MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[njlincolnlion]

Wilburt:

I know all about the heartbreaking losses.  Lincoln lost by 1 at Albright on a last second shot, to give us our first loss.  On the bright side, we've beaten two DII teams (Salem International and Cheyney), and last night beat Randolph Macon at home by 23 pts   .  We have to back to R-MC on 12/18/05 for a tourney, and if we meet the Yellow Jackets again, I sure they will be thinking about "payback".

Go luck to the Bulldogs for the rest of the season.

[wilburt]

njlincolnlion:

FISK plays Randolph-Macon in a few weeks in Richmond.
Can you give us a scouting report on them?  I thought they would be tough this season with that All-American Wansley (is that his name) coming back, but with Lincoln beating them beating them by 23 at home. My goodness, that doesn't speak well for the ODAC. 

My prediction: Lincoln will be ranked (or IMHO should be) in the Top 25 around the beginning of the year, and Maryville will be undefeated through the Xmas Holidays!

[mattgrubb]

Wilburt
stop trying to give the scots bad vibes with your predictions, say things like they have a good chance at being undefeated through xmas, they still have to win all their games. 
The game against Trevecca must have been a good one and it is good experience for the bulldogs.
Wansley is a stud, no question about it, it is hard to believe that RMC lost by that many
Go Scots!!!!!!!

[njlincolnlion]

Wilburt:

Lincoln's All American Kyle Myrick had 33 pts., and the Lions defense held Wansley to 9 pts. and 10 rebs.  Like I said before, R-MC will have a second chance at Lincoln when the Lions travel to Ashland VA for a tournament.

[old_lion]

Oglethorpe is no slouch. Earlier in the year, they beat LaGrange and Emory, lost to Averett by 3 and to Maryville by 8.

Last night, we beat them 100 to 80. We were up by 25 when Coach Glenn cleared his bench.

Eventhough, as Wilburt pointed out, we didn't add a lot of new players, the ones we have seem to be jelling nicely and stepping it up a notch. Also, Tyler Whitlock is quite an addition. IMHO, he appears to be one of those "synergy guys" ... plenty good in his own right, but more importantly, he is a positive addition, chemistry-wise.

I'm looking forward to our trip to Jackson, MS this weekend ... to see if we can keep it going.

[mattgrubb]

I always like to see good wins for the gsac and the lions victory over OU is a good one.  I think returning all of your players is a much better thing than getting new ones.  D3 requires so much chemistry b/c it is truly a team game, if someone is that much better they are probably playing D1 or D2.  Good luck in Jackson.
Think about this next year MC returns Holiday, Golden, and Blair on the inside, as well as their new guy Orr.
Wilburt would you rather have those 4 coming back or 4 new guys, just look at the numbers so far
The Grubby One

[wilburt]

Grubb, if those 4 weren't coming back you would need 4 new guys .

FISK is going to need 4-5 new guys next season, but I'm sure Dr. Glover is working on that! 

I just noticed that 2 GSAC players were in the Top 10 for NCAA D3 stats last season.

Piedmont's Jake Green was one of the nation's top assist leaders.

Huntingdon's Allen White was one of the nation's top steals leader.

[old_lion]

  I think returning all of your players is a much better thing than getting new ones.  D3 requires so much chemistry b/c it is truly a team game...
The Grubby One

Well said, Grubby One.

Returning a lot of people is a good thing, assuming that they are good guys that you want back ... and ours are.

Thanks for the "Good luck in Jackson." We are going to need it along with a lot more of the great effort we saw last night.

[mattgrubb]

remember I am always cheering for the GSAC unless you are playing Maryville, so i hope you all win all of your games except against maryville

[narch]

looking at stats, pc's players seem to be playing better defense and rebounding much better - we'll see if this trend continues, but i'm happy to see coach glenn and the team having the early season success that they are (at least until they play the monarchs...then i'd like them to return to the form they displayed in the riddle center last year )

[wilburt]

Fisk 90, Crichton 85 at Memphis's Mid-South Coliseum last night: Brian Gibbs had 21 points to lead NAIA D1 Crichton (4-3). Chris Adams who had 17 points led Fisk.  The Bulldogs improved to (4-2). Great win because 2 of Crichton's starters were transfers from NCAA D1 schools!

Narch, I have to agree, PC does appear to be playing better than this time last season, but so is Maryville and FISK!

[narch]

Narch, I have to agree, PC does appear to be playing better than this time last season, but so is Maryville and FISK!

are you still holding to the winless gsac prediction for pc?

[wilburt]

Narch,
Let PC show me some more, and maybe I'll change that winless GSAC prediction by Xmas from 0 games to 2.

[narch]

wilburt - care to make a friendly wager? 

i'm going to say 4 gsac wins for the lions and 14 wins overall - you're already on record for 0 gsac wins and 9 overall...closest prediction wins - if i lose, i'll add something like "wilburt is THE MAN, and FISK is the greatest" (or a suitable saying of your choice) to my signature for one month - if i win, you add a pc hoops image to your signature for one month...deal?

[wilburt]

I don't wager on anything Narch.  If you are correct, you will just get bragging rights and the privilege of telling me "I told you so!"

FISK has a big game next Saturday at that other MC in Mississippi.  This is where I hope those games against TSU, Trevecca and Crichton in recent days pay off in a road win! I know Coach Glover will have the   Bulldogs well-prepared for that road game.

McGrubb Murvul is (5-0) and counting til Xmas...