MBB: American Southwest Conference

[kid nice]

I cant believe MC just lost that game.  Two HUGE mistakes cost them late.  Get a steal with right at a minute left and instead of bringing it out the PG attempts a bad shot and misses, and then we gamble and try to steal a pass and dont get it and leave a guy who has already made 4 3point baskets wide open and he knocks it down.  Give UTD credit, they won the game by making the choctaws pay on those mistakes.  That was the first time ive been able to watch a game this season, not really seeing Haywood as possibly the best player to ever play at MC, was hoping to see more out of him.  We look like we have a nice mix of players though, hopefully we can pull out the championship in the conference tourney. 

[Ralph Turner]

Final:  CTX 108, McM 89.  UMHB is all alone in first place in the West.

[Ralph Turner]

UTD at UTT has been postponed until Monday Feb 15th.

[finnman]

Have not posted in a long time...Thought I would give my thoughts on McM this year.

I thought they were going to be a better team than they are right now.  For example, I thought they looked they should be a 15-25 point better team than SRU, but they barely won.
They don't play good defense or rebound lately, and they make alot of mistakes...not very tough either.  They seem a little pouty when Holmes gets on to them.  I thought they could host this year, but since that is gone, they need to toughen up.  They proved they could beat UMHB at their place and also UTD, but if they keep playing this way, they will be one and done in the Conference Tourney.

Don't get me wrong, it could be a whole lot worse.  Alot of teams would consider this a great year, but this is McM basketball, and Holmes and all his fans have come to expect alot more.
It's been a long time since they have won the Conference Championship, and this team could do it, but I don't think they are tough enough right now...and unfortunately its hard to change at this point.

FinnMan

[#1ascfanman]

Sorry guys,

I have been very busy with work and have not kept up and just had a chance to get going here again.  First of great win for LC over UT-D.  Tough loss against ETBU last night.  Much improved this year it seems.


Here are Saturday's games:


LC over LeT
SRSU over HSU
UT-T over UO
MC over ETBU
MCM over HPU
CUA over TLU
UMHB over SU



38-18 overall.

[Ralph Turner]

There is a pre-game ceremony at the HPU game.

Kit Kimbrell and Leon Rawlins, Jr have worked a team to broadcast McMurry  football, men's and women's basketball and baseball for 15 years.

Leon is moving on for personal reasons. Kit is staying as long as he wants it.

Thanks to the pair, and thanks especially to Leon for all of the memories over these last 11 years that I have been following them on the internet streams, both audio and now internet video.

[mcmfan]

It's official -- at a press conference at McMurry, Ron Holmes has just announced that he's retiring as men's head basketball coach after this season.  He'll be replaced by Matt Garnett, currently the McM assistant coach.  Ron has been both basketball coach and McMurry A.D.; he'll now be able to concentrate on his A.D. duties.

[mcm_sid]

http://www.mcmurrysports.com/news/2010/2/17/MBB_0217102131.aspx

[realist]

Only saw one game that Holmes coached.  Elite eight in 2000 in MI.  He came in with a great team, high powered offense, and Martinez had 10 steals.  He coached hard, his team played hard, and when it was over he was about as gracious as any coach I have ever seen in that circumstance.   Calvin jsut posted a video on their website with highlights of that season, and game.  coach Holmes appears on the video. 
www.calvin.edu link to the sports, and from there men's b-ball. 

[mcm_sid]

realist, couldn't find it, could you be more specific as to where the link is?

I would love to see it.

Thanks

[pistol pete 22]

Anyone else hear or see the ending to UTT UTD game? Refs cheated UTT out of win, called a foul in tie game with .9 seconds left on the opposite end of the court. It was on a rebound of a missed 3, UTD made second free throw. UTT coach an the ref got into it early in the 2nd an he then called 2 or 3 fouls in a row on the UTT point guard while he was just guarding the ball, not even on drives. Needless to say the same refwas the one who made the call at the end of the game.

Not to mention the win UTD stole at home against Ozarks, Two bogus calls in the last 10 seconds against Ozarks up 3. One foul led to two free throws and the other led to UTD ball under their own basket with about 5 seconds left. They run a lob play to 35, he misses but hustles to get his own rebound on the opposite side of the goal, trips and take about two extra steps (clearly a travel but no call) then shoots a fade away. Shot goes over the goal, 34 catches it in the air and tips it in....not even at the buzzer. Ozarks still had a chance to inbound the ball and heave one..... Can all they happen in 5 seconds? NOOO WAY, and needless to say when the cameras zoomed out the Ozarks assistant coach was yelling ballistically at the UTD scores table. A little home cooking for the comets.

[Ralph Turner]

You Tube video of the Holmes resignation Garnett Successor

There have been two coaches at McMurry for the last 51 seasons, Hershell Kimbrell and Ron Holmes.  IMHO, Matt Garnett is the right person for the job.

I encourage you to enjoy the 9minute 37 second video.

[#1ascfanman]

LC over LeT-CORRECT
SRSU over HSU-CORRECT
UT-T over UO-CORRECT
MC over ETBU-INCORRECT
MCM over HPU-CORRECT
CUA over TLU-CORRECT
UMHB over SU-CORRECT



44-19 overall.

Interesting about the McMurry coach, we will see if they continue their success.  Impressive only two coaches in that time. 

[mcm_sid]

There is a pre-game ceremony at the HPU game.

Kit Kimbrell and Leon Rawlins, Jr have worked a team to broadcast McMurry  football, men's and women's basketball and baseball for 15 years.

Leon is moving on for personal reasons. Kit is staying as long as he wants it.

Thanks to the pair, and thanks especially to Leon for all of the memories over these last 11 years that I have been following them on the internet streams, both audio and now internet video.

Greg Jaklewicz, the Abilene Reporter News Sports Editor, wrote a feature on the pair that ran in the paper today, thought some might find this interesting: http://www.reporternews.com/news/2010/feb/17/leon-leaving-mcmurry-broadcast-duo-after-15-year/

[DavidNichols]

Well, the tournament is set.  It really ought to be a good one!  Mary Hardin-Baylor clinched hosting due to the tie-breaker rules.  It's a great facility and they really know how to run a tourney.  Any early thoughts on favorites?

#1E Texas-Dallas vs. #4W Sul Ross State
#2E Mississippi College vs. #3W Concordia Texas
#1W Mary Hardin-Baylor vs. #4E Texas-Tyler
#2W McMurry vs. #3E East Texas Baptist

Tie-breaker possibilities:
UMHB over McM (they split in the regular season, but UMHB beat #3 CTX both times in the regular season while McM split with CTX).
UTT over LeTourneau (Tyler beat LET both times in the regular season)

Not very often that the final day of the season means virtually nothing!