MBB: USA South Conference

[cnufan]

Awards should be released soon. Im guessing they will be up before lunch.

[cnufan]

Here are your all conference awards.

Player of the Year                                                                 
Steve Berg - Greensboro                                                             

Rookie of the Year                                                                 
Davon Barton - Christopher Newport                                                             

Coach of the Year                                                                   
C.J. Woollum - Christopher Newport                                                             

The 2006 USA South Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams follow:

First Team 
Steve Berg - Greensboro
Lenny Hall - N.C. Wesleyan
Jeremiah Lawrence - Shenandoah
Seth Thomas - Methodist
Sterling Williams - Averett

Second Team
Jarmel Arrington - N.C. Wesleyan
Davon Barton - Christopher Newport
Eugene Grant - Methodist
Cory McDaniel - Averett
Jeremy Romeo - Christopher Newpor

Honorable Mention
Mark Blasingame - Christopher Newport
Mouktar Fawehinmi - Shenandoah
Korey Lewis - Christopher Newport
James Newman - Greensboro
Donta Selden - Christopher Newport

[narch]

here are my all-conference predictions (or perdictions, in honor of cnu85)...this is how i think the voting will turn out

1st team
lawrence, hall, berg, thomas, romeo

i missed on romeo...i really thought the "reputation" factor would get him a first team nod from the voters

2nd team
arrington, blasingame, grant, barton, williams

i was wrong on williams/romeo and blasingame...mcdaniel getting the nod over blasingame is curious to me, especially when you consider the rebounds and blocks for blasingame...mcdaniel did nothing spectacular and only led his OWN team in two major statistical categories (scoring and steals...both by narrow margins) - blasingame was in the top 2 in 3 major statistical categories in the conference (blocks, fg%, rpg)...that's ok, though...art hatch was never an all-conference player, but he's in the top 10 all-time in division III in blocks and one of the monarchs all-time leading rebounders...you don't have to be recognized as an all-conference performer to be very good

hon mention
deleon, mcduffie, selden, mcdaniel, fuller

the only one i got right here was selden...i've already covered blasingame (he should have been a 2nd teamer) - lewis doesn't deserve hm...he doesn't rebound enough for a post (4.6 rpg)...eugene grant averaged more rpg, and he's a pg/2g - deleon averaged just under 1 ppg less than lewis, but almost 5 rpg more...he was more deserving - newman...he played in just 58% of the conference games...how can he be an all-conference honoree when there are a lot of guys with similar numbers (including his own teammate, mcduffie) who played all 12 of their teams games? - fawehinmi played on a team that won one conference game, and his numbers were unspectacular...deleon put up better overall numbers than him, as well (and his team won 9 conference games) - i think mcduffie and deleon should have been hm over newman and lewis

poty
tough choice, but i think the coaches/sid's will vote hall

wow...i thought the voters would be swayed by the gaudy scoring and assist numbers and look past some of the statistical shortcomings...good selection

foty
feeling bad for leaving the leading scorere in the conf off the 1st team, the coaches/sid's will vote for arrington

barton is a good choice, even though he didn't look NEARLY as impressive as arrington in fayetteville...i would have been ok either way here

coty
tough call...i think cj will get the nod since allen won the coty last year

looking at the all-conference selections how did cj win over allen? - cj's ENTIRE starting 5 were all-conference players, au had just 2 all-conference players and they finished with the same record...clearly coach allen did as much with less talent, but he did win the award last year, so i'm sure that had some part in the selection...

so - i was right on 4/5 of the first team, 3/5 of the second team, 1/5 of the hm and 12/15 of the total all-conf players, and i was right on 1/3 of the awards...not the best perdictions (i know you're lurking '85) i've ever made...don't take me to vegas if you want to come home with your money

[cnufan]

Would you have been more assertive about Woollum for COY had they not gotten swept this weekend? I remember a post you wrote earlier about CJ for COY in stone. Just curious.

[narch]

Would you have been more assertive about Woollum for COY had they not gotten swept this weekend? I remember a post you wrote earlier about CJ for COY in stone. Just curious.

absolutely...because they would have finished 11-1 in conference and in sole posession of 1st place with 5 all-conference players instead of 9-3 and co-champions with 5 all-conference players - honestly, i didn't think cnu would lay an egg over the final weekend the way they did when i wrote that

[narch]

fayeteville observer game story...i hope mcevoy doesn't think he's a 3 point marksman from here on out...he needs to stay in the paint and collect rebounds and alter shots...if he wants to step out, make it 12-15 feet instead of 21'9" (or whatever the 3 point line is)

one downside of the new conference tourney format...$3 admission seemed to prevent folks from coming to the game - i heard many students didn't realize they had to pay to get in...

[cnufan]

Would you have been more assertive about Woollum for COY had they not gotten swept this weekend? I remember a post you wrote earlier about CJ for COY in stone. Just curious.

absolutely...because they would have finished 11-1 in conference and in sole posession of 1st place with 5 all-conference players instead of 9-3 and co-champions with 5 all-conference players - honestly, i didn't think cnu would lay an egg over the final weekend the way they did when i wrote that

Ya me neither!

[cnufan]

fayeteville observer game story...i hope mcevoy doesn't think he's a 3 point marksman from here on out...he needs to stay in the paint and collect rebounds and alter shots...if he wants to step out, make it 12-15 feet instead of 21'9" (or whatever the 3 point line is)

one downside of the new conference tourney format...$3 admission seemed to prevent folks from coming to the game - i heard many students didn't realize they had to pay to get in...

MC doesnt pick up the tab for the students there?? Damn, what kind of athletic department are they running down there?!?!

[narch]

MC doesnt pick up the tab for the students there?? Damn, what kind of athletic department are they running down there?!?!

while i think we both know this is one of the best run athletic departments in the conference, i couldn't agree more with the first part of your statement...should have happened

[cnufan]

I know CNU's athletic department picks the tab up on any event such as this on the CNU campus. I didnt mean any disrespect by what I said, I hope you know that. I feel that the dept. should pick up the tab for students tho. Just one man's opinion.

[narch]

I know CNU's athletic department picks the tab up on any event such as this on the CNU campus. I didnt mean any disrespect by what I said, I hope you know that. I feel that the dept. should pick up the tab for students tho. Just one man's opinion.

easy to say when your athletic department is funded the way cnu's is ...just one man's opinion

[cnufan]

Oh lord, here we go, why do you have to be so snide and snippy, I just dont get it? 

[narch]

Oh lord, here we go, why do you have to be so snide and snippy, I just dont get it? 

goose...i think you're reading too much into my post...facts can't be snide and snippy - bottom line is, cnu spends much more $$$ on their athletic department than any other school in the usasac (over $100,000 per year more, in fact) - there is nothing snide or snippy about that...in fact, i think it's a positive as long as that money isn't being diverted from academic programs

[cnufan]

Athletic Department is money is COMPLETELY different from from academic money and there are no deversions. Im so glad you know we spend 100K more than any other department in the conference. Good to know you are in tune with the rest of the budgets around the conference.

[narch]

Im so glad you know we spend 100K more than any other department in the conference. Good to know you are in tune with the rest of the budgets around the conference.

goose...it's publicly available information on this website...i found this site a few years ago when someone else linked it on one of these boards