MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[MC wild animal]

Pat,
     I just dont understand how a team wins on the road but drops in the rankings.  All Maryville is able to do is win the games on the schedule.  Like Coach Lambert said it is extremely hard to get a team to agree to come to Boydson Baird Gymnasium.  Randy Lambert wont shy away from playing any team any where.  However, it isnt fair to have to play more games on the road just to play better teams.  The bottom line is teams are judged on how they do in the tourney.  When Maryville gets their bid to the tourney (whether it be at home or in Seattle) it is up to them to win, regardless of who they are playing.  I cant wait to finally see the run Maryville has been trying to make for the last nine years.

[batteredbard]

Look at in region record and I think that answers the question.
Randy makes note of scheduling problems trying to get in-region games in Around the Nation and that's where it shows up. King, C-N, Tenn Wesleyan and Covenant were nice wins but not in the consideration there.
Its the price of being good and a long way away. No one wants to come down to Maryville. When you can't get the closest guy (E&H) to make a home and away series with you, you know theres an issue that's getting to be problematic.

Killer, your boys didnt make finals because of Pigeon Forge? How many starters were you missing for that to happen?

[Pat Coleman]

Thanks for agreeing to fill in on relatively short notice.

MC wild animal -- the problem is, all Virginia Wesleyan can do is win the games on its schedule and all Guilford can do is win the games on its schedule. Since the rankings are only on games played to date and not future games, it makes sense that there are changes.

Remember, these are rankings, not standings. You can get passed even if you don't lose.

[Big Dog]

Senior Scots,

Great careers! The alumni are proud of you. The effort is worthy of my attendance on Saturday to stand and applaud you (as i did for Placeres, Housewright, Watts, Sigmund, Ennen and my favorite senior dancer until being expelled Shiela Evans).

Big Dog

[scottiedoug]

Pat:  Thanks for the coverage.  Can you get somebody any good from the south to come play us next year?  RDL has tried everything but sarcasm, so you da man!

[Ralph Turner]

Pat:  Thanks for the coverage.  Can you get somebody any good from the south to come play us next year?  RDL has tried everything but sarcasm, so you da man!

An alternative is for Maryville to go to a neutral site tourney (classic or regular format) and arrange to play two good in-region opponents.

[Pat Coleman]

And your region isn't limited to teams in the South Region.

http://www.d3hoops.com/faq.php?question=44

[coachwgh]

LC gets a must win on senior night in front of the best Mariotti crowd since the 70's and also in front of OldLion.  Let's hope he doesn't spread the word about how bad we handled the press the last two minutes of the game.  AGGGHHHH!  The votes should all be in for all GSAC so now would be a good time for the GSAC Hoops Team to be announced.  Speaking of which, we all know that having 8 on an all conference team is absurd but it is an equity thing that we are trying to fix.  It won't be this year though. 

That was a great read about D3/4 from the CAC.  We have a head coaches & administrative meeting about the questionnaires that we all evaluated next week.  If it seems appropriate I may share some thoughts. 

If I have evaluated the tiebreak system correctly we will be playing Piedmont at 3:00 next Friday.  We both did things in the last game that we would like to fix, so I guess we will see what happens. 

I remember Pat Coleman asking how my players stay motivated even though they were in a small conference and mathmatically eliminated from the national tournament by Thanksgiving.  My reply was simple...they want a banner!

[Pat Coleman]

I believe I didn't try to do the math.

[old_lion]

LC gets a must win on senior night in front of the best Mariotti crowd since the 70's and also in front of OldLion.  Let's hope he doesn't spread the word about how bad we handled the press the last two minutes of the game.  AGGGHHHH!   

It was a good crowd ... and yeah, you did have some trouble handling HC's pressure.  But on a positive note, it was good to see Landon out there going full speed ... I love that guy's game ... and your "black out suit" looked a lot better than Pitino's "white out suit".   

The votes should all be in for all GSAC so now would be a good time for the GSAC Hoops Team to be announced.

The votes are already in? Surely, you are mistaken, the conference schedule isn't even done yet ... If you are correct, we have yet another example of gsac absurdity    ... to use your term.

Speaking of which, we all know that having 8 on an all conference team is absurd but it is an equity thing that we are trying to fix.  It won't be this year though.

We are trying to fix? Obviously, I must be missing something ... how hard can that be to fix?

Here is a tip you can pass on to the "gsac brain trust" that might be helpful ... Make a list of all players receiving votes, in order of number of votes received. Draw a line after the 10th name, instead of after the 8th.  Now was that difficult? Feel free to call me if there are any other conundrums stumping the gsac brain trust ...

A second tip ... since I have heard that an inordinate amount of consideration is given to our tiny conference schedule (as opposed to the entire season) we might want to at least wait until said tiny conference schedule has been completed ...

If I have evaluated the tiebreak system correctly we will be playing Piedmont at 3:00 next Friday.

Again, I'm confused. Unless we upset Murvul at their place tomorrow ... PC, LC, and HC will all be 2 - 4 in conference. How can that tiebreak system have already determined the seeding before we play Murvul? Please elaborate.  As always, I appreciate your insights.

[mattgrubb]

Fisk is dropping their athletic programs

[scottiedoug]

It is a sad state of affairs if People With Money both in the Nashville area and nationally will stand around making their BMW payments and allow Fisk University to stay in such financial shape that this kind of "cost reduction" is necessary.  I never wanted Fisk to beat Maryville in anything, but it is and has been a very important institution in this country's history, and I mean way more than just giving us Wilburt.

[scottiedoug]

Old_Lion:  See you tomorrow?

[old_lion]

The votes should all be in for all GSAC so now would be a good time for the GSAC Hoops Team to be announced. 

Whitfield and Watson look like the co-freshmen of the year to me.

But if the votes are already in, I guess Whitfield doesn't get any credit for his 23 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks, and 2 steals last night?
http://home.lagrange.edu/athletics/stats/MensBasketball/m22108.htm

Yeah, I like your choice or words ... that's absurd.

[old_lion]

Old_Lion:  See you tomorrow?

I'll be there.