MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[Spencer Beaty]

Well I attended both games for the scots this weekend.  I have to be frank with the Lagrange and Piedmont teams.  The scots fifth man would be your best player.  Your teams play hard, but the scots are still lightyears ahead of the gsac.

[Spencer Beaty]

What a weekend it was.. I was in the building on Saturday and got to see some old friends.. It was nice to see Watts,Monte,Siggy,K-Rich, and my boy Warren Haynes. I thought the boys from LaGrange would pose a threat to the Scots but they just didn´t bring the fire they usually play with.
It didn´t seem like they wanted to win. By the way Maddox is a ball player. I liked his game a lot.

Old Lion same ole thing with your boys no DEFENSE!!!!
My new 1st Team All GSAC Conference:
I am going to put 7 guys on first team
Bo Mason
Alex Bowers
Bradley Blair ( he looked like a POY this weekend)
Bobby Golden
Jake Baldwin
Maddox kid from LaGrange

The Scots have taken care of business and all they need is to win the GSAC Championship and they will lock up another NCAA Tournament.

As far as this goes it sounds good but you cannot put that many scots on the team.  you have to invove huntingdon players.

[Spencer Beaty]

Well I attended both games for the scots this weekend.  I have to be frank with the Lagrange and Piedmont teams.  The scots fifth man would be your best player.  Your teams play hard, but the scots are still lightyears ahead of the gsac.

Well, at this time i was feeling pretty good about my scots.  Hairston and Baldwin are very good players and would be welcome at MC

[mattgrubb]

don't apologize beaty, you're the best

hairston and Baldwin would play for MC but their roles would change, on any given night any player for MC is a role player and on some nights any player is a star, that is why the system is effective
Although, Randy would like to know that all his guys are going to hit their average every night so there are no surprises and so he could get some hair color back

[scottiedoug]

I think Jake Green could play point for MC, despite his sub-par performance Sunday.  He can shoot if needed and distributes and handles the ball very well.

[batteredbard]

Congrats to Killa and Beaty on beating Claiborne, though the win did give the district title to in-county foe Pigeon Forge.
Guess watching the Scots saturday was a good motivational exercise in how to play that man defense. Hope it carries over on those long treks up to Cumberland Gap for the tourney.
You two have seen the Woodrick kid at Pigeon Forge, I know he has coaches interested (think he had a triple double Mon night) but do you know if he's smart enough for D3 or will he have to settle for NAIA because of grades?

Side note: The debate over POTY/MVP is the same one we have here at every season end for all-county and all-state voting. And here's my personal take I argue in those discussions. If it says player of the year then its the guy who had the most impressive season no matter how his team did. Think Jordan before the Bulls won titles. If its MVP then numbers are only part of the formula. Its more along the line who can a team afford to lose the least.

MC's overall team strength makes it hard to say they have an MVP, (though they would suffer if Bo was out because of depth --  top reserve is freshman Laverdiere who is still playing with a wrist I'd rate at 80 percent right now from his use of it this weekend) So in an MVP setting MC's team strength works against Golden. In a player of the year formula it doesn't matter.

To have an apples and apples debate, hard line the criteria first.

[Spencer Beaty]

sorry batteredbard but i had to smite you because I don't trust anyone with more karma than posts.

[Spencer Beaty]

I think Jake Green could play point for MC, despite his sub-par performance Sunday.  He can shoot if needed and distributes and handles the ball very well.

We would not really need him to shoot.  I sure he had a bad game against the scots but I was not impressed.  He has good numbers so I give him props for that, but he needs to step up in big games.

[Spencer Beaty]

Chism for president and his running mate can be Bobby.

[coachwgh]

Well, what a weekend.  This weekend was an example that basketball is a small part of life no matter how devoted you are to it.  My wife's Grandmother passed away on Friday afternoon about the time we were pulling out of LaGrange.  My wife is a trooper and hands down the best coach's wife in the game.  So we traveled Tennessee for a split and then went to Tuscaloosa on Moday for the funeral.  It puts getting blowed out in the second half of a conference game in perspective.  Killer mentioned that our guys didn't have the same fire against the Scots.  I guess so but it was more of a lack of execution on our part that lead to a drop in energy.  I really challenged our guys to put their energy to maximum levels at Fisk the next day, which admittedly I knew was hard but they responded.  We didn't play particularly well but I was suprised at how flat Fisk played.  It was their Senior Day and they lacked emotion.  That being said we still almost gave it to them in the last 2 minutes.  Last GSAC game on the schedule tonight.  Love will be in the air tonight at Mariotti.  We will recognize our five seniors tonight.  I hope emotion doesn't get in the way of execution. 

Chism is a good choice but a great choice would be Bradshaw.  He could honestly be mayor of Knoxville right now.  There is not a better example of being a tough, hard working team player in America.

[old_lion]

Interesting stuff ...


