WBB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[Jeremybozz]

  I will not complain. I will celebrate the results of this poll.

[emoryfan]

Well I believe it was a lack of inside prescence for Coach Scruggs that made her decide to try something different.  However, I don't think E&H has enough players to do that type of game.  The "run and gun" with about 2 rotations won't work.  Then, as OldSchoolMarlin said, a team or player gets in a groove and their time is up and they are yanked.  I am not a big fan of it at all.  Some aspects of it are good, and I think they can be incorporated into traditional style basketball and work well, however, I agree that it all goes against everything players are taught in all their years of playing.  Bad call this year when I think the talent could have been utilized differently and probably had a better outcome.  Hopefully, there will a respectable end to the season.

OldSchoolMarlin,
I didn't realize that you guys tried this style of play in '99-'00......I always remembered you guys being "up and down----up and down", but I didn't realize that is something you all were doing.  Maybe Coach Wrenn had a similar thought to Scruggs about trying this out.......who knows!!

[Old School Marlin]

Yes, Coach Renn had a vision with the Grinnell style, and we worked hard at it for her, but we had a hard time believing in it, which is very important for any team concerning their team philosophy.  We were all trained to be quick and run the ball up and down the court as you said (we had a 4 second drill to get the ball out of bounds and score out of our secondary on the other end - we ran a lot of suicides for that!)  A few games after Christmas break, it was hard to swallow that it wasn't working out that well, but what determines a great coach is his/her ability to admit when something isn't working and move on to a different strategy.  I haven't seen E&H play this year, but there is not doubt that Joy Scruggs is a great coach and she will give her team all the tools to succeed.

[whitecaylxx]

Coach Scruggs may be a good coach.  But she has not done whatever is necessary to win.  She DOES have an inside presence - she is just not using it - for whatever reason.

[hasanova]

I just took a look at the ODAC scoring race:  RMC's Silva has 479 points in 21 games which is 22.81 ppg and GC's King has 496 points in 22 games which is 22.55 ppg.  It should be interesting to see how this ends as the season winds down.   

[fairmont1113]

The first regional rankings came out today (http://www.d3hoops.com/dailydose/?p=125) and they have both Randolph-Macon and Bridgewater ranked in the top 6 teams of the South Region. RMC is 3rd and BC is 6th.

Also, Katy Herr was named to the National Team of the Week for the second time this year! What a week for Herr! Let's hope Herr and BC can keep it going!

[fairmont1113]

BC wins tonight 86-53 over RMWC for their 13th straight win!

Katy Herr continues to play well scoring 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting in just 20 minutes of action. Herr also contributed 5 steals. Marsha Kinder shot lights out, shooting 6-of-7 including 3-of-4 from long range for a game-high 24 points.

Jennifer Prewitt led RMWC in both points and rebounds with 20 and 10.

BC travels to VWC this Saturday for a very important road game. Good luck to the Eagles!

[fairmont1113]

BC wins tonight 86-53 over RMWC for their 13th straight win!

Katy Herr continues to play well scoring 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting in just 20 minutes of action. Herr also contributed 5 steals. Marsha Kinder shot lights out, shooting 6-of-7 including 3-of-4 from long range for a game-high 24 points.

Jennifer Prewitt led RMWC in both points and rebounds with 20 and 10.

BC travels to VWC this Saturday for a very important road game. Good luck to the Eagles!

My correction....Kinder had a team-high 19 points last night in the Eagles win over RMWC.

Another bit of good news for Kinder and for BC, Kinder has been named to the ESPN The Magazine District III College Division All-Academic First Team for women. College Division District III includes Division II, Division III and NAIA colleges and universities in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Way to go!

[fairmont1113]

So.....a big weekend....what is everyone's picks???

February 11th
BC at VWC (4:00)
RMC at EMU (2:00)
LC at E&H (4:00)
RC at GC (4:00)
W&L at HU (2:00)

I think that EMU will play RMC close, but RMC is going to end up pulling away in the second half.

Lynchburg is still trying to hang on to the hope that they will find themselves in post-season play, however it will be a tough road getting there. LC is 5-12, 2 games behind E&H, W&L, and Guilford, who are all sitting at 7-10. I think, however, that the Wasps are going to be too much for the Hornets and that LC will leave this weekend with little hope of a post-season.

I think the big game is RC @ GC. RC is 9-9 in the ODAC right now, and GC climbed to 7-7 before losing three in a row to drop to 7-10. This is a big game for both teams, but I think GC is going to rebound from their slide and pull this one out.

Good luck to all the teams!

[fairmont1113]

Once again I need to make a correction

I meant to bold in RMC over EMU...but who knows...maybe that was a sign for the Royals

But anyways, my pick is RMC over EMU

[Matt Barnhart (kid)]

I've made the trip home to Virginia Beach this weekend.  I plan on being at the BC/VWC game.

I'm interested in seeing the women's basketball following at Va Wesleyan.

[valleybballfan]

February 11th
BC at VWC (4:00)
RMC at EMU (2:00)
LC at E&H (4:00)
RC at GC (4:00)
W&L at HU (2:00)

This is the weekend of the away teams!

[heinbball]

Id like to see VA Wes. upset Bridgewater today - we'll see what happens. Besides BC/VWC I take all away games too.

[GAVA]

February 11th
BC at VWC (4:00)
RMC at EMU (2:00)
LC at E&H (4:00)
RC at GC (4:00)
W&L at HU (2:00)

This is the weekend of the away teams!

I take E&H at home. Vistors in other 4 games.

[GAVA]

RMC over EMU by a bunch. Waiting for boxscore.