MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[pbrooks3]

Major_Fan and Frank, do you have any Millsaps partisans who'll be reporting from Danville Friday night?

[Major_Fan]

As of right now, I do not.  They won't be doing live audio/stats either, so I would have to get someone to update me as well.  I sure wish we had network coverage (i.e. a CBS affiliate) or something in Division III to broadcast live with professional announcers.  Friday night's game would be a good place to start at #14/#18.  I know the other night had the #1/#2 teams playing and that would have been cool to see on tv as well.  Maybe one day in the future ... for now live audio/video from the individual school if they can afford it.

[Ralph Turner]

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).   

6 of 20 on 3FG's is good enough to extend the defense and open up the inside.

[Ralph Turner]

As of right now, I do not.  They won't be doing live audio/stats either, so I would have to get someone to update me as well.  I sure wish we had network coverage (i.e. a CBS affiliate) or something in Division III to broadcast live with professional announcers.  Friday night's game would be a good place to start at #14/#18.  I know the other night had the #1/#2 teams playing and that would have been cool to see on tv as well.  Maybe one day in the future ... for now live audio/video from the individual school if they can afford it.

major fan, I am of the opposite opinion about broadcasters.  Most broadcasters have a love of the level of sport that they are announcing, and "bigger" is usually "better" in their minds.

I maintain that the "D3sports" web sites have thrived because of the love that Pat Coleman and his group of sports journalists have for "D3" sports.

Let's build a network from the ground up by people whose vision is to build great D3 sports with the philosophy that we promote! 

I enjoy hearing the local broadcasters who have a feel for the local rivalries and "histories" of the game, and not some national "rent-a-broadcaster" who doesn't know the difference between the University of the South and OU. 

[Pat Coleman]

As of right now, I do not.  They won't be doing live audio/stats either, so I would have to get someone to update me as well.  I sure wish we had network coverage (i.e. a CBS affiliate) or something in Division III to broadcast live with professional announcers.  Friday night's game would be a good place to start at #14/#18.  I know the other night had the #1/#2 teams playing and that would have been cool to see on tv as well.  Maybe one day in the future ... for now live audio/video from the individual school if they can afford it.

Wes -- how far are you from Danville?

[DPU3619]

Mapquest says 3.5 hours, but I can name that tune in less than 3.

[Ron Boerger]

Mapquest says 3.5 hours, but I can name that tune in less than 3.

Don't you have to worry about a bunch of small-town police, tho?   

[DPU3619]

Don't you have to worry about a bunch of small-town police, tho?   

No, it's OK.  All 3 of them will be busy.  They're the officials for the game. 

[spfan22]

Wes, haha..  thats some funny stuff.. I remember making that claim a few times about the officials working for the city   

[pbrooks3]

Wes, if you're bored with DePauw versus Hendrix Friday night, head on down to Centre & keep us posted on the roundball scene and particularly the 3 officials.  I would be there but I'm putting my bankroll into the Trinity/Southwestern trip the following weekend when Centre hits the road again.

[Pat Coleman]

D3hoops.com will broadcast Friday night's men's game featuring No. 18 Millsaps at No. 14 Centre. Wes Anderson will be on the call for D3hoopsNet starting shortly before tipoff, scheduled for 8 p.m. EST.

We'll have a link for the audio set up later today. Thanks to you folks on the board for bringing the lack of a broadcast to my attention and thanks to Wes, obviously, for volunteering to make the drive.

D3sports.com does not reimburse for moving violations. (Not even mine -- freakin' $170 for rolling through a stop sign in Raleigh, N.C., on football's Selection Sunday at ESPNU.)

[pbrooks3]

Wes and Pat, we fans of the Colonels, Majors and the SCAC very much appreciate what you're doing to bring some exciting hoops to us. Many thanks; hope to plug in while at the Rhodes game Friday.

[frank_ezelle]

Thanks Pat and Wes and anyone else who had a hand in making this happen.  Fortunately for me, I don't even have to rearrange my Friday night plans since I never seem to have any plans other than go to a Millsaps sporting event.

Also, a thumbs up to the new color scheme on the message board.  It looks good.

[Dave84]

does anyone know when the last time the SCAC actually had 2 top 25 ranked teams?  This is great, it's a shame that they will be playing each other this weekend, and one will have to lose.  I'm hoping voters take this into consideration and don't knock Millsaps or Centre out of the 25 after this weekend.

Although I'd like to go with Millsaps, I'm going to predict a home-team Centre win.  They're a really tough, scrappy group that is led by some good upperclassmen.  This game could be different if Rogan is completely healthy, he's definitely the X-factor in this one.  Any word on how he's doing frank?  For the game's sake, I hope he's 100%.

[scaccommish]

Dave,
When Centre and Millsaps both hit the Top 25 last week it was the first time since Week 7 of the 2001-02 season when DePauw was 13th and Millsaps was 25th that the SCAC has had two teams ranked in the D3hoops.com Top 25 at the same time.