each day and typical start times?

This is what it looked like last year.  I assume it will follow the same set-up.

http://www.ascsports.org/news/mbball/2008/2/28/ASC_08BKBTOURNEYS_LINKS.asp?path=mbball

So I thought I'd comment on a couple of LETU games:

vs. ETBU: Give ETBU credit, they are a good team, not a great one.  They are very athletic, but I don't know how many GREAT basketball players they have.  Chambers is unbelievable down low, but when you muscle him up, he can get in foul trouble.  They match up with LETU so well in that they can shut down Vanwright and Smith by just throwing athletes at us.  The game was a lot closer than indicated, obviously since it went into OT.  ETBU executed in the extra frame, LETU didn't.  ETBU hit some big threes early on and that just put us away.

Vanwright is playing with a severly sprained shoulder he suffered against UTT at home last week.  He didn't play the last 6 minutes of that game.  He played with a wrap on his shoulder and that affected his game.  Still, I think ETBU gives him a lot of trouble b/c they play such great defense and can keep throwing athletes at him.

vs. UTT:  I just think we match up very well with this team.  I am not impressed with what UTT has other than Reese.  I really think ETBU is better than this team.  Rockmore had a great night in the win, notching a double double.  Vanwright scored 19, with a lot of those coming at the charity stripe.  Great win for LETU and move a game closer to UTD.  Oh how big that MC game is looking next week.

For all the recent success that the LETU men's basketball team has had on the court, it's led to recognition off the court for people that contribute to the program on a daily basis.  Here is a great article written about the color commentator - Chris Stuckey - who calls our home basketball games. 

http://www.news-journal.com/sports/content/sports/stories/2009/02/01/02012009_chrisstuckey.html

I am awaiting my article as the "greatest LETU D3hoops.com poster" to be written very soon!

ETBU and UTT on the road this week, then four games at home!

Quote from: etbualum on January 30, 2009, 09:42:08 AM

I don't think LETU has replaced their SID yet, and I think coaches are handling it by committee.

this is true - LETU's women's basketball coach is acting as the intern SID this year.  LETU's SID left right before school started. 

LETU is 3-2 in ASC EAST Play

Wins against - Ozarks, LC and ETBU
Losses against - MC & UTD