MBB: USA South Conference

[cnufan]

To sum up the entire weekend in one word, Id have to use.....SUCKED!! No I shouldnt say that, maybe passive is a better word. At GC, we shot the ball real well but turned the ball over way too many times the Im sure eventually led to one of Steve Berg's 8 three-balls! I think we used four different guys on him and just couldnt stop him. We'd get the lead down two or three and we'd shoot ourselves in the foot. I just read Sat's paper and read CJ's post-game comments where he said we made silly errors, that was right on. I think part of this team's problem again goes back to the lack of real road non-conference games. Two neutral site games where there may have been 75 total people there on both days doesnt count. I know they say they are having trouble finding games on the road, but they need to try even harder to get this team some legit road games. Sure next year we are supposed to go to VA Wesleyan and Frostburg, one of those places is a hostile environtment, the other, not so hostile.

On Sunday, it looked liked we never passed the ball into the post before. Too many Donta Selden and Davon Barton "soft" passes into the post, not the crisp passes we are used to seeing at home. Granted Korey scored 17 points, but he had TWO FREAKIN REBOUNDS!! Panny waste, go strong to the hole and grab a damn rebound once in a while instead of shooting your patented 18-foot fall-away jumpers! Be strong, use that 6-7 frame and go hard to the rack.

Ugly weekend, just ugly. They looked like a team that was saying to themselves, well, we already wrapped up the No. 1 seed, soooo, lets go out there and play passive so we dont hurt ourselves for the tournament instead of playing CNU basketball like they did during their 8-game winning streak.

Wait for it, Im not done yet!

[cnufan]

The one guy I thought played like I know he's capable of this weekend was Blasingame. He had 16 points and 14 boards and a couple swats at Methodist and added 10 and 8 and four blocks at at Greensboro. I also thought Riley played well, even tho he must have dropped five passes from the perimeter in the post at Methodist.

Sure Romeo and Donta scored in double figures, and Donta ran around like a chicked with his head cut off as he normally does, but no one stepped up and made the big defensive stop when they needed it or hit the big three-ball on back to back possessions to cut into a lead. Its almost like they didnt care. Its like they were going thru the motions to get thru the weekend as quickly as possible and head home to get ready for the tournament.

They better hope they get their act together before Friday, because GC or NCW are waiting on the horizon and I dont want them to lose their first game in the conference tourny for the third straight year. Id love to see them win the tourny and get to the dance, but I can almost guarantee you with the two losses this weekend, which I think is the third time either in a row or out of the last four or five years they have lost both on that swing, they will be on the road in the NCAA's, wether its in a sub-regional at VWC or where ever, they are hitting the road and I just hope we see a completely different team then I saw this weekend come out and play in the USA South Conference Tourny.

Narch, btw, All-Conference awards come out Wednesday I think.

[Monarch96]

Saw the Monarchs friday vs. Shanandoah. Narch I should have told you I was coming to town . It was great to see those guys play again and to see them have some success.  I thought it was an ugly game, but the  monarchs found a way to win.  I think Grant and Thomas was clearly the best talents on the court but for some reason wasn't looking to be aggressive with the ball.  After years of being options 2 and 3 it looked liked they settled into the role of letting someone else make the big plays.  It sounds like both came out more aggressive on saturday and hopefully will put this team on their shoulders and carry them to the NCAA tournament.  I haven't seen the rest of the league, but I thought Shanandoah was really bad. I couldn't identify who was supposed to be their best players and don't know how they won any games this season.

I wish the monarchs the best and hope these couple of wins carries them to a post season run.

[Swish3]

What a ****ty way to end the regular season, guys.  Talk about complacent....what a joke!  IF CNU should win the tournament, they can kiss a decent seed goodbye.  Oh, and if anyone thinks I'm being too critical, that's just too damn bad.  I usually end all of my posts with a GO CAPS, but I'm just not in the mood.

[cnu85]

  I'll be getting my hoops info from the CNU and conference websites from now on.  Keep on alienating your patrons, Pat.  That's a sure-fire formula for success.

