MBB: USA South Conference

CNU85 · March 03, 2007, 10:41:01 PM

hmmm.....

happy now narch?

CNU85 · March 03, 2007, 10:43:29 PM

don't leave roundbll.....you're like the old Bud commercial...

"I love you, man"

CNU85 · March 03, 2007, 10:47:30 PM

congrats to any au folks out there....i tracked the game on the internet and was pulling for you guys...thought you had it until the very end.

narch · March 04, 2007, 07:43:03 AM

Quote from: CNU85 on March 03, 2007, 10:47:30 PM
congrats to any au folks out there....i tracked the game on the internet and was pulling for you guys...thought you had it until the very end.

i bet that was one heck of a game to watch in person, 'cause it sure was fun to watch via livestats

Quote from: SU97 on March 03, 2007, 02:22:26 PMNot sure if I am supposed to do this, but I pulled this quote from the ODAC board by Tigerphil to recap the AU-VWC game. My question is - if VWC didn't win the ODAC and AU was an AQ - why were they playing at VWC?

su97 - aq status has nothing to do with hosting...i believe it's primarily about the qowi formula, and i imagine vwc's was higher than au's

sludge · March 04, 2007, 10:10:33 PM

Quote from: narch on March 02, 2007, 08:42:44 PM
Quote from: roundbll on March 02, 2007, 06:42:48 PMSupposably?
I know you did that on purpose to stir the geeks up.
i know that you're referring to me when you use the word geek, and frankly, i don't appreciate it - all of your posts have been negative, and mean, and, um...not nice...oh yeah, and not about basketball - i've had it, so here's the deal - i'm gonna let the board decide this one, either:

a - i stay, you leave but continue to post as a guest, su97 begins teaching english at gc and cnu85 changes his handle to narchistheman OR

b - you leave but continue to post under the psuedonym vegascapt and i stay, keeping the name narch but capitalizing the N and cnu85 changes his handle to cnu79 (the year he STARTED at cnc)...su97 still needs to teach english at gc OR

c - i stay, you stay and cnu85 leaves forever (this time) while su97 spends a week in lovely ferrum OR

d - none of the above

board members, our collective fate is in your hands...please vote carefully...this could change the landscape of this board forever

p.s. - notamensa - please come back as a guest to vote on this most important issue

Glad to see you-all are keepin' up the riotous standards to which we've become accostumed on this board. Thanks for the laughs!

narch · March 05, 2007, 01:51:22 PM

some interesting things i noted about the first 2 rounds of the tournament

all 4 of the monarchs tournament opponents (catholic, m'ville, gcq and vwc) got a 1st round win, with guilford and vwc still alive and kicking in the sweet 16...congrats to all of those teams, especially gcq and vwc

the two 14 win teams that made the tournament (cga at 14-13 and widener at 14-12) responded well to tournament play - cga lost a 4 point first round game to rhode island college (now 26-3 and playing in the sweet 16) and widener won a first round game

carroll, at 16-8 coming into the tournament, is still playing

the 5 teams that got a 1st round bye went 2-3 over the weekend...why can't the ncaa just make the tournament an even 64 and get rid of the first round byes? (i know, it's a $$$ issue)

sludge · March 05, 2007, 09:54:14 PM

I hope AU players and fans are proud of their fine season. VWC is the toughest place to play that I've seen. They don't give you a chance to get used to that home floor during the game.

roundbll · March 09, 2007, 07:31:13 PM

Quote from: narch on March 03, 2007, 09:28:04 PM
Quote from: roundbll on March 03, 2007, 08:14:41 PMAnd Narch...get over yourself. I may have been talking about you or not, but your thin-skinned rant speaks volumes.

roundbll...it was a joke...i thought you were intellectual enough to realize that...

su97 - i had you teaching english because i think i would get too frustrated trying to teach those gc boys...you've got more patience than i'll ever have

dhf...thanks...of course, you're not "theman" and never will be, but you're still my favorite non-usasac poster

Narch...
I'm still here fella. Just had to go out of town this week.
I still love you like a brother.

CNU85.... You're still a boob.

