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Title: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on October 14, 2012, 08:45:58 PM
Not long to start of the hoops season... good time to start up a new topic for the SAA.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on October 17, 2012, 04:35:20 PM
The Preseason Top 25 is out: http://www.d3hoops.com/top25/men/2012-13/preseason (http://www.d3hoops.com/top25/men/2012-13/preseason)
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: ououou on October 18, 2012, 12:21:49 PM
Oglethorpe named new assistant yesterday.  Alex Richey 2011 graduate.  One of Oglethorpes three 1000 point scores from that class.

All assistants are Oglethorpe graduates.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Shoreman on November 10, 2012, 12:10:45 PM
Sewanee opens with Mercer.

http://www.macon.com/2012/11/09/2243604/mercer-has-plenty-of-depth-entering.html
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on November 10, 2012, 11:08:37 PM
About the expected result from today's exhibition game between Sewanee and Mercer as Mercer wins 65-36:
http://sewaneetigers.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/20121110zdkukl (http://sewaneetigers.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/20121110zdkukl)

Much closer game today in Rhodes's exhibition contest as they lost to Christian Brothers 72-65:
http://gobucsgo.com/news/2012/11/10/MBB_1110123610.aspx (http://gobucsgo.com/news/2012/11/10/MBB_1110123610.aspx)

Coming up: Oglethorpe gets to try their hand with Mercer on Monday while Hendrix has an exhibition game with Central Arkansas on Tuesday.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Shoreman on November 12, 2012, 05:48:01 AM
Are these d3 schools getting a payout from the D1 schools like the FCS schools do in football when they play FBS schools?
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on November 12, 2012, 09:01:02 AM
Quote from: Shoreman on November 12, 2012, 05:48:01 AM
Are these d3 schools getting a payout from the D1 schools like the FCS schools do in football when they play FBS schools?
Not that I know; exhibition games are more like the Jamboree system in high school football.   For the D1 programs, you get an opportunity to evaluate your team in conditions closer to what you'll see in season. 

You do see some cases where a D1 program will play teams in the other classifications during the regular season when they need to fill in holes in their schedule.   In those cases, those games are treated as if they were any other regular season game and there may some horse trading amongst ADs that goes on there.   Coaches avoid this type of scheduling as much as they can due to the emphasis at the D1 level on strength of schedule.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Pat Coleman on November 12, 2012, 06:00:28 PM
No, you definitely get a guarantee for these games. That's one of the major attractions for D3 teams.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on November 13, 2012, 11:17:09 AM
Pat:  Is that across the board?  For example,  Hendrix is playing Central Arkansas this week.  Would they get the same amount of money as someone like Sewanee or Oglethorpe who are doing the 4-6 hour bus ride down to Macon to play an exhibition game against Mercer?
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Pat Coleman on November 13, 2012, 11:19:17 AM
There's no set fee, definitely up for negotiation. But I'm not aware of a D-III/D-I matchup in the D-I gym that hasn't included a guarantee.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Ron Boerger on November 15, 2012, 11:31:20 PM
Back when the Trinity women were coached by a former UTexas player, they'd go up the road to Austin, get pummelled, and use the money to pay for travel to a couple of tournaments.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on November 16, 2012, 05:34:46 PM
Opening weekend of the season with a bunch of tournament and OOC games on the schedule.   

Of personal interest,  Sewanee is in a tournament in St. Louis, Huntingdon is coming up to B'ham to take on B-SC, and Berry travels the short distance to take on LaGrange.

What sounds interesting to y'all in this weekend's slate of games?
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on November 29, 2012, 10:08:31 PM
Late getting into the basketball groove this season. 

Centre got a nice win last night against its Lexington rival, Transylvania @ home.  Transy has kind of owned the Colonels in recent seasons. 

Coach Mason has a nice blend of veterans and freshmen suiting up.  Think the early season will be the right medicine to get the team prepared to compete effectively in the SAA.  Centre gets one early league test Saturday afternoon on the road @ Sewanee. 

Looking forward to following the new league and getting familiar with Berry College.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on November 29, 2012, 10:53:19 PM
Going to be interesting on Saturday as we come into that game with Centre on 3-game win streak.  Hoping to catch part of that game in-between other things happening on the Mountain.   And Oglethorpe put a thumping on Berry this evening to go to 5-0 on the season.    Fun times...
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on December 28, 2012, 08:29:33 PM
Colonels defeat Miami-Middletown today 73-48 today @ the Thomas More tournament. Centre is now 6-2 with another tournament game Saturday to finish the 2012 portion of the season. Next weekend the serious SAA piece of the schedule kicks off with Centre traveling to Millsaps & Birmingham-Southern. Happy New Year SAA Fans!
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 05, 2013, 12:15:50 AM
Josh Karsner led three Centre players in double figures scoring 19 tonight @ the Hangar Dome to defeat Millsaps 56-42.  It was an ugly offensive affair the opening 20 minutes as neither team could consistently find the hoop.  The Colonels surged ahead late in the 1st half and seized control quickly in the 2nd half with several key threes to build a 10+ point cushion that they comfortably maintained the remainder of the game.  Centre, now 8-2 and 2-0 in conference play, heads to Birmingham Southern for a Sunday afternoon game.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on January 05, 2013, 06:28:19 PM
Going to be interesting to see what happens over the next two weeks with Centre playing B-SC tomorrow,  then Sewanee on the 1/12 and then OU the following weekend.   
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 06, 2013, 04:05:38 PM
Quote from: awadelewis on January 05, 2013, 06:28:19 PM
Going to be interesting to see what happens over the next two weeks with Centre playing B-SC tomorrow,  then Sewanee on the 1/12 and then OU the following weekend.
Centre probably wins over Sewanee but Birmingham Southern and Oglethorpe are likely road losses. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 06, 2013, 06:03:55 PM
Centre gave it a good go but their 6-game win streak ends at Birmingham Southern 73-69.  Colonels had a possession down 1 point with 40 seconds to play but failed to convert.  The Panthers then milked the clock with senior point guard Blaise White dropping a deep three with time running out on the shot clock.  Good competitive road game in the SAA; Centre committed too many turnovers, fouls and gave up a bunch of 3's to White and Larry Thomas that ultimately made for the final outcome.  Thomas lit it up for 29 including 5-7 on 3's. Bryon Ellis led the Colonels with 14.  Freshman Holden  Hertzel had a nice game with 8 points and 6 rebounds.  Centre leaves Bill Battle Coliseum 8-3 and 2-1 in the SAA.  They will play a non-league game hosting Brescia Wednesday before taking on Sewanee Saturday.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 12, 2013, 05:05:18 PM
Colonels win easily @ home against Sewanee this afternoon 59-45. Sloppy game in most respects with poor shooting from both squads. Ellis and Wesley led Centre with 12 points each.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 18, 2013, 10:10:50 PM
Good balance tonight as Centre defeats Oglethorpe 67-57 to go 11-3 overall.  The Colonels turned around a late streak of sloppiness in the 1st half to score the first 13 points to open the 2nd half & open up a decent margin.  Tyler Wesley led the Colonels with a double-double.  Donavan Whiteside and Colin Lopez scored double figures as well. 

Tight game early in the 2nd half @ Rhodes with Millsaps leading by 3.  The Majors shot lights out in the opening half knocking down 8-11 threes and led 38-31 at the half. 



Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 18, 2013, 11:09:53 PM
Rhodes wins 70-61; Theo Hartwell scored 18.  Millsaps played well and hung around to near the end. Battle of the Titans Sunday with Rhodes hosting Birmingham Southern to see who holds on to 1st place in the SAA.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 20, 2013, 06:27:06 PM
Rhodes takes over sole possession of 1st place with a home court win over Birmingham Southern this afternoon.  Rhodes' intensity showed from the opening tip as they did a nice job of controlling pace.  Andrew Galow led the Lynx with 26.  Birmingham Southern and Centre now share 2nd place @ 5-1 while Rhodes moved to 6-0 in conference play.


Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 25, 2013, 09:46:09 PM
Colonels shoot effectively tonight in defeating Hendrix in Danville 80-43.  Hendrix struggled to find the basket from all angles & distances from the opening tip as Centre stretched the lead quickly in running up to a 38-21 halftime lead.  The score honestly was closer than the actual play seemed.  Bryon Ellis led four Centre players in double figures by tallying 16.  Blake Scinta got some action tonight coming off an injury.  Colonels will welcome Rhodes Sunday afternoon for a showdown to see who takes control of the league heading into February.  Rhodes is trailing Sewanee tonight 34-14 at the half on the mountain.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 25, 2013, 10:39:39 PM
Tale of 2 halves @ Sewanee as the Tigers hold on to win 59-56 after nearly giving up a 20 point halftime cushion.  Sewanee's shooting was the difference as they scored 11-17 from the 3-point line.  Lewis Affronti was a perfect 5-5.   Andrew Galow willed his Lynx team in their 2nd half run by posting 26.  The SAA now is knotted @ the top with Rhodes, Birmingham Southern and Centre all carrying 6-1 records.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 27, 2013, 04:00:05 PM
Rhodes is playing well as they lead Centre at the break 33-29.  Centre appears a step slow with Rhodes crisply moving the ball around on the offensive end.  The perimeter has been good for Rhodes as they are 6-11 from behind the arc.  Even the Lynx's backup post player scored 2 wide open triples.  Centre needs to take advantage of its size to exploit Rhodes inside. Defense will need to tighten up if the Colonels are going to emerge victorious today.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 27, 2013, 05:29:12 PM
Centre gets the W as they defeat Rhodes 70-55.  The Colonels changed the tempo of the game early in the 2nd half by using a soft man-to-man full court press which slowed Rhodes' quick ball movement.  The Lynx got called for a number of fouls which helped Centre open the lead.  The Colonels knocked down 30-36 free throws with Blake Scinta nailing 11-13 of them in leading the team with 15 points.  Good balanced scoring and excellent bench play from Centre today as they hit the road for Georgia next weekend. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: ououou on February 01, 2013, 02:50:03 PM
Must win game tonight for Oglethorpe. Have played well. Even better than many have expected but need a win over a top quality opponent to gather momemtum for conference tournament.  Looking forward to being courtside tonight and hope for big crowd.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 02, 2013, 09:37:07 PM
While OU played lights out last night against Centre they are fighting for their lives at home tonight against Sewanee.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 02, 2013, 09:58:12 PM
Quote from: pbrooks3 on February 02, 2013, 09:37:07 PM
While OU played lights out last night against Centre they are fighting for their lives at home tonight against Sewanee.
Sewanee wins 57-51.  I have been short changing this team during the season.  I am taking notice now!  Granted Oglethorpe played poorly tonight, but the Tigers showed a lot of grit in winning a road game against a solid team at a tough venue. 

Thought in witnessing Oglethorpe's Friday night victory over Centre that the Stormy Petrels looked outstanding for their late 2nd half run where they out scored the Colonels 31-5 in the final 10 minutes of the game in overcoming a 13 point deficit.  I was a little shocked that Centre had no energy to make any sort of comeback once Oglethorpe took the lead.  OU was simply that dominating.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 04, 2013, 01:31:07 PM
Centre got a scintillating performance for sure from frosh star Blake Scinta on Sunday as he scored 22 and recorded 7 rebounds coming off the bench as the Colonels' 6th man in their 71-60 win over Berry. Senior Bryon Ellis dropped in 21 as well, scoring 5-9 from behind the arc.  Scinta seems to have made a complete recovery from an early season injury as he fully dominated the Vikings in the 2nd half with 16 points scored in a full range of ways.  The 6' 9" power forward has the complete offensive package as he wore out Berry shooting 6-9 from the field, hit both of his 3's and all eight of his free throws.  As good as Scinta was in the final 20 minutes, Ellis literally kept Centre competitive in the 1st half by knocking down 4 threes and totaling 14 as the Colonels led at the break 29-21.  The Colonels had a tough time all game long breaking away from Berry but really never accomplished it as the Vikings hung tight nearly until the final whistle by getting to the foul line and converting most of their free ones.  Centre did a stellar job holding Berry to 33% shooting, but struggled a bit to get loose balls and consistently rebound on the defensive end. Tyler Wesley pulled down 12 rebounds for Centre.  Berry was led by guards Mac Whalen with 21 and Jonathan Abrams with 15.  Centre heads back to Danville for its final home series of the year next weekend against Millsaps and Birmingham Southern.  Thanks to Rhodes' last second win at Birmingham Southern Sunday, the SAA race now has three teams with identical 8-2 records leading the conference - Centre, Rhodes and Birmingham Southern.  All of this makes for an exciting final 2 weeks of conference basketball.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 08, 2013, 10:57:51 PM
Now there are 2 top dogs in the SAA lead with Rhodes and Centre winning their respective games tonight against Berry and Birmingham Southern. The Colonels exploded for 45 points in the 2nd half after trailing by 2 @ the break to win 72-62. Freshman Blake Scinta scored 20 and Bryon Ellis had 18 in leading the Colonels. Tyler Wesley finished with 12 points and 8 rebounds.  Donavan Whiteside filled the stat page as well with 8 pts, 7 rbs, 4 assists and 3 steals.  Colonels play Millsaps Sunday in their final home game of the season.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Shoreman on February 09, 2013, 11:30:31 PM
Don't rule out Sewanee Tigers as spoilers.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 10, 2013, 10:52:38 AM
Quote from: Shoreman on February 09, 2013, 11:30:31 PM
Don't rule out Sewanee Tigers as spoilers.
Hope Sewanee continues playing the spoiler.  They could be a surprise @ tournament time, too.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on February 10, 2013, 11:54:58 AM
Quote from: pbrooks3 on February 10, 2013, 10:52:38 AM
Quote from: Shoreman on February 09, 2013, 11:30:31 PM
Don't rule out Sewanee Tigers as spoilers.
Hope Sewanee continues playing the spoiler.  They could be a surprise @ tournament time, too.

Big game today on the Mountain as the Tigers take on B-SC.  A win today scores a new record for longest winning streak.   Then, we go on the road at Rhodes and Hendrix. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on February 10, 2013, 08:27:03 PM
Sewanee gets record 8th straight win by beating B-SC 71-69; travel to Memphis to take on the reviled Rhodes Lynx on Friday.

Story from sewaneetigers.com:
http://www.sewaneetigers.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/20130210hxq84p (http://www.sewaneetigers.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/20130210hxq84p)
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 10, 2013, 08:35:12 PM
Saw an exciting one @ Rhodes this afternoon as the Lynx got an Andrew Galow 3-pointer @ the buzzer for a 52-49 win over a tough-minded Oglethorpe bunch.  This one was a defensive tug-a-war most of the way.  Rhodes led much of the game but could not shake the Stormy Petrels as OU's zone wreaked havoc on the Lynx getting off clean looks offensively, and when they did, many shots didn't go down.  Each team had long possessions in the 2nd half and Oglethorpe enjoyed a few moments in the last five minutes with small leads.  This one truly stayed in doubt until Galow dropped in the winner.  Rhodes got very strong performances from Galow (15 pts) and Theo Hartwell who had 13 points and 10 boards.  Tyler Courson came off the bench to lead Oglethorpe with 15 on 6-9 shooting.  Both squads shot below 40% in this one.

The Centre Colonels won their final home game of the season over a gritty Millsaps team 60-46 behind 16 points from junior Donavan Whiteside.  Whiteside knocked down 3-4 from behind the arc to record one of his better outings this season.  The Colonels and the Lynx go into the final weekend of action with identical 10-2 league records.  While Rhodes appears in the driver's seat for capturing the SAA crown, next Sunday's finale between Centre and Rhodes in Memphis potentially could decide the winner.  :)

Sewanee I understand pulled out another impressive win today over BSU 79-61.  Maybe they'll be a serious challenge to Rhodes on Friday night ???

Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on February 11, 2013, 10:14:02 PM
Quote from: pbrooks3 on February 10, 2013, 08:35:12 PM
The Colonels and the Lynx go into the final weekend of action with identical 10-2 league records.  While Rhodes appears in the driver's seat for capturing the SAA crown, next Sunday's finale between Centre and Rhodes in Memphis potentially could decide the winner.  :)

Sewanee I understand pulled out another impressive win today over BSU 79-61.  Maybe they'll be a serious challenge to Rhodes on Friday night ???
We'll be coming to Memphis on a eight game winning streak with one of those games being a thriller win against Rhodes on the Mountain.   Very good chance that the Tigers would get the win if the Lynx are downplaying Friday's game.   Don't think it'll happen given just how much bad blood exists in this rivalry.   I'd give the advantage to Rhodes given the home court.  But it's a case where I hope I'm wrong...
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 15, 2013, 11:04:09 PM
Centre drops a tough one @ Hendrix to a determined young Warrior group 59-58. Hendrix overcame 58-54 deficit in the final 23 seconds to win a big one. Centre heads to Rhodes Sunday knowing it is win or no 1st place.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on February 16, 2013, 10:21:28 AM
Good game in Memphis last night as Sewanee kept the game tight with Rhodes to the end.   

