MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[wilburt]

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.

True Doug Fisk has lost as much as HC. However, I doubt that it will take Dr. Glover another 4 years to make Fisk "competitive" like I anticipate it will for Mr. Duckworth to develop his fall's incoming class of recruits.

Take another wild guess Doug  . 

[Spencer Beaty]

Grubb if you say Orr is taking the starting spot away from Jeremy you are full of it.  Orr is nothing but a cupcake with strawberry frosting.  I do agree from what i have heard that a very awesome PG is coming to town and bo will move to the shooting guard where he belongs.  Bring a very improved bench with Bradely Blair, Alex Bowers, and Sam Coppage along with a very good transfer at the 4 spot that isnt as good as jeremy though,  Grubb i think we are talking bout the same guy.

[mattgrubb]

I bet we see holliday at the 3 some b/c of his defensive capabilities
How can Duckworth get all he can from his players and then be mediocre
Seriously Pat you are right, who is the second?

[GSAC Killer]

If anyone knows me I am as optimistic as they come but I really don't feel the 2006-2007 Scots are really good right now.. They lack leadership and starting material wings.. Q and Bowers are good players but they are role players.. Bo is better suited at the 2 but I don't think that change will be made.
  I have seen both point guards that are be recruited and Samuel Coppage is as good ro better and that is not saying much..
  The good thing is that Dr.Randy D. Lambert will make it happen but I believe it is going to be difficult.. Good thing is the conference will be weak next year..
The Fighting Scots have not had a good 4 man since Walden Buttram... Holiday and Orr combined don't make a good 4 man..
  The kid coming in from Miami is going to be a force to be reckoned with after Bobby and Bradley graduate.. Every other recruit has been AVERAGE!!

[wilburt]

How can Duckworth get all he can from his players and then be mediocre
Seriously Pat you are right, who is the second?

Let me explain: Duckworth got all he could from his players THIS SEASON. 

NEXT SEASON will likely be a mediocre one for HC.  Why?  Duckworth loses his nucleus. Furthermore, it took Duckworth 4 years to develop the class of recruits that included Allen White from Freshmen year to their Senior year this past season.  If history repeats itself, then it will likely take him another 4 years to return to the top of the GSAC.

Oglethorpe is the second...

Fisk loses its nucleus as well, but from what I've been able to gauge we will reload instead of rebuild!

[old_lion]

How can Duckworth get all he can from his players and then be mediocre
Seriously Pat you are right, who is the second?

Let me explain: Duckworth got all he could from his players THIS SEASON. 

Oglethorpe is the second...

Huh? I'm afraid I'm going to need an explanation on this one too ...

[d3ball]

Im sorry but I couldnt help to hear you guys make any more excuses about Huntingdon only reason why they won was because they played on there home court when we completely demoralize Maryville in the championship and Lambert just sat back folded his legs and put his hands over head with 8 mins to go. We just were the better team hands down and next year we will be good. we still have Cole Hairston who nobody in the whole league can match up with and with Dave Sampleton who was on the all freshman team to carry us and few recruits coming in that are also very good to help feel the roles that are gone now Anyways, HC will once silence all doubters next year and being in contention for another Championship

[wilburt]

The Oglethorpe reference was a joke Old Lion...

d3ball: I can't wait to see what HC has next season 

[old_lion]

The Oglethorpe reference was a joke Old Lion...

I assumed so ... it's a shame it's not true, they would make a nice addition to the GSAC.

[mattgrubb]

bout time we got a good HC guy on the board, welcome fellow gsac POY Allen White,
I agree you were the better team on that day and late in the season, probably not the whole season, b/c MC losing Monte would have been like HC losing you, changes alot
I have always thought Duckworth has a very disciplined system and now i think that system is engrained and HC will flourish and he is in a big city, hopefully easier to recruit, than a small town, but lambert is reaching icon level status, a writer for the knoxville newspaper told me the other day he was falling in love with the maryville system and was pushing for more coverage, i think the bruce pearl effect which has swept Tennessee and the nation, is having a trickle down effect to the great program has had for years and people now know what one looks like so they appreciate maryville bball

D3Ball do you know my good friend Alex Oliver down there in Montgomery, he was a stud for ASU

D3Ball i had to take your karma just cause you were the first POY not from maryville, nothing personal

[old_lion]

We just were the better team hands down and next year we will be good. we still have Cole Hairston who nobody in the whole league can match up with and with Dave Sampleton who was on the all freshman team to carry us and few recruits coming in that are also very good to help feel the roles that are gone now Anyways, HC will once silence all doubters next year and being in contention for another Championship

D3ball, I'll give you high marks for your school spirit and loyalty ... for your prognostication ability, not so high ... we'll see.

I like Hairston and Sampleton, but they are going to need a lot of help ... at least 4 or 5 quality new guys. Do you have that much help in the pipeline? If so, let's hear some details ...

BTW, as a D3 bball fan, I detest recruiting season. I find the lack of info and commitments very frustrating. I don't see how the D3 coaches have the patience for it, year in and year out.

I wish there was a better forum for at least tracking the "verbal commitments" of in-coming D3 players. If anyone knows of one, please let me know.

[wilburt]

Here is some d3football recruiting info Old Lion.  Murvul just got another football player. Read the link:

http://www.loudon.xtn.net/index.php?table=news&template=news.view.subscriber&newsid=130176

[scottiedoug]

GSACKiller at al:  I know that Randall D. Lambert has helped several "average" recruits become way better than that after they are around MC for a year or two.  Since highschool hotshots get a lot of attention from the NAIA and D2 coaches, the D3 coaches have to have a sharp eye for unrealizedinhighschool potential.  Even Buttram was way better his second year.  Other examples include Ennen.  Even Watts.  So, any of the new guys likely to make the list?  Maybe Orr is such a player?

[Spencer Beaty]

Let me be the first to say that in most of the people you named had the ability but not the brains.  Right now im not sure if orr has either.  Murvul could possibly go big with golden bradely and holliday with Q and Bo.  That would be some intimidating matchups for the opposition.  Just a thought.

[Spencer Beaty]

Are you really Allen White d3ball?