BB: ODAC: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[religion_major]

does anyone from the ODAC deserve an at-large bid. wesleyans non-conf schedule was pretty tough as they posted wins over rowan, au (2), ncwc (2), salisbury, and cnu.  it should be interesting to see who gets the atlarge bids. what are your thoughts

An at large for an ODAC team does not look likely considering that no ODAC team is regionally ranked.  On a side note, only one team from the "mighty" USA South (Methodist) is regionally ranked in the first poll.  I do not know how the Quality of Wins Index would break down for Virginia Wesleyan, but judging by the criteria currently released they would be behind Methodist for a pool C spot in the South not to meantion stiff competition in other regions for the 15 pool C births this year.

[narch]

boys & girls...i would simply like to remind everyone that the comparison between the odac and the usasac started EARLY in the life of these boards, and was primarily an offshoot of a somewhat sarcastic remark i made (something along the lines of "the odac plays baseball?") which lit a small fire-storm of odac supporters (primarily bc fans who were in the midst of a very good year) claiming that the odac was equal to the usasac in baseball...now, we all know this is untrue ...because the odac played approximately .450 ball against the usasac last year, y'all were lulled into thinking the notion of the odac being equal to the usasac had merit - you can throw "mighty" and [sarcasm]inferior[/sarcasm] out there all you want, but as i suspected might happen when the usasac moved away from 3 game weekends, the usasac owned the odac and proved pretty conclusively that the usasac is indeed "mighty" in relation to the odac, and that the odac is indeed "inferior" to the usasac on the baseball diamond (and don't give me the "our teams are young" argument...look at the mu roster, look at the au roster...they're young, as well, but went a combined 17-4 vs. the odac)

the fact that the odac is not as strong as the usasac in baseball doesn't take away from the odac in any way...probably 80% (or more) of the conferences in the country are weaker than the usasac - there are some very capable ball teams in the odac, and any of them can make a run at any time, but give me the usasac 7 vs. the top 7 odac teams ANY day

oh yeah...congrats to the eagles...i don't think there is any way an odac team gets an at-large this year, but bc is a quality club and could have some real success in the regional

[h-sc bball]

Long day and a long drive back home...congrates to Coach Kendall and the Bridgewater Eagles...well deserving...hopefully they can keep those hot bats warm and bring'em to the South Regional Tournament.

Special Thanks to JT (Hornet19) for his hospitality at the ball field and for keeping the messgae boards updated during our tournament. I'll catch up on my thoughts about the tournament tomorrow evening.

[BCeagle79]

I'd like to second the congrats to the BC Baseball team on their championship run! Now let's continue this with Football and Soccer in the Fall!!

GO EAGLES!!

[A.G.]

We know WHERE BC will be playing...
...FERRUM will be announced as the host of this year's SOUTH REGIONAL.

[Spence]

Is it actually in Ferrum? or in Martinsville or Roanoke or Salem or somewhere?

[A.G.]

It will be held at the nice complex at Ferrum College.

[h-sc bball]

Once again I would like to congratulate Bridgewater on a superior effort to win the 07 ODAC Championships, There are a lot of similarity to both teams in that they both got off to a poor start to begin the season and both teams pick up their play towards the end of the season. Outstanding pitching performances by Ricky Read...2-1 complete game in their opener against Lynchburg...Matt Nolan's 9 2/3... 2-2 game after 10 against VWC in which BC won 4-3 in 12 innings and of course Matt Schaffer's complete game 2 hitter in the championship game...boy he had it all game...only one ball hit hard all day. Gutty perfomance since he got hit pretty hard on Friday night. The Eagles really got their bats going and just hit up and down in the order in both games against Sydney. R Read, M Graves, Lenox and actually the Buracker kid hit the ball well.....another performance fans may not realize is the relief performace that Fr Alex Foltz put on Saturday night. H-SC had scored 3 in the bottom of the 5th to cut the lead from 6-0 to to 6-3 and had the bases loaded with NO OUTS...big inning in the works....He came in and struck out the next two batters on seven pitches and got the 3rd out on a grounder to short...he pitched 5 innings to finish the game a did not allow an earned run. I felt we would pull off another big come back but he just shut the door and the Eagles feed off that performance and just started crushing the ball. Once again congratulations and good luck in the South Regional.