Same here! Pat Coleman contributes NOTHING to the posts on this board other than to satisfy his Napolean Syndrome by bullying people and and actually fueling fires when the posters themselves were ok with each other. I'm postive Narch and Captj were ok with what they posted. Then the guy with short man's disease puts his 2 cents worth in, and I WILL add - in a situation that did not violate any TOS I'm aware of (I'm sure Napoleam Coleman will interpret a TOS violation somewhere). 

Narch - I was fortunate enough to get to exchange ideas with you. I'm going to miss it. But when Coleman pulled Captj's Karma points and started messing around with him for no apparantly valid reason - well I just remember a recent post I made to Pat -Absolutely nothing we say on this board is necessary. It WAS a fun forum to exhange ideas, humor and poke fun at each other. It's too bad Pat could not take a good product such as d3hoops and not get "full of himself" and start taking this WAY too seriously. No doubt he puts tons of effort into it. But he fails to realize we are all individuals and do not always agree with, nor do we act the same way, as he does.

Read this post now, fellas - I'm sure Lord Coleman will not let it stay...it's too critical and his ego can't take it. The journalism professional will easily do the one thing his profession despises - censureship!

It's a shame Pat - you have something good going on. But I have to admit, probably 95% of your posts on this board were non hoops related and not necessary. Keep alienating long term members.

I'm taking my marbles and going over to Captj's sandbox!

Narch and Goose - email me if you wanna chat. I'll send you one soon.

[narch]

back from watching jj set the duke scoring record...that dude is AMAZING - i was very critical of him early in his duke career because he was nothing more than a shooter, but he's got it ALL offensively, and he really works hard defensively in addition to being the purest shooter i've ever seen - WOW - cameron really ERUPTED when he hit that 3 to set the record

ok, on to the real issue at hand...captj, cnu85...please don't leave, especially for something like this - you guys are a big part of what makes this board fun - swallow your pride a bit, and come back to us - even if you have to use new handles...yeah, that's the ticket...come back as someone new, reinvent your d3sports persona - of course, captj will have to find something other than "random thoughts" for his musings...maybe "arbitrary thoughts"...and '85, maybe you can come back as cnu1985...that's sure to fool all of the greensboro posters - seriously, guys, you KNOW that you're going to lurk...might as well post, no?

[cnu85]

2 entries found for full of oneself.
Main Entry:   self-assured
Part of Speech:   adjective
Definition:   self-confident
Synonyms:   cocky, confident, full of oneself, secure, sure of oneself
Antonyms:   diffident, unsure
Source:   Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1)
Copyright © 2006 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

Main Entry:   self-satisfied
Part of Speech:   adjective 2
Definition:   pleased with oneself
Synonyms:   arrogant, bigheaded, full of oneself, proud, smug
Antonyms:   self-deprecating
Source:   Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1)
Copyright © 2006 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

final post...looks like to me (and Roget's) that Full of Oneself and Proud are synonyms!!

[Pat Coleman]

Thanks, narch, but I'm not going to need it.  Pat obviously doesn't want me playing in his sandbox, so I'll just take my toys and go home.

What a moron. I only smited him once, I was not coming back every 18 hours to smite him again.

If he can't handle his lack of command of the language then I am not worried about him leaving. Sheesh...

[Pat Coleman]

Hmm -- ok, obviously the CNU fans are a little sensitive this week.

the posters themselves were ok with each other.

Much like "eh ... just call me kid" and I were on more than one occasion in 2004 when you inserted yourself into the ODAC football board as a peacemaker when none was necessary. Listen, I am not apologizing for making one post on a subject that had two separate posts with shouting and another with a bunch of question marks. That doesn't read as "ok with each other" to me. If J wants to fly off the handle and leave in a huff, I am not going to care otherwise.

But when Coleman pulled Captj's Karma points

Didn't happen. I believe he had three when I got here. I have no idea what he had when he left in a huff (because he deleted himsef). Remember, anyone with 200 posts can do it.

and started messing around with him for no apparantly valid reason

One post! Give me a break!

It's a shame Pat - you have something good going on. But I have to admit, probably 95% of your posts on this board were non hoops related and not necessary. Keep alienating long term members.

