BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

OshDude · April 21, 2011, 10:24:56 AM

Quote from: narch on April 20, 2011, 10:06:38 PM
compiled some regional records for south teams as of this morning

   w   l   win%
su   27   4   0.871
cnu   25   4   0.862
maryville   21   10   0.677
emory   23   11   0.676
salisbury   20   10   0.667
piedmont   22   11   0.667
methodist   18   11   0.621
rhodes   20   14   0.588
huntingdon   15   11   0.577

i think when owp and oowp are considered, maryville will drop below mu - piedmont has 2 games vs. ncwc and one vs. lagrange left - monarch fans should be rooting for the bishops and the panthers for 2 reasons...1.) handing piedmont losses and 2.) helping the monarchs owp

the games vs. emory and salisbury are HUGE for mu...head-to-head is more important than sos

If you didn't, you should use this D3baseball.com page to get those numbers. Much easier than doing it yourself.
http://d3baseball.com/seasons/2011/schedule?tmpl=sos-template

narch · April 21, 2011, 01:28:08 PM

Quote from: OshDude on April 21, 2011, 10:24:56 AM
If you didn't, you should use this D3baseball.com page to get those numbers. Much easier than doing it yourself.
http://d3baseball.com/seasons/2011/schedule?tmpl=sos-template

that is handy...wish i had discovered that 2 days ago

PNeal7 · April 21, 2011, 03:59:57 PM

I know he made 1st Team, but I don't think people realize truly how amazing of a season Connor Madden is having. He is having one of the best seasons by a CNU hitter in many, many years. By far the best since Trae Bailey a few years back. The numbers below certainly don't lie:

.406 avg (65/160)
8 HR
56 RBI
21 2b's
35 R
12 SB's

That's one amazing year. If he maintains, he should be in line for a few All-Region and All-American honors.

Catfishncwc · April 21, 2011, 04:13:51 PM

Quote from: PNeal7 on April 21, 2011, 03:59:57 PM
I know he made 1st Team, but I don't think people realize truly how amazing of a season Connor Madden is having. He is having one of the best seasons by a CNU hitter in many, many years. By far the best since Trae Bailey a few years back. The numbers below certainly don't lie:

.406 avg (65/160)
8 HR
56 RBI
21 2b's
35 R
12 SB's

That's one amazing year. If he maintains, he should be in line for a few All-Region and All-American honors.

That is a sick year no matter how you look at it. I think he makes All-regin easy but all-american maybe asking to much, perhaps Honorable mention.

PNeal7 · April 21, 2011, 04:30:20 PM

Agreed. As much as I think he is as good of a hitter as any in dIII, some guys out there will finish .420, 16 HR, and 75 RBI. It's hard to match that. I see Madden as a lock for All-Region, and a Honorable Mention All-American Pick.

forheavendial4999 · April 21, 2011, 05:41:53 PM

Quote from: PNeal7 on April 21, 2011, 10:23:51 AM
I agree completely. They are a very, very good team; one that, as you pointed out, competed at a higher level on the dI stage. I use the term "nice" meaning that adding another top level team to the already talented South Region will continue to solidfy it's rank as the top region.

They'll definitely improve the South region, which hasn't produced a national champion since 1999.

OshDude · April 22, 2011, 08:39:07 AM

Blake Maxwell's 2011 bio photo is worth a click.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Blake%20Maxwell&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=476190

narch · April 22, 2011, 09:47:00 AM

Quote from: OshDude on April 22, 2011, 08:39:07 AM
Blake Maxwell's 2011 bio photo is worth a click.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Blake%20Maxwell&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=476190

that wouldn't have flown when he was playing for tom austin

looks like he's off to a solid start...2 saves in 4 appearances and 7 k's in 7.2 ip

Catfishncwc · April 22, 2011, 04:11:55 PM

Lets hope this the year for him to get the call up. Would be nice for the USA South to have a guy in the bigs.

narch · April 22, 2011, 05:01:28 PM

emory just walked thigpen intentionally to load the bases for such with 2 outs...he needs to make them pay!

narch · April 22, 2011, 05:10:34 PM

such walked on 4 pitches and lovette follows up with a 2 run single...mu is up 6-1 through 5.5 - perry got the start and has given up 4 hits, 1 unearned run and struck out 7 and hit a 2 run double in the 5th...the monarchs might have found a new #2

narch · April 22, 2011, 07:23:43 PM

one down...the monarchs win 7-2 - perry goes 6 innings and strikes out 8

narch · April 22, 2011, 10:55:30 PM

the captains and ncwc didn't do anything to help mu...piedmont took 3 games from the bishops, and the ssu win over cnu solidifies the seagulls, as well

lagrange is officially joining the usasac (along with piedmont)...in my opinion, that will lead to the departure of cnu, and the cnu/salisbury game today and the cnu/york game tomorrow could be a preview of a future cac matchup

forheavendial4999 · April 23, 2011, 02:48:27 AM

Quote from: narch on April 22, 2011, 10:55:30 PM
the captains and ncwc didn't do anything to help mu...piedmont took 3 games from the bishops, and the ssu win over cnu solidifies the seagulls, as well

lagrange is officially joining the usasac (along with piedmont)...in my opinion, that will lead to the departure of cnu, and the cnu/salisbury game today and the cnu/york game tomorrow could be a preview of a future cac matchup

Maryville next, surely...then it'll be interesting. Huntingdon and Birmingham Southern together could be attractive; Huntingdon on its own maybe not so much.

Could they get those 3, split into divisions and keep CNU?

"East" -- CNU, Methodist, Greensboro, Averett, NCWC, Ferrum
"West" -- LaGrange, Piedmont, B-SC, Huntingdon, Maryville

Ralph Turner · April 23, 2011, 09:31:56 AM

Quote from: forheavendial4999 on April 23, 2011, 02:48:27 AM
Quote from: narch on April 22, 2011, 10:55:30 PM
the captains and ncwc didn't do anything to help mu...piedmont took 3 games from the bishops, and the ssu win over cnu solidifies the seagulls, as well

lagrange is officially joining the usasac (along with piedmont)...in my opinion, that will lead to the departure of cnu, and the cnu/salisbury game today and the cnu/york game tomorrow could be a preview of a future cac matchup

Maryville next, surely...then it'll be interesting. Huntingdon and Birmingham Southern together could be attractive; Huntingdon on its own maybe not so much.

Could they get those 3, split into divisions and keep CNU?

"East" -- CNU, Methodist, Greensboro, Averett, NCWC, Ferrum
"West" -- LaGrange, Piedmont, B-SC, Huntingdon, Maryville

Heaven, BSC moved up from D-1 into a conference of peer institutions, the SCAC, so they will not move out of the SCAC.

Associated Colleges of the South

I am sure that Covenant was "sought" by the GSAC as a member to help them get to AQ status. Covenant will be active in 2013-14, but games against it will count in "in-region" determinations next season. The whole GSAC could be the "West" Division.