WBB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[whitecaylxx]

Good luck Bridgewater Eagles!  The ODAC is pulling for you!

[hoopstermom]

Heather Phillips of VWC makes WBCA Region 5 finalist for State Farm All America Team

http://www.wbca.org/releases/DIIISFCAATFinalistsPR2008.htm

Congratulations!!!!

[eaglejacket1421]

Alright Alright ODAC crazies, it's just about that time - Yeah, move-in day. What does move-in day mean? That's right, pre-season pick up for all those ballers out there. This gets my mind racing on who the top contenders for the ODAC title and NCAA bid are going to be for this season.

After looking at last years performances, I must say I was disappointed in R-MC's performance. I think they had all the pieces and just failed to get them together and perform when it mattered. Losing to VWC twice, Emory and Henry, EMU, and finally Bridgewater - just doesn't sound yellowjacketesque to me. I think they're going to learn from these losses for this years season and not play around. They're going to be a contender, as always. They have the Twin Towers in Reisbeck and Arial, and I don't see these towers falling this season and their focus and success are going to be completely necessary for this team to get back into the big swing of things. Amanda Hiltunen is a bit of an under rated yellow jacket, in that she doesn't necessarily get the headlines, but brings that tenacity that the jackets are going to absolutely HAVE to have for them to be successful - I look for her to take a serious leadership role and feed the big boys and lead the defensive movement for these jackets.

VWC is also another big time team for this conference this year, only using a couple players, even though they were versatile and important pieces to that Marlin team- especially Chelsea Bartlet, but regardless they are well coached and very focused with a lot of fire and talent to boot. They were one of the favorites for last year and dropped a tear jerker to BC in the ODAC title last season and should most definitely make it to that championship game this year as well.

Bridgewater is a team that I am hesitant to put in the running but after what J Willie did with her youngsters last season it's impossible to leave them out for this coming season. Yes, they lose JT at the point, and she turned out to be a phenomenal leader, stepping in after Katie Herr graduated - she definitely did a great job getting her team to the Big Dance. She is missing, but FOY Jordan will be an integral part to their success this year and things need to fall into place just right for the Eagles to be roosting atop the ODAC at the end of this season. I'll be watching this team with serious interest to see if they can pull of the Cinderella story back-to-back years. (But then again, if they do, it will no longer be Cinderella and her glass slipper will it?)

[Pat Coleman]

Welcome to the board -- it's kind of quiet in the offseason but don't let that frustrate you too much.

[scottharris]

LC should be in a prime position to compete for top 3 in the ODAC, unless someone quits or transfers, they lose nobody from last year, and they finished tied for 4th with all freshman and sophomores. With Coach Tobey's obvious recruiting acumen, I imagine there will be even more talent ready to contribute this year.

VWC loses Heather Phillips and some other key players.
RMC loses three of it's better players from a team that normally only went 8 deep last year. EMU loses three valuable players.
Bridgewater loses Timberlake, but nothing else, so they should make some major strides.
Roanoke loses two of its top 5 players in Hanson and Bridge.

[eaglejacket1421]

scottharris, you make some legit points for Lynchburg. I'm a bit embarrassed to say that I didn't really think about them when thinking of the top three, but you are most definitely right - They make for a great sleeper team in the conference. I was impressed with the way they played all the top dogs last year, and although they are still young, I feel that the experience from last season will carry them a long way. Darby and Dahn are solid players that must be taken seriously. I'm picking them as the sleeper team to watch.

As far as Roanoke goes, I could be wrong, but I don't see them being as tough as they have in the recent past. Coach Dunagan is a great coach, truly one of the best, but the loss of Hanson is going to be a tremendous gap to bridge. I really don't see it happening, but then again no one really saw R-MC contending after the loss of Megan Silva a couple years ago. Sometimes a little grit and determination can go a long way and if any team has that, it's Roanoke.

Another team I was rather impressed with was Emory and Henry. I mean seriously - WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?!? No one was really ready for the stuff they brought to the table last season - with big wins over W&L, Roanoke, and R-MC and stayed super tight with VWC. Their Top 3 scorers are back this year. I don't expect them to win the ODAC or anything, but definitely make strides for their program. People definitely won't be looking over this team this year.

[emufan]

So with schools starting and students enrolled and attending classes, what do schools have to report on when it comes to recruits who made it to campus?

[scottharris]

So with schools starting and students enrolled and attending classes, what do schools have to report on when it comes to recruits who made it to campus?

Have to as in required you mean? Absolutely nothing.

[emufan]

Scott, you lost me

[scottharris]

Scott, you lost me

You asked "what do schools have to report when it comes to recruits who made it to campus."

I said "have to as in required", meaning were you asking if schools were required to report anything.

If that's what you meant, then the answer is absolutely nothing...

[emufan]

No Scott,

The point was, in d3, you can't sign a recruit to a letter of intent. Coaches often don't know for sure who is going to show up until the first day of class. 

Well...classes have started and it is usually this time of year, when posters give updates on recruits who have actually made it to campus.

[scottharris]

No Scott,

The point was, in d3, you can't sign a recruit to a letter of intent. Coaches often don't know for sure who is going to show up until the first day of class. 

Well...classes have started and it is usually this time of year, when posters give updates on recruits who have actually made it to campus.

What the were you asking about then? you didn't make it clear in the first place and still haven't...

[emufan]

I give up. If you can't understand my second post regarding what freshman have made it to campus, then I don't want to hear your thoughts.

This can't be the same Scott Harris from Lynchburg, who had some commons sense when he worked for the athletic department at LC.

[scottharris]

I'll be surprised if you hear much of anything here on the women's board about recruits, especially considering not a single thing was happening on this board from March 11-August 21 and not a thing has been said about recruits in well over 6 months now.

[scottharris]

I give up. If you can't understand my second post regarding what freshman have made it to campus, then I don't want to hear your thoughts.

This can't be the same Scott Harris from Lynchburg, who had some commons sense when he worked for the athletic department at LC.

Easy now. You are the one that never made your original question clear in the first place. If you had more properly phrased your question originally, this discussion would have never occurred. Had you simply said "Does anyone on here have anything to report on recruits? did they all show up to campus yet?" or something along those lines, you would have avoided any misinterpretation. Try phrasing your questions less poorly before criticizing others.