MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[Spencer Beaty]

I think we should drop the whole sportsmanship award debate.  Its over he has the award probably in a box somewhere because he doesnt even care about it.  That is the way sportsmanship awards work.  You get it and hide it.

[wilburt]

Congrats Coach Beaty...

Chris Adams and Dr. Glover RULE!!!!!!

P.S. Is Grubb's namesake Brent?  Enquiring minds want to know?

[Spencer Beaty]

I could tell ya but i would have to kill ya.

[mattgrubb]

my namesake is calvin brodus

Just a hint at the future but murvul's starting line up next year will be

freshman PG
Bo Mason at the duece
Quinn Bradley
Chris "Cuffs" Orr or a transfer that i already know about
Bobby Golden Corral anchoring the inside

coming off the bench
Jeremy Holliday
Bradley "i beat Carson Newman" Blair
Lil Samuel Coppage

[wilburt]

Okay Snoop Doggy Grubb!

Looks like from that lineup that Murvul will lose some more GSAC games next season...  I thought you guys were going to improve?

[mattgrubb]

that line up is probably the strongest frontcourt line up the GSAC has seen since Ennen, Sigmund, and Tummel, while not that strong b/c Ennen and Tummel were superstuds, the best post players the gsac has ever and may will ever see, Blair and Golden are tough
There is a lot of depth down low and i expect to see either cuffs or Holliday on the perimeter at some point, more of a defensive move, but who knows who lambert has coming in as his surprise recruit, he will have one for sure

Bow Wow Wow

[scottiedoug]

Can any of y'all who know things Murvul share info as to why there have been more defections than usual?

I infer that this freshman pg is pretty good, since it seemed like Coppage could play well enough to let Bo play the two.  What is it about The Redhead that lets him step ahead of Jeremy?  Has he reached 150 lbs. yet?

[wilburt]

that line up is probably the strongest frontcourt line up the GSAC has seen since ....

Yea Grubb, that front court is really strong and tough enough all right.  So much so that they lost to Huntingdon's big men twice last season!   

[mattgrubb]

lets be honest, yes or no, HC has better big men than maryville?

NO

The problems the scots have faced and are facing are in the backcourt, Bo is not a pg, without Monte, the best player in the gsac last year, they did not have a consistent threat, Coppage is a backup pg, unless you need him to start b/c there is no one else

Maryville's problems have and will be in the backcourt, William you have seen them play and you know this is true

[wilburt]

HC's big men were not athletic and didn't move well.  I concede that.  Plus HC's guards were EXTREMELY vulnerable to the full court press which neither Fisk nor Murvul exploited very well at the GSAC tourney. 

But give HC and Duckworth credit.  He got the most out of his talent.  They had arguably the third most talented team in the GSAC and they won it all on their home court! 

[mattgrubb]

Wilburt
I hate to say it, but i completely agree with you and now there is a third legit contender year in and year out for the gsac tournament title

I will not concede the regular season crown yet, until someone takes it and murvul has never lost it

[wilburt]

Wilburt
I hate to say it, but i completely agree with you and now there is a third legit contender year in and year out for the gsac tournament title

You were doing well Grubb (by agreeing with me) until you said there was a third legit contender year in and year out for the GSAC tourney title. 

There may be a third contender next year but it certainly won't be HC.  It took Duckworth 4 years to get to this point and it will take another 4 years for him to return (given the players he has lost to graduation).  As I said before, HC will likely return to mediocrity next season...   

Sorry Coach Haynes, but that third contender next season should be Piedmont if their nucleus returns!

[Pat Coleman]

Who's the second?

[wilburt]

Take a wild guess...

[scottiedoug]

William:  Last time I looked, Fisk lost quite as much as HC did and you have written them off, after extolling Coach Duckworth as able to get all there is from his players.  So I am finding the wild guessing just that.