MBB: USA South Conference

[notamensa]

at the half -
cnu 57
ncw 49
shooters rule!

[notamensa]

ncw 102
cnu96

captains blow it in the end as the bishops thoroughly outplay the captains in the stretch. i havent heard stats, but they were really outplayed in the last 3 minutes. they lead by as many as 10 in the 2nd half and throw it away. gc and au now in 1st place in the conference, cnu in 3rd.

[Pat Coleman]

About the Bucs and Beloit College logo.  Has anyone tried to ask both the college or the Bucs

I didn't ask, but I was told anyway.

[notamensa]

in what is becoming a very disturbing trend, ncw outscores the captains by 14 in the 2nd half.

lenny hall with 30. the nightmares will continue.

blasingame with 6 points! cant we get him involved in the offense?! no one in the conference has someone that can match up with him physically. with the best point guard in the conference, why cant we get the ball to him inside?

coach woolum says - "we sat back and let them cut our lead to nothing." and "we made too many mistakes down the stretch." he also says that "ncw is the most talented team in the league."

[hasanova]

in my nightmare, he keeps kicking me in the head when he goes up for the layup.

help me out Hasanova....I need something related to the foot and the head....Cranial...??

haha...and to thinks I gots a MBA.

I recommend cerebrum conculco which, loosely translated, means "(your) brain is being tread under my feet!"  I also have an MBA and I think we might just say, "My business ("bidness" in Texas) will kick your brains out!"  Either way, someone is in for an in your face a$$ whuppin'!  Enjoy the game!

mbas abound! what am i doing here on this forum?! i am clearly in over my head. BUT, i have news for you guys... there may be a genuine, future jd among you (and i am not referring to a juvenile delinquent).

I see notamensa has just raised the bar!

[hasanova]

Well as promised (threatened?), I attended the Greensboro/Ferrum game tonight at Hanes Gym.  Nice 94-84 win for the Pride, but gosh I had forgotten how small the gym is!  GC is now 16-6, 6-3 and FC is 9-13, 3-6.

I tried to keep a bit of a scorecard, but I missed a few baskets, so this isn't official.  I'm pretty sure Alston (12), Nicholson (15) and Camp (10) were all in double figures for the Pride.  Bright had the best game, however, with 27, including one great dunk on a fast break at the end of the first half.  He was an active force on both ends of the court.  The Pride only attempted five threes, but canned four.

GC led at the half by 49-35 and scored the first 12 in the second half to go up 61-35.  Their largest lead was 27 at 65-38, but FC cut it to 7 at 80-73 with about 3 minutes to go.  Then, GC started to pull away at the FT line.  I was very impressed with Cedric Jones for the Panthers, who had at least 15 before fouling out.  Jon Godsey (25) has a nice all around game - shirts and skins, I pick him!  Not far behind, I think Rob Fuller had 22.

The Pride had the deeper bench and the better starters, in my opinion, but should be a little concerned about the Panthers whittling a 27-point second half lead down to seven on GC's home court.  With three minutes to go, that's not an insurmountable lead with 3-point baskets and a 35-second shot clock, but, in all honesty, FC was only 1 of 10 behind the arc.

Anyway, back to the west side for me tomorrow night as the Hampden-Sydney Tigers visit the Quakers at Ragan-Brown Field House!

[allsky7]

Well as promised (threatened?), I attended the Greensboro/Ferrum game tonight at Hanes Gym.  Nice 94-84 win for the Pride, but gosh I had forgotten how small the gym is!  GC is now 16-6, 6-3 and FC is 9-13, 3-6.

I tried to keep a bit of a scorecard, but I missed a few baskets, so this isn't official.  I'm pretty sure Alston (12), Nicholson (15) and Camp (10) were all in double figures for the Pride.  Bright had the best game, however, with 27, including one great dunk on a fast break at the end of the first half.  He was an active force on both ends of the court.  The Pride only attempted five threes, but canned four.

GC led at the half by 49-35 and scored the first 12 in the second half to go up 61-35.  Their largest lead was 27 at 65-38, but FC cut it to 7 at 80-73 with about 3 minutes to go.  Then, GC started to pull away at the FT line.  I was very impressed with Cedric Jones for the Panthers, who had at least 15 before fouling out.  Jon Godsey (25) has a nice all around game - shirts and skins, I pick him!  Not far behind, I think Rob Fuller had 22.

The Pride had the deeper bench and the better starters, in my opinion, but should be a little concerned about the Panthers whittling a 27-point second half lead down to seven on GC's home court.  With three minutes to go, that's not an insurmountable lead with 3-point baskets and a 35-second shot clock, but, in all honesty, FC was only 1 of 10 behind the arc.

