MBB: USA South Conference

[PrideFan1986]

monarchs lose their 5th straight - first win for the pride in the riddle center since 99-00

I tell ya narch that was alot of fun. The pride just came in a played better more physical basketball and walked away with a win. But hats off to MU for not giving up. Now, we shift our minds to Sat. for when to Cougars come to town

[hasanova]

monarchs lose their 5th straight - first win for the pride in the riddle center since 99-00

narch, I saw the score last night.  Here's hoping the Monarchs get back on the winning side soon.  I believe they're a better team than their 4-7 record would indicate.  For what it's worth, the Quakers had a similar stretch last year, starting 4-1 (only loss was to Elon) and then they inexplicably dropped 7 in a row.  After their 4-8 start, Guilford finished 9-6 and led VWC by 9 at the half in the conference semifinals.  Hang in there!

[pride1fan]

Narch can add his team to the list now ......Fisk, Huntington, Eastern Mennonite. Goes with his big-boy tears.

[CNU85]

just looked at the box score....Luke Jackson had 5 points and a block in 11 minutes of play. very interesting.....

also - I need to go look at the SU roster....are they small? CNU had 13 blocked shots!

[hasanova]

just looked at the box score....Luke Jackson had 5 points and a block in 11 minutes of play. ery interesting.....

also - I need to go look at the SU roster....are they small? CNU had 13 blocked shots!

I don't think SU has anyone over about 6'5"

[averetthoops]

Good to get back in the win column last night against a very scrappy Ferrum team.   The crowd was great!   Ferrum's bigs did a nice job - I was pretty impressed with them.

Saturday is a huge game against Greensboro.  G'boro is one of my favorite places to watch a game.  Should be loud and exciting.

[PrideSportBBallGuy]

just looked at the box score....Luke Jackson had 5 points and a block in 11 minutes of play. ery interesting.....

also - I need to go look at the SU roster....are they small? CNU had 13 blocked shots!

I don't think SU has anyone over about 6'5"

I don't know much about SU, but what I do know is for a team that lacks the size that you say they lack, they are killer on the glass in relation to the lack of size.  Although I don't think SU will win the conference, I think they are an ok team and will win the more then 1 game in the conference this year.

[hasanova]

just looked at the box score....Luke Jackson had 5 points and a block in 11 minutes of play. ery interesting.....

also - I need to go look at the SU roster....are they small? CNU had 13 blocked shots!

I don't think SU has anyone over about 6'5"

I don't know much about SU, but what I do know is for a team that lacks the size that you say they lack, they are killer on the glass in relation to the lack of size.  Although I don't think SU will win the conference, I think they are an ok team and will win the more then 1 game in the conference this year.

Oh, I'm not implying they're not a decent team.  My post was just a straightforward answer to CNU85's simple question, "Are they small?"  I've seen the Hornets play.  They have some athletes and some leapers, so they can compete quite nicely.  Besides, in my estimation, relatively few DIII's have quality players with lots of height.  Except for isolated cases here and there, most of the tallest guys (say 6'7" and up) with great court skills end up in higher divisions.  That's just the way it is in DIII.   You can't, as the old adage goes, teach height, so taller guys will always be in demand.

[kickerdad]

Glad to see Averett get back on the win side last night. Congrats

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

just looked at the box score....Luke Jackson had 5 points and a block in 11 minutes of play. ery interesting.....

also - I need to go look at the SU roster....are they small? CNU had 13 blocked shots!

I don't think SU has anyone over about 6'5"

I don't know much about SU, but what I do know is for a team that lacks the size that you say they lack, they are killer on the glass in relation to the lack of size.  Although I don't think SU will win the conference, I think they are an ok team and will win the more then 1 game in the conference this year.

31 offensive rebounds accounted for 31 or more second chance points for the Hornets last night. It appears the Capts did not do a great job boxing out on the defensive end. Jeremiah Lawrence apparently had a huge game with 28 and 18 (or something like that) with I think more than half of his rebounds coming on the offensive end.

[CNU85]

Good info. Thanks. Iwas just focused on the 13 blocked shots and was assuming a small team...which seems like a good assumption. I think they outrebounded CNU 49-41...so they may be small and get blocked...but they can obviously position themselves for the rebound. I've always felt that CNU is weak in rebounding skills. It's not just the current team, either. It seems to be a trend over the years. Not sure why. I can't remember ever watching a game and not see a ball bounce off the rim and all of the CNU players are outside the key, or even outisde the 3 point line. It happens quite a bit.

[narch]

Narch can add his team to the list now ......Fisk, Huntington, Eastern Mennonite. Goes with his big-boy tears.

i'd prefer to add greensboro to the list of 5 straight quality opponents, if it's alright with you

congrats to your team on breaking a 5 game mu winning streak over the pride and a 6 game win streak at the riddle center - it certainly looks like gc is well on pace for their best season in recent memory - the coaching staff has done a fantastic job of blending junior college talent with the existing players and turning around a program that hasn't had a winning season since at least 1998-99 (and maybe before that...i'm not sure since the gc record book does not list team records prior to that season)

i can't recall crying a single tear at any point in time this season or in the past, but if you choose to interpret my pointing out that mu's last 5 opponents are a combined 51-11 and include the defending national champion and a former national champion as crying, i guess i'm guilty as charged - i rather like the way coach smith schedules - i don't think you get better playing bad teams...that being said, i'm not so sure the monarchs are a very good team right now

the potential to be a solid team is there, though, and i still believe that at some point in time this season this team will have a break-through...but i could be wrong and here is why...the usasac as a whole has improved dramatically over the last few years - gone are the days when monarch fans could bank on 2 wins over ferrum, 2 over averett, 2 over gc and hope to split with ncwc, su and cnu...the monarchs might be one of the teams that others are banking on for 2 wins now

[pride1fan]

Some cheese with the whine sir?

[notamensa]

Some cheese with the whine sir?

what is this? from what ive observed, narch is the class of this board, and he is definitely not whining (or wining). i am definitely keeping score on this karma thing until i have enough posts under my belt to make my mark, and mr pride1; you are going to take a hit from me when i hit that magic 200 post mark. go ahead and smite me now, cause youre going to take a hit from me very soon.

[notamensa]

oops... i meant the NC wesleyan game. a freudian slip, perhaps?