MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[brave heart]

Honestly it seemed lighter in there,but I looked around and there are no new lights. The floor is a much lighter color and contrasts with the wood on the ceiling so in that regard it is better. The sound is bad when you try to understand the PA.Hendrix is nicer ,but I can see moving it around. I would like to see Rhoads get it as there is a lot more to do in Memphis than Jackson or Conway.

[Patriot_Pride]

It's a real shame that the tournament is in Jackson this year.  It appears Millsaps is being rewarded for having arguably the worst facility in the conference.
Unfortunately for the Warriors, it probably doesn't matter!!!

You are 100% accurate about Millsaps' basketball facility. Hands down the worst in the conference. I'm shocked they're hosting. Shocked. It's also a very, very good chance neither the men or women will make the SCAC Tournament which is pretty embarassing.

And to answer the comments about the lighting, it's just the lighter floor that brightens it up. There are absolutely no new lights. That place has been the same since the 1940's. It's time for a change, it's 2010.

[hendrixfan]

It's a real shame that the tournament is in Jackson this year.  It appears Millsaps is being rewarded for having arguably the worst facility in the conference.
Unfortunately for the Warriors, it probably doesn't matter!!!

You are 100% accurate about Millsaps' basketball facility. Hands down the worst in the conference. I'm shocked they're hosting. Shocked. It's also a very, very good chance neither the men or women will make the SCAC Tournament which is pretty embarassing.

And to answer the comments about the lighting, it's just the lighter floor that brightens it up. There are absolutely no new lights. That place has been the same since the 1940's. It's time for a change, it's 2010.

Glad to see you agree.  I think Jackson is a cool enough place, and the Millsaps campus is really nice.  From what I saw, the rest of the facilities are first-class.  Definitely nothing personal, I just have never enjoyed a trip to the Hanger Dome.

[pbrooks3]

It's a real shame that the tournament is in Jackson this year.  It appears Millsaps is being rewarded for having arguably the worst facility in the conference.
Unfortunately for the Warriors, it probably doesn't matter!!!

You are 100% accurate about Millsaps' basketball facility. Hands down the worst in the conference. I'm shocked they're hosting. Shocked. It's also a very, very good chance neither the men or women will make the SCAC Tournament which is pretty embarassing.

And to answer the comments about the lighting, it's just the lighter floor that brightens it up. There are absolutely no new lights. That place has been the same since the 1940's. It's time for a change, it's 2010.

I am not certain I would write off the Majors on men's side from the SCAC tournament at Millsaps this year.  You've got five more home games against SCAC opponents and I think it's likely Millsaps wins 3 or 4 of those.  The road game at Rhodes Friday night is also a possible win.  I think Millsaps can beat out Trinity for the 4th spot.

One other question - how many years is the deal in force for Millsaps to host in the Hanger Dome?  Just this year or does it go one more?  Several had suggested this would have been the ideal year to have allowed BSC to host, especially since they can't play in the post-season until the 2010-11 season.  It would have been something akin to the SEC playing their league tournament in Atlanta.

One thing about discussing the tournament venue is it may drum up enough curiosity among SCAC fans that they may just decide they need to come to Jackson to experience the Hanger Dome.  It is clearly a unique place - no one can argue that point!

[Patriot_Pride]

From what I've heard, Millsaps is only hosting this year's tournament.

And the only thing you'll need to "experience" at the Hangar Dome is the scoreboard going out in the middle of the game and/or the shot clock. I've been a spectator for many years, and I can't remember one place having so many malfunctions.

And maybe the concession stand will be open for the SCAC Tourney, because it sure hasn't been the last month when I've gone.

Don't mean to hate on my school, but I just speak the truth.

[frank_ezelle]

And to answer the comments about the lighting, it's just the lighter floor that brightens it up. There are absolutely no new lights. That place has been the same since the 1940's. It's time for a change, it's 2010.