Anyway, back to the west side for me tomorrow night as the Hampden-Sydney Tigers visit the Quakers at Ragan-Brown Field House!

      And what a huge road win it would be and confidence builder for a run at the ODAC in Salem.  GO TIGERS!!

[hasanova]

And what a huge road win it would be and confidence builder for a run at the ODAC in Salem.  GO TIGERS!!

I think the Quakes are gonna take it! 

[notamensa]

cnu seems to be losing the 2nd half in most of their games. i thought it might be because of fatigue since we only play 6 guys, but in the game last night we gave up 13 in a row early in the 2nd half (when they should be fresh). i think the 2nd half meltdowns are because of lapses in focus and intensity.

rebounding continues to be a problem. cnu – 9 off, 29 def, 38 total. ncw – 18 off, 28 def, 46 total. ive beat on that dead horse enough. suffice to say, the problem continues.

blasingame with 5 fg attempts for the game. im guessing that 2 of those came after the 2 offensive rebounds he collected. that means that on offense we got the ball to him 3 times?! his fg% is at 61% for the season, so his are very high percentage shots. why cant we get him the ball?

team fg% -
cnu – 1st half 67%, 2nd half 42%, game 54%
ncw – 1st half 46%, 2nd half 40%, game 43%
to reconcile this, keep in mind that ncw had 10 more attempts in the game, 12 more fts (and made 9/10 down the stretch), had only 9 tos, and 3 times as many stls as cnu (with a paltry 3 for the game). the final tally works out to be... general apathy and lack of heart on the part of the captains. maybe they will find their hearts at the end of the yellow brick road? i hope that they do so before the conf tournament.

[notamensa]

blasingame with 5 fg attempts for the game. im guessing that 2 of those came after the 2 offensive rebounds he collected. that means that on offense we got the ball to him 3 times?! his fg% is at 61% for the season, so his are very high percentage shots. why cant we get him the ball?

actually, the more i think about this the more i question if getting him the ball is the problem. maybe we ARE getting him the ball and hes kicking it back out if he doesnt have a relatively easy attempt. could it be that he needs to pick up his own offensive intensity and go to the basket a little harder when he gets the ball?

[CNU85]

hmm...was it Earl Campbell?

Actually, I think it was the alph-male on the National Geographic special who eats the bugs off the other Apes!
Shhhh.... No names CNU85.

I'm going to laugh for a week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CNU85]

Mensa,

I tuned into the game at halftime. When I heard CNU was up by 8, my first thought was - "we still have time to make it close!!".

102-96 in regulation.....where's the D in that game? I guess the good news is that CNU only has 3 in the L column for conference games....so does everybody else in contention. 4 games left.....2 road, 2 home.......gonna be nerve wracking (Hasanova would pull out some latin medical terms - I'm just a redneck with a few college degrees!!  )

[PrideSportBBallGuy]

nota

I am going to jump in on here.  I haven't had time to go look at the last two pages of CNU recap. (Just a joke)  From what I see in the box score everything seems to be about the same, if not better in the favor of CNU.  I really don't know what to say nota.  I came on here to talk about FT's orginally.  Maybe that is still the case.   29 FT's 10 being in the last 40 seconds or so for NCWC.  CNU just fouled the wrong guy.  I wasn't there but to give on of the best FT shooters 8 FTA in the last 40 seconds is tough.  NCWC has plan on getting him to the line.

[notamensa]

nota

I came on here to talk about FT's orginally.  29 FT's 10 being in the last 40 seconds or so for NCWC.  CNU just fouled the wrong guy.  I wasn't there but to give on of the best FT shooters 8 FTA in the last 40 seconds is tough.  NCWC has plan on getting him to the line.

dont get me started on fouling lenny hall. he was 19/22 from the ft line last year in their gym, 7/9 and 11/12 in ours, and 11/14 this year in ours, so its not like he snuck up on us. with his 12/13 last night, that gives him 60 points from the ft line against us in 5 games over two years. and how stupid is it to not be making defensive substitutions at the end? instead, donte seldon fouled out of the game fouling hall! the best 3pt shooter in the conference, shooting .500 from long for the season, is gone when we need him most. aaggghhhh!

[notamensa]

psbbg,

read what i said last night about how the stats SEEMED to be skewed in cnus favor.

to reconcile this, keep in mind that ncw had 10 more attempts in the game, 12 more fts (and made 9/10 down the stretch), had only 9 tos, and 3 times as many stls as cnu (with a paltry 3 for the game). the final tally works out to be... general apathy and lack of heart on the part of the captains. maybe they will find their hearts at the end of the yellow brick road? i hope that they do so before the conf tournament.

and here is how the scoring would be for guts, determination, and effort (if there were such stats) -

ncw - triple double
cnu - brick, brick, brick