MBB: USA South Conference

[cnu85]

Narch - I'm hurt. I didn't think we had any secrets between us!

[captj]

Shenandoah @ Christopher Newport – Captains
Averett @ Ferrum – Averett
Methodist @ Greensboro – Greensboro; Monarchs not strong enough yet to win on the road.

[captj]

hey captj....will the same person hand out the half time stats tomorrow night? I sure hope so!!!!!

Sarah

[captj]

I see that shotblocker finally logged on and dinged me for being the grammar cop.  I promise that's the last time until at least the conference tournament.

[captj]

Capt. in-case you don't understand this one, I'm saying it was luck!. Why? Because Vick didn't play last year and Randall did just fine leading his team.

Just because I don't agree with you doesn't mean that I don't understand what you were saying.  Maybe you just didn't express yourself in the rambling.  Think maybe that could be it?  You said, "Teams who want the W more win it."  That's a pretty straight-forward statement.  I just don't agree.  In fact, I don't think YOU took time to read with an open mind what narch and I were saying.  And who brought up football?  Take it to the other board.

[cnufan]

Im going to go out on a limb and say Averett beats Ferrum. CNU will win at home against Shenandoah and, Im going to go against the grain and say Methodist rights the ship and goes to G'boro and pulls out a close one in OT.

[dblock]

FYI CNU Fans, Carnegie Mellon goes to NYU and defeats them in double OT to improve to 12-1. NYU was unbeaten headed into today's game.

Im big on never putting down a eams vicory or blaming the refs for a loss...but CMU got away with one today and hey NYC knowing it. Probably the worst job of officiating Ive ever seen...

NYU had all the advantages in this one -- playing at home while CMU traveled twice this weekend, getting the no-respect card to play for its kids against the Top 25 team, two of CMU's top scorers for the game fouled out in overtime, etc.

i agree that CMU had to travel, but honestly NYU didnt care about the no-respect cra cause we know that we are the better team. also our staring pf goes ou with an injury in the first half, we cant buy a call all game and then in the 1st min of the 2nd ot Jason Boone gets called for an absurd 5th foul. so while CMU lost Maurer and Wilcox NYU lost Falcon(1st half) and Jason Boone, and MIke DeCorso couldnt play the 1st half after 2 rediculous fouls called on him in the first 5 mins. Nyu had alot of opportunies but so did CMU, the cards just fell right for them...

[sushotblocker04]

Gullett....its good to see you have a good thought process about the outcome of tommorrow.

SU @ CNwho....close game for the captains, look for it to slip out of their grasp around the 8 minute mark in the second half. W for SU!!!

Averett @ Ferrum.....Averett...looks like another long year for Ferrum.

Methodist @ GC..... Hmm tough one here. Methodist will slip in the 1st half, then come roaring back to win in OT, and then all the rumors about GC having the best back court will finally be put to rest.

GO SU.....beat CNwho are the captains!!

[captj]

Some thoughts from a non-expert about the Hornets –

All 5 starters scoring double figures with a pretty clearly defined second five.

The SU website calls Townsend "a point guard in the classic sense", but he is 3rd on the team in assists, has more TO's than ASST's, and leads the team in 3PT attempts and 3PT%.  No one else is even close.   At 5-8, I'm guessing that Selden will be on him like he was a 2-guard looking to shoot.

Lawrence is an atrocious free throw shooter (45%).  We may be able to shuttle big bodies in to really make him work for his points, especially if we can stay out of foul trouble elsewhere.

The Hornets are a good rebounding team (42.1 to 33.0 per game).  Even their 6-0 wing Fawehinmi collects 7.0 per game.

It's going to be interesting to see the defensive matchups that CJ goes with.  I'm guessing it will be Townsend/Selden, Johns/Barton, and Fawehinmi/Romeo, but I'm not sure how the post matchups will go.  I'm not sure which of the two Hornet post players (Lawrence & Onunaku) are more of a classic center, but I would think that whichever one that is will get Blasingame, and the other will get Lewis.

The Hornets as a team have just 144 ASST's to 193 TO's.  Not very good when you consider that the Captains are 263 to 177.  I think that TO's are going to be important in this game.  If the Captains don't win that battle we might be in trouble.

Lawrence and Onunaku lead the team in minutes (about 6 or 7 per game more than the back court players), which makes me think that they aren't that confident in their supporting big men.  Brodie hasn't gotten the minutes you'd expect from a former starter, and senior D2 transfer Miller could also be disappointed in his 8.5 per game.

The team as a whole hasn't played together very long.  Although there are lots of upperclassmen on the team, no player is in his 4th season at SU.  Of the 15 on their roster, 9 are in their 1st year, 3 in their 2nd, and 3 in their 3rd.  Two junior starters (Fawehinmi & Townsend) are 1st year Hornets. 

Rebounds and turnovers.

[narch]

Narch - I'm hurt. I didn't think we had any secrets between us!

'85 - you know i wouldn't tell you about the 2 guys who left the team this week, or about the d1 transfer that is on campus, but undecided about playing this semester...that's up to you to find out

[captj]

2 guys who left the team this week

That's 2 more besides Hairston?  Who?  Or am I being gullible?

[cnufan]

CNU85 this is for you. Saturday's game with Carnegie Mellon has been moved to 12 NOON!!! Read the website for details.

[cnu85]

Why have a schedule? just print tickets that have the opponents name and then have TBA for the time!!  Let me guess....they didn't realize there were NFL playoff games at night? What genious in the AD at CNU made up the schedule?

just joking....as they say on the football board...don't get your panties all wadded up.

12 noon, huh...that might interefere with my nap!

thanks for letting me know! Bean will probably announce it at the game tonight....

"Ladies and ge,.ffnnf fw....dnoiwon, Saturday's game wjfsdjfiek....qwepjfenvn...moved to... jadpnmpcniwdn"

"One minute left in the ballgame!!" I swear that's all I understand!!

[cnufan]

ODAC and USA South Announce Senior Basketball Challenge

(FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.) - The Old Dominion Athletic Conference and the USA South Athletic Conference announced today a partnership to conduct an ODAC/USA South Senior Basketball Challenge.  Each institution of the ODAC and the USA South with seniors on its roster will have a representative in the event. 

The ODAC and the USA South will alternate hosting the event with the USA South hosting the inaugural event March 22, 2006 at the Grant Center on the campus of Averett University in Danville, Va.  The conferences have united to conduct this exciting event to promote sportsmanship.  The ODAC and the USA South both place strong emphasis on sportsmanship at their athletic events.

Rita Wiggs, USA South Commissioner stated, "The USA South is pleased to be the host for the initial Senior Basketball Challenge between our two conferences.  The emphasis of the evening will be sportsmanship, respect and fair play.  Student-athletes are some of our most visible institutional representatives and this game will provide a valuable reward for our seniors as they expand collegiality through intercollegiate athletic competition."

"This is a great opportunity for both the ODAC and the USA South student-athletes to showcase their talents on the court -spotlighting conference-wide emphasis on sportsmanship and fair play," said ODAC Commissioner Brad Bankston.  "These seniors will be provided an additional opportunity to extend the hand of collegiate competition.  The league is excited to be involved in this valuable opportunity for our basketball student-athletes and looks forward to hosting this event in March 2007 on the campus of an ODAC member institution."

The 2006 ODAC/USA South Senior Basketball Challenge will get underway at 6 p.m. with the women's game followed by the men's game at 8 p.m.  Tickets will be $3 for adults and students will be admitted free with a valid student ID.

[captj]

Outstanding!