MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[wilburt]

Tough loss to Mississippi College, but let the GSAC games begin!  Hopefully, FISK can break a two game losing streak against Huntingdon and LaGrange this weekend. 

[mattgrubb]

no word on our star, Chaney
one player does not make a team for Piedmont, unless they got Andy Chaney
I am going to see webster play today and see my old friend Coach Biiiiuuuunnnnccccchhhhh for Webster.  He is the greatest coach ever

[wilburt]

Prediction:

Piedmont will be undefeated in GSAC play this weekend!

Additional thoughts:

I think the GSAC teams would do well if they were in the ODAC.  Murvul and FISK could compete for the ODAC title and IMHO the other GSAC teams could easily finish in the top half of that 10 team league.

On the contrary, I think the GSAC teams would do poorly if they were in the ASC (either division).   The ASC may be the best overall basketball conference in the South Region!

My Southern Region conference strength rankings:

1. ASC
2. USA Conference
3. GSAC
4. (tie) ODAC and SCAC

Any comments?

[mattgrubb]

wait til you see a gsac team go to HSC and win, then we will talk about dominating the ODAC, take it from a guy who has done it, not easy to do

The scots wore out Bunch and the gorlocks, too much scots for the gorlocks to handle who were obviously tired from their long road trip
Andy Chaney is a straight player

[Ralph Turner]

Wilburt, the ASC may be down a bit this year.

TU is definitely back.  Southwestern is down.  Hendrix surprised a flat UOzarks last pm.

Austin College is going from the ASC-East to the SCAC and the ASC may become stronger for it.

The ASC-West is weaker.  Two years ago, the West beat the East something like 44-23 in interdivision play.  They are close to even this year.

My rankings would have the top 2 in the ASC-East MC and UT-Tyler, the UMHB, McMurry and HPU in the ASC-West, Trinity in the SCAC, MURVUL in the GSAC and H-SC and R-MC in the ODAC in the top tier.

[narch]

My Southern Region conference strength rankings:

1. ASC
2. USA Conference
3. GSAC
4. (tie) ODAC and SCAC

Any comments?

the odac is stronger than the gsac and the usasac, especially at the top...there are 3 really solid teams in the odac in hsc, rmc and vwc...the gsac has just 2, and the usasac doesn't have one right now - some of the other teams in the odac (guilford, emu, roanoke) can beat some teams - i'd take those 5 over the gsac 5 (although it would be close) - right now, i think the gsac is better than the usasac...of course, that could change by the time the season is over

[narch]

Hey >,

Surely you jest ... why would the kid leave his team in the middle of his junior season?

If you are serious, what's the story?

Yes, I'm serious, more serious than a heart attack! My "lawyers" have advided me not to give out any details about the situation!

i've got a call in to someone "in the know" on this situation...we'll see if this is legit soon enough (like on sunday when pc comes to fayetteville) - old_lion...hope to see you there again this year - i can confirm that manos is NOT on the lynchburg roster...interesting

[mattgrubb]

Please don't ever rank anyone above Maryville

[mybleedinghands]

well I talked to manos himself, so i'm 100% sure its legit

Hey >,

Surely you jest ... why would the kid leave his team in the middle of his junior season?

If you are serious, what's the story?

Yes, I'm serious, more serious than a heart attack! My "lawyers" have advided me not to give out any details about the situation!

i've got a call in to someone "in the know" on this situation...we'll see if this is legit soon enough (like on sunday when pc comes to fayetteville) - old_lion...hope to see you there again this year - i can confirm that manos is NOT on the lynchburg roster...interesting

[narch]

well I talked to manos himself, so i'm 100% sure its legit

you could be right, i'm just one to believe something when i see it myself or hear it from "someone in the know" - pc plays tonight, so if manos plays, you're correct

[mybleedinghands]

well I talked to manos himself, so i'm 100% sure its legit

you could be right, i'm just one to believe something when i see it myself or hear it from "someone in the know" - pc plays tonight, so if manos plays, you're correct

if he plays i'll be quite surprised. he said its going to take a while to learn the system

[old_lion]

As in, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." Then again, there was that Trojan Horse that didn't work out too well...

Narch,

I can confirm that he is physically in Demorest. When and if he plays is another matter.

I would think it would be difficult to add a player at midseason ... I have no idea if that's even the plan. Considering the depth and good chemistry we have, this sounds like a situation that we'll approach very cautiously.
It s/b interesting ...

I'll see you in NC on Sunday.

[leroy]

My Southern Region conference strength rankings:

1. ASC
2. USA Conference
3. GSAC
4. (tie) ODAC and SCAC

Any comments?

IMHO Rankings (# Teams)
1. ASC (16)
2. ODAC (10)
3. SCAC (10)
4. USA South (7)
5. GSAC (5)

Hard to compare when one conference has 16 compared to 7 and 5.  I haven't seen much of all of these conferences, but have seen at least 2 teams in each one....I wonder how others would rank them? Do tell. 

[Ralph Turner]

Leroy, we compare the ASC-West Division and the ASC-East Division as virtually separate conferences.  The top 4 teams in each division (except 3rd year provisional UT-Tyler) meet in the conference tourney for the single Pool A bid.

The divisions play single round-robin inter-division/cross-over games and double round-robin intra-division games, 22 conference games total.

The Cross-over games will be completed by next Saturday.

As for post-season play for the 1998-2005 playoffs, the ASC has 9 wins, 11 losses and 5 byes.  (Miss Coll has received 3 Pool C bids.  Miss Coll, McMurry, Sul Ross State and UT-Dallas have received Pool A bids.)  The ASC schools have a 3-1 record against Maryville in post-season play.   (Maryville is 8-7 with one bye over that time, all Pool B bids.)  

[narch]

no manos yet - not saying you're wrong scottie, because my source hasn't confirmed anything that old_lion hasn't already confirmed, but he didn't play last night

looks like a tough loss for the lions - gordon couldn't miss from 3 - hopefully the lions rebound against averett and revert to the gordon form for one night against the monarchs on sunday