Game summary from sewaneetigers.com: http://sewaneetigers.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/20130216xrz5n0

Interesting question:  Suppose Centre does beat Rhodes on Sunday... both teams finish with the same conference record.  Who hosts the conference tournament since the #1 seed serves as host?
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 17, 2013, 05:14:49 PM
Centre has a 39-23 halftime lead on the strength of 9 threes and a great matchup zone defense which has neutralized Galow for the most part.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 17, 2013, 07:04:52 PM
Centre hung tough to defeat Rhodes 76-74.  With the Colonels leading 75-74 with 10 seconds remaining, Chris Taylor split a pair of free throws giving Rhodes one final crack at winning or tying the game.  The Lynx launched a three ball just before the buzzer that clanked off long giving the visitors the victory.  With the win, Centre earns hosting rights at the league tournament next week by virtue of 2 wins over Rhodes this year.  Both teams finished at 11-3 in conference play to share the SAA regular season title.  This game saw two great sophomore performances as Drew Miller nailed 27 with 5-9 from long range for Rhodes, and Josh Karsner hit 7-13 from outside the arc for 26 points in leading Centre.  Both teams sizzled from long range today with Centre getting 12 and Rhodes 11.  Rhodes nearly pulled this one out with a great display of offensive basketball in the 2nd half by scoring 51. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Ron Boerger on February 20, 2013, 04:35:56 PM
Centre is featured in this week's ATR:  http://d3hoops.com/columns/around-the-region/great-lakes-south/2012-13/centre-looking-for-redemption
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 22, 2013, 03:48:07 PM
Quote from: Ron Boerger on February 20, 2013, 04:35:56 PM
Centre is featured in this week's ATR:  http://d3hoops.com/columns/around-the-region/great-lakes-south/2012-13/centre-looking-for-redemption
Thanks Ron!  Centre opened up the SAA tournament this afternoon with a 74-58 win over Berry.  Not a pretty game, but the Colonels got good performances from 6'9" freshman Blake Scinta (18 points) and sophomore Josh Karsner (18 pts).  Karsner continued his three point assault by knocking down 4-9 from behind the arc.  Senior Matt Griggs came off the bench to get 11 points. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 22, 2013, 06:28:11 PM
It's early but Millsaps leads Rhodes 24-11. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 22, 2013, 06:41:15 PM
Rhodes shoots 4-20 in the 1st half and finds itself trailing by 19 (33-14) at the half.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 22, 2013, 07:48:14 PM
Quote from: pbrooks3 on February 22, 2013, 06:41:15 PM
Rhodes shoots 4-20 in the 1st half and finds itself trailing by 19 (33-14) at the half.
Millsaps pulls the upset of the tournament so far - 62-58.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 23, 2013, 10:48:48 AM
Centre hosts Oglethorpe with Millsaps - Birmingham Southern to follow tonight. Who will win?  Think Oglethorpe is the true sleeper here. They are a challenging matchup for Centre.  The Colonels' youth will be matched against the experienced guards and wings of Oglethorpe. Centre has the homecourt and a veteran coach on its side. This one smacks of potential upset.  Millsaps played the game of their season last night against Rhodes. Believe BSU will advance in this one. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 23, 2013, 06:43:51 PM
Centre is up 12 at the half.  Team is shooting 50% and Whiteside and Karsner each have 3 triples.  The Colonels must put the pedal to the metal in the 2nd half to keep the Stormy Petrels at bay.  Remember Atlanta Centre!
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 23, 2013, 08:19:28 PM
Centre advances to the SAA finals with an 89-80 win over Oglethorpe. Donavan Whiteside led the Colonels with 28.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 24, 2013, 02:28:38 PM
Tight defensive one @ Centre.  BSU leads by 3 late in the 1st half.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 24, 2013, 02:45:18 PM
Defense is dominating the BSU-Centre game as Birmingham Southern leads 25-21 @ the half. Both teams are shooting about 30%.   Someone for one of these squads should bust out in the 2nd half & likely contribute to the final outcome.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 24, 2013, 03:46:40 PM
Blake Scinta led Centre with 15 points and 10 rebounds in a 46-44 SAA championship win over Birmingham Southern.  Hope a championship win and 21 overall victories gets the Colonels in the Dance!  This was a defensive gem with Centre scoring only 21 in the 1st half and BSU getting just 19 in the final stanza.  Neither team shot well and Centre had just 3-balls scored in the game.  BSU gave Centre one terrific battle to the finish.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Ron Boerger on February 24, 2013, 07:14:10 PM
Appreciate all the updates all season ... but, please, it's BSC, not BSU.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 25, 2013, 10:45:32 AM
Quote from: Ron Boerger on February 24, 2013, 07:14:10 PM
Appreciate all the updates all season ... but, please, it's BSC, not BSU.
My faux pas - you are absolutely correct.  Sorry that I have to make errors in order to get more folks to post on the SAA!  Good to see Trinity moving along into the D3 tournament in both Men's and Women's play.  Though it looks like the SCAC will need to pick up the pace going forward to keep the auto qualifier.

Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: scaccommish on February 25, 2013, 12:11:41 PM
The SCAC has  Schreiner University (http://www.scacsports.com/news/schreiner_joins_scac) and  Texas Lutheran University (http://www.scacsports.com/news/texas_lutheran_joins_scac) already committed as members effective the 2013-14 academic year, so our AQs are secure for the immediate feature in the sports of men's and women's basketball.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 25, 2013, 01:03:04 PM
Quote from: scaccommish on February 25, 2013, 12:11:41 PM
The SCAC has  Schreiner University (http://www.scacsports.com/news/schreiner_joins_scac) and  Texas Lutheran University (http://www.scacsports.com/news/texas_lutheran_joins_scac) already committed as members effective the 2013-14 academic year, so our AQs are secure for the immediate feature in the sports of men's and women's basketball.
Good to know that the SCAC is moving along.  Thanks for the info.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 25, 2013, 01:06:41 PM
Centre heads north to Chicagoland to meet up with a strong CCIW opponent and champion, North Central.  This one will be no picnic for the Colonels.  A really difficult draw but it will be good experience for a young team to hit the road against a top-notch D3 program. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: DMJSports on February 27, 2013, 05:05:06 AM
Here is an interesting look at how individuals impact a team's performance.  The following analysis is not based on individual stats, but compares team performance with individual players in and out of the lineup.  This is an objective analysis using actual data from every game played by Southern Athletic Association teams this season.  Based on this comprehensive analysis, the following players are making the most positive impact on their respective team:

Berry: LAKE GRAHAM on the court correlates to increasing Berry scoring rate by 7.8ppg and reducing opponents scoring rate by 6.3ppg - a net gain of 14.1ppg compared to when GRAHAM is off the floor.  JONATHAN ABRAMS (8.6ppg) also makes a strong positive impact.

Birmingham-Southern: LARRY THOMAS court presence correlates to improving Birmingham-Southern scoring rate by 19.8ppg and decreasing opponents scoring rate by 2.3ppg - a net gain of 22.1ppg compared to when THOMAS is on the bench.  KEVIN KEGARISE (21.6ppg), BLAISE WHITE (14.0ppg) and ZAC RICHARDS (10.4ppg) also make a strong positive impact.

Centre: DONOVAN WHITESIDE game presence correlates to increasing Centre scoring rate by 13.3ppg and reducing opponents scoring rate by 11.8ppg - a net gain of 25.1ppg compared to when WHITESIDE is on the bench.  TYLER WESLEY (9.4ppg) and JOSH KARSNER (7.2ppg) also make a strong positive impact.

Hendrix: DAYTON SHERIDAN on the court correlates to increasing Hendrix scoring rate by 1.5ppg and decreasing opponents scoring rate by 3.9ppg - a net gain of 5.4ppg compared to when SHERIDAN is off the floor.

Millsaps: TULLY GILLIGAN floor presence correlates to increasing Millsaps scoring rate by 9.5ppg and increasing opponents scoring rate by 5.3ppg - a net gain of 4.2ppg compared to when GILLIGAN is off the court.

Oglethorpe: BRANDEN JOVAAG floor presence correlates to increasing Oglethorpe scoring rate by 12.6ppg and increasing opponents scoring rate by 4.1ppg - a net gain of 8.5ppg compared to when JOVAAG is off the court.  CHRISTIAN MOLINET (6.7ppg) and TYLER COURSON (6.4ppg) also make a strong positive impact.

Rhodes: THEO HARTWELL floor presence correlates to reducing Rhodes scoring rate by 0.8ppg and reducing opponents scoring rate by 7.9ppg - a net gain of 7.0ppg compared to when HARTWELL is off the court.  GEOFF LIVSEY (5.1ppg) also makes a strong positive impact.

Sewanee: VALENTINO BRYANT on the court correlates to increasing Sewanee scoring rate by 0.7ppg and reducing opponents scoring rate by 11.3ppg - a net gain of 11.9ppg compared to when BRYANT is on the bench.  LEWIS AFFRONTI (8.7ppg), KESHONN CARTER (7.6ppg) and TYLER BROWN (7.3ppg) also make a strong positive impact.


On the lighter side, focusing on secondary goals (team stats other than the primary objective - outscoring opponents).  Following are players making the most positive impact in these areas:

Team scoring: having KEVIN KEGARISE on the floor correlates to Birmingham-Southern increasing its scoring rate by 20.4 ppg compared to when KEGARISE is on the bench.  LARRY THOMAS-Birmingham-Southern (19.8) also makes a strong positive impact.

Opponent scoring: having DONOVAN WHITESIDE on the floor correlates to Centre decreasing opposition scoring rate by 11.8 ppg compared to when WHITESIDE is on the bench.  VALENTINO BRYANT-Sewanee (11.3) also makes a strong positive impact.

Team field goal percentage: having BRANDEN JOVAAG on the floor correlates to Oglethorpe increasing its field goal percentage rate by 8.4 percentage points compared to when JOVAAG is on the bench.  DONOVAN WHITESIDE-Centre (7.7) also makes a strong positive impact.

Opponent field goal percentage: having DONOVAN WHITESIDE on the floor correlates to Centre decreasing opposition field goal percentage rate by 7.4 percentage points compared to when WHITESIDE is on the bench.

Team made field goals: having LARRY THOMAS on the floor correlates to Birmingham-Southern increasing its made field goals rate by 7.8 per game compared to when THOMAS is on the bench.

Opponent made field goals: having DONOVAN WHITESIDE on the floor correlates to Centre decreasing opposition made field goals rate by 5.0 per game compared to when WHITESIDE is on the bench.

Team offensive rebounds: having TYLER COURSON on the floor correlates to Oglethorpe increasing its offensive rebounds rate by 3.1 per game compared to when COURSON is on the bench.  JORDAN TEEMS-Berry (2.9) also makes a strong positive impact.

Opponent offensive rebounds: having TYLER BROWN on the floor correlates to Sewanee decreasing opposition offensive rebounds rate by 4.9 per game compared to when BROWN is on the bench.

Team turnovers: having GRIFFIN SCHAMP on the floor correlates to Birmingham-Southern decreasing its turnovers rate by 3.0 per game compared to when SCHAMP is on the bench.  JONATHAN ABRAMS-Berry (2.7) also makes a strong positive impact.

Opponent turnovers: having KESHONN CARTER on the floor correlates to Sewanee increasing opposition turnovers rate by 3.3 per game compared to when CARTER is on the bench.  TULLY GILLIGAN-Millsaps (3.0) also makes a strong positive impact.

Team steals: having DONOVAN WHITESIDE on the floor correlates to Centre increasing its steals rate by 3.2 per game compared to when WHITESIDE is on the bench.

Team assists: having KEVIN KEGARISE on the floor correlates to Birmingham-Southern increasing its assists rate by 4.9 per game compared to when KEGARISE is on the bench.  DONOVAN WHITESIDE-Centre (4.5), LARRY THOMAS-Birmingham-Southern (4.5) also make a strong positive impact.

Team defensive rebounds: having LAKE GRAHAM on the floor correlates to Berry increasing its defensive rebounds rate by 6.7 per game compared to when GRAHAM is on the bench.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 28, 2013, 07:59:54 PM
Coach Greg Mason is on Hoopsville with Dave right now talking about Centre's game Saturday @ North Park.  ;D
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Pat Coleman on February 28, 2013, 11:57:20 PM
North Central. Unless Dave got his Norths crossed?
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on March 01, 2013, 12:05:23 AM
Nope... North Central was the team we talked about... pretty sure I would have known if I had North Park on my lips since there was at least one North Central fan listening in to the show and didn't correct me :).
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on March 02, 2013, 10:01:41 AM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on February 28, 2013, 11:57:20 PM
North Central. Unless Dave got his Norths crossed?
Need to slow down occasionally to get my facts straight - North Central!  Maybe I was secretly wishing to match up with North Park.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on March 02, 2013, 10:08:01 AM
Centre will need strong contributions across the board from its young players to have any chance of keeping tonight's 1st round game competitive against strong favorite, North Central.  Donavant Whiteside must come up with a big game for the Colonels. :)
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on March 02, 2013, 11:56:56 PM
Centre played hard but ran into a buzz saw @ North Central tonight losing their opening round game 66-50.  The physicality, maturity and skill of the North Central team showed why they are #3 in the land.  The Colonels cannot compete effectively when they lose in the shooting game badly like tonight - Centre shot 37% and gave up 50+%.  Centre finishes another solid season with a 21-6 record and most of their team coming back for 2013-14.  Kudos in particular to senior Bryon Ellis for 4 wonderful years of exciting the Centre fans.  I really liked watching Bryon's overall game grow during those years. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: cardinalpride on March 03, 2013, 07:25:47 PM
Quote from: pbrooks3 on March 02, 2013, 11:56:56 PM
Centre played hard but ran into a buzz saw @ North Central tonight losing their opening round game 66-50.  The physicality, maturity and skill of the North Central team showed why they are #3 in the land.  The Colonels cannot compete effectively when they lose in the shooting game badly like tonight - Centre shot 37% and gave up 50+%.  Centre finishes another solid season with a 21-6 record and most of their team coming back for 2013-14.  Kudos in particular to senior Bryon Ellis for 4 wonderful years of exciting the Centre fans.  I really liked watching Bryon's overall game grow during those years.

Here is an article describing last nights NCC/Centre game according to Centre's HC Greg Mason:

http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/sports/amn-centre-basketball-centre-men-fall-to-north-central-6650-in-ncaa-division-iii-first-round-20130302,0,5365598.story
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on June 21, 2013, 04:14:56 PM
Birmingham-Southern will be taking part in the 2nd Annual Hoopsville National Invitational Classic: http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2013/06/hoopsville-classic-features-three-elite-eight-teams (http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2013/06/hoopsville-classic-features-three-elite-eight-teams)
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on November 26, 2013, 11:13:48 PM
Centre picked up victory #4 against arch rival Transylvania in Lexington tonight 84-75. Josh Karsner had a career night scoring 35 going 10-13 from the field & 10-12 on the line.  He also nailed 5 3-pointers.  Donavan Whiteside provided scoring support with 18.  Colonels head to Thanksgiving with a 4-1 mark, the only blemish being an overtime loss to Franklin on the road.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on December 12, 2013, 04:08:55 PM
FYI... tonight on Hoopsville we talk to Birmingham-Southern MBB coach Chris Graves talks about the teams hot start, playing at the Hoopsville Classic and their challenging schedule head.

You can watch the show TONIGHT starting at 7 PM EST: http://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2013-14/dec12 (http://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2013-14/dec12)
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 02, 2014, 10:32:25 AM
Wish we might see some other poster on the board for the SAA this season.  The conference begins in earnest this weekend. 

I will throw out a question and see if anyone bites; who looks to be the best team in the Southern Athletic Association in 2013-14? 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 02, 2014, 02:32:22 PM
Maybe Bob Quillman who is moving to Dallas with his job in the 2-3 months. Maybe he can post on the board.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Titan Q on January 02, 2014, 04:35:43 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 02, 2014, 02:32:22 PM
Maybe Bob Quillman who is moving to Dallas with his job in the 2-3 months. Maybe he can post on the board.

I definitely hope to!!
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Pat Coleman on January 09, 2014, 12:09:35 PM
The SAA doesn't have a team in Texas, but hopefully Bob will chime in anyway. :)
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 09, 2014, 12:21:56 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on January 09, 2014, 12:09:35 PM
The SAA doesn't have a team in Texas, but hopefully Bob will chime in anyway. :)
Partially, my bad!  I should have posted this on the SCAC board as well.

I still have not completely broken the SAA and the SCAC schools apart.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 12, 2014, 05:38:59 PM
Good one @ Rhodes - in OT now with Oglethorpe leading 63-62.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 12, 2014, 05:45:01 PM
Rhodes overcame a 10 pt deficit in the final 5 minutes to knot it @ 60. Lynn just went up 2 in the OT.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 12, 2014, 05:46:39 PM
All square at 65 with 12.5 seconds left. Rhodes ball.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 12, 2014, 05:47:42 PM
Double OT about to begin. 65-65.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 12, 2014, 06:44:20 PM
Oglethorpe got the win this afternoon on a late basket in double-OT 73-72. They move to 3-0 in conference play & 13-1 overall.  Coach Ponder has a solid squad that plays his zone defense as scripted. OU made Rhodes work extremely hard offensively and they forced a large # of turnovers.

Centre got its 3rd straight conference win today @ home against Birmingham-Southern 85-71. 

Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 18, 2014, 04:39:22 PM
Centre is drilling Sewanee on the mountain at the half 43-13.  Lopez leads the Colonels with 13.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on January 20, 2014, 09:03:24 AM
Centre's performance on the Mountain surprised me given how tight we played them up in Danville at the start of the season.   They just blew by the Tigers around the middle of the first half and never let up on our guys. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 20, 2014, 07:22:50 PM
Quote from: awadelewis on January 20, 2014, 09:03:24 AM
Centre's performance on the Mountain surprised me given how tight we played them up in Danville at the start of the season.   They just blew by the Tigers around the middle of the first half and never let up on our guys.
Welcome to 200 posts awadelewis! +1!
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 24, 2014, 10:12:03 PM
Greg Mason's Centre squad picked up a quality conference road win tonight in Atlanta against Oglethorpe 52-47.  OU came into the night D3-ranked and undefeated in league play and a lone loss on the season. The win catapults Centre into sole position of 1st place in conference play at 5-0 going into Sunday's road tilt against Berry up the road in Rome. A lot of league & road action yet to be played but a great start for the Colonels coming out of the SAA gate.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 01, 2014, 02:34:38 AM
Finally witnessed Centre's play tonight at Hendrix where they won by 16 against a young Warrior team.  Centre has depth and balance in their lineup.  Defense was as strong as ever with the Colonels holding Hendrix to 35% FG shooting.  No one player in Centre's lineup sticks out; they all seem to contribute when the team plays well.  Whiteside and Karsner were the point producers tonight, but balance was definitely the theme.  The Colonel bigs did not particularly shine offensively but they produced rebounds, stellar defense and quite a few blocked or altered shots.  This team has a chance to be really good and perhaps some difficult early season games will have readied them for some post season excitement. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 02, 2014, 06:32:47 PM
Wow!!  The Centre Colonels put on a true road show today at Rhodes.  The boys shot 67% from the field and performed nearly as well from behind the arc knocking down 16-26 triples.  But honestly it was defense that keyed the attack as the Colonels held Rhodes to 23 points in the opening half.  Leading by 20, Centre quickly went on a 10-0 run to start the final stanza which catapulted them to a huge win.  This team's defense is what impresses me the most even though today's offensive explosion is what garners the headlines.  With an Oglethorpe loss today to Birmingham Southern, the Colonels now own a 2 game lead in the SAA.  Centre gets 4 of their final 6 conference games at home as they host Oglethorpe and Berry next weekend.  This is a very good basketball team that is playing outstanding at this juncture in the season.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 07, 2014, 09:49:12 PM
Centre defeats Oglethorpe tonight 78-67 on the strength of 17-34 shooting behind the arc.  Colin Lopez scored 25 including 7 3's.  Colonels go to 9-0 in league play.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 07, 2014, 11:26:52 PM
Rhodes was a kind host tonight as Millsaps came away with a scrappy 54-51 win at Mallory Gym to gain its 2nd conference victory.  The Lynx seemed not to have fully recovered from the thrashing they took the previous game against Centre.  The Majors played superior interior defense and Rhodes never found the groove from the perimeter all night.  It was an exciting finish despite the limited scoring as Rhodes almost drained a last second 3 from 35 feet to force OT. 

Berry College notched its 1st conference win at Sewanee this evening and Hendrix held off Birmingham Southern on its home court for a win.  Centre based on its win tonight over Oglethorpe now has a 3-game lead in the standings with 5 to play.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 14, 2014, 11:13:19 PM
Birmingham Southern got a big home win tonight knocking off #22 Centre 53-50.  I did not see the game but it appears BSU was willing to slug it out with Centre & manage the pace of play at a slower rate than normal.  The Panthers held Centre to less than 35% shooting. SAA leading scorer Larry Thomas paced the home team with 18 points and 10 rebounds; Donavan Whiteside and Josh Karsner each tallied 12 for Centre.  For the Colonels this was their 1st league loss after running off 10 SAA consecutive wins prior to tonight.  Probably not an awful loss at this point in the season if the Colonels can bounce back with a win at Millsaps Sunday, and pull out two more wins on the homecourt next weekend.   ;)
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 23, 2014, 06:56:28 PM
Centre Colonels have made the best of their only league loss three games ago against Birmingham Southern.  The team easily dispatched Millsaps after the loss in in Birmingham, and followed up that win with two solid home victories against Hendrix and Rhodes to finish the regular season 20-4 and 13-1 in the SAA.  The Colonels now host the SAA tournament next weekend in Danville as they try to earn their way into the D3 tournament by winning out.  Greg Mason's team has tremendous balance and a good bench that has some contributing freshmen making an impact.  Centre certainly must win the league tournament to advance.  However, if they do succeed, I think the Colonels are better positioned this season to get through a 1st round & possibly a 2nd round game.  Go Centre! :)
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 24, 2014, 08:11:17 PM
Centre benefitted from its 2 weekend home wins by moving up 2 slots in the D3 Top 25 Poll as they check in #21 this week.  The Colonels will host the SAA tournament beginning this Friday.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on March 07, 2014, 11:20:54 PM
Centre got through the 1st round Thursday evening with a hard-fought 78-71 victory over an athletic bunch from LaGrange. Donavan Whiteside made several clutch plays in the closing minutes to propel the Colonels to this win. He led Centre with 24 points. Now the Colonels head to GA for a 2nd round matchup with Emory.  With a victory Centre would move on to the sweet 16 next weekend.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on March 08, 2014, 11:43:11 PM
Another solid season for Centre basketball as the Colonels finish 24-5 having won the SAA tournament and advancing to the 2nd round of the NCAA Division 3 tournament before falling this evening to Emory 72-62.  Emory played stifling defense while holding Centre to 33.3% from the field in punching their ticket for the sweet sixteen next weekend.  Centre has lots to build on heading to next season.  Congratulations coaches and players.  Good luck to the seniors as you move on in your lives & careers.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: hoopwatcher on November 04, 2014, 01:37:49 PM
Season about ready to start.  Centre the favorite again or is this the year balance of power changes.  Oglethorpe should be pretty good this year and Berry brought  in a lot of new players.  Anybody have any insight or want to talk about it?
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: scottiedoug on November 06, 2014, 02:20:47 PM
Centre at Maryville Nov. 15.  What can we expect from the Colonels?
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on November 10, 2014, 08:57:55 PM
Sewanee meets old foe in exhibition game at Vanderbilt:
http://www.sewaneetigers.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/20141110dmdvjh

First time since 1961.   Last Sewanee victory: 1944.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on November 13, 2014, 03:08:07 PM
Centre brings back a good nucleus of talent in Scinta, Wesley, Gump & company.  Can't report on the freshmen but Coach Mason looks to have his usual good crop of recruits.  Several players with some size are among the frosh.  Centre's Wesley is strong in the post and what Mason needs is a few more like Wesley.  4's and 5's who can rebound & bang down low while playing decent defense would help Centre in its quest to get deeper in the post-season.  Gotta believe Centre will be competitive at the very least and would be surprised if they're not near the top again.

Also know Rhodes has a long bench of players to start the season. Talent-wise among the new players I haven't a clue yet.  Hope to get a look when they play their home opener.

Can always count on Oglethorpe to field a decent team with Coach Ponder and the offensive/defensive schemes he employs.  Again I have no information on what Ponder has brought in.

Figure Birmingham Southern to have good players too.

Just getting into basketball mode myself but hope to post more consistently when the season kicks off this weekend.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: scottiedoug on November 14, 2014, 10:56:46 AM
We will learn a little after Saturday, but first games are always hard to evaluate.  Maryville has some good players coming back and a couple of freshmen who are likely to play right away.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on November 14, 2014, 03:59:59 PM
Watched a few minutes of Oglethorpe's earlier exhibition game against their Alums.  Can't get much of a take-away from this viewing. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on November 15, 2014, 06:00:12 PM
Centre opening the season took care of business at Maryville this afternoon 73-62 behind Josh Karsner's 6 3-pointers and 23 points.  Blake Scinta scored 22 on perfect shooting - 8-8 FG and 6-6 FT.  The Colonels take on Transylvania in their next game at home Wednesday. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: scottiedoug on November 15, 2014, 10:58:26 PM
As usual, Centre was well prepared and worked hard.  Karsner and Scinta were really good.  Scots were not so good, especially in the first half.  I hope Scots see y'all again at the end of the season.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on December 29, 2014, 06:25:45 PM
After an 8-0 start and a top 15 ranking, Centre took its 1st loss in Lexington VA today at the hands of Johns Hopkins 66-51.  Centre couldn't match the shooting proficiency of its opponent particularly in the 2nd half. Expect Centre to drop down in the rankings as they prepare to play a 3rd place tomorrow.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on December 30, 2014, 09:54:58 PM
Centre bounced back from its John Hopkins loss with a relatively easy win over Elmira 86-60 today. Colonels shot "lights out" from deep knocking down 17-32. Centre will enter conference play next weekend at Sewanee with a 9-1 record. Johns Hopkins defeated host W & L to win the 4-team tournament.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 03, 2015, 10:24:34 AM
Centre finally hits the SAA hardwood this Sunday @ Sewanee after going 9-1 out of conference in 2014. Actually think the loss @ W&L to Johns Hopkins should serve as motivation to the Centre team to play to their strengths.  Road games are where the champions are determined & the Colonels need to start it off right today against an improving Sewanee program.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on January 04, 2015, 08:27:42 PM
Sewanee pulls off the upset 53-51 over Centre.

Press release:
http://www.sewaneetigers.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/20150104m399eo (http://www.sewaneetigers.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/20150104m399eo)
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: scottiedoug on January 05, 2015, 10:25:55 AM
I am not surprised by this.  I saw both teams at Maryville and thought Sewanee was better than they have been in recent years.  And that is not an easy place to play.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 17, 2015, 08:29:44 AM
Centre gets a more favorable environment today to play Sewanee.  However, the Colonels are still not a proven commodity on the homecourt in that last weekend Birmingham Southern came into Danville & throttled them.  After dropping 2 of its first 3 SAA games, Centre needs to dig deep and quickly to get things on track for another title run.  A team that really defends well on the perimeter against Centre can be a recipe for hanging an "L" on this squad. Is that team Sewanee?  We'll know later today.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 25, 2015, 06:01:40 PM
Got to see Centre play Rhodes on Friday night. Colonels seemed to be lacking a gear as Rhodes handed them a 74-67 loss. I was impressed with how the Rhodes guards controlled tempo most of the night. Rhodes PG & senior Luke Collins was a major factor. He's grown as a player as he now recognizes his limitations & plays to his strengths with lots of gumption. Centre played mostly into Collins hands throughout the evening. This young man may be the MIP of the league this season.

Just noted that both Rhodes and Centre have won their Sunday games. Rhodes stays undefeated in SAA play while Centre has lots of catching up to do at a measly 3-3.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 21, 2015, 01:32:59 PM
Centre has rebounded from a tough stretch early in conference play.  After starting 2-3, the Colonels have reeled off 8 straight wins allowing them to tie Rhodes at the top with identical 10-3 records.  The team's success has been predicated on improved guard play & strong upper class leadership from senior Josh Karsner and junior Blake Scinta.  Scinta had a big performance on the road in last night's win @ Berry with 26 points, 10 rebounds & 4 assists.  Karsner knocked down all 10 of his free throws in the Berry game, many of which were converted in the crucial late stages of the action. 

The likely scenario is Rhodes will host the SAA tournament next weekend if Rhodes closes out the regular season tomorrow at home by defeating Millsaps.  This will make Centre's challenge to move on to the D3 post-season difficult.  The Colonels have been the best SAA road squad this year so who knows.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 22, 2015, 05:05:31 PM
One heck of a finish @ Oglethorpe today. Centre's Matt Gump hit a 3-point jumper @ the buzzer to pull out a 63-61 win for the Colonels' 20th victory.  Oglethorpe had gone ahead 61-60 with a 3-point play by Romero Bates with 3.6 seconds to play. Tough go for Petrels for the 2nd game in a row in losing on buzzer-beating 3-pointers.  Gump tallied 15 points &  was 3-3 from behind the arc; Josh Karsner led the Colonels with 17. Drew Patrick scored 16 and Bates chipped in 14 for the Stormy Petrels. Centre has pressured Rhodes to win @ home against Millsaps this afternoon to secure the 1st seed in the SAA tournament next week. Rhodes is leading by 8 @ the half.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 25, 2015, 01:58:33 PM
Final public men's basketball regional rankings are out: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2015/02/25/final-public-ncaa-regional-rankings-released/ (http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2015/02/25/final-public-ncaa-regional-rankings-released/)
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on March 01, 2015, 04:47:39 PM
Saw entertaining basketball @ Rhodes all weekend, and who would have projected 9-win Hendrix to go through seeds 3-2-1 in succession to capture the SAA tournament crown to earn the league's 1st automatic qualifier by defeating Rhodes 73-70 this afternoon.  Thad McCracken's band of Warriors showed grit in each game, most especially in the Centre and Rhodes games.  The defensive intensity Hendrix displayed was clearly unmatched.  Starters Hank Aldous and Vance Luke led today's offensive explosion as they combined for 55 of the team's 73 points.....Aldous was virtually unstoppable with 32, driving both baselines for good shots at will in the 2nd half. Rhodes was pretty close to as good defensively.  Hendrix rarely wavered in their performance in the final and that was the difference in a close back and forth game where neither team could build a lead of more than 6.  Today's final was probably one of the best basketball games I've had the pleasure of watching.  Hope maybe we'll hear from McCracken about his team's amazing run on Hoopsville tonight?
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on December 14, 2015, 06:21:29 PM
Am slowly getting back into the basketball mode and am way behind on the SAA!  Hoping to take in a few games at Rhodes over the Christmas holiday season.  Would love to hear from old and new posters on the SAA competition this season.  Catch me up!

Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on December 15, 2015, 05:03:59 PM
Decent start for Sewanee during the non-conference part of the schedule.  Currently 5-2 with losses at Covenant and Huntingdon.   Won the return games on the Mountain against both teams.    Piedmont on the Mountain on Thursday and wrap-up the non-conference at W&L's holiday tournament.     Open conference play on 1/3 at Centre with last non-conference game the following day at Boyce.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Ron Boerger on January 03, 2016, 04:40:37 PM
Congrats to Rhodes on their huge 76-69 upset of #3 Amherst today.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on January 06, 2016, 04:45:05 PM
Yep, big win for the Rhodes team.    How much weight do wins like that have on post-season scheduling at this level?   Is there a D-3 equivalent of RPI?
~ Peace, AWL
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 06, 2016, 06:09:53 PM
Quote from: awadelewis on January 06, 2016, 04:45:05 PM
Yep, big win for the Rhodes team.    How much weight do wins like that have on post-season scheduling at this level?   Is there a D-3 equivalent of RPI?
~ Peace, AWL
Yes. It helps the SOS.

It will likely be a win against a regionally ranked team.

There may even be a win against a common opponent in the consideration by the committee.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on January 06, 2016, 06:11:51 PM
A big h/t to Brian Lester and the entire D3Hoops team for the Around the South column about Sewanee's Keyshonn Carter.    Was a good read!
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on January 06, 2016, 10:40:26 PM
PLAYING Amherst was going to help the SOS whether they won or loss. That's why it's key to PLAY better schedules. The second part is to then have a better WL percentage and hope the good teams on your schedule don't all of the sudden tank.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 08, 2016, 09:46:40 PM
Rhodes may have fired on all cylinders against Amherst but that was not the case tonight @ Centre as the Colonels maintained a double digit lead most of the way in winning by 23.  Blake Scinta scored 17 & Tyler Wesley pulled down 16 rebounds in helping Centre to its 9th win & 1st conference victory.  Rhodes heads to Sewanee next; Colonels will host Hendrix Sunday.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on January 10, 2016, 06:41:58 PM
Final score from the Mountain: Sewanee 69, Rhodes 64.

Let me ask that y'all indulge me for a moment:
Tigers, Tigers, leave 'em in the lurch!   YSR! 

Now that I got that out of the way, here's results from the box score:
Jorden Williams with 20, Cody Jones with 18, and Seth Brown with 12 off the bench.  Rhodes was led by Daniel Galvin with 16 points.

Puts the Tigers at 10-4, 3-0 in the SAA sharing 1st place with B-SC at 7-6, 3-0 in the league.

Centre comes to the Mountain next Saturday.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 21, 2016, 04:02:19 PM
Impressed with Sewanee this season even though I've not followed them closely.  They absolutely destroyed Centre last weekend after having beaten the Colonels in Danville earlier.  The Tigers clearly look to be the team to beat in the SAA.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 22, 2016, 11:15:43 PM
Watched my 1st live SAA game between Oglethorpe & Rhodes tonight in Memphis.  The visitors pulled out a 3-point victory inspite of letting Rhodes back into the game down the stretch with some sloppy play.  Bad free throw shooting possibly cost the Lynx a come-back win.  The Stormy Petrels controlled the flow most of the way holding a double-digit lead much of the 2nd half.  I thought OU did a nice job squeezing Rhodes with its zone defense & superior quickness. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on January 23, 2016, 04:59:04 PM
Looks like my worries about Sewanee's game today with Millsaps were justified as the Majors get the 70-69 win at home with a game-ending layup.    This was after we let the Majors back in the game with a late run.    B-SC's win over Centre moves them into 1st place in the league going into tomorrow's game between the Tigers and the Panthers.   

Some good stuff in the SAA this weekend...
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on January 24, 2016, 06:57:59 PM
B-SC solidifies their hold on first place in the league with a 74-73 win over Sewanee in Birmingham.   

B-SC goes on the road to Rhodes and Hendrix next weekend while Sewanee does the Georgia swing with games at Oglethorpe and Berry.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 03, 2016, 04:42:53 PM
For the third consecutive year, Hoopsville (http://www.d3hoopsville.com) will air for 12 hours as the regular season enters the final four weeks. Dave McHugh will chat with coaches, administrators, student-athletes, and others involved in Division III basketball from around the country. Other guests will include those who have Division III roots or appreciate the division and the game along with the student-athletes who play the sport.

