Listening to Bellarmine in an exhibition game against Louisville. First half they are holding their own.

(10-29-2019 06:33 PM)army56mike Wrote:  Listening to Bellarmine in an exhibition game against Louisville. First half they are holding their own.

You pulling for UL or BU?

(10-29-2019 06:43 PM)lion1983 Wrote:  

(10-29-2019 06:33 PM)army56mike Wrote:  Listening to Bellarmine in an exhibition game against Louisville. First half they are holding their own.

You pulling for UL or BU?

How’s this for an answer... Yes.

At the Half:
35 Bellarmine
33 Louisville

Honestly, I grew up a diehard Cardinals fan and have been most of my life. But as a Liberty grad, with a child there now, and two more at LU next fall, plus LU’s mission, I have become a Flames fan first and foremost over the last decade. Plus all the garbage that UofL pulled in its athletic department and academic administration really soured me on the school for a time.
I want to see Bellarmine play them competitively, and I wouldn’t be upset if the Knights won. It’s just practice, and UofL is without two of their best big men.

FINAL

65 Bellarmine (#2 Dll)
75 Louisville (#5 Dl)

Great showing for Bellarmine. They kept it oh-so close for 38 minutes.

(10-29-2019 08:00 PM)army56mike Wrote:  FINAL

65 Bellarmine (#2 Dll)
75 Louisville (#5 Dl)

Great showing for Bellarmine. They kept it oh-so close for 38 minutes.

Was this an exhibition game? I thought it was a regular season game, but ESPN isn't showing it at all as such.

Exhibition

Well, that was ugly.

(10-27-2019 10:21 AM)army56mike Wrote:  LIPSCOMB
104 The Other LU
55 Rhodes College

NORTH FLORIDA
74 Florida
59 UNF

FGCU
89 St. Louis
67 FGCU

JACKSONVILLE
76 Xavier
57 JU

STETSON
84 SU
26 Trinity Baptist

KENNESAW ST.
81 Creighton
55 KSU

(11-06-2019 08:01 AM)army56mike Wrote:  Well, that was ugly.

(10-27-2019 10:21 AM)army56mike Wrote:  LIPSCOMB
104 The Other LU
55 Rhodes College

NORTH FLORIDA
74 Florida
59 UNF

FGCU
89 St. Louis
67 FGCU

JACKSONVILLE
76 Xavier
57 JU

STETSON
84 SU
26 Trinity Baptist

KENNESAW ST.
81 Creighton
55 KSU

To be fair, UNF played the #6 & JU the#19 teams in the country, & one or both of FGCU & KSU's opponents will likely play in March, so I'll give them all credit for how close they kept things.

I recorded/watched both the JU and UNF games. UF is loaded and looked every bit their #6 ranking. So losing in Gainesville by 15 is not an ugly loss by UNF. They will be fine most nights, and in particular in the ASUN where they will not be out matched athletically.

JU played better than I thought they would. 6-10 Dave Bell struggled versus X's big veteran frontline and nowhere did I see a scorer like Notae. However 6-7 230 So Post Bryce Workman had a nice game (15/8) in 18 minutes and Sr PG Aamanhe Santos had 15 points (50% FG), 5 assists, 0 turnovers in 31 minutes. A couple of the newcomers showed a glimpse of promise as well.

The Stetson & FGCU scores jumped out to me.

Trinity Baptist is a glorified church league team but 26 points??

I have my doubts about FGCU's Fly. He comes off that FSU Hamilton/Enfield tree so he knows how to get recruits. But Elmer Fudd could recruit to FGCU. I wonder whether he can build a team and coach. It was not that long ago where Fly was Director of watching a lot of Tape in Tallahassee.

(11-06-2019 10:00 AM)Courtside Wrote:  I recorded/watched both the JU and UNF games. UF is loaded and looked every bit their #6 ranking. So losing in Gainesville by 15 is not an ugly loss by UNF. They will be fine most nights, and in particular in the ASUN where they will not be out matched athletically.

