MBB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[dc_has_been]

I'm drinking now!

[GRIZ_BACKER]

FC lives to play another day and in another HCAC final.  Third time is the charm.  we just might head to Lexington tomorrow night.  Hat's off to the yellowjackets.  They are a solid team and had a great year.

[dc_has_been]

I obviously didn't end up calling Vegas & turns out I saved some money!  Good luck to both teams tomorrow & all the best to DC seniors.

[sac]

Shhhh........I'm fishing for Sagers.






So it appears in the HCAC it was difficult to beat a team 3 times in one season.

Defiance 80 Franklin 65
Defiance 92 Franklin 89
Franklin 73 Defiance 67

[GRIZ_BACKER]

The only win that matters now.  Defiance is not real deep but the two go-to guys they have are really good.  Pettaway is 6"9" 255 with a soft touch around the basket and can take his game out to the perimeter to distribute the ball.

When Defiance has it on all cylinders they are hard to beat.

I wasnt' at the game but it appears that FC clamped down better on defense and did some rebounding.  Last week Defiance killed them on the boards and took away the three point opportunities.

In tonight's game everybody knows what each team will bring.  Transy does a nice job of being able to penetrate in the lane with their guards and be able to dish back out for the three.  They are well coached and have several upper classmen.  They are very tough to beat down there

FC brings a similar type game but runs the floor a little more.  Neither team is real big underneath.  Should be a good game.  Either team cold win this one but the edge has to go to Transy.  They are home and they got popped pretty good up at FC a couple weeks ago.

[cave2bens]

There's an old adage among fishing guides up in Alaska when dealing with bears - if a potential conflict is inevitable, and if the pursued has a lead, he'd best make sure to maintain it until safe harbor or have adequate firepower to slow the charge.  Falling down and feigning death is not a good option with Grizzlies.   8)

A -8 in second chance points, a -10 surrendered due to turnovers, a 2:1 turnover to assist ratio, and 0-5 from the field and 3-6 from charity during the last 4:00 made tourney survival an improbability under the best of circumstances.  Like Has_Been, time for a beer and stowing the Kool-aid until next season.

Congratulations to Franklin!  The Griz obviously picked up some valuable insight from last weekend and did a beautiful job on the boards and closing the deal this time around.  Here's to a good finale.

[tu-fan]

Congrats to the Pioneers of Transy. Regular season and Conference Champs of the HCAC...now lets move on.

Darryl,

d3hoops projections would send conference winner Transy to the Centre College bracket. Do the Pioneers not have a case to host?
Resume
21-5 Overall
18-3 in the Midwest
Key DIII wins: Bridgewater St (N) (MASCAC Champions), @ Center College (in finals of SCAC Champ), Maryville TN (GSAC Champions), Thomas More (PAC champions).

Key DII Losses: @Bluffton (2), @ Hanover (2), @ Franklin (12), neutral Wisconson Superior (17).

They will have wins over 4 conference tournament champions- 3 of which won regular season titles. No home losses.

Not bad....

[GRIZ_BACKER]

Good game last eve.  We made the trip down (crappy weather, ended up staying in Frankfort on way back due to black ice on I-64)

FC hung tough and had chances to win the game, but Transy made some great shots when they absolutely had to have them.  Great atmosphere.  Game played at championship level by both teams, game decided by the players (officials called a decent consistent game). 

Enjoyable game to watch regardless of the outcome.

Good luck to the Pioneers the rest of the way. 

FC will be back.  Very solid group of freshman that received losts of playing time.  Prather will recruit some more unknown gems from the hills of southern Indiana like he always does.

[Darryl Nester]

tu fan-- you lay out a good case, but I don't know enough about the details of how those decisions are made to say anything about how the hosting assignments will be made.

[sac]

tu fan-- you lay out a good case, but I don't know enough about the details of how those decisions are made to say anything about how the hosting assignments will be made.

Based on past history you need to be among the top 2 teams in your region to have a chance at hosting.  Thats not always the case as geography and jiggered seedings sometime foul things up.  I think Transy was #4 in the Midwest thats just outside the mark, however geography works in Transy's favor, there may be a need for a central hosting site and Lexington could be just the place.

Keep in mind only 16 schools will host a game Saturday afternoon, and only 4 on Thursday.  Its pretty tough to get a hosting gig these days.

[larry_u]

Someone want to post Trany's profile here:

http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=6299.0

[tu-fan]

Transy will represent the HCAC at Center College in Danville, KY. I can't help but think the Pioneers were dissapointed when they saw they didn't have the opportunity to host. However, Transy must be pleased with the site of competition even though they didn't host. Transy is 3-1 under Lane at Center College. The Pioneers have already beaten Center on their home court (which the NCAA will have a difficult time justifying) and are getting great play from its upperclassman. Guilford will be a very difficult game as it looks like they have a strong inside presence-happy to see its not as "strong"  as last year as Ben Strong- NCAA Player of the Year -has graduated from last year's team

[sac]

Not to be a pain but its Centre College.

[tu-fan]

I stand corrected- it is Centre College indeed

[Darryl Nester]

Not to be a pain but its Centre College.

Not to be a pain but it's "it's" 

(Sorry, I couldn't resist.)