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10:15amConnie TilleySt. Norbert (WBB) - WBCA Center Court
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2:20pmSara LeeDenison (WBB)
2:40pmKlay KneuppelWisconsin Lutheran (MBB)
3:00pmBrian Van HaaftenBuena Vista (MBB) - Nat'l Committee Chair
3:30pmSydney MossNo. 1 Thomas More (WBB)
3:45pmAaron RousellBucknell (WBB) - former Chicago coach
4:00pmTim ShanahanStaten Island (WBB)
4:20Pat CunninghamTrinity (Texas) (MBB) - NABC Coach's Corner
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6:00pmKristen DowlingClaremont-Mudd-Scripps (WBB)
6:20pmAllison ColemanSage (WBB)
6:40pmLandry KosmalskiSwarthmore (MBB)
7:00pmDave NilandNo. 23 Penn State-Behrend (MBB)
7:20pmAaron GallettaLasell (MBB)
7:40pmJohn BaronGwynedd-Mercy (MBB)
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8:40pmMelissa HodgdonWheaton (Mass.) (WBB)
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Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 10, 2016, 01:57:38 PM
Regional Rankings: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2016/02/10/first-2016-regional-rankings-released-today/
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 24, 2016, 02:19:52 PM
Final public regional rankings are out: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2016/02/24/third-ncaa-regional-ranking/
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on April 07, 2016, 10:21:12 PM
Coaching changes on the Mountain as Bubba Smith leaves Sewanee for Lee University as reported in a message on Twitter by Lee's president.    Press conference at Lee tomorrow with the announcement.

EDIT:
Adding in a link to the announcement that Asst. Coach Bradley Pierson is being promoted to be the next head coach at Sewanee: http://www.sewaneetigers.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/releases/20160408hffs9k
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: scottiedoug on November 18, 2016, 11:59:52 AM
Saw Centre's young team and Maryville's young team...many freshmen and sophomores on both squads.  Pretty normal MC-Centre game, early season basketball pretty well played.  Centre's Avery is a player!
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on January 12, 2017, 04:09:57 PM
Article from the Memphis paper about the Rhodes men's program adopting the Grinnell System.  The Lynx have been racking up some big numbers on the scoreboard... they beat B-SC 142-100.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/columnists/geoff-calkins/2017/01/07/calkins-radical-new-era-rhodes-hoops/96238138/ (http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/columnists/geoff-calkins/2017/01/07/calkins-radical-new-era-rhodes-hoops/96238138/)
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 13, 2017, 10:59:48 PM
Some kind of great game @ Centre tonight with the home squad pulling out an OT 106-100 win over the wild & crazy Rhodes team who play the game at a breakneck pace.  I had witnessed the Rhodes win last Sunday where they clobbered Millsaps with a 77-point 1st half. Amazingly, Centre survived a 1-13 night from behind the arch.  Solid late game free throw shooting & strong freshmen play were the difference for the Colonels.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 14, 2017, 09:52:04 AM

Rhodes was a part of my Around the Nation column this week.

http://www.d3hoops.com/columns/around-the-nation/2016-17/system-here-to-stay
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on January 14, 2017, 11:11:08 AM
I've always been curious to see what would happen when a team playing The System took on a team playing the Princeton Offense.

The Lynx are on the Mountain this weekend.    Rhodes adopting this offense adds a new wrinkle to our rivalry.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on January 16, 2017, 09:46:33 AM
Well... Sewanee beat Rhodes 111-101.     

It was interesting watching a team use The System.   I see what Coach DeGeorge meant in his comments in the d3hoops column.   It really is like watching what happens to a football defense when a team who is always playing opponents running a spread offense has to take on a team running the triple option.

The thing that we did well against Rhodes yesterday was making them play half-court defense and then making them pay for always trying to double-team.    Combine that with decent offensive rebounding and you can beat this scheme.

I can see why a lot of people don't like the Grinnell style of play.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 16, 2017, 01:22:05 PM

What I heard over and over again that maybe didn't come through in the piece is that all the coaches agreed, there's little inherent on-floor advantage to the System.  It still comes down to talent.  You can level the playing field a little bit with depth, which is how you see bad teams become better, but talent is still talent and you still have to recruit.

Rhodes is just starting, though, so I imagine they've got a pretty good shot to be pretty good.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Ron Boerger on July 06, 2017, 05:11:30 PM
Centre gets to play sitting duck at Kentucky for an exhibition (Thomas More too).   Yikes.   

http://www.coachcal.com/45349/2017/07/kentucky-announces-two-exhibition-game-opponents/
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: albatross on October 18, 2017, 05:20:03 PM
Quote from: Ron Boerger on July 06, 2017, 05:11:30 PM
Centre gets to play sitting duck at Kentucky for an exhibition (Thomas More too).   Yikes.   

http://www.coachcal.com/45349/2017/07/kentucky-announces-two-exhibition-game-opponents/

I missed this. the game will actually be on SEC Network:

http://saa-sports.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/releases/20170914m9exom (http://saa-sports.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/releases/20170914m9exom)
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Ron Boerger on November 29, 2017, 08:56:47 AM
Hey, Centre did OK against UK.   I don't think losing 106-63 to a bunch of college professionals at their place is anything to hang your heads about. 

http://www.kentucky.com/sports/college/kentucky-sports/uk-basketball-men/article182687361.html

Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: BerryCollegeFan on January 09, 2018, 11:57:36 AM
Oglethorpe and Sewanee are looking good so far, early in the SAA schedule.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: albatross on January 21, 2018, 01:55:42 PM
Sewanee is a pretty consistent basketball program - never known them to be bad even if they aren't winning the league.

Rhodes' new style isn't really working out as they planned I imagine. In fact, the league actually seems pretty weak this year, won't lie...
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on January 21, 2018, 04:22:09 PM
Always takes more than a few months for a new "system" to work. Give Rhodes time to see how it plays out... like more than just this season.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 21, 2018, 07:00:27 PM
Quote from: albatross on January 21, 2018, 01:55:42 PM
Sewanee is a pretty consistent basketball program - never known them to be bad even if they aren't winning the league.

Rhodes' new style isn't really working out as they planned I imagine. In fact, the league actually seems pretty weak this year, won't lie...

Rhodes made the NCAA tournament their first year using the System - that's not bad.  The question will be if the recruiting base is on board with it.  I know they haven't seen any drop off at Greenville, but I'm guessing they may not be drawing from the same pool of players.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: SAA DUDE on January 22, 2018, 12:39:06 PM
Lynx mustered up the perfect storm last year with 5 seniors who bought in and fit the system perfectly. SAA was a little down, but Rhodes played great and the conference struggled to counter this new style of play. The SAA is significantly worse this year, and this youthful and inexperienced lynx squad has struggled to stay consistent. 6 teams could get the automatic bid in February, wouldn't be surprised if Rhodes was back in the big dance.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: SAA DUDE on January 25, 2018, 12:40:56 PM
Friday Focus (The two mysteries of our generation, What is a catch? Who makes the SAA schedule?)

By about 8:45pm central standard time tomorrow night we will officially be halfway through SAA conference play. The Top spots? Up for grabs (minus the eternal bottom feeders of Millsaps, Berry and Hendrix). I'll give my popcorn analysis of fridays 4 matchups HERE:

1.) BS College Panthers @ Berry College Vikings - Friday night in Rome, a great opportunity for the Vikings to get out the basement. There's not a fatter cat in the land then a Panther team that has just won 4 straight. Jason Jonus isn't walking thru that door, hell not even kevin kegarise is. Berry turns the tide for the Viking brand and pulls the upset.

Place your Bet: BSC -3.5 o/u 160 (My Pick: 77-76 Berry)

2.) Paul Millsaps Majors @ Lord Oglethorpe's Storm Petrels - A #1 vs. #8 matchup for the age.... and the games over. The curse of Tim Wise rears its ugly head again for the majors and the Petrels start the weekend out 1-0.

Place your Bet: Oglethorpe -6 o/u 142 (My Pick: 77-66 Oglethorpe)

3.) Hendrix Warriors @ Centre Praying Colonels - The last time the Warriors won on a Friday night in Danville, the SAA was a twinkle in Greg Mason's eye. Order up another round of Fazoli's breadsticks on me Hendrix, you may have lost the war but you won the battle, good teams win, Arkansas teams cover.

Place your Bet: Centre -9 o/u 159 (My Pick: 82-74 Centre)

4.) Rhodes Lynx @ Sewanee Tigers - A must win for the Lynx in order to make a second half push to defend their crown. Luckily for them the Mountain of Sewanee, TN is more of a Vodka pooch this year. I watched the game last weekend, hey tigers be more rattled by the system, you can't. The real question for the Lynx comes down to health. Is Mike DeGeorge hurt or injured? Last weekend, a one armed man, yesterday afternoon interview, no sign of a sling. Hmmm...

Place your Bet: Rhodes -4 o/u 203 (My Pick: 105-100 Rhodes)


#maketheSAAgreatagain?




Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: SAA DUDE on January 31, 2018, 12:39:21 PM
Friday Review 1/26

Late review, swear it won't happen again (FART NOOOOOOOISE). I actually just stopped staring at the Hendrix vs Centre final score from Friday Night. SHEEEEESH. We had some (a) winner(s) we had some losers. Let's reflect:

My Picks- 0-4 Against the Spread, 2-2 on Totals, 2-6 Overall

1.) BSC (76) vs. Berry (67) - The Christian Brothers Boys step up and extend the Panthers winning streak. BSC shot the **** out of the ball from 3, Berry decided to do the opposite, interesting game plan. Story of the night, Matty Rudak being listed as a guard!? I'm offended. Per synergy a third of his offense comes from the post and offensive boards. Get out of here.

2.) Millsaps (72) vs. Oglethorpe (47) - The ghost of Tim Wise was stuck in the vault for this matchup as the Majors scored 72 points for the first time in the shot clock era. Michael "Sully" Sullivan flew right in to a flock of Petrels, chopped them up and landed the Major's plane safely in the middle of mediocrity that is the SAA Standings. This isn't the first time the Petrels shot 27% on a test at home and it won't be the last. William "The Fridge" Perry kept all the food for himself notching 21pts on 19 shots.

3.) Hendrix (48) vs. Centre (108) - SOME SPREAD! I wouldn't be surprised if they were still peeling members of this Warriors squad off of Tom Bryant Court after this thriller. The Praying Colonels shot 19-33 from three to match a school record blah blah blah. Hendrix came out of the gates hotter than a Christian boy on his wedding night to take a 5-0 lead. Then basic science took over, the Warriors passed out and the Colonels went on a 108-43 run to finish the contest (Kind of one sided isn't it?). Story of the night, Greg Mason again. The dude's 1992 team that he played on scored 112 points, theres no way he didnt force his players to start punting the ball in to the stands when they hit 106. Legends never die.

4.) Rhodes (96) vs. Sewanee (99) - We need answers Mike. Thursday no sling, healthy as a horse, a burpee here, a flax seed there. Friday, biggest game of the year, the sling is back. It's affecting the team, we need our leader gritty, strong, no weaknesses and disobeying doctors orders. The game of the night lived up to expectations and as I feared (of course after I made my picks) the ant hill stunted the Lynx offense. There is no way the people and the equipment of Sewanee, TN could handle seeing a big fat 100 on the scoreboard. Lynx needed to accomplish that for immediate malfunction of the Tiger community. Three stories here that I hate, first Sewanee has beaten us 6 straight times at home. Second, sewanee SID putting in work with a great recap. Third, Sean McDonough is the latest in a long line of hated sewanee shooters. Hit the game winning three even tho his arc resembles the flight path of a paper plane being thrown straight in to the ground.

For this weekends lines head to bovada.edu/athletestudent
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: SAA DUDE on January 31, 2018, 03:03:48 PM
Sunday Recap 1/28

SUNDAYS ARE FOR THE SAA*

No lines for Sundays game due to too much traffic from you guys hammering the awful lines on Friday. Here are some recaps:


1.) BSC (90) vs. Oglethorpe (100) - A big one in the SAA standings as both these teams came in to this one 6-2 even tho Oglethorpes loss friday should have counted as 1.5. The Petrels got big performances out of everyone except our "YOU MAD?!" winner of the week Connor Smith. Connor grabbed himself a Technical most likely out of sheer frustration of a dismal season. Harrison Deneka adds himself to the storied long list of lefties from Memphis who played in the SAA who stroke it**, as he poured in 37 pts. Oglethorpe remains a top the mighty SAA standings.

2.) Millsaps (70) vs. Berry (64) - Finally, we have an answer to the question everyone was asking, "who is the worst team in the SAA?" The Vikings saw their opportunity and they pillaged their way to the bottom of the standings dropping 2 games at home this weekend. Hot seat, the curse of Tim Wise. Cool throne, Sully, another big time performance to solidify there place in tier 2 of the SAA standings.

3.) Rhodes (76) vs. Centre (90) - Rough weekend for the Lynx. Held well below their PPG average again. Walking in to Danville, KY on a Sunday afternoon after a loss is like going back to Raiford's Sunday morning to get your ID, where security is the Refs and they are not on your side. If I was the AD pitching that coaching job to future suitors, how do you not throw in "hey btw, the refs love us here." It's uncanny how bias they are at centre as compared to other home venues. I digress, basically the lynx couldnt get anything done off of their turnovers, we made a mid second half adjustment that cut the lead to 2, but couldnt sustain the offense needed.

4.) Hendrix (56) vs. Sewanee (77) - Everyone in the SAA wants the warriors to come out and play.  Despite the score they did show a little fight after Friday's drumming, but it was not enough. Give them credit, Easily could have slept in, got an extra order of slop at the lodge and mailed it in with some basic cardio before the trip back to Conway. The story is they are just not very talented and the tigers unfortunately are starting to click. Is Hunter Buescher all conference good? Havent watched enough games/teams to know for sure, but it seams like guard play is a little down this season.

P.S. Vaughn Samson from the Lynx did not play Sunday, i'm speculating diarrhea. The Sewanee COrner SUbwway STrikes Again!!

*I made that up all by myself
**The list couldnt be shorter

Standings and projections up next...
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: SAA DUDE on February 02, 2018, 12:45:39 PM
Current SAA Standings

Tier 1 (The Missionary Tier) - This group of teams is on top, but by gawd they are BORING

T1.) Oglethorpe 7-2 (13-7)
T1.) Centre 7-2 (12-7)
T1.) Sewanee 7-2 (11-8)

Oglethorpe is so fake, they look good in shorts, they are classic walking off the bus attractive. If they're sitting atop the SAA in 3 weeks i'll travel to Atlanta on tournament weekend and just sit in traffic. Of course centre and sewanee have 4 straight home games to finish the season (Centre actually has 5). The main issue with this tier is that all three tournament locations suck, sewanee and atlanta are logistical nightmares for everyone except Greg Mason, he can get his Omaha Steaks shipped anywhere he wants.

Tier 2 (The Bubble Gut) - These teams have so much body fat, literally and figuratively

3.) BSC 6-3 (9-11)
T4.) Rhodes 3-6 (9-11)
T4.) Millsaps 3-6 (6-14)

These teams are young and inexperienced and still carrying around a little too much of that freshmen 15 from last year. Just a bunch of doughy white kids running in to each other, striving for inconsistency with a flash of competence and talent mixed in. The panthers have a chance to crack the top 3, but theres no way that happens. Rhodes needs a miracle to get anything higher than a 4 seed and its a real shame that millsaps budget wasnt big enough to bottle up whatever occurred on the road last weekend. Too many bad omens in this bunch for anyone to make a move, bsc and rhodes are 69ing in the standings on 9/11 while a major sits in the corner with a polaroid camera.

Tier 3 (The lowest of Pad levels) - These teams are short and 6 feet under, Dead!

7.) Hendrix 2-7 (4-16)
8.) Berry 1-8 (6-14)

I refuse to watch Berry play basketball. I've seen Hendrix twice and have sworn they are the 8th team in this conference, but apparently not, that crown resides in rome. IDK how this tier will finish up but Stay woke people, Connect the dots, last time hendrix did anything they were an 8th seed in this tournemnt, if I'm Tad "release me please" McKracken i own that storyline, spew it to my team. Find your niche conway.

How Me thinks this will play out:

1.) Sewanee (11-3)
2.) Centre (11-3)
3.) Oglethorpe (10-4)
4.) BSC (9-5)
5.) Rhodes (7-7)
6.) Millsaps (3-11)
7.) Hendrix (3-11)
8.) Berry (2-12)

Book your covered wagons for sue juan knee, TN folks. They got a brand new hotel with a golf course. I heard its beautiful in late february, should be able to squander the last of the hot water.


Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: SAA DUDE on February 02, 2018, 12:59:47 PM
Quote from: SAA DUDE on February 02, 2018, 12:45:39 PM
Current SAA Standings

Tier 1 (The Missionary Tier) - This group of teams is on top, but by gawd they are BORING

T1.) Oglethorpe 7-2 (13-7)
T1.) Centre 7-2 (12-7)
T1.) Sewanee 7-2 (11-8)

Oglethorpe is so fake, they look good in shorts, they are classic walking off the bus attractive. If they're sitting atop the SAA in 3 weeks i'll travel to Atlanta on tournament weekend and just sit in traffic. Of course centre and sewanee have 4 straight home games to finish the season (Centre actually has 5). The main issue with this tier is that all three tournament locations suck, sewanee and atlanta are logistical nightmares for everyone except Greg Mason, he can get his Omaha Steaks shipped anywhere he wants.

