Without at least one major impact transfer/freshmen or some drastic improvements from a returning player, I expect H-SC to take a major step back next year. Brazil and, to a lesser degree, Fernald were the only two steady hands you could count to be productive most of the time. Everyone else was so streaky as far as the counting stats go. 

And obviously Brazil had a super high usage rate with a lot of experience and some of that clutch gene, he ended up being a lot better as THE go-to guy than I thought he would be, which helped H-SC out tremendously this year when I thought they would have taken a further step back than they did.

Couldn't watch the game yesterday. Colin Radcliffe for H-SC only played 5 minutes and never saw the floor in the second half. Did he get injured or was it just bad matchup where it just wasn't going to work out for him?

Quote from: rmc1982 on February 27, 2025, 04:28:33 PMSince nobody has acknowledged the Elephant in the room........ I've been waiting for one of you "Hamsters"( and I mean that in the kindest way)to say something about the game last night??? More than that, I wonder how the first round loss will affect their NCAA seeding?? Hey- we could easily lose Saturday vs a very good Guilford team but a loss in the semis isn't as bad as losing in the first round plus the fact that unless the wheels fall off of the bus this weekend for our ladies we weren't gonna host in the first round anyway because it's the ladies turn. This one HAS to hurt those kids- the last few weeks they haven't been at their best and have not played up to the potential of the team that beat us TWICE earlier this year. I KNOW they're better than they have played lately. Any of you HSC guys have any insight as to why??We're gonna have to go on the road regardless of whether we win out or not for the first round at least. We are, however , seemingly peaking at a good time and playing some of our best basketball. I fear a team with size will perhaps be our downfall but you Tigers seemingly have it all, size, shooters, young fireballs - what up and what's wrong?? I'm not trying to be a smarta$$- I really don't watch any other teams much unless they're playing us. Just doesent seem right for them to stumble like this late and I'm not just talking about this one game. Thoughts??

Hope you enjoyed seeing the Jackets getting handled in that L yesterday

By the way, it's U of L, not LU or UL.

LU is the neighboring religious zealotry institution whose former president is infamous for a pool boy cuckold scandal.

UL is the school for filthy Cardinals in Kentucky who had a national championship in basketball stripped over cheating.

Fairly shocking margins of defeat/victory in the H-SC/VWU and Roanoke/Guilford games.

Especially when you consider Adam Brazil shot 2-15 and H-SC still won by 19 points. Freshman Travis Stickney had by far the best performance of his career to date with 20 points on only 8 shots. He alone outscored VWU's top three leading scorers for the season 20-17

That was an all systems fail type offensive performance by VWU. Four players combined to play 100 minutes and made just four shots on 33 attempts.

As I had outlined previously, that was a critical loss for Guilford. It's not a lock by any means, but if you had to make one team an odds on favorite for 5th then it would be Guilford. Now tied for 5th with VWU and they lose the tiebreaker to them. They lose the tiebreaker to Macon, and it's very improbable that they even tie now. They lose the tiebreaker to Roanoke. They'll have to beat H-SC in Farmville to gain a tiebreaker over them, but with three losses, they'll have to be hanging on a prayer that H-SC loses another game as well, but admittedly that is very possible as they go to Roanoke.

I'm not familiar anymore with what the three+ team tiebreaker scenarios are, but I would make an educated guess they will likely lose in every scenario three+ team tiebreaker if they don't win at H-SC. And if it involves any teams but H-SC, they will 100% lose every tiebreaker scenario because they didn't beat any of the other top five teams.

Well since the ODAC is a five-horse race and no one in the top five has any business losing to anyone outside the top five...the remaining schedules for the top five leans in favor of Macon emerging as the #1 seed as they only have one game left against the rest of the top five. 

H-SC has the toughest road ahead with three games remaining vs. the rest of the top five. BUT H-SC is the only team in control of their own destiny. They are at the top of the standings tied with Macon with only one loss, and they own the h2h tiebreaker over Macon. At minimum, they will have to drop at least one games to fall off the #1 seed line. Every other team will have to rely on someone else to lose in order to improve a spot in the standings.

The other three teams each have two games agains the top five, with VWU and Guilford's two games each being on the road.