JU played better than I thought they would. 6-10 Dave Bell struggled versus X's big veteran frontline and nowhere did I see a scorer like Notae. However 6-7 230 So Post Bryce Workman had a nice game (15/8) in 18 minutes and Sr PG Aamanhe Santos had 15 points (50% FG), 5 assists, 0 turnovers in 31 minutes. A couple of the newcomers showed a glimpse of promise as well.

The Stetson & FGCU scores jumped out to me.

Trinity Baptist is a glorified church league team but 26 points??

I have my doubts about FGCU's Fly. He comes off that FSU Hamilton/Enfield tree so he knows how to get recruits. But Elmer Fudd could recruit to FGCU. I wonder whether he can build a team and coach. It was not that long ago where Fly was Director of watching a lot of Tape in Tallahassee.

I agree, FGCU should be better. St Louis is a good mid major but to get beat that way is embarrassing for a program like FGCU. I think the leash is going to get short if they keep that up.

(11-06-2019 08:07 PM)Ewglenn Wrote:  

(11-06-2019 10:00 AM)Courtside Wrote:  I recorded/watched both the JU and UNF games. UF is loaded and looked every bit their #6 ranking. So losing in Gainesville by 15 is not an ugly loss by UNF. They will be fine most nights, and in particular in the ASUN where they will not be out matched athletically.

JU played better than I thought they would. 6-10 Dave Bell struggled versus X's big veteran frontline and nowhere did I see a scorer like Notae. However 6-7 230 So Post Bryce Workman had a nice game (15/8) in 18 minutes and Sr PG Aamanhe Santos had 15 points (50% FG), 5 assists, 0 turnovers in 31 minutes. A couple of the newcomers showed a glimpse of promise as well.

The Stetson & FGCU scores jumped out to me.

Trinity Baptist is a glorified church league team but 26 points??

I have my doubts about FGCU's Fly. He comes off that FSU Hamilton/Enfield tree so he knows how to get recruits. But Elmer Fudd could recruit to FGCU. I wonder whether he can build a team and coach. It was not that long ago where Fly was Director of watching a lot of Tape in Tallahassee.

I agree, FGCU should be better. St Louis is a good mid major but to get beat that way is embarrassing for a program like FGCU. I think the leash is going to get short if they keep that up.

The leash should get short, that's the only way our conference will get better, we have to start with great coaches. Dont settle and say, "well, as long as we win the conference. " that's not the attitude that will get multiple bids in the tournament.

Am I wrong, but this conference won’t be able to hold onto great coaches?

Maybe, but some will have to come off their wallets to have a chance at keeping them. But on the other hand, honestly, if others are wanting our coaches, that's a good thing.

Liberty vs Radford attendance: 7,872

(11-08-2019 08:58 PM)Ewglenn Wrote:  Liberty vs Radford attendance: 7,872

Nice

(11-08-2019 09:23 AM)lion1983 Wrote:  Maybe, but some will have to come off their wallets to have a chance at keeping them. But on the other hand, honestly, if others are wanting our coaches, that's a good thing.

I agree. We need the conference to collectively invest in the sport. I would pour the money into facilities first, then coaches as the facilities would attract the coaches and recruits and they would last longer than a coach who leaves after a few years.

It will be expensive which is likely a problem for most of the schools but to make money you have to spend money. FGCU should be great most years, while Stetson (I think) has the history of being in the national championship game in the 70's. NJIT and Kennesaw State are in huge metros with everyone else at least in areas that aren't a negative to recruiting. There is so much potential if the investment is made.

(11-09-2019 10:04 AM)GE and MTS Wrote:  

(11-08-2019 09:23 AM)lion1983 Wrote:  Maybe, but some will have to come off their wallets to have a chance at keeping them. But on the other hand, honestly, if others are wanting our coaches, that's a good thing.

I agree. We need the conference to collectively invest in the sport. I would pour the money into facilities first, then coaches as the facilities would attract the coaches and recruits and they would last longer than a coach who leaves after a few years.

