WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

Ralph Turner · November 01, 2009, 01:16:30 AM

Welcome to the boards, scacbballfan! +1!

pbrooks3 · November 01, 2009, 09:58:51 AM

Ditto, SCACBBALLFAN. Sounds like we have an informed Hendrix basketball supporter. Should be an exciting year for Byler and the Warriors.

tigerbacker · November 04, 2009, 10:04:38 AM

Any idea when the coach's season preview for the SCAC will be out

scacbballfan · November 04, 2009, 05:04:13 PM

Quote from: tigerbacker on November 04, 2009, 10:04:38 AM
Any idea when the coach's season preview for the SCAC will be out

I'm pretty sure the coaches submitted their picks at the end of the week last week. Hopefully they will be out by the beginning of next week. We are about 2 weeks from tip off!

tigerbacker · November 05, 2009, 10:20:29 AM

thanks Bballfan Looking forward to the start of the season, i believe that the SCAC may be a very competitive conference this year.

pbrooks3 · November 06, 2009, 01:53:20 PM

I am getting the feeling that the SCAC will be competitive indeed. What I am wondering is whether DePauw is a cut above every other contender this season. Haven't seen any major posts on what DPU is looking like, but I just have to assume they'll be good.

jekelish · November 08, 2009, 05:01:23 PM

So, what's the SCAC career rebounding mark now that Prato-Matthews set it last year? I'm wondering if Katy Williams will be able to reach that mark this year, since she's starting out the season with 763 career rebounds.

Ron Boerger · November 09, 2009, 12:18:32 AM

Quote from: Tennessee_papa on October 26, 2009, 01:21:11 PM
Quote from: Ron Boerger on October 26, 2009, 12:04:49 PM
The only player TU graduated was KPM. She's going to be hard to replace, true, but the other four starters are all back per the TU web site.

Trinity brought in five freshmen (sorry, no details yet); eight of ten from last year's team are back. Further details here. Don't know that I would say that makes them favorites, but with so much youth on the team and only one senior this year (Alexandra Blake) the future looks good.

Trinity only lost one (as did Hendrix), but the one they lost was a really, really good one. A lot of points and a lot of rebounds headed off to med school.

Similar to Colorado College - they only lost one too but what a one they lost, which is why CC will probably struggle to even qualify for the conference tourney this year.

I'm not saying that Trinity won't compete for the conference championship, as they're gong to be very good. I was merely trying to say that whatever gap existed between Trinity on the one hand and Hendrix/Centre on the other has probably closed some. Both Hendrix and Centre also have four starters back, and included among those four starters are their leading rebounders and scorers from last year.

If I had to rank the top four in the conference coming in, I'd say Depauw, Centre, Trinity, Hendrix in that order, with a fairly big gap between #1 and #2 and right now I'd throw a blanket over #2-#4. If one of those four come up with a contributing freshman or two or suffers a key injury, the order could change.

Of course, the d3hoops voters don't agree with me either, and as always I reserve the right to be wrong.

Trinity's new web site has the '09-'10 roster posted and nowhere to be seen is last year's starting PG, Danielle Hubenak.

Tennessee_papa · November 09, 2009, 08:05:17 AM

Quote from: Ron Boerger on November 09, 2009, 12:18:32 AM

Trinity's new web site has the '09-'10 roster posted and nowhere to be seen is last year's starting PG, Danielle Hubenak.

Late last season, Coach Bradley told me that she was going to lose 2 off of her then-current roster for this season. One graduating and one going to study abroad.

Obviously, KPM was the graduate. Perhaps Hubenak was the player going abroad. It's the only reason I can think of as to why she wouldn't be there.

pbrooks3 · November 09, 2009, 08:25:28 AM

Quote from: Ron Boerger on November 09, 2009, 12:18:32 AM
Quote from: Tennessee_papa on October 26, 2009, 01:21:11 PM
Quote from: Ron Boerger on October 26, 2009, 12:04:49 PM
The only player TU graduated was KPM. She's going to be hard to replace, true, but the other four starters are all back per the TU web site.

Trinity brought in five freshmen (sorry, no details yet); eight of ten from last year's team are back. Further details here. Don't know that I would say that makes them favorites, but with so much youth on the team and only one senior this year (Alexandra Blake) the future looks good.
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That'll be a significant loss if that's the case. Don't suppose anything like this has happened at DePauw! Only kidding!!

Trinity only lost one (as did Hendrix), but the one they lost was a really, really good one. A lot of points and a lot of rebounds headed off to med school.

Similar to Colorado College - they only lost one too but what a one they lost, which is why CC will probably struggle to even qualify for the conference tourney this year.

I'm not saying that Trinity won't compete for the conference championship, as they're gong to be very good. I was merely trying to say that whatever gap existed between Trinity on the one hand and Hendrix/Centre on the other has probably closed some. Both Hendrix and Centre also have four starters back, and included among those four starters are their leading rebounders and scorers from last year.

If I had to rank the top four in the conference coming in, I'd say Depauw, Centre, Trinity, Hendrix in that order, with a fairly big gap between #1 and #2 and right now I'd throw a blanket over #2-#4. If one of those four come up with a contributing freshman or two or suffers a key injury, the order could change.

Of course, the d3hoops voters don't agree with me either, and as always I reserve the right to be wrong.

Trinity's new web site has the '09-'10 roster posted and nowhere to be seen is last year's starting PG, Danielle Hubenak.

tigerbacker · November 09, 2009, 08:30:15 AM

She is playing, must be a huge oversight on the part of the sports info dept., seems that they make a few or don't give much thought to Womens BB sometimes.

Ron Boerger · November 09, 2009, 10:36:47 AM

Quote from: tigerbacker on November 09, 2009, 08:30:15 AM
She is playing, must be a huge oversight on the part of the sports info dept., seems that they make a few or don't give much thought to Womens BB sometimes.

Thanks - hope you're right. An Oct 25 release says that "four starters return".

scacbballfan · November 09, 2009, 10:57:35 AM

First of all, props to Trinity on the new web-site. It was a much needed improvement! Secondly, I too noticed Hubenak was not listed on the roster, however she is the spotlight athlete on the main women's basketball page.

I too am curious about DePauw this year. I don't really see anyone in the East, except maybe Centre, that could give them a run for their money. Any word on wheteher or not Jenna Fernandez will be able to play again this year? I know DPU had a pretty extensive roster last year so I am cuious about the number of recruits brought in.

tigerbacker · November 09, 2009, 11:14:50 AM

Fernandez is listed on the Depauw 09-10 roster, don't know what that means but if she plays Depauw will be a force to reckon with.

scaccommish · November 09, 2009, 05:21:31 PM

Jekelish,

Krista Prato Matthews finished her career with 1,009 rebounds. As you mentioned, Katy Williams of Austin College has 763 heading into this season, so she is 246 from equaling KPM.

Very much in reach considering she had 295 boards as a sophomore and 254 last season.

The 2009-10 SCAC Winter Record Book should be online within a week or so.