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Instead of doing my normal rankings this year I decided to do an ODAC preview because the rankings got a little stale for me and this seemed like fun.  So here goes...

Guilford
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Recruiting Review

In mets's second season he brought in four recruits and he said he was "really happy with it."  The first recruit was Edward a McMenamin, a point guard from North Carolina who shows tons of promise, especially on the offensive end.  He also brought in another NC recruit, Sean Harris, a Small Forward with the potential to score.  The final NC recruit, Quinn Rush, is easily the gem of this class.  He is a guy I'd expect to go to an A level team, but
mets nabbed him.  The final recruit that makes up this class is Frank Wallace, a fundamentally sound big guy.  Unfortunately, he has no athletic ability.

Prized Recruit: Quinn Rush
This guy is going to be an absolute beast.  I have no idea how a C- team got this guy.  He has good athleticism, very good rebounding, he'll be a fantastic defender, and he'll be a force down low.  How come I didn't sign this guy?
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Rating		 Potential     Current
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Athleticism 37 Average   Perimeter 1 Low
Speed 12 High   Ball Handling 26 Low
Rebounding 67 Average   Passing 7 Average
Defense 23 High   Stamina 68 Average
Shot Blocking 66 Average   Durability 62 Average
Low-post 55 Average   FT Shooting   High


Season Preview

Despite the good class coming in, this will still be a tough year for Guilford.  They only have three upperclassmen, all of them sim recruited.  Look out for them in years to come, but I don't see them doing much this year.  

Prediction: 11-15 (7-9)

MVP: Paul Thomas


Virginia Wesleyen
udm_mike

Recruiting Review

Mike only brought in one recruit so this shouldn't be hard.

Prized Recruit: David Gonsales
He'll be a decent PF/SF combo in the FB/Press, but I don't think this guy is anything overly special.
Potential
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Rating		 Potential     Current
Rating		 Potential
Athleticism 32 High   Perimeter 1 Low
Speed 24 High   Ball Handling 25 Low
Rebounding 35 Average   Passing 20 Average
Defense 28 Average   Stamina 60 High
Shot Blocking 33 Average   Durability 62 High
Low-post 26 High   FT Shooting   High

Season Preview

After mike's worst season ever there's really no where to go but up.  They return 11/12 guys, which is crucial for the FB/Press.  They'll take a step up this year, but next year will be the year where they'll be back in the hunt for a deep run in the NT.

Prediction: 18-8 (12-4), NT

MVP: Larry Sarinsky


Bridgewater
bjken3

Recruiting Review

They threw all their $$ at a guy who went D2, so they won't be signing anyone this offseason.  They'll take two walk-ons this year.

Season Preview
They have been to the PI the last two years and they return 10 guys.  They have strong guards, but the big guys are questionable.  I think they'll be decent, but won't quite be able to get it done this season.  

Prediction: 15-11 (10-6), PI

MVP: David Allain

East Mennonite
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Recruiting Review
They filled both open scholarships with what look like good, not great, players.  Their first recruit Kent Tucker, a point guard from Virginia.  He won't be anything special, but he'll be a decent facilitator and he'll make a few shots, although the defense is a little concerning.  Their second recruit is Jeffrey Davis, a power forward from Ohio, profiled below.

Prized Recruit: Jeffrey Davis
I don't love Davis, but he'll be a good SF/PF guy.  He'll probably start out playing PF, but when his speed, ball handling, and passing get up to being decent, he should make a good SF.  If cat tries to get Davis's perimeter up, he should be a great scorer his senior year.
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Rating		 Potential
Athleticism 41 Average   Perimeter 1 High
Speed 21 High   Ball Handling 27 Average
Rebounding 47 High   Passing 12 High
Defense 24 Average   Stamina 52 High
Shot Blocking 33 Average   Durability 59 High
Low-post 48 Average   FT Shooting   High


Season Preview
This year's ODAC favorite, they return ten players from last year's 60 RPI team.  They have good guards and a GREAT tandem of big men.  Calhoun continues the tradition of good EMU bigmen, following in the footsteps of Larry DeWitt and Thomas Haney.  He should lead them to many many wins this year.

