MBB: USA South Conference

hasanova · December 03, 2009, 04:39:27 PM

Quote from: narch on December 03, 2009, 02:18:09 PM
su97...did you mean "parody"?

Good one, narch. +1 If SU97 was wishing for USASAC hoops "parody", then Merry Christmas! By winning four straight, however, the Pride have started to blow the "parity" theory.

CaptJ · December 03, 2009, 08:57:08 PM

Maryland Bible... just what the doctor ordered. As I write this we are up by 40 with 5:00 to play. The record is now over .500 and we should take lots of positives into the 9 day break. Hopefully the practice sessions will be productive. Taylor seems to have regained his stroke. Josh Russell played a nice game with good outside shooting that opened up his inside game. Green typically strong. All in all, it seemed like a great effort. I wish it had been against a stronger team but today was a very positive step in the right direction.

CaptJ · December 03, 2009, 09:00:42 PM

Oh boy, now we have the typical clear-the-bench, sloppy, stat packing play. Briggs tries a reverse dunk described by the announcers as "woefully short." Now Ferris, Briggs and Herrmann have all hit 3-pointers, and the shortest of the three is 6-5. Oh well.

CaptJ · December 03, 2009, 09:47:33 PM

Final score 101-56 with both of our top 2 point guards on the bench. Team was 38/73 for 52%FG. 3PTFG was 1/12 in first half and 10/12 in second half for 46% on the game. Rebound advantage 50-26!! Turnover advantage 14-24. Pretty solid game against a team that beat us last year if I recall correctly.

Josh Russell: 5/7 from long, 8/11 overall for 21 pts.
Conley Taylor: 1/2 from long, 9/15 overall for 20 pts, 3 reb. I hope he has regained his confidence.
Hector Feliciano-Ayala: 2 points but 7/1 assist/turnover ratio, 4 rebounds! He is 5'-9" I think.
Mike Green: 18 & 7.
Mark Blasingame: quiet night with 8 & 6. 4/4 from the floor so he was efficient. Only 20 minutes.
Matt Preston & Omar Briggs led rebounding with 8 each in 13 and 7 minutes respectively.

Hampton U SID · December 03, 2009, 10:08:15 PM

Yeah Md Bible did pop the Capt's last year. Nice to see a W for CNU.

Builders almost stung the Fish tonight...VWC 76-73 in OT

CaptJ · December 03, 2009, 10:21:52 PM

Quote from: nnasid on December 03, 2009, 10:08:15 PM
Yeah Md Bible did pop the Capt's last year. Nice to see a W for CNU.

Builders almost stung the Fish tonight...VWC 76-73 in OT

Wow, if there is a "good loss" for the Builders, that should be one.

I have said this before... the Captains should have NN Apprentice on their schedule EVERY year like they used to. Since we are now playing teams like Md. Bible every year, that seems a no-brainer. Maybe you can enlighten us on why that doesn't happen.

CNUHoops2010 · December 04, 2009, 10:03:44 AM

First 8 and last 5 minutes were sloppy but the team looked great in the middle. Josh looked very confident from outside and also scored on a couple of nice drives to the bucket. Green worked his usual magic on the offensive glass as the team moved the ball around well. Conley did a nice job driving to the bucket and creating opportunities.

CNU continues to depend on the perimeter offense so they will need to knock down the early shots against the better teams. They missed their first 6 or 7 outside shots. Layups and put backs kept them in the game early. I'd love to see CNU work the ball inside to Mark in the post more often. Bible actually held a 4 point lead at one point before CNU kicked in the jets.

Everyone got in during the last 7 minutes as the bigs attempted to play point guard and bring the ball up the court. Needless to say, I don't see Omar or Loren challenging Going or Xavier for playing time at PG anytime soon but it was fun to watch.

All in all, a good win. Looking forward to lots of winning basketball on the weekend of the 12th.

hasanova · December 05, 2009, 10:30:19 AM

FYI and taken verbatim from today's Greensboro News & Record:

The Greensboro College men's team added a game to its 2009-10 season. The Pride will host Concord (WV) University on Jan. 11 at Hanes Gym. Greensboro and the Division II Lions will tip-off at 7:30 p.m.

