Same for Incarnate Word. After an up and down non-con, we've reeled off seven straight in Heartland conference play. Number 6 rpi against the 3rd SOS.

Big game tonight with St Mary's. Winner gets into the convo for a #1 seed, which is important in avoiding Lander as long as possible.

N Bama is looking at a really nice PIT seed..

my conference sucks. I keep winning games by 50 scoring over 100 ppg in most, but I'm tumbling in the rankings. Was in top 10 at start of conference play, but now 18th, dropping two spots, after beating a team by 51. Two of my three losses were to top two ranked teams Lander and Longwood. Other loss to Hillsdale who's also in Top 25.

That said... I'm not too concerned about it.

I'm a lock for the NT. Only hope is when the NT bracket is released, Lander is on the other side.

Hey Hacker why dont you consider a switch to the CVAC? We have a few openings and sure could use ya!

St. Mary's has been playing well in conference play.  We've lost one conference game, but we've won all the others by at least 10 points, which honestly is a little surprising to me.  We are down a little this year (and will be down a little more again next season before we should start getting stronger again) so we likely won't make a deep NT run, but it is encouraging we are playing as well as we are right now.

Dominican is a mystery this year. Could beat or lose to anyone. With 1 senior next year should be our big year.

Posted by hackerhog on 8/6/2014 12:29:00 PM (view original):
my conference sucks. I keep winning games by 50 scoring over 100 ppg in most, but I'm tumbling in the rankings. Was in top 10 at start of conference play, but now 18th, dropping two spots, after beating a team by 51. Two of my three losses were to top two ranked teams Lander and Longwood. Other loss to Hillsdale who's also in Top 25.

That said... I'm not too concerned about it.

I'm a lock for the NT. Only hope is when the NT bracket is released, Lander is on the other side.

I share your frustration with my own conference. Of course my team isn't anywhere near the quality of yours this season.

Well guys the Peach Belt is looking for good coaches....

N. Alabama and W. Florida played a 4 OT instant classic last night in the semis of the Heartland Conference Tournament.  That play-by-play is worth a read.

no NT talk? I've got a nice horse I can ride, but this looks like a Lander/Longwood final

I've got a tough draw. I'm guessing it will be a first or second round exit for St Mary's. Lander still looks like the team to beat.

I'm just glad to be back guys. After a few seasons since leaving northeastern st I'm glad to be here. Let's just see how far this can go. Good luck guys.

Posted by hackerhog on 8/16/2014 9:53:00 PM (view original):
no NT talk? I've got a nice horse I can ride, but this looks like a Lander/Longwood final

Hard to argue against that, although the other two regions are super interesting look like anybody's guess.

In the East, #1 seed St Mary's has a tough draw against Wisconsin-Parkside in the 2nd round. It was straight chalk in the first round, so Fairmont St, Hillsdale, and Queens (NC) are still alive and round out the other top 4 regional seeds.

In the West, #1 seed Johnson C Smith and NCOY of the year candidate oldave have a tough 2nd round game against Wayne St (NE). The rest of the top 4 seeds (Merrimack College, Dominican College, & Incarnate Word) are also still alive. Who do you like out of these two regions?

Holy crap. Scroll through the last minute of OT of Valdosta St's game. Down 10 with 45 sec left and won.

I'd like to think we have a shot to get to the title game, but our offense has proven very inconsistent. Our defense is mostly excellent, but Longwood has occasinoally had very poor shooting games, and that could hurt us down the road.