MBB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[hasanova]

Mid-Season Report Card (for what it is worth)

I think three teams have separated themselves: VWC, R-MC, and H-SC.  All are 1-1 against each other.  The road teams are 3-0.  Will the trend continue on Wednesday?

GC and RC are not quite there.  The Quakers have to show they can win on the road and the Maroons have to shoot more consistantly to move up into the top tier.  Of course, that is entirely possible.

Mid Season All-ODAC

Jason Sager (POY)  18.4 ppg (4th), 10 rpg (1st)
Brandon Adair         19.0 (3), 7.3 (5)
Clay Michael            15.4 (6), 8.0 (2)
Troy Kaase              20.0 (2), 6.0 (8)
Greg Bienemann     16.7 (5), 6.7 (6)

Second Team

Justin Wansley        14.4 (9), 7.4 (4)
Ben Strong              21.0 (1), 5.3 (11)
Tyler Fantin             10.9 (20), 8.0 (2)
Phil Hawley             10.9 (20), 6.5 (7)


Coach of the Year:  Tom Polambo

I know I will catch flack for not having Wansley on the First Team, but he doesn't deserve it right now.  After I had made my choices, I added up where each ranked in scoring in rebounds since they were all forwards.  The low five made first team, and Sager was the lowest.  All-ODAC is an INDIVIDUAL award, not a TEAM award.  Certainly, he can step it up the second half of the season.  And obviously my opinion is of little value or consequence as to if he actually gets 1st team.  I think he would have to play his way OFF of it, based on reputation alone.

Not any wing players/guards on my list to be honest.  I knew this was going to be a "post dominated" year, but not this much.  

Will be a very interesting 2nd half.  By the way, 31-33 days left until Quarterfinal Saturday, depending on how you want to count them.

eagleslam, with all due respect, if Ben Strong played for a Virginia school, would he be on your first team?    To me, it's pretty hard to keep a guy leading the league in scoring off the first team, especially when his team has a winning conference record.  Not sure if he'll stay in first place for the whole season, but tell me one ODAC school that wouldn't start him if he was on their team?

True, the Quakers had some road problems, so I don't consider them in the top tier right now, but W&L, RMC & VWC (the road games they lost) still have to come to Ragan-Brown where they all lost last year.  The Quakers may not win the league title, but I have a hunch they'll finish around 12-6.  The second half of the season should be very interesting.  Thanks for your analysis - I appreciate it. 

[mybleedinghands]

Mid-Season All-ODAC (all stats based on conference games only)

First Team
Brandon Adair- 18.8 points and 7.1 boards, .647 fg%, 1.62 steals (POY)
Jason Sager- 17.6 points and 10 boards, 1.56 steals
Troy Kaase - 19.6 points and 6.5 boards, .584 fg%, .62 blocks
Clay Michael - 17.1 points and 8.1 boards, .524 fg%, 1.44 blocks
Ben Strong- 20.4 points, 5.5 boards, .656 fg%, 1.12 blocks

Second Team
Greg Bienemann - 16.9 points and 7.2 boards, .573 fg%, .774 ft%, 1.25 blocks
Justin Wansley- 13.4 points and 7.3 boards, .760 ft%, .67 blocks (hes been struggling a bit and hasnt been as dominant as he can be, 6 points the against VWC doesnt help his case any)
Jared Butler - 13.2 points, 3.38 assists, .405 3 point%
Drew Prehmus - 11.2 points, 6.5 boards, 2.62 assists, .818 ft%, .389 3 point%
Phil Hawley - 11.2 points, 6.6 boards, .583 fg%, .789 FT%, 1.78 blocks

Honorable Mention
Matthew Sweeney - 12.6 points, .562 fg%, .480 3 point%, .67 blocks
Pat Prior - 12.3 points, 4.8 boards, .825 ft%, .89 blocks
Tyler Fantin - 11.6 points, 7.8 boards, .500 fg%, .455 3 point %, 1.56 blocks
Andy Albright - 9.0 points, 4.7 boards, 2.22 assists, .784 ft%, 2.00 steals
Korey Whiting - 12.4 points, 5 boards, 3.78 assists, 2 steals

Coach of the Year - Palombo. I'm impressed with how well this team is playing considering they lost 2 of their top 3 players in Genaro Lawhorn and Kerry Atkinson

Freshman of the Year - David Carlson runs away with this one, nearly made my honorable mention squad.

[Matt Barnhart (kid)]

My mid-season ODAC honors:

All-ODAC First Team
Brandon Adair (VWC)
Troy Kaase (H-SC)
Jason Sager (EMU)
Ben Strong (GC)
Justin Wansley (R-MC)

All-ODAC Second Team
Greg Bienemann (W&L)
Jared Butler (RC)
Tyler Fantin (VWC)
Clay Michael (BC)
Phil Hawley (R-MC)

All-ODAC Honorable Mention
Andy Albright (LC)
Josh Maupin (BC)
Thomas Sumpter (VWC)
Korey Townsend (E&H)
Korey Whiting (EMU)

Player of the Year: Brandon Adair (VWC) - He's simply unstoppable

Freshman of the Year: Justin Short (R-MC) or Tory Green (VWC) - I think Green is the better player, but you can't go wrong with a starting point guard (Short) for a nationally ranked team

