MBB: USA South Conference

[leroy]

CNU wins by 1 in OT

[leroy]

seldon the MVP.

announers call it "a game you will never forget"

CNU coach said "never been a part of a better game"

[cnufan]

Helluva game!!

[eddie]

i havent posted in a long time(but i do go to most of the games)  that was the best game ive seen in awhile.  ed riley is a great player to come off the bench.  i was thinking he should start but th energy he brings off the bench is high. i thought # 30 on au should of made all tourney.  sorry i dont remember the names.  he should of took #50's place..  the au fans were good execpt one guy i thought was going to get beat up by two older women under the hoop.  then he game back saying the f word.  i told im to watch his mouth because of the kids.  then this prick tried to stop an 8 or 9 year old from clapping to the band.  being the parent that i am i told the kid to clap because he wont do anything to you.  he was just an idiot trying to punk an 8 year old.

go capts

[eddie]

one more thing is the au player that got hurt alright.  i saw his eyes roll towards the back of his head when he got up.  goose u might know how he is

[narch]

congrats, captains...sounds like i missed two really good ball games (au/mc, au/cnu) - represent the usasac well, boys

[cnufan]

I really dont know what to say about this game, kids. I think it ranks in my top two of in-person games ive seen. I thought for sure Stevenson had a clean block on Selden's three-ball near the buzzer, but apparently he got a little too much of the body, as I was located across the court from there the foul happen. But for that kid to go to the line with 0.8 seconds left, down by three, and calmly drain three straight free throws just says alot about the composure this kid has. Talk about pressure!! 

Of course when CNU gets up by four or five in OT, I figure we are going to blow them out big time. But we miss three free throws and let them hang around and Stevenson's coast to coast almost layin gave me flashbacks of VWC's OT win where Marques Fitch went coast to coast and layed it in for the win a year or two ago.

Averett was amazing from behind the arc. Nailed 15 on the day. I  had bad thoughts when we were down 12 midway thru. But we held them to just six points over the final nine minutes of regulation. Which was huge, plus Romeo's three to cut the lead to three was amazing. That kid had one helluva final two home games. 29 and 20 in the tourny aint bad!

Selden played his arse off and I thought he was deserving of the MVP and I thought Romeo was as well. But Selden was all over the court today, not just making free throws and jumpers, but hustling after loose balls and following his shot and grabbing offensive rebounds to give his team another opportunity just spoke volumes about this kid's heart and desire. Im glad he's around for one more year!!

Wow what a great tourny this weekend. I think Coach Allen has started something at Averett that I hope he continues. They had a great year and have the potential to be very good for several more years to come. Ya the conference was down and has been for a couple years, but I think its about to come back up and I hope in the future the USA South is able to get more than one team in the NCAA's, especially with the expanded field.

Cant wait for the pairings to be released Monday morning at 8 am. Ill be lucky if Im up by then, after this long weekend!!  Also cant wait to read Pat's and COs. projections.

[narch]

goose - i have a feeling you guys won't have to travel too far...maybe just down the road to vwc for a rematch

[ballgame]

How many times can one experience "the thrill of victory" and "agony of defeat" in one game?  That was amazing and anyone who was there should consider himself or herself fortunate to have witnessed it! A game like that is rare and frankly my heart cannot take too many more of those.     

Averett -- well, WELL coached and they were "on fire" at the start of the second half.  You sit wondering will this "three point a-thon" ever stop—not sure how many they made in a row to start the second half, but wow, what a run by AU.  It's tough losing any championship game....but that was a "heart ripper outer."  There were many Averett fans in our area....we had some fun "harassing" the refs, but from my perspective they were class fans....though many sat in stun silenced for a few minutes after the game -- can't say I would not have been the same way -- probably would have had to carry me out on a stretcher. 

Goose, did note Maceado and Adair were at Friday's game and an assistant was at Saturday's game -- hmmm? 

Congrats to the Captains....they have shown a LOT of heart all year and just NEVER quit.  It seems expectations were down a little for the program and a few folks were signing the "death warrant".....personally I think the best is yet to come.  This team has some good, tough young men who have "no" quit in'em.   Certainly though to send out Jeremy and Adam with a ring is special....congrats guys....congrats to the coaches (bless Coaches Woollum, Waters, and Ross—they probably aged a little to yesterday) and team – well done!

Good luck in the NCAAs....you've made believers out of all of us Capt fans. 

[Swish3]

Relax, narch, just gettin' my jabs in, much like yourself.  By the way, I'm so intimidated by your self proclaimed intellectual ability.   Enough of this, I'm moving on to something that matters.

Wow, what a game!  It took some serious stones to do what Selden did.  I'm so happy for everyone involved with the team this year, especially the seniors.  As ballgame mentioned, I definitely consider myself fortunate to have witnessed a game of that caliber.  Congrats to the players and coaches on an amazing win and conference championship!

GO CAPS!

[cnufan]

narch-
   I have a feeling that we will be in the Batten Center, but I dont think we will be playing the Marlins first. I think they will get Catholic/Maryville and I really think we will be playing RMC. One of the coaches told me he thought Maryville/Catholic/CNU and RMC in Maryville, but I dont think Maryville gets in. So I dont think that's gonna happen. Be interesting to see how things work out. I hate having to wait until Monday morning tho!

[bosco14]

congrats to the captains
great/hard fought game!!
we're dancin' baby!!!
where is the first round game
does anyone know yet?

[cnufan]

Wont know till Monday at 8 am.

[cnufan]

Ok the boys just posted their Pool B picks and Maryville is in it. Insert foot in mouth.

[cnufan]

Pat and co. have us playing at VA Wes with Catholic playing RMC there as well. Looks like i had the right teams, just the wrong match up.