MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[scottiedoug]

Old_Lion will we see your smiling face at Murvul?

[scotfan]

MC 96, Piedmont 62

Congratulations Scots on another GSAC regular season title!

[scottiedoug]

If the Scots can play defense like they did for the first half of the Piedmont game, they could win several more games, including beyond next weekend.
The Lions had 19 points at the half.

[mattgrubb]

OUCHTOWN, population Piedmont Lions, Bro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That must have been a beat down, unfortunately the grubby one could not be there, but good for the scots.  Should make the gsac tourney boring and another scots victory!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go Scots!!!!!!!

[THE jackroberts]

Very proud of the scots for the revenge win! Now Ill only be satisfied if they win the next 19 against piedmont which i believe is what the series was 19-0?? Its the best time of the season now and our boys seem to be on a little bit of a roll. Hopefully the the good shooting will continue and the offense stays solid but if not i wanted to remind our scots that its defensive performances like the one in the first half against piedmont that keeps you advancing! Hopefully they stay ultra aggressive on the defensive end because it makes the rest of the game easier!

[MCSID]

GSAC basketball tournament begins Tuesday with women's first round games
GSAC Sports Information
The 2010 Great South Athletic Conference Championship Tournament begins Tuesday with two women's first round games. The tournament continues Friday and Saturday with the semifinals and championship games at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga.

The women's first round games will be played at the higher seed. Third-seeded Piedmont hosts sixth-seeded Salem and fourth-seeded Agnes Scott hosts fifth-seeded Spelman. Game time is 7 p.m. for both games.

Friday Schedule
1 p.m. Women's Semifinal
#1 Maryville vs. Agnes Scott/Spelman winner
3 p.m. Men's Semifinal
#1 Maryville vs. #4 Huntingdon
* 5:30 p.m. Women's Semifinal
#2 LaGrange vs. Piedmont/Salem winner
7:30 p.m. Men's Semifinal
#2 Piedmont vs. #3 LaGrange

* Agnes Scott, if playing Friday, will play the 5:30 game regardless of seed.

Saturday Schedule
2 p.m. Women's Championship Game
4 p.m. Men's Championship Game

All of the games at Agnes Scott College on Friday and Saturday will be available on FREE live video and audio at www.pennatlantic.com (Look under Agnes Scott College)

Ticket Prices
Children age 5 and under are free
$15- Adult General Admission Tournament Pass
$10- Adult General Admission Single Day Pass
$8 - Student/Senior General Admission Tournament Pass (with ID)
$5 - Student/Senior General Admission Single Day Pass (with ID)
There are no team pass lists allowed for the tournament.

[batteredbard]

Four seasons and just when Im ready to go back to a place I know a bit, we're going to Agnes Scott? Do they even have a boys locker room for the teams?
But at least its Atlanta. So who else is making the trip down this weekend for the tourneys?

I believe we're going to be able to get some extra stuff up the web, but I'll post it here what we'll be offering once its definite.

Ralph, its been a bit but my point about South Region is that because of the focal centers at the edges VA NC TX and the middle (GA) being split up everywhere that its been a recipe for disaster. That vast open space of TN where MC and Rhodes are farther apart than if MC was in ODAC is just an example. The SCAC has/had other options for expansion and went out of region (and I hope everytime they have to fly to Col for a game their ADs feel a small tinge of 'what were we thinking') If you started from scatch you could make some decent conferences that keep most traditional rivalries alive and make economic travel sense, but that's a little dream world I know.

And for Wilburt, fresh off the AP Wire
Supreme Court will not hear case on Fisk artwork
NASHVILLE  — Tennessee's Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling that a New Mexico museum has no rights to an art collection at Fisk University in Nashville.
The financially struggling university had asked the Chancery Court in Nashville for permission to sell two of the works from its Stieglitz collection. The 101 works were donated to Fisk by the late painter Georgia O'Keeffe. The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico, had filed suit.
The school later proposed a $30 million arrangement to share the collection with the Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Ark.
Tennessee's Court of Appeals ruled in July the museum has no standing in court.
It is now up to the Chancery Court to decide whether Fisk can sell any of the work.
The Supreme Court issued its decision on Monday.

[old_lion]

But, none of the above will really matter, when it comes to all-gsac selections.  We both know the gsac brain trust has never given the issue that much thoughtful consideration. Here is my prediction as to what they will come up with ...

All-Conference Team
Greg Hernandez, Maryville, SR, C, Miami, Fla., 19.9 ppg, 9.6 rpg.
Eryk Watson, Maryville, JR, G, Powder Springs, Ga., 16.6 ppg., 4.0 rpg.
Nic Whitfield, LaGrange, JR, F, Stockbridge, Ga., 16.2 ppg., 8.0 rpg.
J.C. Herebia, Piedmont, SR, F, Pharr, Texas, 14.2 ppg, 5.6 rpg.
Michael Rubio, Piedmont, SR, G, Cumming, Ga., 13.7 ppg., 2.3 rpg.
Reggie Sprouse, Huntingdon, SR, G, Montgomery, Ala., 13.6 ppg., 5.2 rpg.
Joe Cromwell, LaGrange, SR, G, Atlanta, Ga., 13.6 ppg., 4.9 rpg.
Ephriam Hudson, Huntingdon, JR, G, Montgomery, Ala., 11.0 ppg., 3.2 rpg.