I'm sorry if it bothers you that I post on this board. I thought it was OK for me to do so.

If you guys want to play conspiracy theory, then hey, be my guest. But you make yourself look foolish for the assumption.

[cnufan]

Ok, who tinkled in all the CNU fans cornflakes this week?!?! You know we still have the USA South tourny. Although if we lose on Friday, I may have to become a 12 year old myself.

[cnufan]

It appears Im all by my lonesome now.

[leroy]

Ok, who tinkled in all the CNU fans cornflakes this week?!?!

That would be Greensboro College and Methodist College

[cnufan]

Ok, who tinkled in all the CNU fans cornflakes this week?!?!

That would be Greensboro College and Methodist College

Sorry leroy boy, I dont think that's the correct answer.

[narch]

pat, i appreciate your intervention when you deem it necessary...as a moderator, that's your job, and there will always be some judgement calls - although i personally don't think it was necessary in this case (captj and i are always cool with each other, despite how it may look on the screen), i appreciate your right as the provider of this forum to do what you think is appropriate to keep these boards running smooth and free of controversy

What a moron.

i will say, however, that i feel responses like this are unwarranted and unnecessary...you've simply stooped to the same level of behavior you tried to stop earlier

i'm feeling a lot of guilt in this situation, too - it was my reaction (perhaps over-reaction) to captj's post that got this all started...

i do, however, agree that it's a bit foolish of both captj and cnu85 to leave this forum, especially after reading your explanation of the situation re: the karma points (as an aside...people sure do get caught up in those things, don't they...i don't get it?) - i, for one, hope they will rejoin this community so that i don't have to put up with goose's drivel (it's a joke goose...just poking a little fun...please don't get upset)

[narch]

here it is...pvr for the top 20 players in the league (minimum 9 conference games played)

PVR = (ppg + rpg + spg)1.5 + (apg + bpg)2 - (topg)1.5

PLAYER-SCHOOL	POINTS/G	RPG	STEALS	ASST/G	BLOCKS	TO'S	PVR
1st 5
LAWRENCE - SU	14.8	13.3	15	0.5	15	36	43.03
BERG - GC	19.3	5.7	15	3.2	1	32	41.94
HALL-NCWC	21.3	4	22	3.9	2	58	41.58
THOMAS - MC	14.2	7.3	15	2.6	6	30	36.58
BLASINGAME - CNU	9.8	10.2	5	0.8	45	28	36.23
2nd 5
ARRINGTON - NCWC	21.4	3.3	7	1	1	39	35.22
BARTON - CNU	13.3	2.7	24	5.8	0	43	33.23
GRANT - MC	12.1	4.8	12	3.8	1	30	20.87
DELEON - AU	9.5	9.1	11	1.3	7	23	30.17
RAY - FC	9.2	6.9	13	0.8	11	8	28.43
3rd 5
FAWEHINMI - SU	11.2	5.9	25	1.8	4	37	28.42
MCDUFFIE - GC	11.5	2.3	15	3.8	3	34	26.43
ROMEO - CNU	13.8	2.1	12	1.1	2	14	26.13
SELDEN - CNU	12.4	3.8	16	2.4	1	42	26.02
MCDANIEL - AU	10.8	3	15	1.8	4	15	24.97
4th 5
FULLER - FC	10.8	3.4	25	2	3	44	23.43
WILLIAMS - AU	9.9	2.1	13	3.6	1	30	23.24
LEE - MC	10.7	2.7	11	2	1	26	22.39
STEVENSON - AU	7.2	1.8	10	4.9	0	22	21.8
RADMANOVIC - MC	9.8	4.2	1	1	3	16	21.63

please keep in mind, this is NOT my predictions for all-conference nor is it my picks for all conference...just a statistical analysis of some of the top players in the league

to qualify, a player must have played a minimum of 9 conference games (this left out newman from gc and a player from fc) and currently be on the team roster (sorry onyie) - i tallied stats for anyone whose average was nearing double figures in ppg or rpg or who was among the league leaders in any of the major statistical categories (ppg, rpg, apg, steals, blocks)

if you don't like my analysis...do your own