WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[vozdelospetrels]

SPFan22 ,

Pretty sure I heard you and Flight yelling at the officials during the game through OU's webcast. I heard OU had a good fan base at Thomas More; I'm glad the ladies got some familiar support on the road.

[spfan22]

vozdelos: 
yeah.. I was only frustrated with the officials once or twice throughout the game.. and of course I let them know about it.. It was actually one of the best officiated games ive seen.. they let them play physical.. from the start I thought that would hurt OU due to lack of size.. but they withstood and played great team defense..

OU had about 50 fans that traveled.. maybe a little more, maybe a little less..  we were actually louder than Thomas More's 1000 fans at some points with our constant defense chants.. Thomas More's fans were very mild mannered, I had to refrain myself several times from saying things I would normally say because I knew the Thomas More fans wouldnt respond back.. Thomas More fans were very respectful but not a group of fans that you could battle back and forth between

At one point.. a few Thomas More baseball players came and sat inches from a few of our fans.. one of our fans clever response "did you guys come to get a closer look of us kickin your a**"  i thought it was pretty humorous and figured you would get a laugh from that as well..

[FlightofthePetrel]

Crazy trip to KY this weekend.. Flight drives like a maniac and the weather was terrible (14 inches of snow we had to fight on the way up).. not the best combination

I'm not sure if I should take offense to that or not... all I know is we made it up there alive- and in my books that's all that counts.  Those who know me know I don't do anything half ass 

OU played a very solid game on Saturday night.. probably the most complete game OU has played all year.. solid game all around and they limited their turnovers, which is what you have to do against great teams

I agree that was the most complete game they've played all year.  At the beginning of the year I pointed out that while they were beating teams by 20 and 30 points they still wern't playing up to their potential.  28 games later... they finally found their stroke.  This team stepped up where they would have folded earlier... they answered an 11-5 run when Thomas More took the lead 46-45, and the TM faithful at their loudest, with a made free-throw and a Tina Grace layup that allowed OU to take a lead they would not relinquish.  The game was nip and tuck the remaining 10 minutes but everytime TM cut it to 2 or 3  OU would hit a big shot to extend the lead.  THAT is what the Lady Petrels were missing earlier in the year and now that they've found it along with confidence that comes from beating an undefeated and #3 ranked I think it's feasible that they come away with 2 more wins this weekend.

Just like last weekend... win the Friday game and I'll see you on Saturday ladies...

[FlightofthePetrel]

Does anyone know what time the 4th round game on March 15th at Kean would be?  I can only find the time for the 3rd round games?

[FlightofthePetrel]

WBCA just released their finalist for their All American team

http://www.wbca.org/releases/DIIISFCAATFinalistsPR2008.htm

Ashley Farrell a senior from Rhodes was the only nomination from the SCAC.  Congrats to her on a great career.

Where's the SCAC POTY though?

[blackngold]

You wonder who is doing the voting or not voting on the All- American nominations. It is hard for me to believe that SCAC PLOY Kuvalik(sp?) is not a nominee since I got to see both players alot over the last three years and there is no contest in my humble opinion. Also I see that Amherst guard Shaina Pollack is a nominee and will have to line up against DePauw guards in a couple of days. We will see how she fares and I wonder if she has seen the kind of defense that the guards from DePauw can slap on you?? Time will tell. Go Tigers!!!

[Pat Coleman]

Well, those aren't nominees, those are finalists. We have to assume they were nominated but this is not a list of all nominees.

[FlightofthePetrel]

Pat,

Bad choice of words on my part.  I'm sure Kulavic was nominated but not chosen as a finalist.  Regardless to have a player who played on a losing team make it over the POTY who played on a Sweet 16 team (when their stats are almost the exact same)... kinda makes you wonder if the people out there are even paying attention.

[vozdelospetrels]

I do believe that it was the WBCA that selected Farrell as the SCAC pre-season player of the year and pre-season All American. Different organizations have their eyes on different players. In MLB it seems that once you've won one Rawlings Gold Glove Award, the only way to not keep winning one is to completely have a disastrous season in the field. That being said, Farrell still had a good season and was on this group's radar from the beginning.

[OUfan22]

This may sound like a silly question, but is there more than one list of all americans? im thinking along the lines of there being a couple different nat'l rankings type thing.  i find it absurd that kulavic would be a preseaon all american and not make the list of finalists!? i've had personal experience playing against a few of the people on that list and i find it difficult to believe that she would not make the cut if they did...

[vozdelospetrels]

There are different lists. Kulavic was a D3hoops.com pre-season All American.

[DPU3619]

Regardless to have a player who played on a losing team make it over the POTY who played on a Sweet 16 team (when their stats are almost the exact same)... kinda makes you wonder if the people out there are even paying attention.

I don't like this argument.  I have a serious problem with the best player on the best team being nominated as an All-American.   If you want to tell me that the best player on the best team is worthy of being POTY, then that's fine.  I'll buy that argument. 

I firmly believe that being an All-American is an award given to the individual and that the team in question's record should have no impact on that.  It's an entirely different entity than a conference player of the year.  18, 6, and 2.5 is a very good stat line to post in this conference.  In fact, I'd say Katy Williams of Austin may be the best nominee, as she went for 19 and 12 and shot 55%  Shouldn't it be that the Lynx's record (or the record of any other nominee) has absolutely no bearing on it?

And, also, if you want to tell me that Kulavic is more worthy than either of those nominees based SOLELY on her statistical achievements, I'll buy that argument, too.  However, to me, she cannot be an All-American due to the quality of play of her teammates.

[vozdelospetrels]

In all fairness it has to be incredibly difficult to come up with the All American finalist for DIII hoops....so many teams, so many players with similar stats, and very little National exposure for most players. You've got rely on stat lines and prior year performance...are the stats a fluke, or has this player done this before? I personally feel that the All American nominees should be limited to only Seniors, there would still be a large talent pool to choose from if this was the case, but would automatically cut out  a large portion of nominees. DOn't blast me too much for that comment.

[FlightofthePetrel]

And, also, if you want to tell me that Kulavic is more worthy than either of those nominees based SOLELY on her statistical achievements, I'll buy that argument, too.  However, to me, she cannot be an All-American due to the quality of play of her teammates.

I was merely comparing the two player's statistics and since they were fairly even I went a little further to note that Katie was putting up these numbers for a very good team... a team that SHE made good.  Not to say that her teamates didn't do anything because they did- she has some amazing teamates.  Katie also put up these numbers in 5 less minutes per game or 110 total minutes (5 minutes per Farrell's 22 games).  Kulavic was also taken out of games regardless of stats that were WAY out of hand early on in the season... she could easily be averaging 20+ points right now if statistics were what mattered most. 

enough of that though... I just thought it was ODD that she didn't make the list and Farrell did... didn't mean to open up that soapbox again.

[Pat Coleman]

D3hoops.com will be broadcasting audio of the entire Kean sectional on the Net:
http://www.d3hoops.com/audio/