MBB: USA South Conference

[cnu85]

Trying to figure out the next opponent.....here's some "stuff" I found...

they are 4-9.

common opponent was Maine - Presque Isle...they won by 15.

They beat Landmark college 128-27....that's right by 101!!!! Landmark shot 11/69  (15%).

Newcombe is a top scorer with 24 ppg (had 36 in MPI game).

nothing is a sure thing (Chestnut Hill), but I think they will find it tough in the Freeman

[captj]

common opponent was Maine - Presque Isle...they won by 15.

That probably says enough.  I am pretty confident we'll be 9-3 when we play Shenandoah.

How bad must Landmark College be?!

[captj]

Westfield State beat Fisher 99-85.  I thought that Westfield St. looked like a pretty good team when they played ECtSt in the Freeman before our game against Maine-PI. 

I guess it could turn out to be another Chestnut Hill game, but I really, really doubt it.  And would that be so bad?  I was at that game and although I was pretty disgusted with the Captains it was pretty cool to see those CHill kids so elated.

[captj]

How bad must Landmark College be?!

I am NOT making this up:

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Check out their website if you don't believe me.

[PrideFan1986]

I tell you all on thing, Greensboro College is not to be messed with. Thier record might not show but all that I know by watching them play they are a really athletic and physical team. What about the new guy? He is by far looking at the USA South stats one of the best shooters from behind the arch in the league.

[narch]

I tell you all on thing, Greensboro College is not to be messed with. Thier record might not show but all that I know by watching them play they are a really athletic and physical team. What about the new guy? He is by far looking at the USA South stats one of the best shooters from behind the arch in the league.

gullet - welcome to the board

are you talking about james newman?...i seem to remeber him playing last year, but i could be wrong - anyway, if you're talking about him being one of the top 15 shooters in the league, you're right - but statistically, i wouldn't call him "by far...one of the best shooters in the league" - here are the numbers from the usasac website as of this morning

3-POINT FG PCT (Min. 1.0 made per game)
## Player-Team                       G   3FG   FGA   Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------
1.TOWNSEND, Antwon-SUM.....9     27    48  .563
2.MCDANIEL, Cory-AUM...........12    29    56  .518
3.BROWN, Cameron-AUM........12    19    39  .487
4.HAGWOOD, Shaun-AUM........12    26    54  .481
5.SELDEN, Donta-CNUM...........11    20    42  .476
   FRAZIER, Ryan-AUM...............10    10    21  .476
7.THOMAS, Seth-MCM..............10    13    28  .464
8.GRIFFIN, Quan-SUM...............9     12    26  .462
9.LEE, Robert-MCM..................10    15    34  .441
10.JOHNS, Steven-SUM...............8     8    19  .421
11.ARRINGTON, Jarmel-NCWCM....9    20    49  .408
12.HARRIS, Keith-FCM...............12    22    55  .400
   WILLIAMS, Sterling-AUM.........12    14    35  .400
   RADMANOVIC, Dragan-MCM....10    12    30  .400
15.NEWMAN, James-GCM...........11    23    58  .397

no offense to gc, because i've heard they are improved over last year, but i'll tell you the team that SCARES ME...averett - we know they learned how to play some defense last year - look at the 3 pt shooting %'s above - there are 5 cougars in the top 15, and all of them have taken a good number of shots

[captj]

OK, here goes –

Final Conference Standing (returning players)
1) Methodist (Thomas, Grant, Lee, Radmanovich)
2) Averett (Williams, Boor, Brown, Gardener)
3) Ferrum (Johnson, Holley, Fuller, Harris)
4 tie) CNU (Romeo, Lewis, Selden)
4 tie) Shenandoah (Onunaku, Lawrence)
6) NC Wesleyan (Hall, Spears, Cobb)
7) Greensboro (Newton, Battle)

I agree with you narch; Averett is scary.  With so many guys that can shoot and Boor to do the dirty work, they could do very, very well.  Five guys with 3pt fg% 40% or higher, with four of the five WAY more than 40% and one of the five over 50%!

Conspicuously absent from this list... Jeremy Romeo.  I predict that by the end of the season he'll be top-5 and that Averett will only have 3 guys on this list, with no one on the list over 50%.

[captj]

Taken from the USASAC website –

"The USA South Athletic Conference tournaments will get underway on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2005 when the quarterfinals will be played at the higher seed of the two teams competing.  Then on Feb. 24 and 25 both the men's and women's semifinals and finals will be played at the Freeman Center on the campus of Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va."

I like this format a whole lot better than the 3-day tournament we used last year.  This way the #1 seed still gets their bye, but it doesn't give them an advantage over the other teams in the 2-day tournament (semis and final).  This is NOT meant to diminish anything the Monarchs did last year, but rather just an observation; but last year the Monarchs played fresh against Shenandoah in the semis after Shenandoah had a close game against Greensboro the day before, then in the final played NC Wesleyan (who were playing their third game in three days).

Great idea, USASAC!

