WBB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[jmill07]

fairmont.....VWC who yet still finishes ahead of both EMU and Bridgewater in the final standings....VWC who yet still split the regular-season games with R-MC and BC...VWC who yet had the No. 2 seed wrapped up on Friday after EMU's loss to yet another ODAC team...VWC who yet probably went into the game somewhat flat because of EMU's Friday loss...so, some pretty good yets there.

[jmill07]

POY....Hanson from Roanoke....she has the Maroons winning down the stretch and heading into the tournament with some steam, making them a very dangerous opponent for anyone...unlike Bridgewater which lost YET three games in a row

[whitecaylxx]

Congratulations to Jessica Hunsinger on breaking the ODAC record for the most rebounds.  As for jmill07's player of the year - WRONG!  It's either Jessica Hunsinger for her ODAC record or Katy Herr Lovell.  Hanson may have had a few good games recently , but KHL has had a career of good games.

[RMCAlum30]

No surprise R-MC gets the win over Hollins today... 112-46. Congrats to seniors Kristen Morgan and Salem Shaffer on great ODAC careers... although it's not over quite yet 

Can't wait for ODAC Tourney Time next weekend!!!!!!!!! 

[RMCAlum30]

My tournament picks... everyone else feel free to chime in with yours as well 

#1 R-MC vs. #8 Lynchburg -- R-MC
#4 Bridgewater vs. #5 Roanoke -- Roanoke

#2 VWC vs. #7 Guilford -- VWC
#3 EMU vs. #6 W&L -- EMU

#1 R-MC vs. #5 Roanoke -- R-MC
#2 VWC vs. #3 EMU -- VWC

#1 R-MC vs. #2 VWC -- R-MC wins the Tourney 

Roanoke rides their hot streak with an "upset" over Bridgewater... it will be a close game and BC will put up a good fight, but I think Roanoke will get the W in the end.
The rest of the 1st round... no surprises.

VWC will get the W over EMU... simply because EMU has beat them twice this year in close games, and that will give VWC enough fire to get the W once and for all.

R-MC over VWC in the finals 

[huskiect]

My tournament picks... everyone else feel free to chime in with yours as well 

#1 R-MC vs. #8 Lynchburg -- R-MC
#4 Bridgewater vs. #5 Roanoke -- Roanoke

#2 VWC vs. #7 Guilford -- VWC
#3 EMU vs. #6 W&L -- EMU

#1 R-MC vs. #5 Roanoke -- R-MC
#2 VWC vs. #3 EMU -- VWC

#1 R-MC vs. #2 VWC -- R-MC wins the Tourney 

Roanoke rides their hot streak with an "upset" over Bridgewater... it will be a close game and BC will put up a good fight, but I think Roanoke will get the W in the end.
The rest of the 1st round... no surprises.

VWC will get the W over EMU... simply because EMU has beat them twice this year in close games, and that will give VWC enough fire to get the W once and for all.

R-MC over VWC in the finals 

Looks about right except for the last game

[RMCAlum30]

My tournament picks... everyone else feel free to chime in with yours as well 

#1 R-MC vs. #8 Lynchburg -- R-MC
#4 Bridgewater vs. #5 Roanoke -- Roanoke

#2 VWC vs. #7 Guilford -- VWC
#3 EMU vs. #6 W&L -- EMU

#1 R-MC vs. #5 Roanoke -- R-MC
#2 VWC vs. #3 EMU -- VWC

#1 R-MC vs. #2 VWC -- R-MC wins the Tourney 

Roanoke rides their hot streak with an "upset" over Bridgewater... it will be a close game and BC will put up a good fight, but I think Roanoke will get the W in the end.
The rest of the 1st round... no surprises.

VWC will get the W over EMU... simply because EMU has beat them twice this year in close games, and that will give VWC enough fire to get the W once and for all.

R-MC over VWC in the finals 

Looks about right except for the last game

Guess we'll just have to wait and see....  8)

[valleybballfan]

POY....Hanson from Roanoke....she has the Maroons winning down the stretch and heading into the tournament with some steam, making them a very dangerous opponent for anyone...unlike Bridgewater which lost YET three games in a row

Great logic there jmill07! We should decide who has had the best season and deserves POY by who is heading into the ODAC with the most steam!

