MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[scottiedoug]

Welcome back, Marcus!

[mattgrubb]

As a lot of great players will tell you, I am not better than anyone, i just work harder

Great players being as: Raul Placeres, Tyler Smith, Matt Ternes, and John Pierce

extra credit:  if anyone can tell me who John Pierce is and what is his significance in college basketball, i will buy a ticket to a scots game.  Here is a hint:  His college coach just hit a major milestone after surviving a car wreck this summer

[old_lion]

As a lot of great players will tell you, I am not better than anyone, i just work harder

Great players being as: Raul Placeres, Tyler Smith, Matt Ternes, and John Pierce

extra credit:  if anyone can tell me who John Pierce is and what is his significance in college basketball, i will buy a ticket to a scots game.  Here is a hint:  His college coach just hit a major milestone after surviving a car wreck this summer

He set the national record for most points scored as a collegian, notching 4,230 points from 1991-94. But ... could he see the floor like Placeres?

http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/news.php?viewStory=21872

Does that ticket come with an invitation to the tailgate party?   

[old_lion]

I'm sure you'll all be thrilled to know that I'm currently working on my PVR #s for the gsac. 

For those of you that don't remember, the Power Value Rating is a formula (I got it from narch) that attempts to measure player's relative worth.  It is 1.5(ppg+rpg+spg)+2(apg+bpg)-1.5(tpg).  It is a reasonable way to pick an all-whatever team.  IMHO, the best way would be to have knowledgeable bball people also consider intangibles such as leadership, making teammates better, etc. etc. ... but hey, at least it's better than the gsac's "add up the points" method.   

[mattgrubb]

that ticket comes with a tailgate party that includes the mc cheerleaders and dance team
You are the man Old Lion

[mattgrubb]

http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/ranksummary

i am not going to break these down or analyze them, I will leave that for the master, but here they are

[GSAC Killer]

ANOTHER COMPONENT ON WHY GREG HAS GOT TO THE LEVEL HE HAS IS BECAUSE HE IS CUBAN!!!!!
 

[batteredbard]

So we won't say I'm really back - just kind of back.

At least for the next month or so Im in Murvul but at the Times. Mostly doing office stuff but they may slip me out to do some MC hoops.

And if anyone on the board was responsible for calling the Times and telling them the Sentinel "has been killing ya'll on Maryville College coverage" right after New Years - I hold you responsible for me being back here for a little while Thanks

I can't see the Scots dancing from this side of the desk but as a Lambert fan who has seen Wes and Jordan carry MHS with unreal six or seven game shooting streaks maybe they can just win and get a lot of, ok a freakin ton of, help.

At least sked is about 50/50 home:away from this point on. Think if they can avenge loss against Rust Sunday we'll get a measure of difference between home Scots and the traveling band.

[old_lion]

For those of you that don't remember, the Power Value Rating is a formula (I got it from narch) that attempts to measure player's relative worth.  It is 1.5(ppg+rpg+spg)+2(apg+bpg)-1.5(tpg).  It is a reasonable way to pick an all-whatever team. 

On the cusp of conference play seems to be a pretty good time to start considering all-gsac selections.  Good luck to all today.

gsac Stats - Sorted by Power Value Rating           
Top 20 or so, as of 1/16/09           
   ----|         
School   Player              GP rpg ppg  PPS PVR  apg tpg spg bpg
           
HC Pittman, Jeremy.... 13 8.6 17.5  1.52 43.0  1.1 2.3 1.6 1.4
MC  Eryk Watson........ 13 4.8 19.8  1.33 40.7  2.5 2.8 1.4 0.5
PC Herebia, J.C....... 15 5.9 18.2  1.50 37.9  0.7 1.5 1.1 0.4
MC Greg Hernandez ..... 14 7.0 15.4  1.57 36.3  1.3 1.9 0.7 0.9
           
LC Joe Cromwell....... 15 4.5 13.9  1.15 30.6  1.3 2.0 0.9 1.0
HC Sprouse, Reggie.... 13 4.8 13.6  1.13 30.4  2.2 3.3 1.9 0.2
PC Coppage, Samuel.... 15 3.6 13.5  1.71 30.4  4.5 3.7 0.7 0.1
LC Nic Whitfield...... 15 5.8 11.1  1.17 29.8  2.1 2.3 1.0 1.1
           
PC Rubio, Michael..... 15 3.2 13.2  1.18 27.4  1.9 2.4 1.7 0.1
HC Williams, Deshaun.. 5 2.8 8.8  1.69 22.9  2.6 1.2 1.4 0.0
PC Rush, Justin....... 15 3.1 12.1  1.23 22.7  1.3 3.2 1.3 0.1
LC Dillon McLaughlin.. 15 1.7 10.3  1.30 22.0  3.0 2.8 1.3 0.1
HC Murray, Doug....... 8 2.4 10.4  1.20 20.1  1.0 1.6 0.8 0.1
MC Wes Lambert........ 14 1.4 9.8  1.26 19.9  1.9 1.4 0.9 0.0
MC Jordan Damron...... 14 1.9 9.3  1.27 19.2  2.1 2.6 1.2 0.1
HC Sampleton, David... 13 3.2 8.1  1.02 16.8  0.8 2.0 0.8 0.1
PC Chatman, Mike...... 10 2.3 5.6  1.37 16.6  2.0 1.2 1.3 0.3
LC Deji Adako......... 15 4.7 5.9  1.04 15.6  0.5 1.3 0.3 0.1
PC Gardner, Tracy..... 15 6.5 3.2  1.17 15.5  0.7 1.3 0.5 0.3

Observations:

* The top 8 in the PVR rankings appear to be likely candidates for 1st and 2nd teams.  Although, I still think this "4 to a team BS" is not going to serve us well if we ever decide to challenge another conference.    Relax, it's a joke ...
* There is also a pps column to address the "volume shooter" issue Coach Haynes mentioned. A higher pps # is an indication of efficient scoring ... high shooting %s and/or getting to the FT line a lot.
* Lots of freshman in the next group of guys, after the top 8. This c/b the best freshman class since 04-05 when we had Baldwin, Green, Mason, Holliday, and Render make freshman all-gsac. Kemmerer, who was omitted that year, was more worthy than at least half the guys who have made it since.
* Sorry about the presentation ... I never could master that column alignment thing.
* The colors are in remembrance of former all-gsac poster, Wilburt.   

[Spencer Beaty]

About to leave for the MC Lagrange game.  If any of you are interested in listening out there it will be on http://www.truthradio.tv/  I hope it will be a good one.  I will tell you that I expect big things from Hernandez and DamLam.

[mattgrubb]

scots looked good yesterday and they get a chance at revenge today and Randy Watson will be ballin

DamLam should have a big game today

Hernandez has taken over as The Grubby One's favorite player, he has made being uncool, cool

The killer has turned his back on the scots this year, he is a bandwagoner

[Spencer Beaty]

The game today was a 3-point shooting clinic.  MC tied the school record for 3's made and scored 107 points.  DamLam did their thing and it was just a quality win over a very athletic Rust team.  I didn't know Chris Bosh was allowed to play for Rust though...

[mattgrubb]

mutts, all a bunch of mutts, looks like they play good at home

hopefully they will maintain focus and at least get a conference championship

they got talent, one day they will turn into big dogs, but it is going to take a lot of hard work

[bballlover]

tough loss for the lions Saturday.They had their chances. Just too much Pittman.

[bballlover]

KC22 I met a couple from Winnersville on Saturday & they spoke highly of you. What's up with that?