MBB: USA South Conference

[CNU85]

Yikes....CNU lost again. 0-3 to start the year. I think it's first 0-3 start in history...and CNU hoops goes back to the 60's.

It's gonna be a looooong year!!

[narch]

Let's not overrate Houston Baptist.  They were a good NAIA-1 program last year which lost in the first round of the NAIA-1 Tourney last spring.

2006-07 HBU stats

i think we all realize they are a first year d1...but they're still a d1 and they're still giving scholarships, so it's a quality win regardless

[Hampton U SID]

Apprentice 74, Averett 73
Blocked shot at buzzer

[CNU85]

Dang! Almost beat #6 VWC...beat AU which I believe received votes!

Can NNA get votes in the polls? 

[Hampton U SID]

Averett was #27 (#2 in the others) in the pre-season poll.
Gave Methodist fits Saturday...up one with 63 seconds left and lose by 7.

McDaniel and Rumley had 19 each for Averett....each team had 23 turnovers.....after forcing 30 yesterday....

we will play hard for 40....no doubt there...it'll be fun our 3 games in Maine this weekend....play Averett again on Dec. 5, at Va. Wes on Dec. 8 and at VMI on Dec. 10

[narch]

ok...maybe some questions about nna are starting to be answered...i thought averett would win by 20...hmmmm

[Pat Coleman]

Can NNA get votes in the polls? 

I know this was facetious but for the record, the answer is no, not even in our football poll.

[DeWayneCarter]

Averett has problems at the PG spot. I would't be surprised if #20 didn't have 10 TO's on his own... they're gonna have to get this corrected if they wanna make it back to the tournament... All NNA did was press this team the whole game and Averett was throwing the ball right into their hands.

[SU97]

Good to see freshman Kevin Kline get some recognition.  Although he is not in a position to put up a lot of big numbers like some of his teammates, he's playing tough and making things difficult in the paint for the opposition.  SU is getting some quality minutes out of the young guy.   

ROTW:  http://www.su.edu/athletics/hornets_news.cfm?spid=1824 

Otterbein comes to town tonight after scoring 136 points against E&H in a losing effort the other night. 

[SU97]

Let's not overrate Houston Baptist.  They were a good NAIA-1 program last year which lost in the first round of the NAIA-1 Tourney last spring.

2006-07 HBU stats

i think we all realize they are a first year d1...but they're still a d1 and they're still giving scholarships, so it's a quality win regardless

+1 for you Narch

[narch]

thanks, 97

heading to the riddle center right now to watch a little "system" ball - mu has been giving the ball away a lot this season...i hope they can take care of it just a little bit tonight...and make some layups

[Ralph Turner]

Let's not overrate Houston Baptist.  They were a good NAIA-1 program last year which lost in the first round of the NAIA-1 Tourney last spring.

2006-07 HBU stats

i think we all realize they are a first year d1...but they're still a d1 and they're still giving scholarships, so it's a quality win regardless

+1 for you Narch

Okay +1 to the Hornets!
HBU was #625 in Massey Ratings in 2007, behind #624 Brockport State and even #604 Maryville TN.

[roundbll]

Yikes....CNU lost again. 0-3 to start the year. I think it's first 0-3 start in history...and CNU hoops goes back to the 60's.

It's gonna be a looooong year!!

85...
Hope for some talent in the stands to make the games interesting!
What ever happened to that #24 kid from last year?

[narch]

Okay +1 to the Hornets!
HBU was #625 in Massey Ratings in 2007, behind #624 Brockport State and even #604 Maryville TN.

beating m'ville would be a quality win...hbu is close to m'ville according to massey, so it's a quality win

[narch]

just got back from the first pick-up basketball game i've ever seen count in the standings  

mu wins going away, 142-119 - i've now seen the system on tv and in person and can say this...i don't think you can win consistently jacking up that many threes and giving up uncontested layups (although i will say that ehc didn't take as many 3's as i thought they would) - the monarchs shot 67% from the floor tonight and had probably 7 or 8 dunks - ehc did force mu into 33 turnovers, but they committed 25 themselves - they didn't look as comfortable running as mu did, and they do it every night - the monarchs really figured things out in the second half and had a field day, shooting 72% in the half - what they figured out was that ehc was sending 3 at the ball to trap...mu just got the ball to the middle of the court and ran a 3 on 2 break, at which point ehc played the pass, so the monarch ball handler just finished with a pull-up - on those occassions that they played the ball, the monarchs got dunks or layups - it really looked like mu was running drills in the second half...kinda crazy, but very entertaining

some monarchs put up huge numbers, including mcbryde who had 35 points and 15 boards - frosh luemichael smith was very impressive with 20 points on 10 of 13 shooting and travis winstead finished with 21 on 8 of 10 shooting - shuford had 18 and 11 on 7 of 11 shooting...you get the picture...lots of points, lots of rebounds for the monarchs - i liked the play of little aj hester...he was a good find in cnu's back yard - he could be a solid little point guard when he learns not to rush things - mcdade wasn't overly impressive tonight, but this didn't seem like the kind of game that suits his playing style

4-1 sure feels good, though

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