MBB: USA South Conference

[SU97]

mensa, my first thought when looking at the box was similar to yours...how can blassingame and lewis not dominate rebounding numbers against a 6'2" post player and a guy in radmanovic who, while having size (6'7"), has never been known as a rebounder - those 2 combined for 21 rebounds to the 8 lewis and blassingame had combined...on paper that looks like the difference in the game

If you remeber the formula I threw out at the beginning of the year...  the Dragan is the difference for MU.

I totally agree with you on that 97. MU is like day and night when Dragan is on or off the court. Good Luck to the hornets today.

I was real impressed with Dragan last year when they came up to Winchester.  He just seemed to be all over the court and hustled a lot that game. Plus, any time the big fellas start launching from 3, I am a fan. Hopefully SU can pull a little upset of their own today. 

[PrideFan1986]

mensa, my first thought when looking at the box was similar to yours...how can blassingame and lewis not dominate rebounding numbers against a 6'2" post player and a guy in radmanovic who, while having size (6'7"), has never been known as a rebounder - those 2 combined for 21 rebounds to the 8 lewis and blassingame had combined...on paper that looks like the difference in the game

He does not seem to be as strong this year. But i would not sleep on him. His leadership is what keeps MU going

If you remeber the formula I threw out at the beginning of the year...  the Dragan is the difference for MU.

I totally agree with you on that 97. MU is like day and night when Dragan is on or off the court. Good Luck to the hornets today.

I was real impressed with Dragan last year when they came up to Winchester.  He just seemed to be all over the court and hustled a lot that game. Plus, any time the big fellas start launching from 3, I am a fan. Hopefully SU can pull a little upset of their own today. 

[PrideFan1986]

in all seriousness; great win for the Monarchs, I didn't see that coming at all.  If CNU loses today then this whole thing could become out of reach for the rest of the league. (pridesport, you may have been right after all...) I was expecting CNU & GC to have the same record going in. Figured that CNU would have handled MU and that SU would give GC a run for the money.  

I only caught the SU-GC game yesterday on the radio, but it sounded like GC coasted to an easy victory in the second half.  I would think they are a little more rested than CNU - not to mention in better health. If big #50 is hurt, then I'm not sure if CNU will be able to hang with GC. Our radio guys kept mentioning how athletic and strong GC was and that they were the first team in a long time to out-rebound our guys. I #50 is out, then GC may run away with this thing. If CNU is healthy, it should be a good game.

Blasingame is a HUGE key to CNU

[cnufella1]

Dragon is a heck of a player, however yesterday it was Lee who put the dagger in CNU.  He went off in the second half.   It wasn't that the defense was that bad on Lee, he was just hot.  Was hoping someone would shake Lee to wake him up.  Smith went to a small and quick line-up in the second half, with either Shuford or Moore in the middle.  Note that Dragon totaled 29 minutes in the game; he was on the bench during the run. 

One thing I forgot to mention was the referees.  They did not call a bad game, however at the end of overtime, after Shuford's score CJ feverishly tried to call timeout.  For some reason all three refs ended up on the baseline under CNU's basket???  So the ref who was supposed to be standing next to CJ was WAY out of position.  CNU should have had at least 5 seconds on the clock, they were given 1.1.  They still may not have scored, but you can certainly run a lot more options with 5!   What a shame, for CNU it ended on such a sour note. 

Notsa, I really think Donta is trying hard to bring the team together.  The team did play hard, for the most part yesterday, but you're "right on" about the lapses, especially on the defensive end.  Last year, Romeo did not hit his stride until VERY late in the season.  We can only hope and pray Davon does the same. 

[notamensa]

cnu 67
gc 65

what a season! i expected cnu to split the weekend games, but not like they did. but if we had to split, i sure like doing it the way we did (loss at methodist, win at greensboro),
rather than the way i expected (win at methodist, loss at greensboro). by winning in greensboro we remain in a tie for 1st. but look at the standings now! only 1 team is more than a game out of 1st place. we might end up with 3 or 4 teams at the end of the year with 7-5 records the way this is going. great win for cnu today. i wish i had listened to it. you guys that saw it (gcgullet, cnufella1), tell us what you saw. i said this before; cnu can play with any team in d3. the problem is, we DO play with any team in d3; at the level of our opponent. im going to start calling them the cardiac kids.

