MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Pat Coleman]

It's against my nature to post score upadates on the message board when we have a Scoreboard page set up for that purpose.

http://www.d3hoops.com/schedule.php?date=2007-01-20&team=mens

[Ralph Turner]

It's against my nature to post score upadates on the message board when we have a Scoreboard page set up for that purpose.

http://www.d3hoops.com/schedule.php?date=2007-01-20&team=mens

Pat, I hope you will indulge me in my posting in-game updates on the games that I am following closely.

The way that I use the scoreboard is to follow that socres that are featured, and then to select a game that may be "webcasted" or "Live-Statted".  If there is a discussion of the game that I am following, while I am following other games, then I "watch" 2 games at once.

As an analogy, I view the scoreboard function as I do the "crawl" across the bottom of the screen.  I encourage the SID's to post to the scoreboard, as they would to the "crawl" across ESPN.  I view the message board as the guys/fans at one table in the sports bar talking about the game on one screen, while the guys/fans at the other table are talking about the game on the other screen.

I see them as complementary.  I see the score on the scoreboard as more authoritative than my posts on the message board.

I hope that that becomes the way that we fans develop the use of the tools available to us.

[Pat Coleman]

It's against my nature to post score upadates on the message board when we have a Scoreboard page set up for that purpose.

http://www.d3hoops.com/schedule.php?date=2007-01-20&team=mens

Pat, I hope you will indulge me in my posting in-game updates on the games that I am following closely.

The way that I use the scoreboard is to follow that socres that are featured, and then to select a game that may be "webcasted" or "Live-Statted".  If there is a discussion of the game that I am following, while I am following other games, then I "watch" 2 games at once.

As an analogy, I view the scoreboard function as I do the "crawl" across the bottom of the screen.  I encourage the SID's to post to the scoreboard, as they would to the "crawl" across ESPN.  I view the message board as the guys/fans at one table in the sports bar talking about the game on one screen, while the guys/fans at the other table are talking about the game on the other screen.

I see them as complementary.  I see the score on the scoreboard as more authoritative than my posts on the message board.

I hope that that becomes the way that we fans develop the use of the tools available to us.

Oh, no doubt -- just don't expect me to post scores to a board when I have access to the Scoreboard.

Just like I would hope an SID doesn't post in-game updated to the message board when the Scoreboard is at their disposal.

[frank_ezelle]

I agree with you Ralph that I hate the 2 pages of updates.  In this case I was just trying to find out if anyone else could get to the Hendrix website or was it a problem at my end.  The livestats started up with about 4 minutes to go in the half and it looks like they have the problem fixed.  

It appears to be halftime with Millsaps up 42-37 and now I'm off to a friend's house to watch the Saints.

[frank_ezelle]

Millsaps, DePauw and Centre finish the first half tied for first with a 6-1 SCAC record.  Centre has a 10-game winning streak, DePauw has a 6-game winning streak, and Millsaps has won their last 5 SCAC games and 7 of their last 8 games.

Millsaps hosts Centre this Friday and DePauw on Sunday.  Millsaps does not play at Centre or DePauw this year so the games have the added value of giving the head-to-head advantage to the winning teams.

[FlightofthePetrel]

The Oglethorpe Mens team lost a close one to Murvull College tonight in non conference action.  What looked like a blowout from the beginning (Murvull scoring the first 19 points) ended up being a nailbighter and came down to Murvull's good free throw shooting at the end. 

Final Score      Murvull  84   Oglethorpe  80

Dickinson 23 pts  11 reb.        (coach is finally playing him more)

[Dirty_South]

flightofthepetrel...

Was it it dickison playing more or was it dickison actually playing harder?? 6 minutes is more time but is really that more time? C'mon...If you have seen him play at all this year you would realize that he not playing hard at all, he wasn't moving without the ball, wasn't shooting when did have the ball and his defense has been a let down from years past. For 3 years he has been the guts of the Petrels while Churchwell among others got all the glory. He seems to forgotten what made him an All-SCAC performer...