Tier 2 (The Bubble Gut) - These teams have so much body fat, literally and figuratively

3.) BSC 6-3 (9-11)
T4.) Rhodes 3-6 (9-11)
T4.) Millsaps 3-6 (6-14)

These teams are young and inexperienced and still carrying around a little too much of that freshmen 15 from last year. Just a bunch of doughy white kids running in to each other, striving for inconsistency with a flash of competence and talent mixed in. The panthers have a chance to crack the top 3, but theres no way that happens. Rhodes needs a miracle to get anything higher than a 4 seed and its a real shame that millsaps budget wasnt big enough to bottle up whatever occurred on the road last weekend. Too many bad omens in this bunch for anyone to make a move, bsc and rhodes are 69ing in the standings on 9/11 while a major sits in the corner with a polaroid camera.

Tier 3 (The lowest of Pad levels) - These teams are short and 6 feet under, Dead!

7.) Hendrix 2-7 (4-16)
8.) Berry 1-8 (6-14)

I refuse to watch Berry play basketball. I've seen Hendrix twice and have sworn they are the 8th team in this conference, but apparently not, that crown resides in rome. IDK how this tier will finish up but Stay woke people, Connect the dots, last time hendrix did anything they were an 8th seed in this tournemnt, if I'm Tad "release me please" McKracken i own that storyline, spew it to my team. Find your niche conway.

How Me thinks this will play out:

1.) Sewanee (11-3)
2.) Centre (11-3)
3.) Oglethorpe (10-4)
4.) BSC (9-5)
5.) Rhodes (7-7)
6.) Millsaps (3-11)
7.) Hendrix (3-11)
8.) Berry (2-12)

Book your covered wagons for sue juan knee, TN folks. They got a brand new hotel with a golf course. I heard its beautiful in late february, should be able to squander the last of the hot water.

Centre actually finishes with 3 straight home games and sewanee just with 2 next weekend. Both teams on the road this weekend.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: SAA DUDE on February 02, 2018, 02:29:35 PM
Friday Focus (2/3/18) - Moving Time

If the SAA standings are truly going to shake up and get lumi it has to start tonight. Three of the four matchups have game of the night potential, would love to see some live periscopes out there from our loyal fan base.

1.) Rhodes @ Berry - Another must win for the Lynx. The Penguin (Berry's coach) has lost the locker room, not talking about the players that happened years ago, he literally doesnt know where the locker room is. RHodes style plays right in to the vikings strength, turning the ball over.

Place your Bet: Rhodes -2, o/u 187 (My Pick: Rhodes Wins 100-94)

2.) Hendrix @ Oglethorpe - Anything could happen here besides the warriors winning. After last fridays home drubbing the petrels recieved, no one knows who they truly are. Hendrix couldn't be less confident, this is a brutal stretch having the two longest road trips back to back.

Place your Bet: Oglethorpe -7, o/u 155 (My Pick: Hendrix Covers 75-79) [/i

3.) Centre @ BSC - GAME OF THE NIGHT. This has OT written all over it. Can the Panthers lunge in to tier 1?? Can this centre group start to live up to their program's history? Another BAttle at the BAttle. I can't wait, the colonels drown out Mr. Blaze's obnoxious banter and steal one on the road.

Place your Bet: BSC -2, o/u 156 (My Pick: Centre Wins 80-78)

4.) Sewanee @ Millsaps - Both teams are trending up and there's no better defense than the hanger dome on a 2 game burner. But like I said before this major magic cools off tonight, sewanee's defense is as real as millsaps below average record.

Place your Bet: Sewanee -3, o/u 135 (My Pick: Sewanee Wins 69-64)

#fridayflarescreens get it trending
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: BerryViking92 on February 05, 2018, 12:12:50 PM
Not a lot of good basketball this year :(
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: albatross on February 07, 2018, 03:26:37 PM
SAA Dude how am i just now reading these? I got a good chuckle out of these reviews...
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 07, 2018, 05:45:17 PM
Men's first regional rankings this season: http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2018/02/men-regional-rankings-first
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: SAA DUDE on February 09, 2018, 05:15:45 PM
Quote from: albatross on February 07, 2018, 03:26:37 PM
SAA Dude how am i just now reading these? I got a good chuckle out of these reviews...

Sahhhhhh Albatross welcome to the party
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: SAA DUDE on February 14, 2018, 12:31:15 PM
Where Were We...

Hey there. Last time we talked was February 2nd, Moving Weekend, I checked my phone that night in hopes of seeing my picks succeeding and those lynx cats rolling. I blacked out. Twelve days later i've mustered up enough courage to figure out what the hell is the SAA. I actually was flu ridden and the doc said no bad basketball for at least 5-7 days. I have a strict listen to doc policy because of my inevitable obesity sprinkled with diabetes. We;re gonna walk the path of each teams treacherous and inconsistent journey since that dreadful first weekend in february and get back to where we are now, 3 days away from the final regualr season games with the title and hosting responsibilties on the. The d3 world is watching with baited breath. HA! Thats just me mouth breathing in front of my laptop.

My Picks Record from 2/2/18 Spread: 1-3; Totals: 1-3; Overall: 2-6 (Spread: 1-7; Totals: 3-5; Overall: 4-12)
(I am the Berry College of Picks SHEEEEESH)

Rhodes College Lynx- Since 2/2 the lynx kittens are 3-1. Not too shabby. Wins over Fraudlethorpe, Millscraps and BS College. The lone loss is  absolutely BRUTAL against berry at berry where the lynx seemed to be throwing the ball out of the cage instead of in to the hoop. Berry DIDNT MAKE A THREE AND ONLY TOOK ONE! Its 2016 berry adapt or die, im triggered. The fighting degeorges recovered nicely getting a YUGE 3 point victory over the petrels followed by a weekend of defending home court with Ws over the hot majors and the CBHS Panthers. Are the young house cats peaking at the right time? I'm worrisome since we are the only team in conference to lose to both berry & hendrix besides those two bottom feeders themselves. A fourth straight victory would be nice as the warriors hit up Mallory Gym this saturday.

Berry College- The root of my flu. Since 2/2 the Vikes are 1-3. Their lone win versus the aforementioned lynx at home. Looks like they lit rome to ash on friday and saturday instead of burning the midnight oil studying hendrix as their winning streak was haulted at 1. Tough one there trying to gain momentum, need to grab the W when you got some warriors locked in a cage. Berry went on to fall victim to the centre/sewanee trip, struggling to stay competitve against the top 2 teams in the conference. They take on oglethorpe saturday at home, but don't worry theyve solidified there rock bottom position.

Hendrix Warriors- Since 2/2 Thaddeus and the boy's are 1-3. Big win over berry in order to not lose the fantasy basketball league losers bet. BUt were unable to hang with oglethopre or bs college. They gave the majors all they could handle at home, but it was too little too late as mr. sullivan fought off the pesky warrior clan. Hendrix marches (literally) in to memphis looking to get the season sweep vs. rhodes.

Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels- I hate this team so much. They are so fake and so predictable its mind blowing. I knew theyd piss away the top spot right when they heard greg masons tap shoes creeping up behind them. Since 2/2 The ponders of the blacktop are 1-3. The lone victory over the warriors, close losses to rhodes at home and centre on the road, but an absolute massacre in sewannee,TN. Tigers eat birds apparently. Petrels fly to Rome saturday for the finale, tough scout for berry seeing no one knows which oglethorpe team is gonn show up.

Center Praying Colonels- I'm done with this dog and pony show spelling center, centre. It's unbelievable the amount of real estate Prime minister Mason owns in my brain that i've spelled it their way for 8 years. Since 2/2 the colonels have completely hit their stride posting a 4-0 record and sticking their lawn chair atop the SAA standings. Wins vs bs college, millsaps, oglethorpe and berry. A couple of close ones in their to give the kids a chance, but same song different year as all 7 teams are looking up and centers fat ass is blocking the sun all for themselves. What's that? It's not over? Sewannee comes to town saturday for the finale to try and steal the top spot and host, how exciting!

BS College Panthers- Hand up, havent watched these cats at all, i'll watch them vs rhodes today if its ever up on synergy. Since 2/2 they'd stood pat in that coveted 4 spot going 1-3, beating who they should and losing to rhodes plus the top teams. They're just so blah, its all deneka and a bunch of guys i don't know. Dont think theyre talented enough to beat anyone better than them. They go to the hanger dome to take on the majors. This game is a big one for the panthers, a must win in order to keep the 4 seed and stay away from the host school in the tournament.

Sewannee Tigers- Since 2/2 adrian thomas and company have gone 3-1. A tough loss to the red hot majors, but bounced back to win three straight, at BSC, vs oglethorpe and vs. berry. A huge weekend for the tigers, their conference season opening win vs center and their record have put them in position to win the regular season and host the tournament if a win should develop saturday afternoon. Defense travels and they're the best in the league, both teams are hot and it should be a great one in danville.

Millsaps Majors- Since 2/2 the majors have cooled off a little posting a 2-2 record, wins over sewanee and hendrix, losses to rhodes and center. The most dangerous team in the conference resides in jackson, ms and saturday at home versus the panthers is a big one in terms of momentum heading in to tournament play.

Updated Standings/Tourney Outlook Next on FOX SPORTS D3
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: SAA DUDE on February 14, 2018, 01:50:10 PM
Saturday Night Fever

First off, how pissed are you right now if your a SAA coach not named Mason or Bubba, im mean Hedgepath. Everyone else is sitting at home, booking busses and hotels for 2 of the worst places in the world, danville and sewanee, because hosting won't be determined until saturday evening. Sewanee has 1 lodge, not even a hotel and danville is just so, ugh we're sick of this place. Oglethorpe let everyone down, atlanta plenty of hotels and eateries, it's never been in atlanta EVER. Only downside is traffic, which sucks but i digress. Last little rant, this problem is maybe avoided or determined earlier if the SAA commissioners office wasnt so dumb. These games on saturday should have been played on saturday january 27th to break up the conference schedule right in the middle, but instead everyone had everyone play the same teams on back to back weekends. Sad!

Here's what things look like as of now:

1. Center 11-2
2. Sewanee 10-3
3. Oglethorpe 8-5
4. Birmingham Southern 7-6
5. Rhodes 6-7
6. Millsaps 5-8
7. Hendrix 3-10
8. Berry 2-11

Let's start from the bottom up- Berry will be the 8th seed and Hendrix will be the 7th seed no matter what happens saturday. If hendrix loses and berry wins, hendrix wins the head to tiebreaker, so everyone will stay put at 7 and 8. Millsaps owns the 6th seed all by themselves and will not move up if they win and rhodes losses becasue rhodes will own the head to head tiebreaker, so the majors will stay at 6. The 4 and 5 is a little interesting because rhodes and BSC could flip, but in the grand scheme of things it truly doesnt matter because whoever wins that matchup will inevitably play the 1 seed in the semis of the tournament, so what these two are cheering for is whoever they want to host. Anyway, if rhodes wins and bsc loses rhodes would take the 4 seed and the panthers would drop to the 5th seed. If rhodes loses they remain at 5. There is a scenario where oglethorpe loses and bsc wins, they would tie, they split the regular season head to head, so we move to record vs top teams and oglethorpe is 1-1 versus both sewanee and centre while the panthers are 0-2 against those teams, which results in oglethorpe remaining in the 3 seed no matter the outcomes. Drumrollllllllllllllll, we head to danville, Cantucky where the SAA title hangs in the balance, the grandaddy of them all. Easy outcome, center wins the game they win the league outright and will host, the fazoli's owners rejoice. We dont want that, we want drama, if sewanee steals the finale they would tie center record wise, both teams would have to put a big fat ugly CO- next to champions on their regular season banner, but sewanee would claim the true prize winning the head to head tie breaker and hosting for the first time since Ulysses S. Grant was in office. Sewanee is a bloggers paradise for this tournament, chaos, middle school gym where anyone can win, drunk rabid fans, lack of lodging, food and water. Oh i just might have to go cover it on sight (My venmo is open).

P.S. For you out there with carpel's tunnel and cant click back to page 10 of this virtual SAA watercooler to see my predicted final standings, let me refresh your ethernet cables:

How Me thinks this will play out:

1.) Sewanee (11-3)
2.) Centre (11-3)
3.) Oglethorpe (10-4)
4.) BSC (9-5)
5.) Rhodes (7-7)
6.) Millsaps (3-11)
7.) Hendrix (3-11)
8.) Berry (2-12)


I frickin nailed it. Ya my spreads and picks suck blah blah im not here to talk about the past becasue i got this ish right. My records are a little off, didnt see BSC sinking to be closer to rhodes (probably should have seen that coming), definitely didnt see millsaps emerging, but all my teams are in the right spots i just need a Tiger victory so bad to get one thing right this season.

Spreads and totals will be out friday at 2pm olympic time. Happy researching!
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 14, 2018, 02:04:41 PM
Week 2 Regional Rankings are out: http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2018/02/men-regional-rankings-second
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: SAA DUDE on February 16, 2018, 03:13:36 PM
The (Regular) Season Finale

We're just over 24 hours away from one of the most infatuating regular seasons in SAA lore to come to a close. These 8 teams are scratching and clawing for momentum and barrack obama's coveted supply of hope. The anticipation of a champion is paramount. Tomorrow, no more than 240 people will huddle around their computers to cheer on their squads, with one tab open to the SAA website checking on that Centre vs sewanee score and another tab on greyhoundbus.edu with tickets ready for either danville, KY jelly and sewanee, no ten's i see. Lets get to the matchups!

My Picks Record Spread: 1-7; Totals: 3-5; Overall: 4-12

Oglethorpe @ Berry 8pm EST- The petrels begin to solidify their fakeness tomorrow. They will lose, they will self combust, they will not win  a tournament game, the connor smith era will die in flames that are not his shooting (dis)ability.

Place your Bet: Oglethorpe -2.5, o/u 130.5 (My Pick: Berry Wins 73-69)

Hendrix @ Rhodes 5pm CST- Revenge game for the lynx. They will continue to roll winning their 4th game in a row heading in to the tournament where they remain the defending champs. The real question looming around this one is "Is SAE presents The Jungle Party on friday or saturday?" Let's hope its on friday for the warriors sake.

Place your Bet: Rhodes -5.5, o/u 195 (My Pick: Rhodes 110-101)

BS College @ Millsaps 4pm EST- The majors defense is really and so is the threat of the hanger dome. I see BSC slipping in this one, giving rhodes the 4 spot, but they could be dangerous next weekend. I got a sickly 2013 feeling about these millsaps boys.

Place your Bet: BSC -3, o/u 144 (My Pick: Millsaps 74-72)

Sewanee @ Center 2pm CST- Mr. Mason has this whole thing figured out. Schedules the early game duh, what a genius. He wins, gets his saturday party started before everyone else is done with warm-ups, plus his guys get more rest than everyone in the conference, ole pop trick. They lose, first dibs on the luxurious sewanee hotels and his players get a head start on some rest, remarkable coaching. Everyone in the SAA will have this one on to see where the top two seeds fall, ratings thru the roof.

Place your Bets: Center -3, o/u 141 (My Pick: Sewanee wins 71-69)

I'm so torn, if sewanee wins my standings are right, but if center wins i may be able to go to danville for the tournament. The age old question of would you rather be right or go to danville? You choose.

GOOD LUCK ACES!
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 21, 2018, 02:43:12 PM
The NCAA men's basketball regional advisory committees released their third set of rankings, and as expected, the Atlantic Region was among those getting shuffled. Here's the full list: http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2018/02/men-regional-rankings-third

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Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: SAA DUDE on February 23, 2018, 12:10:58 AM
Regular Season Recap

The stage was set early afternoon on Saturday, with Center frolicking their way to another SAA title (This may be their first outright win in the SAA era). Let's see how our bets did and get a look at that bracket which im sure everyone has filled out days ago.

This Week: Spread (2-2) Totals (2-2) BIG TIME WEEK BABY All Time: Spread (3-9) Totals (5-7) Overall (8-16)

Princess Oglethorpe 58 @ Berry Bad Vikings 69 (Nice)- YAWN, called this one, i hope the petrels only booked one night in danville because they just flat out suck at being resilient.

Hendrix 112 @ Rhodes 115- Wow, rhodes almost pissed this one away. Senior day up 20 in the second half, i hear multiple tiny bombs opening up during the broadcast. Thats when the warriors made their move claiming the lead with under two minutes. I couldnt have been more heated, i wish the lynx would have just lost since they didnt bother to cover. Darst saves the day, grabs the 4 seed.

BS-College 61 @ Hanger Dome 79- Idk if BS writes short recaps because they lost or becasue they have a limited vocabulary. I'll take the latter. Called this one, SAA DUDE on fire from the moneyline. The majors love march and they love madness. Hot seat, tim wise curse. The panthrs are trash, straight milos hamburgers trash

CHoking Tiger 64 @ Hidden Colonel 76- Sewanee, let me down more, you cant. I needed to be right, needed to get this standing W for my credibility with readers (especially albatross) and you were right there. for three quarters you were so tough, you saw that title in you grasp you take a 3 point lead with 9min to go. Then you dookied your shorts because you saw the siloette of a mountain of amn taking a fierce swig of a diet coke resting on his scorers table. That man was outright champion gregory P. mason. I can't believe i doubted the colonels in this one.

