MBB: University Athletic Association

[sac]

Ralph Turner:

>>Shucks, down here in the South, they can be your step-brother and your uncle, too!<<

The Alabama state legislature recently passed a law which says that if a married couple gets a divorce they are still brother and sister.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1388930/posts

OxyBob

The officer had to twice tell the couple to stop

[sac]

The posts that follow that story on blog are some of the funniest that I have ever read.

Like this one......

This story has it all.

Rednecs
A trailer
Rednecks drinking
Redneck siblings knocking boots
Redneck siblings knocking boots even after an officer tells them to stop
A cancer diagnosis
This is, quite possibly, the greatest story of all time

[Pat Coleman]

Final seconds of the Wash U/Virginia Wesleyan game on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvJywznZmfA

[Gregory Sager]

Either one of you could have e-mailed me, rather than being silently irritated or publicly nitpicking.

Where's the fun in that?

[Marty Peretz]

Wrap up story on Wash.U. hoops in today's Student Life...http://media.www.studlife.com/media/storage/paper337/news/2007/03/23/Sports/Bears.Cap.Special.Season.With.First.Ever.Finar.Four.Appearance-2789170.shtml

[diehardfan]

Wrap up story on Wash.U. hoops in today's Student Life...http://media.www.studlife.com/media/storage/paper337/news/2007/03/23/Sports/Bears.Cap.Special.Season.With.First.Ever.Finar.Four.Appearance-2789170.shtml

"But basketball isn't played over obscure Internet message boards, and the denizens of D3 basketball junkies who annually forecast the season often neglect to take into account the cliched but vital factors which ultimately propelled the Bears to a run at the title: an unmitigated passion for the game and high basketball I.Q., a rejuvenated student fan base, and loads of heart."

Owwww!!! 

[Ralph Turner]

Wrap up story on Wash.U. hoops in today's Student Life...http://media.www.studlife.com/media/storage/paper337/news/2007/03/23/Sports/Bears.Cap.Special.Season.With.First.Ever.Finar.Four.Appearance-2789170.shtml

"But basketball isn't played over obscure Internet message boards, and the denizens of D3 basketball junkies who annually forecast the season often neglect to take into account the cliched but vital factors which ultimately propelled the Bears to a run at the title: an unmitigated passion for the game and high basketball I.Q., a rejuvenated student fan base, and loads of heart."

Owwww!!! 

But basketball isn't played over obscure Internet message boards, and the denizens of D3 basketball junkies who annually forecast the season often neglect to take into account the cliched but vital factors which ultimately propelled the Bears to a run at the title: an unmitigated passion for the game and high basketball I.Q., a rejuvenated student fan base, and loads of heart. Throw in a trio of terrific first-years and the marked improvement of several returnees and one begins to understand the squad's rise to the zenith of the Division III basketball world.--Andrei Berman

Oh Andrei, thank you!

What a good laugh!


Congratulations, Bears!

[walzy31]

Drei Berman's writing kills it. The Bears are lucky to have someone so in tune to DIII basketball and the top conferences in the country.

Legend.

[hopefan]

Had a nice chat with Wash U Coach Mark Edwards, and he let me in on what to look forward to with Wash U's recruiting class :

Spencer Gay , 6"7" Atlanta Georgia, 3/4 man, should help right away
I found this on the net from the Atlanta Next Factors Camp
"Rounding out the top ten players in the camp was Georgia big man Spencer Gay. The 6-foot-6 forward from Mill Creek High School in metro Atlanta went to work both inside and out. Gay is a solid rebounder that has a soft touch around the basket, a sturdy frame for grinding it out down low and a knack for scoring the ball. The big time student just begs to be recruited by the academia powers."  I also found a site indicating he had been named first Team All Region 5A


Kaleb Knepper  6'6" Newton Ill, 3rd team Class A all State, Outstanding 3 point shooter, strong enough to go inside -Transferred from Mt Carmel High School -  another potential immediate help

John Appel  6'9" San Ramone Monte Vista  (Oakland Ca)  Mobile good hands, good size

Brett Sapp  5'11"  Ashland Nebraska  Point Guard -  could be back up to sean Wallis - HM all state Nebraska  13.6 points, 4+ assists per game   -  attended Wash U's camp and impressed the staff in the past.

Mike Kranz - 6'0"  Pattonville, Mo    13ppg in extremely tough St Louis Suburban North conference  - 

Coach even let me know about the one who got away  Paul Eckerly 6'1" from Washington Missouri Borgia - a super player at the Class 3 level in Missouri 1st team All State, he apparently is going to St Louis U and either not play or walking on.  He would have made this a fantastic class for Wash U.

[AndOne]

Hopefan------

During the season, I heard that Dan Schouten, a 6'5" forward (17.3 ppg in the highly regarded West Suburban Conference) from Downers Grove (IL) South, who is going to Illinois Wesleyan, was considering Wash U.

Did you ever hear anything along those lines?

[hopefan]

And One   -  no - those were the only players he mentioned to me....

[hopefan]

I had mentioned the one that got away from Wash U, Paul Eckerle  -  St Louis U just put out a release on their site rgarding Paul, including the following:

"Sources told BillikenReport.com on Sunday that Eckerle, who will go to the school on an academic scholarship, will join the Billikens for the 2007-08 season.

Eckerle was offered a spot on the roster as a walk-on by former Billikens coach Brad Soderberg, but he declined. After speaking with new coach Rick Majerus a couple times this week, Eckerle changed his mind about playing.

A four-year varsity player, Eckerle ranked first in his class (out of 142 students) at St. Francis Borgia High School and was a second-team St. Louis Post-Dispatch all-metro selection as a senior.

The 6-foot-1 combo guard averaged 24.7 points per game while shooting 44.2 percent (69 of 156) from 3-point range and 81.9 percent (113 of 138) from the free throw line. "

[Ole Ollie]

Information on Brandeis recruits from elsewhere on this site:

6'3 swingman Beau Bonness will continue his career at Brandeis where his physical strength and ability to knock down shots from long range should allow him to challenge for playing time immediately.

Christian Yemga, a 6'7 small forward from Proctor Academy has committed to Brandeis University. The commitment is a significant one for Brandeis because Yemga is a scholarship level talent who still hasn't realized his full potential. The Cameroon native already has good ball skills for a player his size and is an excellent passer, especially in the open floor.

I also understand that attending Brandeis next year will be DePriest Ivey, a point guard from South Florida who was a McDonald's All American Game nominee (one of 50 in Florida) and 6'7" power forward Napoleon Lherrison from Tabor Academy in Braintree, Mass who was in the Brandeis TYP program last year.  Anyone else?

[nescac1]

Meehan must be a ridiculous recruiter.  If this class is as sick as it sounds on paper (Yemga is the highest rated Division III New England recruit, at least so far, and the other guys sound talented), that is three out of four years of stacked recruiting classes (rising sophs and rising seniors are also loaded).  I wouldn't think Brandeis to be an easy sell ... although a great school with a great facility, no real winning tradition, and the demographics of the school could pose a challenge as well.  Brandeis is absolutely stacked next year ... should give Wash U a run in UAA and Amherst a run in New England.   I see them as a pre-season top ten team, at least. 

[Marty Peretz]

Nescac1 wrote: ^{and the demographics of the school could pose a challenge as well.}

Look, I'm not about to accuse you of anything, but considering Brandeis is nationally known for its reputation as a strongly Jewish school, I'm awfully wary of the subtext behind your quote. I encourage you to correct me if I'm wrong, but to intimate that good athletes might not want to come to Brandeis because of its "demographics" at least loosely plays into trite stereotypes that have no place in a forum such as this one.