MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Dave84]

I could see this helping Montgomery in becoming recognized on a national stage.  Hopefully he can impress enough to be named to some all-american, all-region teams.  what do ya think Pat?  Think the SCAC having a chance of finally getting another player on the D3 hoops all-american teams?

[Pat Coleman]

I never speculate in public about who our All-Americans might be, and certainly not with four weeks of the regular season remaining.

It's only been two years without an SCAC All-American. You make it sound like some long drought. Eighteen other conferences didn't have one the past two years either.

[Dave84]

which SCAC player made was selected as an All-American two years ago?  the most recent that I can think of is Bryan Egli in '98-99 or '97-98, i'm not sure which one, he was a very good player i hear.  Are you referring to Colorado College's Michael Reich?  In the SCAC defense, he played Pre-SCAC days for CC.  I could be missing someone though. 

[Ralph Turner]

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It's only been two years without an SCAC All-American. You make it sound like some long drought. Eighteen other conferences didn't have one the past two years either.

Two years without...'07 and '06.

Oglethorpe's Russ Churchwell was selected in 2005.   

[Dave84]

oh that's right!!! thanks, forgot about the honorable mention teams.  haha, since there are only 5 players on it, it might as well be called 5th team, haha.

[Ralph Turner]

oh that's right!!! thanks, forgot about the honorable mention teams.  haha, since there are only 5 players on it, it might as well be called 5th team, haha.

One thing about the all-American teams on "D3sports". They are finite and recognizable as teams...No having 4 posts, 3 wings, a shooting guard and a point guard on the first team! 

[Pat Coleman]

which SCAC player made was selected as an All-American two years ago?  the most recent that I can think of is Bryan Egli in '98-99 or '97-98, i'm not sure which one, he was a very good player i hear.  Are you referring to Colorado College's Michael Reich?  In the SCAC defense, he played Pre-SCAC days for CC.  I could be missing someone though. 

Looking at our All-American page before you complain about it could help.

[FlightofthePetrel]

Oglethorpe defeated a shorthanded Piedmont team tonight  77-60.  OU held not only the 9th highest scoring team in the nation below its scoring average (25 pts. below) but also the nations leading scorer Jake Baldwin to a human like 21 points.

OU was led by 2 freshman as Alex Richey scored a season high 17 points and 8 rebounds as he was on fire from 3.   Todd Ward just missed another double double as he finished with 14 points 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

6 straight wins for the Petrels   (8 of 9) as they improve to 14-6, matching last years win total with a favorable schedule ahead until Depauw and Centre come calling to end the regular season.

Shaheed is also only 28 points away from 1,000

[Dave84]

WOW, where did Oglethorpe come from this year?  I think we might be overlooking them come tourney time!!!

wasn't trying to complain Pat, just cheering on Montgomery!

[frank_ezelle]

I don't think anyone has been overlooking OU for quite some time now.  You have to give them at least a 50-50 chance of being the 2nd seed in the East and the play of OU has made the 1st and 2nd place in the West a critical difference when it comes to the SCAC Tournament.  The 2nd in the West will have to open up with either OU or DePauw (I don't think Centre can drop to third) and that will make for 3 very tough games in a row in order to win the championship.  The #1 in the West will open up with Rhodes or Sewanee.

While playing Rhodes or Sewanee is not a guaranteed win, I think we would all agree that Millsaps and Trinity would prefer one of those teams in the opening round rather than OU or DePauw.

[vozdelospetrels]

I had the pleasure of watching OU extend its win streak to 6 games last night vs PIedmont, and I was impressed with what I saw from OU. It was not the best night for some of their starters but the OU bench has really come along this season. I'll be the first to admit that I didn't give these guys much chance this season, especially with 4 new starters...but they've formed into an all around good team. The addition of Ward at the semester has truly given them another presence on the boards, which takes some pressure and reliance off of Shaheed in the rebounding department. This is not even close to the most talented OU team I've seen, but they have have a lot of role players who really compliment each other well and things are just going their way right now. I hope they can keep this up.

[Major_Fan]

Congrats to Millsaps' Chad Songy, SU's Mike Powell and TU's Mike Gilb who were all named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI Second Team!

http://www.millsaps.edu/athletic/basketball-m/020708release.shtml

[tigermom]

First time poster here but I can't resist.  Add Brian Oilar from DPU to that honored list.

DePauw senior Brian Oilar has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 College Division Second Team in voting by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

http://www.depauw.edu/ath/mbasket/index.asp?id=20903

[Major_Fan]

Sorry Tigermom, I didn't think to check a Division other than VI.  Congrats to Oilar as well, he's having a heck of a year on the court and obviously in the classroom over his four-year career.

[pbrooks3]

Ditto on the awards to these student-athletes. This speaks volumes about the kinds of kids and schools we have in the SCAC.