[narch]

lee had a big game again today, scoring 22 in the win against su - radmanovic had 17 and 7 and shu had 9 and 9 - lawrence had a studly 31 and 10...that kid can flat out play

the monarchs are just a game out of 1st after a nice weekend...of course, so is everyone but gc, cnu and su

psbbg - so you think the conference will end with a 2 way tie for first and a 4 way tie for 2nd?  i'm not so sure, but this sure is shaping up to be a fun race

monarchs go to greensboro jc on wednesday with a chance to really make things interesting

[notamensa]

psbbg - so you think the conference will end with a 2 way tie for first and a 4 way tie for 2nd?  i'm not so sure, but this sure is shaping up to be a fun race

i dont think he assigned 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. rather, he just listed the teams from top to bottom. maybe he thinks it will be a 6-way tie for first... not a bad pick the way things are going.

[narch]

i dont think he assigned 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. rather, he just listed the teams from top to bottom. maybe he thinks it will be a 6-way tie for first... not a bad pick the way things are going.

good call...i remembered that he said the way the standings were would be the way the season ended...i remembered incorrectly...

I will say after this weekend.  I will go out on a limb and say whatever week 10 rankings are, WILL be the way the conference finishes.

i can't wait to see the monarchs in 2nd to last in the new rankings

i think i'm gonna wait until the season is over to post my rankings...it'll be much easier that way

[PrideFan1986]

Dragon is a heck of a player, however yesterday it was Lee who put the dagger in CNU.  He went off in the second half.   It wasn't that the defense was that bad on Lee, he was just hot.  Was hoping someone would shake Lee to wake him up.  Smith went to a small and quick line-up in the second half, with either Shuford or Moore in the middle.  Note that Dragon totaled 29 minutes in the game; he was on the bench during the run. 

One thing I forgot to mention was the referees.  They did not call a bad game, however at the end of overtime, after Shuford's score CJ feverishly tried to call timeout.  For some reason all three refs ended up on the baseline under CNU's basket???  So the ref who was supposed to be standing next to CJ was WAY out of position.  CNU should have had at least 5 seconds on the clock, they were given 1.1.  They still may not have scored, but you can certainly run a lot more options with 5!   What a shame, for CNU it ended on such a sour note. 

Notsa, I really think Donta is trying hard to bring the team together.  The team did play hard, for the most part yesterday, but you're "right on" about the lapses, especially on the defensive end.  Last year, Romeo did not hit his stride until VERY late in the season.  We can only hope and pray Davon does the same. 

It was a really good game we had a shot to tie with two seconds on the clock and we truned the ball over. It is like I said after the game you win some and you loose some.

[notamensa]

It was a really good game we had a shot to tie with two seconds on the clock and we truned the ball over. It is like I said after the game you win some and you loose some.

any more insight than "it was a really good game?"

[narch]

It was a really good game we had a shot to tie with two seconds on the clock and we truned the ball over.

gotta hate those trunovers...they'll hrut you every time

It is like I said after the game you win some and you loose some.

and after the game you can put on your lose jeans

[pride1fan]

Tool

[hasanova]

Hey (not "hay" since that's dried grass fed to livestock), it's (not "its" since that signifies possession and this is a contraction for "it is") not (not "knot" since that's where a limb once grew on a tree and not "naught" since that means zero) narch's (note apostrophe signifying possession) fault (note correct spelling) that (no additional comments - you either know it or you don't) some (not "sum" since that signifies a total in addition) writers (not "rite, right, wright or Reuters," since they are, respectively, a ceremony, a privilege or direction, a craftsman and a news service) do (not "due" or "dew" which signify, respectively, something now owed and condensation) not (also not to be confused with "Knott's" Berry Farm, which is a California amusement park) know (not "no" since that means negative) which (not "witch" since that is a female hag or not "wich" as in the suffix on sandwich) homonym (not "homosexual" since he's your roommate) to (not "too" which means also or "two" which is a number or even "tutu" which is what your roommate may now be wearing) use (not "ewes" since that is two or more female sheep).  Got it?   lol

[pride1fan]

thut wuz funie

[hasanova]

thut wuz funie

Thanks.  Just having some fun.