CNU85 · March 09, 2007, 08:47:05 PM

but i'm a nice boob!!

narch · March 09, 2007, 10:43:33 PM

vwc survived a first round scare from au and is now absolutely hammering a mississippi college that was 27-2 coming into the game - guilford got by lincoln in triple ot (just one more ot than they needed to beat the monarchs)...the odac has 2 teams in the elite 8...must be nice to be an odac fan today

roundbll · March 10, 2007, 10:35:06 AM

Quote from: narch on March 09, 2007, 10:43:33 PM
vwc survived a first round scare from au and is now absolutely hammering a mississippi college that was 27-2 coming into the game - guilford got by lincoln in triple ot (just one more ot than they needed to beat the monarchs)...the odac has 2 teams in the elite 8...must be nice to be an odac fan today

So let's say that two weeks ago a fella entered into a wager with an office mate that VWC would not repeat as Nat Champs.
Should said fella be nervious?

narch · March 10, 2007, 10:55:20 AM

Quote from: roundbll on March 10, 2007, 10:35:06 AMSo let's say that two weeks ago a fella entered into a wager with an office mate that VWC would not repeat as Nat Champs.
Should said fella be nervious?

depends on how much said fella wagered...i'm not so sure vwc will get by guilford, though - it's hard to beat a good team 3 times in one season

SU97 · March 10, 2007, 01:26:08 PM

wow - that Guilford game looks crazy on paper. That would have been a great one to watch.

SU97 · March 10, 2007, 02:02:56 PM

Well, with AU dropping one to VWC in Norfolk, it's the end of the season for the USASAC. And with that, I'll be signing off until next year. Here's a few thoughts on the conference:

1. AU: Great year, finally shook the CNU curse. AU showed a lot of heart coming back from the injury plague - again my hat is off to the whole program and you guys represented us all very well in giving VWC a run for their money. Well done.

2. Greensboro: Although I've been harsh at times the last few weeks on the transfer question, the fact is that GC made a 180 turnaround this year and things are looking even better for you guys next year PSBBG. I would say that GC is the early favorite to take home the silverware in the 2007-08 campaign.

3. CNU: Reading CNU85's posts and others it seems that CNU may have missed the window on some great talent coming through and should have won the whole thing this year. I still think your recent posts of doom and gloom are a bit premature... I see Blasingame emerging into the domanant force underneath in the league and I wouldn't write Selden off either - CNU85 remeber, those two guys are just sophmores right now.

4. Methodist: Nice young group of ballers, I still think you are doing the right thing with the tough scheduling. Narch, your guys should feel pretty good that you took Guilford to OT. It is a shame, however, to see the Dragan finish. How can you not root for the big man who drops the 3ball, even when he's on the opposing team...

5. Ferrum: Also young, I think they only graduate one guy this year. They have to feel good knowing they knocked off Greensboro early. No doubt Cedric Jones can play, but he needs some help around him.

Is the conference tournament going to be held here? Anybody got directions?

6. NCWC: I never know know what to think of this squad. They always have talent, hell two years ago there wasn't a more dangerous combo in the conference than Hall and Arrington. Hall again showed that he can pretty much do what he wants during the conference tournament, but how they ended up in 6th place is beyond me. They look promising for next year, only losing one starter to graduation and Hall will be a senior.

7. Old Shenandoah... When you are 2-22 in conference over the past few years it's hard to start with something positive. But, we only lose one senior (Moktar averaged 19 pts a game, he'll be missed) and, if Onyie gets a medical redshirt, we could have some nice talent returning. JLawrence and Onyie would make a tough combo down low and Adams will be a Jr. returning at point. I hope the SU staff can bring in a shooting guard or twelve and give our guys in the paint some room to move. Without an outside presence we are done... Also would be nice to get a Merriweather slasher small forward in there. We can also look on the bright side: Harris did an excellent job of scheduling some small D-I & D-II schools early in the year and played a couple of strong out-of-conference opponents, that experience can only help the young Hornet squad mature. We even beat the ODAC tourney champ (H-SC) at their place in their holiday tournament (granted both squads had significant injury problems at the time). Next year should be fun.

CNU85 · March 10, 2007, 08:50:04 PM

Quote from: SU97 on March 10, 2007, 02:02:56 PM
3. CNU: Reading CNU85's posts and others it seems that CNU may have missed the window on some great talent coming through and should have won the whole thing this year. I still think your recent posts of doom and gloom are a bit premature... I see Blasingame emerging into the domanant force underneath in the league and I wouldn't write Selden off either - CNU85 remeber, those two guys are just sophmores right now.

I think you meant Davon Barton....Selden will graduate.
Blasingame will be a force.....but unless there is some serious recruiting, he'll be a one man force. Luke Jackson is the only other big man on the team.

I like your other comments - very insightful. One thing though about SU. You mentioned they are 2-22 the past 2 years in conference play....maybe only losing 1 senior is not a good thing!!