MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[mattgrubb]

I am looking forward to a couple of good games for the scots, Methodist and Transy come to the mountains to see what they have this year.  I hope the scots can rebound and get 2 good south region wins.

coach haynes, best of luck in the greater memphis area

[FlightofthePetrel]

Coach Haynes...  I was impressed with the Effort Lagrange put forth the other night... not really sure how we came away with the win.  It takes a lot for a team that got beat by 36 the first go around to come out and think they have a chance to win.  Congrats for keeping this team focused and making the most of the talent.  It's not often you shoot over 70% in a half from the field and still end up losing.  Good luck the rest of the season.

[mattgrubb]

Old Lion,
now that hopefully the pain has subsided, please give me some details of what you thought about the Pursell/baldwin matchup.

[Spencer Beaty]

Transy is a game I am very interested in.  I have seen transy play in recent years but it has seemed like we have their number.  Times are a'changin though.

[mattgrubb]

I just spoke with the Killer and he has decided that he will not compete in the MC alumni game tomorrow due to pure fear.  All of you MC alums the game starts at 1 tomorrow.
narch, your invitation is still on the table, we tip off at 1 followed by the Monarchs v. Scots matchup, we have you a jersey

[narch]

grubb - thanks for the invite, but i think i'll have to pass - i just hope your boys take it easy on the monarchs...if the mu team that played vs. guilford shows up, you guys will have a fun saturday afternoon

[mattgrubb]

the day belonged to the scots, it was Greg Hernandez's coming out party, Chris Orr had to 2 dunks and got dunked on by a midget

killer, who won the alumni game?

[scottiedoug]

Methodist's coach seems to anticipate some additions to the USASouth.

http://thedailytimes.com/article/20071216/SPORTS/705793521

[mattgrubb]

I would like to see the usa south pick up the gsac but huntingdon is kind of a stretch for that.

BTW, the hawks need to win some games.  Where is allen white?

Huge game for the scots monday night.  If the scots can beat transy then they are a real contender for the national tournament.

[scottiedoug]

Any of you Scottie insiders know if the Centre game will be played?

[GSAC Killer]

The Killer's alumni squad was beat down! Congrats to Brent Watts and his dream team! It takes a squad to beat the Killer! haha.. It was great fun and was awesome to see all the great fighting scots come together for a day.

Greg Hernandez was a Killer RECRUIT!!! Literally! The boy can do that on a consistent basis just needs more attention.. He can be a Bobby Golden in the posT!!

Watts your the man for putting the alumni game together! Nice to see everyone and if you get a chance come support the Highlanders!!

[mattgrubb]

Hernandez is a Miami kid and i will stereotype, he likes a big stage, and is there a better time to have a coming out party than when all of the alumni are there?

Huge game tonight, i can't wait, Go Scots!!

[mattgrubb]

the scots looked real good tonight, except for the dunks, Lambert will work on that in practice, he is bringing Josh Tummel back to teach these kids how to dunk.

Transy and Murvul both run tremendous systems and it was a great game to watch.  Fortunately the scottie dogs came out on top and picked up a good south region win.  The way the pioneers shoot the 3 they will be tough come late Feb. and march.  I thoroughly enjoyed tonight's game.

Orr was the recipient of several great passes from laverdiere.  Hernandez had a decent game and bowers found some stats.  And last but no least, the old man J. johnson played great.

Go Scots

[MCScotsFan]

Alumni game was fun to watch. I especially liked the uniforms this year--it made it easier to watch. Now, if we could just get someone to tell us who makes the shots...

I was Hernandez's fan from last year. He was often the last one off the bench and I was always happy for him to get his chance. Met his sister, she may bring something to Maryville's volleyball team. Seem like truly nice people.

Fun thing about MC's men this year is that every time you enter the gym  you do not know who is going to be the *star* of the show for that game. So many are stepping up. As always fun to watch. A little less exciting when the Crazies aren't there for the chant. 

[scottiedoug]

More good coverage of D3 from the DailyTimes.  Good ballgame, too.
http://thedailytimes.com/article/20071218/SPORTS/767096088

The Scots and Pioneers are good examples of what well-coached teams can do and why D3 at its best is great basketball.