WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Again  ... D3hoops.com is a GREAT resource. Here is what we have for Trinity: https://d3hoops.com/teams/Trinity_(Texas)/women/2020-21/index

And here is what we have for the conference: https://d3hoops.com/conf/SCAC/women/2020-21/schedule

Keep in mind ... subject to change... subject to additions that we get, find, or are submitted.

[jekelish]

Again  ... D3hoops.com is a GREAT resource. Here is what we have for Trinity: https://d3hoops.com/teams/Trinity_(Texas)/women/2020-21/index

And here is what we have for the conference: https://d3hoops.com/conf/SCAC/women/2020-21/schedule

Keep in mind ... subject to change... subject to additions that we get, find, or are submitted.

Although go ahead and use pencil instead of pen if you're marking them on the calendar. A lot has changed in the last month or so, so it's still evolving. One I know people will likely be interested in: Austin College will now play Trinity twice, both games taking place in San Antonio on back to back days, which is a big change from the original schedule.

[Ron Boerger]

Yeah, sadly I just don't see athletics being a thing in January with COVID taking off again in Texas and state leadership doing little else but wag their fingers at the problem.  It's already way worse than it was when they called off winter sports and the trend line is up up and up.  Daily case counts now exceed the maximum set last summer.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/texas-coronavirus-cases.html

I salute the schools and the conference for trying to do something to preserve the seasons, but unless something unexpectedly good happens in the next 30-45 days, there's not going to be a winter season in the SCAC. 

[Ron Boerger]

CUNYAC the latest to cancel their winter seasons, and I expect more to follow:  https://cunyathletics.com/news/2020/11/23/general-cunyac-winter-sports-statement.aspx

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The unofficial count is 12 conferences have forgone their AQs for the tournament - 10 have done it by scuttling conference competition and 2 have done so by pushing seasons too far into the new year (March or later).

Only three conferences (SUNYAC, MASCAC, CUNYAC) have called off competition that also shut down all competition at their member institutions as well.

[Ron Boerger]

The SCAC published a winter/spring sports update today - basketball (for both men/women) will run 7 weeks starting January 15 with women's championships at Austin March 4-6.   12 conference games where two teams will play each other twice in a weekend with one team off each weekend.    Eight teams qualify for both the women's and men's championships.

Schedule:  https://www.scacsports.com/news/2020-2021/21basketball.pdf

[TroyP]

Found out tonight, they will not allow any fans at the games, they are limiting the number of athletes to 15 that can suit up for away games. Of course subject to change. I sure hope this changes. I have only missed one of my daughters games in all the years she has played.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Found out tonight, they will not allow any fans at the games, they are limiting the number of athletes to 15 that can suit up for away games. Of course subject to change. I sure hope this changes. I have only missed one of my daughters games in all the years she has played.

Honestly, I wouldn't plan on fans being in attendance. I would prepare for watching live streams. The risk goes up exponentially with fans in the stands especially at these smaller schools.

[TroyP]

Games start Friday, anyone have any thoughts on how the conference will shape up?

[Ron Boerger]

Games start Friday, anyone have any thoughts on how the conference will shape up?

I imagine it will be Austin and Trinity again.  AC has a huge roster (>20) and it looks like everyone except G Ann Savage returns.  Trinity also has a large roster - a few less than AC, but still >20 - but has to overcome the loss of Abby Holland.  Ashlyn Milton has a chance to perform a similar role; she showed potential last season if she can be more consistent in her play with a year under her belt.   Trinity also picked up sophomore Maggie Shipley, a transfer G with size (6'0") from Amherst, and junior Carly Leong, a 5'9" transfer G from Pomona-Pitzer who was SCIAC Newcomer of the year two seasons ago and led the Sagehens in scoring in her two seasons there.

[ronk]

Games start Friday, anyone have any thoughts on how the conference will shape up?

I imagine it will be Austin and Trinity again.  AC has a huge roster (>20) and it looks like everyone except G Ann Savage returns.  Trinity also has a large roster - a few less than AC, but still >20 - but has to overcome the loss of Abby Holland.  Ashlyn Milton has a chance to perform a similar role; she showed potential last season if she can be more consistent in her play with a year under her belt.   Trinity also picked up sophomore Maggie Shipley, a transfer G with size (6'0") from Amherst, and junior Carly Leong, a 5'9" transfer G from Pomona-Pitzer who was SCIAC Newcomer of the year two seasons ago and led the Sagehens in scoring in her two seasons there.

After evaluating Maggie her rising junior summer AAU season, she made my list of promising prospects; she's the second on the Trinity roster to do so, the other being Kelly Simmons.

[Ron Boerger]

SCAC men's preseason poll out today, so should get the women's in a day or two. 

[jekelish]

Games start Friday, anyone have any thoughts on how the conference will shape up?

I imagine it will be Austin and Trinity again.  AC has a huge roster (>20) and it looks like everyone except G Ann Savage returns.  Trinity also has a large roster - a few less than AC, but still >20 - but has to overcome the loss of Abby Holland.  Ashlyn Milton has a chance to perform a similar role; she showed potential last season if she can be more consistent in her play with a year under her belt.   Trinity also picked up sophomore Maggie Shipley, a transfer G with size (6'0") from Amherst, and junior Carly Leong, a 5'9" transfer G from Pomona-Pitzer who was SCIAC Newcomer of the year two seasons ago and led the Sagehens in scoring in her two seasons there.

Cameron definitely seems to have a knack for landing high quality transfers. Micah remains one of the best players I've seen in the league, and these two new additions sound like similarly strong additions. I'm guessing Shipley decided to find a new home since Amherst isn't playing this year.

[Ron Boerger]

Cameron definitely seems to have a knack for landing high quality transfers. Micah remains one of the best players I've seen in the league, and these two new additions sound like similarly strong additions. I'm guessing Shipley decided to find a new home since Amherst isn't playing this year.

I can't deny the truth of your observation, but Micah was a gift that really fell into their lap.  She had played a couple of years at D2 TAMU-Kingsville and lost her joy for the game, transferred to D1 UTSA where she wasn't playing.  After seeing Trinity play UTSA pretty close in its preseason exhibition (she was a videographer for the athletic department), she went to Trinity later that year, primarily to see D1 Incarnate Word play.  Between that game (an unexpected win for Trinity) and what she had seen earlier in the season she fell in love with the way the team played, and called up Coach Cam shortly thereafter.  The rest is history - her game and regained passion for it were a joy to observe.   

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Gordon would have to confirm, but we went to an Amherst game last season together and I believe Shipley was the player about whom he said, "she's going to be the next Amherst star."  She was definitely impressive and will almost certainly make a difference at Trinity.  I wonder how long it takes to unlearn the Amherst system (although hopefully not the defense)?