MBB: USA South Conference

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

Im going to go out on a limb and say the staff wont bring anyone new on board, mensa. I know its been very typical in the past, but with the requirements to get in to the school now, its going to be difficult. My nephew was trying to transfer in to CNU from another school and he had decent grades, slightly above average, and he was turned away. It almost seems like you have to be a brain surgeon to get in there as a transfer now, at least according to my wife's side of the family!! 

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

But I would not be surprised if they did add someone mid-year. Its been a tradition it seems. But who knows. I guess we all will know either on the 16th, 20th, 21st, 29th, or 30th. Or even post-New Years.

[notamensa]

Im going to go out on a limb and say the staff wont bring anyone new on board, mensa. I know its been very typical in the past, but with the requirements to get in to the school now, its going to be difficult. My nephew was trying to transfer in to CNU from another school and he had decent grades, slightly above average, and he was turned away. It almost seems like you have to be a brain surgeon to get in there as a transfer now, at least according to my wife's side of the family!! 

you could be right. there are already 14 players on the team and according to the team website, in the last decade the only time there have been moe than 14 on the roster was once in 97/98 when there were 15 players. a couple of years there were only 12 players. i guess small rosters are a cnu tradition.

[notamensa]

au 16 players on roster
cnu 14
fc 17
gc 14
mc 16
ncw 16
su 18

is there a limit?

[notamensa]

if you want to see a good defensive bball game, go to cbs right now and watch the tex a&m / ucla game.

[notamensa]

My nephew was trying to transfer in to CNU from another school and he had decent grades, slightly above average, and he was turned away.

he must have gone to nvcc.

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

au 16 players on roster
cnu 14
fc 17
gc 14
mc 16
ncw 16
su 18

is there a limit?

I dont think there is a limit. But I think a lot of it depends on the women's teams as well. There may be a title 9 issue there if someone decided to be a rear. But I could be wrong about this, wouldnt be the first time! 

[narch]

My nephew was trying to transfer in to CNU from another school and he had decent grades, slightly above average, and he was turned away.

he must have gone to nvcc.

must not have been a recruited student-athlete ...ok...sorry, let's not go down that road...strike that last comment

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

My nephew was trying to transfer in to CNU from another school and he had decent grades, slightly above average, and he was turned away.

he must have gone to nvcc.

must not have been a recruited student-athlete ...ok...sorry, let's not go down that road...strike that last comment

Best laugh Ive had all day narch!! 

[PrideSportBBallGuy]

Wow, I am back.  Been a while been real busy.  Ok so I will come back with a bang.  Here are my power rankings for the USASouth.  (The process which I came up with looks to be fairly, well dead on.)  Grant it, it is still early and the power rankings do take in account of conference losses.  (There are of course no conference games right now)  I compared it to last year stats to see what it looks like once conference losses take account.  Anyway here it is.

Week 3 Power Rankings
1. Averett
2. Greensboro
3. NC Wesleyan
4. CNU
5. Ferrum
6. Methodist
7. Shenadoah

To show the accuaracy here is the final standings from last year and the use on the power rankings

Final Standings

1. Chris. Newport
2. Averett 
3. Greensboro
4. Methodist   
5. N.C. Wesleyan 
6. Ferrum
7. Shenandoah

Power Ranking Standings

1. CNU
2. Averett
3. Greensboro
4. Methodist
5. NC Wesleyan
6. Shenadoah
7. Ferrum

Not too shabby.

[SU97]

Congrats to SU's Onyie Onunaku for snagging POW honors.  Wish we would have scheduled a couple of DIII schools lately so we could compare how we stack up to the rest of the USASC teams in out-of-conference play.  Although, at least we're getting in some good time against bigger opponents... 

Not sure about the power rankings listed:  I would have to list Averett and CNU as the top two schools... and Methodist would be ahead of Greensboro just because they have a guy named Dragan and that is cool...

[PrideSportBBallGuy]

Not sure about the power rankings listed:  I would have to list Averett and CNU as the top two schools... and Methodist would be ahead of Greensboro just because they have a guy named Dragan and that is cool...

Again, right now it focuses more on the wins out of conference. Can't argue AU is 7-0 right now.  Once conference play starts and more games are under teams belts the rankings should reflect where the teams are.  (.7 points is the spread from 2nd to 4th that is, well believe me very close.

[narch]

Here are my power rankings for the USASouth.  (The process which I came up with looks to be fairly, well dead on.) 

let's see this process...how do you go about ranking the teams? what determines that it's "well dead on"?

(.7 points is the spread from 2nd to 4th that is, well believe me very close.

i suppose we'll have to believe you since you haven't posted your formula or each schools individual "score", so we'll have to trust that there is a .7 point differential between 2nd and 4th

share your methodology so the rest of us can comment on your rankings

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

Dang it narch, you beat me to it!! But I echo your sentiments. I too would like to see what your formula and how you determined each school's power ranking.  I agree with SU when CNU should be ahead of NC Wesleyan. They do have two common opponents coming, well, one now that I think about it. Wesley was in NCW's tournament but they didnt play them. So that leaves Piedmont. Should be interesting to see how the Capts come out to play on Saturday after having two straight weeks off. Then they had to G'boro for a twin-bill against Fisk and John Carroll. Carroll is tough, I did a little bit of research and I think their best player this year was not on the team last year but played two seasons ago when they went very deep in the NCAA Tournament. Should be a great test for the Captains on the road on a neutral floor.

[notamensa]

cnu is 1 vote out of the top 25 this week. averett up to #15. after a 2-loss week, rmc falls completely off the board with no votes. this demonstrates how precarious being a ranked team is. someone on one of the other boards posted a list of teams that have been fixtures in the top 25 for years. ill try to find it and clip it here.