TOurnament Matchups:

Session 1
(8)Berry vs. (1)Center 1pm EST
(5)BS-College vs. (4)Rhodes 3pm EST

Session 2
(7)Hendrix vs. (2)Sewanee 6pm EST
(6)Millsaps vs. (3)Oglethorpe 8pm EST

This week sucked, had to decide if i wanted to make my way down to Danville to get my live coverage on for the fans. Asked my boss if I could take off work he said "what is a SAA and if its not a conference working on your procrastination then gtfo of my face". I said whatever bro i dont have the media budget available anyway. However if i get one damn response to this post i'll create a twitter account and live tweet the games (please soemoen im so bored at work)

NEXT UP

SEASON AWARDS
MY BRACKET



Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: SAA DUDE on February 23, 2018, 02:38:22 AM
"FIRST TEAM ALL SAA"- In my Tony Allen Voice

It is absolute horse manure that i dont have an official ballot this year for the SAA voting. I wrote to the commissioner and said

"bro literally NO ONE is covering this ish, have you heard of the National BAsketball Association? The AP Poll? The academy? All voted on by the media aka journo's like myself. I will be dismissing myself from the tournament festivities until my voice is heard. Good day, #useD3dontletD3useyou"

Every year the coaches of the SAA place their votes for Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year 1st Team All Conference, 2nd Team All-Conference, Honorable Mention and Coach of the Year. These results will be announced tomorrow before the first game. I will place my votes here, I will not give reasons you must trust my knowledge and research.

Player of the Year is Adrian Thomas, Sewanee: 18.5 ppg, 9.6 reb, 1.6 asts, 56.8% FG, 73.8 FT, 2nd Place in the SAA, Just an absolute BEAST

Defensive Player of the Year is Elijah Hirsch, Berry: 8.4 reb, 2.2 blks, 1.1 stls, Berry was 1st in blocks, 2nd in steals and middle of the pack in points allowed and opponent field goal percentage. I hate putting a kid from a losing team here, but those stats are undeniably impressive defensively.

Newcomer of the Year is Luke Smith, Sewanee: 15.5 ppg, 4.6 reb, 4.3 asts, 43.3% FG, 37.5% 3FG, Sewanee was 2nd in conference. This was hard, Kam Brasfield put up big time numbers, but winning matters when looking at these awards. Hendrix has another frosh who put up numbers too. This always happens but then they still are a bottom tier team. Weird stuff, classic arkansas.

Coach of the Year is Mick Hedgepeth, Sewanee: 1st year coach, right in the mix of winning the league/hosting the tournament, 14-10 (10-4) record, lost two 1st team All SAA players from a year ago, second best defense in the conference.

1st Team All Conference

Adrian Thomas          Sewanee
Harrison Deneka       BSC
Luke Smith               Sewanee
Art Walker                Center
Will Perry                 Oglethorpe

2nd Team All Conference

Perry Ayers          Center
Michael Sullivan    Millsaps
Elijah Hirsch         Berry
Kam Brasfield       Hendrix
Daniel Darst         Rhodes

BONUS AWARD

The Sportsmanship Man of the Year is Jeff Cleanthes!!!!!!!!!

   

Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: SAA DUDE on February 23, 2018, 04:01:26 AM
BRACKETOLOGY

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, THE TIME HAS COME TODAY, DEGEORGE WILL LEAD THE WAY, OGLETHORPE WILL LAY TO WASTE, CENTRE SHOWS BERRY NO GRACE, 4 OTHER TEAMS WILL PARTICIPATE AS WELL, blah blah ok i dont know where i was going with that ****. Guys, guys... its here, its tourney time, the greatest weekend of them all. i'm sure you, ALL OF YOU, have been waiting with baited breathe for my bracket. I hope not because i'm waiting until the very last second to expose mine. WHo's cinderalla? Chalk, chalk, chalk? Who's hot whos not? Historically a tourney team? All questions you gotta figure out before 1pm est. All answers that cha boi has in my pea brain. Lets break ROUND ONE down!

(8)Berry vs. (1)Centre 1pm EST- The host team could roll out the B squad because that should be #notworried about these viking squad. I'm sure the cage was all foggy from the heat and sweat as they worked on screwing in lightbulbs and pushing a brick from one end of the floor to the other. Greg mason opened synergy, clicked berry, then slammed his laptop shut and cackled before he saw their miserable stats. The 1 seed rolls, berry gets a head start on oglethorpe back ON THAT MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA

Place your Bet: Center -8, o/u 152 (My Pick: Center Wins 82-71)

(5)BSC vs. (4)Rhodes 3pm EST- The Panthers and Petrels are cut from the same cloth of mass basketball confusion. This could be one of the best games of the day, which it should be because both these teams have struggled with inconsistencies. Rhodes is rolling with 4 straight wins as BS college is coming off a road loss to the saps. this series is knotted at 1-1 and the rubbermatch cums when it matters most. Rhodes got the best of the panthers in the ship last year, I see a repeat offense by the lynx, ending the panthers life early, tell the center AD to call peta.

Place your Bet: Rhodes -2, o/u 192.5 (My Pick: Rhodes Wins 103-100)

*Pretzel Break*

(7)Hendrix vs. (2)Sewanee 6pm EST- Last time the warriors were the 7th seed they won the whole daggonit thing, too soon to taalk about it or for hendrix to do it again? Much too soon, the young warriors have a very monta ellis/adonal foyle feel to them, actually its more like a stench. See ya next year conway crew, sewanee is taking hardware and your hearts right out of your chest. Cinderella found her shoe and is sprinting west for an early spring break at he ozarks.

Place your Bet: Sewanee -8, o/u 147 (My Pick: Sewanee Wins 80-66)

(6)Millsaps vs. (3)Oglethorpe 8pm EST- 5 years ago TO THE DAY, a determined tim wise and a spunky lefty from lafayette walked into alumni gym in danville, ky and took down a giant. Today the majors will do the same (substitute giant for fraud) behind a storm of moment and talent not seen in jackson for some time. If ive said it once ive said it a thousand times, oglethorpe implodes and the majors squeeze into cinderellas dress, time is a flat circle.

Place your Bet: Oglethorpe -1, o/u 141 (My Pick: Millsaps Wins 68-64)

MY BRACKET:
(ATTACHED)
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 24, 2018, 08:29:58 PM
What an incredible tournament outcome with the 7th & 8th seeds facing off in Sunday's final.  Neither team has a .500 winning % but both Berry & Hendrix have displayed grit.  D3 may not think much of it.  However, it shows the relative parity of this year's SAA.  Congrats to the victors!
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 24, 2018, 08:54:01 PM
Most folks on this board know of my affinity for the Centre Colonels and the consistently good teams of Coach Mason over the years. Mason's guys took awhile to get it going this season. However, the team found its groove mid season & ran off a string of league wins to close out the regular season with another title.  I saw evidence in a couple of the late season tilts that the team was "leaking oil".   So while a loss to the 8th seeded Berry Vikings was unexpected on their home court in the tournament, it was not a total shocker to me.  Coaches at all levels & varying experiences often struggle to keep their teams engaged & motivated, particularly when it seems to count most for the average fan. This is part of what makes the sport compelling.  Centre boys just peaked about 2 weeks early in 2017-18.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 25, 2018, 06:39:21 PM
Congrats to Berry on going from the "outhouse to the penthouse" in 3 well-played tournament games @ Centre to advance to the D3 1st round.  A career game by the Vikings' Caleb Johnson was a contributing factor to propelling the team to their final victory over Hendrix.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: BerryViking92 on February 26, 2018, 08:33:32 AM
Wow, what a great tournament for Berry.  Kids played their hearts out.  Very, very happy for the seniors.   I am a bit confused as to why we didn't do better in the regular season, considering how we played against Oglethorpe on senior night and obviously in this tournament .... but I guess it is always good to peak at the right time.  Hats off to Hendrix as well.

Honestly, not a very good season for the SAA as a whole.  Hoping all the teams improve.  Also hoping Berry can build on this.  Losing lots of seniors, but the big kid inside gets another year.

I watched the game yesterday online ... truly there are few things better than an exciting basketball tournament.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 26, 2018, 09:59:12 PM
Actually think Berry got a decent shake out of the D3 Committee's decision to pair them up in Atlanta with Emory.  I wasn't certain why given what SAA champs have received in the recent past in first round draws.  Remember last year when Rhodes flew to the northwest.  The chair of the Selection Committee Tim Fitzpatrick made an interesting comment when talking to Dave McHugh earlier today about D3 teams who didn't host in the 1st round being rewarded by making a real road trip (maybe to some place different or new) away from campus.  Maybe that explains why the Vikings get the 80 mile trek down the road to familiar environs as opposed to a flight to Walla Walla through Seattle.  Any way, I do think Berry is better than their overall record reflects.  Probably not good enough to knock off the likes of an UAA foe but who knows.  That's why they lace them up & play the game!
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 27, 2018, 12:45:47 AM
Quote from: pbrooks3 on February 26, 2018, 09:59:12 PM
Actually think Berry got a decent shake out of the D3 Committee's decision to pair them up in Atlanta with Emory.  I wasn't certain why given what SAA champs have received in the recent past in first round draws.  Remember last year when Rhodes flew to the northwest.  The chair of the Selection Committee Tim Fitzpatrick made an interesting comment when talking to Dave McHugh earlier today about D3 teams who didn't host in the 1st round being rewarded by making a real road trip (maybe to some place different or new) away from campus.  Maybe that explains why the Vikings get the 80 mile trek down the road to familiar environs as opposed to a flight to Walla Walla through Seattle.  Any way, I do think Berry is better than their overall record reflects.  Probably not good enough to knock off the likes of an UAA foe but who knows.  That's why they lace them up & play the game!

We tried to move them in the mock bracket and there weren't really options (outside of flying them away, which isn't really an option).
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on March 01, 2018, 06:51:26 PM
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The Division III men's and women's national tournaments are set, teams are where they need to be, and practices underway. Now, it's just a matter of tipping off the games.

But before we tip them off, we need some final thoughts.

Tune in Thursday night to Hoopsville (http://www.d3hoopsville.com) where Dave will talk to a number of guests about their programs and their chances in the NCAA tournament. You can't starting heading down the Road to Rochester or the Road to Salem without getting an idea of who may be joining you, either. Dave will give some insight on how some of the pods just may shake out as well.

Also, earlier in the day, Dave talked with Women's Basketball Nationall Committee chair Bobbi Morgan (also head coach at Haverford) and asked her a lot about the selection process and bracketing for this year's tournament. You can hear that special podcast here: http://bit.ly/2GUbfE0

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio. Thursday's edition hits the air at 7:00 p.m. ET. You can tune in live here: http://bit.ly/2HSi9ed.

If you have questions, be sure to email them to hoopsville@d3hoops.com or interact with the show via the social media avenues.

Guests Schedule (order subject to change):
- Marc Brown & Sam Toney, New Jersey City men's coach and star player
- Nate Davis, Gettysburg women's coach
- Jeff Rogers, Berry men's coach
- Alex Richey, Oglethorpe women's coach (WBCA Center Court)
- Dan Englestad, Southern Vermont men's coach
- Ken Scalmanini, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's coach

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Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: tarheelfan on March 11, 2018, 11:15:22 PM
Jeff Rogers resigns from Berry a week after playing in the NCAA tournament. 

http://www.berryvikings.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/releases/rogers_resigns
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Mike Rejniak on March 12, 2018, 11:29:33 AM
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     I have read many of your posts throughout the years and even met some of you in person, but for those who I haven't met, let me introduce myself: my name is Michael Rejniak and I have spent over 14 years coaching Division 3 basketball and love what our division has done and continues to do for  the sport of basketball. One of the greatest things about Division 3 basketball is the brotherhood that we all have with one another (coaches and players alike). My wish is to showcase the talents of D3 on a national stage in The Basketball Tournament (TBT).  You may have heard me speak about this on the Hoopsville Marathon with Dave McHugh of D3hoops.com (at the 6:11 mark). The TBT is a national tournament that is televised in July/August on ESPN after the NBA season is over. My goal is to put forth an all-star D3 team (current players are ineligible) and have them compete in this tournament to take on Former D1 / semi-pro's to prove that D3 deserves the same respect as other NCAA divisions. The team is mostly complete with former student-athletes from all over the country competing. Once the roster is complete we will be sure to release it through d3hoops. Former Babson College National Champion Matthew Droney '17 will also be assisting me on this journey.

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Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: rlk on August 10, 2018, 06:44:39 PM
I see Tyler Papadinis has taken the head coaching position at Rhodes College.  He's done a great job as associate head coach at MIT, and I think you're going to be very happy with him at the helm.  Very sharp and a great person all around.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on December 28, 2018, 04:55:37 PM
Nice win on the road today for Centre against the tournament host W&L.  Centre is off to a 10-1 start with the only blemish being the loss to No. 3 Augustana.  Looks as though the best of the SAA includes Sewanee, Berry, Millsaps and the Colonels. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on January 06, 2019, 03:13:06 PM
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Plus, there is a new wins leader in Division III women's basketball. It's not Mike Strong. It's Andy Yosinoff of Emmanuel. We chat with the all-time winningest coach in DIII history.

Sunday's episode of Hoopsville has guests primarily from the Atlantic, Central Northeast, and South Regions, but we try and talk about anything news worthy.

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Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 11, 2019, 10:41:06 PM
Good shooting night for Centre in defeating Oglethorpe in Atlanta fairly handedly 77-54.  Colonels hit 16-27 from 3-point range.  Centre build momentum after leading @ intermission by 12 in going on a 22-2 run to kick off the 2nd half.  Walker & Sine led the way for Centre.

An exciting finish in Rome with Berry winning by 5 in OT over Sewanee. Berry & Sewanee were knotted at 59 all @ the end of regulation.  These are 2 of the better teams in the SAA.  Either one of them could win the league. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on January 12, 2019, 11:38:31 AM
Caught the overtime periods in our game with Berry.   Good game with painful result.

Tomorrow's game between Centre and Berry in Rome will be very interesting.   Then Centre gets to travel to Jackson to take on Millsaps.   
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 02, 2019, 05:44:19 PM
Big Friday night for Coach Greg Mason of Centre as he chalks up career win 382 tying Tom Bryan for most in Centre history.  Colonels are now 18-3 and lead Berry by one game in the SAA.  Mason will try to notch win #383 against a physical Hendrix squad in Conway on Sunday.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 03, 2019, 06:23:37 PM
Solid record-setting win for Centre and Coach Greg Mason at Hendrix this afternoon 62-49.  This marks win # 383 for Mason at Centre in his coaching career surpassing the 382 wins of Coach Tom Bryan.   The Colonels played stifling defense much of the game holding Hendrix to a single basket in the 1st 12 minutes of the game.  Art Walker led the 19-3 Colonels with 17 points.  Congratulations Coach Mason!
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 06, 2019, 04:18:36 PM
Here are the first rankings for the men this season: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2019/02/men-regional-rankings-first
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 08, 2019, 10:50:36 PM
Mason picked up win #384 tonight as the Colonels triumphed over Oglethorpe for their 20th victory on the season 75-54.  Centre's defense was tight again holding OU to 36% shooting.  Stormy Petrels threw the Colonels off stride a bit in the 2nd half with switching zone defenses but each time Oglethorpe cut into the lead Centre had an answer.

This Centre bunch is seemingly rounding into shape particularly on defense.  This has been their calling card the past 2-3 weeks.  Mason has a long bench which can be like a doubled-edged sword as there are nights when depth has been an asset and others when play is sloppy & disjointed.  Players are catching on to their respective roles late in the season and the coaching staff has the luxury of playing 10-11 deep every night with minimal drop off in talent & experience. 

The game of the season will take place Sunday afternoon with Centre hosting 2nd place Berry.  Berry is up on Sewanee right now late in the 2nd half by 7 so they'll likely come to Danville 1 game down.  Berry has all of the ingredients of a road spoiler with experience, senior leadership, a balanced offense and a tremendous D3 level post player in Elijah Hirsh.  A win by Berry Sunday likely cinches a title for them on account of 2 wins over Centre during the regular season; a Centre win would guarantee the Colonels an undisputed SAA title and hosting rights for the tournament in 2 weeks.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 10, 2019, 05:56:53 PM
Today's game between Berry and Centre was a barn-burner with the Colonels coming out of it with a narrow 2-point win 57-55.  Berry dominated much of the first half in going to the halftime up 33-30.  Centre got some key 3 pointers to build a 50-40 lead with a bit over 12 minutes to play.  Then the freeze set in for the Colonels with Berry's defense & physicality taking over.  Berry eventually tied it and the Colonels hung on for dear life with one put back basket from Jacob Bates late and 5 free throws from Perry Ayers and Tucker Sines to seal their 21st win.

This was an important win for Centre as they haven't been in many tight situations in the latter half of the SAA season.  This win cinches the regular season crown for Centre. They did show some team resolve when the offense went into hibernation as it did this afternoon.  This game also tells me Berry and Centre are near equals on the court.  I expect Berry to make some noise in the SAA tournament and potentially beyond that. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 13, 2019, 03:25:58 PM
The second week Regional Rankings have been released: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2019/02/men-regional-rankings-second
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 20, 2019, 03:41:27 PM
The third public NCAA Division III regional rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2019/02/men-regional-rankings-third
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 22, 2019, 11:14:09 PM
Some good action today @ the SAA Tournament hosted by Centre.  None of the top seeds were toppled as outcomes followed the script.  However, each game was competitive with Oglethorpe squeezing by Birmingham-Southern in OT 65-62; Berry hanging on 62-60 over a hard-charging Millsaps squad; Centre won 75-66 against Rhodes though the game was tight throughout; and finally Sewanee defeating Hendrix 82-64.   Matchups we'll see tomorrow pit #1 seed Centre against #4 Oglethorpe and #2 Berry facing #3 Sewanee.  I expect 2 more competitive games as the winner of the SAA tournament probably has the only legitimate claim to a berth in the upcoming D3 tournament.  Hot team right now appears to be the Sewanee Tigers. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 23, 2019, 11:23:41 PM
#1 Seed Centre will face #3 Seed Sewanee in Sunday's SAA final.

