MBB: St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[dynasty22]

I've periodcally walked in for a few minutes during different practices. Coach seemed to know what he was talkin about so we will see come game time whether we are prepared or not. Remember, "Champions are made in the offseason"
GO BEAVERS!

[fcnews]

Hopefan- It's not FU's second game that really troubles me it's the first. I've heard, but yet confirmed, that Hannibal handled Westminister in a scrimmage. If that is the case, this could be a tough one for the "Kids".

[Beaver_SID]

I've periodcally walked in for a few minutes during different practices. Coach seemed to know what he was talkin about so we will see come game time whether we are prepared or not. Remember, "Champions are made in the offseason"
GO BEAVERS!

Ive also paid a little attention to BC's guys this offseason, Im not saying they're in position to take the SLIAC or anything like that, but I will say that any team in the SLIAC will have their hands full when they play BC. This class is by far the hardest working and in the best shape (as a team), than in years past.

[Beaver_SID]

you hit it on the nose when you asked the question about the new coach hopefan...blackburn hired a new coach coming off bad seasons at his previous school, so how does that qualify him for his current job? its all apart of blackburns administrations plans, slowly cut off each sport 1 by 1, make them have bad seasons so their will be next to no recruits wanting anything to do with your program..blackburn had potential to be DECENT this year, but after hiring a coach who is well below .500 at his previous school...hahaha good luck...

If research was done you would see that Chandler has actually done his fair share of winning in previous seasons. He has been coach of the year in previous years,  took his team to the NCAA tournament, and also coached his fair share of DIII All-Americans. Late in his stint @ Averett the school decided to change their admission requirements, which took a reported chunk out of his recruiting. Also, Averett was plaqued with some of the same problems as BC faces now as in retainment of players. Two years ago his only returning starter was called up to the Virgina Army/National Gaurd. Leaving him with one lone senior that saw minimum playing time the previous years.

[dynasty22]

BeaverSID - I wouldn't worry about redrum much...he's probably some kid who is acting tough behind a screen name or maybe he tryed out the the team and got cut and now he's at home lickin his wounds.

Redrum - Don't piss off the Crazies, they have never EVER backed down...all I've got to say is BRING IT...North 27...I'll be waitin...

[fcnews]

Just looking at the Basketball schedules on the SLIAC site. Most schools have really long layoffs over Christmas break. How do you think this will effect most squards?

[Gregory Sager]

Blackburn Hosts the North/South Classic which features Blackburn, Concordia, Greenville, and Dominican.

Since Blackburn's hosting, I'll reassess my earlier prediction and say that the Beavers have a chance to split this coming weekend. Home court can count for a lot, especially at the beginning of a season when the other two teams are taking long road trips to get there.

and hey, I have one more thing to say in a very serious  vein - D3 hoops is my passion - yes I take great abuse form my Billikin season ticketholder work mate,

I sure hope that you dish it out right back at him, Hopefan! Being a fan of D3 basketball is nothing to be ashamed of. This is basketball for the purists. Consider yourself one of the elite!

[Mac Attack]

Mac has about 20 days between games in December. Play December 9 at Webster and December 29 in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic in Georgia. Some of that is because of finals, but I think most of it is tradition, at least at MacMurray. Give the kids some time off to be with their families, heal up, and recharge their batteries for the second semester. Not sure how many D3 schools do it this way, but my guess is many of them do. That being said, a 20 day lay-off in any sport is significant. The teams they will be playing won't be facing the same thing. LaGrange will be looking at a 12 day break and Huntingdon will have been off 13 days. From the outside looking in, the Highlanders will be at a huge disadvantage, in terms of conditioning and game minutes. Mix in the long bus ride down there, I would imagine the team will be more than a little sluggish. I can remember coming back from Christmas break and dreading the first few practices. Legs felt like tree trunks and my lungs felt like they were on fire. Prime time for upsets. The Highlanders will practice several days before taking off for the tournament at LaGrange, but my sense is an almost three week lay-off is close to starting the season all over again. But these are 19, 20, 21 year old kids who bounce back pretty quickly - hope so.

[Mac Attack]

Pat,

What would you think about adding a SLIAC "Pick Em" to the board this season. We have about half a dozen loyal posters and I think could add that many more once the season gets rolling. I would be willing to tablulate, starting this Friday night. If not, I guess we could incorporate into this link. Just let us know...

[pantherpride06]

RE: Long Lay-offs

I didn't realize the long layoff for Greenville.  We take a month off between the Dec. 9 game v. Harris Stowe and January 9 game w/ Principia. Taking a look at our last 5 years worth or schedules and results, we have never had that long of layoff.  We normally play a Jan 2-3 game and we have the boys back before NYE.  We will have to shake the rust off.  Coming back and the first game being Prin in SLIAC play could be dangerour for the GC Panthers.

[fcnews]

Max Attack - You guys are taking a bus all the way to Georgia? That's one ride I wouldn't want to take. I'm hoping for a heat wave in Florida over the holidays.

[Mac Attack]

fcnews - I assume Mac will bus it down there and back. Have not heard otherwise. Would be nice if the athletic dept. arranged for round trip airfare but I doubt that will happen. Without stops, it's about an 11 hour bus ride.

[pantherpride06]

Two seasons ago, we traveled to Atlanta, GA to play Piedmont & Atlanta Christian and to Kentucky to Play Eastern Kentucky.  We took what we call people movers or shuttle busses.  Well, actually 1.  They seat 14.  We took 10 players and 3 coaches.  A fun very uncomfortable trip.  I hope you have better travel arrangements!

[Beaver_SID]

~The Long awaited Bc vs. IL-Weslyan Stats~

Sorry for the delay but here are the stats from the BC scrimmage!

Zeb Hammond- 2-8 from 3pt line, 6TP, 2 blocks, 2 Assists, and 4 Rebounds(O-2, D-2)
Zak Allen- 1-4, 2TP, 2 steals, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 5 rebounds (O-2, D-3)
Grant Lamsargis- 5-7, 11TP, 8 rebounds (O-5, D-3), and 1 assist
Leotis Howard- 8-11 overall, 4-4 from 3pt line, 1 def. rebound, 20TP, 1 assist, and 1 steal
Bryan Waters- 3-4 overall, 1-1 from 3pt line, 5 def. rebounds, 7TP

These were the starting five, they only played the first half! BC went on to lose 59-67 but what a showing.

Leotis seemed to be on fire the beginning of the game. In the first minute and a half maybe he racked up nine points. IL-Weslyan took a time out and this is a direct quote from an IL-Weslyan player
"Come on guys, you gotta stop him, hes got nine freakin' points already!"

From there on out IL-Weslyan showed why they are a well known program cutting and eventually taking the lead. BC stayed strong and hung in there, So good job guys!

[Beaver_SID]

RE: Long Lay-offs

I didn't realize the long layoff for Greenville.  We take a month off between the Dec. 9 game v. Harris Stowe and January 9 game w/ Principia. Taking a look at our last 5 years worth or schedules and results, we have never had that long of layoff.  We normally play a Jan 2-3 game and we have the boys back before NYE.  We will have to shake the rust off.  Coming back and the first game being Prin in SLIAC play could be dangerour for the GC Panthers.

Wow, those are some long layoffs. BC's longest is only a 14 day stretch from Dec 16th to Dec 30th.