WBB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

hoopstermom · November 24, 2008, 06:09:25 PM

I pick Roanoke, RMC and EMU too.

For those that can't attend in person:

VWC is audio webcasting at http://www.vwc.edu/athletics/wbasketball/live/

So is Roanoke - livestats and video at http://www.roanoke.edu/athletics/video/ustream/

And Lynchburg will streaming livestats at http://www.lynchburg.edu/x15096.xml

eaglejacket1421 · November 24, 2008, 08:12:31 PM

Here are my predictions:

Guilford - Roanoke: I have to go Roanoke, and honestly I had to hesitate when making this selection. Guilford is a much tougher team than we sometimes want to believe. This game will be tight and may even be upset city, but Roanoke has the experience and the raw talent and should win this game. They both defeated a common opponent in Meredith. Guilford beat them by 23. Roanoke by 29. The kicker? Roanoke held them to only 32 points while they scored 50 against Guilford, and we all know what they say about defense.

RMC - Va Wesleyan: I'm giving the nod to R-MC for a couple of reasons, first of all being that they are hungry for a win after losing to the Marlins twice last year. Secondly, Va Wesleyan lost a lot in Heather Phillips and Chelsea Bartlett and I'm not 100% sure that they will be able to recover from that. Lastly, Macon is cruising right now mostly due in part to impressive performance in guard Amanda Hiltunen. Add in the two big guns Ariail and Riesbeck plus a couple of impressive freshmen and you've got yourself a win.

EMU - Lynchburg: The obvious choice has to be Lynchburg. <bballmom4> says that Lynchburg isn't getting the respect that they are due. In this case I think they have it. If Carolyn Riley were still on EMU I might lean the other way, but the Royals just lost too much to over come the amount of talent pouring out of Lynchburg's line up. I still don't think this is Lynchburg's year to take the whole thing, but they should be able to take care of EMU.

<hoopstermom> - thanks for that info, I'm going to be all over that RMC VWC game.

hoopstermom · November 25, 2008, 06:50:55 PM

Halftime: RMC 31 VWC 29
GC 35 RC 29

Lynchburg-EMU doesn't start until 7:00

10 minutes to go in RMC-VWC game tied 43
4 minutes to go in GC-RC game RC just took the lead 55-54
LC-EMU not quite underway yet

hoopstermom · November 25, 2008, 07:35:09 PM

Final Roanoke 69 Guilford 60

3 minutes to go in RMC-VWC game - VWC up by 2 61-59
RMC with 25 turnovers and 1/8 from 3 point range but out rebounding VWC 45-35

way too many turnovers both teams

hoopstermom · November 25, 2008, 07:47:28 PM

VWC over RMC 73-62
looks like they just out hustled RMC and beat them with 3s and creating turnovers.

EMU must be the real deal, they are up 17-13 over Lynchburg with 10 minutes to go still in 1st half.

eaglejacket1421 · November 25, 2008, 07:58:03 PM

Virginia Wesleyan earns a sloppy win over Randolph Macon 73-62. I listened to this game via web broadcast and it definitely sounded helter skelter. Several turn overs and some questionable decision making. My biggest concern is why R-MC wasn't fouling when they were down 6 with a minute left to play. Deciding to allow VWC to run down the clock not only wasted precious time but resulted in the Marlins banking in a three pointer. Why not foul and make them earn it the old fashioned way?

Definitely a statement game, VWC undoubtedly deserves the kudos. They managed to find a way to be successful after losing two key players from last year's squad. I wasn't sure how they would manage, especially without floor general Chelsea Bartlett but they seem to have it all together. Very impressive.

Keys to this game: Molly Ariail in foul trouble mid-second half. Hiltunen defended well by VWC, she wasn't scoring 30 tonight if she tried. The biggest stat = Free throws. The Marlins were virtually automatic from the line. If the Memphis Tigers (mens) aren't enough of an example for how important free throw shooting is, this game is a good substitute.

emufan · November 25, 2008, 09:16:51 PM

EMU gets a big win in Lynchburg tonight. In terms of the preseason poll, this was a big upset, #8 beating #2.

