MBB: USA South Conference

hasanova · November 16, 2011, 03:18:23 PM

GFPSBBG,

Regarding Hanes Gym at Greensboro, it's not that I dislike the atmosphere, it's just a 500-seat former women's college gym from the 1950's that is absolutely inadequate for the intracity rivalry. A lot of people aren't even going to go tonight because there is no where to park and a slim chance of getting in. It's not fair to Greensboro to not host every other year, but it's also not fair to the visiting team to play such a big game in a woefully undersized facility. Granted, the Greensboro Coliseum is too big, but the Coliseum Annex would probably be about right and, of course, Ragan-Brown on Guilford's campus seats 2500. After the near chaos in 2007, I actually didn't think Guilford would ever agree to play a men's game there again. I didn't necessarily feel unsafe, but I didn't feel very comfortable either.

May the best team win. Go Quakers!

hasanova · November 16, 2011, 11:07:41 PM

The Guilford Quakers over the Greensboro Pride tonight, 60-59, at GCP's Hanes Gym. I couldn't attend, but it must have been SRO if Greensboro squeezed in 1300. GCQ took the final lead with about 4 minutes to go and survived a GCP missed 3-point attempt at the buzzer. Depending on how Guilford's tournament goes Friday night, the two teams could face each other again on Saturday.

CNU85 · November 19, 2011, 09:53:47 PM

CNU wins 2nd night in a row. Home opener Monday night. Can't wait!!

hasanova · November 19, 2011, 10:30:21 PM

Guilford over Greensboro for the second time this week - this one by 72-60. The consolation game saw Bridgewater (VA) stick their talons in Johnson & Wales (NC), 85-41.

narch · November 21, 2011, 02:09:05 PM

the monarchs are off to an 0-3 start after dropping a pair of games in ohio this weekend to #6 marietta (92-69) and kenyon (79-77)

i was "watching" the marietta game on live-stats, and mu was down just 2 at the half, and around 8 minutes into the second half they were down something like 60-51...maybe five minutes later i went back to livestats and the score was something like 82 -60 - i thought maybe something was wrong with livestats until i looked at the play-by-play today and confirmed that mu was down 7 (61-54) with 11:45 to play and marietta went on a 9-0 run that turned into a 19-4 run over the next 5 minutes, and essentially ended the game - combs had a nice night, with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists (0 turnovers) while hockaday went for 12/6

the monarchs led by as much as 8 around 5 minutes into the second half vs. kenyon, only to lose on a jumper with :02 left - the monarch guards played really well vs. kenyon, with whitehead pouring in 25 (9-13 fg) and stallings putting up 17 points and pulling down 10 rebounds

i noticed an oddity after looking at the box-scores from each game...in all 3 losses the monarchs have shot for a higher percentage than their opponents (.421 vs .388 on the season, including mu shooting .473 vs marietta and .491 vs kenyon), they have out-rebounded 2 of their opponents (+4.3 rebound/gm margin), they have out-blocked their opponents (15 to 8 on the season) and yet they are 0-3 with 2 blowout losses...the monarchs are, however, averaging 22 turnovers per game (that isn't a typo...22 turnovers/game) and they have been out-shot at the ft line 71 to 49 (56 to 36 made ft differential)

the monarchs have got to take care of the ball better and get to the ft line more

home game vs. #23 hampden sydney on tuesday night...let's see if the boys can turn this around a little!

hasanova · November 22, 2011, 10:11:22 PM

Congratulations to the Monarchs, narch. MU's 81-79 win over HSC was a nice comeback!

narch · November 22, 2011, 10:38:14 PM

Quote from: hasanova on November 22, 2011, 10:11:22 PM
Congratulations to the Monarchs, narch. MU's 81-79 win over HSC was a nice comeback!

