MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

GSAC Killer · February 08, 2006, 12:57:20 PM

Coach Haynes I would love for you to see you wear one of those red blazers Saturday?? Possibility??
As much as you might think your struggling I believe you are a point guard away from being an 17 to 18 win program every year..... See you Saturday!!

old_lion · February 08, 2006, 01:07:13 PM

Quote from: mattgrubb on February 08, 2006, 09:43:01 AM

I think it is better to have several players who are better than your bottom players, that way you know your coaching has had an effect on your players while they have been in your system and you know who to go to when the game in on the line

Matt,

Here's another proponent of your viewpoint ...

"Hmmm ... all this "everyone is equal" stuff isn't working out nearly as well as we had hoped it would ..."
-- Mikhail Gorbachev --
Circa 1985

mattgrubb · February 08, 2006, 02:11:15 PM

Way to go coach
he is the 2nd greatest bball mind in East TN, behind lambert of course
I used to go to those camps too, i wonder if you use to pick on me? I think i got retribution. j/k
Pearl Jam is on fire here, knoxville is going crazy
Bruce Almighty has really sold the UT fans and they wanted to be sold for so long, Lofton played a great game, i would call it Monte Callowayesque
Coach Haynes, you need a bright red blazer
Now is Tennessee can win the SEC and MC can win the gsac, the world will be a better place

wilburt · February 08, 2006, 02:18:13 PM

Nice article on Pearl and UT's success:

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060204/SPORTS0601/602040365/1345/SPORTS

Interesting how the 2005-06 sports season has turned out.
Vanderbilt beats UT in football and Fisk beats Murvul in basketball. Go Nashville ...

Coach Haynes do you have a houndstooth hat to go with the Red Blazer?

mattgrubb · February 08, 2006, 02:45:52 PM

Wilburt i like your style, if coach haynes doesn't i will get him one to wear for the tourney

GSAC Killer · February 08, 2006, 03:19:38 PM

tO THE mc Wild Animal I saw you passed by the room and left som love!!haha

Hey just wanted La Grange and the Hawks know that the Scots have a big surprise coming for them!!! And I'm not telling... Only Matt Grubby knows......

8)

Ralph Turner · February 08, 2006, 04:50:59 PM

Quote from: wilburt on February 08, 2006, 02:18:13 PM

Interesting how the 2005-06 sports season has turned out.
Vanderbilt beats UT in football and Fisk beats Murvul in basketball....

Signs of the end-times? ? ?

mattgrubb · February 08, 2006, 05:03:15 PM

That is b/c the Grubby one is wise beyond his years
Grubb 4 life
This weekend is going to be great for Maryville I hope, but i think what is in the best overall interest for the gsac is not exactly in maryville's best interest, catch my drift?

Ralph Turner · February 08, 2006, 06:46:05 PM

Quote from: mattgrubb on February 08, 2006, 05:03:15 PM
This weekend is going to be great for Maryville I hope, but i think what is in the best overall interest for the gsac is not exactly in maryville's best interest, catch my drift?

Matt, I think that Maryville has not had anyone to push them. They hit the real competition in the NCAA Tourney and cannot quite shift into that next gear in time...close losses to John Carroll (2004) and Hanover (2003), not to mention failure to defend home court vs. Mississippi College in 2005. You have held your own against the ODAC, but the South is still weaker than the Great Lakes and the Midwest Regions.

Travel safely!

scottiedoug · February 08, 2006, 11:02:09 PM

It's gotta be good for the long run health of the current GSAC and for its national competitiveness for Maryville to get challenged regularly, even if it is not a lot of fun for us Scots fans. And it can't hurt trying to lure some other schools into the GSAC for it to be a stronger conference (unless schools would shy away from good and who really wants that).

wilburt · February 09, 2006, 07:35:09 AM

2006 South Region Rankings

1. Mississippi College 17-1 19-1
2. Trinity (Texas) 12-2 16-5
3. Virginia Wesleyan 18-3 19-3
4. Fisk 9-2 14-7
5. Howard Payne 15-3 16-3
6. Randolph-Macon 14-5 17-5
7. Southwestern 12-4 16-5
8. Maryville (Tenn.) 13-5 17-5

Ralph Turner you are so correct in your opinion about the GSAC and Maryville. Many from East Tennessee bemoan the fact that Fisk underachieves at times. I think someone said we should be unbeatable with the talent we have. Well if we played some of the other GSAC team's schedules perhaps we would be! For reasons I need not go into here, Fisk does play a tougher schedule than most of the GSAC which can take its toll on you at times.

As an aside, IMHO Fisk, Maryville and the entire GSAC would have a tough time in the ASC (either division) much less versus the teams in the Midwest/Great Lakes Regions... Imagine playing Mississippi College twice a year, year in and out

coachwgh · February 09, 2006, 11:10:28 AM

Two years ago I tried to buy a Panther red blazer in Danville, KY but unfortunately my wife wouldn't let me. Killa kill, I know your surprise and if we had a PG like you 17 or 18 wins would be a let down. Our players are fine by me, it's just their mistakes that get under my skin on occasion. I never picked on anyone at basketball camp. I did get my little debbies stolen from me by Dontonio Wingfield, later to play at Cincinnati, then Portland Trail Blazers, then Federal Prison. I should have seen that coming.

Hopefully Corie Jackson played himself onto the all conference team last night at PC. 7 of 7 from 3 in the second half plus 3 free throws to tie the game after being fouled on a three. We pulled our usual play dead for about 8 minutes int he second half so we get down double digits and then played our butts in the last 6. Jake Green hit a pull up off the glass with about 2.5 left and we had a decent 40 foot shot at the buzzer. About as decent as a 40 footer gets I guess. Coach Glenn and I were talking before the game and we brought the fact that the biggest thing we are teaching is decision making. We had some bad decisions. I think the biggest part of last night was that PC has a couple of kids that aren't afraid of making a play and they made a couple big ones in the last 2 minutes.

What happens if MC and FU get tripped up this weekend on their trip to the zoo to see the Panthers and the Hawks? Don't get me wrong. I want them both to make the tournament and win at least one game. Shoot, put them opposite each other in the final four, BUT that won't keep me from having my guys ready to correct the errors from the first time we played them and pull off the upset. I haven't talked with Coach Duckworth lately but I am pretty sure he wants to win as well. This kind of intrigue is awesome for our conference. A final weekend that not only decides conference seeding but the post season fate of a couple of teams. Now this is what conference basketball is supposed to be like. Now if we only had enough teams for an AQ, but we have beaten that horse enough. I hope we are able to maintain this for years to come.

scottiedoug · February 09, 2006, 11:15:07 AM

So, if William is correct, which I think he is, why is it that the ASC (incl. Mississippi College) can get better talent in D3 than the GSAC schools? I do not think the coaching in the GSAC is in any way inferior, so it might be the players!

Ralph? Pat? All y'all?

mattgrubb · February 09, 2006, 11:58:35 AM

Fisk lost last night at Martin Methodist

GSAC Killer · February 09, 2006, 12:55:01 PM

Two more days and I get to see my good old buddy Coach Haynes... Although he won't be wearing the red blazer I suggested I would love to see how long it takes him to take off his coat.. Over n under is 10 minutes??
Any takers?? ..lol...just playing...
It will be interesting to see if LaGrange can put themselves in the same situation they did here against the Scots but at home..A chance to win??...
Good luck to all this weekend a lot is at stake....

Old Lion how about that kid Jake Green??

P.S. The second coming of Placeres might be coming to a D3 near you...Watch out!!