This team needs him to step up and be a leader...bottom line.

[FlightofthePetrel]

0 against Depauw   19 against Millsaps   6 against Rhodes   24 against Lagrange  25 against Sewanee and finally 31 against Maryville.  Those are not his point totals  those are his minutes playing in the last 6 games- and no he wasn't hurt.    Before these 6 games he's averaging 34.7 minutes per game.  That's what I meant by coach is finally playing more.

I agree with you that for a stretch this year he wasn't playing with the same intensity as the past, but he was still putting 17 points a game while shooting good percentages.  I think the Maryville game was the best he played all year- and will hopefully be the change he needed.    I expect the trio of Tulowitzky, Dickinson, and Shaheed to have a big weekend and leave Texas with a sweep for the first time in....who knows?  Just my thoughts- and I don't know much.

[frank_ezelle]

The 19 minutes against Millsaps produced a stat line of 1 shot, 2 points, 1 rebound, 2 turnovers and 4 fouls.  Maybe there has been some sort of injury or maybe the playing time dropped for other reasons.  My guess is that Coach Ponder has a fairly good grip on the situation and that he is dealing out playing time in a way that is in the best interest of the team and the players.

On to other things, this is a really big weekend for positioning in the SCAC.  Millsaps, Centre and DePauw are going to sort things out at the top with some head to head games.  OU, Sewanee, Southwestern and Trinity are matched up this weekend and they are tightly bunched in the middle to start the second half of the season.  It should be a very interesting weekend with a lot of games that come down to the last few minutes or last few seconds.

[consultant]

No word on stats but Millsaps knocked off Centre tonight in Jackson.  DePauw defeated Rhodes, so we'll have a big game on Sunday between the Majors and Tigers for sole possession of first place in the SCAC.  I'm sure it will be a good one.

[frank_ezelle]

I wrote a fairly complete post on the Millsaps-Centre game but the D3 server went down and the post was lost.  To sum it all up, Millsaps played well on both ends of the court for 40 minutes in front of a great home crowd.  Edrick Montgomery led the way with a double-double and you can see all the stats on the SCAC website (http://www.scac-online.org/).  You can read the Millsaps story on the game at http://www.millsaps.edu/athletic/basketball-m/012607release.shtml .

[JJFlash]

I saw the Trinity - Sewanee game last night.  It was a nice win for Trinity as it appears the young team is beginning to come together.  Trinity jumped out to an early lead in the first half playing the normal tough defense and some of the best offense I've seen from them this year.  They were up 16 at the half.

They came out and built the lead to 20 with a nice stretch right after the break.  To Sewanee's credit, they started chipping away at the lead and got it down to 7 a couple of times.  What I was glad to see was that Trinity's young players kept their composure and were able to keep Sewanee at bay.  It was team effort in that the Trinity roatation still includes 10 players seeing real minutes with 2 others seeing the floor a bit with the game still very much in doubt.

[Ralph Turner]

Millsaps 48, DPU32, at the half!   

[DPU3619]

DPU 76
Millsaps 74

Caught a good portion of the second half on WGRE.  Gotta say that was one impressive comeback by Coach Fen's fellas.  DPU was down by as many as 21,  but played absolutely lights out after the half.

I'd say that's a mark of an awfully good ball club.  Coach Fenlon has put together a great group of guys and he's got them playing well. 

[FlightofthePetrel]

I caught the second half of the Depauw v. Millsaps game and that was and incredible comeback.  It sounded like it took a career game for Oilar who rattled of 3 or 4 three's in the second half.  Great game by the top two teams in the conference.

I'd also like to congratulate Oglethorpe on sweeping Tinity and Southwestern this weekend for what I think might be not only the first sweep of the Texas schools but also the first win's in Texas ever?  Granted Trinity and Southwestern are down this year great wins for the Petrels as they have now won their last 4 conference game to rebound from an 0-4 start.