MBB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[algernon]

Last night might have been the last game of his career, but Justin Wansley's back for another one tonight.  If the Yellow Jackets win, Wansley will play again; if they lose, he probably will play again but it won't be known until this coming weekend.

Anyway, both Wansley and Adair deserve special tribute and belong on the "21st Century All-Conference Team"!

Speaking of Career Points, here are the numbers on the current Tigers:

Mike Edwards, junior:  650 career points
Drew Prehmus, soph:  650 career points
Troy Kaase, soph:      626 career points

[CT]

Maybe if you would discuss the real issues as to why HSC lost the game you wouldn't be so bitter. Why don't you discuss why they blew that lead they had for a good deal of the 2nd half? With under 5 minutes to go HSC was up 9. Where was the defense down the stretch? Too many uncontested shots during RMC's comebacl. Why don't you discuss how HSC couldnt close out the game. If they could have done what it takes to close out the game then you HSC fans would have to be whining about the officiating.

If you're going to bother to post on here then please read everything that has been posted about the game.  In several posts we've said HSC made some dumb plays at the end of the game.  But then again when it was "under 5 minutes to go [and] HSC was up 9" the reason it wasn't, say, "under 3 minutes to go" or "under 2" is because RMC had been in the bonus since the 13:35 mark and the double bonus since the 8:44 mark.  So for over half of the 2nd half, whenever a foul was called on HSC, the clock would stop and RMC would get to shoot FTs.  This extends the game's length and shortens the time of possession needed by RMC to score, keeping valuable seconds on the clock that HSC would have prefered to see tick away before RMC took a shot.  At least in the 1st half, neither team was whistled for the first 7 minutes so even when RMC began putting HSC on the line, there wasn't much time left in the half before the fouls were reset meaning there was less impact on the game.  Contrast that to the 2nd half when HSC didn't even reach the bonus until the 1:23 mark.  Do I think neither team committed a foul for the first 7 minutes of the game?  No, I believe both teams were able to get away with at least one or two.  But there weren't any obvious, "definitely gave the other team an advantage" type fouls and so the officials at least showed consistency.  In the 2nd half, that consistency was thrown right out the window.  And, as stated before by myself and others, no, HSC didn't close the game out and still had chances to win it.  But the only thing they should have needed to do to close out the game was hit FT's (which in the 2nd half they were 7-8, yeah they were 1-3 in OT but honestly 3-3 wouldn't have mattered).


As for the calls on the illegal screens on RMC that someone mentioned, there were plenty of times that Wansley, especially in the 2nd half when the action was in front of us and we could see it, could have been called for holding the screener.  Whenever the guy he was guarding, usually Leweck, set a pick at the top of the key, he would hold his arm/hip as he stepped around to help out his teammate, preventing Aaron from executing a pick-and-roll or anything to clear out (or even moving to set an illegal screen that might have been called).

[Matt Barnhart (kid)]

Virginia Wesleyan 73, Randolph-Macon 64

[jeloesel]

CT,
The horse is DEAD.  Would you like me to post a picture of the carcass?   

[CT]

CT,
The horse is DEAD.  Would you like me to post a picture of the carcass?   

I'm curious.  Did the horse die sometime in the 2 minutes between my post and "kid's" or before then?

[jdubyadubya]

Jimmy - Touche. Nice to see you this past weekend. GO FISH!

[jeloesel]

Nice to see you this past weekend.

Oh, REALLY?

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[bumblebeetuna]

does the odac hold officials accountable? the acc finally did this year. i was wondering if they review the tapes or anything like that and supsend the refs when need be?


btw, this is a message board. these things are so you can beat a dead horse. or do you want to go back to talking about pointless bets?

[jdubyadubya]

Loesel - what can I say? I was undercover!

[jdubyadubya]

And, by the way Loesel, there better not be any inference between me and Mr. D. and the horse carcass.

[baselinejam]

"the Duke of the ODAC." That's the most interesting post I've ever seen here. Don't quite know what it means and where it comes from, but interesting, nonetheless!

I think it's a reference to getting "the calls". K used to complain big time about Deano getting calls now he is the quietly, grateful recipient of same. (i.e. yesterday Miami committed a hard foul that was called intentional - in my view it is difficult to call an intentional foul when the Miami player had both hands on the ball). To the non-dookies it does seem to that they get favorable whistles. Then again there might be the sour grapes issue as well.

[jeloesel]

And, by the way Loesel, there better not be any inference between me and Mr. D. and the horse carcass.

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[baselinejam]

does the odac hold officials accountable? the acc finally did this year. i was wondering if they review the tapes or anything like that and supsend the refs when need be?


btw, this is a message board. these things are so you can beat a dead horse. or do you want to go back to talking about pointless bets?

Here's his email address:brad@odaconline.com <brad@odaconline.com>
He is approachable and forthright in regard to officials. I 've sat next to 'official graders' at ODAC games. That is an interesting experience.

[bumblebeetuna]

does the odac hold officials accountable? the acc finally did this year. i was wondering if they review the tapes or anything like that and supsend the refs when need be?



i am sure that they were kept busy last night. thank you for answering my question.

btw, this is a message board. these things are so you can beat a dead horse. or do you want to go back to talking about pointless bets?

Here's his email address:brad@odaconline.com <brad@odaconline.com>
He is approachable and forthright in regard to officials. I 've sat next to 'official graders' at ODAC games. That is an interesting experience.

[bumblebeetuna]

not sure what happened with that post. but thanks for answering my question. i am sure the "graders" were busy last night.