MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

retired52 · September 16, 2005, 03:35:45 PM

Well, you farts are starting to make me feel old.... I am having a little girl in January, aqnd found a grey hair in my head this morning....

Whats the scoop?

Congrats to Chris hill... Trinity University's new Assistant Coach. Hill played at Trinity when I was there a few years back and brings passion and energy and will be a good compliment to Coach Cunningham.... dont know if mason and drew are still going to be there.....

Anyhow, lets start talking smack..... Who is gonna get second place this year behind Trinity???

warriorfan · September 18, 2005, 11:47:24 AM

Too bad this bad boy doesn't play music-----cause the theme song to The Jefferson's would be playing. "Movin' on up, to the top...." Let's go Warriors!!!

carlweathers · September 18, 2005, 04:09:18 PM

Optimism out of the Hendrix camp. That is good to see. It will be interesting to see if there is enough talent there this year to compete in the league and qualify for the conference tournament. I wonder if they may still struggle to make the tourney? The battle to make the conference tourney will be tight because outside of Hendrix there is nobody that would appear to be an obvious 9th place team.

Brutus is having a baby?

warriorfan · September 18, 2005, 05:25:12 PM

We did lose a lot of games last year but we were a scrappy bunch! You have to admit, our record was much better than the previous year. We're movin on up.....

carlweathers · September 19, 2005, 06:50:25 AM

There is no doubt that Hendrix was improved and will continue to improve this year. But, they were still 4 games behind the 9th place team and 5 behind the last tournament spot. That is a lot of ground to make up considering those teams at the bottom will probably only get better. My point is that while Hendrix is headed in the right direction and will win more games than last year, they still may not be ready to "move on up" in the standings.

warriorfan · September 19, 2005, 06:28:39 PM

As long as we are moving in the right direction, I'm satisfied. That first year was horrible. It was hard to go from a high school that won the state championship and to be MVP and then go on to a college team that didn't win a single game during the freshman year. Like I said, as long as we have a better year than the previous one, we are ok in my book.

Rose Basketball · September 28, 2005, 01:39:08 AM

I know open gym has started for most teams in preperation of the upcoming season. Any early thoughts or comments on how each team is looking?

Any injuries or news to report?

Let's get this forum jumping. The season's almost here!

carlweathers · September 28, 2005, 11:31:14 AM

Apparently the SCAC is putting together 15th anniversary teams for all sports. The cross country team just came out so we can assume basketball will be coming out during the winter. Not sure what the format will be i.e. top 5, 10, or 15 players or whether it will be first team, second team, etc.

Who are we going to see on the team? The first two players that come to mind are Ryan Harrigan (Sewanee) and Bryan Egli (Rose-Hulman). Those guys have to be locks. Egli only played one season in the SCAC but I still have him as a lock.

Who else?

Rose Basketball · September 29, 2005, 12:24:59 AM

Quote from: carlweathers on September 28, 2005, 11:31:14 AM
Apparently the SCAC is putting together 15th anniversary teams for all sports. The cross country team just came out so we can assume basketball will be coming out during the winter. Not sure what the format will be i.e. top 5, 10, or 15 players or whether it will be first team, second team, etc.

Who are we going to see on the team? The first two players that come to mind are Ryan Harrigan (Sewanee) and Bryan Egli (Rose-Hulman). Those guys have to be locks. Egli only played one season in the SCAC but I still have him as a lock.

Who else?

In my opinion, a lock on the club has to be.......

Russ Churchwell, Ogelthorpe

1,894 Career Points
894 Career Rebounds

All-Time Leader in both categories

warriorfan · October 02, 2005, 09:54:01 AM

Just saw where Rhodes is going to play an exhibition with Arkansas State University. Hendrix is playing theirs with Louisiana Monroe. What other d3 vs d1 games are going on with the SCAC?

scaccommish · October 05, 2005, 01:10:13 PM

Carl,
Yes, we are doing 15th anniversary teams for basketball as well...I imagine will be released sometime in November/December.

Team will be composed of 4 guards, 4 forwards, 2 center/posts, and then the next two highest vote getters that didn't make the top 10 - any position - for a total of 12 players on the team.

The one requirement for consideration on the team is two years as an all-conference honoree - so unfortunately, Egli isn't eligible.

carlweathers · October 05, 2005, 02:25:42 PM

Who will be voting?

Seems crazy to have the two years as an all-conference honoree stipulation, at least in the case of Egli. He probably had the single most impressive season in SCAC history and his team won the conference by 3 games.

scaccommish · October 05, 2005, 06:38:54 PM

Carl,
Current coaches, ADs and SIDs from each school make up the voting pool. I agree - Egli was a very good player, but the two-year rule was put in for every sport, not just basketball.

This is a huge undertaking and in lieu of going through another step and asking for nominations from each school, putting in the 2-year all-SCAC rule helps to keep the list of potential honorees more managable for those voting.

Right or wrong, we also use a 2-year minimum for placement in the SCAC Record Book as for any career marks.

consultant · October 10, 2005, 10:16:04 PM

Not much word out of the Millsaps' basketball camp.
I'll be down in Jackson this weekend and will visit with Coach Wise. The Majors are apparently doing a Midnight Madness deal on Friday night.

I do know that the Majors are still very young. Last year's team was comprised of just Juniors and Freshmen. This year's squad will have Freshmen, Sophomores, and Seniors.

I haven't seen a roster yet, but the Majors have to get some size. They play up tempo defense, and they can beat you when they are hot from the perimeter.....but they have had no inside presence in two years.

With regard to All SCAC picks from Millsaps, I would submit Daniel Waguespack (class of 2002), Thomas Adams (class of 2003), John Garber (class of 1997), and Philip Robinson (class of 1995).

frank_ezelle · October 20, 2005, 04:20:53 PM

I was at the Millsaps Midnight Madness and I don't know if you can tell too much from a 40 minute intrasquad game. Virtually everyone is back from last year since there were no seniors on the 2004-05 team. The three players that didn't return were the three who played the most at the post position but it looks like they have been replaced with a solid crew of big men. It was hard to get a read on the new players during the scrimmage. I think Millsaps is going to scrimmage Mississippi College next week and that will be far more revealing.

Millsaps will be loaded up at the guard position--same cast as last year, just with an extra year of experience and a few newcomers to provide even more depth. I'm guessing that pressing, running the court and 3-point shots will all play heavily in this year's game plan.

My impression is that this year's team will be much improved over last year's team since it is basically the same team with a year's worth of experience and maybe a surprise or two from the new players. I think they have a lot of similarities to the Millsaps teams from 1995 and 2001. Both of those teams won the league championship after struggling through a losing season the previous year with talented but inexperienced players. We'll know in a few months if this group of players can do the same.

For those who are interested, here's a link to a Millsaps sports photo website and you can find photos from the Midnight Madness under the Men's Basketball team:

http://photobucket.com/albums/v283/Millsaps_Majors/