Centre prevailed in a nail biter over Oglethorpe 75-72.  Neither team was in control most of the game as the lead changed numerous times.  The 2nd half was a defensive half court affair.  Oglethorpe held the halftime advantage by 5 on the strength of a successful 2/3 court heave by Lane Foster before the buzzer.  The 2 teams combined for a single 3-pointer in the last 20 minutes with Centre's Perry Ayers scoring it at a critical moment.  Dawson Crump calmly drained 2 free throws for the Colonels in the waning seconds to close out the victory.

The Sewanee-Berry game had less drama as it was dominated for the majority of the time by Sewanee and an MVP caliber performance from Luke Smith.  Smith worked his magic for 40 points which included 8-11 from beyond the arc in a 70-63 victory.  His real value in my estimation is how he successfully managed the shot clock for Sewanee on the offensive end finding the right teammate or converting a shot with time ticking down.  Frankly the final score was not indicative of how dominant Sewanee played today.  A number of missed free throws and some questionable calls late made the outcome look closer than was actually the case.

They lace them up tomorrow @ 3 PM ET.  A lot of parity in the SAA as all of these tournament games have been competitive.  I expect a tight one to the finish on Sunday as well.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 24, 2019, 08:30:22 PM
Exciting final action @ Danville today in the SAA final as Sewanee nailed a 3-pointer in the final seconds to win 62-59 and earn the automatic qualifier.  The Tigers' Luke Smith turned in another stellar game scoring 23 and knocking down 6-7 from deep.  Centre seized some momentum late after getting down by 10 early in the 2nd half to open a 7-point advantage in the final 3 minutes only to see Sewanee make 4 straight 3's to lead to the victory.  Jacob Bates led Centre with 22. It was an impressive weekend of competitive tournament games.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on February 25, 2019, 11:51:58 AM
Going to be some very nervous people at Centre this morning.   The projection over on D3Hoops has Centre as the last team with an at-large berth.

Going to be interesting to see where Sewanee goes in the first round.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: BerryCollegeFan on February 25, 2019, 03:52:38 PM
Congrats to the Tigers on a fine year.  Play well in the NCAAs.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: hasanova on February 25, 2019, 10:31:40 PM
Congratulations to the University of the South on your NCAA berth!  Being in the tournament is always a good thing.

At today's watch party on Guilford's campus, most of us were expecting to travel to Atlanta and face an all Southern field. 

With that said, however, GC is obviously happy to host and would like to welcome the Emory Eagles, the Sewanee Tigers and the Wittenberg Tigers to Greensboro, NC, Guilford College and Ragan Brown Fieldhouse.  As a Guilford alumnus, long time Greensboro resident and President of the Quaker Club (boosters), I'd be happy to answer questions about logistics, parking, restaurants and lodging.  The college and on-campus fieldhouse are located at 5800 W. Friendly Ave, Greensboro, NC 27410.  The campus is in suburban west Greensboro and is easily accessible via I-40, I-73, I-85 and US 220.

Safe travels!
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on February 26, 2019, 10:29:33 AM
Thanks!    There's a effort going on to get as many of our alumni in the area as possible to come to Greensboro for the game. 

Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: hasanova on February 26, 2019, 10:40:28 AM
Quote from: awadelewis on February 26, 2019, 10:29:33 AM
Thanks!    There's a effort going on to get as many of our alumni in the area as possible to come to Greensboro for the game.
Great!  No presales on tickets, but they will be available in the lobby of Ragan Brown at 4 pm Friday:  $10 adults, $5 for seniors 65+ and students with ID.  Young kids free.  Various spots to park around campus ... security will not be as strict on parking permits during the tournament.  Spring break for students starts Friday, so there should be more spaces around dorms.  If needed, Quaker Village shopping center has a lot of spaces across Friendly Ave from the college ... 500 yard walk to the fieldhouse.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 26, 2019, 01:37:00 PM
Just to be clear - each school is dedicated an allotment of tickets. I can't remember how "at the door" sales usually work, but Guilford fans or other opponents can't gobble up seats of other teams because they are early best I understand it.

I am confirming the exact mechanics of all this.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 26, 2019, 02:40:54 PM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 26, 2019, 01:37:00 PM
Just to be clear - each school is dedicated an allotment of tickets. I can't remember how "at the door" sales usually work, but Guilford fans or other opponents can't gobble up seats of other teams because they are early best I understand it.

I am confirming the exact mechanics of all this.

There's a deadline - it might even be in the pre-championship manual, but is certainly in the hosting manual that gets published publicly at some point.  Anyway, schools have a certain deadline where they either pay for their ticket allotment or return the unsold tickets to the host (or some combination of the two, obviously).  I want to say it's Thursday, but I'm not very confident in that.  A lot of times there are tickets "at the door" because visiting allotments weren't sold out.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 26, 2019, 04:49:46 PM
"For first-/second-round, sectional and final games, the host team will receive one-half of available seating. The remaining half of available seating will be equally distributed in terms of number and location among the three visiting teams."

There is information about when the visiting team should tell the host if they have sold their tickets (it is usually Wednesday of the week), so I would suggest checking with Sewanee about what they are doing with their allotment.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: hasanova on February 26, 2019, 05:24:32 PM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 26, 2019, 01:37:00 PM
Just to be clear - each school is dedicated an allotment of tickets. I can't remember how "at the door" sales usually work, but Guilford fans or other opponents can't gobble up seats of other teams because they are early best I understand it.

I am confirming the exact mechanics of all this.
You are correct, Dave.  I went to the second round at Marietta in 2017 and Guilford fans could buy tickets from a designated door.  When our allotment was not fully sold, the remaining tickets were available to Marietta fans.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: tarheelfan on March 01, 2019, 04:14:23 PM
Very rough first season...

Quote from: rlk on August 10, 2018, 06:44:39 PM
I see Tyler Papadinis has taken the head coaching position at Rhodes College.  He's done a great job as associate head coach at MIT, and I think you're going to be very happy with him at the helm.  Very sharp and a great person all around.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on March 02, 2019, 12:59:47 AM
Quote from: tarheelfan on March 01, 2019, 04:14:23 PM
Very rough first season...

Quote from: rlk on August 10, 2018, 06:44:39 PM
I see Tyler Papadinis has taken the head coaching position at Rhodes College.  He's done a great job as associate head coach at MIT, and I think you're going to be very happy with him at the helm.  Very sharp and a great person all around.

What exactly did you expect? It was the first season.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: tarheelfan on March 02, 2019, 01:27:28 PM
Much closer to .500.  They only graduated one contributor off the 2017-18 team that was 13-13, 7-7 in SAA play

Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on March 02, 2019, 12:59:47 AM
Quote from: tarheelfan on March 01, 2019, 04:14:23 PM
Very rough first season...

Quote from: rlk on August 10, 2018, 06:44:39 PM
I see Tyler Papadinis has taken the head coaching position at Rhodes College.  He's done a great job as associate head coach at MIT, and I think you're going to be very happy with him at the helm.  Very sharp and a great person all around.

What exactly did you expect? It was the first season.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 02, 2019, 03:00:29 PM
Quote from: tarheelfan on March 02, 2019, 01:27:28 PM
Much closer to .500.  They only graduated one contributor off the 2017-18 team that was 13-13, 7-7 in SAA play

Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on March 02, 2019, 12:59:47 AM
Quote from: tarheelfan on March 01, 2019, 04:14:23 PM
Very rough first season...

Quote from: rlk on August 10, 2018, 06:44:39 PM
I see Tyler Papadinis has taken the head coaching position at Rhodes College.  He's done a great job as associate head coach at MIT, and I think you're going to be very happy with him at the helm.  Very sharp and a great person all around.

What exactly did you expect? It was the first season.

They also completely, 100% changes styles.  Tough to re-learn everything on the fly.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on November 14, 2019, 10:57:51 PM
Didn't get to follow it tonight but Centre got a huge road win @ Wabash tallying a late Jacob Bates basket for a 77-76 victory.  Though this was Wabash's opening game, they came in ranked 14th in the preseason D3 poll.  Perry Ayers led the Centre effort with 19 points followed by Bates' 15 and 14 from Dawson Crump.  The Colonels are now 2-1 having played a much tougher early season schedule in 2019 than in recent years.  No rest for the weary as Centre takes on in-state rival Transylvania next week in Lexington. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: CollegeGolf18 on November 15, 2019, 04:17:27 PM
Quote from: pbrooks3 on November 14, 2019, 10:57:51 PM
Didn't get to follow it tonight but Centre got a huge road win @ Wabash tallying a late Jacob Bates basket for a 77-76 victory.  Though this was Wabash's opening game, they came in ranked 14th in the preseason D3 poll.  Perry Ayers led the Centre effort with 19 points followed by Bates' 15 and 14 from Dawson Crump.  The Colonels are now 2-1 having played a much tougher early season schedule in 2019 than in recent years.  No rest for the weary as Centre takes on in-state rival Transylvania next week in Lexington.

I'll come over from the NCAC board and speak to the Centre vs. Wabash game.

I knew coming in that it would be a tough game and one that Wabash could easily lose. Centre is a solid team, however, Wabash played really badly besides a stretch of about 15 minutes in the second half. Centre really gritted it out and stuck together for the win. You could definitely tell that Centre had played two games already and Wabash had played none.

Wabash had 10 more turnovers than Centre and they were 9 of 13 at the line. Jack Davidson (set the NCAA record for most FT makes in a row with 95 last year) had a FT attempt with 15 seconds remaining to put it to a two possession game but missed the front end of a 1-and-1.

Centre made more winning plays than Wabash down the stretch and they came out with a great win.

I'll also say I have never seen more charge calls called in a basketball game in my life. There were 10 charges called amongst both teams.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on November 20, 2019, 09:29:02 PM
Centre pulled out another win 58-57 @ the end with Jacob Bates knocking down the winner for a 2nd game in a row.  Colonels got the Bates winner with 0.5 seconds left.  Transy made a big comeback in the 2nd half after being down 13 at the half.  The Pioneers held a 5 point lead with slightly over a minute left in the game 57-52.  Thanks to a Bates free throw and an Ayers 3-pointer after a critical Transy turnover, Centre reduced the deficit to 1.  Centre got 1 final defensive stop which set the stage for the Bates heroics on the road again. Colonels leave Lexington 3-1 as the Pioneers suffer their 1st loss; they are now 3-1.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: hasanova on November 20, 2019, 11:34:19 PM
Berry Vikings at #19 Guilford Quakers Saturday, November 23 at 2 pm.  GC took last season's meeting in Georgia.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: hasanova on November 26, 2019, 11:28:00 PM
Quote from: hasanova on November 20, 2019, 11:34:19 PM
Berry Vikings at #19 Guilford Quakers Saturday, November 23 at 2 pm.  GC took last season's meeting in Georgia.
Guilford won 73-56.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: awadelewis on December 08, 2019, 10:50:26 AM
Conference opener for four teams on Dec 7th as Sewanee pulled away late in the game to beat Centre and Berry overcame a slow start in the first half to beat Ogelthorpe.

Back to OOC games until after the holiday...
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 05, 2020, 07:16:42 PM
Centre capped a solid road weekend with a 78-71 victory @ Millsaps with Jacob Bates leading the way with 37 points.  This followed a Friday night win against Birmingham-Southern.  Colonels are now 12-2 overall and 2-1 in the SAA. Next weekend Centre finally gets to host games against Berry and Oglethorpe.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 10, 2020, 10:37:06 PM
Centre upped its record tonight to 13-2 (3-1 in SAA play) with a physical win over Berry 74-67 behind Bailey Rakes’ 18 points and 8 rebounds.  Dawson Crump chipped in 16 with Jacob Bates tallying 15.  Colonels shot it well despite committing 14 turnovers.  Micah Johnson led the Vikings with 20 and Caleb Haynes had 13 as Berry drops to 2-2 in the league.  Colonels lace them up again Sunday afternoon against Oglethorpe. Almost forgot......a big milestone tonight for Centre coach Greg Mason - he notched his 400th career win for the school.  Congrats Coach Mason!
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 12, 2020, 11:44:14 PM
Centre wrapped up the weekend with an 18-point win over Oglethorpe on Sunday afternoon upping their overall record to 14-2.  Art Walker led the effort with 28 points on the strength of 6-11 from beyond the 3-point arc.  Colonels had 22 assists on 31 converted field goals while shooting 50%.  Centre is now tied with Hendrix atop the SAA at 4-1. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 17, 2020, 09:51:04 PM
Centre notches its 15th win tonight over Hendrix 80-58 taking over sole possession of 1st place in the SAA.  Art Walker led the way with 16 including 3-3 on the long ball.  Freshman Carter Baughman chipped in 15. Colonels will host Rhodes on Sunday afternoon in search of their 6th conference win of the season.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 17, 2020, 10:04:56 PM
 A good one at Oglethorpe tonight as Millsaps is leading by 2 in double OT with less than a minute to play.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 17, 2020, 10:12:33 PM
Oglethorpe just nailed a contested 3 from nearly 30 feet to tie the score.  Looks like this one may go another 5 minutes.  Yep. Triple OT with the score tied at 97.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 17, 2020, 10:34:54 PM
What a finish as Oglethorpe pulls out a 3 OT game over Millsaps @ home 114-107.  Dimetri Chambers was the difference maker for the Stormy Petrels going off for 39 points tonight.  He also hit a huge 30 ft 3 pointer @ the end of the 2nd overtime to knot the score and add to the game's excitement.  Think Coach Ponder will need a cool beverage tonight!
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on January 19, 2020, 02:39:17 PM
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Sunday night on Hoopsville, we continue to dive into conferences races across the country and look at how the last week's results have either helped clear up races or made them more messy. Plus we talk to several conference leaders to find out how they are faring.

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Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 25, 2020, 02:19:17 AM
Centre earned another solid road win in conference over Hendrix tonight 72-56.  The score isn't indicative of how tight the game was throughout as there were numerous ties and lead changes in this one.  Perry Ayers and Jacob Bates both tallied similar stat lines in the victory - 18 points and 8 boards each.  While defense reigned tonight for both squads, Centre won the game on the strength of forcing 19 turnovers and out rebounding the Warriors by 12.  It looked as if Hendrix got tired in the final few minutes which allowed Centre to expand the victory margin.  Colonels now head to Rhodes for a Sunday afternoon tilt.   They currently have a 17-2 overall mark and 7-1 in conference which gives them a 2 game lead over 3 other teams - Berry, Hendrix and Oglethorpe.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 26, 2020, 06:20:03 PM
Colonels earned their 11th consecutive win @ Rhodes today 98-76.  The team shot better than 50% from the field and 16-27 from deep.   Art Walker knocked down 5 threes in leading Centre with 23.  Walker also reached the 1,000 point club for his Centre career.  Dawson Crump had 20 followed by Jacob Bates' 18 and 16 tossed in by Perry Ayers.  It was a much different game for Centre than the slug out with Hendrix on Friday with "offense" the key phrase in this one.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on January 31, 2020, 11:15:51 PM
Centre tops Birmingham Southern 70-55 for their 12th consecutive win.  Perry Ayers leads the way with 18 points on the strength of four 3-pointers. Jacob Bates had another double double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.  Colonels (10-1) end the night with a 2-game SAA lead over Hendrix (7-3) which defeated Oglethorpe 75-71.  Centre is at home Sunday playing Millsaps who lost to Sewanee tonight 98-91.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 02, 2020, 05:04:06 PM
Colonels pick up victory #20 against Millsaps behind Jacob Bates' 28 points and 11 boards.  Perry Ayers pitched in 21.  Centre hits the road next weekend with games at Berry & Oglethorpe. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 07, 2020, 10:11:32 PM
Berry eliminated Centre's 13-game winning streak with a 60-58 victory in a defensive tussle. The Colonels had a second half of missed opportunities - 12 turnovers and 55% free throw shooting didn't help.  Berry ironically made critical foul shots down the stretch.  Centre plays at Oglethorpe Sunday.  OU lost a heartbreaker at the buzzer tonight on a Sewanee 3-pointer so they'll be ready for when the Colonels come calling.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 09, 2020, 04:58:35 PM
Centre takes it on the chin again this afternoon @ Oglethorpe 81-79.  The Stormy Petrels hit a layup @ the buzzer to extend the Colonels losing streak to 2.  Colonels will drop from their top 25 ranking based on two tough road losses.  The story for Centre was poor free throw shooting which has bit them in both games this weekend.   Hendrix is losing today at half by 20 at Millsaps so Centre can actually maintain a 2-game conference lead with a Hendrix loss and only 1 game remaining in the regular season.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: ronk on February 10, 2020, 12:33:18 PM
 Because of the buzzer-beater @ Oglethorpe on twitter, I got to see their floor for the 1st time; it's so unusual that the NCAA should assign them a unique home multiplier factor when computing SOS.  ;)
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 10, 2020, 01:11:54 PM
Quote from: ronk on February 10, 2020, 12:33:18 PM
Because of the buzzer-beater @ Oglethorpe on twitter, I got to see their floor for the 1st time; it's so unusual that the NCAA should assign them a unique home multiplier factor when computing SOS.  ;)

Marymount has become pretty unique themselves ... not sure if you had seen it.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: ronk on February 10, 2020, 03:17:39 PM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 10, 2020, 01:11:54 PM
Quote from: ronk on February 10, 2020, 12:33:18 PM
Because of the buzzer-beater @ Oglethorpe on twitter, I got to see their floor for the 1st time; it's so unusual that the NCAA should assign them a unique home multiplier factor when computing SOS.  ;)

Marymount has become pretty unique themselves ... not sure if you had seen it.