Kudo's to LC for putting them came on the internet live via video.

eaglejacket1421 · November 26, 2008, 01:55:25 PM

WOW. What happened in that game? Can you pinpoint a reason for the upset?

whitecaylxx · November 26, 2008, 02:25:47 PM

I expected EMU to win - they seem to be playing much more balanced this year. The team is not centered around Riley anymore. I did not expect the Virginia Weslyan win, though. You can't take anyone for granted!

eaglejacket1421 · November 29, 2008, 04:52:01 PM

Randolph Macon - Lynchburg is the marquee match up for Monday night action. Regardless, I will do some predictions for the other teams as well.

W&L - Hollins. I'm gonna go ahead and say W&L here, but given W&L's performance thus far it could be closer than we think. Regardless I'm gonna go ahead and predict a 15 - 20 point victory for the Generals.

Emory & Henry - Guilford. These two teams are very similar in style and talent. They're both scrappy and both really go hard on both ends of the floor. I'll give it to Guilford with the home court advantage, but this one should be tight.

Randolph - EMU. EMU is way too stacked in comparison to Randolph for this one to be very close. With that said, we all know that Randolph is known to give teams fits. I give it to the Royals, especially after their performance last week. 15+ victory.

Lynchburg - RMC. This is definitely the contest of the night. They both have a common opponent in Alvernia. Lynchburg lost. RMC won resoundingly. I look for RMC to win this game by double digits, but Lynchburg always comes into Crenshaw Gym with a win or die mentality. This will be a good game and extremely competitive, but RMC is too good at home, and in general to lose one to a possibly over rated Lynchburg team. I say possibly because they have dropped some questionable games early - but early is the key word there. Plus RMC will be looking to pick themselves up after a tough loss to VWC. RMC by 10+.

bballmom4 · December 01, 2008, 08:01:31 PM

Well, halftime....RMC up by 13. Listening to the game....seems like the officials are a little homecooking crew. Too bad...Lynchburg's shooting is not the best in the first half. It would be nice if we could get the announcers to be a little more detailed when the visiting team has the ball. I guess if we could all be perfect, huh!

generalee · December 02, 2008, 07:48:51 PM

Congratulations to Washington and Lee for their first big win! (It seems a little mean-spirited to pound defenseless Hollins like that, but the Generals needed a win). Congratulations to Kari - big game! The freshmen are really doing well.

odacfan99 · December 02, 2008, 09:27:41 PM

WOW! RMC 97 Lynchburg 87. Yellow Jackets trump the Hornets. Must have been an exciting game if you like offense. Did anyone play any D? Congratulations to A. Hiltunen for reaching and passing the 1,000 point mark for her career. And 15-15 from the charity stripe for the game and 33-33 for the season! Macon has both an inside and outside game this year. If the coaching staff can fire them up to play some D, look out. Without D, I expect another high scoring affair and a tough battle against Bridgewater Saturday though RMC may view this as a revenge game for the loss in last year's semi-final of the ODAC tournament.

Jeremybozz · December 02, 2008, 11:46:41 PM

Roanoke beat Bridgewater tonight. I think it was 60-49?
Both defense's played well in the 1st half as Roanoke took a 24-16 lead at the half. The Lady Maroons built a 32-16 edge before BC came back to cut it to 6 at 53-47.
Roanoke got the clutch baskets they needed when BC got momentum.
BC did get into a rhythm on offense at times during the 2nd half and showed flashes of the play that won an ODAC crown last year. Something to build on for BC but congrats to Roanoke.

dukeofargyle · December 03, 2008, 08:09:46 AM

Quote from: generalee on December 02, 2008, 07:48:51 PM
Congratulations to Washington and Lee for their first big win! (It seems a little mean-spirited to pound defenseless Hollins like that, but the Generals needed a win). Congratulations to Kari - big game! The freshmen are really doing well.

Well, I will agree that a 70 some point spread win is a considerable one by any point of view. Phillips did a nice job for Hollins but it seems that W&L has some brilliant younger talent on offense emerging both inside and out this year. Too bad it seems to come & go in flashes.

IMO, They still need to steady down, concentrate on their guard's pressing & in the post - rebounding, execute their plays smoothly and take care of the ball better. This may prove to be a real interesting year for the Gennies.