MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[wilburt]

Colincondi?  Wilburt is there something else you want to share with us?

No, colincondi knows what I am referring to!

Do you think Fisk's athletic program has made any positive changes during these few years in conference limboland?

Oh yes. Leaving Division III was the beginning of those positive changes.

[Ralph Turner]

For those that may be interested, or never thought that another conference would ever want Fisk (ie Colincondi)!

Fisk University joins Gulf Coast Athletic Conference

March 18, 2010

Hattiesburg, Miss. - The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference has announced the addition of three new members for the 2010-2011 athletic season. The three new members are Voorhees College, Fisk University and Edward Waters College. They join HBCUs Xavier University, Dillard University, Southern University at New Orleans and Tougaloo College for the 2010-2011 season and bring the conference to a total of 13 members.

Kiki Baker Barnes, President of the GCAC, said, "This is great day for the GCAC. I am thrilled about the new schools that are joining us. I am looking forward to the new rivalries and increased spirit that it will bring to all of our schools. I am looking forward to expanding the conference even further in the years to come."

Voorhees College is located in Denmark, South Carolina (www.voorhees.edu), Fisk University is in Nashville, Tennessee (www.fisk.edu) and Edward Waters College is located in Jacksonville, Florida (www.ewc.edu).

Thanks wilburt.

Wow, that is a geographical shift to the east for that conference.  I have heard that LSU-Shreveport is moving to the Red River AC (totally appropriate as the Red River bisects that city.)  I need the news release to confirm the rumor.

[colincondi]

Wilburt,

I am glad that Fisk has joined a conference and I hope they do well.  I'm also glad to hear you say that they've made many positive changes to the athletic program.  Just curious, but what are some of those positive changes (besides leaving D III)?

Is Fisk going to be adding some sports or are they going to stick with just three sports (the Fisk website lists men's and women's basketball and women's softball)?

I think Fisk is a great academic institution with a great history.  I don't think they were pulling their weight in terms of athletics (besides men's basketball, in which they were very good) a few years ago in the GSAC.  That has nothing to do with race, and only with results on the fields and courts and some issues of not showing up for scheduled competitions.  I think the charges of racism were unneccasary and unfounded, and feel that calling someone a racist is a serious charge that shouldn't be thrown around lightly.

Best of luck to Fisk in their future endeavors.  I wish them great succes in the GCAC.

Colincondihillary

[MCSID]

Congratulations to Maryville's Greg Hernandez who was named a NABC All-American.

[Ralph Turner]

It looks like there is a re-alignment in the NAIA conferences in the South in 2010-11.

New schools in the  Southern State AC include Belhaven, Loyola New Orleans, Spring Hill, William Carey and University of Mobile from the GCAC plus independent Truett-McConnell.

Joining the GCAC in 2010-11 are Fisk and Voorhees who are independents this season.  Edwards Waters joins from the Sun Conference, too.

LSU-Shreveport is not mentioned as a 2010-11 member in the GCAC, so assume my source is correct.

[Ron Domino]

Congratulations to Maryville's Greg Hernandez who was named a NABC All-American.

This is great news.  He worked extremely hard for this.

I wish the NABC would have named 3 teams several years ago as Maryville would have had a few more participants on the All America team. 

[scottiedoug]

Greg also was named D3 Hoops third team All-American.  A higher honor, I think, than the NABC deal.   

[old_lion]

feel that calling someone a racist is a serious charge that shouldn't be thrown around lightly.

Agreed.  I have felt for quite sometime now, that all too often, the charge of racism is thrown around way too casually and inappropriately.  (And, I feel it is often used disingenuously by some unscrupulous people who seem to have a vested interest in keeping the racism issue alive.  I am NOT referring to Wilburt here.)

That has many negative ramifications ...
* It weakens the credibility of the "race card player".
* It diminishes the impact of real cases of racism, in that it raises the skepticism of the average person when the "race card' is over-played.
* I think it unnecessarily "picks at old scabs" that, IMHO, should have healed long ago.
* Etc. , etc. ...

Moreover, I think it often tends to shift the focus away from the real underlying issues.

We have an awful lot of "crap" going on in this country that we should all be greatly concerned about.  Maybe racism is one of them ... but how high on the priority list should it be? Pointlessly yapping at each other about racial issues is (not always, but many times)  counter productive.  That's my opinion ...

With all due respect to my friend, Wilburt ... I really don't believe race had much ,if any, to do with Fisk's problems in the gsac.

Personally, I hated to see Fisk go.   I always enjoyed playing them in bball and I always enjoyed my trips to Nashville.  I wish they had had more resources to devote to their athletic programs.

I wish them well in their new affiliation.

Also, congrats to Greg for his post season honors.  They are well-deserved.

[Spencer Beaty]

Very proud of Gregg's postseason honor.  He has definitely shown how buying into Randy's philosophy can pay big dividends.  If anyone would have told me that Gregg would have been a starter from MC his freshman year I would not have believed them, but Gregg worked hard and played harder.  Congratulations to him and hopefully he has instilled some of his work effort in the young gun Scots!

[coachwgh]

All,
The GABCA was started 3 years ago by Ponder(OU), Glenn(PC), Zimmerman(EU) and myself(LC).  This year is our first state all star game.  I am posting the rosters just in case there is interest to view this event.  If you are curious about this little endeavor of ours, you can find a link on the Piedmont basketball website.  The game will start at 7:30 on Saturday, March 27th at Oglethorpe. 

Light Jerseys                                                                            Dark Jerseys                                       
Bernard Rimmer (North Georgia)                                            Andrew Bennett (North Georgia)
Lee Trebotich (Berry)                                                              Jaquas Dobbs (Clayton)
Wil Blackwell (Berry)                                                              Robert Murray (Clayton)
Chris Telesford (Columbus State)                                            J.C. Herebia (Piedmont)
Brandon Bland (Columbus State)                                            Chad Hixon (Emory)
David Allison (Oglethorpe)                                                      Dan Curtain (Emory)
Jake Rios (Georgia College)                                                     Anthony Fernandez (Emory)
Mike Creppy (Clark Atlanta)                                                   Graham Martin (Georgia College)
Jonathan Belt (Clark Atlanta)                                                   Ty Rowland (Georgia College)
Joe Cromwell (LaGrange)                                                        Avery Morris (Emmanuel)
Jasmine Rogers (Southern Poly)                                              Shawn Courtney (Emmanuel


Sorry this didn't paste very nice but I really don't have time to pretty it up for you.

[scottiedoug]

Maryville announces several recruits:

http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/athletics/news-detail.asp?sportNameID=5&id=3505

http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/athletics/news-detail.asp?sportNameID=5&id=3506

[scottiedoug]

A couple more Maryville recruits:

http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/athletics/news-detail.asp?sportNameID=5&id=3509

http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/athletics/news-detail.asp?sportNameID=5&id=3508

I think Rivera's high school coach was a former Maryville Scot, Babatu Willingham, so he comes having some sense of what is expected of him.

[scottiedoug]

Another Maryville commitment/

http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/athletics/news-detail.asp?sportNameID=5&id=3512

Looks like RDL has several "projects" coming in.

[scottiedoug]

Another Maryville commitment.

http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/athletics/news-detail.asp?sportNameID=5&id=3515

We are still waiting for the big guys who are ready to contribute next year!

[scottiedoug]

More Maryville recruiting results:

http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/athletics/news-detail.asp?sportNameID=5&id=3525

Maybe the Scots can trade some guards for some size!