MBB: USA South Conference

[CaptJ]

Hey guys... I'm back.

This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius

Hey dude, I'm not THAT old!

[CNU85]

Hey guys... I'm back.

This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius

Hey dude, I'm not THAT old!

I figured you were at least older than me!!

Although today is my son's 19th b-day and next week is my baby daughter's 17th!!....I'M feeling really old!

[CaptJ]

2007-08 CNU Captains (part 3)
The players... it ultimately comes down to the players.  I have such mixed feelings about the guys we have this year.  I feel blessed to be watching one of our guys.  Davon Barton is going to be considered one of the best point guards we've ever had, and that is saying a lot.  He has D-1 skills and the heart of a lion.  He never lets up.  Unfortunately for him he came around when the Captains were going through a transition period.  He deserves a better supporting cast around him.  Can you imagine how good he would be if defenses weren't able to focus on him?  Onyie covered him in the game last week and he still went off on the Hornets.  We have some good players on this team.  Whinnet is very skilled but is playing out of position.  He's forced to play the post and would be better facing the basket.  I sure am glad we have him.  I am disappointed in Theo Baker this year.  He is very inconsistent.  Some games he shoots the lights out and others he can't find the backboard.  I question what he did in the off-season.  He should be better than last year and he is not.  I still like his game though.  Conley Taylor is a very exciting player.  I think he should be a starter but can understand why CJ likes the instant offense he provides off the bench.  He is going to be very strong as he develops the next 4 years.  The rest of the guys are sound players but I find it difficult to get excited about them.  Reid is supposed to be a great young man and we are happy to have him on the team, but he seems overmatched by the taller opposing players he has to guard.  Green is probably our best post player and should be getting more PT.  I think he will very soon.  Russell can be exciting to watch on the offensive end of the court but when he drops back on defense it seems that his eyes just glaze over.  As a starter, Hamlin should not be averaging less than 3 rebounds per game, which leads me to one of our glaring problems as a team.  It seems that we have no desire whatsoever to pull down rebounds.  I'm starting to believe that CJ has put together a game plan that simply does not emphasize them enough.  But the offense we are using this year is new, and we also had that problem last year, so that makes me think it is a long-term disregard on his part.  Never, never, never do you see a CNU player follow his shot to the glass.  NEVER.  Point for consideration coach... all the shots we take do not go in!!!  Ever hear of second-chance points?  I know you have because that is one reason we have been beaten so regularly this year. 

In summary let me say that it has been difficult watching the losses this year.  CNU fans are so unaccustomed to losing.  We need to be better and we can be better.  We have lost some close games to some good teams.  VWC, York (NY), Wesley, NJ City, and SU were all games in which we had a chance to win.  We need to start converting those chances into wins.  I think we will.  We were very unprepared for the SU game, and if we can put that behind us I believe we can still have a good conference run.  And who knows... the conference tourney is in Newport News again this year!!

[Pat Coleman]

damn, capt j, you've been back for 4 posts and you've already lost the karma i gave you...and '97 lost the point i gave him today, too...

Thanks anyway narch, but here is something you can take to the bank... I will NEVER accumulate positive karma.  The diminutive one will make sure of that.

I doubt C.J. Woollum has 200 posts.

[CNU85]

damn, capt j, you've been back for 4 posts and you've already lost the karma i gave you...and '97 lost the point i gave him today, too...

Thanks anyway narch, but here is something you can take to the bank... I will NEVER accumulate positive karma.  The diminutive one will make sure of that.

I doubt C.J. Woollum has 200 posts.

That was your best post EVER, Pat!!!! +1k for you!!

[narch]

the monarchs bounced back nicely today - shuford didn't start, but did play 28 minutes and collected a double-double (13 and 13) - frosh luemichael smith played another outstanding game, scoring 23 - after the piedmont game i decided that tyler sigman was one of my new favorite players - when you look at him, he doesn't look like much...but he works hard, he's always in the right place at the right time and he has a great hoops iq...gotta love a player like him, and he dished out 8 assists with no turnovers today

game story
box score

...by the way...i'm starting to believe the hornets are the best team in the conference

[CaptJ]

damn, capt j, you've been back for 4 posts and you've already lost the karma i gave you...and '97 lost the point i gave him today, too...

Thanks anyway narch, but here is something you can take to the bank... I will NEVER accumulate positive karma.  The diminutive one will make sure of that.

I doubt C.J. Woollum has 200 posts.

That IS a good one.  Really, I mean it.  And thanks for giving me my karma points back.  I will play nice now.  And when I hit 200, you get one from me.

[Pat Coleman]

You seem to be under the mistaken assumption that I'm applauding or smiting you. I have not touched your karma at all.

A little paranoid, are we?

[CaptJ]

You seem to be under the mistaken assumption that I'm applauding or smiting you. I have not touched your karma at all.

A little paranoid, are we?

Olive branch withdrawn...

[old_lion]

the monarchs bounced back nicely today - shuford didn't start, but did play 28 minutes and collected a double-double (13 and 13)

Must be nice ... to have a player like that coming off the bench ... I love that guy's game.

[old_lion]

...by the way...i'm starting to believe the hornets are the best team in the conference

Apparently, we must have caught NCW (and Arrington) on a good day.

http://annex.ncwc.edu/athletics/mens_basketball/2007-08/stats/ncwm1201.htm

On that day, they were the most impressive team I've seen this year. Of course, we didn't shoot the ball very well ... they probably had a lot to do with that.

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

based on the numbers on collegeboard.com, finishing with a 3.0 gpa, a 1000 SAT, and being in just the top half of your graduating class would make you virtually a shoe-in for getting in to CNU...

That's so far from the truth, its rather funny. Especially since the minimum to get into CNU is 1100 SAT and almost a 3.5 gpa.

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

Hey guys... I'm back.

This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius

Hey dude, I'm not THAT old!

I figured you were at least older than me!!

Although today is my son's 19th b-day and next week is my baby daughter's 17th!!....I'M feeling really old!

speaking of birthdays...my mom and I were talking about that last night, she said, so you are going to be 29 this year huh? And I said, mom, i turned 29 in December...and she said...."So you are going to be 30 this year? Damn that makes me feel old!"

[CaptJ]

speaking of birthdays...my mom and I were talking about that last night, she said, so you are going to be 29 this year huh? And I said, mom, i turned 29 in December...and she said...."So you are going to be 30 this year? Damn that makes me feel old!"

And your mom is one smart mongoose.  Sorry man, I couldn't resist that one.  I hope you are going to start posting again also.  We need to enhance the CNU presence on this board.

[CaptJ]

speaking of birthdays...my mom and I were talking about that last night, she said, so you are going to be 29 this year huh? And I said, mom, i turned 29 in December...and she said...."So you are going to be 30 this year? Damn that makes me feel old!"

And your mom is one smart mongoose.  Sorry man, I couldn't resist that one.  I hope you are going to start posting again also.  We need to enhance the CNU presence on this board.

I forgot to add the smiley so that you know I AM KIDDING!