I've rarely seen a game added so late in the season. Perhaps this is a reflection of GCP's rather tumultuous year and the somewhat, at times, unsettled AD role.

HornetFan4Life · December 06, 2009, 12:43:26 PM

I knew this was a down year for the USA South but wow!

Every team seems to be struggling but I thought SU would've had more chemistry and success early in the season. They played well at the end of last season and return basically the same team except for guards Johns and Washington. 1-6 is not what I had expected. They can still turn it around tho.

CaptJ · December 06, 2009, 05:34:48 PM

Quote from: hasanova on December 05, 2009, 10:30:19 AM
FYI and taken verbatim from today's Greensboro News & Record:

The Greensboro College men's team added a game to its 2009-10 season. The Pride will host Concord (WV) University on Jan. 11 at Hanes Gym. Greensboro and the Division II Lions will tip-off at 7:30 p.m.

I've rarely seen a game added so late in the season. Perhaps this is a reflection of GCP's rather tumultuous year and the somewhat, at times, unsettled AD role.

Yeah, it does seem rare to still be working on the schedule. But, hey, look how long it took CNU to even announce their roster. I'm just glad that Greensboro still has a team so I'm definitely going to cut them some slack. I think that you're absolutely correct that it is a reflection of the times.

CaptJ · December 06, 2009, 05:40:07 PM

Welcome to the board, HornetFan4Life. Or hornet, or HF4L, or hornet fan, or whatever. You know, it would have been easier for all if you had selected a simpler moniker.

narch · December 07, 2009, 01:13:22 PM

the monarchs had a tough weekend in salisbury, md, losing to salisbury 87-75 on saturday and then losing a 2 ot game to ramapo on sunday...the monarchs lost that game despite scoring 117 points and holding a 97-93 lead with 8 seconds left in regulation...tough loss

the monarchs are now 0-8 (wow...that hurt)...the only bright spot from a record standpoint is that the d3 opponents are 30-13 (.704 winning %) - carnes and jernigan are playing very well offensively, averaging 17.3 ppg and 15.3 ppg respectively, but offense alone won't win games

the monarchs are REALLY struggling as a team defensively right now, giving up an average of over 92 ppg...not having a 6'10" shot-blocking wizard inside could be hurting mu

speaking of connor, he is averaging 8.1 ppg, 5.6 rpg and 5 bpg at the d2 level...where was that offense for the monarchs

CaptJ · December 07, 2009, 06:31:12 PM

Quote from: narch on December 07, 2009, 01:13:22 PM
speaking of connor, he is averaging 8.1 ppg, 5.6 rpg and 5 bpg at the d2 level...where was that offense for the monarchs

narch, I think I recall you saying many times, "It's the system."

PrideFan1986 · December 07, 2009, 08:24:32 PM

Quote from: hasanova on December 05, 2009, 10:30:19 AM
FYI and taken verbatim from today's Greensboro News & Record:

The Greensboro College men's team added a game to its 2009-10 season. The Pride will host Concord (WV) University on Jan. 11 at Hanes Gym. Greensboro and the Division II Lions will tip-off at 7:30 p.m.

I've rarely seen a game added so late in the season. Perhaps this is a reflection of GCP's rather tumultuous year and the somewhat, at times, unsettled AD role.

There is no connection between GC adding a game the state of GC and the AD. Coach does the scheduling and added So. Virginia in similar way a few years ago.

BTW, looking for 6th straight when Mary Wash. comes to town on Sunday

narch · December 08, 2009, 08:36:14 AM

Quote from: CaptJ on December 07, 2009, 06:31:12 PM
narch, I think I recall you saying many times, "It's the system."

no question that the defensive system was such that the monarch perimeter defenders could take chances on the outside knowing that there was a shot-blocker inside waiting to clean things up...mu doesn't have that now - the offensive outburst from connor at the d2 level is surprising though...i don't think the mu system held him back...i'm going to assume that his offensive outburst is a natural progression of a young man who is improving...too bad he isn't doing so in green & gold, though...mu could sure use his shot-blocking prowess right now