MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

scottiedoug · November 19, 2007, 12:04:10 PM

old-lion:

Speaking of defense, did anybody play any in the Piedmont-Rust game?
Good luck w/ Ferrum. I do not know if we should want GSAC teams to beat the USASouth all the time in case we want to join "their" league someday....

old_lion · November 19, 2007, 12:31:10 PM

Quote from: scottiedoug on November 19, 2007, 12:04:10 PM
Speaking of defense, did anybody play any in the Piedmont-Rust game?

They tried ... but we were just running our stuff and pushing the ball too well.

Seriously, we were moving the ball well, getting good open looks ... and hitting a lot of them.

Regarding our defense, I thought we did OK for a bunch of vertically challenged guys.

I don't know if we'll ever be known for our defense, but we do put out a lot of effort on that end too. You have to remember that one reason we give up so many points is that we are constantly playing up tempo, pushing the ball. It must be quite a "culture shock" for Sam ... but he loves it ... and I'm betting he'll get better and better as he gets more acclimated to the pace. There is a real art to playing up tempo ... and under control. It's not as easy as it looks.

scottiedoug · November 19, 2007, 12:34:48 PM

It does not look easy to me....

Maybe y'all should try Emory and Henry and see who can run up and down the floor best. Didn't Rust just play them?

old_lion · November 19, 2007, 01:19:40 PM

Quote from: scottiedoug on November 19, 2007, 12:34:48 PM
Maybe y'all should try Emory and Henry and see who can run up and down the floor best. Didn't Rust just play them?

I would love to see us play Emory and Henry. With our guards, I think we could handle their pressure ... but who knows, those guys are relentless! Their game with LaGrange was impressive. I'd never seen anything quite like their effort and how they constantly attacked on both ends.

Rust did play them. I haven't been able to find a box score, but one of the Rust players told me they beat E&H on a shot at the buzzer. Per D3Hoops, it was 108 -106.

mattgrubb · November 19, 2007, 02:52:45 PM

good for the lions, hopefully they will bring their best to conference schedule this year.
No suprise with the results for HC
where is allen white now?

coachwgh · November 19, 2007, 03:29:32 PM

We are not very good right now, but we will get better. the E&H and Rust game was a great one to watch. Rust was up the whole game. Their speed negated the penetration of E&H and their athleticism negated the rebounds. E&H kept chipping away and after each wave of runs by both teams Rust's lead shrank a few points. Guy makes two FTs to cut it to two....Rust throws the inbound pass in the bleachers...E&H out of bounds under...3pt attempt, off reb, 3pt attempt, off reb, 3pt attempt...GOOD! 2.6 seconds left and they passed on 2 lay-ups to get those 3's. Rust inbounded...two dribbles across 1/2 court and banked home a 35 footer at the buzzer.
At Sewanee tomorrow. The pain never stops.

Spencer Beaty · November 19, 2007, 06:13:30 PM

Bowers needs help and he will get it from me when they come back home. Go Scots!

mattgrubb · November 19, 2007, 09:14:39 PM

Coach haynes
good luck at sewanee
Pursell learned from the Best this summer, the grubby one, so let me know what you think of him after tomorrow night.

Bowers will have the support of all the fighting scots this weekend.

sludge · November 19, 2007, 09:31:08 PM

Quote from: old_lion on November 19, 2007, 01:19:40 PM
Quote from: scottiedoug on November 19, 2007, 12:34:48 PM
Maybe y'all should try Emory and Henry and see who can run up and down the floor best. Didn't Rust just play them?

I would love to see us play Emory and Henry. With our guards, I think we could handle their pressure ... but who knows, those guys are relentless! Their game with LaGrange was impressive. I'd never seen anything quite like their effort and how they constantly attacked on both ends.

Rust did play them. I haven't been able to find a box score, but one of the Rust players told me they beat E&H on a shot at the buzzer. Per D3Hoops, it was 108 -106.

A surprisingly low scoring affair, for an E&H trackmeet. Someone must have played defense somewhere along the line.

old_lion · November 20, 2007, 10:21:13 PM

Wow!!! ... a great start to the season ... don't pinch me, I don't want to wake up!

I know these gawdy numbers can't last ... but these first two games have been a heck of a lot of fun!

http://www.piedmontlions.com/

http://www.piedmont.edu/athletics/mbasketball/07-08stats/pcm02.htm

http://www.piedmont.edu/athletics/mbasketball/07-08stats/teamcume.htm

Baldwin and Green averaging double doubles ... Coppage averaging 22.5 ... Parker, Rubio, Mayweather playing great ... McCoy starting to bounce back from injury ... Martin, emerging as a gutty role player ...the freshman will have their moments before it's all said and done ...

I have to go lie down now ... I'm getting light headed ...

Ralph Turner · November 21, 2007, 01:18:45 AM

Congratulations Coach Haynes on the win tonight!

coachwgh · November 21, 2007, 08:30:15 AM

Don't try to figure out basketball. Coaches have a little bit of a paranoid side to them and even the unorganized sometimes panic over the smallest mistake with time of pre-game meal or when you stretch before a game. Leading in to yesterday's game @ Sewanee was a very anxious experience. We depart LaGrange and hit traffice before we get up to speed. It takes us close to six hours to make a 4 hour trip. We eat our pre-game meal on the bus in the last 30 minutes of the ride and arrive at the game 4 minutes into the second half of the girls game. We do some scout talk that is usually done on the bus in the locker room and next thing you know it is time to warm-up. Fortunately we have enough new guys that they aren't sure what is supposed to go on and it had no ill effects. We answered the bell every single time in that game and I was very proud of how our guys competed. Sewanee is a very dangerous team. They will have a say in who gets in or gets left out of the SCAC tourney.

Thanks, Ralph. I might get to see your MC Ladies at Maryville this weekend.

mattgrubb · November 21, 2007, 09:12:31 AM

good win coach
i noticed Pursell had some good numbers, thats what i taught him but i am glad LC came out victorious

I get happy everytime GSAC sshools get good nonconference wins

The Murvul game was postponed.

narch · November 21, 2007, 01:27:31 PM

Quote from: old_lion on November 20, 2007, 10:21:13 PM
Wow!!! ... a great start to the season ... don't pinch me, I don't want to wake up!

old_lion - you know i have to do this...it's required...you know i root for pc every time out except against mu...but you're getting worked up over a 10 point home win vs. a team that was picked last in the usasac and won just 12 games last year and another home win against a team that won just 11 games last year...a win is a win is a win, but i think there might be a bit of hyperbole in the statements quoted above, don't you

mattgrubb · November 21, 2007, 01:56:24 PM

good point Narch, we want to invite you Narch, to the Murvul College, alumni bball game on Dec. 15th, yes that means your monarchs will have the stands full at murvul college with all the old dirty fighting scots alums. hopefully it will make for a nasty environment for a visiting team, so we want you to come to the game. We will have a ticket waiting for you.