Haven't been to Marymount in about 8 years since Mike Strong met Bill Finney in the 1st round of the NCAA(somebody thought that was a good idea); I'm guessing the floor has been renovated since then by your remark.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 10, 2020, 03:47:12 PM
Quote from: ronk on February 10, 2020, 03:17:39 PM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 10, 2020, 01:11:54 PM
Quote from: ronk on February 10, 2020, 12:33:18 PM
Because of the buzzer-beater @ Oglethorpe on twitter, I got to see their floor for the 1st time; it's so unusual that the NCAA should assign them a unique home multiplier factor when computing SOS.  ;)

Marymount has become pretty unique themselves ... not sure if you had seen it.

Haven't been to Marymount in about 8 years since Mike Strong met Bill Finney in the 1st round of the NCAA(somebody thought that was a good idea); I'm guessing the floor has been renovated since then by your remark.

Very much so - the entire building got some updates.

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Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: ronk on February 10, 2020, 08:13:44 PM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 10, 2020, 03:47:12 PM
Quote from: ronk on February 10, 2020, 03:17:39 PM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 10, 2020, 01:11:54 PM
Quote from: ronk on February 10, 2020, 12:33:18 PM
Because of the buzzer-beater @ Oglethorpe on twitter, I got to see their floor for the 1st time; it's so unusual that the NCAA should assign them a unique home multiplier factor when computing SOS.  ;)

Marymount has become pretty unique themselves ... not sure if you had seen it.

Haven't been to Marymount in about 8 years since Mike Strong met Bill Finney in the 1st round of the NCAA(somebody thought that was a good idea); I'm guessing the floor has been renovated since then by your remark.

Very much so - the entire building got some updates.

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thanks, I wonder if a dribbler can use the reflections to his advantage to see where the opposition pressure is coming from if his back was turned from upcourt.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 11, 2020, 02:04:40 PM
I have a feeling the camera(s) is doing more to enhance the reflections than what is actually there. Also, being on top of the floor than from an angle changes things a lot.

I need to get back to Marymount sometime soon to see the floor myself, but that is for another time. :)
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 12, 2020, 03:13:00 PM
First Regional Rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/men-regional-rankings-first
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 19, 2020, 01:14:39 PM
Week 2's Regional Rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/men-regional-rankings-second
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 23, 2020, 04:05:02 PM
Centre is struggling to contain Rhodes in the quarterfinals.  The Lynx lead 43-35 at halftime on the strength of 77% FG shooting.  Rhodes has uncharacteristically played nearly turnover free basketball so far.  Centre will need to muster much better defense in the 2nd half to avoid an upset and a fast exit for the season.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on February 23, 2020, 05:13:30 PM
It was truly a struggle at Centre today but the Colonels defended well in the 2nd half in winning 85-77.  Perry Ayers scored 24 2nd half points to tally 26 for the game. Jacob Bates chipped in with 22 points and 8 rebounds for Centre.  Rhodes played a solid 40 minutes with huge contributions from 2 of their freshmen Wiley and Essick. Today's win enables the Colonels to host next week's semis/finals where they will be matched up against a hot Millsaps crew which toppled #4 seed Oglethorpe in Atlanta earlier today.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 23, 2020, 07:18:54 PM
Centre has to win this AQ. Period.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 23, 2020, 07:34:59 PM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 23, 2020, 07:18:54 PM
Centre has to win this AQ. Period.

I think Centre has a chance.  Not a great one, but I don't think a loss would mean you shouldn't tune in next Monday.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Titan Q on February 23, 2020, 07:52:40 PM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 23, 2020, 07:18:54 PM
Centre has to win this AQ. Period.

Why do you say that, Dave?  I'm curious.

Centre is #3 in the South, ranked ahead of Pool C candidates LeTourneau and Virginia Wesleyan.  When I did my Pool C round-by-round simulation last week, I had both LeTourneau and Virginia Wesleyan in (rounds 13 and 14 respectively). http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=4232.msg1978643#msg1978643.

Why would Centre definitely be out of Pool C?  (I assume that is what you are saying?)
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 23, 2020, 10:09:23 PM
Quote from: Titan Q on February 23, 2020, 07:52:40 PM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 23, 2020, 07:18:54 PM
Centre has to win this AQ. Period.

Why do you say that, Dave?  I'm curious.

Centre is #3 in the South, ranked ahead of Pool C candidates LeTourneau and Virginia Wesleyan.  When I did my Pool C round-by-round simulation last week, I had both LeTourneau and Virginia Wesleyan in (rounds 13 and 14 respectively). http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=4232.msg1978643#msg1978643.

Why would Centre definitely be out of Pool C?  (I assume that is what you are saying?)

Because I think there will be enough shake-up that if they aren't in the championship game at the very least, they could get shuffled down in the South Region. I think they have to win the AQ or it will feel like deja vu for them. Sure, there is always a chance they can get in ... but VWU and LeTourneau have better chances of improving their resumes than Centre does this week.

Also, there could be enough other upsets or shake-ups that puts them in a challenging position. They are playing with fire by not taking care of the one thing they can control.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Titan Q on February 24, 2020, 07:35:13 AM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 23, 2020, 10:09:23 PM
Because I think there will be enough shake-up that if they aren't in the championship game at the very least, they could get shuffled down in the South Region. I think they have to win the AQ or it will feel like deja vu for them. Sure, there is always a chance they can get in ... but VWU and LeTourneau have better chances of improving their resumes than Centre does this week.

Also, there could be enough other upsets or shake-ups that puts them in a challenging position. They are playing with fire by not taking care of the one thing they can control.
With a loss before the SAA title game, I believe Centre would very much be in the Pool C picture...but on the bubble (about spot #15).

It is too strong to say they cannot get a Pool C.  They'd very much be in the mix.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: D3RetiredHooper on February 24, 2020, 10:08:34 AM

With a loss before the SAA title game, I believe Centre would very much be in the Pool C picture...but on the bubble (about spot #15).

It is too strong to say they cannot get a Pool C.  They'd very much be in the mix.
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I'd add that Letourneau, VA Wesleyan and Guilford should be rooting hard for Centre to win the SAA because I do not think their potential resume (22-5 .815, .524 SOS, 1-0 Record vRRO's) is very strong compared to other bubble teams across the country (Central/NE/MA/GL).  If Centre ends up ahead of those teams in the final South rankings, there's a good chance those teams either never get to the table or do just at the very end.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 25, 2020, 02:38:36 PM
The Week 3 men's regional rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/men-regional-rankings-third
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on March 01, 2020, 05:15:24 PM
Thank goodness Centre doesn't have to sweat out a Pool C crapshoot in pulling out an SAA tournament championship win this afternoon over Berry 72-69.  Very competitive game with Berry overcoming an 18-point deficit early to tie the game 36-36 going into the half.  The Vikings continued their momentum coming out in the 2nd half building leads of 6-8 points several times before Centre was able to finally convert a couple of key 3's.  The Berry interior defense was exceptional much of the game as they frustrated Centre time and again.  Centre essentially made just enough 3's (13) to win.  The only negative for Berry in the game besides the final score was 5 of 15 free throw shooting.  Perry Ayers led the Colonels with 23 points and 5 triples.  Berry's Austin Brooks tallied 18.  Fine coaching from both sides was in evidence today. 
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on March 02, 2020, 01:26:32 PM
Centre goes to Emory and plays Pomona-Pitzer on Friday 03/06 in the 1st round.  Centre technically is a #2 seed in at this site.  Colonels with a win Friday night would be matched up Saturday against the winner of Emory and Methodist.  Friday night start time is 7:30 PM CT.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Pat Coleman on March 02, 2020, 05:43:17 PM
Emory is in Eastern Time, so that's 7:30 ET.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on March 06, 2020, 09:06:20 PM
My bad.  Centre finished their season in the early game (5 pm ET) against Pomona-Pitzer as the Sagehens prevailed 84-64.  Colonels were outshot & outplayed today.  Pomona-Pitzer scorched the nets @ 57% and were even more efficient from the arc going 11-18.  On the opposite end Centre struggled from the three making 5-26.  Perry Ayers finished his career with a 19 point effort, followed by Jakob Spitzer with 15 and Jacob Bates had 10.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: pbrooks3 on March 07, 2020, 09:27:10 PM
Heck of a finish @ Emory tonight as Pomona-Pitzer shocks Emory with a buzzer-beating 3 pointer from the left corner to win 71-70.  The Sagehens executed the final play beautifully with 2.8 seconds left after Emory went up by 2.  They heaved a perfect half court pass calling a timeout with 2.2 seconds remaining.  They then rubbed Jack Boyle off a screen to enable him to get a high arching shot off with solid Eagle defensive pressure & he swished it as the red light came on.  Centre takes some consolation from getting beaten Friday night by the team who will be going to the Sweet 16 from the Atlanta pod. March Madness at its finest!
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on May 15, 2020, 04:37:39 PM
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With the number of significant retirements on the men's side of Division III basketball, there is plenty to talk about in the month of May. Thus, we needed a "Part 2" this month.

On this "Hoopsville Podcast: May Edition (Part 2)", we talk about what is arguably one of the most significant retirement classes of coaches in the history of Division III - especially on the men's side of things.

Pat Coleman, Ryan Scott, and Bob Quillman join Dave McHugh to chat about those who retired, the number of wins and the high-level of success they had, and even if trying to have a Mt. Rushmore of DIII coaching who might be considered (some coaches you may have forgotten about are mentioned).

Plus - if not for the number of significant retirements, the biggest news in Division III off-season so far would likely be Eric Bridgeland picking up and moving to Southern California. Bridgeland joins Dave to talk about his Whitman program, the success, and the decision to start anew at Redlands and the SCIAC.

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Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on August 10, 2020, 05:07:03 PM
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The off season has hit August and with it has come news of Division III Fall Championships being canceled for the same reason Winter Championships were derailed and Spring Championships pulled earlier this year: COVID 19 Pandemic.

The decision came on the heals of a vast majority of DIII institutions curtailing fall sports and many pushing winter sports starts on their campuses until January at the earliest.

What does this mean for the 2020-21 season of college basketball? Specifically what does it mean for Division III? Will there be a basketball season? Will it be a six-week-or-so-sprint? Or is there a way to adjust things?

On the Mid-Summer edition of the Hoopsville Podcast, we try and get some answers to those questions. We talk to one coach who actually has put together a proposal to start the season in January, with some changes to make it work including crowning a champion in April. And we talk to an administrator who also serves on the DIII Management Council to better under stand the decisions made to cancel championships and if shift a season like basketball is even possible.

Plus, we honor the best of the best in the last decade of Division III women's basketball. Gordon Mann joins us to discuss how the 2nd D3hoops.com Women's All-Decade came together (and hints of work on the men's list).

Guests include:
- Philip Ponder, Oglethorpe men's coach
- Jason Fein, Bates Athletics Director and DIII Management Council member
- Gordon Mann, D3hoops.com Senior Editor

And of course, there is always the Hoopsville Notebook. A few things we take note of that have made headlines since the beginning of July. We also tip our hat to a few of those who have always helped the show be it's best.

You can listen to the podcast here: https://bit.ly/3kGZ962

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Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: BSCpanthers on December 18, 2020, 12:01:12 PM
BSC has started the season 2-0 with wins at home against Huntingdon and Belhaven.  Glad the see the guys back on the floor.  Conference schedule is set up like a lot of conferences this season, trying to limit travel days and exposure. 

We still have games at Huntingdon and Belhaven before stepping into conference play on Jan 15th.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Ron Boerger on January 09, 2021, 01:48:25 PM
Dave McHugh reports SAA players required to wear masks *at all times* during games:

https://twitter.com/d3hoopsville/status/1347965384608145408?s=21
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: BSCpanthers on January 10, 2021, 03:31:09 PM
So middle schools, high schools, DI schools, youth leagues can all play without a mask, but the SAA requires them.....at what point does the stupidity/inconsistency end???
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on January 10, 2021, 07:44:21 PM
Quote from: BSCpanthers on January 10, 2021, 03:31:09 PM
So middle schools, high schools, DI schools, youth leagues can all play without a mask, but the SAA requires them.....at what point does the stupidity/inconsistency end???

Everyone is doing things differently. There are D1 programs wearing masks.

Presidents feel strongly to protect their campuses that they want the athletes wearing masks at all times. So be it.

BTW - big change right now is the new variant of the virus that is far more contagious. It is causing concern for a lot of people.

The other choice is to call off the games in the SAA ...
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: BSCpanthers on January 10, 2021, 09:15:14 PM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on January 10, 2021, 07:44:21 PM
Quote from: BSCpanthers on January 10, 2021, 03:31:09 PM
So middle schools, high schools, DI schools, youth leagues can all play without a mask, but the SAA requires them.....at what point does the stupidity/inconsistency end???

Everyone is doing things differently. There are D1 programs wearing masks.

Presidents feel strongly to protect their campuses that they want the athletes wearing masks at all times. So be it.

BTW - big change right now is the new variant of the virus that is far more contagious. It is causing concern for a lot of people.

The other choice is to call off the games in the SAA ...

Yeah, I get it.  Just frustrated with the situation and ready to be past it.  I'm hoping now that we are past the holidays that the numbers will plateau again and start going back down. 

At least sports are happening, got to make the best with what we currently have and hope that next school year is back to normal.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on January 11, 2021, 01:26:19 PM
If we do things better moving forwards, we will get back to some kind of normal next academic year - even as soon as some sports this spring.

Pandemic in 1918 lasted two years ... year and a half in our timeline would be pretty good.

We just have to be smart and not rush things.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: BSCpanthers on January 15, 2021, 05:36:50 PM
Conference play starts today.  Let the fun begin!!!
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: BSCpanthers on January 16, 2021, 05:11:30 PM
BSC starts conference play by taking both from Rhodes at Rhodes this weekend.  First game was 88-76, game 2 ended 83-63. 

Next weekend we have Oglethorpe in town for a Saturday/Sunday matchup.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: BSCpanthers on January 25, 2021, 08:42:49 PM
BSC split this past weekend with Oglethorpe, they each share the conference lead at 3-1 on the season.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: BSCpanthers on January 28, 2021, 05:12:45 PM
Quite a few series being canceled this weekend due to COVID issues.  Only a week before we are supposed to start football, hope these schools can get it figured our quick before we start losing any of the few football games we are getting.

Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on January 29, 2021, 07:16:12 PM
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The Division III basketball season technically started nearly three months ago, but it has taken until the end of January for it to start feeling like the season is really underway. Even so, only about a quarter of the division has played just a single game. Another quarter of the division will never take to the court. And in between is wide gulf of different options.

On the first video-version of Hoopsville this season, Dave McHugh is joined by much of the D3hoops.com crew, Pat Coleman and Ryan Scott, to react to what has been one of the more unique seasons ... to say it lightly.

We react to the challenges schools are facing, what coaches are grappling with on a daily basis - especially beyond games and practices, and why schools are making so many different decisions.

We also discuss what is likely the future of this season's NCAA Championship Tournaments and, more importantly, when the decision on those tournaments will be made.

Plus, will there be a Top 25? No. Well, yes. Kind of. Tune in to learn more on what's coming. Plus a lot more including Dave spinning off Pat's thoughts on those wishing to attend games.

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Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 03, 2021, 07:46:29 PM
DIII Championships are official canceled: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2021/02/committee-decides-championships-fate
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: wabndy on February 28, 2021, 03:39:47 PM
Great story about Duncan Robinson's journey from Sewanee to a starring role for D-1 Belmont.


https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/2021/02/28/belmonts-own-duncan-robinson-luke-smith-proving-he-belongs-d-1/6743373002/
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: BSCpanthers on March 17, 2021, 10:01:29 AM
Congrats to Berry men for winning the SAA tournament, the pay beat Olgethorpe 72-58.

The Rhodes women the tournament beating Millsaps 52-66.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Riley Zayas on January 03, 2022, 12:09:14 PM
Tonight's game between Hendrix and Rhodes should be good...both played some quality opponents and watching Rhodes on film, I definitely think they are better than their record...Hendrix is at home and the favorite to earn the win. Coming off the break, you never can be too sure though. Only SAA game on the slate tonight.
Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on January 10, 2022, 05:41:54 PM
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Schedules throughout Division III have become a moving target. We are all used to seeing some postponements or cancelations this time of year thanks to Mother Nature, but these mass changes are giving some PTSD to the 2020-21 "season."

Monday night on Hoopsville, we chat with teams who are still playing for now. Plus those who may deserve a little more attention thanks to tremendous starts to their seasons. And hear from those who are steadily flying slightly under the radar.

We also take a look at all the postponements and cancelations and discuss what may or may not happen as we move forward with the season.

Plus, we react to the latest D3hoops.com Top 25 polls released on Monday.

You can watch the show LIVE (or on demand) here: https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2021-22/jan10

We are also simulcasting on our Facebook Live page (www.facebook.com/Hoopsville (http://www.facebook.com/Hoopsville)) AND tonight on our YouTube page (http://www.youtube.com/Hoopsville (http://www.youtube.com/Hoopsville))

Guests include (order subject to change):
- Klay Knueppel, No. 25 Wisconsin Lutheran women's coach
- Trevor Lydic, Berry men's interim coach
- Tyler Simms, Clark men's coach
- Bob Quillman & Ryan Scott, Top 25 Double-Take

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Title: Re: MBB: Southern Athletic Association
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 15, 2022, 03:51:30 PM
Week 2 Regional Rankings - which are ranked now: https://d3hoops.com/notables/2022/02/men-regional-rankings-first