MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[GSAC Killer]

Piedmont being Piedmont!! Old Lion what did I tell you. Scots won with E Watson shooting 1-11 fromt he field!!

When you challenge a Cuban he always comes through!! Double-Double! Good Job Lambo.. Piedmont should refer to Randy as daddy like Pedro Martinez did when he faced the Yankees..

Point Guard play has always killed Piedmont. Bo Mason, Jeff McCord, Ruben Gonzalez lists goes on and on. Damron just gave them the business..  Little Lambert keeps doing his thing. Maverick aka "Top Gun" great minutes... By the way did I say Lambo owns Piedmont...... 0-37207082109210 against us..lol.. I guess I have run my mouth a little too much on this but talk is cheap when you can't back it up.. Old Lion be good and stay up. There will come a day when Piedmont comes up on top in the scoreboard. Women's Volleyball is dang good there.. Ok enough.. On to the UT game.. By the way JP Prince is garbage.. Get my boy NEGEDU IN THE GAME!!!!

On to UT vs Florida should be a good one!

[Spencer Beaty]

MC scots are super ready for the NCAA tournament.  What are the chances that MC wins out and doesn't make the tournament?

[mattgrubb]

the G Unit came through as expected
a quote that was left out of the newspaper by Greg about Herebia was, "Randy, sit down, have you lost your mind, I am all you need, you crazy old man.  Apparently you have lost your hair color and your sense of judgement.  now give me all the minutes i want."

Actually, Greg has earned his minutes by producing and getting himself in shape.

[scottiedoug]

You'd think Killer could at least be there to support his fellow Cuban, wouldn't you?  Even the Old and Young Lion drove all the way from Georgia.

Here is the Daily Times link (good to read you, Marcus!)

http://thedailytimes.com/article/20090201/SPORTS/302019958

I bet the odds are high that the Scots will win out and not go to the NCAA.  That disaster at Rust and losing  to Hanover, which has only won a few games.....

[old_lion]

Well, the Young Lion and I had a good day enjoying the hospitality of East Tennessee.

I enjoyed visiting with ScottieDoug and The Grubby One.  And we really appreciated Grubb hooking us up with tickets.  In other words, I'm glad we didn't have to pay to watch that crap!  Not one of PC's best efforts ... I'm certain MC had a lot to do with that.

As usual, Murvul played impressive team ball, especially on the defensive end.  Individually, I was most impressed with "Skinny" Hernandez (although JC held his own) and Murvul's top 3 freshmen.  I'd say the future looks bright for MC.  I'm very insightful, right?   

And a shout out to KC22 ... he got us a big time hookup for UT/UF, with loge seating and passes to The Courtside Club ... a first class experience!  But, I must say, all that orange was, let's be diplomatic here, overwhelming.  As a UGA grad, I've never been more appreciative of the fact that our colors are Red and Black.   

But seriously, thanks Robot.  Come see us when you are in the area.  You know you are always welcome at our house.

[old_lion]

Piedmont being Piedmont!! Old Lion what did I tell you. Scots won with E Watson shooting 1-11 fromt he field!!

Killer, Killer ... give it a rest ... there is something to be said for losing, or winning, with grace.   

I'll give you an example ... there was a small group of us (OK, maybe it was just me ... ) who considered responding to Murvul's "end of game cheer".

Here's what I came up with ...

Is that not the team winning with class?
  Yes, that is the team winning with class.

Is that not the team losing with dignity?
  Yes, that is the team losing with dignity.

Is that not an a$$hole leading a tasteless cheer?
  Yes, that is an a$$hole leading a tasteless cheer.

Winning with class ...
  Winning with class!

Losing with dignity ...
  Losing with dignity!

A$$hole ...
  A$$hole!

Nice, huh?  But then I thought ... I don't really want to yell "a$$hole" in public ... even if it would be appropriate.   

Killer, you are still one of my favorite all time PG's ...   

[GSAC Killer]

Appreciate the love old lion!! Nice to see you at the UT vs UF game.. It was a good one..

[scottiedoug]

It was nice seeing and chatting with you, Old_Lion, and meeting Young_Lion, who is not as likely to chat as His Dad.  And the Grubby One in person is not the Grubby One on this board.

It does not take much UT orange for it to be too much, I agree.  But y'all are always welcome around here as far as I am concerned.  Even if you bring a better team.

[Spencer Beaty]

as usual Old Lion, I really don't agree with you about the winning team cheer.  There is nothing degrading about the cheer and it is all in good fun...

