MBB: USA South Conference

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

Well there is a three-way tie for fourth place and the Hornets win the tie breaker by virtue of their 3-1 record vs. NC Wesleyan and Methodist. The Bishops are the 5 and MU is the 6. Greensboro at Averett, Methodist at Ferrum and NC Wesleyan at Shenandoah in the 4/5 game. Winner of that gets CNU at 8 on Friday.

85 I looked across both days and didnt see you in your seats! What gives? Wife put the clamp on ya didnt she? 

[SU97]

4th Place...  all is right with the world

[GuyFormerlyPSBBG]

USASouth Games for Tuesday:

GC(+5)@AU: GC has made it to at least the semi-finals the last two years, but so as AU. AU is still the favorite. GC shot 17.1% from behind the arch last time and AU shot 46% from behind the arch. The GC and AU games are usually fun to watch. 

MU(+3)@FC: The Methodist-Ferrum game is the game to watch for Tuesday.  Methodist the #6 seed looks to continue the run the #6 seeds made in recent years.

SU(+7)@NCWC: This could be a very good game.  NCWC has made it to the semi-finals the last couple of of years.  SU is scoring about 6pts per game less than their defense gives up. NCWC leads the conference in scoring margin and is 2nd in FG%.  If SU gets to the line, they could pull it off.

[hasanova]

Narrator.  First question ... is it arch or arc?

Q.  It's arc!

P.  No, you're wrong!  It's arch!

Q.  No, you're wrong!

P.  No, you're wrong!

Narrator.  Next question:  is "as" a verb?

Q.  No, it should be "has"!

P.  No, you're wrong!  It's "as"!

Q.  No, you're wrong!

P.  No, you're wrong!

Narrator.  Next question:  which is better, scoring "6pts" (sic) less than your defense gives up or scoring "6pts" more than your defense gives up?

Q.  That's easy!  It's more!

P.  No, you're wrong!  It's "less"!

Q.  No, you're wrong!

P.  No, you're wrong!

Narrator.  Next question:  how do you spell "ginseng"?

Q.  It's G-I-N-S-E-N-G.

P.  They distill gin that can sing?

Wake up people!

[GuyFormerlyPSBBG]

Narrator.  First question ... is it arch or arc?

Q.  It's arc!

P.  No, you're wrong!  It's arch!

Q.  No, you're wrong!

P.  No, you're wrong!

Narrator.  Next question:  is "as" a verb?

Q.  No, it should be "has"!

P.  No, you're wrong!  It's "as"!

Q.  No, you're wrong!

P.  No, you're wrong!

Narrator.  Next question:  which is better, scoring "6pts" (sic) less than your defense gives up or scoring "6pts" more than your defense gives up?

Q.  More.

P.  No, you're wrong!  It's "less."

Q.  No, you're wrong!

P.  No, you're wrong!

Next question:  how do you spell "ginseng"?

Q.  It's G-I-N-S-E-N-G.

P.  They distill gin that can sing?

Wake up people!

I swear I went back to edit my post, but I couldn't go back and do it. I was going back to fix the arch-arc and has-as.

I thought it should have been "fewer" anyway.

SU averages 67 and gives up 73.  How can you score "more?"

[SU97]

78 points friday night seemed to do the trick...

[CNU85]

85 I looked across both days and didnt see you in your seats! What gives? Wife put the clamp on ya didnt she? 

HAHA...good one. No, I was a little under the weather. I could stay home and get better....or sit across the floor from you and see your ugly mug...which would have made me sickerer!

[narch]

here's a good article about 2 pg's who are, to borrow a phrase from the ncaa, "going pro" - both epitomize the term student-athlete - i'm hoping they both have a few more games as pg's, though

[SU97]

Narch - I have to tell you - Saturday's game was a great one to watch.  #30 killed us in the first half from long-range.  Glad he'll be graduating...  Conner had 2,105 blocks in the first five minutes, but his offensive production was off.  Give him another year to work on that end of the court and he's going to be one of the top centers in this league. SU had no answer for #24.  That kid can flat-out play.  Nice little slash move to the lane, rinse, repeat...  I would expect him to end up as a real legit shot at a POTY as an upperclassmen.  Amazed to find out he's a frosh... 