'nova - thanks - i gave a full recap of the game over on the odac board, but it was a fun game to watch - i think the monarchs played to some of the potential that i imagined at the start of the season - they still had too many turnovers (15) and they didn't shoot the 3 well tonight (just 2 of 10), but the fact that they pulled out a win with combs on the bench with 4 fouls for most of the second half against a top 25 team is exciting...now they have to follow this win with another vs. piedmont on saturday before a stretch that includes road trips to maryville, vwc and d1 campbell (although the latter trip isn't too far)...pc is always a tough matchup for the monarchs...coach glenn seems to have an idea what the monarchs want to run before they run it

bballlover · November 22, 2011, 11:04:37 PM

Congrats on the win.MU has had a brutal schedule so far.Piedmont won easy tonight but wil have to play very good to stay with MU.I agree it always seems to be close.PC will play several young guys and with only one game under their belt and it being their first real road trip it will be interesting to see how they respond.I hope you will give us a recap narch.

hasanova · November 23, 2011, 08:16:25 AM

Quote from: narch on November 22, 2011, 10:38:14 PM
Quote from: hasanova on November 22, 2011, 10:11:22 PM
Congratulations to the Monarchs, narch. MU's 81-79 win over HSC was a nice comeback!
'nova - thanks - i gave a full recap of the game over on the odac board, but it was a fun game to watch - i think the monarchs played to some of the potential that i imagined at the start of the season - they still had too many turnovers (15) and they didn't shoot the 3 well tonight (just 2 of 10), but the fact that they pulled out a win with combs on the bench with 4 fouls for most of the second half against a top 25 team is exciting...now they have to follow this win with another vs. piedmont on saturday before a stretch that includes road trips to maryville, vwc and d1 campbell (although the latter trip isn't too far)...pc is always a tough matchup for the monarchs...coach glenn seems to have an idea what the monarchs want to run before they run it

As I mentioned earlier when the Monarchs played at Guilford, I think Methodist is a talented team. I could see their potential and thought they'd win over half their games this season. I read your recap off the game on the ODAC forum - not sure why George was on the bench, but this is not a new story at HSC. I'll follow their progress the rest of the season, but this is a nice win for your program.

CNU85 · November 23, 2011, 06:34:53 PM

Congrats Narch! Nice win. And VWC lost lost their opener! Happy hunting!

narch · November 26, 2011, 09:19:46 PM

mu makes it 2 straight, with a 75-66 win over piedmont - 29 to's...still WAY too many, but a win is a win - whitehead went for 23 - he is an IMPRESSIVE player when he's on...much improved as a sophomore

mu travels to m'ville next....

LTBB1971 · November 28, 2011, 07:46:52 PM

NCWC makes it 3 wins out of last 4 with 73-70 win over Hampden Sydney. Soph J. Morrison scores 16 with 8 rebounds and Sr. Alex Murray came up big with 10 points 9 rebounds off the bench. Up next is 5-0 Guilford.

narch · December 03, 2011, 07:33:03 PM

mu goes on the road and wins their third straight against m'ville, 79-78 - whitehead goes for 24, jernigan has 20 and hockaday has another double double with 10/10 - frosh dervin johnson hit the game winner with 12 seconds left and scored 12 points - not to sound like a broken record, but the monarchs have to cut down on the turnovers, with another 21 today - since the season opener, they have really shot the ball well to overcome the turnovers, and they shot 46% today - if they have a game where they shoot in the 30% range, those turnovers are going to mean a loss - next up for mu is a road trip to #5 vwc on tuesday before heading up the road to buies creek to take on d1 campbell on saturday...whew...tough stretch

and i know this is a men's board, but congrats to the lady monarchs for a road victory against #19 cnu...good win ladies!

narch · December 07, 2011, 01:43:25 PM

winning streak over in a big way...at one point on livestats last night, vwc was up 31-9 and reading the recap, it apparently grew to 40-10 - final was 94-62...ouch

i'm hoping the monarchs can be more competitive vs. campbell on saturday...cu is 7-1 with victories over iowa and east carolina...hopefully it doesn't get ugly

hasanova · December 07, 2011, 03:53:39 PM

Quote from: narch on December 07, 2011, 01:43:25 PM
winning streak over in a big way...at one point on livestats last night, vwc was up 31-9 and reading the recap, it apparently grew to 40-10 - final was 94-62...ouch

i'm hoping the monarchs can be more competitive vs. campbell on saturday...cu is 7-1 with victories over iowa and east carolina...hopefully it doesn't get ugly

Hmmm ... my prediction is, it will. Wow, the result versus VWC doesn't bode well for the ODAC teams that have to play the Marlins. Even though VWC lost the first game of the season, I guess the talent is there to justify their preseason #1.