A Sea Of Red

Here are the results:

2012-13 Men’s Basketball All-Conference



First-Team All-Conference

Stan Okoye, F, Sr., VMI

Saah Nimley, G, Soph., Charleston Southern

Anthony Raffa, G, R-Sr., Coastal Carolina

John Brown, F, R-Fr., High Point

Jeremy Atkinson, F., Sr., UNC Asheville



Second-Team All-Conference

Allan Chaney, F, Gr., High Point

Tashan Newsome, G, R-Sr., Gardner-Webb

Trey Freeman, G, Soph., Campbell

Javonte Green, F, Soph., Radford

Arlon Harper, G, Soph., Charleston Southern



All-Freshman Team

John Brown, F, High Point

Michael Kessens, F, Longwood

Will Weeks, F, UNC Asheville

Adam Weary, G, High Point

Rashun Davis, G, Radford



All-Academic Team

Darren White, F, Sr., Campbell

Paul Gombwer, F, Soph., Charleston Southern

Tyler Strange, G, Soph., Gardner-Webb

John Caleb Sanders, G, Jr., Liberty

Stephen Shockley, G, Sr., Longwood

Kyle Noreen, F, Soph., Radford

Keith Hornsby, G, Soph., UNC Asheville

Stan Okoye, F, Sr., VMI

Derrick Henry, G, Soph., Winthrop



Player of the Year

Stan Okoye, F, Sr., VMI



Freshman of the Year

John Brown, F, High Point



Defensive Player of the Year

D.J. Covington, F, Jr., VMI



Coach of the Year

Chris Holtmann, Gardner-Webb



Scholar-Athlete of the Year

John Caleb Sanders, G, Jr., Liberty

congrats to John Caleb Sanders

our one and only representative.

that's pretty telling

PAmedic wrote:congrats to John Caleb Sanders

our one and only representative.

that's pretty telling

And it was the academic side.......

I think a very good argument could be made that JC should have been 2nd team all conference. In conference play he was 3rd in scoring, 6th in assists and 5th in FT% and assist/turnover ratio. He had a better a/t than Nimley. Arlon Harper may or may not be a better/more talented player, but IMHO JC had a better season. Harper may not even be the second best guard on his team. Sexton was just as deserving.

olldflame wrote:I think a very good argument could be made that JC should have been 2nd team all conference. In conference play he was 3rd in scoring, 6th in assists and 5th in FT% and assist/turnover ratio. He had a better a/t than Nimley. Arlon Harper may or may not be a better/more talented player, but IMHO JC had a better season. Harper may not even be the second best guard on his team. Sexton was just as deserving.

Well said. You follow the Big South closely I can tell.

SCAR wrote:

olldflame wrote:I think a very good argument could be made that JC should have been 2nd team all conference. In conference play he was 3rd in scoring, 6th in assists and 5th in FT% and assist/turnover ratio. He had a better a/t than Nimley. Arlon Harper may or may not be a better/more talented player, but IMHO JC had a better season. Harper may not even be the second best guard on his team. Sexton was just as deserving.

Well said. You follow the Big South closely I can tell.

I don´t devote a lot of time to it, but I try to keep up with results. As far as stats are concerned, they make it rather easy.

http://www.bigsouthsports.com/fls/4800/ ... nfonly.htm

The BSC post season awards list tells me that we need to step up our recruiting. The BSC isn't exactly loaded with All Americans

Apparently Michael Kessens has moved on up,

Flames Nation @Flames_Nation
RT @GoodmanCBS: Alabama gets transfer Michael Kessens from Longwood, per source. 6-9 freshman who averaged 14 and 9 this past season.

They got Curry'd.

Saw he had decided to transfer a few days ago. He didn't announce it on twitter until the last week of April, so this seems like a pretty quick decision. Anthony Grant needs help he can get with Lacey transferring out and the loaded teams Kentucky and Florida are going to roll out next year. Not the same position as Lacey obviously, but the kid can play

But he can't play next year.

JK37 wrote:But he can't play next year.

That is true. Silly me for forgetting that! I'm not used to looking more than one year ahead in D1 basketball nowadays

I was told he was transferring back in February. His last game in a Longwood jersey he was sensational. Def has NBA potential. You had to figure he wouldn't stay at Longwood the way people transfer these days. If ever there was a transfer candidate to move up to a power conference it is him. I'm sorry to see him go though. I enjoyed watching him play.

SCAR, one thing I would remember in regards to his pro potential is that by the time he graduates from Alabama he'll be 26.

RVAparks wrote:SCAR, one thing I would remember in regards to his pro potential is that by the time he graduates from Alabama he'll be 26.

Geez, didn't realize he was an old geezer as far as college basketball players go. If he bulks up, or proves he can play SF at his weight, and has a big year or two, he won't have to graduate to go pro.

I never got a shot to go see Longwood play this year because of conflicts and well their home schedule was junk anyways, but after seeing what he was capable of in the Big South Tournament, I was planning on going to see him at least once. Oh well now I reckon.

Should Coach Layer not get Coach of the Year for taking a team with no 1st or 2nd team players to the NCAA tournament? jk.

RVAparks wrote:SCAR, one thing I would remember in regards to his pro potential is that by the time he graduates from Alabama he'll be 26.

If he has pro potential he won't be graduating at Alabama.

Says something about the conference that the conference champions had nobody on the all conference team.

There are great players and there are good teams. IMHO a good team will beat a team with a great player. If that weren't true, Liberty would have won the conference with Curry.

phoenix wrote:Says something about the conference that the conference champions had nobody on the all conference team.

There are great players and there are good teams. IMHO a good team will beat a team with a great player. If that weren't true, Liberty would have won the conference with Curry.

High Point and Chuck South both had players on the All-Conference team. Unless you mean conference Tournament Champions