MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

GSAC Killer · February 08, 2008, 10:13:21 AM

I take back the comment of finishing behind Randy Mac. We finished one spot ahead of them!

We lose to a team who reaches the final four by a bucket but d3hoops feel we were the weakest of the 16 teams who made it to the Sweet 16!

By the way Pat you and your staff do a great job but the Top 25 is meaningless!

mattgrubb · February 08, 2008, 11:13:10 AM

Killer good to see you back, the cooper crazies did the cheer at sewanee and it was awesome
sorry pat you have never seen the cheer in person, but you will soon enough

I think one game they should have guest celebrity cheer leaders, like let the killer lead the cheer one game or Pat Coleman

Beaty,
The scots are tough, my take on this group is like the pack of wolves, alone they are not that strong, but together they are strong

I will say this, if bowers is not all south it will be a travesty, but i am not sure there is another all conference guy on the squad, maybe Quinn, maybe JJ, maybe Orr, possibly Jared, but together these guys are a tough defensive unit and that is their strength. On offense, they set a lot of screens and have a lot of shooters. They also pass well and Jared does a great job getting the ball to Orr/Hernandez (currently my favorite player) where he can score. This team also does a good job hitting the offensive boards.

The Grubby One is scheduled to be in attendance for the last two home games of the season, so i expect to see the killer, beaty, Aj "Wildman" Bennett, RDL, Rex and the whole gang.

Future Headlines
Sigmund scores 52 in a single game. yes, fighting scots legend and loyal fan who attends every game Kris Sigmund, had a son, so RDL get the papers ready, he will be a power forward that can shoot the three and defend.

Pat Coleman · February 08, 2008, 02:11:08 PM

Quote from: GSAC Killer on February 08, 2008, 10:13:21 AM
I take back the comment of finishing behind Randy Mac. We finished one spot ahead of them!

We lose to a team who reaches the final four by a bucket but d3hoops feel we were the weakest of the 16 teams who made it to the Sweet 16!

By the way Pat you and your staff do a great job but the Top 25 is meaningless!

It's especially meaningless if you can't remember it right.

Lots of teams lost to the four teams that made it to the final four. Many teams can say what you've said. We still have to rank ALL of them. And you lost to Ohio Wesleyan and Thomas More. The best Maryville win that year was the Macon game and as you eventually point out, you were ranked ahead of them.

Spencer Beaty · February 08, 2008, 10:28:01 PM

Quote from: mattgrubb on February 08, 2008, 11:13:10 AM

I will say this, if bowers is not all south it will be a travesty, but i am not sure there is another all conference guy on the squad, maybe Quinn, maybe JJ, maybe Orr, possibly Jared, but together these guys are a tough defensive unit and that is their strength. On offense, they set a lot of screens and have a lot of shooters. They also pass well and Jared does a great job getting the ball to Orr/Hernandez (currently my favorite player) where he can score. This team also does a good job hitting the offensive boards.

The Grubby One is scheduled to be in attendance for the last two home games of the season, so i expect to see the killer, beaty, Aj "Wildman" Bennett, RDL, Rex and the whole gang.

Future Headlines
Sigmund scores 52 in a single game. yes, fighting scots legend and loyal fan who attends every game Kris Sigmund, had a son, so RDL get the papers ready, he will be a power forward that can shoot the three and defend.

Are you serious. If i give out my all conference awards Watson is on the top of my list with Bowers. That is a no doubter in my mind he has helped the Scots out more than any non-Bowers.

mattgrubb · February 09, 2008, 10:37:56 AM

yeah he is freshman of the year, but let's give the awards to the seniors

Also, unlike Beaty, I would like to give a big shout out to Baldwin for 2g career points, that is a huge accomplishment and should be recognized by all of us slackers here on the board.

Congrats Baldwin!

beaty, i will see you at the game

Coach Haynes, today is your worst day of the year, a trip to Murvul

Spencer Beaty · February 09, 2008, 03:11:59 PM

Unlike Beaty, I didn't even know he had busted the 2k mark. That is a great individual accomplishment. Way to go Baldwin.

