WBB: American Southwest Conference

[UNCLE]

Hey all,

I did make the game at Mississippi College and was impressed with their team.  Very good!
HPU was definitely off on their shooting.  MC's defense was good, but we couldn't hit open 3's, layups, or anything else. The first six minutes we only scored 2 pts!  Things improved when we changed the pace but MC matched us when we did hit a bucket. 

I know we should be careful what we wish for but:  When we meet again!

The Dome looked good.  There was a strong cold front blowing crosswinds. lol

The conference  is better this year in the east, and appears to be better in the west as far as TLC, Ozarks, MHB.  McM, and HSU are always tough.

I didn't get to see the La-HPU game, I arrived at 4:00 pm. for a 5:30 game only to discover that it started at 1:00 pm.

[ShouldaBeenAnIndian]

The entire ASC seems somewhat tipsy-turvy this year! Just look at all the who-beat-who matchups! LC and MC beat HPU, but TLU beat both of them! Ozarks beat McM, but lost to SRSU. It just seems a little bit crazy. Though as it always is, anyone can beat anyone on any given night!

[fanstand]

I'm here, I really haven't gone away and I still keep up....I just have not physically been to a game yet, so I can't voice my opinion because  I haven't actually seen it with my own eyes! I have listened to some games on the radio, but right now high school b-ball is taking up most of my days.  Wow the east is kicking some butt and taking names.  What goes around, comes around.  They obviously are hungry, and maybe we have gotten a little complacent.  Makes for some great conference play.  I hope to get to games after the first of the year, and see WHAT is going on. Till then "Merry Christmas" to everyone.

[Postemup]

                             

I've seen a few games this year and i'm somewhat confused.  Where is the post play?  HPU can't score from the post and can't defend the post!  The transfer from New Mexico is more of a 3 position player.  All of the post and wing players are outside shooting 3's.  When the 3's are falling HPU looks unstopable.  When the 3's are not falling the going gets tough.  Offenseive rebounds are rare when the "starters" are on the court.  When the subs enter the game is when the inside game gets going.  Pfiester #44 and Gayden #32 both have the ability to create a presence inside if given a chance, and Hobbs is always around the ball.  Pfiester needs to move her feet and stay out of foul trouble, and Gayden just needs playing time.  Where is the "Team" ball?  There is no inside...... or inside out......just out!

[Ralph Turner]

Welcome postemup!

This season is really strange.  McMurry just isn't there yet.

I think that they make the ASC playoffs, so they have the season to get it together.

They are a young team though.

[Ralph Turner]

Good game by the Lady Cru.  They beat UW-Stout, the #4 preseason pick in the WIAC, 74-63.

McMurry beat Wm Smith (NY) 72-56.

[WLCALUM83]

Concordia-Austin lost to Concordia-Chicago 59-55. (Best of this posters 'knowledge-first time a NAthCon squad has beat an ASC team in hoops.)

Cougars play McMurry later today.

[Ralph Turner]

Concordia-Austin lost to Concordia-Chicago 59-55. (Best of this posters 'knowledge-first time a NAthCon squad has beat an ASC team in hoops.)

Cougars play McMurry later today.

Final score, McMurry 65 CUC 30.

[dballa]

HPU 75 UC Santa Cruz 51 Final

[Ralph Turner]

We have finished the inter-division games for 2009-10.

Once again, the standings bring out the inequity of counting the crossover games in the standings.  I repeat this every year, because the facts do not change.

Some say to count the games, because you have to play them.

Well they do count because they are South Region in-region games.  That impacts NCAA Regional rankings and prospects for Pool C (at-large) bids and the chance to host the NCAA playoffs, if you are one of the 64 teams (for the Women and 62 teams for the men.)

What is not fair, is that the teams that played in the fall semester in December are not the same teams that will be playing in February.

There are academic casualties.

There are mid-term additions and transfers.

There are disciplinary cases.

