MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[scottiedoug]

Did anyone on this board see Maryville-Huntingdon last week?  I would love to hear from someone who was there how the Scots managed to hold the Hawks to 29 points and if whatever thay were doing can happen regularly the rest of the year.

I do not see why Pat clogs up the machinery with smiting if there is no method for dealing with smating-for-the-hell-of-it every day. 

MC's gym is pretty ideal size-wise for having a good crowd seem like one.  Having relatively local players (a couple of hours or less away) helps (especially if they are any good).

[mattgrubb]

yeah then there is playing in front of a Calvin/Hope crowd of 6000 in a 5000 seat gym

[allsky7]

maryville ranked #9 in attendance last year in D3.  usually their will be about 850 to 1000 fans there.  for a rivalry game like a Carson Newman (D2) the place will fill all 2000 seats and there will be  people standing.  Nothing like a hope/calvin but not bad for the south.  Conference games are always good for attendance and the scots have a good following from their community and alumni.

And by the way, Pat get ready cause Randall D. Lambert currently has 494 career victories in D3 and we are going to go nuts when he gets 500 and we know that you like Randy as much as we do and you are going to do one of your phenomenal feature stories on him.

Go Scots

I'd love to go to a DIII game with a huge crowd, but I'd rather attend a sold out game in a 2000 seat gym than see a game with 2500 spectators in a 10,000 seat arena.  I'm not sure if that makes any sense, but that's what it feels like for DIII games at the 20,000 seat Greensboro Coliseum.  I'd rather see a full house in the gyms on campus.

Wow!   Four ninety four and counting is quite an accomplishment.  I hope he gets 500 this season!  Congratulations.

     hasa....makes perfect sense. I'm with ya.  8)

[GSAC Killer]

GSAC COACH of the Year : Warren Haynes .. Batman!!!!! watch out...

All kidding aside I think Coach Haynes and Coach Lambert have done a great job... But Coach Lambert is and should be the coach of the year!!

[Spencer Beaty]

GSAC COACH of the Year : Warren Haynes .. Batman!!!!! watch out...

All kidding aside I think Coach Haynes and Coach Lambert have done a great job... But Coach Lambert is and should be the coach of the year!!

Well I am a bigger Randy Lambert fan than all of you.  He is my sponsor and I have known him my whole life, but with all that in mind you have to consider what Coach Haynes has done.  Then you give the award to Randy.

[mattgrubb]

i think it is a tough call, but if maryville goes through the gsac undefeated could you really give it to anyone else?  Randy does have a lot of talent this year.  Before we give any awards let's see if Coach Haynes can sweep Piedmont this year.  Go panthers

[coachwgh]

Speaking of coaches...did anyone see the presentation from Coach Robert Montgomery Knight last night to Rick Barnes?  Total class act!  I love the fact that sometimes coaches show a side other than what they are with a whistle around their neck.  Another example...Bruce Pearl, who stopped the skid last night.  During lunch CSS shows the coaches shows from around the sec and acc and it is interesting to see which ones are loose and which ones talk as if they are reporting to the Board of Trustees. 

LaGrange-Piedmont Saturday part deux.  I have a feeling we won't be able to hold them in the 60's again.  All I know is that it is GSAC road play.  I equate it to Big East road play.  Cold weather and even colder fans.   

On attendance...we have had a couple of good crowds this month in our home stretch even though we are only in Jan Term.  I am looking forward to the tournament here at our place.  It should present a great atmosphere with our size and only four teams being here will probably be a perfect fit.  I have really wanted to go to the D3 Final Four(with my team but also just as a fan) in Salem because I have heard it is done really well.  Until they changed it to CSTV I used to watch it each year and it always amazed me how many folks traveled from so far away to watch their teams.  I mean, they should, but it still surprises me. 

Feb. is a weird time for GSAC schools.  There is a lot of switching gears from conference to non-conference and some non-D3's as well.  The time off that we have right now is hard to fill.  We have no excuse to not be prepared for any of our opponents the rest of the way. 

On me as GSAC Coach of The Year...my players are better, not my coaching...that is why we have a winning(but not impressive mind you) record.

[hasanova]

Coach - You should make the trip to Salem, whether your team is competing or not.  I've been in the arena many times for the ODAC tournament, but I think I'll try to make the Final Four this year as well.  I went to my first Stagg Bowl in December and had a blast (thanks Stone Station!).  Salem has all three facilities (football, basketball and baseball) together and they are just the perfect size city to do it right. 

[old_lion]

Great teamwork ... 608 made baskets, 390 assists. That's 64% of the baskets assisted. I would think that has to be higher than the norm ... Does anyone know what the national average is?

http://www.piedmont.edu/athletics/mbasketball/06-07stats/teamcume.htm#TEAM.IND

I hope we can entice a talented big man or two to Demorest for next season. IMHO, it would be a poor decision to pass on an opportunity to play with these guys.

Just ask Baldwin how much fun it is ... and how "resume enhancing" it can be.

[old_lion]

LaGrange-Piedmont Saturday part deux.  I have a feeling we won't be able to hold them in the 60's again. 

Coach Haynes,

I was thinking about your comments earlier in the season ... about how you felt your defense is not that good because your opponents FG% is fairly high. While that is true (and surprising to me) ... it doesn't tell the whole story.

Your guys are forcing an impressive 20 turnovers per game.
http://www.greatsouth.org/stats/GSAC_MBB/lc.htm

FG% doesn't come into play if you don't get off a shot. I've always said with the way your guys relentlessly keep up the pressure, it sometimes feels like you have six guys on the floor.

It s/b a good game this w/e. If we can keep our wits about us, stay aggressive, and attack your pressure, I like our chances. If we don't, and just try to get away from your pressure ... well, it could be a long day for the good guys. 

Good luck Saturday. But not too much ... 

[scottiedoug]

King beat Maryville 81-74 at King last night.  Scots got in a hole early with the inability to adjust to King's speed and pressure and then got even but could not hold on.  King is on the way to D2 from NAIA and is pretty much an athletic scholarship program.  Maybe this will remind the Scots about Fisk's speed!

[ohyeah]

Bradley stays out of foul trouble and has a productive game.  It appears they didn't go up to Bristol ready to play.  That is definitely not the first time that has happened to a Maryville team.

[Spencer Beaty]

From what i heard about the game, the scots did come out flat.  My sources tell me that while this is a blow in the scots armor they will be ready to beat all of the south region foes.

[mattgrubb]

randall d will rally the troops    I just feel sorry for a fisk team that has to face the scots after a loss
go scots

[scottiedoug]

I'm having a little trouble feeling sorry for a Fisk team....