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  Monday, October 24, 2005

BX Conf. Prev. #21: Atlantic Sun
By Drew Barnette

#21 href=/profile//> ATLANTIC href=/profile//> SUN

It href=/profile//> seems href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> parity href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> nation. href=/profile//> Last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> separated href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> place href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ninth href=/profile//> place href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> know href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> case. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> UCF href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> C-USA, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> welcome href=/profile//>
East href=/profile//> Tennessee href=/profile//> State, href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Florida href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Kennesaw href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> replacements. href=/profile//> Kennesaw href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Florida href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> process href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> making href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> transition href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> division href=/profile//> one. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> schedule, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> eligible href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> postseason href=/profile//> play. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> eligible href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> participate href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//>


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-1. href=/profile//> LIPSCOMB. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> bison href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> finish href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> five href=/profile//> starters href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year’s href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> love href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> tempo href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> deep href=/profile//> bench href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> James href=/profile//> Poindexter href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> contributor href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> position, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> rebounding href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> post href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> improved href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> All href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> all, href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> club href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-2. href=/profile//> JACKSONVILLE. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> dolphins href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> returning href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> starters href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year’s href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> inconsistency href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> due href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> parity href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> exists href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//> Junior href=/profile//> forward href=/profile//> Haminn href=/profile//> Quaintance href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> averaging href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> nine href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 14.4ppg href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> Jesse href=/profile//> Kimbrough href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> contributor href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> position. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> finally href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> Jacksonville href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> makes href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> push href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//>

-3. href=/profile//> GARDNER href=/profile//> WEBB. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> extremely href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> underneath. href=/profile//> Forward href=/profile//> Brian href=/profile//> Bender href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> center/forward href=/profile//> Simon href=/profile//> Conn href=/profile//> contribute href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> rebounding. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> stable href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> position. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> tied href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> title href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> based href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> hunt href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> it. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-4. href=/profile//> BELMONT. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> bruins href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> respectable href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year’s href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> seven href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> rely href=/profile//> heavily href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> Justin href=/profile//> Hare href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Brian href=/profile//> Collins href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> each href=/profile//> averaged href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> position. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> boards href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> potential href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> spot, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> team.

-5. href=/profile//> MERCER. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> bears href=/profile//> rely href=/profile//> heavily href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> guards, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> forward href=/profile//> Will href=/profile//> Emerson href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> glass href=/profile//> underneath href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> score href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> points. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> say href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> kind href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> they’re href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> contributors href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year’s href=/profile//> squad, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> experienced href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> problem. href=/profile//>

-6. href=/profile//> EAST href=/profile//> TENNESSEE href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> buccaneers href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Atlantic href=/profile//> Sun href=/profile//> Conference. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> 2003 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 2004 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> nearly href=/profile//> pulled href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> times, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bottom href=/profile//> fell href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> managed href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> seven href=/profile//> div1 href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> Luckily href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> Tim href=/profile//> Smith href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> 22ppg href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> initially href=/profile//> decided href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> declare href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> draft. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> loves href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> floor href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> utilize href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> transition href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> love href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> deep href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> bench href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> although href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lose href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> starters, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> guys href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> saw href=/profile//> significant href=/profile//> minutes href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> Hopefully href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> top. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-7. href=/profile//> STETSON. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> hatters href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> scorers href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Anthony href=/profile//> Register href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> E.J. href=/profile//> Gordon. href=/profile//> For href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> part, href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> shooting href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> weren’t href=/profile//> having href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> completely href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tank href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> five href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> exactly href=/profile//> bode href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//>

-8. href=/profile//> FLORIDA href=/profile//> ATLANTIC. href=/profile//> Last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> managed href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> wins. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> poorly href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> poor href=/profile//> defense. href=/profile//> On href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> that, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> leading href=/profile//> scorer, href=/profile//> rebounder href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Mike href=/profile//> Bell. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> news href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> former href=/profile//> national href=/profile//> coach href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> helm href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Matt href=/profile//> Doherty. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> Quinton href=/profile//> Young href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> leader href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they’re href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> yet href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> improve, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> won’t href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//>

-9. href=/profile//> KENNESAW href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> incredible href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season!! href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> 24 href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> ranked href=/profile//> #7 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> entire href=/profile//> country!! href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> real href=/profile//> problem href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> Division href=/profile//> II href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> Things href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> tougher href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> I’ll href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> check href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> eligible href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> postseason href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> kind href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> seasons href=/profile//> due href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> transition href=/profile//> period href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> must href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> through. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> it’s href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> affiliation href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> somewhat href=/profile//> competitive href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> never href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> easy href=/profile//> transition, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> frustrating href=/profile//> knowing href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> postseason href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> you, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> already href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> affiliated href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> help href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot.

-10. href=/profile//> CAMPBELL. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> camels href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> 22 href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> starters href=/profile//> including href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> Anthony href=/profile//> Atkinson href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> forward href=/profile//> Dominique href=/profile//> Klein href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> leaders href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> wins. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> worst href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> country href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> among href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> nation’s href=/profile//> worst.

-11. href=/profile//> NORTH href=/profile//> FLORIDA. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Florida’s href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> division href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> didn’t href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> manage href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> record href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> division href=/profile//> II href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> expected href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> among href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> worst href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> conference, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> among href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> worst href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> nation. href=/profile//> Similar href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Kennesaw href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> eligible href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> postseason href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> seasons. href=/profile//> Chances href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> moot href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> anyway. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> slam, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> fact href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> making href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> transition href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> division href=/profile//> I. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> surprise. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> starters href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year’s href=/profile//> team, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> you’re href=/profile//> returning href=/profile//> guys href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> failed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> div2 href=/profile//> schedule, href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> necessarily href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> thing. href=/profile//>



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