Mr. Grubby,
I was at the Greensboro game and it appeared he went down with a leg injury. The Scots looked pretty impressive. A lot of young, athletic bodies. It was very surprising to me as well to see them lose to Methodist. CNU came in the next day and looked a lot like Maryville. Only difference I saw between CNU and Maryville was they have go to guys. Maryville does it by committee.

I have seen every team play except Lagrange now in the conference. Here is my opinion based on what I saw and not records so far:
1- CNU
2- Maryville
3-NC Wesleyan
4-Ferrum
5-Lagrange
6-Greensboro
7-Averett
8-Methodist

  This is going to be an interesting last 6 weeks of conference play. The USA Conference is stronger this year and by no means is anyone 2-7 safe!! CNU is the best team in the conference.

                         
                         

Great win for our Pride last night. A nice come from behind win. From observing the teams in the league it seems to me that this years version of the USA South is much deeper. I believe the league will get 2 teams in the NCAA Tournament.

Top teams are  CNU, Maryville, Lagrange, and NC Wesleyan.They could finish in any order 1-4 in my opinion. The rest 5-9 is also up in the air. I think our Pride has the ability but has not given a consistent effort defensively to be considered with the Top 4.

Givens kid from NC Wesleyan is putting up some huge numbers. Just from reading box scores and game summaries it seems that their is some unbelievable young talent in the league.

Happy holidays to the student athletes as they have some rest before the going gets tough in the conference schedule.

Christopher Newport seems to be ready to have a good year. They looked good vs Hampton. Averett, Greensboro, Piedmont and NC Wesleyan lost their Div I games by large amounts. Our Pride looked well at times but the Division I athleticism got to us. Looking forward to playing our level of competition.

Don't think any of the other USA South teams played against Div I teams. Spoke to a friend who son attends Transylvania and he said they lost vs Maryvillle in the scrimmage they had against them. He said Maryville looks to have a lot of depth and talent. MattGrubb any truth to this??

Can't wait for the season to start! It is here.

Any comments on any of the scrimmages and or exhibition games?

Any comments on any of the scrimmages and or exhibition games?

Checking out the new feature by d3hoops.com on each conference makes it very clear that the best conference in the South Region is the ODAC!! 44-22 overall since 2000 in the NCAA Tournament..

This new feature by D3hoops is awesome!!! You can look at every conference in the country and see there overall success since 2000. Being that my son's team is in the South Region here are some interesting facts I found within our USA South conference and the South Region:

CNU and Maryville each have 18 NCAA Tournament Appearances most of any team in the South Region.

Maryville has won the 3rd highest amount of NCAA tournament games only behind Virginia Wesleyan and Hampden Sydney.

CNU has won 6 USA South Championships, Averett 3, Methodist 2, and NC Wesleyan 2 since 2000.

Maryville won 9 GSAC Championships.. Piedmont and Lagrange are the only teams in this new conference without a Conference Championship or NCAA tournament Appearance.

Hope all of you check out this new feature. Thank you d3hoops.com

Some of our predictions were pretty much on par with the Pre Season conference poll. CNU and Maryville at the top with Greensboro and Lagrange making a push. North Carolina Wesleyan and Methodist can become a threat! Piedmont by far is the worst team in the league.

I can't imagine at the the Div III level it being easy to do a Pre-Season national poll but like Mattgrubb said who cares about the preseason. Less than a month away for some of these teams to get it going. Should be a fun year!!!

Mattgrubb we look forward to our visit to "Murvul"! Lets us know if you decide on coming to Pride country! You guys have an excellent tradition. I saw in one of your newsletters on your website, it said  that the Scots in the decade of 2000s are in the Top 10 in wins and winning percentage! Speaks volumes when there are over 400 Div III schools.

Scottie Doug,

Good post! Are you a Maryville fan? If you are what do you think of their upcoming team?

Schedules in the USA South:

NC Wesleyan:http://www.ncwcsports.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/schedule

Piedmont:http://www.piedmontlions.com/schedule.aspx?tab=schedule2&path=mbball

LaGrange:http://www.lagrangepanthers.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/schedule

Maryville:http://mcscots.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/schedule

CNU:http://www.cnusports.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball&

Ferrum:http://www.ferrumpanthers.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball&

Averett:http://www.averettcougars.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball&

Greensboro: http://www.greensborocollegesports.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/schedule

Methodist: http://www.mumonarchs.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

What are your thoughts on the SOS for each team?

Here are some links to the 2012-2013 recruiting efforts, of the conference teams:
Thought some of you might like this.

LaGrange: http://www.lagrangepanthers.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/20120809cgafom

Maryville: http://www.thedailytimes.com/Sports_News/story/Fresh-faces-key-as-MC-hoops-enters-new-era-id-024824

Averett: http://www.averettcougars.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball&

CNU: http://www.cnusports.com/news/2012/7/20/MBB_0720122836.aspx?path=mbball


Methodist, Piedmont, Greensboro, NC Wesleyan and Ferrum have not posted any news or rosters for this upcoming season.

Will be posting up schedules shortly for each team, Would like to know who has toughest schedule?

Appreciate the information~
D-Mac any predictions?

I agree with that statement. Just read where CNU will leave the conference next year. They have replaced CNU with Huntingdon and Covenant. I still believe it will be an interesting conference. Competitive from top to bottom.

When does D3hoops come out with the Top 25?

USA South Dad,
I apologize for leaving out Averett. I pretty much agree with your assessment of all the teams. Greensboro is a team to look out for! This should be a very competitive league.. Any anticipation on seeing any of these teams ranked in the pre-season Top 25??

Came by the rival conference to see how things were going. Some very established and very successful USA South coaches not on the recruitdirt.com dIII coaches list:

Have seen these guys in action and are very good coaches.
John Krikorian- Christopher Newport
Randy Lambert- Maryville College
Jason Zimmerman-Emory
Pat Cunningham-Trinity

Any comments?