MBB: USA South Conference

scottiedoug · February 10, 2015, 04:03:52 PM

Averett is ahead of Bill Peace....

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · February 11, 2015, 02:48:15 PM

Regional Rankings are out: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2015/02/11/first-regional-rankings-released-today/

mattgrubb · February 11, 2015, 05:15:41 PM

Yea give it time. Bill Peace will come through to make the hosting situation miserable.

Dixie Fan · February 13, 2015, 08:54:59 PM

Matthew, the whole Bill Peace name made me laugh. Big 7 days ahead for the league. Obviously Coach Shields is COY but what is your 1st and 2nd teams? POY and ROY? Like you said, time for seniors to step up so their careers don't end on a sour note.

mattgrubb · February 15, 2015, 09:22:31 AM

Dixie Fan
Coach Shields is w/o a doubt coach of the year. Thats the easy one. After that, It gets hazy. I think some locks for All conference are ......No locks so i will give my 2 cents on who the big names in the conference are: Trey Gaines, Nick Mitchell, All of Bill Peaces team, Spencer Shoffner, No One from Huntingdon or Covenant, and again the NCWC team. I cant tell anyone apart at NCWC they are all about 6'3 and play really hard. They are usually in a pile going after the ball and you cant see faces or numbers. Watching them play this season was fun as they play so hard. They have had some inefficiencies on offense but the 3 or times i have seen them play their effort has been consistent.
I will say that after beating Greensboro and with a win over Averett early and the overall inconsistencies of the league, Murvul is still the favorite to win the conference tourney. Second would be Averett and my personal pick would be Bill Peace. I could only imagine the chaos that would ensue if the Peace won the tourney and got a bid!!!!!
On a high note, this is my christmas as Coaches Wallace, McGreal, and Watson bring their panthers into the mountains to play against Coaches Lambert, Placeres, and Hernandez. I cant wait. I will be wearing my Mark Wagner jersey screaming for the panthers.

scottiedoug · February 16, 2015, 12:14:49 PM

So ok now Mr. Grubby. Do the Scots have at this late stage what it takes to win tough games? They looked pretty good yesterday and seemed to have gotten some enthusiasm. Is it only reserved for Wallace et al from LaGrange?

mattgrubb · February 20, 2015, 02:39:31 PM

The scots are WOW! I have heard rumors that Coach Lambert is having to talk his assistants off the ledge. Literally, they are contemplating jumping off the roof of Cooper athletic Center. Which losing Coach P would be rough, Greg ahhh the jury is still out on him as we could probably salvage his hair and keep it on display. And the only reason he is talking them off the ledge is so he has a place to jump!
So Feb 20th is the day to decide if the tourney will be at the 32 seat home of the Bill Peace Pacers? Come on Pacers!!!! I would love to see everyone packed into that gym the first day. Well, thats the only day the Murvul scots will be there like last year. 2 losses to Piedmont this season and people ask why I switched to a Lagrange fan. Come on Panthers. And btw, Wagner put on a show for the Grubby One in Murvul. I know my panthers lost but it was nice to see my boy show out. Also, the price of admission is always justified just to watch Coach McGreal on the sidelines!!!!!!!

scottiedoug · February 21, 2015, 01:34:19 PM

Well Averett beat Bill Peace so the tournament will be in a gym with seats. I still think anyone can win this, even the Scots.

mattgrubb · February 23, 2015, 10:06:37 AM

Yes, Averett has one of the nicest facilities in the USA South if not the nicest. Good place to host a tourney. Obviously, Lagrange is my cinderella as I think both Wallace and McGreal would look phenomenal in a nice pair of glass slippers and a prom dress or princess dress for this argument.

Murvul has a chance to avenge last years first round loss to GC and vegas says it is a slim chance at this point.

How do you pick a favorite in a conference that no team showed they really wanted to win? Can you just go with the home team?

bballlover · February 23, 2015, 10:33:58 AM

One thing is for sure guys. Come Saturday night , one team will have a three game winning streak.

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · February 25, 2015, 01:58:27 PM

Final public men's basketball regional rankings are out: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2015/02/25/final-public-ncaa-regional-rankings-released/

mattgrubb · February 26, 2015, 11:45:43 PM

So my panthers are making a run to repeat, ahhh one step closer to McGreal in a prom dress. Wagner with a little player of the week action, keep it up.

The scots tried to lose one today but avenged last years upset and for the second year in a row, the conference POY is out in the first round. A little advice, pick a better POY. But against their will the scots advance to play Averett at Averett, where they have already won this year. Mark this down, J. Byrd is by far still the best player in this conference and the best this conference has seen since Brandon Givens, so the scots go as J Byrd goes tomorrow. Does he keep O Butler and C Ford playing or retiring tomorrow??? And for you old school Dixie/Usa South guys, Brandon Givens was better than Ted Berry!

scottiedoug · February 27, 2015, 10:17:52 AM

If JByrd is the best the league has to offer and he was POY and his team lost last year in the first round then how does your advice about picking a better POY make sense. or is that a silly question...the Grubby makes sense part...

mattgrubb · February 27, 2015, 10:48:22 PM

Life is good!!!!
A new streak starts tomorrow or a bad one ends. Either way, best of luck to both teams tomorrow. Both teams have great coaching staffs.

mattgrubb · February 28, 2015, 01:00:15 PM

Wagner and Songster both featured on the match up preview photo. Im such a proud father as I am really both of their daddys. This is the best day I have had since I had my last child, Kris Sigmund!!!! If McGreal and Placeres don't throw punches at halftime, the game will not be intense enough!!!!

ScottieDoug, can you come bail me out of jail with about 3 mins left in the game b/c I will be wreaking havoc in the suburbs during this game!!!!! These losers that live around me will know that D3 is more much intense than their loser Vols! Either my panthers or My Coach Lambert are going to the big dance. I can't wait.

To quote the great Randy: "Who gives a good gosh jimminy dang about the regular season when you have an AQ in your conference tourney!" circa 1999. As per previous posts, if it aint the NCAA tourney it don't matter! Now the Scots are 1 game away from adding to their top 10 all time tourney appearance resume or my boy Wallace is about to start a freakin dynasty in Lagrange!!!!!

Josh Tummel will not stop texting me. He has been prescribed sedatives for today's game, Kris Sigmund is lost in the woods so he knows he won't be able to assault anyone during the game, and Alex Bowers will be watching and taking notes for his catholic girls team.

This game could very well come down to Coach Hernandez's hair vs Coach Watson's fashion apparel. this matchup will be intense!

And the Sour Note, the winner of this game will be on a path to face Randolph Macon in the second round!!! Dang it!!