Of course, this is subject to change should someone else break into the top 8 in scoring ... sigh ...

Also,

Sam doesn't have all gsac numbers at PC.  But, a lot more than just numbers, should be considered.

Well, I'm amazed ... the gsac brain trust didn't just pick the top 8 scorers.  It's a shame that it's taken them this long to recognize that a guy can be one of the league's best, most valuable, without being one of the top scorers.  That's progress, I guess ...

Now I can't wait for that 5th team to join, so I can quit looking at these silly, 8 man teams.

The recently announced gsac All-Conference Team:
Samuel Coppage, Piedmont, SR, G, Ringgold, Ga.
Joe Cromwell, LaGrange, SR, G, Atlanta, Ga.
J.C. Herebia, Piedmont, SR, F, Pharr, Texas,
Greg Hernandez, Maryville, SR, C, Miami, Fla.
Michael Rubio, Piedmont, JR, G, Cumming, Ga.
Reggie Sprouse, Huntingdon, SR, G, Montgomery, Ala.
Eryk Watson, Maryville, JR, G, Powder Springs, Ga.
Nic Whitfield, LaGrange, JR, F, Stockbridge, Ga.

Top Scorers:
SCORING                      GP FG 3FG FT Points Avg/G
1. Greg Hernandez-MCM  24 183 1 113 480 20.0
2. Eryk Watson-MCM  25 133 36 115 417 16.7
3. Nic Whitfield-LCM  25 151 0 102 404 16.2
4. Herebia, J.C.-PCM  25 146 9 58 359 14.4
5. Joe Cromwell-LCM  25 144 23 33 344 13.8
6. Rubio, Michael-PCM  25 90 42 115 337 13.5
7. Reggie Sprouse-HCM  21 104 14 59 281 13.4
8. Ephraim Hudson-HCM  23 91 52 24 258 11.2
9. Wes Lambert-MCM  25 89 56 16 250 10.0
10. Coppage, Samuel-PCM  23 53 25 91 222 9.7

[old_lion]

That's progress, I guess ...

More kudos for the gsac brain trust ... in the past, I think they have put too much emphasis on the teams' W/L records when selecting all-gsac.  They seemed to have adhered to the formula of ...
  Best record - 3 guys
  Next two - 2 guys each
  Worst record - 1 guy

Had they done that again this year, either Whitfield or Cromwell would have been left off ... and they both were clearly deserving.  So, on that point, way to go guys.

However, I do think they missed an opportunity to award the COY to someone other than Lambert.  I think a strong case can made for Coach Glenn.  His 07-08 class was the backbone of PC's program for 4 years ... and PC struggled greatly without them in 08-09.  Seems to me, Glenn deserved some recognition for the substantial progress PC made this season.  I also think you would have seen a much stronger finish to their season, had they not lost Gardner 6 games ago.

[THE jackroberts]

Not only does Piedmont get 3 guys on the all conference team, old lion wants coach of the year also!? Unless another team can either sweep maryville, win the gsac championship, or earn 20+ wins then Coach Lambert should and deservingly so win COY! Its starting to get reeaaal deep in here.

[THE jackroberts]

And congratulations Greg on earning POY! You deserve every bit of it!

[old_lion]

Not only does Piedmont get 3 guys on the all conference team, old lion wants coach of the year also!? Unless another team can either sweep maryville, win the gsac championship, or earn 20+ wins then Coach Lambert should and deservingly so win COY! Its starting to get reeaaal deep in here.

Heck, Jack ... in light of Murvul's historical dominance, if any other coach can beat RDL once, don't you think he deserves COY?   

And congratulations Greg on earning POY! You deserve every bit of it!

I'm with you on that one.

Piedmont get 3 guys on the all conference team

Not that I think that, considered individually, any of the 3 were undeserving ... but that the gsac would actually put 3 from PC and only 2 from MC on there ... well, I'm probably as shocked as you are.

[mattgrubb]

i just figured murvul's starting 5 would be the all conference team
they would beat the 5 best players from the other 3 gsac teams

And we all know Kendal Wallace was coach of the year

Who really cares about individual awards anyway (spoken like a guy who got one) its the team awards that make for the best experiences.  Sorry the Jackroberts but you can come over to my place and see some real hardware or Greg Hernandez's for that matter.  i would take a second or 3rd weekend of ncaa tourney play over any individual award.

MC better win this tournament by 30+ points per game and then go win some dang NCAA games.

[Spencer Beaty]

Congrats to the Scots on their GSAC championship!

[mattgrubb]

who cares about the GSAC

Win some dang NCAA games!!!!!!