MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Pat Coleman]

What we need to do is get some more Sewanee supporters on the board so we don't have to ask a Millsaps poster to give the Sewanee side of the story ...

[pbrooks3]

Ralph, Wes is right on target.  The bus trips for the northern schools in the SCAC are frequently the exhausting & trying ones.  With the exception of the Texas schools and CC, most trips are by bus in this conference, and the distances among the 8 eastern schools are can make for some days.  In a later post when I have time, I will try to add to Wes' salient points.

[spfan22]

Wes, When did Depauw make a Friday/Saturday trip to Sewanee and OU?? For the 6 years I've been around the conference OU's travel partner was Millsaps for 4 of the years and Sewanee for the last 2 years..  Playin for OU, the only friday/saturday games that we played was against southwestern/trinity.. and the friday/saturday games we're both played at 8pm.. Was this years ago that Depauw would have made this trip?? I was just wondering if this was something that had occurred before I was knowledgeable about the SCAC.

[Major_Fan]

New polls were just released ... Millsaps jumps five spots to #18, Centre moves up six spots to #14.  The Colonels must be for real with Millsaps posting one more win and sitting four spots behind them.  I guess Friday night at 8 p.m. will be the determining factor.  I'm ready.

[Dave84]

no, the travel pairing have changed this year.  congrats to millsaps and centre.  looks like a great year for the scac so far with 2 teams in the top 25!!!

[DPU3619]

Wes, When did Depauw make a Friday/Saturday trip to Sewanee and OU?? For the 6 years I've been around the conference OU's travel partner was Millsaps for 4 of the years and Sewanee for the last 2 years..  Playin for OU, the only friday/saturday games that we played was against southwestern/trinity.. and the friday/saturday games we're both played at 8pm.. Was this years ago that Depauw would have made this trip?? I was just wondering if this was something that had occurred before I was knowledgeable about the SCAC.

No, you're right, my friend.  I actually just thought about that a while ago.  A good catch on your part.  Centre to Sewanee must be the trip I'm remembering, which isn't exactly all interstate, either.  Although, I can't seem to find the dates after a brief skim of the archives.  I do definitely remember an overnight bus ride to get to a Saturday game.  And I do remember driving on these back roads that I was fairly certain were going to lead to our ultimate demise.

Before the travel partner switch, Oglethorpe was a flight for us.  You are indeed correct.

EDIT: After a brief conversation with DPU Sports Information, I'm right.  DePauw played the final weekend of the year on a Fri/Sat in 2002 to avoid playing on Selection Sunday.

[Ralph Turner]

Very informative!  Thanks to all! 

It really makes the case for RHIT and their departure to the HCAC.

[pbrooks3]

New polls were just released ... Millsaps jumps five spots to #18, Centre moves up six spots to #14.  The Colonels must be for real with Millsaps posting one more win and sitting four spots behind them.  I guess Friday night at 8 p.m. will be the determining factor.  I'm ready.

Major_Fan, sounds like fighting words to me!  No seriously, Millsaps is undefeated in D3 play and one more victory than Centre.  They have a great team from all indications.  Centre was rewarded last week for their season so far by getting a ranking of 20; Millsaps got to #23 by virtue of an equally impressive weekend of wins (all 3 on the road).  Your beef should have been with the pollsters last week, not this week!  What happened this week was Centre took the same road trip as Millsaps did last week and came away with 2 wins (aside from the U of D game Millsaps played).  Millsaps, in turn, played an outstanding game in beating OU Friday night and then escaped with their lives Sunday afternoon against Sewanee on its homecourt.  I don't see much slighting by the poll this week in moving Centre up 6 places and Millsaps up 5 spots.  This week, Friday night and possibly Sunday, will indeed determine which of these SCAC teams deserves the higher ranking.

[Pat Coleman]

One more victory isn't going to make the difference in a Top 25 poll, unless it's head-to-head. Not sure why people are bringing it up like it's some holy grail.

[pbrooks3]

Very informative!  Thanks to all! 

It really makes the case for RHIT and their departure to the HCAC.

To emphasize Wes' blog, here are some of the road distances from DePauw and Centre to the other schools in the SCAC Eastern Division plus Millsaps & Hendrix.  I've excluded the other schools where they fly rather than bus.

Trip                                   Mileage   Time
Greencastle IN to Danville KY   235   4.00
Sewanee TN to Danville KY   280   4.85
Birmingham AL to Danville KY   380   6.20
Atlanta GA to Danville KY   360   6.00
Memphis TN to Danville KY   400   6.50
Jackson MS to Danville KY   605   9.50
Conway AR to Danville KY   560   9.00
Sewanee TN to Greencastle    420   6.70
Birmingham AL to Greencastle   520   8.10
Atlanta GA to Greencastle IN   575   9.10
Memphis TN to Greencastle IN   435   6.70
Jackson MS to Greencastle IN   640   9.70
Conway AR to Greencastle IN   575   8.70

[Ralph Turner]

Those distances look like the ASC-West going to Miss College and to LaCollege and for the East making the HPU/SRSU trip!   

[spfan22]

Wes, your definitely right about the centre trip being all backroads.. that was a rough trip one year.. we battled snow and icey backroads.. it took about 8.5 -9.0 hours from Atlanta to Danville.. followed by a 4-5 hour trip to greencastle.. haha.. not to mention.. on our 13 hour drive back to atlanta from greencastle (bad weather made the trip last a little longer) our bus broke down 10 minutes from the OU campus.. by far the worst trip ever.. but now that I'm not playing anymore.. I look back and I almost sort of miss the long bus trips.. for some reason it just kinds of enhances the experience.

[Ralph Turner]

Wes, your definitely right about the centre trip being all backroads.. that was a rough trip one year.. we battled snow and icey backroads.. it took about 8.5 -9.0 hours from Atlanta to Danville.. followed by a 4-5 hour trip to greencastle.. haha.. not to mention.. on our 13 hour drive back to atlanta from greencastle (bad weather made the trip last a little longer) our bus broke down 10 minutes from the OU campus.. by far the worst trip ever.. but now that I'm not playing anymore.. I look back and I almost sort of miss the long bus trips.. for some reason it just kinds of enhances the experience.

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[Major_Fan]

I was simply stating that I thought Millsaps and Centre would be side-by-side in the polls due to equally impressive starts.  Yes, the Majors escaped with a win on Sunday and Pat, when you're not ranked all that often it is like some holy grail.  The game Friday night should be exciting at Centre and again on Sunday at DePauw.  A VERY TOUGH two games for Millsaps that will prove if they are ligit or not.  Either way, I just hope we get two teams in the NCAAs again.

[Ron Boerger]

That's high percentage for any one to shoot against Trinity.  How many of the shots were made from the 3-point line?

6-20 on threes, so BSC shot an "wow" factor 16-22 on the 2pt shots.  FTs were even (8-10 for BSC, 7-12 for Trinity).