MBB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[hasanova]

Nova - see what you started?  Let's keep it going right up to the first tip off

Well, what do you do in the offseason?  lol

I was five when it happened, but what about UNC's perfect basketball season in 1957 which included, I think, back-to-back triple OT games in the Final Four.  Add the fact that Kansas had Wilt Chamberlain at Center and UNC's tallest man was about 6'5" and you had a miracle upset. 

[eagleslam]

John Elway finally winning a Super Bowl just before Dale Earnhardt, Sr. finally wins a Daytona 500

Villanova of Georgetown in 1985 and Kansas over Oklahoma in 1988

The "Tiger Slam"

The Dream Team

and some smaller schools...

JMU (where I have my Master's degree from) winning the 1-AA Championship winning all of their games on the road

Bridgewater getting to the Sweet 16 when there were 64 teams in the D-3 Tournament by winning two on the road

Bridgewater vs. Rowan (I think the clock just started, or stopped), then giving Mt. Union all they could handle before losing 30-27


JWW...

I could keep this discussion up until tip-off very easily!!

[hasanova]

John Elway finally winning a Super Bowl just before Dale Earnhardt, Sr. finally wins a Daytona 500

Villanova of Georgetown in 1985 and Kansas over Oklahoma in 1988

The "Tiger Slam"

The Dream Team

and some smaller schools...

JMU (where I have my Master's degree from) winning the 1-AA Championship winning all of their games on the road

Bridgewater getting to the Sweet 16 when there were 64 teams in the D-3 Tournament by winning two on the road

Bridgewater vs. Rowan (I think the clock just started, or stopped), then giving Mt. Union all they could handle before losing 30-27


JWW...

I could keep this discussion up until tip-off very easily!!

How about France's winless war record?  Well, I'll give them a tie in the French Revolution, but they were technically fighting themselves.  Still, that makes them like 0-37-1. 

[mybleedinghands]

i've got another one to add to the list:

August 19, 1984 - because thats the day i was born! 

[jdubyadubya]

STH.....a day that will live in infamy

[algernon]

i've got another one to add to the list:

August 19, 1984 - because thats the day i was born! 

Scottie .... You share a birthday with my dog!   Seriously.   

[jdubyadubya]

OK Algernon..some us know what Scottie looks like. Now, tell us about your dog

[FortyFour]

I apologize for breaking with the ongoing theme, but I saw this on another board...thought us ODAC fans would like to see this as well.

Street & Smith's 2007-08 Division III preseason top 10:

1. Wash U.
2. UW-Stevens Point
3. Brockport St
4. Amherst
5. Augustana
6. Brandeis
7. Virginia Wesleyan
8. Guilford
9. Rochester
10. Williams

"Possible Breakthroughs":

Alvernia, Aurora, Averett, Calvin, Capital, Defiance, Elmhurst, Hampden-Sydney, Heidelberg, Hope, Keene St, Lewis & Clark, Loras, Mississippi College, Plattsburgh St,  Puget Sound, Rhode Island Coll, Rowan, Stevens Institute, Ursinus, Wheaton, Whitworth, William Paterson, UW-Platteville, UW-Whitewater, Wittenberg, Wooster, Worcester Poly, York


Preseason All-American Team...

1st Team

James Cooper, Wooster
Andrew Olson, Amherst
Troy Ruths, Wash U
Ben Strong, Guilford
Larry Welton, Aurora

2nd Team

Sherod Harris, Brockport St
Chad McGowan, York (Pa)
Kent Raymond, Wheaton (IL)
Nick Shattuck, Ursinus
Anthony Williams, Plattsburgh St

Honorable Mention:

Ton Ton Balenga, VA Wesleyan
Damien Brown, Averett
Matt Brynes, Rowan
Steve DeLuca, Brandeis
Jason Foster, Puget Sound
Travis Gorham, Plattsburgh St
Nate Hainje, Chicago
Steve Hicklin, UW-Stevens Point
Craig Johnson, Coast Guard
Tyler Kathan, Keene St
Kyle Kuenstling, Coe
Jeremiah Lawrence, Shenandoah
Russell Martin, Trinity (Ct)
Onyie Onunaku, Shenandoah
Jonathan Onyiriuka, Rochester
Anthony Pettaway, Defiance
Pete Rortvedt, UW-Stevens Point
Chris Rose, Williams
Chris Shalvoy, Williams
Jeff Skemp, UW-Platteville
Nate Stahl, Capital
Ryan Symes, Whitworth
Brandon Todd, Muskingum
Derek Van Solkema, Hope
Caleb Veldhouse, Calvin
Sean Wallis, Wash U
Kyle White, Loras
Brandon Williams, Brockport St
Andrew Zimmer, Wabash

[hasanova]

44 - thanks for the Street & Smith information.  Very nice.

[mybleedinghands]

damien brown an HM all-american? Interesting. Not saying he doesn't deserve, I'm just surprised he was even considered based on the stats he puts up - solid but dont look like the typical stats an AA would have.

I do agree with them that Averett is a team to watch. Jimmy Allen has done a hell of a job with that program since taking it over after the team went 0-25 before he came. They have gotten exponentially better every single year he's been there.

Why no Lynchburg in there? lol

[hasanova]

damien brown an HM all-american? Interesting. Not saying he doesn't deserve, I'm just surprised he was even considered based on the stats he puts up - solid but dont look like the typical stats an AA would have.

I do agree with them that Averett is a team to watch. Jimmy Allen has done a hell of a job with that program since taking it over after the team went 0-25 before he came. They have gotten exponentially better every single year he's been there.

Why no Lynchburg in there? lol

Well, as a Math major, I know exponents can be negative as well as positive. 

[baselinejam]

Heck, I think Balenga is a nice player -  but pre-season HM AA? His #'s last year weren't any better than a couple of other ODAC juniors. He may be getting the Scottie Pippen vote.

[FortyFour]

Heck, I think Balenga is a nice player -  but pre-season HM AA? His #'s last year weren't any better than a couple of other ODAC juniors. He may be getting the Scottie Pippen vote.

I think it's a pretty easy argument to make that Balenga should be on the preseason HM AA list.  Sure his stats last year weren't jawdropping, but he is the best returning player on preseason top-10 team.  I don't think this is a case of the "Scottie Pippen vote", but more about the fact that he's a player who steps up his game in the biggest games (see the performance in the 2006 title game and the performance in the 2007 national semi-final after the broken nose).

[jdubyadubya]

He belongs on the list. He's played in the shadow of Adair for the last few years and this year is his coming out party.

[baselinejam]

The Gennies start practice on Monday. When do the rest of the teams get going?