WBB: American Southwest Conference

[WWWRHH]

I agree with you fanstand that HPU is beatable, but that was one of HPU's worse games of the season.

Is this never because of the opponent? Can't the opponent cause a team to have an off night?

This is beginning to be one of my message board pet peeves.

An MIAA and Hope fan "lurker" here.  I am going to make a comment here because I think we Hope fans find ourselves in similar circumstances.

Pat has touched on a problem fans of strong teams run into.  We expect perfection from the opening tip off and forget that the opponents are up for the game because an upset could turn their year around.  Do our expectations place too much pressure on "our" team?

Last night, Hope (which like HPU is undefeated) won by almost thirty and had double the opponent's rebounds, but there was a comment about the team not showing up for the first half of games.  We forget that the opponents have designed a game plan to try to counter the Dutch's strengths.

When the team win's big, we forget is that it is not fun watching your team get soundly defeated after they have left everything on the court.  If their behavior is a little less gracious than what we think it should be let's give them the benefit of the doubt - even though it is not always easy to do.

In the heat of the battle, I also find it is too easy to forget the principals that our schools, by their affliation, represent.

Good Luck HPU.  Maybe we will see each other in March and then we will see how clouded my impassioned judgement is 

[mcmfan]

I carefully watched McM Assistant Coach D after today's game with Sul Ross to witness her alleged lack of sportsmanship.  She did not join the team in shaking hands with the SR players, as did Coach S, but turned, matter-of-factly, to pick up the towels on the players' seats.  What may have looked like bad sportsmanship after a tough loss at HPU is simply a classy Christian lady doing her job.  She has the inscription "Miracles happen to those who believe" on her office door, and everyone here respects her highly.

[McM93]

Let it go already!!!!

[fanstand]

Thank you McMfan.  Where or where is the conference tourney gonna be? Its a tight race in the east.......I really would rather not have to drive to Louisana or Mississippi, but we won't know until the end I guess. 

[Ralph Turner]

In the West, UMHB has the tie-breaker over CUA by virtue of sweeping the series 2-0.  They currently play identical foes in the remaining 4 games, HPU/SRSU on the road and McM/HSU at home in the last week of the season.

In the East, UT-Tyler has a one game lead over LaCollege and a two-game lead over MissColl.

UT-Tyler plays at LeTU and hosts ETBU this week.  In the last week, they go to LaCollege and to Miss College.  Currently LaCollege has the edge with an 11-point win over UT-Tyler.  (10 points is the most that the tie-breaker acknowledges.)

LaCollege hosts Miss College on Tuesday, goes to UOzarks on Saturday and then hosts UT-Tyler and UT-Dallas the next weekend.  LaCollege can host the tourney by winning out.

Miss College is 2-games behind UT-Tyler and badly needs some help, but they can help themselves by beating LaCollege in Pineville on Tuesday, beating UOzarks in Clarksville on Thursday and then beating UT-Dallas and UT-Tyler the next weekend.

Let's see the results of the "really big game" in Pineville on Tuesday night, before going further with the analysis of possibilities.

[Rob Don]

Wow there is so much anger on here!  Reminds me of the days arguing w/ "In the Paint" about Coack K's snicker bar meals. ha ha  though id say we both took each others comments with a smirk (even though i was ALWAYS right  ) ... i think everyone should sit back, relax, listen to some Beatles records, and remember...

ITS ALMOST TOURNEY TIME!!!   

[mcmfan]

Who's angry?

[Sioux]

I heard that 2 players at TLU quit during the game on Sat. and later the coach did the same thing. Anybody else hear about this? As a program what do you do now? The coach is already gone and is that what you get for keeping a lame duck coach around until the end of the season?

[#1wildcatfan]

Congratulations to the Lady Cats on their win on Saturday!! They played without 2 of their starters. They are going to be dressed tonight for the MC game but in backup roles. This game is always good at LC. If we win we should be 1/2 game back of Tyler for first place. Good luck tonight Lady Cats!!

[dballa]

I heard that 2 players at TLU quit during the game on Sat. and later the coach did the same thing. Anybody else hear about this? As a program what do you do now? The coach is already gone and is that what you get for keeping a lame duck coach around until the end of the season?

That's sad to hear if it's true.  They were up by 2 at the half of that UMHB game.  They need a coach in there who cares about that program and wants to build it up.  If they don't get that soon, we could see them dropping women's basketball at TLU.

[Ralph Turner]

I heard that 2 players at TLU quit during the game on Sat. and later the coach did the same thing. Anybody else hear about this? As a program what do you do now? The coach is already gone and is that what you get for keeping a lame duck coach around until the end of the season?

That's sad to hear if it's true.  They were up by 2 at the half of that UMHB game.  They need a coach in there who cares about that program and wants to build it up.  If they don't get that soon, we could see them dropping women's basketball at TLU.

The problem with "dropping" basketball at TLU is that the NCAA requires one sport in each season.  That means that TLU would need to commit to keeping Indoor Track and Field as their winter season sport!

I don't think that TLU can afford to drop basketball.  TLU does not offer swimming.  The ASC does not have a championship for indoor track and field.

[dballa]

I don't think NCAA guidelines will come in to play if you can't put 5 players on the court.   Hopefully the rest of the team will stick around and they'll bring in a coach that will want to build up the program and not bail in the middle of a tough season.

[Ralph Turner]

I don't think NCAA guidelines will come in to play if you can't put 5 players on the court.   Hopefully the rest of the team will stick around and they'll bring in a coach that will want to build up the program and not bail in the middle of a tough season.

Quite the contrary, I am trying to emphasize how critical it is for TLU to field a women's basketball team!  If TLU doesn't meet the basic requirement for membership in the NCAA, then they are out! 

[dballa]

Sorry I was apparently "harassing" a customer on the phone who owes us money when I read yours and wrote that.  Must have been a McMurry graduate since I'm good at harassing you guys.

You're right the entire athletic program would feel the impact.  I guess if they did leave that would give Ozarks a new travel partner if the conference was adjusted.

Of course all this talk is just talk, since they still have enough players to have a team now and all of those players still have more than one year of eligibility left.

[dballa]

Oh and by the way, congrats to the Lady Jackets on a sweep in Abilene and keeping the perfect season alive.  Also congrats to Meia Daniels for being this weeks ASC West player of the week.  Stacey Blalock and Kim Hoffman had a great weekend as well tearing up HSU's posts.