Spencer Beaty · February 10, 2008, 02:35:14 PM

Not the best game to watch from the Scots yesterday. They struggled to find continuity in their offense and their rebounding/off ball defense were poor, but they found a way to win. Good job Scots and also good game Coach Haynes.

MCScotsFan · February 10, 2008, 04:49:31 PM

Coach Haynes should use that Country's BBQ to his advantage. If I were a ref it would work on me.

I thought LaGrange men looked good.

coachwgh · February 11, 2008, 07:39:49 AM

Grubb, Saturday was not the worst day of my year and most times isn't. I like the trip to Maryville. To ease the pain of the loss, I played the Powerball before I left the state. I won 20 bucks. Now I just have to get back to TN to claim it.

Beaty, I would like to think that we had something to do with the lack of enjoyment you got out of your Scots on Saturday. Like I told Coach Kendall Wallace before the game. We always feel good about what we work on going into a Maryville game and seem to have a good plan in place, but it is whether or not you execute said plan. I will say that I thought rebounding is were we lost the game. Maryville had 8 more offensive rebounds than us and since we shot a better fg%, if we had eliminated those it could have been a easier row to hoe.

I was really proud of how my guys fought back on several occasions from double digit holes. Teams as good as Maryville don't just give up leads and we pushed them to do so with all our might. Sometimes not all our brain but we are working on that.

I usually keep some Country's in my inside jacket pocket but it was only enough for one official on Saturday.

mattgrubb · February 11, 2008, 11:10:28 AM

First of all the scots seemed to be a little distracted on saturday like maybe they overlooked the panthers. As well as Beaty who was text messaging the whole game and not cheering on the scots. The Grubby One was very disappointed.

Coach Haynes did a good job on saturday and the panthers cut the lead late to 3 i believe. I think coach haynes had an excellent game plan. Also an excellent complaint on the play were he went psycho on the refs. That guy was mugged. Normally when girls touch me that much i make them buy me dinner first. The refs missed that call. Render is a heck of a player.

Old Lion, will you go ahead and concede that Render is a member of the all conference 1st team b/c i will.

Also, I was screaming for my favorite player: Orr/Hernandez

scottiedoug · February 11, 2008, 02:42:47 PM

I agree that: 1) Coach Haynes had a good plan and his players played well and enthusiastically; 2) Render is a really good player; 3) The refs blew the call; 4) The Scots did not really seem to have their heads in the game much of the time (except for Ben). LaGrange has some other guys that are pretty good ballers in addition to Render and they seem like a better team than their record suggests. They never give up, which is a tribute to WGH and to leadership from players.

I appreciate WGH coming on this board and talking mostly honestly about life in the GSAC and D3.

mattgrubb · February 11, 2008, 04:09:10 PM

Coach Haynes
We know the trip to Murvul brings back the glory days. The trips to the Wade Houston Basketball Camp. Good Luck in the conference tournament.

go Scots

scottiedoug · February 12, 2008, 12:08:01 AM

Well now the Scots are #25 on the poll and are no better than when they were not. Let's just keep winning and get a good draw in the tourney and win some more and don't any of y'all tell the team anybody thinks they are any good. I think one reason they are any good is that they think they have something to prove.

scottiedoug · February 12, 2008, 12:18:37 AM

Randy Lambert must think he is going to have a pretty good team for several years. He has resigned as AD to concentrate on bb.

http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/athletics/news-detail.asp?sportNameID=5&id=2330

Ralph Turner · February 12, 2008, 12:41:43 AM

Quote from: scottiedoug on February 12, 2008, 12:18:37 AM
Randy Lambert must think he is going to have a pretty good team for several years. He has resigned as AD to concentrate on bb.

http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/athletics/news-detail.asp?sportNameID=5&id=2330

I see this as a plus definitely for the school, and hopefully for the members of the GSAC. The new AD can come in and make the right decision for the institution, not being bound by past commitments and past history.

Coach Lambert tried to pull the GSAC off, but fell one team shy of the AQ in 1999. Stillman's and Fisk's departures are in the past.

I see the new AD's focusing on the moves with the USA South as being paramount on his/her agenda.

I just hope that LaGrange and Huntingdon are invited along with Murvil and Piedmont. $:-\$