MBB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[jeloesel]

Ouch.  Roanoke goes down 87-78.  The Maroons played lackluster ball in the first half--scored only 25 points while giving up an easy 39.  In the second half they played with a lot more intensity, but so did UMass-Dartmouth, which answered every run that Roanoke made.  Roanoke's pressing defense created 13 steals and 20 turnovers, but they had no answer for the Corsairs' half-court game.  UM-D shot 55.6% from beyond the arc (compared to Roanoke's 32.8%) and UM-D swept the boards.  They collected 46 rebounds to RC's 28.  Their two big men had 11 and 15 boards, and a bunch of stick-backs for 18 and 16 points.  Tee Jackson had a very fine shooting performance on 6-10 for 3's, but the rest of the team was 1-12. 

Back to the drawing board for tomorrow's game against Ferrum, which lost the Lebanon Valley.  I think LVC would have given Roanoke a tough time, but i don't see that as the strong point of Ferrum's game.  Page needs to work his guys on boxing out, because there are some nasty big guys in the ODAC looking to pad their stats in the run for conference MVP.

[algernon]

Why doesn't Coach Moir give A.J. Dowell a little more time?  He'd probably be averaging in double figures if he got 25 minutes a game.  Watching him play last year for HSC, I thought he was a fine player, especially for a freshman.

[algernon]

Good to see the Tigers recognized as #15 in the most recent D3hoops poll.  The Tigers should win another couple, if they can get by Eastern Mennonite, before they play the Yellow Jackets next Wednesday.

The Yellow Jackets fall to #17 after their loss to Fisk and have a tough schedule over the next four days, with 3 games in the course of 5 days.  They'll be ready for a couple days rest after that.

Virginia Wesleyan is getting some votes again, in recognition of their 8-3 record, with 6 wins in a row.

[jeloesel]

algernon,
We can only hope that A.J. will unleash 20 points per game against Hampden-Sydney, can't we?

The Roanoke Times carried a story about the Roanoke and the Ferrum games yesterday:

http://www.roanoke.com/sports/college/wb/47035

[algernon]

algernon,
We can only hope that A.J. will unleash 20 points per game against Hampden-Sydney, can't we?

Jim ...  It will be very strange to see A.J. playing for the Maroons.  I hope he gets more playing time this season, but that he has an off-night against his former teammates when we come to Salem on Saturday the 14th.

[steelyglen]

As promised...I am adding a "bonus" to the pick'em. There will be two bonus' actually.

Bonus #1...total points in the Hampden-Sydney v. Bridgewater College game on Saturday, This one is worth 3 points.

Bonus #2...the actual points scored by the winning team in Sunday's RMC v. E&H game! another 3 pointer

Get those bonus picks in...

3sdown/jacketlawyer..what's the deal? 3sdown have you only made one pick and edited a post or have you made all of your picks? jacketslawyer wants to know!

[jdubyadubya]

Bonus #1 - 140
Bonus #2 - 93

[Brian Hamilton]

Bonus #1 - 145

Bonus #2 - 123

[Matt Barnhart (kid)]

Bonus #1...total points in the Hampden-Sydney v. Bridgewater College game on Saturday, This one is worth 3 points.

125

Bonus #2...the actual points scored by the winning team in Sunday's RMC v. E&H game! another 3 pointer

110

[algernon]

Bonus #1...total points in the Hampden-Sydney v. Bridgewater College game on Saturday, This one is worth 3 points.

The Tigers will win, 76-63 ... a total of 139 points.

Bonus #2...the actual points scored by the winning team in Sunday's RMC v. E&H game! another 3 pointer

RMC will win, 124-96.

[Bwana]

This doesn't look good...

http://dnronline.com/sports_details.php?AID=2324&CHID=3


How does college hoops work in a situation like this...bring up folks from JV, or do you just gut it out with who you have left?

[jeloesel]

For bonus #2,
Close to a gazillion.

[narch]

bonus 1 - 132 pts
bonus 2 - 132 pts

keepin' it simple

[3sdown]

Steely-

I only made one pick...And I picked that one wrong!  I don't know where that other crap came from? 

Here are the rest:

R-MC @ Bridgewater
Averett @ Guilford
VWC @ Lynchburg
Greensboro @ EMU

Saturday, January 7
Roanoke @ W&L
H-SC @ Bridgewater
E&H @ VWC
Guilford @ R-MC
Lynchburg @ EMU

Sunday, January 8
E&H @ R-MC
Guilford @ VWC

Tigers vs. Bridgewater...Tigers win 79-61.
RMC vs. E&H...RMC scores 118.

[mybleedinghands]

Bonus #1...total points in the Hampden-Sydney v. Bridgewater College game on Saturday, This one is worth 3 points.

135, HSC wins 75-60

Bonus #2...the actual points scored by the winning team in Sunday's RMC v. E&H game! another 3 pointer

150 by RMC