WBB: American Southwest Conference

[mcm_sid]

Well some clarification on the MVP awards, Meia Daniels won the tournament MVP and was ASC Female Athlete of the Year. I can't find anything about regular season MVP.

Obviously, you need proof.

http://www.ascsports.org/oldsite/w-basketball/awards.htm

[Ralph Turner]

UMHB has taken it to McMurry.  LIB's only leads have been in the second half.

McM  lead 50-49 with 6:49, and 55-54 with 1:13.

It is now McM 57-54.  UMHB ball with 0:29 left.

McMurry's Dominique Brown stole the ball.

McMurry's Amber Horton made one of two, 58-54.  After a couple of more fouls, the final score is 61-54.  Final.

McMurry held UMHB scoreless in the last 5 minutes.  McMurry came back from a 54-50 deficit.

UMHB's Landie Thompson (C, Fr. Lake Travis HS) had 20 points and 21 rebounds!  It looks like Thompson may be the next really great up-and-coming ASC-West Center.

Richardson had 16 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks. (Tarra has  2040 points, 974 rebounds and 289 blocks and 195 steals for her career.  After UTD 2065 points, 982 rebounds, 290 blocks and 198 steals.  After UMHB in the semis, 2088 points, 992 rebounds, 294 blocks and 201 steals.)

[sethhpu]

I didn't doubt Symbri won the award I just couldn't find the release for it. Thanks

[Ralph Turner]

I didn't doubt Symbri won the award I just couldn't find the release for it. Thanks

Sethhpu, be sure and save the URL to get to the old site!   

I know that it is not intuitive from the new site.

[sethhpu]

Oh I did, and I didn't mean to question the award. I just knew what Meia had won and couldn't remember who had the West MVP last season. But looking back at the two MVP's in Tuttle and Kennedy (broke the assists and scoring records) it would seem to lean towards Tara since she broke the scoring and rebounding records. Personally I don't think you can pick one or the other for MVP. Meia and Tara are both outstanding players and two of the best the ASC has seen. Thankfully I am not a coach and have to choose between the two.

[Ralph Turner]

Miss College 61, UT-Tyler 56.  Live Stats

[Ralph Turner]

Miss College 61, UT-Tyler 56.  Live Stats

Early postings have HPU vs LaCollege, McMurry vs UT-Dallas, HSU vs Miss College and UMHB vs UT-Tyler.

Is that correct?

[dballa]

2008 ASC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Hosted by University of Texas at Tyler,
Herrington Patriot Center / in Tyler, Texas

Friday, February 29
Quarterfinals
Game 1: [W1] Howard Payne (25-0) vs. [E4] Louisiana College (15-10), 1:00 p.m.
Game 2: [E2] Mississippi College (15-10) vs. [W3] Hardin-Simmons (20-5), 3:00 p.m.
Game 3: [W2] McMurry (19-2) vs. [E3] Texas-Dallas (16-9), 6:00 p.m.
Game 4: [E1] Texas-Tyler (17-8) vs. [W4] Mary Hardin-Baylor (14-11), 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 1

Semifinals
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 3:00 p.m.
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 2

Championship
Game 7: Semifinal winners, 2:00 p.m.

[mcmfan]

Any thoughts on the ASC getting more than one team into the post-season?  I'm thinking McM got a Pool C bid last year only because we were the only team to beat HPU in the regular season.  While we're all proud of HPU giving the ASC some national recognition, one side effect of them being so successful could be no other ASC team going beyond next week's conference tournament -- unless there's an upset and they win the tournament outright.  That would put them in and probably put in HPU as the Pool C.

[dballa]

If McMurry loses in the first or second round of the ASC tournament then I think they have a tough time getting in.  If they lose to HPU in the championship game I think they still get in.  Their only losses would be to former D1 Birmingham Southern who still has D1 players and 3 losses to the #2 team in the nation.  I don't see them being left out in that scenario.

[Ralph Turner]

I think that McMurry is more solid than that.

McMurry has an in-region win over Greensboro which won the USA South.  Altho' Greensboro is currently unranked in the South Region, it is possible that they (Greensboro) will be in the final (and unpublished) regional rankings if they win the USA South bid.

McMurry has an in-region win over St Thomas MN.  They finished in the tie with St Benedict for the regular season title of the MIAC.  If they win the conference tourney, they might end up as being regionally ranked, too.

The Handbook states that one of the criteria is "results" against  regionally ranked teams.  Right now, McMurry may have a few as 2 "results".  If HSU beats HPU and gets into the regional rankings, and McMurry plays HSU in the finals, then that might mean 3 games vs HSU, 2 games versus HPU, St Thomas and Greensboro to give as many as 7 "results".

[golfniz1]

I believe that Mac gets in the NCAA no matter what they do in the ASC Tourney.  they have played some quality games against some quality opponents.  Plus they have the Tara factor with all her accomplishments.  After all they are #9 in the nation last I checked.  Good luck to all the teams and go HPU.

[dballa]

Remember the committee we're dealing with though.  HSU had a better resume last year than McMurry does this year as far as wins against quality opponents.  Trinity didn't make it the year after they won it all and they had a better year that next year.


I don't see McMurry losing in the 1st or 2nd round of the conference tournament but I don't think they can afford to lose in one of those games.

[Ralph Turner]

Remember the committee we're dealing with though.  HSU had a better resume last year than McMurry does this year as far as wins against quality opponents.  Trinity didn't make it the year after they won it all and they had a better year that next year.

I don't see McMurry losing in the 1st or 2nd round of the conference tournament but I don't think they can afford to lose in one of those games.

Actually, McMurry may be better situated this year than HSU was last year.

Please scroll down for Feb 21, 2007 Regional Rankings

HSU had in-region ranked results of 1-3 going into the tourney.  Plus, they had a very ugly loss to Southwestern women.

Oglethorpe has just lost to DePauw women, to give them another in-region loss.

Trinity won the national championship in 2003.  The Pool C bids increased in 2006. 

[dballa]

I don't think a loss to a highly ranked team, in the polls and regional rankings, will make as big of a difference as a loss to an unranked team in the South Region.  A loss to UT-Dallas, UT-Tyler or UMHB would hurt McMurry much more especially this late in the season.