MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[Spencer Beaty]

now in the starting lineup.  SPENCER BEATY.

[mattgrubb]

the scottie dogs are going to show the Pride how Randall lambert rolls tonight, i bet the scots actually win this one.

Scots 79  GC 74  just a prediction

[old_lion]

Too much Tulowitsky!  33 points on 11 shots from the field, not a bad effort.

http://www.piedmont.edu/athletics/mbasketball/06-07stats/pcm10.htm

http://www.piedmont.edu/athletics/06_07_headlines/01_02_07_mbkb.htm

Also, nice efforts in the "other stats" ... Baldwin, 5 steals ... Green, 10 assists .. and Whitlock, 8 assists.

[mattgrubb]

looks like the GSAC is sliding as the conference schedule gets ready to start except for Maryville, who looks to be building momentum and a good win tonight could build momentum like a steam roller.  I hate that piedmont lost again.  Is oglethorpe that good this year?

[old_lion]

looks like the GSAC is sliding as the conference schedule gets ready to start except for Maryville, who looks to be building momentum and a good win tonight could build momentum like a steam roller.  I hate that piedmont lost again.  Is oglethorpe that good this year?

They are pretty strong. Very experienced, very balanced, they play hard, and they can shoot! Junior big man (Shaheed) having a great year and he is surrounded by 4 savvy Seniors.

http://www.scac-online.org/

[Spencer Beaty]

I think that the MC team needs some new years resolultion

Bradley-pass when someone is open
Bobby-less fade aways and more power moves
Alex B.-stay healthy
Q-learn to shoot the J
Andy Chaney-find another year of elegibility

[scottiedoug]

Well Spencer, the Scots seem to be moving in the right direction even without adopting all your resolution suggestions.  Holding Greensboro to 49 at their gym and winning with lots of points from Bobby and Bradley is a good win. 

[GSAC Killer]

Never under estimate Randall Dean Lambert. The Scots are now 8-4 and rolling.. THE SYSTEM ALWAYS WORKS!!!! Less shot attempts by Bo equals win for the Scots. When Bo plays more of a point guard game the Scots are tough to beat.

Congrats on the tourney win and good luck the rest of the way..

By the way I will say it again its time Piedmont made a coaching change.. Too much talent to keep losing ball games..

[mattgrubb]

There is a nice lil' south region W for the fighting scots, sure wish we had that W over transy, but looking forward, the scots should be able to dominate the conference schedule with that kind of defensive effort if they can sustain it.

Impressive win Randall D Lambert, but we all know kendall wallace coaches the defense

[old_lion]

National D3 stats are out for the first time this season.

http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/rankings

Doh! Apparently, Piedmont forgot to report. Baldwin is tied for 6th in scoring and Green is tied for 5th in assists.

http://www.greatsouth.org/stats/GSAC_MBB/confldrs.htm

[Spencer Beaty]

a long time before MC starts has a home game.  However it is a big one with huntingdon and I will be out and ready for the _______(whatever their mascot is).

[mattgrubb]

the hawks or the only team in the GSAC to have a conference title other than maryville that won't win a conference game this year

Huntingdon Basketball:  From First to Worst

[old_lion]

By the way I will say it again its time Piedmont made a coaching change.. Too much talent to keep losing ball games..

Easy now, Killer.

I think being a D3 coach is the most difficult college coaching job there is. Consider the constraints ...
* higher academic standards
* higher tuition
* little or no ability to help a recruit financially
* no letters of intent (difficult to plan because you don't know who is coming)
* no ability to work with your guys in the off season

And on top of all that ... for the most part, guys who go to PC seem to end up liking it a lot ... BUT, Demorest is not the easiest location to attract players to ... particularly kids from an urban, or large school environment. So if you're coaching at an established, winning program ... I'm sure it makes all of the above easier to deal with. But if you are trying to build a program in a location that can be difficult to fully appreciate at first glance ... well, that's quite a task. I'm certainly not going to criticize anyone who is in that situation.

With respect to this year's team specifically ... at least so far, I don't think the overall talent level is as high as a lot of us had thought/hoped it would be in the preseason. We have a core of veterans that are playing well to, at times, very well. The new guys, as a group, just haven't contributed as much as we thought/hoped they would ... yet.

I heard speculation this summer that this recruiting class might be stronger than the class that came in in '04-'05. Well, IMHO, no way ... it's not even close. In fairness, we did have a key 6'7 guy back out on us just days before school started ... and that hurt.

This year's team is a very special group ... they compete hard every time out and are a pleasure to watch.  But. IMHO, we are just operating with too small of a margin of error. We just lost too much size and depth (Walker, Kemmerer, Adcock, and Kendall) without adequately replacing it. As long as we have our key guys on the floor, playing fairly well, we can play with anyone. But to me, it just doesn't seem like we have the overall size and depth to consistently handle all the "stuff happens" situations that inevitably occur in most games.

I'm still hoping we'll get there.

Kyle Kemmerer, I miss you. Please come back and reunite with your boys for your senior year!

[old_lion]

the hawks or the only team in the GSAC to have a conference title other than maryville that won't win a conference game this year

Don't count our chickens before they hatch, Matt.

I can see HC upsetting someone before all is said and done. I just hope it's not us.

[Spencer Beaty]

well the scots might be on the right track but they are still widely inconsistent.  How can you play so good in the Emory game and play so bad against sewanee.  Granted, they did win that game, but Sewanee had no business being in the gym with the Scots.