MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

Pat Coleman · August 27, 2005, 05:05:37 PM

Why would scheduling this tournament be so much different than going to CNU's tournament the past couple years?

My advice -- stay off I-95 between 3:30 and 7 p.m.

wilburt · August 28, 2005, 11:51:04 AM

Several reasons Pat.

1. The FISK team stays 3 nights in the Richmond area, rather than 1 or 2 nights for one game w/ CNU like last year or for a CNU tourney in year's past in Newport News.

2. This tourney is after X-mas so the team doesn't have to worry about upcoming exams.

3. I know that there were some prospective ball players FISK had been looking at to recruit from Richmond.

4. Finally, it would be a nice road win for the Bulldogs, if they can pull of the victory!

GREAT ADVICE MR. COLEMAN...

Pat Coleman · August 28, 2005, 12:59:20 PM

Quote from: wilburt on August 28, 2005, 11:51:04 AM1. The FISK team stays 3 nights in the Richmond area, rather than 1 or 2 nights for one game w/ CNU like last year or for a CNU tourney in year's past in Newport News.

Interesting. Pretty sure this tournament didn't require a three-night stay.

wilburt · August 29, 2005, 07:43:19 AM

Pat I agree with you, but you have to make do sometimes

!

Where's Mr. Ryan from Piedmont College?

coachwgh · September 07, 2005, 08:31:07 AM

Classes finally start today at LC. It is beautiful weather and such a promising time of year. We are probably the last school to start classes in the GSAC so I am sure we are a week or so behind the practice schedule of everyone else. To start the year I would like to say something about our conference. We are small and have a varied group of personalities within our conference but like young conferences do we have increased overall competitiveness. This season should be the most intense yet in the GSAC with HC bringing back all but one of a very experienced squad, PC returning their young guns, if FU has everyone back that is supposed to be back we could be looking at the most talented team in GSAC history, MC lost a GSAC First team player and person in Sidney Ellis but the next one is never too far away up there, and finally ole LC returns a rag tag bunch of undersized, over-confident guys who hopefully will find some leadership among them and get together before Nov. 18.

Tell your friends to check their calendar and see as many games as you can this year. I promise it will be entertaining and every bit as good as what you will see on tv. Make a weekend trip to Maryville & Nashville or LaGrange & Montgomery or enjoy the mountains of N. Georgia at Demorest. If you like basketball you will love this GSAC season!

wilburt · September 07, 2005, 02:27:21 PM

Coach Haynes

I hope that you are correct about FU being one of the most talented teams in GSAC history. I secretly harbor thoughts of the Bulldogs going to the Final Four this season, but I don't share that with the public that often

Last year I thought FISK should have won the GSAC tourney. I am still amazed that we could hold a D3 All-American and two-time GSAC Player of the Year to ONLY 2 points and still lose the championship game? AMAZING...

My sleeper team for the year is Huntingdon. They came awfully close to beating both Maryville and Fisk last season, and I would expect them to improve this season with more confidence gained from last season. I hope there is not another 3-way tie for second place like last season!

Maryville will be well coached and probably post another 20 win season again this year. I am not sure about Piedmont, but Coach Haynes wants us to believe again this year that he has no talent. I am sure that LaGrange is must better than Coach Haynes lets on...

wilburt · September 11, 2005, 01:26:36 PM

Fisk has recently registered about 35 college students from New Orleans Colleges (Dillard and Xavier Universities) recently devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Have any of the other GSAC schools registered students affected by the Hurricane?

I am confident that most everyone has contributed or will personally contribute something to the relief effort. It is just heart-breaking to see the devastation day in and day out on the news...

coachwgh · September 12, 2005, 11:41:59 AM

William,
We have only a couple of students transfer I think. A faculty member from the Theatre department organized a trip to ocean springs, MS this past Saturday in order to help out his family and a few of their friends in the neighborhood. We took down 6 of our guys and worked all day on a few houses. It is amazing how from house to house the damage could be on opposite ends of the spectrum. I worked in a house about 100 yards from the shore which has a lot of damage and tree uprooted and moved 50 feet, but their neighboor's house which was a two-story well above 2000 sq ft was moved 20 feet off it's foundation. There was everything from limbs in a yard to cars being thrown through houses and we were 90 miles from where the eye hit. It was uplifting the amount of support the people in this area were able to recieve. It seemed like every parking lot had an organization set up with water, clothes, food and other items. There are good things at work in the gulf.

wilburt · September 17, 2005, 11:12:40 AM

Update on Fisk's 2005-06 schedule. In addition to playing at Randolph-Macon for their X-mas tourney, the Bulldogs will be visiting Mississippi College on December 10th. They will be traveling to Mississippi before then at Millsaps College Thankgiving weekend round-robin.

Those are a lot of tough road games to be heading into the GSAC season come January. I hope we can step up to the challenge

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coachwgh · September 22, 2005, 08:38:58 AM

My computer must be broken. Practice starts in less than a month and none of you guys have a smidgen of excitement posted on this board. I guess the other women(football) must be taking up most of your time.

coachwgh · September 23, 2005, 07:26:43 AM

I ask for excitement for the GSAC and I get a plug for someone's sister. Wonderful.

scottiedoug · September 23, 2005, 10:21:22 AM

Not to worry coach, the posting to which you refer appears on other boards. Irrelevant as it is, it is not a response to your plea for excitement. Then again, we have not heard her sing.

wilburt · September 25, 2005, 01:23:08 PM

I suspect that last season (despite the GSAC championships) was somewhat of a disappointment to Maryville College (MC) fans. In light of the fact of MC's Pre-season Top 10 ranking in Street and Smith's Magazine, they still had to struggle to win two games in the GSAC tourney and lost a NCAA tourney game on their home floor (unheard of in modern history). I guess MC fans were so used to the relative cakewalk in Home NCAA tourney games and previous GSAC seasons (excluding the 2002-03 season) that they are probably still in a state of shock after last season. The shock has apparently resonated so deep in Murvul that except for my friend Doug, MC fans have been noticeably SILENT about this upcoming season!

wilburt · September 28, 2005, 07:25:11 AM

FYI Coach Haynes;

Fisk has all their starters returning from last season, including Breakout's favorite player Chris Adams! We will be a senior dominated team (Courtney Ellis, Cedric Thomas, Jeremiah Williamson et al), and with the recent expansion of the number NCAA D3 tourney teams, the Bulldogs should be able to contend for one of the tourney spots!

More news from Nashville later...

scottiedoug · September 28, 2005, 02:55:29 PM

Willaim: If I were a Fisk fan, I, like you, would be anxious to start. You return a solid and experienced group. If Coach Glover can persuade Mr. Adams to play more and talk less, y'all could be scary.

It is less clear what MC will bring, so some of us are more cautious about predictions. We know they will play hard and be well prepared and coached.