WBB: American Southwest Conference

[inthepaint]

I believe I was mistaken in my read of the previous posts.  I meant to say it is virtually a certainly that MC will not be playing for the conference championship.  I agree, UMHB has their hands full.  I misread. 

[mcmfan]

I guess we've got all week to speculate, but it looks to me that HPU has the easiest bracket of the tournament.  McM-HSU is a great rivalry, and if they meet on Saturday as I think, whichever team wins will probably be too exhausted on Sunday to provide much resistance to HPU, which will thus win the tournament again just like they did last year.  Time will tell...

[Ralph Turner]

I could postulate numerous theories about  the difficulty of winning in Clinton.

--The Mississippi Mud theory...
--A different requirement for certification courses for officiating basketball in Mississippi...
--Road Weariness...
--the Bayou Voodoo theory.

Don't write the Lady Chocs off too quickly.

Oh, and thanks Paint!

We have a really great group of posters here in the ASC!

[fanstand]

I beg to differ, McM fan...MC is tough to beat at home, limping or not. HPU chemistry a little off with the question of their point guard's injury, HSU struggling a little without their point guard, but this is the tournament. Emotions run high for everyone. UMHB is playing well, but McM is still playing well. They may not be blowing people out,but still winning. I think they will be ready this weekend. They will have tough practices, and will be ready to avenge last year's tourney and their two losses this past couple of weeks. I think it will be HPU and McM in the finals, with a different outcome from last year.  If they stay injury free, they will keep plenty of emotion to finish this tourney on top.  And Ralph has good points about MC, it should be plenty exciting. Go Lady Indians........

[nash]

MC has its work cut out playing MHB.  With tournament play it is always one game at a time and on any given night.  To go further MC will have to will it all though.

[millie]

Hey Ralph,

You left out he wind currents in the Golden Dome...2 years ago that was the problem..
i am not sure about the Mississippi mud...Clinton is on the high side of the Miss River..
Road weariness...there is only 1 team that does not have a long way to come...just like we do every other year.
But, the Bayou Voodoo...wrong state... in Miss it is not a bayou...it is a creek...bayous are in Louisiana

i agree about the refs...they are bad no matter what side you are on

Well what ever it takes, mud, voodoo,or  wind currents...Mississippi College will need all of these things to line up for them this weekend.

Ya'll be careful and drive safe coming through Louisiana

[Ralph Turner]

Hey Ralph,

You left out he wind currents in the Golden Dome...2 years ago that was the problem..

Oh I forgot about the wind currents!   

i am not sure about the Mississippi mud...Clinton is on the high side of the Miss River..

But the mud is readily available for use by the locals. 

Road weariness...there is only 1 team that does not have a long way to come...just like we do every other year.

You use it to your advantage whenever you can! 

But, the Bayou Voodoo...wrong state... in Miss it is not a bayou...it is a creek...bayous are in Louisiana    ***

"It's the voodoo that you do"  a Rod Stewart cover for those really romantic nights with the lovely bride,    but I digress!

i agree about the refs...they are bad no matter what side you are on



Well what ever it takes, mud, voodoo,or  wind currents...Mississippi College will need all of these things to line up for them this weekend.  

***Ya'll be careful and drive safe coming through Louisiana...

Travel safely, all!

[sethhpu]

Does anyone know what time the selection show is on Monday, and if it is on any networks?  I am guessing Mr. Coleman would be of some help. Thanks

[Pat Coleman]

There is no selection show. The selections are issued via press release early Monday morning and posted on D3hoops.com.

We'll have a Hoopsville show that night to discuss them but that is it, there is no recorded reading of selections this season. The NCAA has discontinued it.

[mcmfan]

My thinking about the tournament (for what it's worth) is that HPU has an easy bracket and has won their last 11 games.  MC seems to be struggling, and was beaten in the Golden Dome a week ago by the last place team in the East (LC).  I'm assuming McM and HSU will win their first two games and then exhaust themselves playing each other.  Maybe the same thing will happen if HPU and MC play each other.  Of course, the various reported injuries are the wild card in all this, in addition to the Mississippi mud!
I would love to see a McM-MC shootout on Sunday, but that could be a long shot.  Tomorrow morning at 6:30 (argh) I will be at the bus to help see off the Lady Indians as they leave for Clinton...

[millie]

Are any of ya'll  coming to Clinton and for which games?

[mcmfan]

The Lady Indians' bus pulled off from campus at 7:00 AM this morning, so they are on their way!  The word, by the way, is that McM will broadcast both the men's and women's tournament games, with the broadcast team being split so that Kimbrell does one and Rawlings the other.

[fanstand]

millie, I will be in Mississippi.  I am not sure if I will leave Thursday night to catch Friday's game or if I will leave on Friday after the first game, to catch the rest of the tourney. My travel plans are still up in the air. All my crew will be a various events all over the state but we all hope to converge in Mississippi on Sunday for the finals, with the McM lady indians and whoever their opponent might be.

[mcmfan]

fanstand,
Make a lot of noise at the games, so those of us listening on the radio can hear you!!

[millie]

fanstand...
what do you do that you have a crew at events all over the state...radio?
hope to see you at the games