WBB: American Southwest Conference

[chemprof]

Great ETBU over Mississippi College win tonight, 78-69. The top of the east is turbulent, they're all beating up on each other, 1st one week and 4th or 5th the next.  It's anybody's guess as to where the tournament will be.

[mcmfan]

Our problem all semester seems to be consistency.  We have a lot of talent, but we can't seem to marshal it on a regular basis.  We're either hot or cold.  I've seen (or heard on the radio) any number of games where we started out sluggish and then dug out in the second half to win, but you can't play that way against a team as good as HPU.  In fact, about the only games where we didn't play that way were the two against HSU; we were hot in the first halves instead of the second.

I think the HSU match up with HPU Saturday will be closer than people expect.  While we beat them twice, HSU seems to be much more consistent than we are, and HPU could underestimate them after last night's win against the LIB.

[BBenthusiast]

HPU will not underestimate HSU.  They will be ready!

[dballa]

Nobody has reported anything today??

HPU 67 HSU 51 FINAL.  Stacey Blalock had a career day with 28 pts.  HPU went to the rim hard a lot and caused a lot of HSU fouls, even though a few HSU fans weren't pleased with the calls.

I just want to know from some HSU fans, do the same people that were yelling tonight yell like that at all the games?  At a point it should be embarassing for them. 

[Rob Don]

Good Win for the HPU tonight.  But basically we are all waiting for the tourney!  Its nice to have great teams in the conference, but I must admit that it makes me put very little emphasis on the regular season.

nonetheless...Good W's this weekend...keep it up ladies!!!

[mcmfan]

I seem to have been right about my first comment, but wrong on the second.  The LIB started out cold against Sul Ross, and were actually behind at the half.  Then, they finally caught fire and won it in the second half.  Why can't they play like that second half (or the one against HPU) all the time?  We seem to have a team that only steps up to the level of play they are capable of under pressure.  It must drive Coach Snow bonkers.

[jmnaseum]

why not give HPU or SRSU credit for first half play?

[fanstand]

For us to have lost to HPU by 12 after shooting 11% in the first half, we are OK.  We are not beating people up by 30 and 40 points every game. I don't think Coach Snow has that kind of killer instinct.  She is looking at different combinations, and playing to win not massacre the masses.  But when it comes to crunch time, she gets the players in that are playing the best, and that's why we keep winning.  HPU is good, especially at home.  Give credit, the floor is nice, but the buckets are hard to come by there. Why?  I don't know, they may have a tougher time at our house.  I saw the game on Saturday, Sul Ross played a great first half, but they just couldn't hang the second half.  We stepped it up and took charge of the game.  I don't care if we win by 1, as long as we get the W. 

[Ralph Turner]

How about the facilities and the TP?   

Coach Kielsmeier is on Hoopsville in the second hour.  You can find the mp3 in the blog on the front page.

It was good to hear you, Coach K.

[fanstand]

Ralph the only thing different is the floor and the scoreboard.  The scoreboard is nice, at least you can see and hear the shot clock, now. Didn't even check on tp while I was there......dballa, can you only hear the opposing fans?  Your fans are awful, the things they say to the opposing benches, borderlines obscene.  They aren't yelling positive things to your team, they are degrading the other team, they sit in areas designated for visiting teams and are rude.  We all have fans that are an embarrasment, especially when you are winning, it seems to bring out the worst.  We have them at McM and I have seen them at HSU, and I have seen them at your house.  I have been loud and obnoxious, but never degrading or vulgar.  I don't care if they are young, football players or whatever, I don't want to hear obscenities.

[dballa]

Sorry the only time I hear our fans is when the place is going crazy.  I'm sure some of the students have said negative things that they shouldn't have.  You don't want to hear obscenities at the game and I don't either.  I don't want to hear opposing fans such as the HSU fans crying the whole game about the officials.  One guy even kept saying I can see why you're #2 in the nation, pretty much saying the officials gave HPU that ranking. 

Thats all I heard that whole game were the HSU fans right behind us.  I don't remember anything like that at the McMurry game.  I think more so I heard McMurry fans getting onto their own players for missing so many easy layups and shots in the first half.

[fanstand]

Your #2 because your team is undefeated, not rocket science working here. In all the years I have followed these teams, the HSU fans have never thought their team EVER fouled.  We all have the annoying fans. I was disappointed in the numbers at the HPU/McM game.  We didn't have as many fans as I thought we would.  But the atmosphere was good.  We didn't have much to cheer about the first half.  Maybe this week....ya know the undefeated season is hard to come by...........ask the Pats!!

[dballa]

I'll definitely be there in Abilene on Thursday.  It should be fun.  I hope the place is packed.  I don't expect anybody to have a 24 pt lead in that game.  It should be tight the whole game and just like the last two years in Abilene it may come down to a buzzer beater.

[Ralph Turner]

The motto for NCAA Division III is...

Be loud, be proud, be positive!

If the football players are getting out of hand, then the football coaches need to step in.

(Usually they do.)

[fanstand]

I shouldn't pick on football players, I don't know who they are really. Just some big ole' boys.