Prediction: 24-2 (16-0), Deep NT run

MVP: Darrell Calhoun


Randolph-Macon
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Recruiting Review
 With four open 'ships, they pulled in three players.  pumphead did say he might try to bring in another big guy, but with two cycles left to go in recruiting and no signs of a big man being interested, that looks unlikely.  The first of their recruits is Mitchel Mounts, a point guard from DC.  He shows offensive promise, but his starting defensive rating of 12 is a big concern.  Their second recruit is Samuel Wegner, a guy who looks like a rebounder and a shotblocker, but 33 LP with low potential doesn't exactly scream scorer.  The third recruit, Ronald Llanas, is profiled below.

Prized Recuit: Ronald Llanas
After a long battle that stretched from the 2nd cycle to a day after signings, Randolph-Macon finally (and questionably) beat out Roanoke.  Llanas isn't much of a scorer, but he'll be a hell of a player.  There is no doubt Llanas will be the best combo of athleticism and speed in the nation along with having very high defense, and good ball handling and just alright passing.  The biggest knock on Llanas is his stamina, which will make him a player who probably won't be able to play 25 minutes a game, but if that's the biggest knock on him he's probably pretty good.  I don't remember seeing anybody like him before in d3 so it'll be very interesting to see how he turns out.
Athleticism 71 High   Perimeter 18 Low
Speed 49 High   Ball Handling 41 High
Rebounding 8 Average   Passing 22 High
Defense 53 High   Stamina 68 Low
Shot Blocking 1 Average   Durability 62 Low
Low-post 1 Low   FT Shooting   Average


Season Preview
A young team with only two upperclassmen will probably struggle this year, but by the looks of their schedule their record should be decent.  A couple of their young guards look like potential studs, but their big men leave a lot to be desired.  Swayze looks look their best best to be a good rebounder, but with no one better than 64 rebounding, it looks like their zone will give up a lot of offensive rebounds this year.  Their hope is essentially pinned onto one player: David Poch.  He is a monster SF who will look to have an even better year than last year ascend to the title of greatest R-M player ever.  


Prediction: 18-8 (11-5), PI

MVP: David Poch


Roanoke

Recruiting Review
Like Randolph-Macon, we only filled 3 of our 4 spots.  The strategy of jumping on four guys right away didn't exactly work out as about 3 cycles in 5k hand been flushed down the toilet.  We did lock up one of those guys early, but the other it was tough to see the other 3 go to places we couldn't contend with.  The other large chunk of recruiting money went to Ronald Llanas, who eventually signed with conference rival Randolph-Macon.  The first recruit we locked up was point guard Charles Murphy for North Carolina, who is profiled below.  The second recruit, picked up a couple cycles before signings, is a promising SF Wesley Chesnut.  Originally I saw him as too slow, but when his scouting repots came in with all those high-high potentials in the other categories, he was hard to pass up.  Our final recruit's signing was lost in the shadow of the Ronald Llanas signing which happened the same cycle, but no doubt he'll be good player with his high potential in both rebounding and shot blocking.  

Prized Recruit: Charles Murphy
Murphy will be one of the fastest players on the Roanoke roster right away and he should keep getting better and eventually (hopefully) reach 90 speed.  Overall he looks to be a very promising recruit with no low potential anywhere.
Athleticism 29 Average   Perimeter 37 High
Speed 74 Average   Ball Handling 63 Average
Rebounding 3 Average   Passing 47 Average
Defense 30 High   Stamina 69 High
Shot Blocking 1 Average   Durability 34 High
Low-post 1 High   FT Shooting   High


Season Preview
After a strong season was ended early in the second round, Roanoke will look to bounce back.  Unfortunately, we don't bounce.  We will just lie there on the ground in our own self pity.  After losing two time CPOY David Algarin and one of the best PGs in the nation Jason Littlefield along with two other starters, there isn't much of a bright side.  There is only one senior on this squad and he won't even start this year.  We don't really have a star player, although it looks like Davis will probably get most of our shots because let's be honest, there really isn't anyone else to take them.

