MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[scottiedoug]

Highlander: You are a bit sensitive, aren't you?  I could not find whatever post it was that ran you off the bball board.  If you want to post about bball, by all means stick around.

[mattgrubb]

don't be run off, we still support the football program, i still go to alot of the games, i am not a crazy committed fan b/c they are not that committed to themselves and that has always been their problem, they don't work as hard as they think they do, hard work breeds quiet confidence and that is something that has never come from that program and it is that quiet confidence that attracts fans
i think they are doing better and i am excited about the upcoming season but they still have a long way to go before they start getting the respect that they want, remember lambert has been to 8 straight NCAA tourneys, well that is cool and people are crazy about it, but he has been there 26 years, trust me, all of it has not been gravy and the football program needs to know that it all starts small, Lamberts streak did start at 1 trip and has worked its way up so they need to work harder and good things will come

[GSAC Killer]

GSAC talk is taking over all message boards... GSAC rules!! jk...  Wilburt is still upset at something but hey thats a normal thing for a Fisnk alumni.. They will always be mad at Maryville for dominatingthem in EVERY SPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ralph Turner]

Our neighbor, who is also my wife's best friend, is a LaGrange alum.

She brought me the LaGrange College Columns Summer 2006 magazine which features the football team.

She is excited about the football team, too. 

[coachwgh]

Just a copy of what I posted on the USAC(aka. the new GSAC board).

Fisk's departure was an all sports except basketball thing not any particular school or personal vendetta.

[mattgrubb]

well the next personal vendetta is against coach haynes and lagrange
watch out
we are going to start with a football game and carry it right on through Men's Basketball with a halftime 1 on 1 battle between lambert and haynes should be a good game, both tall and thin, Lambert shoots a monster hook
coach haynes looks like he knows his way around the paint, how is the jumper

[coachwgh]

Tall and thin....you are too kind.  I think the reason Maryville beats us so bad is that Coach Lambert recruited me out of HS and JUCO but I ended up somewhere else.  Nothing personal just the usual reasons kids don't choose D3.  When I visit Maryville I always look at any balls in the trophy case that are from 93-98 to see what if.....it doesn't make me wish I had attended Maryville it makes me wish that we do things the right way and build a tradition as strong Lambert's. 

[GSAC Killer]

the answer to all those questions IS............................
                    ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha

[mattgrubb]

http://www.greatsouth.org/05_06_news/7_27_06_MCTop100.htm

Check out what Randy accomplished this year as an AD, remember he is more than just a basketball coach/racist.

I think Fisk finished 101

[Ralph Turner]

http://www.greatsouth.org/05_06_news/7_27_06_MCTop100.htm

Check out what Randy accomplished this year as an AD, remember he is more than just a basketball coach/racist.

I think Fisk finished 101

Matt, Maryville's performances in the Directors' Cup will be interesting to follow if they move to another conference.  IMHO, Maryville is the beneficiary of weak competition for Pool B bids.  The women will have AQ's this year, so the winner gets a bid, of course.  I still think that Maryville women will dominate the GSAC.

In 2005-06, Maryville Men's soccer earned a Pool B bid, made it to the Sweet 16 (tied for 9th), and earned 64 points.

The women earned a soccer Pool B bid, lost in the first round and tied for 33rd for 25 points.

In basketball, the men lost at Mississippi College in the 2nd round (tied for 17th) and earned 50 points.   The women lost in the 2nd round to DePauw as well (17th place for 50 points).

I will be interested to see how Maryville will do if they enter the USAC. 

[scotswin]

Ralph,
I think history has shown that many of Maryville's prgograms would do quite well in the ODAC.  Obviously, it's a tougher league than the GSAC.  tHowever, he Men's soccer team that you mentioned beat USASAC champ and perenial power Greensboro twice last year including the first round NCAA tournament game.

The basketball team may not have won the USASAC 8 straight times if it were in that league (as it recieved 8 straight at large/pool B bids), but it probably would have won 5 or 6 titles over that span. 

Maryville basketball is able to recruit because they have a proven road to the tournament.  Other programs such as men's and women's soccer, who have been very good but not great for a long time (3 tournament appearances each), would recieve an instant recruiting boost if Maryville joined a conference like the USASAC.

[Ralph Turner]

scotswin,

I am not suggesting that the Maryville tradition will wane.  IMHO, the Maryville men's basketball team is the only thing that has kept Pool B from being "totally bumbling" over those 8 years.  With the USAC going 0-5 in the NCAA playoffs in the last 5 years  (including a real gem of a game with Lincoln and CNU in 2006) I can imagine Maryville doing as well as you say.  As for the other teams that you mentioned,  I checked the scores from last year's men's soccer team and saw that they lost to UT-Dallas 3-1 (ASC T-3rd) on a neutral pitch and defeated UOzarks 1-0 (ASC T-3rd) at Maryville.

I really hope that the whole GSAC moves into the USAC.  I think that Huntingdon and LaGrange will make the USAC a stronger football conference.  The larger USAC might even make it a type of "super" conference. 

[mattgrubb]

i would like to see this super conference formed so i could see Randy dominate it
go Scots baby,
by the way, football season is so close i can smell it, not that i am a huge football fan or anything, but that means that midnight madness is close

Go scots baby

[GSAC Killer]

Matt Grubby I dont know about our Scots this year.. This summer has not been a typical " Oh I can´t wait for this season type of feeling" but maybe its just me... I hope they put it together this season..

[diehardfan]

Hey all, just randomly stopping in and catching up on the last month or two of posts I never read...

the answer to all those questions IS............................
                    ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha

You are one seriously funny guy.