WBB: American Southwest Conference

[Ralph Turner]

Congratulations to the Hardin-Simmons women.

Ditto from the southside! 

[Josh Bowerman]

Add my congratulations to Coach Briggs and the entire team.  Very well done, indeed!

[inthepaint]

Congratulations, Cowgirls!

[dballa]

http://www.brownwoodbulletin.com/articles/2007/07/23/news/news01.txt

Sorry for the long link, but this news may please a lot of people in the ASC.

[Pat Coleman]

Do they also stock light bulbs?

[dballa]

It would be nice to have a brighter facility and I'm sure some McMurry fans would like some extra TP dispensers as well .

[Ralph Turner]

HPU's new basketball court

I read 4 interesting sentences in the Abilene Reporter-News' story on the new basketball floor in Brownwood.

The old floor was once used by the St. Louis Hawks professional basketball team.
...

Officials at the Brownwood Chamber of Commerce are delighted with prospect of the new floor. Brownwood was passed up for NCAA tournament games earlier this year due to the age and condition of the floor.

With the new floor, Brownwood could have a shot at hosting NCAA playoff games -- and the fans who would come to town to stay in local hotels and patronize local restaurants -- next spring.

It appears that the real reason that HPU didn't host the Sectional was due to facilities.

I hereby apologize to the D3Basketball Championship selection committee for suggesting something that was not quite correct.

[dballa]

HPU will also be getting new basketball goals as a part of a grant from TexasBank. 

Still waiting to hear about the lights and the TP.

[WLCALUM83]

Here's an update on Mary Slaughter:  (ETBU)

http://www.umsl-sports.com/sports/wbk/wbk_index.htm

[Ralph Turner]

Here's an update on Mary Slaughter:  (ETBU)

http://www.umsl-sports.com/sports/wbk/wbk_index.htm

One of the 2006-07 losses by D-2 UMSL was to D3 Hope College!

She has her work cut out for her.

[calhsu]

Well looking at next year schedule and HSU and HPU play twice in a week, twice in three games.  Who makes the schedule, the schools or the ASC?

[Ralph Turner]

calhsu, the schedule goes thru a rotating format.  The ASC-West has travel partner games that seem to be scheduled at the discretion of the travel partners.  Please compare the McM-HSU games versus the HPU-SRSU games versus the TLU-Schreiner games versus the UMHB-CUA games.

Then the other 6 pairs of games are rotated.  Please click on the 2003-04 schedule to see how the schedule has "rotated" thru the years.  In 2003-04, the "back-to-back" pair was TLU-Schreiner, and Schreiner-TLU in 2004-05.  HSU and McMurry are playing SRSU and HPU in the middle of the rotation in 2007-08 again.  The ASC-West schedule rotates in 2008-09.

[Ralph Turner]

Besides, I prefer to look at the schedule as requiring HPU to play McMurry and HSU four games in 10 days!   

[calhsu]

Your exactly right, as always.  Which is as it was last year.  The only reason I didn't mention it is I haven't taken the time to check the others schedules.  I have been checking for the lady Cowgirls update for a long time.  Oh by the way Ralph I was going to say that I almost got to see the football game in Oregon  but my schedule just would not allow it.  It would have been a eight hour car trip but I had another former student to go with me. 

[Ralph Turner]

...
Oh by the way Ralph I was going to say that I almost got to see the football game in Oregon  but my schedule just would not allow it.  It would have been a eight hour car trip but I had another former student to go with me. 

But no sacrifice is too great for your Cowboys!

Shucks on the schedule!