Prediction: 14-12 (9-7)

MVP: Aaron Davis



Pre-Season Awards:

First Team All-ODAC

Point Guard-  Raymond Walker, Junior, Virginia Wesleyen
Shooting Guard- Aaron Davis, Junior, Roanoke
Small Forward- David Poch, Senior, Randolph-Macon
Power Forward- Darrell Calhoun, Senior, E. Mennonite
Center- Howard Derezinski, Senior, E. Mennonite

ODAC Freshman of the Year: Quinn Rush, C, Guilford

ODAC Player of the Year: Darrell Calhoun, PF, E. Mennonite
10/31/2010 10:59 PM (edited)
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great write-up its interesting to see the thoughts on other recruits.  DARRELL Calhoun promises numerous "tea baggin' dunks" versus Roanoke for the mis-spelling of his name.   Darrell kids he is good like that.






10/30/2010 12:42 PM
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Great job.  Thanks for the props on Quinn Rush too.  Joseph Brooks and Quinn Rush are gonna be a nice tandem in two seasons.
10/31/2010 6:54 PM
tkimble
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Finally completed them.  Hope everyone enjoys.
10/31/2010 10:57 PM
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Great stuff again TK, and no hard feelings on the battle.
10/31/2010 11:17 PM
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I think you were harsh on VW recruit Gonsales I think he will end up being a really good player. 
11/1/2010 8:20 AM
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nice job Tkim........
11/1/2010 10:15 AM
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Nice job, Tkimble.  I agree with CJ though...I'm pretty high on Gonsales.  The rebounding is an obvious concern, but he's going to be a heck of a scorer.  Might even score some this season since his IQ came in at C+.
11/1/2010 12:04 PM
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I'm looking at him and I still don't see how this guy will be a great player.  I guess we'll have to let it play out.
11/1/2010 3:52 PM
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First O/D ratings of the year:

Team Off. Rating Def. Rating
Bridgewater 106.1639429 120.9562706
W&J 72.44926884 127.8203674
W&L 95.83822651 111.3134728
VWC 130.2838262 77.3676775
Roanoke 105.8560593 104.6842443
R-M 126.8721256 99.03822297
Bethany 129.6000151 88.3028198
H-S 77.03703704 153.8445272
EMU 127.0994954 96.76242368
Lynchburg 123.6396275 121.5141134
Guilford 112.3937335 113.2467711
E&H 106.5469492 131.1994801
11/9/2010 6:59 PM
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Bethany is really impressing me.  Bout time simmy pulled their own weight in the ODAC.  I've REALLY got to do something about my defense if I want to make the NT.
11/9/2010 7:30 PM
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good stuff tk. will be interesting to see the ratings play out as the conference schedule goes on.
11/9/2010 10:08 PM
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4 games in:
Team Off. Rating Def. Rating
Bridgewater 109.0391021 123.4878673
W&J 79.12584778 131.559991
W&L 94.70025552 118.7455921
VWC 131.9061177 85.48289359
Roanoke 110.1744344 105.237163
R-M 123.3036111 107.6771934
Bethany 132.211062 98.48234502
H-S 86.17604535 141.4068479
EMU 129.1123757 91.07113143
Lynchburg 116.6254302 103.8904762
Guilford 106.4598504 111.341536
E&H 103.121123 125.0486635
11/10/2010 6:48 PM
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So basically the 2 best teams are going at it tonight?  Get your popcorn ready.
11/10/2010 9:36 PM
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8 Games in:
Team Off. Rating Def. Rating Offense vs. avg Defense vs. avg Overall
Bridgewater 117.3393252 114.6423723 5.677704063 -2.750487137 2.927216926
W&J 79.31762445 131.5964803 -32.34399666 -19.70459514 -52.0485918
W&L 97.5939378 119.2549754 -14.06768331 -7.36309018 -21.43077349
VWC 132.9369002 86.45197509 21.27527912 25.43991011 46.71518923
Roanoke 114.827879 104.2766082 3.166257895 7.615277013 10.78153491
R-M 120.9724868 105.8209005 9.310865689 6.07098473 15.38185042
Bethany 127.4310169 105.1597949 15.76939576 6.73209029 22.50148605
H-S 90.71576171 135.9288529 -20.9458594 -24.03696773 -44.98282714
EMU 123.9075008 98.63233822 12.24587971 13.25954698 25.50542669
Lynchburg 121.6559405 104.5307893 9.994319435 7.361095881 17.35541532
Guilford 107.9570477 119.1254801 -3.704573388 -7.233594907 -10.9381683
E&H 105.2840322 117.2820551 -6.377588908 -5.390169908 -11.76775882
11/12/2010 7:18 PM
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