Maryville (Tenn.) (18-5)
Men's Basketball National Ranking Summary
Thru Games 02/11/2007

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Category Rank Actual National Leader Actual
Scoring Offense (379 ranked) 61 77.9 Redlands  117.3 
Scoring Defense (379 ranked) 118 67.9 Mississippi Col.  56.2 
Scoring Margin (379 ranked) 39 10.0 Amherst  23.3 
Field-Goal Percentage (379 ranked) 111 46.3 Mississippi Col.  53.2 
Field-Goal Percentage Defense (379 ranked) 109 42.5 New York U.  35.2 
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game (379 ranked) 144 6.7 Grinnell  18.3 
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage (316 ranked) 186 34.2 Augustana (Ill.)  44.4 
Free-Throw Percentage (379 ranked) 42 73.4 Wis.-Stevens Point  82.3 
Rebound Margin (379 ranked) 120 2.4 New York U.  11.1 
Assists Per Game (379 ranked) 16 17.6 Emory & Henry  20.9 
Blocked Shots Per Game (379 ranked) 305 2.0 Chris. Newport  6.7 
Steals Per Game (379 ranked) 155 8.0 Redlands  20.0 
Won-Lost Percentage (379 ranked) 32 78.3 Amherst  95.8 
Turnovers Per Game (379 ranked) 21 12.6 Wis.-Stevens Point  8.7 
Personal Fouls Per Game (379 ranked) 100 17.2 Carleton  13.0 

 
Category  Player Rank Actual National Leader Actual
Points Per Game (100 ranked)          Mike Hoyt, Mt. St. Mary (N.Y.)  34.0 
Field-Goal Percentage (100 ranked)          Michael Romes, Mt. St. Joseph  69.5 
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game (100 ranked) Bo Mason  88  2.6   Amir Mazarei, Redlands  6.2 
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage (100 ranked) Bo Mason  84  36.6  Andrew Tulowitzky, Oglethorpe  51.5 
Free-Throw Percentage (100 ranked)          Joseph Chatman, Lesley  95.7 
Rebounds Per Game (100 ranked)          Nick Harrington, Southern Vt.  13.1 
Assists Per Game (100 ranked) Bo Mason  49  5.0  David Arseneault, Grinnell  8.3 
Blocked Shots Per Game (100 ranked)          Kerry Gibson, Wis.-Oshkosh  3.8 
Steals Per Game (100 ranked)          Elbie Murphy, St. Joseph's (Me.)  5.0 



Piedmont (12-11)
Men's Basketball National Ranking Summary
Thru Games 02/11/2007

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Category Rank Actual National Leader Actual
Scoring Offense (379 ranked) 22 82.8 Redlands  117.3 
Scoring Defense (379 ranked) 326 78.0 Mississippi Col.  56.2 
Scoring Margin (379 ranked) 114 4.8 Amherst  23.3 
Field-Goal Percentage (379 ranked) 48 48.2 Mississippi Col.  53.2 
Field-Goal Percentage Defense (379 ranked) 249 45.1 New York U.  35.2 
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game (379 ranked) 65 7.8 Grinnell  18.3 
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage (316 ranked) 184 34.2 Augustana (Ill.)  44.4 
Free-Throw Percentage (379 ranked) 168 68.9 Wis.-Stevens Point  82.3 
Rebound Margin (379 ranked) 274 -2.0 New York U.  11.1 
Assists Per Game (379 ranked) 4 19.8 Emory & Henry  20.9  
Blocked Shots Per Game (379 ranked) 361 1.4 Chris. Newport  6.7 
Steals Per Game (379 ranked) 29 10.3 Redlands  20.0 
Won-Lost Percentage (379 ranked) 184 52.2 Amherst  95.8 
Turnovers Per Game (379 ranked) 180 15.9 Wis.-Stevens Point  8.7 
Personal Fouls Per Game (379 ranked) 144 17.7 Carleton  13.0 

 
Category  Player Rank Actual National Leader Actual
Points Per Game (100 ranked) Jake Baldwin  7  23.7  Mike Hoyt, Mt. St. Mary (N.Y.)  34.0 
Field-Goal Percentage (100 ranked) Jake Baldwin  58  57.7  Michael Romes, Mt. St. Joseph  69.5 
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game (100 ranked)          Amir Mazarei, Redlands  6.2 
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage (100 ranked)          Andrew Tulowitzky, Oglethorpe  51.5 
Free-Throw Percentage (100 ranked)          Joseph Chatman, Lesley  95.7 
Rebounds Per Game (100 ranked) Jake Baldwin  55  9.0  Nick Harrington, Southern Vt.  13.1 
Assists Per Game (100 ranked) Jake Green  11  6.3  David Arseneault, Grinnell  8.3 
Blocked Shots Per Game (100 ranked)          Kerry Gibson, Wis.-Oshkosh  3.8 
Steals Per Game (100 ranked)          Elbie Murphy, St. Joseph's (Me.)  5.0 



