MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[Spencer Beaty]

MC won without andy chaney the heart and soul of the team who played very limited minutes with a back injury

[mattgrubb]

No chaney, close game
Next game will be different
Bobby got distracted by the smell of popcorn the 2nd half, he has never been mistaken as a skinny person, i wonder if coach lambert could get him bigger shorts
He did dominate though, he draws as much attention in the lane as he does at Golden Corral, where he is also a standout performer
Sheila Evans had a great halftime performance as usual and i think that is what got monte off to that hot 2nd half start
Mix, good to have you back

[old_lion]

Well William, my Lions are 5 and 3 at the break ... only 4 more wins to go to meet your expectations. I like our chances.

Have a good holiday season. See you in '06.

My 2005-06 GSAC regular season predictions


                     CONF    OVERALL
FISK               (7-1)    (19-6)
Maryville         (6-2)    (17-8)
Huntingdon    (4-4)    (17-8)
LaGrange       (3-5)    (13-12)
Piedmont        (0-8)    (9-16)

William Burton, the prognosticator

[GSAC Killer]

Great win for the Scots.. They played a very good Transy team that could eventually make it to the NCAA tournament.. It was nice to see the Scots play a good team and come out with a victory.. It was also nice to see some of my old teammates especially Jeff McCord and his fiance.. Congrats Jeff!!

And to whoever predicted an 17-8 season for the Scots is NUTS!!!
   The Scots only possible losses could be to Transy at the tournament in Tampa and possibilities of Fisk and maybe Carson Newman... 9-0 going into the break, WOW!!

[Ralph Turner]

mcscotsalum85, it looks like you might get your wish.   You will likely pass #25 Ramapo in votes received.   It depends on how much #19 York falls.   A team usually falls 4-10 places due to a loss.  The Transy win was a good in-region win.

That looks like #25 or maybe #24 if you can leap-frog John Carroll, but the Blue Streaks are a well-respected team.

[scottiedoug]

OK Scots fans, let's not entirely overlook this road game at Averett, which is having a better year than the USASouth gang expected and is coached by an old Emory and Henry player who is good and would LOVE to catch the Scots reading these posts and their press clippings.

I thought Transy was really good...patient, disciplined, and capable of a lot of points in a hurry (remember last year).

Is Chaney ok?

[wilburt]

Old Lion

BTW, for what it is worth I make these predictions each year and for the most part I have been wrong.   The guys from East Tennessee got very mad at me last season when I predicted their first regular season conference loss (I was one overtime period away from being correct), and that they would win less than 20 games during the regular season (which I believe Murvul did, I could stand corrected though on that point)       

Hey GSAC Killer and Old Lion, remember when I said for the most part I have been wrong with my predictions (see above)! I can admit when I am wrong, can you two ?

Overall, I have been relatively pleased with the increased strength of the GSAC teams versus non-conference opponents. I have been downright surprised about Maryville and Piedmont, and somewhat disappointed in Huntingdon and LaGrange.

No one from East Tennessee would have nor predicted Maryville to be undefeated at this point.  Doug and Grubb were cautiously optimistic and Brett was a down right pessimistic.  Brett was that way perhaps due to the fact that he has no one to shift his affections towards since his  Man-Crush love "Raul" has graduated. 

And now we have a Murvul bandwagoner "mcscotsalumni85" that now demands "national respect" for beating a relatively average NAIA scholarship team. Go figure?  I'm glad Pat Coleman answered your questions.   

Murvul basketball is not just a game it must be an East Tennessee religion!  Believe it or not I am happy for Maryville and I do pull for them along with the other GSAC teams except when they play FISK.

Happy Holidays to you all (that includes you too Coach Beaty!)

[mattgrubb]

I hope to see the scots handle averrett pretty easily and be ready for the break at 9-0
I can't wait for the gsac schedule to start and then we can really start talking trash and i can tell you how Lambert is the Godfather of the GSAC and Beaty is the enforcer.
Then i can see Blair dunk on piedmont and Bo score 40 against Lagrange
Oh i can't wait

Chaney work on your back we need you son

[Spencer Beaty]

Wilburt, Im glad you are wishing me a happy holiday.  How could I not?  Scots 9-0 and there only legit chances for a loss would be Fisk CN and Trannsy again.  But as the Trannsy coach told our paper "i hope coach Lambert brings his SPF to Tampa cause we are going to burn him up."  PSH!  that is so rediculous.  We played scrappy with a less than historic scoring night with all involved.  Andy Chaney was hurt but he will be back by there next game.  All i can say to the Trannsy coach is you might as well call yourself a volleyball, cause u bout to get smacked around

(LOVE YOU WILBURT!)

[mattgrubb]

I predict the scots beat transy in Tampa, Bobby will be in much better spirits, anytime  he gets to eat at golden corral it makes him so happy

[mattgrubb]

Scots #22 baby
It is about time they get a little respect, unfortunately with 1 loss they will fall completely out, but they will work their way up to 15 or 16 if they keep it up, but that is as high as they will get as usual, like the years they go to the sweet sixteen and end up ranked 16th, but no complaints, top 25 out of 400 plus schools not bad

[Spencer Beaty]

It is my opinion that the teams who havent lost should be ranked ahead of some of these 2-loss teams.  if you loose 2 games no matter who you still cannot be ranked in the top 25 this early in the season.  The undefeated teams (Like MURVUL) should take the top seeds and let those good teams who played even better teams get shuffeled into the mix at the bottom

[Pat Coleman]

You're under the mistaken impression that these are standings. They're not. They're rankings.

[Spencer Beaty]

it doesnt matter pat. its the principle of the thing.  If you loose you shouldnt be ranked ahead of a team that hasnt. 

[Pat Coleman]

Your principles don't match our principles then, sorry. Some of us realize that your record is not only a function of your own level but the level of those you have played.