Bumblin' B's

smedindy · February 03, 2006, 09:37:22 AM

I think I said that too - it's just insane.

njlincolnlion · February 03, 2006, 12:21:14 PM

The specifics on the Lincoln/Delaware Valley game:

Sami Wylie hit thirteen treys for 39 points (all his points).
Kyle Myrick finished with 37 pts. & 20 assists.
Tyreek Byard had 18 pts. & 8 boards.
Darryl White had 14 pts., 12 boards, and 4 blocked shots.

The next game for Lincoln is at home aganist Richard Stockton

Ralph Turner · February 03, 2006, 12:31:33 PM

Knoxville 88, Fisk 82.

Knoxville, an HBCU, belongs in the "other" category. I don't find them under NCAA, NCCAA or USCAA.

If Fisk were to lose one more game, this might be the most "palatable".

wilburt · February 03, 2006, 12:52:41 PM

It's just the same ole pattern Ralph. After a big win, Fisk comes out flat the next day and loses. It has happened in years past after those 2 big wins against Tennessee State. Now it has happened twice this year, first after beating Randy-Mac and now after beating Murvul. This is one of the most unpredictable Fisk teams in recent years. I have never seen a team with soooo much talent lack soooo much consistency from one game to the next!

I'm almost scared to see what my Bulldogs will do if and when they get a Pool B bid. They could just as easily lose in the first round and as they could get to the Final Four. Go figure?

Pat Coleman · February 03, 2006, 01:08:03 PM

With all the games on back-to-back nights in the NCAA Tournament (save five first-round games) a team like Fisk could struggle.

A team like Lincoln could excel.

Lincoln/Richard Stockton will be carried on D3hoopsNet on Monday, by the way.

njlincolnlion · February 03, 2006, 02:47:13 PM

Pat:

Thanks for the info that Richard Stockton vs. Lincoln will be carried on D3hoopsnet on Monday. I heard that one of Stockton's key player is ineligible this semester, and will not play aganist Lincoln this time.

As it was mentioned earlier in the season, Lincoln had a tough road schedule, with a lot of tournament games. Lincoln won all of the tournaments except for the Randolph-Macon. I agree that emerging from the schedule Lincoln had should help them in the post season.

Wilburt:

Good luck to the Bulldogs during the remainder of the season.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · February 03, 2006, 02:53:32 PM

Thirteen threes? Twenty assists? You posted that like it was no big deal; that's huge. Two guys scored 37 or more in one game? And I just checked Myrick has 1448 points in 51 games. That's quite a feat.

And knoxville isn't d3, so Fisk doesn't lose anything in the B race; I forgot to check on that.

Lincoln seems to be getting it together. I'll be interested to see what they can do against Stockton.

njlincolnlion · February 03, 2006, 08:22:46 PM

Hoops Fan:

Smai Wylie's 13 treys and Kyle Myrick's 20 assists are Lincoln records. I believe Myrick may have been about six assists short of a d3 record, and Wylie may have also been close to a d3 record also. I was trying to be modest in my previous posts about their performance.

I'm hoping that Stockton's loss of a starter for the second semester and Lincoln's addition of the two transfers coupled with playing at home will bode well for the Lions. As I previously mentioned, Lincoln came back from a 19 point deficit with about 6 minutes left and beat Stockton at the Elizabethtown College tournament early in the season. I hope the Lions get off to a great start and keeps the "hammer" on the Ospreys for the entire game.

njlincolnlion · February 03, 2006, 10:24:47 PM

Wow!!!.....I just found out the inelgible Stockton player is Kris Polk, their starting guard and second leading scorer behind Tobias Smith.

David Collinge · February 03, 2006, 11:16:54 PM

Am I correct in my belief that Lincoln and Fisk are both HBCUs, and that they are the only HBCUs in D3? (I confess that that I know nothing of Lincoln; Fisk I grew quite familiar with when I lived in Nashville. It's a very impressive school.)

Ralph Turner · February 04, 2006, 12:16:29 AM

Quote from: David Collinge on February 03, 2006, 11:16:54 PM
Am I correct in my belief that Lincoln and Fisk are both HBCUs, and that they are the only HBCUs in D3? (I confess that that I know nothing of Lincoln; Fisk I grew quite familiar with when I lived in Nashville. It's a very impressive school.)

Rust College in Holly Springs MS, about 40 miles southeast of Memphis TN, is the third HBCU in D3. Rust is too far west for the GSAC, too far east and north for the ASC-East and too far south for the SLIAC. Proverbially, they are in the middle of "D3-nowhere".

Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, AL moved to D2 about 3 years ago to take advantage of natural rivalries, especially football.

There are a large number of HBCU D2's, D-IAA's and NAIA's in the South. Rust must have a very secure concept of D3 to continue as an indepedent.

David Collinge · February 04, 2006, 12:32:39 AM

Oh yes. I've even been to Rust a few times. I forget that they're D3, probably because they're independent.

Knightstalker · February 04, 2006, 12:54:06 AM

Quote from: njlincolnlion on February 03, 2006, 10:24:47 PM
Wow!!!.....I just found out the inelgible Stockton player is Kris Polk, their starting guard and second leading scorer behind Tobias Smith.

And they have been hot since returning from the semester break.

Coach C · February 04, 2006, 08:30:47 AM

The Sotckton - Lincoln game should be an interesting battle of tempo, as the Lions try to run it up and down and Stockton likes the half court game.

C

Gregory Sager · February 04, 2006, 12:57:43 PM

Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 02, 2006, 09:44:39 AMI know you can't hold distance against an isolated team, but Lincoln, Nebraska is not exactly far from the Iowa schools, etc.

NebWes is at least a 3 1/2 hour drive from any of the closest IIAC schools (Buena Vista and Simpson). That's chicken feed if you're an ASC team (where "bus ride" and "marathon" usually belong in the same sentence), but it isn't close by anybody else's standards in D3.

NebWes does what it can in a difficult situation that, frankly, makes me wonder sometimes why they even bother to stay D3 rather than just throw up their hands and go NAIA like the rest of their league. They've made a concerted effort to overcome their geographical isolation and tried to play as many D3 West Region games as possible. However, their league (the GPAC) has expanded a lot in recent years, and now consists of 13 schools. The GPAC plays an 18-game conference schedule, which is no big deal for the NAIA members, given their longer season. But it's a big deal for NebWes, because D3's 25-game regular season limit means that they only get seven non-con openings to fill with D3 opponents. Give credit to NebWes, because every one of those seven openings in the sked has been filled with a D3 West Region opponent.

I've read that their longtime rival Doane is exploring the possibility of moving from NAIA to NCAA D3, which would be a welcome break for NebWes. It'd mean two more in-region games per season if Doane actually took the plunge and waited out their provisional period, if nothing else.