[PrideFan1986]

I tell you all on thing, Greensboro College is not to be messed with. Thier record might not show but all that I know by watching them play they are a really athletic and physical team. What about the new guy? He is by far looking at the USA South stats one of the best shooters from behind the arch in the league.

gullet - welcome to the board

are you talking about james newman?...i seem to remeber him playing last year, but i could be wrong - anyway, if you're talking about him being one of the top 15 shooters in the league, you're right - but statistically, i wouldn't call him "by far...one of the best shooters in the league" - here are the numbers from the usasac website as of this morning

3-POINT FG PCT (Min. 1.0 made per game)
## Player-Team                       G   3FG   FGA   Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------
1.TOWNSEND, Antwon-SUM.....9     27    48  .563
2.MCDANIEL, Cory-AUM...........12    29    56  .518
3.BROWN, Cameron-AUM........12    19    39  .487
4.HAGWOOD, Shaun-AUM........12    26    54  .481
5.SELDEN, Donta-CNUM...........11    20    42  .476
   FRAZIER, Ryan-AUM...............10    10    21  .476
7.THOMAS, Seth-MCM..............10    13    28  .464
8.GRIFFIN, Quan-SUM...............9     12    26  .462
9.LEE, Robert-MCM..................10    15    34  .441
10.JOHNS, Steven-SUM...............8     8    19  .421
11.ARRINGTON, Jarmel-NCWCM....9    20    49  .408
12.HARRIS, Keith-FCM...............12    22    55  .400
   WILLIAMS, Sterling-AUM.........12    14    35  .400
   RADMANOVIC, Dragan-MCM....10    12    30  .400
15.NEWMAN, James-GCM...........11    23    58  .397

no offense to gc, because i've heard they are improved over last year, but i'll tell you the team that SCARES ME...averett - we know they learned how to play some defense last year - look at the 3 pt shooting %'s above - there are 5 cougars in the top 15, and all of them have taken a good number of shots

I am not refering to James Newman, he is an outstanding shooter. But there is one more that is in the top 2 but it does not show in the conference stats because he has not played in enough games to show up on the  site he is shooting 55% from the 3-point range and with  the combonation of those two we will be tough to beat. Not to mention this player can also go straight to the hole.

[PrideFan1986]

I do agree with you looking at the stats, I would be afraid of the cougars this year. I am not sure how many people that they had come back but the will defently be tough to deal with outside the key. But, overall I think it will be a real tight race throughout the whole conference this year. I know in my first year around GC last year ALL teams played alot stronger and tougher in the  conference season than they did in the non-conference.

[captj]

I am not refering to James Newman, he is an outstanding shooter. But there is one more that is in the top 2 but it does not show in the conference stats because he has not played in enough games to show up on the  site he is shooting 55% from the 3-point range and with  the combonation of those two we will be tough to beat. Not to mention this player can also go straight to the hole.

Is there some reason you're not telling us this mystery player's name?

[PrideFan1986]

I am not refering to James Newman, he is an outstanding shooter. But there is one more that is in the top 2 but it does not show in the conference stats because he has not played in enough games to show up on the  site he is shooting 55% from the 3-point range and with  the combonation of those two we will be tough to beat. Not to mention this player can also go straight to the hole.

Is there some reason you're not telling us this mystery player's name?

There is no reason why I  did not say the name I am just going to say that there is more than one, 1-2 punch on this years team Coach Guluiski has done a great job getting this years squad ready for battle in the conference.

[PrideFan1986]

What are the Caps looking like this year? CaptJ

[captj]

Gullett –

OK... you got me to bite.  I looked at the GC website and found that the primary player you're talking about is 6-0 senior guard, Steve Berg (13 of 24 from long for 54%).  I didn't know that a player could play for two teams in the same season.  "Mystery player" suits this guy perfectly.  He plays for Eckerd College for 3.5 years and then transfers?  What is up with that?  And he's from Florida, where Eckerd is located, not NC.  In 3 games he's averaged 18 pts, 6 rbs in 32 min per game.  It appears that GC went out and got them some offense.  Since he and Newman are the only players on the team averaging double figure points and GC is last in the conference in pts/gm, they needed to.

The Captains are still an enigma this year.  We've got lots of new faces, but some of them are showing us quite a lot.  My biggest concern, by far, going into this year was the pg position, but we've had that position very capably filled by Davon Barton, a local player from Hampton.  Some of the guys we expected to be the stars of the team haven't showed up yet, in my opinion.  Donta Selden is the heart and soul of the team.  He plays with so much intensity every second of the game (almost literally since he is our back-up pg also).  You can read a lot about what I think of the team by clicking on my username and then at the bottom of the page click on "Show the last posts of this person".  After almost every game I write down my "random thoughts".

Welcome to the board.  Are you a former player or are you affiliated with the school?  I see that you have a gboro.edu e-mail address.

[PrideFan1986]

I am a student here at the colllege that follows college basketball closely. I have alot of ties to the athletic department here at GC. I am not an atlete I just love athletics and some of the people on the board might know me.