[h-sc bball]

Congrats to Coach Kinne and the Hampden-Sydney Tigers. Not a bad season since they were picked to finish 6th in the pre-season poll. After an 0-4 start the Tigers finished 25-18 for the season and shared the regular season title with VWC. With the loss of only 3 seniors the furture for the Tigers looks bright. Congrates to Sr right hander Larry Green on his season and performace in the ODAC tournament. He opened up with a 7-3 victory over W&L and his Sunday peformance against Lynchburg (complete game 3-2 victory) will stay with his memory. The Tigers will miss the leadership that Sr centerfielder John Apperson displayed this season and 2nd baseman Anthony Denale came on strong at the end of the year and help the Tigers improve. Good luck to those young men as they move forward with their new careers.

With a lot of young players picking up experance this season I expect the Tigers will once again push for the ODAC title in 08.

Good luck to all the teams in the regions 

Go Tigers

[Spence]

Kind of a big turnaround from what the South region has done of late (playing at neutral sites).

Where the heck is there to stay in Ferrum? Nearest place has to be Rocky Mount, and there aren't really all that many options there either.

It is still a shippable site for pretty much anywhere in the Mid-Atlantic region (NYC is 493 miles), as well as most of the Mideast Region.

[allsky7]

Kind of a big turnaround from what the South region has done of late (playing at neutral sites).

Where the heck is there to stay in Ferrum? Nearest place has to be Rocky Mount, and there aren't really all that many options there either.

It is still a shippable site for pretty much anywhere in the Mid-Atlantic region (NYC is 493 miles), as well as most of the Mideast Region.

     RM has a few hotels that weren't there back in the day. Otherwise it's Roanoke or Martinsville  approx. one hour away.  I think there are probably half dozen or so B & B's within 30 min of Ferrum.
     GO PANTHERS!!

[Spence]

I don't think very many baseball teams are going to be staying at bed and breakfasts. Glad I'm not looking for a hotel room for this.

Heaven help everyone if a team with a big fan following gets sent here.

Edit: travelpost.com shows Rocky Mount with 169 hotel rooms. That doesn't seem like very many for no fewer than six teams and fans.

Maybe I'm wrong, but this just doesn't seem like a very good idea.

[allsky7]

I don't think very many baseball teams are going to be staying at bed and breakfasts. Glad I'm not looking for a hotel room for this.

Heaven help everyone if a team with a big fan following gets sent here.

Edit: travelpost.com shows Rocky Mount with 169 hotel rooms. That doesn't seem like very many for no fewer than six teams and fans.

Maybe I'm wrong, but this just doesn't seem like a very good idea.

     Sorry Spence. Didn't know you meant strictly for the teams. I am a Ferrum grad and of course glad the Panthers get to host but you are right, there aren't that many hotel rooms. You would think in order to host an event like this, there would have to be certain qualifications.
     You know, just a thought here. When I was at Ferrum back in the early 80's during the JUCO days, the enrollment was around 1,600. I think it is considerably less than that now since they have become strictly a four year D3 school. Wonder if there is some room on campus for visiting teams. Located, where they are, it WOULD make sense.  Also, not sure when the regionals start but the semester should be over pretty soon as well which may free up additional space.

[Spence]

I don't know, but I'd be interesting in finding out. I know for the Ohio state legion tournament they house the teams on Ohio U.'s campus, but don't know that I've heard of it for college. If I'm wrong, I'd be happy to know it.

Does Ferrum have lights?

[A.G.]

Ferrum has lights...and a nice stadium complex.  It will be a nice atmosphere for the tournament.