MBB: USA South Conference

[CaptJ]

Hoops2010; you seem a bit sympathetic to the plight of the big guys on the roster.   Who are you?  Are you on the team? 

Hmmmm.... maybe I was right.  We haven't heard from him since Nov. 25.  Geez, I'm sorry I scared him off.  He made some really insightful posts.  Actually, I think that he is NOT someone on the team THIS year.  Come back, Mark!

GO CAPTAINS!

[CaptJ]

Well, I listened to the entire game by webcast, right up to the last few minutes in OT when the broadcast simply STOPPED!  At the time CNU was down by 2 but I guess I missed a great finish by the Captains to pull out the road win.  I suspect that FT got so excited that he kicked out a plug somewhere.  Talk about frustrating!

GREAT WIN, CAPTAINS!!

[CaptJ]

Someone explain this to me.  Coach K went with a small lineup most of the game so it is understandable we would be out-rebounded.  But how is it that Mike Green and Brian Herrmann (both 6'-5") combine for 3 total rebounds and Tra Benefield (6-2) gets 9, Conley Taylor (6-2) gets 8, and Paul Meredith (5-10) gets 8?  Long bounces off the rim? 

Taylor was a beast again:  8-14 fg,  12-13 ft,  8 reb, 28 tp

[CNU85]

Who is this Paul Meredith?

[CaptJ]

Who is this Paul Meredith?

He might be the heir apparent at PG, although both he and Hector started tonight.  Seems to have game.  Maybe he was injured to start the year.

[CaptJ]

Who is this Paul Meredith?

#11 Paul Meredith
Position: Guard
Height: 5-10
Weight: 180
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Hampton, Va.
High School: Bethel

2009-10 - SOPHOMORE SEASON - Walked on at Division I Old Dominion University...Did not see any action for the Monarchs.

2008-09 - FRESHMAN SEASON - Played in 22 games, including seven starts for the Marlins, helping VWC win the conference championship...Averaged over 21 minutes per game, scoring 3.0 points per game and adding 2.0 rebounds...Dished out 2.1 assists per contest as the primary reserve at point guard...Had six assists and five rebounds against Widener in the NCAA Tournament First Round game.

AT BETHEL - Earned All-Peninsula Third Team honors and was team captain...Selected to play in the Peninsula vs. South District All-Star Game...Averaged 10 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 steals per game

[narch]

mu drops to 2-7 with an 88-80 loss to huntingdon in birmingham, ala last night...frosh bryan hockaday came off the bench for 19 and 12 while josh hayes had 15 pts, 4 assists and 1 to - huntingdon was 26-31 at the ft line while mu was 10-15

[CaptJ]

If Conley Taylor doesn't make Team of the Week there should be an investigation.  In 2 games he scored 72 points on 61.3% shooting and cleared 12 rebounds.  He scored most of his points in the second half of each game when CNU was coming back from a huge deficit each time.  He pulled it off in the Lynchburg game as the Captains came from 12 points down with a little over 4 minutes to play to win by 5 in ovettime.  He would have also done the same in the Frostburg game but the Bobcats were just too tough down the stretch (hitting their last 15 free throws of the game without a miss).  CNU was down by 21 early in the second half and cut the margin to 2 points, mostly on Taylor's back.  A great pair of performances by Conley Taylor.

[GuyFormerlyPSBBG]

If Conley Taylor doesn't make Team of the Week there should be an investigation.  In 2 games he scored 72 points on 61.3% shooting and cleared 12 rebounds.  He scored most of his points in the second half of each game when CNU was coming back from a huge deficit each time.  He pulled it off in the Lynchburg game as the Captains came from 12 points down with a little over 4 minutes to play to win by 5 in ovettime.  He would have also done the same in the Frostburg game but the Bobcats were just too tough down the stretch (hitting their last 15 free throws of the game without a miss).  CNU was down by 21 early in the second half and cut the margin to 2 points, mostly on Taylor's back.  A great pair of performances by Conley Taylor.

Tell the SID to nominate him then.

In the defense of the Team of the Week, there are 300 some d3 schools and I am pretty sure there might have been another player to put up similar numbers this past week.  All you can be is advocate.

[Allen C]

I have to admit, I have not been as avid of a follower of Ferrum Men's BB as I am football, but at 9-0, I think I will have to start paying closer attention. They seem to have something going, but they have #9 Eastern Mennonite soon, and that should prove interesting.

Go Panthers!

[D-BAT]

9-0 Ferrum    
5-4 Chris. Newport    
6-5 N.C. Wesleyan    
4-4 Greensboro    
3-7 Methodist    
1-8 Shenandoah    
1-10 Averett    

[D-BAT]

10-0 Ferrum    
7-4  Chris. Newport    
6-5  N.C. Wesleyan    
4-5  Greensboro    
3-7  Methodist    
2-10 Averett
1-9  Shenandoah    

[GuyFormerlyPSBBG]

I hope we truly don't have fair weather fans in basketball.

There are plenty of things to talk about.

Ferrum-the success they have had this year. (Played well against Eastern Mennonite)

Greensboro beating Maryville for only the 3rd time.

http://www.greensborocollegesports.com/news/2011/1/2/MBB_0102111612.aspx?path=mbball

Ferrum at this point could run away with the conference, but I think 2-5 is pretty wide open.

Who has the best chances against Ferrum? Who will win the conference?

[Allen C]

Glad to say Ferrum is looking strong, and I was happy with their effort against EMU....Too many turnovers, and EMU was hot at the foul line....Still a very good effort against the #9 team in the nation.

Now conference play starts. I would think Ferrum will have a few land mines to navigate to win the conference. I would think CNU will have a lot to say about how this ends, as well as NCWC.

I am hopeful that Ferrum will break into the top 25 in the next couple of weeks.

Go Panthers!

[narch]

the monarchs are 4-8 and about where they usually are pre-conference (except last year...which is a long forgotten memory)

getting solid contributions from a number of guys, but jernigan is having a stellar start and scored 33 over the weekend

should be an interesting conference season starting this weekend...