It will be expensive which is likely a problem for most of the schools but to make money you have to spend money. FGCU should be great most years, while Stetson (I think) has the history of being in the national championship game in the 70's. NJIT and Kennesaw State are in huge metros with everyone else at least in areas that aren't a negative to recruiting. There is so much potential if the investment is made.

NJIT has dumped a decent amount into their new arena.

(11-09-2019 10:28 AM)Ewglenn Wrote:  

(11-09-2019 10:04 AM)GE and MTS Wrote:  

(11-08-2019 09:23 AM)lion1983 Wrote:  Maybe, but some will have to come off their wallets to have a chance at keeping them. But on the other hand, honestly, if others are wanting our coaches, that's a good thing.

I agree. We need the conference to collectively invest in the sport. I would pour the money into facilities first, then coaches as the facilities would attract the coaches and recruits and they would last longer than a coach who leaves after a few years.

It will be expensive which is likely a problem for most of the schools but to make money you have to spend money. FGCU should be great most years, while Stetson (I think) has the history of being in the national championship game in the 70's. NJIT and Kennesaw State are in huge metros with everyone else at least in areas that aren't a negative to recruiting. There is so much potential if the investment is made.

NJIT has dumped a decent amount into their new arena.

And they had a good year last year as well.

MENS BASKETBALL
2-0 Liberty
2-0 Stetson
2-0 Bellarmine
1-1 Lipscomb
1-1 North Florida
1-1 North Alabama
1-1 Jacksonville
0-2 FGCU
0-2 NJIT
0-2 Kennesaw St.

LIBERTY (2-0)
W Radford
W Maryland E. Shore
This Week: vs. SC St., @ ECU

LIPSCOMB (1-1)
W Rhodes College
L Middle Tenn St.
This week: @ Tenn St., @ Duquesne

NORTH FLORIDA (1-1)
L Florida
W FL National
This week: vs. Ga. Southern, vs. S. Miss

FGCU (0-2)
L St. Louis
L MD Balt. Co.
This week: @ Dartmouth, @ Mercer

NJIT (0-2)
L Colgate
L Providence
This week: @ Cornell, vs. Wagner

NORTH ALABAMA (1-1)
L South Carolina
W Carver College
This week: @ Indiana, vs. Samford

JACKSONVILLE (1-1)
L Xavier
W Johnson U. of FL
This week: vs. Bowling Green, @ UMass-Lowell

STETSON (2-0)
W Trinity
W W. Illinois
This week: @ IP Ft. Wayne

KENNESAW ST. (0-2)
L Creighton
L San Diego
This week: @ Mercer

BELLARMINE (2-0)
W Northwood
W Saginaw St.
This week: vs. KY Wesleyan

WOMENS BASKETBALL
2-0 FGCU
2-0 North Alabama
1-0 Stetson
1-1 Liberty
1-1 Jacksonville
1-1 Kennesaw St.
1-1 North Florida
1-1 Bellarmine
0-1 Lipscomb
0-3 NJIT

FGCU (2-0)
W - FIU, Webber Intern.
This week: vs. UCF

North Alabama (2-0)
W - VU of Lynchburg, Miss. Valley St.
This week: @ Iowa, @ Tenn. St.

Stetson (1-0)
W - Palm Beach Atlantic
This week: @ Kentucky, @ Morehead St.

Liberty (1-1)
W - Norfolk St.
L - E. Tenn. St.
This week: vs. Chattanooga, @ Va. Tech

Jacksonville (1-1)
W - Thomas
L - USF
This week: @ FSU, vs. JFL

Kennesaw St. (1-1)
W - Samford
L - Georgia
This week: vs. Mercer

North Florida (1-1)
W - Warner
L - Wisconsin
This week: @ Miami, @ FIU

Bellarmine (1-1)
W - Ohio Dominican
L - Cedarville
This week: vs. KY Wesleyan

Lipscomb (0-1)
L - Dayton
This week: @ Jacksonville St., vs. N. Kentucky

NJIT (0-3)
L - Colgate, Air Force, Colorado
This week: Penn