[mattgrubb]

the cheer has become regionally famous and the people on the other side never seem to like it much

Piedmont has some organizational issues on the floor and a little less talent than murvul, but they could give the scots a game at PC

[old_lion]

It was nice seeing and chatting with you, Old_Lion, and meeting Young_Lion, who is not as likely to chat as His Dad.  And the Grubby One in person is not the Grubby One on this board.

It does not take much UT orange for it to be too much, I agree.  But y'all are always welcome around here as far as I am concerned.  Even if you bring a better team.

Thanks Scottie, I appreciate the sentiment.

[old_lion]

the cheer has become regionally famous and the people on the other side never seem to like it much

It certainly is distinctive.  If I were on "the Murvul side", I'm sure I'd see it from a different perspective ... but still, in my many years, I've been associated with several very good, consistently winning teams ... and I've just always been a big fan of winning gracefully.  I mean, come on ... after you've just kicked someone's butt, it s/b easy to be magnanimous at that point.

Piedmont has some organizational issues on the floor and a little less talent than murvul, but they could give the scots a game at PC

It's possible ... we'll just have to see which team shows up.  We've been very up and down this season.  But I'll give credit where credit is due ... the way Murvul plays, they do a great job of increasing the odds that you are not going to have one of your better games against them.

[scottiedoug]

Here is link to DailyTimes article on the Scots' as they are growing up:

http://thedailytimes.com/article/20090204/SPORTS/302049977

[old_lion]

gsac Stats - Sorted by Power Value Rating
Top 20 or so, as of 1/26/09

School   Player               GP FG Pct 3 Pct FT Pct rpg ppg  PPS PVR  apg tpg spg bpg

HC 15 Pittman, Jeremy.... 16 49.5% 50.0% 68.5% 8.6 18.6  1.54 45.5  1.3 2.1 1.7 1.4
MC 33 Eryk Watson........ 16 46.3% 41.1% 87.0% 4.7 19.4  1.35 39.2  2.4 3.1 1.5 0.4
PC  50 Herebia, J.C.......  18  62.3% 0.0% 73.4% 6.4 17.9  1.52 38.1  0.7 1.5 1.1 0.4
MC 50 Greg Hernandez..... 17 56.4% 0.0% 76.9% 7.9 15.5  1.62 37.6  1.1 1.7 0.8 0.8
               
LC 32 Joe Cromwell.......  20  50.8% 40.8% 67.6% 4.6 15.1  1.19 32.3  1.3 2.0 0.8 1.0
PC 11 Coppage, Samuel.... 18 46.3% 42.5% 86.2% 3.6 14.1  1.72 31.5  4.2 3.5 1.0 0.1
LC 4   Nic Whitfield......    20  47.6% 0.0% 60.8% 6.0 11.3  1.19 30.4  2.0 2.4 1.1 1.3
HC 55 Sprouse, Reggie.... 16 39.8% 27.1% 61.0% 4.2 13.2  1.13 28.5  1.9 3.4 2.1 0.3
               
PC 23 Rubio, Michael..... 18 34.5% 35.8% 79.5% 3.4 13.6  1.24 28.4  1.8 2.4 1.8 0.1
HC 34 Williams, Deshaun.. 8 51.1% 38.5% 61.1% 2.4 9.8  1.73 23.1  2.5 1.6 1.5 0.0
PC 24 Rush, Justin....... 18 46.6% 31.0% 73.2% 2.8 12.1  1.22 22.9  1.4 2.8 1.3 0.1
MC 11 Wes Lambert........ 17 43.8% 44.2% 57.1% 1.6 10.2  1.27 21.1  2.1 1.3 0.8 0.0
MC 5 Jordan Damron...... 17 38.8% 37.0% 87.8% 1.9 9.8  1.29 20.5  2.3 2.5 1.3 0.1
LC 10 Dillon McLaughlin.. 20 37.0% 35.2% 88.2% 2.0 9.5  1.23 20.3  2.9 3.1 1.2 0.1
HC 50 Murry, Doug........ 8 42.0% 20.0% 65.6% 2.4 10.4  1.20 20.1  1.0 1.6 0.8 0.1
PC 32 Gardner, Tracy..... 18 42.4% 22.2% 60.0% 6.5 4.0  1.09 17.6  0.9 1.1 0.6 0.4
LC 50 Deji Adako......... 20 34.6% 0.0% 61.0% 5.2 5.4  1.04 16.2  0.6 1.4 0.5 0.2
HC 30 Sampleton, David... 16 31.6% 22.9% 68.9% 3.0 7.3  0.99 15.7  0.8 1.8 0.8 0.1
HC 11 Turnipseed, D'Awval 8 41.2% 32.1% 25.0% 2.5 6.5  1.02 15.7  0.9 1.1 1.3 0.1
HC 3 Roberts, Chris..... 14 49.4% 50.8% 100.0% 0.7 9.2  1.45 15.1  0.4 1.0 0.7 0.0