In the 1940's the Hangar Dome was the parking lot behind the old Buie gym.  It was actually built in the mid-1970's and it has been a great facility for Millsaps with the 3 full courts available for various activities.  I could go back and find posts from fans and coaches about how much they enjoyed the experience when Millsaps was host to a regional in 2008, but why bother.  It is what it is--and this year it is the host facility for the SCAC Tournament.

[pbrooks3]

Centre up at the half 37-19. Colonels are playing well on the offensive end. Like the aggressiveness of Alex Lloyd tonight. He's on track for a double-double.

[pbrooks3]

Centre prevails 57-50, though Trinity put up a strong fight in the 2nd half. Cunningham's Tigers limited the Colonels to 6 baskets.  Jeff Mullaney scored 16 and Bryon Ellis posted 15 with 4 3's. Both Josh Crawford and Alex Lloyd pulled down 10 boards apiece. Glad that Centre got off to a big lead tonight and played their customary lockdown defense.

[phillipst]

Rhodes beats Millsaps.  The game was a hard fought game from both teams.  Rhodes was able to get second half stops and forced 11 Majors turnovers in the second half to get the victory.  Rhodes also celebrated Head Coach Herb Hilgeman's milestone of becoming the SCAC All-Time victories leader tonight.  The feat was accomplished on November 16 with the Lynx victory over Principia where he surpassed long time Hendrix coach, Cliff Garrison's 463 victories.  As of now he stands at 471 total wins.

Recap: http://www.rhodeslynx.com/news/2010/1/22/MBBALL_Millsaps_College_0122103503.aspx
Boxscore: http://www.rhodeslynx.com/documents/2010/1/22/Rhodes_vs_Millsaps_01_22_10.pdf?id=1366

Rhodes hosts Hendrix on Sunday with a schedule 3 pm tipoff.

[Ralph Turner]

The SCAC-East (at home) swept the SCAC-West (on the road) tonight.

[pbrooks3]

The SCAC-East (at home) swept the SCAC-West (on the road) tonight.

Sewanee benefitted from this exchange!

[brave heart]

Depauw prevails over SouthWestern 68-61. Depauw was unstoppable in the first half to jump to a large first half lead.We limped in to a close finish victory over a good squad.Depauw was like 8-25 free throws and made it much closer than it could have been.

[hendrixfan]

Sounds like HC had a good effort but came up short last night in Birmingham.  FT shooting & turnovers continues to hurt HC.  Too bad they couldn't have played that well at home the past two weeks.
Good to see Jesse Ford back after a knee injury the first week. 

[pbrooks3]

Centre ran into a buzzsaw called Southwestern tonight, dropping a 1-point game to the Pirates 70-69.  Pirates hit 12-22 on 3's  to claim a big road win.  Colonels played tough & shot better than 50% from the field.  Pirates' cutting offense was effective in producing numerous good looks that generated jumpers that the wings were hitting. Southwestern led for a large part of the game until Centre took a 4-point lead with less than 10 minutes to play. The game went back & forth the remainder of the way. Southwestern got the lead for good with a couple of minutes to play. Centre closed the gap to 1 with less than 20 seconds and couldn't get off a shot in the closing moments to seize the lead. The Pirates played a tremendous overall game on both sides of the floor to hand Centre its first SCAC home loss. Both teams are now 6-3 in conference play. Mullaney and Noll led Centre in scoring with 21 & 19 respectively. Lloyd had 13 rebounds.    Colonels hit the road for 5 in a row beginning with the difficult swing to Colorado College and Austin next weekend.

[phillipst]

Rhodes defeated Hendrix 93-80 today.  The game was a complete opposite of the Rhodes-Millsaps contest.  This game was very fast paced and not much defense played.  Rhodes shot 70% from the field in the second half and 58% for the game and Hendrix shot a respectable 43%.

RECAP: http://rhodeslynx.com/news/2010/1/24/MBBALL_Hendrix_0124103948.aspx?path=mbball
BOXSCORE: http://rhodeslynx.com/documents/2010/1/24/Rhodes_vs_Hendrix_01_24_10.pdf?id=1367

Rhodes heads to Texas to take on Trinity and Southwestern next weekend.