MBB: USA South Conference

[hasanova]

Maryville announces a combo guard from GA has committed to play for the Scots.

http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/athletics/sport/general/news/details/3914/

scottiedoug...does the fact that you're posting this here indicate that m'ville will be joining the usasac and i just haven't heard about it yet?

Good point, narch.  Not sure if Maryville has the desire (and money!) to seek membership in the SCAC, but they're right in the "middle" of a lot of those schools (Centre, Sewanee, Rhodes, Birmingham-Southern, Oglethorpe, Millsaps and so forth).

[bballlover]

LaGrange to join the party.http://www.lagrangepanthers.com/genrel/USA_South_Release

[scottiedoug]

I have no inside information about what Maryville's AD and President and board are thinking.  In many ways, the SCAC is a better fit for scheduling and travel but I do not think the SCAC will invite Maryville (and I do not know if MC would want to look into it formally or even if there have been discussions).  The SCAC has a class identity to protect and all its member schools have a lot more endowment resources than MC does.

[batteredbard]

The Daily Times story on LaGrange move with link to Piedmont story as well.

http://www.thedailytimes.com/Sports_News/story/Other_shoe_drops_for_MC_as_LaGrange_heads_to_USAC_id_010454

Sounds like conference Conference call on Monday to see what's possible.

[D-BAT]

Who is in the running for the SU job?

[D-BAT]

April 24, 2011

WINCHESTER, Va. - Shenandoah University Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Wayne Edwards announced Sunday afternoon that the department will hold a press conference on Wednesday, April 27, to introduce its new head men's basketball coach.

The press conference begins at 4 p.m. in Room 222 of Harrison-Halpin Hall and will feature remarks from Dr. Edwards, SU President Tracy Fitzsimmons and the new coach.

Following the conclusion of remarks by the new coach, media members will have the opportunity for one-on-one interviews with him.

Media members interested in attending the press conference should contact Scott Musa, Assistant AD, at 540.665.5417 or smusa@su.edu by 3 p.m. Tuesday for credentials.

The public is invited and encouraged to attend this event.

The press conference will also be webcast for those fans unable to attend the event in person. Click here to view the webcast.

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http://suhornets.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/201104211fj2gm

[jdubyadubya]

D-BAT - rumor is that it's somebody from outside the Mid Atlantic, USA South, ODAC, etc.

[haterinthehouse]

sounds like an assistant coach from Air Force

[D-BAT]

Pryor will be SU hoops coach
April 27, 2011
By David Selig
The Winchester Star
         
WINCHESTER- Shenandoah University has called a press conference for today where Rob Pryor will be introduced as the Hornets' new men's basketball coach.

Pryor - a 1993 graduate of Tabb High School in Yorktown - recently completed his fifth season on the coaching staff at the Air Force Academy.

He also spent one season as an assistant coach at Siena.

He replaces Rob Harris, who resigned in February just days after the Hornets completed a 4-21 season.

Shenandoah's athletic department would not comment on the hiring Tuesday, only confirming that there will be a press conference today.

The conference is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. in Room 126 of Harrison-Halpin Hall and will include remarks from SU Athletic Director Wayne Edwards and SU President Tracy Fitzsimmons.

The public is invited to attend the press conference. Live video will also be streamed on suhornets.com.

This will be Pryor's first stint as the head coach of a varsity collegiate program, but the Air Force Academy alumnus was in charge of the school's junior varsity team in 2005-06 and spent three seasons before that coaching at the Air Force's preparatory school.

During the 2005-06 season Pryor also helped out on head coach Jeff Bzdelik's varsity staff at Air Force. The Falcons went 24-7 that year, posting their best winning percentage ever and leading all of Division I in scoring defense.

In 2006-07, Pryor was an assitant under Fran McCaffery at Siena, when the Saints went 20-12 and reached the championship game of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament. McCaffery was named the conference's Coach of the Year.

Pryor returned to Air Force the following year to become an assistant under Jeff Reynolds.

In high school, Pryor was a first-team All-Region I basketball player his senior season, as well as a first-team All-Group AA soccer player.

He played basketball for two years on the junior varsity team at Air Force while he was a cadet.

After graduating with a degree in human behavior, Pryor attended graduate school at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He received a master's degree in education with an emphasis in counseling in 1998.

He then began his first Air Force assignment as a contracting officer at Langley AFB.

While stationed there, he earned a master's degree in business administration at William & Mary.

According to his bio on the Air Force athletic website, Pryor and his wife Joy have three sons.

Pryor will take over an SU team that loses five seniors.

The Hornets are scheduled to begin the 2011-12 season with an exhibition at Radford Nov. 11, followed by the regular season opener at Eastern Mennonite Nov. 15. The first home game is Nov. 22 against Washington & Lee.

Harris had been SU's head coach for the past 11 seasons, compiling a record of 125-162.

- Contact David Selig at
dselig@winchesterstar.com

[hasanova]

Sounds as though Shenandoah found a winner, both on and off the court.  He'll be a great addition to the USASAC and later, to the ODAC.  Congratulations to Coach Pryor and to SU!

[hasanova]

As heard on WUNC out of Chapel Hill today, Peace College in Raleigh is changing its name to William Peace University and will become coed in 2012.  Are the Pacers the next traditionally female college to add men's sports to the USASAC?  I see men's basketball, soccer and tennis on the horizon - the venues already exist.

[Ralph Turner]

As heard on WUNC out of Chapel Hill today, Peace College in Raleigh is changing its name to William Peace University and will become coed in 2012.  Are the Pacers the next traditionally female college to add men's sports to the USASAC?  I see men's basketball, soccer and tennis on the horizon - the venues already exist.

Add baseball, because you get a large number of quality male student athletes and then cross country as the 5th sport.

[hasanova]

As heard on WUNC out of Chapel Hill today, Peace College in Raleigh is changing its name to William Peace University and will become coed in 2012.  Are the Pacers the next traditionally female college to add men's sports to the USASAC?  I see men's basketball, soccer and tennis on the horizon - the venues already exist.

Add baseball, because you get a large number of quality male student athletes and then cross country as the 5th sport.

I thought of baseball, but know they're a bit of a landlocked campus.  There are many off-campus venues in Raleigh, however, for baseball, so you could be right.  Cross country, as you say, could probably start right away.

[bballlover]

Well let's say William Peace could start MBB in the 2012 season.Who do you foresee being travel pardners?

[hasanova]

Well let's say William Peace could start MBB in the 2012 season.Who do you foresee being travel pardners?

It may not happen that quickly since they won't admit any men until next fall, but ... it would probably have to be Methodist or NC Wesleyan.  Raleigh's "kinda sorta" halfway between Fayetteville and Rocky Mount (NC).  Greensboro is also a reasonable partner for WPU if Methodist and NCWC are already paired.  It's about 80-85 miles from downtown Greensboro to downtown Raleigh.  I'm not sure how it's structured now, but Greensboro is probably closest to Averett.  With all the changes, Greensboro may end up being paired with Maryville!