Quite a battle developing for that final spot ... assuming, of course, that the gsac brain trust continues it's infamous 4 to a team logic.  logic ... obviously, I use the term loosely ...   

gsac Stats - Sorted by Power Value Rating            
Top 20 or so, as of 2/2/09

School   Player                     GP   -   FG Pct   3 Pct   FT Pct   rpg   ppg        PPS   PVR      apg   tpg   spg   bpg
                                                   
HC   15   Pittman, Jeremy....   18   -   52.4%   54.9%   68.8%   8.6   19.2      1.63   46.0      1.3   2.2   1.6   1.3
PC   50   Herebia, J.C.......     20   -   61.4%   0.0%   73.4%   6.4   18.3        1.51   38.7      0.7   1.5   1.2   0.4
MC   50   Greg Hernandez.....   18   -   55.9%   0.0%   76.9%   8.1   15.4      1.57   38.0      1.2   1.6   0.8   0.8
MC   33   Eryk Watson........   17   -   44.6%   40.8%   86.1%   4.6   18.5      1.30   37.7      2.3   3.0   1.5   0.4
                                                   
LC   32   Joe Cromwell.......   21   -   50.0%   39.6%   69.4%   4.7   15.0      1.17   32.6      1.4   2.0   0.9   1.0
PC   11   Coppage, Samuel..   20   -   48.2%   46.5%   86.7%   3.5   14.5      1.76   31.5      4.0   3.4   1.0   0.1
LC     4   Nic Whitfield......   21   -    48.5%   0.0%   59.0%   6.3   11.6        1.22   31.1      1.9   2.5   1.0   1.3
PC   23   Rubio, Michael.....   20   -   35.6%   35.5%   79.0%   3.2   13.8      1.28   28.3      1.7   2.4   2.0   0.1
                                                   
HC   40   Sprouse, Reggie....   18   -   38.8%   27.4%   60.5%   4.0   12.7      1.09   27.5      1.8   3.2   2.2   0.2
MC   5   Jordan Damron......   18   -   40.4%   38.7%   87.8%   2.0   10.6      1.30   22.3      2.4   2.6   1.3   0.2
HC   34   Williams, Deshaun..   10   -   50.0%   35.7%   60.3%   2.3   9.7      1.87   22.1      2.4   1.9   1.4   0.0
PC   24   Rush, Justin.......   20   -   47.1%   31.1%   73.8%   2.7   11.5      1.23   21.9      1.4   2.8   1.2   0.1
MC   11   Wes Lambert........   18   -   44.9%   43.9%   60.9%   1.7   10.5      1.29   21.8      2.2   1.3   0.8   0.0
LC   10   Dillon McLaughlin..   21   -   35.6%   34.8%   88.7%   2.1   9.3      1.20   20.4      2.9   3.0   1.2   0.1
HC   50   Murray, Doug.......   8   -   42.0%   20.0%   65.6%   2.4   10.4      1.20   20.1      1.0   1.6   0.8   0.1
PC   32   Gardner, Tracy.....   20   -   40.3%   19.0%   62.5%   6.4   3.9      1.07   17.5      1.1   1.2   0.6   0.4
HC   3   Roberts, Chris.....   16   -   47.7%   50.0%   92.3%   0.8   9.4      1.41   15.9      0.4   1.2   1.0   0.0
LC   50   Deji Adako.........   21   -   34.9%   0.0%   60.7%   5.0   5.3      1.05   15.8      0.6   1.3   0.4   0.2
HC   30   Sampleton, David...   16   -   31.6%   22.9%   68.9%   3.0   7.3      0.99   15.7      0.8   1.8   0.8   0.1
HC   32   Frazier, Alfonzo...   16   -   45.9%   0.0%   68.8%   4.2   5.6      1.22   13.8      0.3   1.6   0.4   0.2

Congrats Rubio, on moving into the top 8.
                  

[THE jackroberts]

im very, very proud to see the young scots having the success they are at this point in the season! The winning streak theyre on speaks for the mental toughness Lambert preaches every day and how quickly the new players/new stars have picked up on it. Im glad to see theyve done a great job of learning from the tough losses in the first semester and are now taking the long season one game at a time to make some noise at the right time. Its even more impressive that theyve strung together 8 in a row instead of winning a few here and there with a couple losses in between with a predominately young group!