There may be injuries in the mid-season that impact key players.

There are inequities in the single round robin schedules.

For the men, ETBU played UMHB, CTX, McM and HSU on the road.  They went 1-3 against those four teams that are currently #1, #2, #3 and #6 inter-divisional records.

UOzarks' men  played UMHB, CTX, McMurry and HSU at home.  They went 2-2 including a one-point losses to HSU and McM.  They were two baskets away from being 7-1 versus the West.

Those schedules are not balanced.

Here are the standings thru Wednesday night, Jan 13th.


ASC-East

Team	Conf Record	Crossover Record	Intra-division Record	Games relative to 4th place
UT-Dallas	7-1	7-1	0-0	+2
La Coll	7-2	6-2	1-0	+1.5
UTT	6-2	6-2	0-0	+0.5
Miss Coll	6-3	6-2	0-1	0
ETBU	3-5	3-5	0-0	-2.5
LeTU	3-5	3-5	0-0	-2.5
UOz	2-6	2-6	0-0	-3.5

Team	Conf Record	Crossover Record	Intra-division Record	Games relative to 4th place
HPU	7-2	5-2	2-0	+2.5
UMHB	6-3	4-3	2-0	+1.5
TLU	6-3	4-3	2-0	+1.5
McM	4-4	3-4	1-0	0
HSU	3-5	3-4	0-1	-1.0
CTX	3-6	3-4	0-2	-1.5
SRSU	1-8	1-6	0-2	-3.5
Schreiner	0-9	0-7	0-2	-4.5

IMHO, the divsion races ought to be starting tonight.   The season is only half over and some teams are so far into the hole that they cannot see out.

With the beginning of the new semester, the student bodies ought to have a chance to see the team get hot and make the tournament.

Next year, I hope that both men's and women's coaches will vote to count only the division games towards the division championship and the playoff bids, and end this madness.

Thanks for indulging me in this perennial rant and good luck to LeTU, ETBU, UOz, Schreiner and SRSU.  With 12-13 games left in the season,  (that is half of the season), you already in a hole and your season may be looking bleak.

[mcmfan]

I've watched or listened to several McM women's games, and I haven't seen or heard any so far where we looked very sharp.   As a loyal fan, I don't want to badmouth my own team, but against TLU Thursday night, TLU actually had a better shooting percentage than we did.  The problem, I think, is that we don't seem to have anyone on the team this year who you know will hit a basket if she gets open.  Amber Horton was like that last year, or Symbri Tuttle before her -- and they were known best for defense and assists, not shooting.  Of course, we had Tarra Richardson, who was known for racking up the points, but even people who were best at other parts of the game could hit the basket if they got the chance.   Why do we have no crack shooters this year?  I guess we just don't.  Luckily, we seem to be doing better at other aspects of the game like rebounding to make up for it, and hopefully that will be enough to get us past the teams that do have crack shooters.

[Ralph Turner]

Sign of the end-times?  Has anyone consulted the Mayan calendar for any astronomical associations?

TLU won its third overtime game of the season over HSU 80-79 in Seguin.

HSU now has 6 conference losses.  McMurry and TLU have 4.  UMHB and HPU have 3.

The West is going to be a brutal, and a good team is not going to make the ASC tournament.

[JACKET84]

I think a 16 - 5 record will win the West this year.  (HPU)

18 - 3 will win the East.  (UT-Dallas)

[Ralph Turner]

I think a 16 - 5 record will win the West this year.  (HPU)

18 - 3 will win the East.  (UT-Dallas)

HPU as outright champs?

No ASC West Division winner has had that poor a winning percentage since the start of Division play.

McMurry was 17-4 in 2009.

[JACKET84]

I think HPU will win the West.  Who knows who will win the tournament.  My guess UT-Dallas will host.  HPU has beaten them twice this year.  If HPU plays their game, Yes they are capable of being the out right champs for the 4th year in a row.