MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[scaccommish]

SCAC Men's Hoops Weekly for Week 2:

http://www.scac-online.org/basketball_mens/112706mbasketballupdate.pdf

[DPU3619]

There have been a number of Depauw freshmen that have started/played good minutes in the backcourt that have not become the next big thing.  Jon Owens, Joey Hanger, Robert Davis.  The first two had solid careers but not spectacular by any means and weren't even consistant starters as seniors.  Robert Davis disappeared. 

I don't recall the day that Robert Davis was talked about as being "the next big thing" over Alex Stewart.  Also, Rob Davis quit.  It's not like he suddenly became terrible.

Furthermore, Jon Owens started 21 games his senior year.  Joey Hanger started 17 of 24, but if memory serves, missed time with a hand injury.

There's a difference between seeing solid minutes as a freshman in the backcourt and being a very good basketball player.  Tony James plays somewhat similar to Mike Moore. Pretty darn good passer, great off the dribble, and fast as all get out.  Moore, by the way, isn't fading since being "the next big thing" his freshman year.

[DPU3619]

DPU beat Wabash 92-82 at the Neal Fieldhouse this evening.  DPU went on a nice little run to end the first half and broke it wide open and led by as many as 16 in the second half.  Austin Brown led five DPU players in double figures with 18 & 8 boards.   

DePauw's a darned good basketball team when they shoot 50% or better.

Brian Oilar didn't play after he took a nasty spill in Saturday's win against Ohio Wesleyan.  I'm a little concerned about that.

[frank_ezelle]

There have been a number of Depauw freshmen that have started/played good minutes in the backcourt that have not become the next big thing.  Jon Owens, Joey Hanger, Robert Davis.  The first two had solid careers but not spectacular by any means and weren't even consistant starters as seniors.  Robert Davis disappeared. 

I'm imagine someone will correct me on this but wasn't Jon Owens referred to as "The Franchise" during his freshman year by one of the DePauw guys who posted here?  He turned out to be a very solid player but few could live up to the initial hype that was given his freshman year.  I think Carl is simply pointing out that predicting the future career of any D3 freshman is a very inaccurate science.

And in defense of Jon, he played on some very good teams and in a position where they didn't need him to be a huge star.  Sometimes the stars in the SCAC are the guys who benefit from playing on the weaker teams and they are called upon to do far more as individuals than the players on the better teams.  That gets back to the argument of who should make the All-SCAC teams, the best players from the best teams or the players with the best individual stats but that's an argument that can wait for a few months.

[frank_ezelle]

On a more current note, I see that Southwestern lost at Dallas 58-46 last night.  Dallas beat Rhodes by 12 and Millsaps by 9 at the Rhodes Classic last weekend so they are on a roll against SCAC teams.

The teams that are in the middle location of the SCAC have a few teams that make the rounds and provide scores against common opponents.  Rust College is one of those teams and they recently won at Rhodes by 2 after losing at Millsaps by 10.  On the other hand Rhodes and Millsaps both beat Wesley by about the same margin and then Wesley rebounded by beating NAIA Spring Hill in Mobile.  Just more example of how close the SCAC teams will be this year.

[DPU3619]

On a more current note, I see that Southwestern lost at Dallas 58-46 last night.  Dallas beat Rhodes by 12 and Millsaps by 9 at the Rhodes Classic last weekend so they are on a roll against SCAC teams.

DPU gets their shot at Dallas in Tampa right after Christmas.

[frank_ezelle]

And I'll be pulling for DPU to win that game.  I cheer for Millsaps first but I also am a fan of all the SCAC teams when they are playing outside competition.

[irion]

Sewanee lost to Emery tonight 78-61.  Eddy and Rowland were out and Pursell has not practiced for 4 weeks, but still played.  They closed the gap to 4 in the second half, but could not finish.  Same story in 3 of 4 losses.  They will not be at full strenght until January.

[frank_ezelle]

For those with no social life and an interest in Millsaps or Southwestern basketball, there will be live coverage of the game tonight via GameTracker.  Game time starts at 8 Central, you should be able to get to GameTracker from this link:

http://southwesternpirates.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/swtx-m-baskbl-sched.html

[JJFlash]

In much the same light as Frank's recent post and comment about the lack of a social life, Trinity is webcasting its home games this year.  (They are not yet sure about the games during the holiday break due to announcer availabilty.  This is TBD)  They will also do live stats for all home games including those during the holidays.  The links are:

MEN'S LIVE STATS:

http://www.trinity.edu/departments/athletics/MBasketball/05livestats/xlive.htm

WEBCAST:

http://stream.krtu.org:9000/krtu-sports.m3u

[frank_ezelle]

Thanks for that post JJ--there is no indication on the Trinity basketball pages that the games are being webcast (at least it wasn't very evident for a non-Trinity person who was looking for that information.)

[Ralph Turner]

For those with no social life and an interest in Millsaps or Southwestern basketball, there will be live coverage of the game tonight via GameTracker.  Game time starts at 8 Central, you should be able to get to GameTracker from this link:

http://southwesternpirates.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/swtx-m-baskbl-sched.html

Wait a second, Frank,

I thought that the T-shirt said,

"Southwestern Basketball is life!  The rest is just details!"

   

[Borat...NOT]

The Trinity games will be webcast by two former players Mitchell Walker and James Lake.  It should be pretty interesting as they are both amateurs. 

This will be my second look at the Trinity team tonight.  I'll be interested to see who shows up to play.  The scoring has been very inconsistent this year except for Charles Houston.  Go Tigers!

[Ralph Turner]

Southwestern 21 Millsaps 16 7:04 left per Gametracker

[frank_ezelle]

Halftime score is SW 36 and Millsaps 24.  Millsaps is only shooting 32% on 7 for 22 shooting.  Fortunately they have hit 8 of 9 free throws or this game might be close to over.

To be honest, I thought Millsaps would be strong right from the start this season since they have so many players who have played a lot of minutes in previous seasons.  Apparently that's not going to be the case and they are going to have to grow a lot as the season progresses.  I guess the biggest surprise is the poor shooting from a team that seems to have a lot of good shooters.  Maybe they'll heat up in the second half.