MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[mattgrubb]

there are so many different things they need i am only going to address 1 that will encompass all of their needs

I need more cowbell!

[old_lion]

I need more cowbell!

If they'll just listen to you, Bruce ... you'll have them wearing gold plated diapers.  8)

[mattgrubb]

you just give randy more time and he will have these guys buy into his system, they will be fine and they will show up in holly springs with more cowbell, i guarantee it

[Spencer Beaty]

ok fans of Beaty,
I know you have been waiting for a response the the aparent woes of the MC fighting scots.  The failure to close games can only be put on the shoulders of coach lambert and his lack of senior leadership.  Jeremy hasn't gotten any better since he arrived on campus.  Bo didnt want the last shot and, frankly, I cannot blame him.  He played horribly in this one game.  The best guard was alex bowers.  Bobby and Bradely both had fair games but no one on this team knows how to rebound with the exception of Q.  Rebounding and second chances for OU killed the scots.  I hope there is a change in this in the upcoming weeks.

[scottiedoug]

Spencer:  You say the only seniors did "fair," which was the highest praise you offered, so how is this a senior leadership thing?  Can we expect Bo to play point with no other consistent outside shooters and also score (I agree he did not have a good game)?   

[Spencer Beaty]

Im just saying maybe we need Bo on the 2 guard.  Jared gives you all he has and is a scrappy player.  put him at point Bo at 2, Q/Bowers at 3, and Bobby and Bradely banging inside.  That is my opinion. 

[scottiedoug]

I have only seen the Otterbein game so that is not much but it seemed to me that when Jared was playing point, Bo at least could try to find a shot without giving up distributing the ball.  Jared seemed ok handling the ball and he certainly played hard.  Other than the B's, Q, and Holliday, there is not a whole lot of game experience on the team.

Randy has a challenge.

[mattgrubb]

I told you, the scots brought more cowbell, If AB can step up and be a consistent scoring threat then we are rolling, that is impressive beating the bearcats in holly springs

This is the greatest day of my life
I will see you all in Jeff city

[coachwgh]

Good day for the GSAC.  LC over EU, MC over RC and PC over NCWC looks like we are doing better as a league.  So we go into overtime twice in 7 days with Emory to decide a winner.  We had an awful first half.  A really poor showing in a huge home game.  The second half was what we wanted.  We had some huge plays down the stretch.  It was a very intense ending as most are with Emory. 

[Spencer Beaty]

Big game in my mind coming up for MC.  Doesnt really mean anything in the sense that it is a DII team but i like the rivalry and I am hoping we can win this one against Carson Newman.

[mattgrubb]

we need to win one against CN, we don't want to be 3-3 for sure

Go panthers, huge win over EU, i like it, as well as those Lions picking up a big win, you guys just don't keep it up against my panthers and scots

[old_lion]

Good day for the GSAC.  LC over EU, MC over RC and PC over NCWC looks like we are doing better as a league.  

Congratulations to LC on a big win over Emory. I've seen them play a couple of times ... IMHO, they are a tough team.

We had a great weekend at the NC Weslyan tournament. That was a pretty strong field. I seriously doubt if many in attendance expected us to win it. I was hopeful, but I have to admit, I was pleasantly surprised by how well we played.

That gym was rocking and rolling Friday night as the home team beat York ... who had beaten CNU earlier in the season. The contrast, with how quiet they were in the 2nd half of the championship game, was truly amazing.

Baldwin won a well deserved MVP trophy. Green and Adams also made the all-tourney team. Whitlock probably would have been strongly considered also, had he not been limited to 12 minutes Friday, by foul trouble ... because he had a monster game Saturday. The "two Jakes" seem to be taking their games to another level. As soon as Adams refinds his shooting stroke he had last season (there were glimpses this weekend), we could be a tough team to beat.

I found it especially gratifying that, even though our outside shooting has been inconsistent, we seem to be riding out the rough spots with tenacious rebounding and team defense. Hallelujah!!!

Parker continued his steady play. Also, kudos to a couple of freshmen, McCoy and Rubio, who played significant minutes and made some nice contributions off the bench. And finally, a special shout out to Drew Bailey, who came in and picked us up with 4 for 5 shooting on threes and some timely rebounding. Looks like he wants some more PT, baby! (Yeah, that was my Dicky V imitation.)

Here are a few links for for those interested in details...

http://annex.ncwc.edu/athletics/mens_basketball/2006-07/news/taylor2.htm

http://www.piedmont.edu/athletics/06_07_headlines/12_02_06_mbkb.htm
http://www.piedmont.edu/athletics/mbasketball/06-07stats/pcw06.htm

http://www.piedmont.edu/athletics/06_07_headlines/12_01_06_mbkb.htm
http://www.piedmont.edu/athletics/mbasketball/06-07stats/pcw05.htm

[old_lion]

Congratulations to Render and Hairston.

http://www.greatsouth.org/06-07%20News/11_29_06_MBBPOW.htm

I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict the next one will be Baldwin ...

In 3 games, he averaged 30.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and shot 69% from the field. 

Is it too soon to start talking about our all GSAC candidates? I've been looking at the performances and it seems to me that 7 or 8 guys are already starting to pull away from the field ...

[MCScotsFan]

ok fans of Beaty,
I know you have been waiting for a response the the aparent woes of the MC fighting scots.  The failure to close games can only be put on the shoulders of coach lambert and his lack of senior leadership.  Jeremy hasn't gotten any better since he arrived on campus.  Bo didnt want the last shot and, frankly, I cannot blame him.  He played horribly in this one game.  The best guard was alex bowers.  Bobby and Bradely both had fair games but no one on this team knows how to rebound with the exception of Q.  Rebounding and second chances for OU killed the scots.  I hope there is a change in this in the upcoming weeks.

I disagree. I think Jeremy has gotten better over the years. I think he still lacks confidence and that is a shame because that seems like 1/2 of what it takes. If he had not gotten better I don't think Coach lambert would still be playing him. The kid made a bad pass the other night at a crucial time. I was told that Bradley was cutting toward the basket when Jeremy passed the ball (which looked too long to me anyway) and Bradley was being held. Who knows? Plenty of them screwed up that night but Jeremy's was at the worst possible time. I guess he was the goat. Reminded me of Bradley and the bandaid  As far as the rebounding goes, yeah, it killed them. And why can't guys as big as Bobby and Bradley rebound better than they do? Guess I'll never understand that until I'm 6'7" and play for the Scots! 

Jared should be given the chance to play at point. I hope he is given that opportunity and does great. I'm be cheering him on.

I see Alex stepping up with no pressure on him whatsoever while Bo seems to have the weight of the world on his shoulders. I'd like to see people just let the guy play and not have to worry about leading so much. I think I think this because this team  doesn't even look like they want to be led from my POV.

[old_lion]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict the next one will be Baldwin ...

I'm not going to throw my shoulder out of joint, patting myself on the back. It didn't exactly take a lot of foresight to see this one coming ...

Way to go, Jake!!!

http://www.piedmont.edu/athletics/06_07_headlines/12_05_06_mbkb.htm