WBB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[Balder Eagle]

Bridgewater scrimmaged Marymount today and looked very good against a good program. Marymount has won 10 of the last 15 CAC championships, was a final four team in 2002, elite eight in 2004, and seven other times they have been sweet 16 teams. This year they are not ranked but they are receiving votes for the top 25. Bridgewater won 2 of the 3 halves, and the one half they lost they did not use their starters very much, but still only lost by a couple of points. I can not remember all the details, but I know they looked good and had some goodlooking freshmen.

I predicted Marymount to be 4th in the CAC,  it will not be a banner year!

Well I may be full of baloney, are you are

  1. Mary Washington
  2. Catholic
  3. York
  4. Marymount
  5. St. Mary's
  6. Salisbury
  7. (T)Goucher
  8. (T)Gallaudet

[odacfan99]

4 days 'til the 2006/2007 ODAC hoop season!  Anyone else excited?

[RMCAlum30]

4 days 'til the 2006/2007 ODAC hoop season!  Anyone else excited?

I can't wait! I'll be hitting up the R-MC Tipoff Tourney... vs. Averett on Friday and Methodist on Saturday. It will be interesting to see how they match up.
Averett lost to Ferrum in the opening round of the USA South Conference Tournament last season, and Methodist lost to Peace in the opening round of that tournament as well.
Averett lost their only All-USA South player to graduation last year... Methodist has two All-USA South returners (senior forward Stacy Williams and junior guard Lisa Jackson).
In preseason polls, Methodist has been picked 4th in their conference.

[upper90]

How about some picks on this weekends ODAC tip offs?

[odacfan99]

4 days 'til the 2006/2007 ODAC hoop season!  Anyone else excited?

I can't wait! I'll be hitting up the R-MC Tipoff Tourney... vs. Averett on Friday and Methodist on Saturday. It will be interesting to see how they match up.
Averett lost to Ferrum in the opening round of the USA South Conference Tournament last season, and Methodist lost to Peace in the opening round of that tournament as well.
Averett lost their only All-USA South player to graduation last year... Methodist has two All-USA South returners (senior forward Stacy Williams and junior guard Lisa Jackson).
In preseason polls, Methodist has been picked 4th in their conference.

[odacfan99]

4 days 'til the 2006/2007 ODAC hoop season!  Anyone else excited?

I can't wait! I'll be hitting up the R-MC Tipoff Tourney... vs. Averett on Friday and Methodist on Saturday. It will be interesting to see how they match up.
Averett lost to Ferrum in the opening round of the USA South Conference Tournament last season, and Methodist lost to Peace in the opening round of that tournament as well.

Methodist has two All-USA South returners (senior forward Stacy Williams and junior guard Lisa Jackson).
In preseason polls, Methodist has been picked 4th in their conference.

Averett lost their only All-USA South player to graduation last year.

Great info RMCAlum30.  You inspired me to go to the websites of the schools and check out their stats and players from last year. Looks like some solid returning talent despite the losses to graduation you mention.  Hope you enjoy your trip back "home" to RMC.  And hope they make you proud!  Look for a starting lineup of Riesbeck, Hiltunen, Merkel, Morgan, and Shaeffer with strong help off the bench.  Megan (she's kind of like Michael, Magic, etc...no last name necessary) will be missed immesely but hopefully these girls can find inspiration in all she accomplished over the last 4 years and not be fearful about her absence.  Good luck to RMC and to all their loyal fans!!!  Go Jackets.

[GAVA]

4 days 'til the 2006/2007 ODAC hoop season!  Anyone else excited?

I can't wait! I'll be hitting up the R-MC Tipoff Tourney... vs. Averett on Friday and Methodist on Saturday. It will be interesting to see how they match up.

Hopefully RMC will win the Tip-Off Tourney. Last year they lost at home to a rated Springfield. Competiton not as tough this year but no Silva so could be close.

[RMCAlum30]

How about some picks on this weekends ODAC tip offs?

I'll start out with EMU traveling to Lancaster, PA to play Lancaster Bible College. LBC is in the NCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Association), and plays mainly bible colleges throughout the northeast as well as some of Penn State's satellite campuses. I know rankings aren't everything, but with EMU picked to finish 7th in the ODAC as well as having such a young team, LBC might give them a run for their money. However, EMU's got a bigger roster (both in terms of number of players as well as height... although neither team has anyone over 6')... I'll pick EMU, but it might be a close game!

I've already given my two cents about R-MC vs. Averett and Methodist this weekend. I agree that they may be close games, but I'm going with two wins for the Jackets! 

On to Guilford... tried to check out the Bennett team they are going to be playing on Friday. Looks like it's a very new program... so far basketball is their only NCAA Division III sport. Couldn't find a roster at all (maybe I'm just bad at researching!), and based on it being what I would assume is such a new program, I'll have to go with Guilford winning on Friday night and matching up with the winner of the McMurry/SUNY Oneonta game on Saturday. That should be pretty good game. McMurry, 2006 ASC Tournament Champs, ended last season with a 26-3 record (they lost to Hardin-Simmons in the first round of NCAA's)... they're also preseason ranked #20 on D3hoops. SUNY Oneonta, 2006 ECAC (Div. III) Tournament Champs, finished 21-8 last year. I'll go with McMurray to win that game, and then between a Guilford and McMurray matchup, I'll go with McMurry again.

