MBB: American Southwest Conference

[etbualum]

ETBU 57 MC 48

Close game until free throws in the final minute.  I think MC didnt have a FG in the last 5 minutes and change and just 2 free throws.  Thats two games out of the last 3 that the Tigers haven't allowed a bucket in the final 5 minutes.  Josh Chambers and LaFrance Cooper both had good games including key buckets down the stretch.  Chambers had 15 rbs and 5 blocks to go along with his 12 points, while Cooper had 16 (11 in the second half). 

[Ralph Turner]

IMHO, the only team in contention for a Pool C bid, should they fail to earn the Pool A bid, is UMHB.

The MissColl loss to ETBU qualifies as a near-ugly loss when looking at at-large bids!

[#1ascfanman]

Thursday:
HSU over Sul Ross-Correct
Tyler over Ozarks-Correct
CUA over TLU-Correct
MCM over HPU-Incorrect
Miss over ETBU-Incorrect
LC over LeT-Incorrect
UMHB over Schreiner-Correct

Brings me to 32-23  Not bad so far.  How about the Kitty Kats getting a win over the Chocs.  Lookout ETBwho, my Wildcats are coming to get you.

[#1ascfanman]

Way to go LC!!!! Beat up those Tigers!!!! Good road trip and we are back in this thing if we can win two at home this weekend!!!

Saturday:
Sul Ross over McM-Correct
Miss over LeT-Incorrect
LC over ETBU-Correct
HPU over HSU-Correct
CUA over Schreiner-Correct
Dallas over Ozarks-Correct
UMHB over TLU-Correct

Brings me to 37-24!

[gccfan]

Ralph, you are definitely right about Pool C and UMHB will probably be hard pressed to get that if they don't win the tournament.  Definitely looks like a year where we only send one team.

[rimrocker]

UMHB 97 CUA 83 Final

Gaddy goes for 35 and Wagner 23 for UMHB.  Mcdonald had 23 for CUA and Maxwell 18.

[#1wildcatfan]

#1ascfanman - I see you are a wildcat fan. Glad to see someone supporting the wildcats. They have had a rough year so far. But I believe they can pull off two wins this week at home being Thursday nights game is Fill the Fieldhouse. We usually don't lose the Fill the Fieldhouse game.

[#1ascfanman]

Hey Wildcat fan, good to have you on.  Are you a student or former student?  I am a '01 graduate.  I did not play but love to watch basketball.  Gotta love Coach Rushing.  This weeks pics:

CUA over TLU
McM over HPU
MC over ETBU
Ozarks over Tyler
LC over LeT
HSU over SRSU
UMHB over Schreiner

Saturday:
MC over LeT
Dallas over Ozarks
UMHB over TLU
LC over ETBU
HSU over HPU
Schreiner over CUA-Upset pick
McM over SRSU

[#1wildcatfan]

I am a former student. I was Coach Rushing's student assistant for 4 years. I graduated in '06. Then I became the girl's assistant coach for 1 year. The coach was crazy and I quit in January 07. I am now a high school science teacher and girl's assistant basketball coach and softball coach. I will definitely be at the game tonight to support those WILDCATS!!! I still know many of them on the team and we are still friends. We need to win these 2 home games to stay alive for the tourney.

[Bearkat00]

Hopefully the LETU/LC will be a great game tonight.  Sounds like LC is bringing out the fans for the game - wish you guys would wait for the ETBU game on Sat to do that :-)

Interesting to see if MC can get back on track against the LETU/ETBU combo.  I know that MC felt really cheated out of that game on Sat., so we should see some energy there for that game on Sat. 

If LETU can split this weekend, should move them into the driver's seat for that fourth and final playoff spot.  Both ETBU and LETU would be two teams that are dangerous to play in the Tourney.

All in all - should be a fun next three days of basketball......

[mcmfan]

Another letter to the editor about Coach Dylan Howard in yesterday's Abilene Reporter-News:

http://www.reporternews.com/news/2008/feb/06/in-defense-of-coach-dylan-howard/

[Ralph Turner]

HPU by 3, with the ball.  McM time. 0:30 sec. left.

HPU's Scott is called for a charge. 0:23 left.

McM ball and misses 2 3FG's.  HPU shooting 1&1 and miss the first.

McMurry gets the rebound, but time expires.

HPU wins by 66-63.

[dballa]

Wild game in Abilene tonight but a great win for HPU. 

HPU is playing really well right now and is in a good position to hold the 4th spot if not higher.

[Ralph Turner]

That game reflects the season.  Players playing badly hurt, or out completely.  The two games that we had everyone playing as close to normal as possible were the wins over UMHB and CUA.

That is the 8th loss by 6 points or less this season versus 2 wins.  There is a huge difference between 8-12 and 16-4!

In 2002-03, McMurry won a record 7 games in OT and went 3-3 in games settled by 6 points or less in regulation.

Some seasons are like that. 

[golden_dome]

Mississippi College got back on track last night. They lost to ETBU last week but beat them 90-64 last night and actually led 68-31 with about ten minutes to play. Good game for the Choctaws who have won 25 in a row at home and have a 56-2 home record in their last 58 games.

Also, I wanted to give credit to former MC assistant coach Kenny Bizot who has UT-Tyler a 1/2 game out of second place with a 10-6 ASC record. They picked up an 88-83 overtime win at Ozarks last night and have won five in a row.