MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[scottiedoug]

Eryk Watson certainly deserved to be first team all region!  Congratulations!

[scottiedoug]

Great to see Eryk Watson make second team All American from D3Hoops.  He is in pretty good company and being named in the top 10 nationally is great for him and for Maryville's program.

[scottiedoug]

Daily Times has a good article about Eryk Watson as All-American:

http://www.thedailytimes.com/Sports_News/story/Great_Scot%3A_MC%E2%80%99s_Watson_named_D3hoops_All-American_id_009226

[bballlover]

The resignation of Coach Haynes comes as a big shock to me.Good luck to him.

[Ralph Turner]

The resignation of Coach Haynes comes as a big shock to me.Good luck to him.

Coach Haynes resigns.

We are gonna miss you.

[scottiedoug]

This is bad news for LaGrange and D3/GSAC basketball.  A person does have to make a living, however.

[old_lion]

Coach Haynes,

Sorry to see you go.  I agree with Phil Williamson's remark ... you could always count on your teams playing with max effort.  The gsac just got less interesting.

Good luck with your new career.

[coachwgh]

Well, there are many things that I will miss about not coaching at LaGrange and having you guys take it easy on me on this board is definitely one of them.  Its not first, that would be working with Mark Isenhour, but it is in the top 25. 
There are things to look forward to though.  Like, not driving a bus back from Holly Springs, MS at 1am.  I will miss dearly, Ms. Annies buffet in Holly Springs.  If you ever travel with a team to Rust College, please go eat at Annie's!  The chicken is juicy, the vegetables are buttery, the cakes are moist and she has a picture on the wall with Steven Segal, which you can't top. 
One thing I hate about leaving is that my record gets plastered all over now, but I guess that's like a Tiger Woods mistress photo; I did it, now I got to live with it.  Sure I would have liked to have won more games and had taller post players and a better schedule and a newer gym and a bigger budget but who wouldn't.  One thing I did have was an awesome opportunity to connect with some special young adults.  One of my favorite things about the summer is wedding season.  No, contrary to popular belief  it is not because I have an abnormal foundness of wedding gowns, but because it is great to get that invitation in the mail for a former player's wedding.  Watching one of those guys step in to marriage and knowing that all that running, lifting and vocal abuse I put them through will be nothing compared to what their wives will put them through, puts a smile on my face. 
I wish everyone on this GSAC board the very best.  I will be around, possibly more than ever and if you feel like you are running low on coachwgh  just follow me on Twitter. @coachwgh
By the way; I was the white guy who could jump in high school and juco but Jacoob Tucker is amazing!

[Ralph Turner]

Well, there are many things that I will miss about not coaching at LaGrange and having you guys take it easy on me on this board is definitely one of them.  Its not first, that would be working with Mark Isenhour, but it is in the top 25. 
There are things to look forward to though.  Like, not driving a bus back from Holly Springs, MS at 1am.  I will miss dearly, Ms. Annies buffet in Holly Springs.  If you ever travel with a team to Rust College, please go eat at Annie's!  The chicken is juicy, the vegetables are buttery, the cakes are moist and she has a picture on the wall with Steven Segal, which you can't top. 
One thing I hate about leaving is that my record gets plastered all over now, but I guess that's like a Tiger Woods mistress photo; I did it, now I got to live with it.  Sure I would have liked to have won more games and had taller post players and a better schedule and a newer gym and a bigger budget but who wouldn't.  One thing I did have was an awesome opportunity to connect with some special young adults.  One of my favorite things about the summer is wedding season.  No, contrary to popular belief  it is not because I have an abnormal foundness of wedding gowns, but because it is great to get that invitation in the mail for a former player's wedding.  Watching one of those guys step in to marriage and knowing that all that running, lifting and vocal abuse I put them through will be nothing compared to what their wives will put them through, puts a smile on my face. 
I wish everyone on this GSAC board the very best.  I will be around, possibly more than ever and if you feel like you are running low on coachwgh  just follow me on Twitter. @coachwgh
By the way; I was the white guy who could jump in high school and juco but Jacoob Tucker is amazing!

...it is great to get that invitation in the mail for a former player's wedding.  Watching one of those guys step in to marriage and knowing that all that running, lifting and vocal abuse I put them through will be nothing compared to what their wives will put them through, puts a smile on my face.

Coach, you don't have a signature line on your posts.

You ought to consider that as the content of your signature line. 

[scottiedoug]

Maryville has successfully recruited a couple of 6'5" players.  Last year was the year for guards; maybe this year is for bigger people!

http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/athletics/sport/general/news/details/3856/

http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/athletics/sport/general/news/details/3859/

[scottiedoug]

Nice article by Stefan Cooper about Randy and Wes Lambert and bb coaching in Blount Today.

http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/athletics/sport/general/news/details/3881/

[bballlover]

Some Piedmont News:http://www.usasouth.net/general/2010-11/11piedmontjoin

[Pat Coleman]

There's more/better information in our story:
http://www.d3sports.com/notables/2011/04/piedmont-to-join-usac

[Ralph Turner]

There's more/better information in our story:
http://www.d3sports.com/notables/2011/04/piedmont-to-join-usac

I really don't want Huntingdon to get left out in the cold.

As an isolated independent, which is what they would become if Maryville and LaGrange leave the GSAC for the USA South, then Huntingdon needs to start thinking out of the box, including moving to D-II.

Has future GSAC member Covenant been in the discussions on their timetable?  

[wilburt]

Congratulations!