I have seen Roanoke play four times this year, and though I considered Hanson a very good player...I was never in awe of her overall game. She seemed to force a lot, in two of the games I saw her she had three fouls in each game that was because of throwing an elbow and she was called for an offensive foul! She is 6th in the league in turnovers, just two turnovers away from joining four Hollins players in the top 5. She scores a lot, but she shoots a heck of a lot (which I know is what good players are supposed to do) and she grabs a good amount of rebounds (but she is a 6-footer).

I have seen a lot of ODAC basketball this year, and in all the games I have seen there are two players who I just thought to myself were above the rest, and they have the stats to back that up. Of course I think Katy Herr Lovell is the best all around player I saw this year, and she definitely has the stats to back it up.....she ranks in the top 15 in 10 of the 12 statistical categories, she is #1 in steals, assists, and assist-turnover ratio and #2 in ft %, she is the only PG in the top 15 in rebounding and she is 5'4 yet grabs 6.0 boards a game and is #7 all-time at BC in rebounding. BC has been plagued with injuries all season (Tori Ruckman out for season with ACL, Becca Henderson has missed a number of games with ankle injury and has not been 100% in many games, Jessica Timberlake has missed several games and is still not 100%) yet the Eagles have still had a decent season and to me, that is all in part to their floor leader KHL. I have seen over 10 BC games this season, and I have always been impressed.

The other player I have been extremely impressed with is a freshmen....guess who??? Molly Arial. Wow! She has some amazing numbers for a freshmen, just look at them. If there was a second place POY to KHL, it would be Arial for me. I saw her play three times, and every game I was very impressed.

[fairmont1113]

My tournament picks... everyone else feel free to chime in with yours as well 

#1 R-MC vs. #8 Lynchburg -- R-MC
#4 Bridgewater vs. #5 Roanoke -- Roanoke

#2 VWC vs. #7 Guilford -- VWC
#3 EMU vs. #6 W&L -- EMU

#1 R-MC vs. #5 Roanoke -- R-MC
#2 VWC vs. #3 EMU -- VWC

#1 R-MC vs. #2 VWC -- R-MC wins the Tourney 

Roanoke rides their hot streak with an "upset" over Bridgewater... it will be a close game and BC will put up a good fight, but I think Roanoke will get the W in the end.
The rest of the 1st round... no surprises.

VWC will get the W over EMU... simply because EMU has beat them twice this year in close games, and that will give VWC enough fire to get the W once and for all.

R-MC over VWC in the finals 

These predictions seem to make sense when one reads them as the only upset is a small one with the #5 seed over the #4 seed, and it makes even more sense seeing as how that #5 seed swept the #4 seed in the regular season. So, there are really no surprises in this tournament prediction, everything goes according to seeding, everything goes smoothly, life is good for Randolph Macon nation.

However, I just can't imagine the tournament being this predictable. As crazy as the season turned out to be with a lot of different teams making noise, I would be very surprised to see the tournament unravel as ordinary as this prediction makes it out. This is tournament time! Time for upsets! Time for surprises!

I am not going to make any predictions other then just this one......I predict it won't be as predictable as this prediction

[fairmont1113]

fairmont.....VWC who yet still finishes ahead of both EMU and Bridgewater in the final standings....VWC who yet still split the regular-season games with R-MC and BC...VWC who yet had the No. 2 seed wrapped up on Friday after EMU's loss to yet another ODAC team...VWC who yet probably went into the game somewhat flat because of EMU's Friday loss...so, some pretty good yets there.

what is this all about? I said VWC lost to another top team....that was stating a fact. I could also say BC had a dissapointing season not finishing closer to the top, or I could say that Roanoke was probably the most inconsistent team this year with some huge wins and some very puzzling losses, both statements merely stating facts. I didn't mean to hit a sensitive spot there, jmill, so I do apologize. Your marlins had a terrific season, that is obvious. However, if they would have fared better against the top teams, they would have found themselves undoubtebly as the top team.