I'd say pressure is most on Guilford to win. They will lose both h2h tiebreakers against top five teams which they have completed facing for the season (Macon, VWU). While they do have the h2h tiebreaker vs. H-SC at the moment, they still have to go to Farmville and win to wrap up the advantage in that tiebreaker scenario. But both of their two remaining games agains the top five are on the road. If they don't secure a h2h tiebreaker then they will very likely  be the #5 seed and have to go on the road for the first round.

Every other team in the top five has at least one h2h tiebreaker advantage wrapped up.

H-SC, 9-1, 6 games left, three games left vs. the rest of the top five

• 2/5 vs. VWU - lone meeting
• 2/12 vs. Guilford - H-SC lost at Guilford
• 2/15 at Roanoke - H-SC won in Farmville
• **Has the h2h tiebreaker with Randolph-Macon in their lone ODAC meeting

Randolph-Macon, 9-1, 6 games left, only ONE game left vs. the rest of top five

• 2/19 vs. VWU - Macon won at VWU
• **Loses h2h tiebreaker vs. H-SC, only met once
• **Wins h2h tiebreaker vs. Roanoke, only met once
• **Wins h2h tiebreaker vs. Guilford, only met once

Roanoke, 9-2, 5 games left, two games left vs. the rest of the top five

• 2/5 vs. Guilford - lone meeting
• 2/15 vs. Hampden-Sydney - lost previous game vs. the Tigers
• **Loses h2h tiebreaker vs. Macon
• **Wins h2h tiebreaker vs. VWU, only met once

Guilford, 8-2, 6 games left, two games left vs. the rest of the top five

• 2/5 at Roanoke - lone meeting
• 2/12 at Hampden-Sydney - won first meeting vs. the Tigers
• **Loses h2h tiebreaker vs. Macon, only met once
• **Loses h2h tiebreaker vs. VWU, only met once 

Virginia Wesleyan, 8-2, 6 games left, two games left vs. the rest of the top five

• 2/5 at H-SC - lone meeting
• 2/19 at R-MC - lost to Macon at the beach
• **Wins h2h tiebreaker vs. Guilford
• **Loses h2h tiebreaker vs. Roanoke

H-SC needs to step it up. These last three games have been pretty poor performances from them. Especially the last two. Despite both being wins, they performed well below that they are capable of.

Save for the one outlier against Bridgewater, their three point shooting over the last 6 games has been downright ghastly.
6-33
9-30
7-25
6-24
10-19
6-26
Total: 44-157 (28.0%)

And it's not just a recent trend either. While they haven't been quite that bad all year, they are also only shooting .318 as a team, and Colin Radcliffe is the only player with at least one three attempt a game who is shooting over 33%

VWU's Brandon Adair being inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame

Quote from: tigerfan on November 04, 2024, 10:43:40 AMRegarding H-SC, the Tiger faithful are optimistic about the upcoming season.  Obviously, having Adam Brazil back for his on and off court leadership is a great starting point.  We are looking for Shane Fernald to become one of the ODAC's best.  He shouldn't be a secret after his play in the NCAA tournament; he averaged 10 points, 3 assists and 15 minutes in the tournament.  I suspect that a lot of the Tiger offense will run through him.  He's a very big guy (6'7", 255) whose post moves have shown improvement over his first 2 years.  He's not afraid to put it on the floor.  However, his most interesting asset is his passing; he has great court vision and loves to set up his teammates.  One can easily observe that he put in the work to become leaner and stronger in the offseason.

I think the Tigers brought in a bunch of shooters, scorers and athletes for Fernald to hit with passes if he is double-teamed.  Since all of them are new, there's not much data to share with the exception of Colin Radcliffe.  Over 2 seasons, he averaged 16 mpg at D2 Mt Olive and shot .444 from behind the arc (67 for 151 - not a small sample).  Combine that with 86% free throw shooting, and I think its safe to say that he's a strong 6'5" shooter.  Hamilton Campbell comes from d2 Lenoir-Rhyne.  He is a point guard who can score.  He seems to be a very confident guy and has a bit of "Wow" to his game.  Whoever works hard enough to emerge from the talented pack and earn regular playing time should be quite good.

