MBB: USA South Conference

PrideSportBBallGuy · February 28, 2007, 12:14:18 PM

Quote from: narch on January 02, 2007, 02:07:56 PM
it looks like the usasac will take the season series with the odac, regardless of the outcome of the au/gcq game tonight and the mu/vwc game on wednesday (although i'm looking forward to both of these games) - i think these are the only games left to be played between the conferences, and the usasac currently holds an 11-7 lead (unofficially) - averett leads the way with a 4-0 record vs. the odac, but ncwc and ferrum are the only teams that currently have a losing record vs. the odac (the monarchs would finish 1-2 if they lose to vwc)

these next few days should tell us a lot about the usasac (and maybe even the odac) - are guilford and averett as good as their unblemished records would indicate, and which team is better? are the monarchs a legit contender in the usasac? has vwc rebounded from a less-than-stellar weekend and righted the ship? is greensboro legit, with a 9-1 start, and can they upend a m'ville team that is an ncaa tournament mainstay?...we'll know more within the next 36 hours, or so....

We finished 11-9
3-8 against the 3 ODAC Tournament teams
8-1 against the rest of the ODAC
Ouch.

narch · February 28, 2007, 08:31:59 PM

Quote from: CNU85 on February 28, 2007, 11:35:10 AM
Quote from: Rikki_Tikki_Tavi on February 27, 2007, 02:08:49 PM
I would much rather go to Averett or Methodist to watch the tourny then Greensboro. I hope you wouldnt advocate that place to host it every year.

than

I beat you Narch!!

you didn't beat me to it...i just hold public school graduates to a lower standard

(before every cnu fan gets bent out of shape...it's a JOKE)

narch · February 28, 2007, 08:34:20 PM

Quote from: PrideSportBBallGuy on February 28, 2007, 12:14:18 PM
We finished 11-9
3-8 against the 3 ODAC Tournament teams
8-1 against the rest of the ODAC
Ouch.

or you can look at it this way...the top 3 usasac teams finished 6-3 against the odac...not bad considering only one of our teams is in the tourney

SU97 · February 28, 2007, 08:39:17 PM

Quote from: narch on February 28, 2007, 08:34:20 PM
Quote from: PrideSportBBallGuy on February 28, 2007, 12:14:18 PM
We finished 11-9
3-8 against the 3 ODAC Tournament teams
8-1 against the rest of the ODAC
Ouch.

or you can look at it this way...the top 3 usasac teams finished 6-3 against the odac...not bad considering only one of our teams is in the tourney

or... you could say that the last place team in the USASAC knocked off the ODAC Tournament Champion!

PrideSportBBallGuy · February 28, 2007, 08:41:26 PM

Quote from: SU97 on February 28, 2007, 08:39:17 PM
Quote from: narch on February 28, 2007, 08:34:20 PM
Quote from: PrideSportBBallGuy on February 28, 2007, 12:14:18 PM
We finished 11-9
3-8 against the 3 ODAC Tournament teams
8-1 against the rest of the ODAC
Ouch.

or you can look at it this way...the top 3 usasac teams finished 6-3 against the odac...not bad considering only one of our teams is in the tourney

or... you could say that the last place team in the USASAC knocked off the ODAC Tournament Champion!

Now I like that. Obviously ODAC is far more superior then the USASouth

SU97 · February 28, 2007, 08:43:28 PM

wow, things are quiet here when only one conf. team goes on to the NCAA's...

PrideSportBBallGuy · February 28, 2007, 08:49:45 PM

IN GENERAL TERMS:

I would say the ODAC top 2 is better then our entire conference. The middle of the ODAC is better then the bottom of our conference. As for the middle to bottom of the ODAC, our entire conference is better.

Which conference is better? I wish we had the ODAC-USASouth challenge. Wonder how our seniors match up over there for the All-Star Game.

narch · February 28, 2007, 09:00:29 PM

at the risk of sounding like a really powerful tool...the word is THAN...please learn the difference between then and than

i think averett has a very real chance of beating vwc...am i smoking fissure?

SU97 · February 28, 2007, 09:41:54 PM

The question might really be how healthy are the AU's? Although they made a huge run at the end of the season to take home the silverware - are they still able to compete at the level they were at in the early going?

I hope so. I'm rooting for them to represent the conference well.

hasanova · February 28, 2007, 10:19:10 PM

As someone trained in Statistics, I suggest flipping a coin to decide whether to use "then" or "than". With this method, there is arguably a 50% chance of being right. While a 50% success rate may appear grammatically disappointing, it is, however, a vast improvement over what is essentially the 0% accuracy rate now seen! Just a thought!

Should be a fun weekend for USASAC and ODAC hoops! I wish the Cougars weren't playing an ODAC team in the first round, but c'est la vie!

old_lion · March 01, 2007, 01:03:07 PM

Quote from: hasanova on February 28, 2007, 10:19:10 PM
As someone trained in Statistics, I suggest flipping a coin to decide whether to use "then" or "than". With this method, there is arguably a 50% chance of being right. While a 50% success rate may appear grammatically disappointing, it is, however, a vast improvement over what is essentially the 0% accuracy rate now seen! Just a thought!

I don't think I've ever seen a more insightful and interesting post then that.

Doh! I had it right, than I flipped that dang coin!

Doh! It happened again ...

diehardfan · March 01, 2007, 05:30:39 PM

We're collecting previews for each team in the tourney on one of the multiregional boards. If I get them by friday I may even be able to stick them in one document for people to peruse. A fun little tourney resource of sorts. Could someone here do one for Averett there? Thanks!

http://www.d3sports.com/post/index.php?topic=5147.0

CNU85 · March 02, 2007, 03:42:43 PM

Quote from: hasanova on February 28, 2007, 10:19:10 PM
As someone trained in Statistics, I suggest flipping a coin to decide whether to use "then" or "than". With this method, there is arguably a 50% chance of being right. While a 50% success rate may appear grammatically disappointing, it is, however, a vast improvement over what is essentially the 0% accuracy rate now seen! Just a thought!

Should be a fun weekend for USASAC and ODAC hoops! I wish the Cougars weren't playing an ODAC team in the first round, but c'est la vie!

If a coin flip doesn't improve the issue, what would you propose than? or should i rephrase that....what than would you propose....or maybe what then would you purpose?

Supposably, we all know what you prolly mean!

CNU85 · March 02, 2007, 03:44:29 PM

Quote from: narch on February 28, 2007, 09:00:29 PM
at the risk of sounding like a really powerful tool...the word is THAN...please learn the difference between then and than

i think averett has a very real chance of beating vwc...am i smoking fissure?

speaking of tools.....where's roundbll??

CNU85 · March 02, 2007, 03:50:15 PM

a few pages back we discussed the issue of academic standards impacting recruiting and competitiveness. Just a side bar to that conversation....a recent article in a local paper discussed that issue with D1 CAA conference. W&M is the only current CAA member not to have gone on to the NCAA....their standards are extremely high and the graduation rate of the hoops team is 95%.