I think the conference should look into not hiring referee's that give hugs to players right before the game on the court. What's your thoughts on that Ralph

Some interesting stats I found. Mississippi College before the Sul Ross game averaged 33 free throws a game. They shot seven at Sul Ross. The lobos commited 9 fouls in the game, or should i say "9 called fouls". Also, MC shot the least amount of three's they have attempted all year so more shots were closer to the goal which any person who has any basketball since would say that they should have attempted more free throws this due to most fouls commited during a game are around the basket.

From what i can tell from MC they play great first halfs(have had a double-digit lead at half in every game, Up 23 on HSU and 17 on MCM). I guess they relax and lose their concentration and dont play as hard the 2nd half. But hey these games are 40 minutes not 20 so it might come back to bite them one day like it almost did verse MCM. And just a side note MC had 27 fouls called on them and shot 16 free throws compared to MCM 19 fouls and 34 free throws(go figure)

Chris, it probably isn't a big deal because if MC teams are  good enough to make the NCAA  tournaments  they will keep winning anyway and if they were ranked higher they would have had  to continue to win to stay ranked.  I want to remind you that MC's leading scorer Bryan Johnson 19 ppg didn't play vs McMurry. The committee obviously didnt consider the records of late because MC  has done very well of late.  The Men  13-2
and the woman only one loss since the holidays.

The ASC Coaches voted in their annual coaches meeting in Dallas after last year to not count the  intradivisional games in the standings.  Unfortunately, the AD's didn't pass the proposed change. I'am sure several of the teams down in the standings wish the vote would have been different. In the Men's side I  count only 4 teams happy (McMurry, UTD, LeTourneau, & TTyler) &  probably 11 that had rather the games not counted. 

85-81, MC win at division one Alcorn State( who beat lousiana by 21 earlier this week). I would expect the choctaws to be very good again this year. 

MC recently upgraded the golden dome.
http://gochoctaws.com/News/mbball/2008/8/22/MBSKJonesCourt08.asp?path=mbball

I thought the game was determined within the first two minutes of the 2nd half. VWC  gets an opening bucket and the foul. Then they get a steal and make a three and then  get another steal and make a jumper. 42-25 now up 17 GAME OVER. Choctaws look like they give up. If MC would have came out on a 8-0 scoring run the game would have been totally different.

If my calculations are correct Lincoln, Guilford, and Virg. Wes are all within 500 miles of each other so MC is the only team that will have to fly. The big question though is where to put the super-regional. Guilford and Lincoln's gyms both hold 2500 while Virg. Wes only holds 1100. Im hopeing that Guilford will get to host for MC's sake. Most likely though they are headed to Norfolk.

Its also interesting that 3 of the 5 teams that got byes lost.

yea the ncaa did the right thing changing the bracket, but they screwed it up even more. MC and Occidental are the top two teams in this bracket and they square off 1st round. And tigersports i agree with you totally. Maryville coach or UMHB coach must have alot of stroke with the selection commitee

From the looks of the MC-ETBU score(61-32) MC took out some anger on the tigers. The end to the Let. game was definetly crazy. If I am thinking right, this was the first time Let. ever beat MC(that would have had MC like 20-0 verse Let, so they were due). I think MC doesnt have enough close game finishes with 16 of their games being double digits and just 4 not. But they still shot 60% verse Let. the first half and went into halftime down 37-31. But like ralph said it wasnt the right night to be off. 18-2 is very good and all, but this team has no excuse for not being 20-0 as good as they are.


Bring ya A game EVERY game

I heard today Winford will be out 2 to 3 weeks

If Miss. College hadnt lost to Wesley college the first game of the year what would they be ranked now?

Quote from: finnman on January 19, 2007, 04:03:41 PM
It's time I get into the action again this year.  I know this has been talked about before, but here is my biggest wish for the year in the ASC...that someone beats MC in the conference tourney, and two teams get into the dance.  Two teams with a shot are much better than one.  And yes, I want that other team to be McM. 

On another note, I saw MC play McM and MC was clearly the better team.  McM does not have the post dominance that they had when they were winning conference championships.  They have always had some good athletes and some great teams in the past, but I think they are going to have to find a big man to  compliment some of the up and coming players they have right now.  I'm sure it's hard to find one of those players because of the chance that some of those players have to play DII or DI ball.  I've seen them play 3 times this year, and they are definitely better than last year, and they seem to be having alot more fun this year.  I think things are going back into the right direction...towards championships.  And thank God we don't have to listen to all the yelling again on the bench.  It wore me out going to those games last year.

Finally, I've seen most of the teams play since 1990.  More teams are alot better and of more quality.  There is not really any easy games especially on the road.  But none of these teams are as dominant as some of the HPU and McM teams of the 90's and the McM and MC teams of around 2000-2001.  No offense to MC this year, but I've seen them play this year and they are not as good as the MC and McM around 2000-2001.

Good luck to the Indians this weekend and SU and TLU when they play across town. HA!

Now I would agree with you on MCM not being as good as their 2001 team. But I dont know about MC. You should ask Mary Hardin Baylor that question

With a St. Thomas loss and Wittenburg getting drilled yesterday I see the Chocs making a #5 rank with a win against Ozarks. Does anyone know when the regional rankings come out, im thinking it should be pretty soon