MBB: USA South Conference

[hasanova]

dang...I go away for a few days and Hasanova breaks out the big words.......as for me I like made up words like in a Steve Miller song when he speaks about the "pompetus" of love!!

sometimes made up words eventually make the dictionary....like Chortled.....from the Jaberwocky poem.

you can sign me.....notatable!

Maybe you should just simply go with "notable"!  Now there's a word that'll have multiple meanings - one down on the prairie and one up on the "mesa".    Peace

[notamensa]

As I'm sure you know, Mensa comes from the Latin word for "table," signifying we are all of equal intellect, regardless of our age, education or profession, and are, therefore, alll entitled to sit and discuss things openly around the same egalitarian forum (or table).  As a mensa hopeful, I fervently believe in that both philosophically and practically.  I hope you agree.   Peace.        

that.....is.....AWESOME.  i did not know about the origins of the word. i wish i could say that i considered it when i selected it for my handle since it is incredibly appropriate, but i was really going with my own (limited) understanding of the word. specifically, "an international fellowship organization for people with IQ's in the top 2 percent of the general population". thats the application that my dear old pop used it with me. that is so cool. you do learn something every day. speaking of which, i have finals this week, so its back to the books. thanks for the interesting information.

You're absolutely right about the international organization called Mensa, so I though you might like to know their logic for choosing the society's name.  As one of my professors used to say, "knowledge is power."  I think he was right.

no doubt about it. and thanks again for the information. wait until my dad hears about this!

i tried telling my dad about the origin of "mensa" before I drove back to campus last night. either I didnt explain it well or he wasnt getting it, because he eventually looked at me like i was crazy and then cut me off with a curt "?"

[notamensa]

congrats to averett for cracking the top-20 in the d3hoops.com poll. it is certainly deserving with the season theyre having. also, congrats to cnu for making the top-30. it seems to me like it could have been higher, but theres a lot of season yet. they will probably lose a couple of votes in the next couple of weeks because of the inactive period in the schedule. i also noticed that york (ny) received no votes, so i guess im not the only one that has lost confidence in them. they were #26 last week, i think. question for you old-timers - when was the last time averett was in the top 25?

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

congrats to averett for cracking the top-20 in the d3hoops.com poll. it is certainly deserving with the season theyre having. also, congrats to cnu for making the top-30. it seems to me like it could have been higher, but theres a lot of season yet. they will probably lose a couple of votes in the next couple of weeks because of the inactive period in the schedule. i also noticed that york (ny) received no votes, so i guess im not the only one that has lost confidence in them. they were #26 last week, i think. question for you old-timers - when was the last time averett was in the top 25?

Im not sure they've ever been ranked. There is no story on their website, but I wonder if they've ever had this type of season in their history. Maybe they have, but I dont think they've had one in the d3hoops.com era.

[averetthoops]

Here's the info on Averett's Top 20 ranking - looks like it's the first time since 1990
http://www.averett.edu/athletics/display_story.php?id=758

[notamensa]

Here's the info on Averett's Top 20 ranking - looks like it's the first time since 1990
http://www.averett.edu/athletics/display_story.php?id=758

thanks for the link. i see that au has a couple of games this week, including one at piedmont. piedmont has already taken down 2 usasac teams pretty convincingly (methodist by 14 at home and nc wesleyan by 21 in rocky mt). good luck to au.

[old_lion]

i see that au has a couple of games this week, including one at piedmont. piedmont has already taken down 2 usasac teams pretty convincingly (methodist by 14 at home and nc wesleyan by 21 in rocky mt). good luck to au.

Notamensa, thanks for noticing ... Narch's "2nd favorite D3 team" did have quite a w/e in Rocky Mt.

They way we are playing right now, I'd give a $100 out of my unfortunately shallow pockets to be able to replay that Ferrum game!

In case you didn't see it, here is some info re the tourney at NCW ...

We had a great weekend at the NC Weslyan tournament. That was a pretty strong field. I seriously doubt if many in attendance expected us to win it. I was hopeful, but I have to admit, I was pleasantly surprised by how well we played.

That gym was rocking and rolling Friday night as the home team beat York ... who had beaten CNU earlier in the season. The contrast, with how quiet they were in the 2nd half of the championship game, was truly amazing.

Baldwin won a well deserved MVP trophy. Green and Adams also made the all-tourney team. Whitlock probably would have been strongly considered also, had he not been limited to 12 minutes Friday, by foul trouble ... because he had a monster game Saturday. The "two Jakes" seem to be taking their games to another level. As soon as Adams refinds his shooting stroke he had last season (there were glimpses this weekend), we could be a tough team to beat.

I found it especially gratifying that, even though our outside shooting has been inconsistent, we seem to be riding out the rough spots with tenacious rebounding and team defense. Hallelujah!!!

Parker continued his steady play. Also, kudos to a couple of freshmen, McCoy and Rubio, who played significant minutes and made some nice contributions off the bench. And finally, a special shout out to Drew Bailey, who came in and picked us up with 4 for 5 shooting on threes and some timely rebounding. Looks like he wants some more PT, baby! (Yeah, that was my Dicky V imitation.)
Here are a few links for for those interested in details... 

http://annex.ncwc.edu/athletics/mens_basketball/2006-07/news/taylor2.htm

http://www.piedmont.edu/athletics/06_07_headlines/12_02_06_mbkb.htm
http://www.piedmont.edu/athletics/mbasketball/06-07stats/pcw06.htm

http://www.piedmont.edu/athletics/06_07_headlines/12_01_06_mbkb.htm
http://www.piedmont.edu/athletics/mbasketball/06-07stats/pcw05.htm

[CNU85]

Congrats to AU!!!

