MBB: American Southwest Conference

FrmrHSUer · February 09, 2007, 11:35:48 AM

Congrats to Zach Pickelman for passing the 1500 career points thursday night

gccfan · February 09, 2007, 12:01:37 PM

Big matchup in the East Division tomorrow at LeTourneau. UT-Dallas is coming to town and the Jackets still have a chance to overtake them in the standings. Should LETU beat UTD and Ozarks next week and UTD loses to MC, then the Jackets would take second place due to their win over MC. I expect a great game as neither team wants to be on the same side of the bracket as the Choctaws. I will try to give updates throughout the game, but you can also listen at http://www.audiosportsonline.net/LeTourneau/Basketball.htm

Pat Coleman · February 09, 2007, 02:26:03 PM

Quote from: Bearkat00 on February 08, 2007, 03:38:04 PM
Thanks Ralph!

Does a team, such as MC, who consistly does well in the National Tournament, improve the view of a conference to nationally or does it help when a different team earns a bid to the tournament year in and year out. I hope this makes sense.

I don't believe your premise that MC consistently does well in the NCAA Tournament (note the phrasing -- this isn't the NAIA) is accurate. They haven't done anything outside the South Region in those tournaments, which isn't going to raise the level of the ASC at all.

Bearkat00 · February 09, 2007, 05:23:13 PM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on February 09, 2007, 02:26:03 PM
Quote from: Bearkat00 on February 08, 2007, 03:38:04 PM

Does a team, such as MC, who consistly does well in the National Tournament, improve the view of a conference to nationally or does it help when a different team earns a bid to the tournament year in and year out. I hope this makes sense.

I don't believe your premise that MC consistently does well in the NCAA Tournament (note the phrasing -- this isn't the NAIA) is accurate. They haven't done anything outside the South Region in those tournaments, which isn't going to raise the level of the ASC at all.

My bad, I figured everyone got the point on that comment and would never even consider this to be an NAIA chat board. I figured qualifying for the tournament would be considered successful. You see these D1 mid-majors who qualify for the NCAA Tournament and their season's are considered a success. Just curiousity really....

jmnaseum · February 09, 2007, 06:04:43 PM

The 4th place spot is up for grabs in the West. Will it be CUA or SR?

Pat Coleman · February 10, 2007, 02:42:35 AM

To the person who tried to register from this region a few minutes ago with a fake e-mail address -- read the instructions. You won't get the approval e-mail if you use an address that bounces.

Bearkat00 · February 10, 2007, 12:06:20 PM

Big game today - LETU vs. UT-Dallas.

LETU coming off a tough win against a pesky UT-Tyler team. LETU lost a key (freshman Will Smith) reserve this weekend to a knee injury and will probably be out the rest of the season.

Ralph Turner · February 10, 2007, 06:52:17 PM

McM 96, Schreiner 83; Final.

cp1123 · February 10, 2007, 06:57:16 PM

ETBU gets UTT in double OT at home 85-83.

dsc · February 10, 2007, 07:33:33 PM

Cowboys win in OT over the Bulldogs. (I think the score was 70-66)

gccfan · February 10, 2007, 08:17:45 PM

LeTourneau keeps second place hopes alive with a hard fought win over UTD, 58-54. Should the Jackets defeat Ozarks next Saturday and UTD loses one of their final two games against MC or LC, the Jackets will hold the second place position due to the tie breaker.

lcwildcatfan · February 11, 2007, 02:00:39 AM

Congratulations to LC for making the tournament this year!! They deserve it!! They will win their first game of the tournament.

Pat Coleman · February 11, 2007, 05:41:11 PM

Hoopsville tonight: 5-8 p.m. CT. Guests include Mary Hardin-Baylor men's coach Ken DeWeese as we talk about teams on the playoff bubble.
http://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/

mcmfan · February 12, 2007, 11:18:29 AM

Another question for the point man! McM plays UMHB Thursday night. Right now, we're one game back of them. A win would tie us for first place. If we beat them by more than 11 points — the point spread of our first meeting — would that give us the tiebreaker?

gccfan · February 12, 2007, 11:47:43 AM

mcmfan, here is the tie breaker info from the ASC Website

9.1.1 Two-Way Ties: In the event of a two-way tie, the seed positions are determined by:
a. Record against each other.
b. Record against other Division opponents in descending order starting with the highest seeded team
c. Point-Run Differential between tied teams. If the tie remains, Point-Run Differential in descending order starting with the highest seeded team within the Division. There will be a maximum cap in designated sports used for each game in the Point-Run Differential:
Basketball: 10 points per game

So it basically looks like McMurry would need the Crusaders to also lose to HSU on Saturday to earn the #1 seed because MCM went 1-1 against HSU and UMHB won that first meeting with HSU. After that, it would come down to the point differentials.