Good luck tomorrow night.

[narch]

barn burner in ferrum, va - 9 seconds left and the monarchs have tried to give this away - they're up one with 9 seconds left and connor on the line shooting 2 - he's a 34% ft shooter...

first one misses badly...

second is good...

ferrum no to's

mu called for goaltending with 2.9 left...we're going to ot

the monarchs missed 4 straight ft's and had a to in the last :53

the monarchs dominate ot and win...can au make it 3 in one season against the monarchs?  hope not

i see that su beat ncwc...another underacheiving season mercifully ends for the bishops, but the hornets are on a little roll to close things out...i'd take a mu/su final

[hasanova]

Man, the Cougars mauled the Pride tonight by 41 ... ouch!  Fortunately, that's a relatively quick bus ride from Danville to Greensboro.

[SU97]

What a crazy comeback for the Hornets last night!  Down by 10 from the start and as much as 15, SU battled back to get it within 5 at the half - mostly on the back of SU senior Schrader, who hit for 17 in the first half.  Fell apart again behind Arrington's shooting (2-3 from mid court, 4-5 from the Pep Band, and 1-1 from Maryland...) and NCWC's early second half push down low. Hornets just kept sticking around and then started to press.  A couple of NCWC turnovers and some strong rebounding by the Hornets and SU pulled off a pretty stunning upset.  (yes, I realize we were the #4 seed...  but with a 8-16 record I don't think anyone honestly was giving the Hornets much of a chance against the Bishops)  I have to hand it to the kids and the coaching staff - this is much further than was ever expected of this squad. On paper there is no way SU should be advancing to Newport News... I hope they can keep it rolling. Go Hornets!

CNU on the clock...

[SU97]

I see the All-Conference selections were announced today:


First Team
Mark Blasingame - Christopher Newport
Davon Barton - Christopher Newport
Keith Crump - Ferrum
Derek Mitchell - Ferrum
Jonathan Rumley - Averett   (POTY)

Second Team
Jarmel Arrington - N.C. Wesleyan
Trey Drake - N.C. Wesleyan
Michael Green - Christopher Newport
Kevin Kline - Shenandoah
A.B. Lehmann - Methodist

Third Team
Damien Brown - Averett
Ryan Frazier - Averett
Kenny Hart - Averett  (ROTY)
Stevie Johns - Shenandoah
Adam Powell - Greensboro

I'm pretty comfortable with the selections this year.  I would have switched Arrington with Barton due to the fact that Arrington led the conference in scoring average (17.8 ppg) but CNU won the conference under Barton's leadership (and league leading assists) so I can see where the coaches were probably coming from. The rest of the first team are easy picks.  Rumley is very deserving of the POTY and they seem to be playing extremely well right now.

I am very pleased to see Kline get a second team nod. I really like his game and he's stepped up the last few games to carry SU out of the cellar.  Also nice to see Johns get recognized, he's playing hard right now.   

[CaptJ]

Wow, that 1st team is strong!  And with Arrington off the bench those guys would be amazing to watch.

[CNU85]

This board got strangley quiet. Almost time to hea down the Blvd to watch the 2 CNU teams play this afternoon. It will be a very intense afternoon.

CJ Woollum had a great quote after the game last night....I'll paraphrase....said that if CNU starts out slow today like they did last night, then AU can pick a number they will win by.

True.

Hey - if anyone can remember earlier in the year when I was looking for dunks (C'mon man)......I saw 3 yesterday!

Lady Caps open the fun in less than an hour against GC.....GC is tough. CNU's Schweers dropped in 29 yesterday and 28 Tuesday night.....

CJ tells his guys the best hoops player on campus is a girl!!!