MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[mattgrubb]

in game update
bradley blair is ballin
25-21  scots

[Ralph Turner]

Thanks, Matt.

[mattgrubb]

35-32 mc at the half

[Ralph Turner]

It was good to hear Piedmont AD John Dzik tonight on Hoopsville.

Piedmont is lucky to have so qualified an AD.  His experience in pulling the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference will be invaluable in helping Piedmont and the GSAC continue to grow and mature.

[mattgrubb]

sorry i missed that
Piedmont has an incredible ability to be a great athletic school
In the days leading up to D3 status they had some incredible players, including Jarvis Townes, who averaged about 28 pts a game in 99-00
They have nice facilities and a great location, but let's talk about the here and now
MC dominated them today in all aspects of the game
Bradley and Bo played great and did not really give the jakes a chance to do much b/c the game got out of hand
Bo shot the lights out and Bradley had his second spectacular game of the weekend

Coach Haynes and Coach Glenn, how do you all feel about B. Blair as POY after this weekend?

[Pat Coleman]

The show will be archived later tonight.

[old_lion]

Coach Haynes and Coach Glenn, how do you all feel about B. Blair as POY after this weekend?

Bradley Blair looked like an All-American this weekend.

[GSAC Killer]

What a weekend it was.. I was in the building on Saturday and got to see some old friends.. It was nice to see Watts,Monte,Siggy,K-Rich, and my boy Warren Haynes. I thought the boys from LaGrange would pose a threat to the Scots but they just didn´t bring the fire they usually play with.
It didn´t seem like they wanted to win. By the way Maddox is a ball player. I liked his game a lot.

Old Lion same ole thing with your boys no DEFENSE!!!!
My new 1st Team All GSAC Conference:
I am going to put 7 guys on first team
Bo Mason
Alex Bowers
Bradley Blair ( he looked like a POY this weekend)
Bobby Golden
Jake Baldwin
Maddox kid from LaGrange

The Scots have taken care of business and all they need is to win the GSAC Championship and they will lock up another NCAA Tournament.

[GSAC Killer]

By the way a stat I loved to see on Sunday was 39 buckets on 32 ast!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[old_lion]

By the way Maddox is a ball player. I liked his game a lot.

Agreed. I've been a fan of his all year. I think he is LC's best player and definitely s/b all-GSAC.

Old Lion same ole thing with your boys no DEFENSE!!!!

No argument here ... we had no answer, especially inside. Your top 4 bigs went a combined 19 for 28 from the field.
Can't say I'm particularly surprised ... a well coached team with a plethora of talented big guys and a willingness to use their fouls wisely ... vs Baldwin and various assortments of guards ... Well, unless we shoot lights out like we did in Demorest (we didn't) ... that's a recipe for disaster.

Murvul's D also deserves a lot of credit ... they took us out of a lot of stuff we normally do. The driving and passing lanes were seldom open and the kick-out 3s weren't falling ... I don't know what we could have done differently ...

My new 1st Team All GSAC Conference:
I am going to put 7 guys on first team
Bo Mason
Alex Bowers
Bradley Blair ( he looked like a POY this weekend)
Bobby Golden
Jake Baldwin
Maddox kid from LaGrange

7? ... 6?

By the way a stat I loved to see on Sunday was 39 buckets on 32 ast!!!

I agree, very impressive!

Sorry I missed you Sunday, Killer ... I always enjoy visiting and discussing basketball with you. I did enjoy speaking with ScottieDoug and Mr Blair, however. Both were gracious in victory ...

Final, philisophical comments on Sunday's game ...

Sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you. I bet we were yummy ... 

Hey, let's put it in perspective ... No one died and the sun came up this morning ... but, I have had more enjoyable Sunday afternoons ...  8)

[GSAC Killer]

You know me Old Lion always trying to start some fire.. I was not in attendance Sunday but if i was you know we would have chatted. I took some of my HS kids to the Saturday game.

Old Lion like I have told my kids at the high school no one remembers what happened in November or December if you win the Conference title.. Anything can happen in one game situation on a neutral court. My senior year both teams took us to the final horn. Exeuction, Execution, Execution!!!
Basketball is a Tournament game, all you have to do is get hot at the right time... I love this time of the year.. By the way me and Spencer have turned the GP program around.. 8 wins in two years, we have won 12 this year!!! Its hard work boys.. The little hair I had is definitelñy gone after these last 4 months!!!!

[mattgrubb]

i think the one of the main reasons LC and PC cant  beat MC is their expectation
It is so often with kids that expectation dictates results and PC and LC don't expect to beat maryville and that even goes for the Killa's kids, now they think they are hot stuff and expect to win, Killa they aren't winners yet so keep them grounded, but their new attitude will get you everywhere

[scottiedoug]

I enjoyed meeting old_lion.  Nice guy, even in defeat.  Scots played very well most of the time in both games this weekend.  I think the observation about ecpectations is a good one: neither the Lions nor Panthers seemed really to believe!

On the other hand, the Piedmont women played like they expected to win...it just did not happen that way Sunday.  I can see why they win, though.

Here is the link to Marcus' story about Sunday's men's game.
http://www.thedailytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070212/SPORTS/702120301

I thought the youngsters (Hernandez, Blakely, Fosnes, et al) showed some real promise, esp. Saturday.  They have gotten better since November.  Too bad Blakely isn't three or four inches taller.

I also think Jared just might make a point guard!

[GSAC Killer]

Grubby one you are absolutely right!! How can they expect to win they are a combined 0-38 against the Scots!! Its tough to beat the Ville when your post sub was the ebst player this weekend!!

I still think Lagrange can give the Scots trouble because they are hosting the Tournament.

Tough one tonight for the GP Highlanders.. Got Claiborne and the Estes kid who is the best player in the area...

I want to hear what Oh Yea has to say about Baldwin's performance?

[mattgrubb]

Baldwin had a pretty good game, his supporting cast could not hang with maryville for sure

I think he is a good player, but Bradley showed everyone why the MC players are better, like the oop he caught on the fast break