Offensively, the Tigers should be fine.  How good their defense and rebounding will be is the question.  They are loaded with guards and perimeter players.  6'9" (with an exceptional wing span) sophomore Alex Cannon is the wild card there.  If he works his way into the rotation and gives effective minutes, that will be a positive sign.

The young Tigers will be tested right from the start with a schedule loaded with ranked teams.  They start up on Saturday at Swarthmore, then play Macon in a designated non-conference game, then go to Christopher Newport.  Before Christmas, they will see Macon again, Maryville or Gettysburg, and John Carroll. 

Fernald has shades of another former Tiger in Jake Hahn with his versatility as a big man. Though from what I recall, Fernald seems to be a better fit as a five on offense while I think Hahn was better suited at the four. H[color=var(--input-txt-color)]e showed flashes here and there last year but had a bit of a breakout in the tournament. I'll be interested to see how his production translates into a higher usage role. But I sure hope he has put in a ton of time on improving at the foul line because he could end up being a liability to have on the court in crunch time if he is still a terrible foul shooter.[/color]

Quote from: jknezek on October 26, 2024, 04:18:19 PMNo idea how H-SC lost to Ferrum. This is not a good team.

Not only lost but gave up 40+ to a team averaging 17.6 in all games outside of the H-SC one. Just a truly pathetic performance on defense in that game.

Quote from: jknezek on September 21, 2024, 01:36:49 PMTrinity's announcers are... Not good. I think I've heard the phrase "swallowed up" on every play. They have no rhythm with each other. Had to mute it. W&L looking toothless on offense.

Quote from: tigerguy on September 21, 2024, 01:47:54 PM

Quote from: jknezek on September 21, 2024, 01:36:49 PMTrinity's announcers are... Not good. I think I've heard the phrase "swallowed up" on every play. They have no rhythm with each other. Had to mute it. W&L looking toothless on offense.

100% agree. The last few years, I've bragged relentlessly about the broadcast. The guys this year are a step backwards. Thats what you get for using students though; constant revolving door.

Got to invest in it. A lot of schools want these high quality productions, but then when it comes to putting the resources into it, they either can't or refuse to do it.

Quote from: y_jack_lok on August 27, 2024, 09:18:39 PMDavid Wallis placed on waivers by the Patriots:https://www.patspulpit.com/2024/8/27/24229701/2024-nfl-roster-cuts-full-list-patriots-moves

Oh wow they waived Zappe too.

Quote from: Macon on July 30, 2024, 04:56:50 PM

Quote from: Macon on June 07, 2024, 03:24:48 PM^^^  Thanks, I'm surprised that Davidson hasn't found a home.  I wish him luck in doing so.

Davidson heading to Baylor.  Congrats to him!

Quote from: y_jack_lok on August 12, 2024, 07:38:38 PMOfficial announcement from Baylor re Davidson Hubbard: https://baylorbears.com/news/2024/8/6/mens-basketball-mbb-adds-grad-transfer-hubbard-for-the-2024-25-season.aspx

That level of D1 is an odd fit for him. A 6'5" D3 stretch 5 who didn't shoot the three particularly well. There's only going to be four players on the roster smaller than him. I'm sure he won't end up being anything more than a practice player because they are loaded at the guard spots (and they have him listed as a guard on the roster), but still an odd fit.

Quote from: R-MC Guy on June 21, 2024, 11:42:52 AMHampden-Sydney's 2024 football roster came out this week. I counted 165 players! 82 freshmen and a few transfers beyond that! Obviously, that's a very large class of new recruits.

WOnder if the athletic department got told they need to start bringing in more people to help with enrollment?

Quote from: Seatfiller on June 05, 2024, 08:48:31 AM

Quote from: y_jack_lok on May 20, 2024, 09:03:49 AMMatt and Zac Snyder, who do the D3 Datacast, reviewed the strength of the conferences after the '23-'24 season and put them into five tiers. They ranked the ten conferences they included in Tier #1 and concluded that the ODAC was the #1 conference this past season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnCr-L1OSSU

Should be "every season".  Seriously our teams who just miss the tourney each year have the potential to go deep in the NCAA tourney every year.

Problem with the ODAC is always the bottom of the standings. There's seemingly always at least a couple teams that are just abysmal and drag down the ODAC.