VWC vs. St. Olaf -- VWC is picked #2 preseason in the ODAC... four seniors to lead the team and a fair amount of height (three girls 6' or taller). St. Olaf was 10-15 overall last year... finishing 7th in the MIAC Conference. Three seniors this year but only one six footer. I'm picking VWC for this one.
They'll go on to face the winner of Maryville vs. Salisbury. Maryville - 23-7 last year, GSAC Tourney Champs, 2nd round NCAA's. Salisbury - 15-13 last year, so far they've only got seven girls listed on their roster. I'm picking Maryville, and also giving them a win over VWC.

Emory & Henry will get the easy win over Galludet (who only won 3 games last year), then most likely face Greensboro, last year's USA South Champs (Greensboro plays Misericordia on Friday... a team that went 15-10 last year). I'm picking Greensboro over E&H on Saturday.

It's a toss up between Lynchburg and Jersey City -- both teams working with two seniors each... Lynchburg is the younger team, but not by much. I think ultimately, how Caroline Wesley plays will decide the outcome. I'll pick Lynchburg to stay true to the ODAC, but again, it's a toss up. Couldn't figure out who the other two teams are in this tournament... all it says on both websites is TBA for Saturday.

W&L with the easy win over CCNY (1-21 last year). Then with the win over either Swarthmore or Eastern.

Hollins will be at the College of Notre Dame tourney in Maryland facing Bryn Mawr. I'm picking Bryn Mawr, but only because they won three games last year as opposed to Hollins not winning a game at all. Consolation game puts Hollins against St. Elizabeth (they'll lose to ND on Friday)... Hollins with the loss to St. Elizabeth on Saturday.

So those are my picks... very long post, I know, but hey -- gotta explain myself, right?

[hasanova]

RMCAlum30 - Re: Bennett Belles basketball.  You're not bad at researching.  Bennett is just notoriously poor at keeping up their website.  In fact, they're just notoriously poor - period.  They've had basketball off and on in the past, but the college (and their athletic program) just doesn't have their act together.  Even though it's one of the five colleges in the city of Greensboro, I don't remember Guilford ever playing them.  I think the last time Greensboro College played Bennett a few years ago it was something like 100-20 Pride.  In fact, it was sad to look at Bennett's boxscores for that whole season.  It was one 95 to 15 rout after another for the entire year.  Unless Bennett has recently improved in ways I'm not aware, I would expect Guilford to win handily.

[hasanova]

Does anyone know why 2005-06 FOY Kristine Ellis is not returning to Guilford?

[Matt Barnhart (kid)]

How healthy is Heather Phillips from VWC?

[hoopstermom]

RMC 88 Averett 55

Unofficially I had RMC with 4 players in double figures - Merkel (10), Hiltunen (11), Riesbeck (12) and Ariail (16).  Morgan and Shaffer had 9 each.  11 of 12 on the roster played, 10 scored points

Ariail is a 6' 2" Freshman.  She played impressive defense and had a nice soft touch from the free throw line (6 of 6).

Fast game, but  L O T S    O F    T U R N O V E R S by Macon.  I logged at least 15 in the first half alone. 

I didn't stay for the Catholic/Methodist game so not sure what to expect tomorrow.

[hasanova]

http://www.guilford.edu/athletics/wbball/releases/2006-07/Bennett.html

Guilford defeated Bennett, 98-50, and McMurry defeated SUNY-Oneonta, 80-62, in Guilford's season-opening tournament Friday night in Greensboro.   GC/MU and BC/SUNY-Oneonta will play Saturday.  Guilford first year player Ann Seufer had eight 3-pointers and 28 points versus the Belles.

[RMCAlum30]

RMC 88 Averett 55

Unofficially I had RMC with 4 players in double figures - Merkel (10), Hiltunen (11), Riesbeck (12) and Ariail (16).  Morgan and Shaffer had 9 each.  11 of 12 on the roster played, 10 scored points

Ariail is a 6' 2" Freshman.  She played impressive defense and had a nice soft touch from the free throw line (6 of 6).

Fast game, but  L O T S    O F    T U R N O V E R S by Macon.  I logged at least 15 in the first half alone. 

I didn't stay for the Catholic/Methodist game so not sure what to expect tomorrow.

I was VERY impressed by R-MC's play last night. Great chemistry on the court... the veterans and the newcomers are meshing very well for so early in the season.

MOLLY ARIAIL... all I have to say is absolutely amazing play for a freshman. 12 rebounds, 16 points, 3 blocks and SEVEN steals. Look for this girl to do big things in the ODAC this year.

Turnovers were definitely a problem... 35 total. If memory serves me correct, when I played, we ran in practice for every turnover above 20... and I think eventually coach raised the standards to keeping turnovers to under 15 a game.

Veterans Morgan, Shaffer and Merkel did a great job last night of keeping the team together and on the same page -- they are going to be a great asset this year in terms of leadership.

Methodist could be a challenge today... but I'm not worried -- look for a W for the Jackets today. 

[fairmont1113]

Who won the RMC game today??? It was at 4:00, so I am dissapointed that we don't have any updates yet

I had to get on the Averett website last night to figure out who won that game.

What about all the other ODAC games that took place yesterday and today?