MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[scottiedoug]

William:  Nobody who wants a win wants to play you in Nashville, so everybody who wants to pad their record to get into the NCAA tournament stays away.   The whole scheme favors teams like CNU, which has 17 home games this year.  Racism probably has a role, too.

[wilburt]

Doug I'd like to think that it has less to do with racism and more just trying to pad their wins like you said.   

Question, for those in Murvul.  Who will likely be your starting PG this season?   Scippio or Mason?

[mattgrubb]

Wilburt,
you have got to fix your gym, lights, floor, bleachers, locker rooms, etc  Teams like going places with nice gyms, not that maryville has a great one, but there is nothing wrong with it and oh yeah, they do have all those banners hanging from the rafters that make it look very intimidating
The bulldogs will like playing in the golden dome, it is an arena like setting that i am sure will bring out the best in the bulldogs.

[wilburt]

Matt you are correct about Fisk's gym and there has been talk in recent years of a new $8 million facilty.  But until that happens, I will continue to view the Fisk gym like the old Boston Garden with its "mystique".

[old_lion]

"mystique"?

Nice attempt at "spin", William. Trying to tell us that place has mystique is just putting lipstick on a pig.

Fisk has a fine team, with 3 solid seniors returning, they s/b the best in the GSAC this year. By all accounts, Fisk is a proud institution with a solid reputation. 

BUT ... don't try to tell us that dump of a gym has mystique. Forget the $8 million for now ... buying a case of industrial strength Frebreze would be a nice start.

[wilburt]

You caught me Old Lion...

[coachwgh]

Happy Halloween

[coachwgh]

LaGrange just got a new logo and changed around our website a little as well.  Go check it out and let me know what you think. 

It is getting to be scrimmage time and I can't wait to hear how everyone is doing.  We have had one and got one tomorrow. 

[scotswin]

Maryville has taken an early and dominating lead in the President's Cup competition with championships in men's soccer, women's soccer, volleyball, and men's cross-country.  The women's cross-country team spoiled a perfect fall by finishing second.  Both soccer teams earned bids to the NCAA tournament.  The rest of the GSAC better pick it up or this thing will be over soon.  As usual, scotswin...

[wilburt]

Scotswin, doesn't Maryville play Huntingdon for the "mythical GSAC football championship" this weekend?  Shouldn't that count towards the President's Cup totals as well?

No news from Nashville to report on...

[old_lion]

Ok, Coach Haynes ... your secret is out.

I saw you play North Ga last night and your guys looked very good!

A quickie report for the rest of you GSAC fans ...

North Ga is a new DII team (they won 20+ games last year as an NAIA team) that is very explosive. On paper, they s/h handled LaGrange easily. I've always said that LaGrange plays as hard as anyone. Last night was no exception. Their 3s were falling and they were even scoring inside against a much bigger North Ga team.

Even though NGA eventually pulled away and won by about 20, LaGrange gave them all they wanted. The game was tied almost mid-way through the 2nd half.

If LaGrange can consistantly play like they did for the first 30 minutes last night, they will be a handful for anyone in the GSAC this year.

[scotswin]

Scotswin, doesn't Maryville play Huntingdon for the "mythical GSAC football championship" this weekend?  Shouldn't that count towards the President's Cup totals as well?

No news from Nashville to report on...

I hear that good things are going on with the football program, but results are few and far between.  Currently, the football team remains the exception to the rule at Maryville.

[coachwgh]

Old Lion, I believe you give us too much credit.  On the threes that were falling, once again we shot too many in the first half but were a quality 4 for 8 in the second.  The problem in the second was missed post shots and let downs in transition D.  We will always compete, but sometimes it just takes more than that and we have to figure that out before 11/18 @ 7:00pm. 

I will say this about North Georgia.  Their starting PG, 2G and 3Man are the best scoring backcourt I have seen assembled in a long time. 

I haven't seen your report on any Piedmont scrimmages yet.  Are they hidden in seclusion until the 18th where they unleash their Super Sophomores(plus a couple other folks) on the world.  You have a fun team to cheer for up there Old Lion. 

[wilburt]

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

[old_lion]

Damn, William ...

Looks like you took my comments about your run-down gym personally. I tried to offset them with nice comments about your team and school ... (smile)

I don't see how you can predict that we'll be less successful than last year, with all of our key young guys back? But OK ... hopefully, everyone in the GSAC feels like you do ... maybe we'll be able to sneak up on some people.

Personally, I'd be afraid to predict any records at this point. I feel like we are going to have more parity in the GSAC this year. I'm expecting a lot of close games that could go either way. We'll see...

Coach Haynes,

Thanks for the kind words. I agree that we do have a fun team to watch. They are great guys. For the most part, they seemed to have been committed to working hard and getting better in the off season. But we still don't have that dominant inside presence. A big focus has been improving our defensive intensity and rebounding. In our controlled scrimmage with Emory, I saw definite progress.