Here is a quick preview article for 2006-07 ASun basketball...

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2517144

Glad your new forum caught my attention, that was a good article. I expected just some standard little facts and stats, but that writer actually had some knowledge! Thanks for posting that.

I'm really excited about this Twilley kid. Cant wait to see him in action.

ETSUfan1 Wrote:I'm really excited about this Twilley kid. Cant wait to see him in action.

Me too. I spoke with Coach Bailey about him and he said this kid can flat out play. A true PG!! What a novel concept. Unless Tayloe has impressed considerably in the off season, I expect Twilley to start from the outset of the season.

The following quote from the article says it all about our ENORMOUS fall from grace ...

"But all the growing (and shrinking) pains are finally catching up with the league. Since FGCU and USCU won't be postseason-eligible until 2011-12, the league faces three confusing seasons with a full one-third of its membership barred from its conference tournament. The A-Sun is five years from its last NCAA Tournament win (a 50-49 Georgia State upset over No. 6 seed Wisconsin), and two years have passed since the most successful season in league history, when three teams went to the postseason -- league champ Central Florida drew an NCAA 14-seed, and Troy State and Belmont represented in the NIT.

Now, three of those four teams have moved on to other conferences. And after four seasons averaging a league RPI of 20, the 2005-06 version of the A-Sun wound up three steps from the bottom at No. 29. No other conference in America has fallen so far so fast.

"There's no question that [taking on D-II teams] has hurt our league standing short-term," Bibb said. "But we've picked great schools that are committed to both athletic and academic success. Once they get their footing, I know we're going to be right back up where we were."

ETSUfan1 Wrote:I'm really excited about this Twilley kid. Cant wait to see him in action.

I agree. I think he may have the best credentials coming in than any other recruit we have had in a while. Being your high school's leader in one stat is impressive, but being the school's record leader in scoring, steals and assists is phonemical. Of course putting a freshman in as a PG and asking him to run the team is a lot to ask for. We shall see.