MBB: American Southwest Conference

[pistol pete 22]

My Picks on the rest of the games before Christmas

Let over SU
UTT over CUA.....only if CUA continues to fail to play any defense
SRSU over HPU
ETBU over TLU

ETBU over SU
McM over HSU......unless HSU hits 15 3 pointers, McM is too good.
Let over TLU
TLU over SU
SRSU over LC......might not ever pick LC again after losing to TLU
MC over HPU

HPU over LC......like i said
MC over SRSU

[Ralph Turner]

This is not my profile, but I hope to meet Ralph (and his dad, Ralph) someday!

Good luck, Ralph!   

[etbualum]

I was going through looking at stats for some of the teams.  I noticed ETBU missing some players, a kid named Josh Jefferson who was from Shreveport.  I saw him play in high school and was impressed but he is not on the roster, and neither is the Waters kid they were so high on.  Does anyone know what happened to those players?

Jefferson hasnt been with the team the last week.  With the time of year its either grades or discipline.  I honestly do not know.  With Waters I think he was unhappy about his role on the team and will probably be somewhere else next semester.

Waters is a good player, he has not shot the ball very well and came off the bench against concordia after starting most of the early games.  He made a few plays down the stretch of that game, but had a big turnover with :15 left.  Hopefully someone will step up and fill the minutes.

Free throw shooting and 3 pts shooting have been the biggest factors in ETBU's 3 conference losses.
We missed 12 fts against Sul Ross and were 6-23 from 3 point range after going 5-10 in the first half

Against umhb we were 2-17 from 3 pt range and missed 7fts(probably would have lost either even with a better performance)

Against Concordia we missed 14 free throws and were 6-15 from 3pt range(thanks to turnipseeds 5-9)(condordia shot 11 for 23 from 3 pt range and hit 7 in a row in a 3 minutes span in the first half)


I still think our team is much better than last year, and it will need to be as the schedule gets tougher.

[pedh34]

My Picks:
CUA over Tyler upset?
Let over SU
SRSU over HPU
TLU over ETBU upset?

ETBU over SU
McM over HSU
Let over TLU
TLU over SU
SRSU overLC
MC over HPU
HPU over LC
MC over SRSU 

Can Tyler keep up their play in Austin? 

[ASCfan237]

Seems like UTD, UTT, and LeT are all undeafeted so I started looking at their schedules to see who has had the easiest one so far in conference.

UTD played @UMHB, @CTX, home vs SRSU, home vs HPU
UTT played @ TLU, @SU, home vs HS, home vs McM
LeT played @HPU, @SRSU, home vs CTX, home vs MHB


HPU, SRSU, TLU, SU are all doing poorly this year so wins against those teams should not be counted as highly as wins against the others. The second best grouping is CTX and MHB at 2-2. LeT played them at home which isn't as good as beating them on road like UTD did.

Now the two best teams in the West record wise would be HS and McM. UTT beat both of these teams but both were home games.

Therefore I would have to say that UTD has had the toughest schedule because they had to beat UMHB and CTX on the road. UTT would be second because they beat the two best teams even though it was at home. LeT has won against the lower end of the division on the road and the second group at home so they would be last.

Again, this is just my opinion of how the East is shaking out so far. I still believe that MC will come back and contend and that my boys, Ozarks, have a shot at getting into the tourny. UTD goes on the road after Christmas against the two best (HS and McM). If they wins those two games they should be ranked ahead of the other two.

ETBU seems to be having some inner turmoil amidst all that athleticism and talent... and LC has one good player and some decent guys I might choose for my pick up game tomorrow night. I think it is going to be a five team race for 4 spots.

[Bearkat00]

LETU - 89
SU - 57
FINAL

Vanwright w/21pts

[Ralph Turner]

UL-Lafayette 85, LaCollege 58

This was an exhibition game for LaCollege and a regular game for ULL.

[TheBuzz]

Hey guys...new here.  I follow LeTourneau very closely.  Look forward to some great discussions/banter in the future.

TheBuzz

[Ralph Turner]

Hey guys...new here.  I follow LeTourneau very closely.  Look forward to some great discussions/banter in the future.

TheBuzz

Welcome Buzz!

Really big high-profile game against UW-Whitewater after Christmas...

Good luck!

[Bearkat00]

Looking @ LETU's big win against SU -

*SU shot 17 more free throws than LETU (an oddity for sure in a blowout win).
*SU pulled down 17 total rebounds compared to LETU's 38
*LETU had assists on more than half their baskets - 19 assists to 37 baskets.
*12 Steals for the Jackets
*Smith, Evers, and Vanwright score in double figures for the first time all season, somethign I think we all were expecting to happen a little more often. 

Looking forward to tonight's game against TLU, who is coming off a nice win against ETBU.  Definitly can not take the Bulldogs lightly. 

Looking at TLU - ETBU game - why didn't Melvin Brewer play more than 9 minutes?  Did he get hurt?

[Bearkat00]

On my comment above - I guess Brewer has jsut been benched.  He played against Schreiner on Sunday.

ETBU - 85
SU - 64
FINAL

4 of 5 ETBU starters score in double figures for Tigers. 

[Ralph Turner]

UT-Dallas #24!

Trinity #22!

[etbualum]

On my comment above - I guess Brewer has jsut been benched.  He played against Schreiner on Sunday.

ETBU - 85
SU - 64
FINAL

4 of 5 ETBU starters score in double figures for Tigers. 

Probably has more to do with Corvaniel Johnson and Dennis Jones being back in the fold.  The guard spot is pretty crowded for the tigers.

[ASCfan237]

Nice to see LeT letting their best player play....Smith with 18 points off of 7 shots, great efficiency. This team is doing a great job and their coach must be proud but if I had all that talent on my roster I would be winning games by 40. They have 4 players who should not be at the d3 level in Smith, Vanwright, Evers, and Rockmore. Add a solid point guard in Hayes and some nice athletes and they have a great team. It will be hard to beat them this year. All you LeT guys on this website should be very excited.

[Ralph Turner]

Nice to see LeT letting their best player play....Smith with 18 points off of 7 shots, great efficiency. This team is doing a great job and their coach must be proud but if I had all that talent on my roster I would be winning games by 40. They have 4 players who should not be at the d3 level in Smith, Vanwright, Evers, and Rockmore. Add a solid point guard in Hayes and some nice athletes and they have a great team. It will be hard to beat them this year. All you LeT guys on this website should be very excited.

The big game for LeTU is the Whitewater game.

UWW is a known quantity and nationally recognized, year after year.

Playing at UMHB is a "friendly-neutral" court for LeTU.  Let's hope that they win.