MBB: USA South Conference

[eddie]

i hope you are right goose but the kid had no energy at all.  i can count plenty of times he didnt even try to crash the boards.  missed a couple put backs from down low that my grandma could have made.  or maybe it was because the othe two guys just played better then him.  like i said before i hgope u are right goose.  as for whitam i dont see him playing much more after lewis gets back and the play of 33 and 43 and mark.

[eddie]

mad props to barton he had some sweet passes.  he looks like a great kid to build around

[captj]

narch –

I don't care how many of the guys from that 99-00 team were transfers.  You quote my "DEVELOPED" comment as though bringing in transfers is not a good way to develop a team.  You know better than that.  I don't care how we GOT those guys, I care that we KEPT them. 

[eddie]

vwc lost by 3 to trinity,  so they will be fired up come tuesday.
go capts

[narch]

narch –
I don't care how many of the guys from that 99-00 team were transfers.  You quote my "DEVELOPED" comment as though bringing in transfers is not a good way to develop a team.  You know better than that.  I don't care how we GOT those guys, I care that we KEPT them. 

j - i think you're reading WAY TOO MUCH into my post...i didn't mean to imply anything negative about the fact that there were 4 transfers on that team...just wondered how many there were - it does seem that recent renditions of the captains have had fewer transfers, and thus were "DEVELOPED" differently, but in no way did i imply anything negative...sorry if you took it that way

[narch]

i don't want anyone to misconstrue this comment, so i'll make it very clear...i mean nothing negative or derogatory toward cnu when i ask this question, i simply do not know the answer...is southern va any good? 

i saw they were 2-3 and very small (only two players over 6'4" on their roster), but i know NOTHING about any of their opponents to this point - i know the sova football team is pretty terrible, but i imagine it's easier to field a competetive hoops team than it is to field a football team when you are a lds school (smaller roster size in hoops)...there are only so many football playing lds kids, and the mission requirement would be tough to overcome on the field, i imagine

[cnufan]

And the Marlins still have to play a tenacious NC Wesleyan team Sunday before heading to Newport News on Tuesday. Should be very interesting. Im looking forward to one more game before Turkey Day and then a "stellar" tournament on the 25th and 26th.

[cnu85]

I don't have much more to add to what Captj said below. I do believe that Blasingame was a bit overwhelmed with the quickness and speed of the college game. And this was SOVA...wait until Tuesday!! Also, a few more reps in the weight room and some more game time, and he'll be just fine.

Barton surprised me. I think we have a point guard from my old H.S. (the school does have a history of nice point guards - Iverson comes to mind). One message to the kid....STAY IN SCHOOL!!!! I'd love to see that guy as a senior. I know one game doesn't predict the future...but if he keeps it up and sticks around for 4 years....I'll be saying Blake who?

Matt Coleman was another nice surprise. He had a rough 1st half. I think he too was adjusting to the college speed. He adjusted well in the second half. Without him, there would have been no overtime.

Overall, the team has guts and heart and I think falling behind by 9 several times, and coming back each time will help this group of guys eventually become a team.

Prediction for Tuesday - CNU learns even more, discovers more aout themselves - as they lose to VWC by at least 20.

CaptJ  good to meet you last night - see ya on Tuesday  -what were those fried things anyway?

[captj]

narch –

If I was a little bit defensive about your transfer inquiry it was because you elected to quote my comment on developing that team as part of it.  You usually quote people when you disagree with them.  Let's just drop it.

SoVA is hard to figure out.  They do some things very well.  Their passes are crisp and they handle the ball well.  Like I said in my recap of the game, they played very hard for the entire game.  Every second of it.  I get the impression that they are pretty well coached, but that they might be at the limitation of their talent.  They came in here with 5 games already under their belt and a week to study CNU films in preparation for us, and they still couldn't beat us (even with a team full of newcomers to the program and our two best players in street clothes).  I'd love to think that they are a really good team but I'm afraid that they're not.  They obviously need to rebound better (61-34 in our favor).  They aren't that small by D3 standards.  They have a guy (#53) listed at 6-8 and always had at least a couple of guys at 6-3 and 6-4 in their line up.  Their point guard is 6-2.

[captj]

85 –

Chicken cordon bleu balls?

See you Tuesday.

[narch]

j - i usually quote when i don't want to re-type what someone has already said...it's much easier to hit the quote button and you don't run the risk of mis-quoting someone, but, i digress

monarchs get win #1 today against suny maritime - looks like the defense was way ahead of the offense for mc - lee had a NICE game with 17 and grant & thomas had double digits with 11 and 10 respectively - no box score yet, but i'll post it when it's available online

[cnu85]

I forgot to mention the play of Ed Riley...another nice surprise.

But let's face it..this was SOVA....... Remember Ferum football was 9-0 at one point and look what happened to them the past 2 weeks. I can't get excited about the win, but I can get excited about the potential I see. I think one thing CNU needs right now is a few years of being steady. The past few years there have been quite a few players leaving before their senior year.

CaptJ - 61-34 in rebounded....ummm.......they are Mormon......Mormon's can't jump!

[cnu85]

CaptJ - 61-34 in rebounded...

whew...and I've only had 1 beer so far tonight

[hoopshops]

Good win for the Monarchs yesterday. Lets hope they continue and get another win today.

[narch]

looks like the sewanee game was a barn burner...the monarchs dropped a 118-115 game in double ot