Well let us know if you are gonig to be on campus at the game!  Hopefully it will be a little more exciting than last week's game!

Going back to players of the year and stuff... Anybody out West want to venture a prediction?

Player of the Year - My pick is Mardochee Jean at HSU, A great rebounder and shot blocker who has become a consistent scorer.  Nipping at his heals I would have Kevin Guyden (UMHB), Joel McDonald (CUA), Alvin Stevens (McM) and Zach Pickleman (HSU) probably in that order..

Def Player of the Year - Once again, I would go with Jean.  I don't even think this one is close with his rebounding and shot blocking coming into play.

Newcomer of the Year - I'm not really sure of this one, who are the top transfers?  Someone let me know

Freshman of the Year - Richard Moore, Schreiner... He has put together a strong season including a 36-point outburst against ETBU.  Should be a great player for year's to come.

Coach of the Year - I'm holding my vote on this one, but if Stan Bonewitz at Concordia can get his team to the playoffs with Valentino Maxwell I think he deserves some credit.

I think I would go with UMHB's Kevin Guyden for the West Player of the Year. They have won ten in a row and having a great year. I think they are a Top 25 team right now, hopefully they continue to play well.

HSU's Jean is a no-brainer for Defensive Player of the Year.

Schreiner's Richard Moore could get Freshman and Newcomer of the Year.

For coach of the year, I would have to vote for UMHB's Coach Deweese. They are 14-3 and probably 4th in the South Region rankings if they came out today.

All-Conf. Teams
East
1st Team
C - Dusty Evers, LETU
F - Timothy Broomfield, MC
F - Chris Isom, ETBU
G - DJ Jones, MC
G - Martin Salinas, UTD
2nd Team
C - Habeeb Kareem, OZ
F - Marcus Evans, MC
F - Josh Johnson, LC
G - Dewones Smith, LETU
G - Travis Carruthers, UTD

Am I missing anyone?

That game tonight between CUA and UMHB was terribly called! Not to slight UMHB, they played hard and well to be sure, but the officiating materially affected the outcome of the game. By the last 3 minutes, nearly every player we needed to play had 4 fouls (McDonald had 3, the one exception I can think of off-hand), preventing the tight defense needed to get a stop. I know I'm biased, but I really think that, in a well-called game, we win tonight. The officials were inconsistent, made numerous blatantly bad calls (both ways in the first half, not so much in the second), and generally prevented the players from deciding the outcome. Terrible...

Fouls
CUA - 31
UMHB - 19

Free Throws
CUA - 21 (made 11)
UMBH - 37 (made 23)

Chris, how many points are the Chocs giving up defensively in ASC games. Seems like no one has had over 50 on them in awhile.

Quote from: kid nice on January 31, 2007, 10:46:44 AM
Chris, how many points are the Chocs giving up defensively in ASC games. Seems like no one has had over 50 on them in awhile.

They are outscoring ASC opponents 72.3 - 53.7 for the season.  In their last eight games this month, they are outscoring opponents 67.9 - 48.6 and teams are shooting just 33 percent.

Thanks Chris, I knew they had been really shutting people down lately.

I know this isn't basketball related but did anybody watch Deal or No Deal tonight? There was a guy from UT-Tyler on there that ended up winning $214,000. 

Wasn't able to watch him tonight but saw the beginning of his round last night. Lots of UTT support in that audience, wow.

The most exciting game I've been apart of the last seven years here at LETU.  'Jackets win on a tip in at the buzzer.

MC drives to the basket with 7 seconds left, is rejected by LETU's Smith.  LETU's Bradley heaves a shot from MC's free throw line, hits the right side of the backboard, bounces to Smith, who misses the layup, but Rockmore follows with a put back to win.  Great game for both teams. 

This is the most excited I have ever seen LETU fans about their basketball team.  All 500 or so fans hung on to every made basket as they knew this could be the biggest victory in 'Jacket history.  As Rockmore hit the shot, every person in the stands rushed the court. 

I will tip my hat to the MC players.  I talked with a couple of them after the game and they showed their respects to LETU, saying that they would see us in the tournament and that we have finally turned it around.  I really don't know what else to say about the game, I am totally lost for words!

Maybe one of you can help me.  I am trying to find a d2 (yes a d2) school in Texas.  So my question is if anyone knows, what are the d2 schools in Texas?

I went to the website of d2 basketball.  Its just not as easy to navigate through like d3hoops.

Quote from: PrideSportBBallGuy on February 02, 2007, 12:27:19 AM
Maybe one of you can help me.  I am trying to find a d2 (yes a d2) school in Texas.  So my question is if anyone knows, what are the d2 schools in Texas?

I went to the website of d2 basketball.  Its just not as easy to navigate through like d3hoops.

There are 2 D2 conferences with teams from Texas:  the Lone Star Conference and the Heartland Conference.

There are no D2 indepedents in the state.

Well, not to harp on the MC-LETU game to long, here are a couple of things I have let soak in now:

Coach Davis should definitley be the front runner for Coach of the Year now.  Coach Jones is an excellent coach and like I've mentionted before, if he wins, than deservingly so, but I don't think there is another Coach who could do more with this LETU team, with wins over HSU, UMHB, MC and a sweep of ETBU really helps his resume. 

Broomfield will win Defensive Player of the Year.  He definitley changed the 'Jackets inside game tonight.  However, I think LETU's Marcus Coleman and MC's DJ Jones should get some major consideration.  Coleman, an undersized power fowarded, played his best defensive game of the year on MC's big men.  DJ Jones shut down LETU's guard play.  While he switched back and forth on who he guarded, he was in the face of every LETU player he guarded. 

Jones is by far the player of the year.  The most impressive player I've seen play this year.  He scored a variety of ways against the Jackets, inside and out.  I don't even think POY voting should be close. 

The 'Jackets have a very bright future ahead of them, with the returning of 4 starters and 3 key reserves.  While I won't say they are at the level of MC by any means what-so-ever (road losses to SRSU, HPU, UTD and UTT hurt them), I think they no longer should be taken for granted.  MC's radio guy was very praiseful of the young Jackets, which just shows you the type of program MC runs!

Sorry for the long post!

Bearkat,
   Thanks for the posts about the game, I wish I could have gotten over there. It sounded like a great game with an unbelievable ending. No question Coach Davis has done a great job with that team. From watching them last week, Dewones Smith and Dusty Evers gives you a chance to beat anyone in the conference tournament.

Quote from: Bearkat00 on February 02, 2007, 10:06:00 AM
Jones is by far the player of the year.  The most impressive player I've seen play this year.  He scored a variety of ways against the Jackets, inside and out.  I don't even think POY voting should be close. 

Thanks for the kind words about D. J. He had several DI opportunities but chose to play closer to home where he knew he could win championships. I think he's the best in the ASC this year and probably is the best perimeter defender as well. I would put him up against any guard in DIII right now. If you had a chance to meet him he is a very good guy also. It is easy to pull for kids like that.