MBB: USA South Conference

[narch]

this is going to be VERY out of character for me, because i'm normally RIPPING ncwc for their out-of-conference schedule...but here goes

With wesleyan looking like they cant play together right now, dont be surprised if its us who challenge methodist for that conference title.

rising - you may have seen ncwc play this season, and you may be basing your statement on your personal observations, but if you are using a 2-6 record as a basis for saying that ncwc "cant play together right now", i would caution you against that - ncwc is 2-6 against d3 competetion - those teams are a combined 42-26 (.617 winning percentage)...au is 4-2 against d3 competetion - those teams are a combined 22-25 (.468 winning percentage) - switch out 3 of those games that ncwc has played against hsc or vwc and replace them with 3 games against lynchburg or arcadia and ncwc could very well be 5-3 - don't forget that the bishops, who apparently "cant play together right now", went into fleet and come up just short of the upset against a 7-0 and nationally ranked hsc team earlier in the week

au may very well compete with the monarchs (and hornets, captains and bishops) for the conference title...i have a lot of respect for what au and that coaching staff has done and the cougars have come a long way from having a player who didn't make mc's JV team starting for them (which was the case a few years ago)...but let's not get overly caught up in the non-conference results - we all know that not all ooc schedules are created equally, and for the first time in recent memory the bishops have the hardest ooc schedule in the usasac

[narch]

file this in the "for what it's worth" category

to date, each usasac team, record and d3 opp winning %

team	d3 record	d3 opp winning%
fc	0-4	.718
ncwc	2-6	.617
mc	2-3	.611
cnu	1-1	.600
su	4-2	.555
gc	2-3	.526
au	4-2	.468

what did i learn from this?
the teams that have played really tough schedules have lost most of those games and the teams that have played really easy schedules have won most of those games - i also learned that i think su is the biggest threat to the monarchs title right now, followed by cnu, au, ncwc, gc and fc

p.s. - does anyone know how to give my table a border in bbc code?

[captj]

file this in the "for what it's worth" category

to date, each usasac team, record and d3 opp winning %

team	d3 record	d3 opp winning%
fc	0-4	.718
ncwc	2-6	.617
mc	2-3	.611
cnu	1-1	.600
su	4-2	.555
gc	2-3	.526
au	4-2	.468

what did i learn from this?
the teams that have played really tough schedules have lost most of those games and the teams that have played really easy schedules have won most of those games - i also learned that i think su is the biggest threat to the monarchs title right now, followed by cnu, au, ncwc, gc and fc

p.s. - does anyone know how to give my table a border in bbc code?

Here's something else that this info tells me; that the conference as a whole scheduled some pretty good D3 competition for our non-conf games.  Only Averett's opponents have a less than .500 record, and theirs is not much lower than that. 

And for those out there that didn't read what I just said carefully, let me again say that I'm only talking about D3 opponents, not schedules in their entirety.  Some teams have also played scholarship programs and others (CNU) have some cupcakes thrown in there, but our overall D3 non-conf schedule looks pretty ambitious.

narch - Why would you want a bbc code?  I don't think the British are very good at basketball.

[captj]

captj-I expect to see you at the women's game tomorrow night and Sunday afternoon!!

I told you what it would take.  Call me when one of the gals throws one down.  Anyone want my tickets?

[captj]

Speaking of unused tickets, I'm not going to make the Frostburg game on Saturday (company holiday party that night). 

85; you're welcome to climb down from the nose bleed section and sit in my seats.  Actually, you're welcome to do that just about any game since between me, my wife, and my employer, I have 10 tickets.  So far the most that I've had in the CaptJ section has been 6 people. 

[cnu85]

cnu85:

I guess Myrick is playing DIII ball for the same reasons that Horace Jenkins, Devean George, and others have played for.

But HJ and DG are nowhere near the level of AI.....which was my point...you can't compare a d3 player to AI.

[cnu85]

CJ ...oops Captj,

Can't take you up on the ticket offer. I'm doing some work holiday party stuff, too. Thanks for the offer.

Whattya mean nose bleed section? Just because I'm in the last row? It's nice up there. I get to watch everyone's back. I talk to the camera guy.

Goose -  a few questions:
1. Where's the pep band?
2. Tell FT or CJ to put in a transponder so we can pick up 99.1 inside the Freeman. What good is it to have a radio station in Gloucester? You can't pick up a good signal in the Freeman or at POMOCO. At least at POMOCO they added 1490 AM (although they had issues with pregame, postgame, cutting away at halftime to listen to some redenck at Langley Speedway).
3. The camera guy listens to a feed from 99.1. Maybe, I'll get a splitter and listen, too.

CJ  - I walked right by you on the way to the nose bleed sectiona nd didn't realize it. Sorry about that. I also didn't go to the President's room at the half...I just ate dinner and the long walk down was too much. So, I stayed up there with my Pepsi and M&Ms. I worked hard to put on these 20 lbs this year...don't wanna give 'em up too soon.

[captj]

1. Where's the pep band?

Great question!   I miss those guys.

[narch]

...you can't compare a d3 player to AI.

how true...most are in college because they actually want an education and very few are convicted felons

iverson might be a uniquely talented player (he was when he was at g'town....i wouldn't know, now, since i haven't watched an nba game in over 5 years), but anyone who thinks that wearing a suit to work sends the wrong message to kids is not someone i would want to be compared to

[captj]

85, you crack me up.

[cnufan]

I have no idea on the pep band, we need to contact the powers that be I guess!!

[njlincolnlion]

cnu85:

I guess Myrick is playing DIII ball for the same reasons that Horace Jenkins, Devean George, and others have played for.

But HJ and DG are nowhere near the level of AI.....which was my point...you can't compare a d3 player to AI.

cnu85:

I never said HJ or DG were on the same level as AI.  The reference to HJ and DG was that Myricks was playing for an opportunity to play in the NBA like these guys.  The point to my original post was that Myrick played the guard position the AI does.

You were the one who made the crass remark about AI mowing the lawn for CNU.

[narch]

monarchs lose 80-72 to spring hill tonight...not good...grant with 18, mcdonald with 16, antwin shuford (also a football cb) had 10 pts, 9 boards and 4 steals in his varsity debut - game story

[AuRising]

In response to the reply of my earlier post, it is true that averett has not played the difficult schedule that others have. But in all fairness, the guys can only play who they have to. That, i believe, is an error made by the coach. Scheduling weak looks good in the record book win column, but will show up when being challenged by a va wesleyan or a methodist/athletic cnu team. In other news, any predictions on my men upsetting maryville?

[captj]

Rising -

I was going to ask if you've heard of the proverbial snowball, but I see that Boor is back now so I'll give your guys a chance since they're at home.  I hope they pull off the upset.

Go Cougars!