[algernon]

Wednesday, January 18
Bridgewater @ Washington & Lee
Emory & Henry @ Guilford
Virginia Wesleyan at Hampden-Sydney

Saturday, January 21
Eastern Mennonite @ Bridgewater
Hampden-Sydney @ Emory & Henry
Guilford @ Lynchburg
Roanoke @ Randolph-Macon
Washington & Lee @ Virginia Wesleyan

Sunday, January 22
Washington & Lee @ Randolph-Macon
Roanoke @ Virginia Wesleyan

[narch]

Wednesday, January 18
Bridgewater @ Washington & Lee
Emory & Henry @ Guilford
Virginia Wesleyan at Hampden-Sydney

Saturday, January 21
Eastern Mennonite @ Bridgewater
Hampden-Sydney @ Emory & Henry
Guilford @ Lynchburg
Roanoke @ Randolph-Macon
Washington & Lee @ Virginia Wesleyan

Sunday, January 22
Washington & Lee @ Randolph-Macon
Roanoke @ Virginia Wesleyan


bonus - 218 points in the gc/ehc game

you guys haven't thrown me a usasac bone yet, so i'll make my own

Tuesday, January 17
Averett @ Methodist...should be a tight game

[hasanova]

Narch - Don't know if you noticed it, but former Monarch Jordan Snipes put 31 on the board versus EMU on Saturday.

[algernon]

BONUS GAME... worth 4 points guru's...yep you guessed it TOTAL points in the E&H at Guilford game... The total was 283 as I recall last time...give it your best shot...

My bonus pick is 210 points in the E&H at Guilford game.

[Brian Hamilton]

Bonus pick: 223 combined points in the GC - E&H game!

[stillfamily]

Wednesday, January 18
Bridgewater @ Washington & Lee --- WL
Emory & Henry @ Guilford--  GC
Virginia Wesleyan at Hampden-Sydney--HSC

Saturday, January 21
Eastern Mennonite @ Bridgewater ---EMU
Hampden-Sydney @ Emory & Henry ---HSC
Guilford @ Lynchburg ---LC
Roanoke @ Randolph-Macon-----RMC
Washington & Lee @ Virginia Wesleyan-----VWC

Sunday, January 22
Washington & Lee @ Randolph-Macon -------RMC
Roanoke @ Virginia Wesleyan----VWC

Bonus---217pts. EH vs GC

[baselinejam]

My Picks

Wednesday, January 18
Washington & Lee
Guilford
Virginia Wesleyan

Saturday, January 21
Eastern Mennonite
Hampden-Sydney
Lynchburg
Randolph-Macon

Sunday, January 22
Virginia Wesleyan

Bonus 254 points

[mybleedinghands]

bonus: 225 total points

[jdubyadubya]

I just wish someone, sometime, somehwere would give some credit to Dave Macedo for being a great coach. Look at his record, look what he did last year. He'll probably never get coach of the year and that's just too bad. 

[eagleslam]

hasanova...

With all due respect, I don't care what state Ben goes to college in.  I thought Atkinson should have been FOY last year.  And I chose Polambo as my Mid-Season COY.  Let's stay away from the "out of state" card, shall we?  There are two reasons why he did not make my first team.  The main one is that he averages 5.5 rebounds.  Not real good for a 6-10 kid when he has at least a 2-3 inch advantage over everyone else in the league.  Just over one block a game is not that impressive either, although I will admit he is bound to "change" a lot of shots.  The second reason is that he shoots 61% from the free throw line in over 100 attempts.  I know Kaase is at 55%, but he is at 60% in conference games only, and he has only attempted 67.  He was less than 50% in non-league games (48%) and he has worked on his shooting motion to get that up to 55% overall.  He is starting to gain confidence in his new stroke in the ODAC season, which is where I am looking at stats from.  He does lead the league in scoring.  And maybe there isn't anywhere in the league he would not start.  So?  At H-SC, or even BC, he would not be leading the league in scoring.  Kaase would still be the focal point.  Clay Michael would still be the focal point.  He does a great job putting the ball in the basket, but not such a great job rebounding.  How is that first team material?  How is it he is not even in the top 10 in rebounding and still make your first team?


xcoach...

I cannot speak directly for anyone else, but I know I do not feel obliagted to, in your words, "pick" on Scottie, because of Jim.  I feel obligated when Scottie himself tries to back out of comments, when he makes ones that make no sense, and when he tries to make me look like I do not know what I am talking about.  If you're going to get your panties in a bunch because someone "picks" on someone else, get a grip.  I'm not going to blame Jim for me "picking" on Scottie.  Anything I say is because I want to say it.  Although I must admit, Jim's recent posts have brought me much laughter and joy.


Scottie...

Not to "pick" on you, because I'd hate to get xcoach mad, but I do have a question for your Mid-Season picks.  You selected 15 players for 1st, 2nd, and Honorable Mention.  And I would think they are whom you consider to be the top 15 players in the league.  How can you put three guys from LC on that list?  It seems to me that if the Hornets had 3 of the top 15 guys in the league, they would not be at the bottom of it.  

[jdubyadubya]

Atta boy, STH, it's OK by me to be loyal. Some people don't put much in it.

[jdubyadubya]

bonus: 197