I spent some time thinking about it and I have concluded that all this pre-season hype for Mercer is a lot of horse dung. I will go on record that when all is said and done next year, they are still middle of the pack.

what hype?

I believe they are supposed to have the best team since their last NCAA appearance.

oh yea... i remember one of our ksu fans was saying they have the most athletic team in the conference. i could see them finishing 3rd at the highest. prob more around 5th or 6th.

I agree completely. All depends on Jacksonville and Lipscomb. Even though Belmont lost their inside presence, I still think they finish second.

But they don't have the most athletic team in the conference. Their inside players are nothing more than over-sized farm boys.

You guys will see!! Our inside players are not oversized farm boys. One of them was leading the conference in rebounds and blocks until he was suspended for the 2nd half of last season. We have talent oozing out of all positions. The only way this team under performs is coaching. The talent is there.

Unfortunately Goldfinger, there's a lot of legitimacy behind that hype. They'll be retooled and loaded next year.

wouldnt surprise me to see a couple more players suspended this year for mercer.

Owlzfan84 Wrote:wouldnt surprise me to see a couple more players suspended this year for mercer.

Well that is the trend.... but odds have to be in our favor to finally go a full year without one. Don't forget we beat KSU with our real team last year.

ya playing our team that had nine freshmen in like our third game of the year...and then our second team destroyed your second team in our second game... it seems you have no depth...

I standby what I said

Well if Mercer can field a team, you'll finish better than USC Upstate

kr983 Wrote:ya playing our team that had nine freshmen in like our third game of the year...and then our second team destroyed your second team in our second game... it seems you have no depth...

OK whoa.... show me a team that can lose 4 starters for a single game, and then compete at their usual level.

There's a 0% chance that KSU finishes above Mercer in 07-08.

And p.s. - that was mostly your 1st team that played. You guys weren't missing anyone. I even remember Coach Ingle bringing Wooten BACK into the game late when you had a 30+ point lead. Classy.

You don't have talent oozing out of all positions unless you can immediately bench Dolan and Pfohl.

Sorry KR... I must apologize.. I was wrong. Your coach put Wooten back in the game late with a FORTY point lead....

GOOD! LAYUP by Wooten, Ronell [PNT] 06:05 81-41 H 40

6 minutes left up 81-41 he's dropping in layups.

Goldfinger Wrote:You don't have talent oozing out of all positions unless you can immediately bench Dolan and Pfohl.

Yes we can if we want to. Depends how solid this 6'10 center is we have.

What's wrong with Pfohl getting 8.5 points a game? He shot 57% so it's quality points. That's better than 12 points/37%

Dolan is 8.1/50% and 5.6 boards.

At most one of them will start.

PG - Florence
SG - Aaron
G/F- Ellis
F- Henry
Last spot is open.

i'm not gonna take away ur win over us. but u didnt blow us out of the water. u beat us in overtime at home.

we were going to beat u with ur starters at our home regardless. we were even last year.

like i said i can see u guys finishing as high as 3rd, i just dont think u guys are deep enough to win the conference.

Mercer Keith had double digits in points and he never starts... plus nobody on the Owls roster played more than 24 minutes in the game and 10 of the Owls 11 players scored... its not like we kept our starters in for the whole game in order to get a blow out... we played everyone and we still managed to crush... our back up pg played 18 minutes... just look at the box score. "There's a 0% chance that KSU finishes above Mercer in 07-08." What formula are you using? Seeing that we finished ahead of you last season and we are both returning the same teams I would have to say we have a good chance of finishing above mercer next year lol.

Listen, they'll be no bashing of Pfohl. I mean he's the Total Package. I don't know how defenders can handle him taking them to the rack.
Okay, horrible wrestling puns I know.
Mercer is better than KSU, that's for certain, probably still a middle pack team.

Collinr01 Wrote:Mercer Keith had double digits in points and he never starts... plus nobody on the Owls roster played more than 24 minutes in the game and 10 of the Owls 11 players scored... its not like we kept our starters in for the whole game in order to get a blow out... we played everyone and we still managed to crush... our back up pg played 18 minutes... just look at the box score. "There's a 0% chance that KSU finishes above Mercer in 07-08." What formula are you using? Seeing that we finished ahead of you last season and we are both returning the same teams I would have to say we have a good chance of finishing above mercer next year lol.

You guys are going to take a huge hit from losing Ingle. Not because he shot a stunning 25 or 35%, but just because it's a whole new ball handling scheme. Teams will probably press you more often and cause problems getting the ball over half court.

We return our entire starting team PLUS Henry (might have been MVP if played full season).