MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[GSAC Killer]

Any info on any of the incoming recruting classes?? Hope everyone is having a good offseason and before you know it its here....
  Pretty decent recruiting class coming in for the Scots if they sign!!
Hope all is well with all you guys.. Grubb, Oh Yea, Wilburt, and Beaty..

  By the way OH Yea what happened to you on Sunday of that tournament we had up in Clinton??hahahahahahahaha

[wilburt]

No info on any recruiting classes Raul.  I would guess that the majority of GSAC recruits are still making up their minds about which school to attend.  I am sure they have their schools narrowed down to 2-3.

Fisk just had a "Scholars Weekend" for prospective students and I heard that a lot of "great students" either committed to attend my alma mater or reaffirmed their decision to attend Fisk.  Among the "great students" in the Class of 2010 is one student from a south suburban Chicago high school who has a 3.47 GPA and ranked 27th in their class and another incoming freshman is from a St. Louis, Missouri high school who has a 3.80 GPA and ranked 8th in their class of 147 and so on and so on...

Not aware as to whether any student-athletes made any commitments to attend Fisk yet!

[mattgrubb]

just know that lambert locks up his best recruits in the summer months

[wilburt]

just know that lambert locks up his best recruits in the summer months

So does the great Dr. Glover, Mr. Grubb...

[Spencer Beaty]

Most DIII players are waiting for the bigger programs to put the big money in their laps.  When that doesnt pan out they need somewhere to go so where do they turn to.  "The Murvul College Fighting Scots."

[wilburt]

True Coach Beaty, but I would add also that many of the same ones waiting to hear from the bigger programs may end up at the jucos. 

A friend of mine who has coached high school basketball said to me that rather than having to pay tuition at a D3 school for their freshman and sophomore years, many high school seniors will take a "full ride" for 2 years at the local juco and then transfer to a D2 school (if their skill set improves) or to a D3 school (paying only for their junior and senior years).

I remember when I was a high school senior (many moons ago) I chose Fisk University over Morehouse College primarily because of its outstanding academics, small class sizes and its fairly good track program (at that time). Even those Morehouse had produced multi-Olympic Gold Medal winner Edwin Moses, Fisk had produced several Division III track and field individual champions. The only recruiting contact I got for Track and Field was from Rose-Hulman. I was a "walk-on" for the Fisk Track team! 

[wilburt]

GSAC Killer talked about Murvul's recruits, but what about those guys that will leave or transfer from Murvul?  Like former Scot Jeff Willis who transfered to D2 Barry in Florida last season.  Surprised he got away from Murvul...

Question: can Oglethorpe afford to fly to Colorado College and those Texas schools in the SCAC for athletic contests in the near furture?  It might be tooooo expensive for Oglethorpe to stay in the SCAC if their travel budget keeps going up...  

[GSAC Killer]

I was the one who put Jk on at Barry.. They recruited me out of high school and junior college but I just didnt want to stay home.. He was a type of player who did not fit in here so I helped him out to go somewhere would he could play to his ability and talents...
  Da Ville might be better off if some of the guys do transfer... Well enough with that.. 1 more month of school left!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wilburt]

  Da Ville might be better off if some of the guys do transfer... Well enough with that..

Maybe yes, Maybe no Raul, but I'll never tell !

Question:  Anybody else you are sending to Barry after this season?  Or is this some type of Florida-Murvul trade deal where Jeff Willis was "the player to be named later" in the Raul Placeres for Lee Humphrey exchange?

[Spencer Beaty]

Bad news on the murvul line.  Apparantely 5 people have recently quit the MC basketball team to go in another direction.  These are unconfirmed but JJ and Trey Brewer have both left the team.  This is a blow for MC but we need people like Q and Alex Bowers (a really raw guard who can flat out play) to step it up.

[Spencer Beaty]

Hey that Humphrey for Placeres trade sounds ok with me.  Raul is all washed up anyways.

[wilburt]

Fisk's Chris Adams was a Nashville Civitan Nipper Sportsmanship Award honoree.   Congratulations Chris! This kind of makes up for not making the All-GSAC team. Check out articles...

http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section_id=7&screen=news&news_id=49275

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006604200430

[old_lion]

Fisk's Chris Adams was a Nashville Civitan Nipper Sportsmanship Award honoree.   Congratulations Chris! This kind of makes up for not making the All-GSAC team. Check out articles...

Huh? Sportsmanship Award ... Chris Adams? What in the world was that based on?

Personally, I like Chris. I've talked to him several times over the last couple of years, and he has always impressed me as a pretty good guy. But I have to admit, he is probably not in my top 100 of people I would have expected to win a Sportsmanship Award.

Interesting choice ...

[ohyeah]

Isnt this a guy that techs in crucial situations and got in a fight at Huntingdon?  Anyways, looks like Dr. Glover nominated him and they got awards if they were nominated. 

[mattgrubb]

Chris Adams sportsmanship, yeah and bill clinton is husband of the decade for the 1990's