MBB: USA South Conference

[PrideSportBBallGuy]

CNU85 Power rankings:

1. Angelina Jolie

WAY overrated...

now jessica alba, 'nother story

I agree with you on that Narch only on the Angelina Jolie part.  Way underrated would be
Rachael McAdams- star of the movie Red Eye

Narch-

My rankings use solely all season statistics.  I actually posted a top 25 on the top 25 board, using my approach I did get 15 out of 25 d3hoops ranked teams ranked and several in the same spot they have ranked.

[CNU85]

Ok...Narch...I was bored, so I answered my questions...didn't have to go back too far....'03-'04 season.

CNU was 15-11 overall. 10-7 at the Freeman and at one point lost 3 in a row at home. They were 5-4 on the road. That must have been the year I joined this board and wanted to fire everyone!!   

[CNU85]

dang....If you count my posts from my first stint on here, I would have over 2,000 nonsensical posts!!

[cnufella1]

Cannot hold it in any longer!  CNU was terrible last night.  Six points in the first seven minutes and 45 seconds!  NO chemistry.   The rest of the USA South must be thrilled.  Seldon, off the bench and Blasingame were the only two starters who showed any energy in the first half!   The bench played well in the first half; Kraut, Baker, and Jackson played fine.   CJ might be kicking himself a little; the five of Seldon, Blasingame, Lewis, Franklin and Baker built a 72-65 lead with about 8 minutes to go before subbing out the reserves.  Davon and Ed were having an off night.  It was a tough decision, but I don't know.  Everyone was talking about Hall's 38 points, how about leading his team in rebounds with 12!  He's definitely got game!

[pride1fan]

No one cares.

[notamensa]

Is CNU leading (near the top) the nation in blocked shots? I see they got another 11 last night. And how can you get that many blocked shots, consistently game after game, and be outrebounded?? Something is not fundamentally right!

im with you on this one. i dont get it either. i saw in the stats for the game that blasingame had 9 blocks alone, and i thought that it was more. if you read my last post, i too had a hard time reconciling all those blocks with the general defensive indifference that they displayed as a team. but the 9 blocks by blasingame were definitely legit. it almost seemed like ncw had no idea that he was going to put it back in their faces if they went in against him.

[cnufella1]

pride1fan, I've been to a few games at greensboro; you're about right, "no one cares"

[narch]

No one cares.

why post then?

is there a reason for your existence (on these boards, of course...who knows why you or anyone else exists otherwise)?

bring something to the table...mis-directed as they may be, at least gullett and basicballguy get conversations started

[pride1fan]

ok lady

[narch]

ok lady

intelligent response...should've expected as much

thanks for your insight!

[pride1fan]

You are welcome my lady.

[SU97]

SU might need to look at making a change like they did for the women's basketball team, make a change and get some new blood in town.

The SU ladies are doing a great job.

Yes SU needs a change - a change in afordability to give the coaches a chance to recruit...  I understand that SU has one of the highest price tags in the state, yet the university's discount rate (scholarship and grant aid) is among the lowest in VA.  It makes the affordability factor a serious question in comparison to other schools in the conference.  This, in addition to the facilities challenges that JWW mentioned earlier make for a tough situation across the board when it comes to recruiting players.  (With, to a degree, the exception of Football - as Shentel is a very nice D-III facility)  At the D-III level I would think that quality recruiting is 50% of the job. The rest is coaching, mentoring, game management and providing a good environment for the young men to grow.

Look, I'm not a coach myself and I don't know the X's and O's of what the team should or should not be doing on the court, but I will say this:  Men's Basketball at SU is one of the few programs at SU that over the past few years is a) competitive in the conference and b) has a winning record 4 out of the past 6 years (since Harris has come on board as HC).  His teams have finished better in the conference than any other program at the school in that timeframe.  I don't think you can say that about any other team recently.  Heck, last year only WSoccer and Baseball even had winning seasons... 

[SU97]

...it looks like I've once again posted in the middle of a fight between GC and CNU folks. 

SU lost tonight to Md. Eastern Shore, I hope they can turn it around this weekend.   

[SU97]

here are the NPR (Narch Power Rankings) - I'm not going to alter these rankings because they have MU ranked pretty high

here are the rankings:
AU - 19
GC - 15
SU - 11
MU - 10
NCWC -  9
CNU -  7
FC -  0

I think CNU is better than this relates and NCWC should be a place or two higher.  Although it hurts, SU shouldn't be ranked this high right now.  I haven't seen MU this year, but my earlier formula would have them at 3rd as the Dragan is the coolest name in the league and that might have them just above the Captains...

[SU97]

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I have heard that Harris only wants no more than 750 seats so that it always looks sold out.   He and the former women's coach like the old gym.   They felt it gives them a home court advantage.   If the University does not build an athletic center to accomodate at least 3000-3500 fans then they are missing the boat.

What I've heard indicates a 2,500-3,000 seat gym, one would think the coaches would love that.