Congratulations to 2004 Hanover graduate Thad McCracken. Now the head coach at Hendrix College, Thad guided his Warrior team to the school's first NCAA appearance in nearly 20 years, beating the conference #3, #2 and #1 seeds in succession winning the SAA tournament.

My vote for COTY would be Thad McCracken. Hendrix did well hiring him!

Congratualations to the Centre Colonels. To date, the Colonels have lost only four games - and three of those were by a grand total of 8 points!

Pbrooks3:
You make some excellent points. I agree that inconsistent officiating is never good, especially for players and coaches attempting to execute game strategy, as well as for the fans following their team.
Congratulations to Centre on their hard-fought win – wish the Colonels good luck in the finals. Centre always seems to come-up with a good team and that speaks volumes for their organization, both coaches and players. The Colonels definitely can shoot the basketball, seems like something of a "trademark" for players in that area.
Many said Hendrix would never get the quality players to compete in the SCAC, so I would be remiss without commenting more about Hendrix assistant coach Thad McCracken, who behind the scenes, has quietly traveled far and near to recruit many players on the team, has been a leader in strength training / player development, as well as scouting / developing game plans to compliment Head Coach Priest.

Pbrooks & Old Student / Athlete:

Hey, Centre won the game! Before flying off the handle about fouls please consider the style basketball of Centre versus Hendrix. Just look at the season stats for both teams and you will find that HC has shot 33% more free throws for the season. One of the obvious reasons is that HC pounds the ball inside - drawing more fouls, and Centre attempts 40% more 3-pointers – drawing less fouls.
I, for one, think Hendrix (Coach Priest, Coach McCracken and all the players) deserve a lot of credit and should be congratulated. After-all, up until approximately four years ago, Hendrix owned the perennial title of "SCAC Cellar Dweller".  Now they are quite competitive in the league, as well as a legitimate contender in the post season. It is very obvious that opponents of Hendrix no longer chalk up a win before tip-off.

Yes! Go Warriors!

Hendrix over Rhema College 86-54.

Carl,

What can you tell us about Thad McCracken?