MBB: USA South Conference

[CNU85]

Thanks Narch......I'm surprised I'm not in the negative..... people confuse my goofballness with being an idiot!!   

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

Down to zero.

[CNU85]

CNU loses 98-92. Tough game. York is good. The one kid had 36 points. Good news for CNU....Barton - 25 pts.... Selden 22 pts..... Lewis - double/double....new kid Baker....first game...15 pts.

If Witham plays we win.....our big guys got in foul trouble early and we lost aggressiveness.

ummm.....same old thing I've been saying for years.... RE-Freaking-BOUND!!!!
York - 54 pts in the paint....CNU..24......

Tough game coming up...National Champs VWC......did anyone notice the VWC team was at the Freeman Center tonight, checking out CNU?

[CNU85]

how many blocks did blasingame have tonight? CNU had 7.

[narch]

York is good

this may very well be true, but they were just 15-14 last year...you're not confusing them with york (pa), are you?

[CNU85]

NArch...you're right...I had them confused.....but I ebt this York team does better than 15-14...that new kid (senior...4th team in 4 years) was impressive. they have cute red headbands, too!!

The VWC Marlins were there...didn't look too concerned about CNU.

I'm feeling positive about CNU. I liked some of what I saw tonight...youth...Barton, Blasingame, Baker.......

I also have a new favorite player...and he didn't play tonight. I hope I get a chance to see him play this year...Kelvin Franklin....a senior....he's tried out for CNU for the past 4 years and he finally has his dream of playing college hoops!!! Now, to me, that's a story for d3hoops.com!! Talk about determination and never giving up!! That's what d3 is all about for me!

[CNU85]

dang.....i just really looked at the CNU roster.....next year we only have 2 big men left...blasingame and luke jackson...

rutrow!!

that's not enough...so next year we'll have Freshmen big men coming off the bench??? rutrow!

maybe it's time for Coach Ross to get another transfer or 2!!!

dang - already looking ahead to next year.....

[cnubbballer]

Echols had 36 points and 12 rebounds.  Heard CJ on the post game and he said it was his fourth school in four years?  CJ was very upset with the way the game was called.   As CNU85 and CJ said, it really put us on our heels and took away the aggressiveness.   Blasingame had 6 blocks CNU85.  Thought the ref was going to tee him up when he got his third foul he was so ticked off.   He started slow last year, but tough to do with the schedule the Captains have.   Coleman or Witham would have really helped tonight.  They had better pick it up or it will be a long night Tuesday.  

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

Absolutely the difference in that game last night was Matt Coleman!! No doubt in my mind. Especially when Korey Lewis picked up two fouls in the first 1:10 of the game. Man were they calling everything last night. I dont have a problem with that. What I have a problem with was our guys not adjusting to it. It seemed no matter what, the three front court players (Riley, Lewis and Blasingame) didnt adjust the way they played defense when they started calling every touch foul. No blame on the refs here, I just think they could have done a better job adjusting to the way the game was being called.

Theo Baker has a ton of potential and his ceiling is sky high. I like that kid and I think he can be a great player in that program. But they will be hurting next year if they dont get some post players in. I hope they have their casting nets out now! They will need several forces down low in 07-08. But we gotta worry about 06-07!!! Cant think ahead yet!!

[hasanova]

Greenboro over Piedmont 81-71 at Ferrum.  PC came back to tie it at 69, but GC pulled away in the final 3 minutes.

[Capt-Schemer]

CNU loses 98-92. Tough game. York is good. The one kid had 36 points. Good news for CNU....Barton - 25 pts.... Selden 22 pts..... Lewis - double/double....new kid Baker....first game...15 pts.

If Witham plays we win.....our big guys got in foul trouble early and we lost aggressiveness.

ummm.....same old thing I've been saying for years.... RE-Freaking-BOUND!!!!
York - 54 pts in the paint....CNU..24......

Tough game coming up...National Champs VWC......did anyone notice the VWC team was at the Freeman Center tonight, checking out CNU?

No doubt we gave up the paint to York.  I'd like to jump in and say something prophetic but I think you've all pretty much hit the nail wrt where the heck the breakdown was Friday night.  As someone mentioned earlier...Mark B. had a slightly slow start last year, but I contributed that to Freshman nerves... hopefully it's a trend, and we'll "push it up" for the next one. (Yes 85...I was the fella in the goofy green overalls last year).  See you all at VWC!

[cnubbballer]

Personally I think the team will be fine, certainly it would be a bit of a speedy generalization to make any predictions on this team after one game.   Just like last year it will take some time to develop chemistry and for some players to get their game legs.  GIve the big guys some time,  afterall they did lead the nation in blocked shots last year and Blasingame was second in the USA South in rebounding.  Actually it's nice to see Korey lead the team in rebounding for a change.  If he keeps that up and Blasingame can at least average close to last years totals they will be fine.
Lastly, CJ will have to find some depth on the bench, but I bet he will have someone come in the Spring semester, much like Jamar did to add depth and toughness on the inside. 

A problem as stated by "rick tiki" (I love that handle!) is the players must be smart enough to adjust to the refs.   Hopefully it was a lesson well learned Friday night. 

[notamensa]

can another cnu fan join this board? i don't thnk there can be too many, right? i walked back to on friday night really disappointed with the results of the york game. can we get some defense, please?  98 points! having witham on the bench in street clothes seemed to leave us really short, in more ways than one.  and where is matt colman? besides the lack of defense, i was surprised to see us abandon the 3-pt shot so much. in a 6 min stretch in the first we shot 8 3-ptrs to go from a couple points down to a 10 point lead. after that we only took 3 more 3-pt tries in the last 9 minutes of the half.  by then we needed the trey by seldon at the buzzer just to get us back to within 4. we shot 44% from long range for the game, and only 40% from inside the 3-point line. you don't need to be a mensan to figure out that if you make 44% of your 3-ptrs, and 40% of your 2-ptrs, you'll maximize your point total by shooting from long. this was a disappointing game, but it might be that york is a very good team. they were a ncaa tournament team last year and added the guy that dropped 36 and 12 on us.

[CNU85]

I knew when I saw your name...notamensa that you had to be from CNU. 

the problem we were having with the 3 pointers is that EVERYBODY seemed to be above the arch when we shot a trey.....rebounds would be nice....but I've been hollering "follow your shot" on this board for years.....never happens.

[cnubbballer]

We were a pretty good defensive rebounding team last year.   The one area I hope we'll improve in is offensive rebounds, especially with Riley starting at the 3.  Obviously rebounding is a lot about blocking out, especially on the defensive end.  But offensive rebounding is more about tenacity, toughness and desire with a little technique added in.  I think our 3, 4 and 5 are capable.   What they cannot do is pace themselves over concern for a short bench.   In other words "sic'em" on the boards!