LaGrange (15-8)
Men's Basketball National Ranking Summary
Thru Games 02/11/2007

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Category Rank Actual National Leader Actual
Scoring Offense (379 ranked) 38 80.0 Redlands  117.3 
Scoring Defense (379 ranked) 328 78.1 Mississippi Col.  56.2 
Scoring Margin (379 ranked) 165 2.0 Amherst  23.3 
Field-Goal Percentage (379 ranked) 191 44.5 Mississippi Col.  53.2 
Field-Goal Percentage Defense (379 ranked) 340 47.8 New York U.  35.2 
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game (379 ranked) 285 5.3 Grinnell  18.3 
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage (316 ranked) 229 33.1 Augustana (Ill.)  44.4 
Free-Throw Percentage (379 ranked) 115 70.4 Wis.-Stevens Point  82.3 
Rebound Margin (379 ranked) 160 1.3 New York U.  11.1 
Assists Per Game (379 ranked) 75 15.7 Emory & Henry  20.9 
Blocked Shots Per Game (379 ranked) 124 3.1 Chris. Newport  6.7 
Steals Per Game (379 ranked) 16 11.4 Redlands  20.0 
Won-Lost Percentage (379 ranked) 93 65.2 Amherst  95.8 
Turnovers Per Game (379 ranked) 192 16.1 Wis.-Stevens Point  8.7 
Personal Fouls Per Game (379 ranked) 313 20.3 Carleton  13.0 

 
Category  Player Rank Actual National Leader Actual
Points Per Game (100 ranked)          Mike Hoyt, Mt. St. Mary (N.Y.)  34.0 
Field-Goal Percentage (100 ranked)          Michael Romes, Mt. St. Joseph  69.5 
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game (100 ranked)          Amir Mazarei, Redlands  6.2 
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage (100 ranked)          Andrew Tulowitzky, Oglethorpe  51.5 
Free-Throw Percentage (100 ranked)          Joseph Chatman, Lesley  95.7 
Rebounds Per Game (100 ranked)          Nick Harrington, Southern Vt.  13.1 
Assists Per Game (100 ranked)          David Arseneault, Grinnell  8.3 
Blocked Shots Per Game (100 ranked)          Kerry Gibson, Wis.-Oshkosh  3.8 
Steals Per Game (100 ranked)          Elbie Murphy, St. Joseph's (Me.)  5.0 


Huntingdon (3-20)
Men's Basketball National Ranking Summary
Thru Games 02/11/2007

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Category Rank Actual National Leader Actual
Scoring Offense (379 ranked) 375 56.9 Redlands  117.3 
Scoring Defense (379 ranked) 119 68.0 Mississippi Col.  56.2 
Scoring Margin (379 ranked) 346 -11.1 Amherst  23.3 
Field-Goal Percentage (379 ranked) 270 42.5 Mississippi Col.  53.2 
Field-Goal Percentage Defense (379 ranked) 125 42.8 New York U.  35.2 
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game (379 ranked) 254 5.7 Grinnell  18.3 
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage (316 ranked) 301 30.4 Augustana (Ill.)  44.4 
Free-Throw Percentage (379 ranked) 364 59.6 Wis.-Stevens Point  82.3 
Rebound Margin (379 ranked) 150 1.5 New York U.  11.1 
Assists Per Game (379 ranked) 303 12.0 Emory & Henry  20.9 
Blocked Shots Per Game (379 ranked) 290 2.0 Chris. Newport  6.7 
Steals Per Game (379 ranked) 300 6.3 Redlands  20.0 
Won-Lost Percentage (379 ranked) 367 13.0 Amherst  95.8 
Turnovers Per Game (379 ranked) 354 19.5 Wis.-Stevens Point  8.7 
Personal Fouls Per Game (379 ranked) 19 15.4 Carleton  13.0 

 
Category  Player Rank Actual National Leader Actual
Points Per Game (100 ranked)          Mike Hoyt, Mt. St. Mary (N.Y.)  34.0 
Field-Goal Percentage (100 ranked)          Michael Romes, Mt. St. Joseph  69.5 
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game (100 ranked)          Amir Mazarei, Redlands  6.2 
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage (100 ranked)          Andrew Tulowitzky, Oglethorpe  51.5 
Free-Throw Percentage (100 ranked)          Joseph Chatman, Lesley  95.7 
Rebounds Per Game (100 ranked)          Nick Harrington, Southern Vt.  13.1 
Assists Per Game (100 ranked)          David Arseneault, Grinnell  8.3 
Blocked Shots Per Game (100 ranked)          Kerry Gibson, Wis.-Oshkosh  3.8 
Steals Per Game (100 ranked)          Elbie Murphy, St. Joseph's (Me.)  5.0 

[mattgrubb]

The fact is any of these players would do better in Lambert's system, he is a better coach, sorry if he did not recruit you, you all could transfer and walk on

[Spencer Beaty]

Yeah i personally could care less about much of that individual stuff.  The bottom line is a W or an L.

[MCScotsFan]

Nice article about "Lambert's Legacy" in the Blount Today this week:
(It even mentions the famous Watts!)

http://www.blounttoday.com/blnt/home/article/0,2355,BLNT_18867_5351511,00.html

[d3ball]

any updates on the huntingdon/lagrange game?