MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[ohyeah]

i forgot to mention that Bobby Golden is currently on spring break making the seafood buffets scream for mercy.  The Great American Seafood Buffet had to close the doors after Bobby left because they ran out of crab legs and rolls.

[scottiedoug]

Maryville also has (or did not long ago) a 3 - 2 engineering deal with Georgia Tech, which is an ok engineering school.

It will be interesting to see how Emory and Henry recruiting will hold up now that Coach Johnson is looking for kids to play the Grinnell system. 

Some good players from "elsewhere" (Placeres, Callaway, Robison) were Scots lately but it takes a lot of help from alums to get them.  I don't think the coaches have a lot of flyaround money.

[mattgrubb]

Well don't worry, big bills kendall wallace is going to change all of that
There aren't many kids like B-Ro that maryville is going to get, from detroit who is just looking for a southern liberal arts college, besides if you had seen him when he first set foot on campus, ouch

Monte's grandparents live in Alcoa, Raul was running from the law so he figured the mountains were a good place to hide

Lambert's kids come from all different backgrounds, except the william blount boys, they all come from the same family, trust they are all related more than once, but Lambert does a great job recruiting and will continue to do so b/c he has an animal magnetism about him, but i think the alumni should step up their donations to the bball program specifically so he can attract better players

And wilburt i am thinking about sending in a contribution for the lawson scholarship

[Spencer Beaty]

Man my bracket is looking good.  7 of the elite eight with George Mason be the only one i missed, I will take that.  Nova is going to win the whole thing with their good guard play and outstanding free-throw percentages. 

[Spencer Beaty]

Jeremy holliday will be a tremendous player next year and Q will be ready to shoot next year.  He will gain confidence this summer with some games like "Beat MJ" and "go to the corral with Bob"

[Spencer Beaty]

George Mason looks really strong they might have a chance.  My bracket is officially screwed with only 1 of my picks making it to the big dance (UCLA) making it another game.  I had LSU in the final four but they will probably beat UCLA and screw me over some more.

[mattgrubb]

of course there is always "stomp the grass" which Lambert is the grand champion of but it confuses bobby he is always looking to eat the grass like he is a big cow

[Ralph Turner]

I was reviewing some archives and came across my post back in December.

I would hate that an 17-9/8-2 Huntingdon won the conference and the post-season tourney and yet did not get a Pool B bid and a 24-3/8-2 Maryville (all 3 losses to Huntingdon) did.

I mis-calculated the conference records for both teams and miscounted the total potential games left in Dec.  Coach Duckworth turned it around even faster than I had thought he would and got a 20 win season.  (MURVUL ended up 21-8.)

I am not trying to rub salt in the wound, Coach Duckworth.  I am just marveling my prescience of how good a team that you had this year!

201 days til Practice!

[Spencer Beaty]

good point with the mow the grass drill.  But im not sure if it will have the same impact because andy "the grass mower" chaney is leaving.

[mattgrubb]

I personally don't see randy picking up the pieces of his program after losing Andy Chaney, I just don't see how he can.

Next year's line up
Bobby Golden
Jeremy "I need a makeover" Holliday
Johnathon Johnson
Quinn Bradley
Bo Mason

It is missing it's key ingredient, Andy Chaney

I am interested in seeing who the dance team is recruiting, they really need some new talent

[scottiedoug]

Matt:  Where are the points going to come from after Bo and Bobby?   And Bradley Blair.

Second five?  Blair, Brewer, Coppage, Orr???

Does Chaney have a little brother?

[mattgrubb]

No but he has a little sister named Sara that can straight play, she is better than him and smart enough to avoid guys like Bobby Golden

You have got 3 good scorers in Golden, Blair, and Mason and believe me that scoring only refers to basketball

After that you have brewer who will be able to put up some points and JJ will be able to take on more of a scoring role.  I predict there will be an impact freshman as well, there are not many at maryville b/c it is really hard to do, but there have been some good ones in the past  Dee Bell, Matt Ennen, Bobby Golden

[Spencer Beaty]

JJ will become a scoring prescence no doubt.  I mean, i dont think he will be putting up 20 points a game but 10 or 12 on a game to game basis would be my guess.  JJ is also a very good defender.

[wilburt]

Another Maryville recruit for X-country and tennis.  What about basketball?  Check out link...

http://www.islandpacket.com/sports/local/story/5622664p-5050058c.html

Maryville seems to have an awful lot of scholarship money to give out 

[coachwgh]

You guys are relentless.  If you guys got on some of our players the way you do Bobby they would develop a condition.  I would like to witness Lambert playing "stomp the grass" ?? I have no idea what that is but imagine it being both difficult and comical. 

I would also like to say that there is nothing wrong with buffets.  They are economical, tasty and personally challenging.