[narch]

despite a 2-2 record and what seems to be relatively inconsistent play, the monarchs have had pretty balanced scoring...that can be interpreted in a few ways...there is no go-to-guy or they're going to be difficult to defend because scoring can come from anywhere...i prefer the latter - in 4 games the monarchs have had 4 different leading scorers and 3 different leading rebounders...here are the scoring averages for the top 10 monarchs through 10 games

WILLIAMS, Brandon	10.8
ANDERSON, Darrian	9.0
MCBRYDE, Travis	8.8
RADMANOVIC, Dragan	8.3
SHUFORD, Antwin	8.3
BASCOM, Adrian	7.3
LEHMANN, AB	7.0
WINSTEAD, Travis	7.0
LEE, Robert	6.0
LANE, Brian	5.7

i'm a bit surprised to see that the big men seem to be shouldering most of the scoring load - williams, mcbryde, radmanovic and shuford are all post players...bascom and anderson are frosh

i guess we'll see how things pan out, but i think i like the balance for now...

[notamensa]

i see that au has a couple of games this week, including one at piedmont. piedmont has already taken down 2 usasac teams pretty convincingly (methodist by 14 at home and nc wesleyan by 21 in rocky mt). good luck to au.

Notamensa, thanks for noticing ... Narch's "2nd favorite D3 team" did have quite a w/e in Rocky Mt.

They way we are playing right now, I'd give a $100 out of my unfortunately shallow pockets to be able to replay that Ferrum game!

Narch's "2nd favorite D3 team"? i thought that was cnu.


my pockets are not just shallow, theyre empty, so i couldnt pay a dime for a rematch, but id sure like for cnu to get another shot at york (ny). theres no doubt in mind we would be top-25 without that loss, and probably somewhere in the low teens. the season is young, though, and dwelling on the past doesnt help anyone.

[narch]

Whitlock probably would have been strongly considered also, had he not been limited to 12 minutes Friday, by foul trouble ... because he had a monster game Saturday.

there you go again with the fouls thing...

you know i'm just kidding, but let me put lots of smileys in so you understand it completely  8) - congrats to the lions on a nice weekend...that was a pretty solid field

mensa - cnu is my FAVORITE d3 team.....to root against (except when they're playing ooc games, of course)

the monarchs are off until dec 17/18 when they play @ randy mac (4-1 right now) then take on either gettysburg (1-4) or union (1-2)...then the quackers come to town on the 30th (currently 4-0 with an exhibition win against d1 elon that doesn't count in the standings) and #4 vwc (4-1) on the 3rd then catholic (5-1) on the 6th and e-town (2-4) on the 7th...kind of a tough stretch of games, huh...if the monarchs can come out of that stretch 3-3 or better, i'll feel really good about the conference season...2-4 and i'll feel ok...winless and it could be a long year

[old_lion]

my pockets are not just shallow, theyre empty, so i couldnt pay a dime for a rematch, but id sure like for cnu to get another shot at york (ny). theres no doubt in mind we would be top-25 without that loss, and probably somewhere in the low teens. the season is young, though, and dwelling on the past doesnt help anyone.

Well said. I have to learn to let things go ...

Such wisdom from one so young ... I think "Pop" may be selling you short.  

[old_lion]

Whitlock probably would have been strongly considered also, had he not been limited to 12 minutes Friday, by foul trouble ... because he had a monster game Saturday.

there you go again with the fouls thing...

you know i'm just kidding, but let me put lots of smileys in so you understand it completely  8) - congrats to the lions on a nice weekend...that was a pretty solid field

I hear you, Narch. 

You'll notice I only mentioned that fouls were an issue and did not offer an opinion as to the legitimacy of the fouls. I assure you, that took great restraint.  But, I promised you I'd do better job re the whining .. and I'm trying. 

The only reason I mentioned it all was to give Kudos to Whitlock and comment that I thought he deserved all-tourney honors ... he did yeoman's work this weekend as a 6'2 QPF!

I think your old friend was pretty proud of the guys this w/e. He s/b ... he's doing a good job managing some "less than ideal" situations.

[notamensa]

despite a 2-2 record and what seems to be relatively inconsistent play, the monarchs have had pretty balanced scoring...that can be interpreted in a few ways...there is no go-to-guy or they're going to be difficult to defend because scoring can come from anywhere...i prefer the latter - in 4 games the monarchs have had 4 different leading scorers and 3 different leading rebounders...here are the scoring averages for the top 10 monarchs through 10 games

WILLIAMS, Brandon	10.8
ANDERSON, Darrian	9.0
MCBRYDE, Travis	8.8
RADMANOVIC, Dragan	8.3
SHUFORD, Antwin	8.3
BASCOM, Adrian	7.3
LEHMANN, AB	7.0
WINSTEAD, Travis	7.0
LEE, Robert	6.0
LANE, Brian	5.7

i'm a bit surprised to see that the big men seem to be shouldering most of the scoring load - williams, mcbryde, radmanovic and shuford are all post players...bascom and anderson are frosh

i guess we'll see how things pan out, but i think i like the balance for now...

i also noticed that you have 10 guys averaging double figures in minutes. cnu has 6!

[notamensa]

mensa - cnu is my FAVORITE d3 team.....to root against (except when they're playing ooc games, of course)

well, im sure they appreciate those non-conf cheers.

do i need to develop a particular animosity for one of the usasac teams? is there a team that cnu loves to beat? im not experienced enough to know of long-term rivalries. is there a cowboys/redskins relationship here that i dont know about?