[hoopstermom]

Congratulations to Randolph College (RMWC) Senior Sara Rechnitzer who reached the 1000th point mark this week.   We tend to focus our comments on the players who are on the winning teams on this forum, and that's fine.  But it's great to also recognize the efforts and contributions of ALL the ODAC players who excel for their teams in our league. 

Way to go Sara!!

[bbingit]

Congratulations to Jessica Hunsinger on breaking the ODAC record for the most rebounds.  As for jmill07's player of the year - WRONG!  It's either Jessica Hunsinger for her ODAC record or Katy Herr Lovell.  Hanson may have had a few good games recently , but KHL has had a career of good games.

So are you saying you want to base POY on KHL career stats? POY is who has had the best year this year. I still think Hanson but I think KHL is also deserving.
Congrats to Hunsinger on her ODAC record. She has had a great career at WLU. Also congrats to Sara Rechnitzer.

[odac fan 4 life]

Congratulations to Randolph College (RMWC) Senior Sara Rechnitzer who reached the 1000th point mark this week.   We tend to focus our comments on the players who are on the winning teams on this forum, and that's fine.  But it's great to also recognize the efforts and contributions of ALL the ODAC players who excel for their teams in our league. 

Way to go Sara!!

I agree! That is quite an accomplishment, and Sara has been a very important part of that basketball team for the past four years and I know everyone there will miss her.




Jmill, calm down. Fairmont only stated the obvious about an upsetting loss for the Marlins, which to me was a bigger loss then what you made it out to be. I was at the EMU vs. VWC game, and I was so upset with the Marlins. They didn't play with any fire! Who cares if they already had the #2 spot locked up, they're fighting for a possible at-large bid if they don't win the tournament championship, which I thought they still had a slim chance of getting, but not now. Last year BC made the tournament with 6 losses, so I know VWC could have also. They will definitely need to win the championship now, which I think is a very distinct possibility.

And about my marlins winning the championship, that is my pick. I think that since this group of seniors have never won a tournament game, they will be fired up and ready to go this year and make a run all the way through, but they have to play with fire and intensity.

I also think there will be some big upsets. I agree with fairmont, this tournament won't be that predictable, not with this even level of play the ODAC saw this year.

[valleybballfan]

Congratulations to Jessica Hunsinger on breaking the ODAC record for the most rebounds.  As for jmill07's player of the year - WRONG!  It's either Jessica Hunsinger for her ODAC record or Katy Herr Lovell.  Hanson may have had a few good games recently , but KHL has had a career of good games.

So are you saying you want to base POY on KHL career stats? POY is who has had the best year this year. I still think Hanson but I think KHL is also deserving.
Congrats to Hunsinger on her ODAC record. She has had a great career at WLU. Also congrats to Sara Rechnitzer.

I agree, you do not pick POY or COY on career accomplishments, but I still go with KHL because she has had a very impressive season and ranks in more statistical categories then any other player, which shows a very all-around player. That is also why you have to forget about Coach LaHaye reaching her 400th win. Its about the season's accomplishments.

and congratulations to Sara Rechnitzer! I think there will probably be another Rechnitzer that we'll be congratulating in a few years on scorings 1,000 points

For you BC fans, or just anyone who is curious, there was an article done on Katy Herr Lovell in today's Staunton News Leader about her career at BC and at Lee High, and it has some stuff about her family, including her husband. Here is the link...http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070219/SPORTS/702190323/1006

Her career stats at BC were not up to date in the article, but they said they will post her most up to date stats at the end of the season. Its a good article anways.

[baller116]

I agree, you do not pick POY or COY on career accomplishments, but I still go with KHL because she has had a very impressive season and ranks in more statistical categories then any other player, which shows a very all-around player. That is also why you have to forget about Coach LaHaye reaching her 400th win. Its about the season's accomplishments.

If we arent basing this on careers, I would say Erin Hanson would be the pick for POY as far as the season goes. She is averaging 19 pts per game and almost 10 rebounds.. nearly a double double and leading the conference in scoring and third in rebounding. Not to mention her team had wins against RMC, BC, and EMU. And no you dont need to forget LaHaye's 400th win to make her a candidate for COY.. thats one more thing to add to her accomplishments this season alone.