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The official site already covered this story pretty well, but I thought I’d mention it over here as well. HU forward Brandon Sims was named this week’s GSC West Player of the Week today, deservedly so after an awesome week. Sims scored 66 points and pulled down 28 rebounds in the week ending Tuesday night, […]

The second release of the NABC Division II coaches poll came out today, and lo and behold, Harding received a vote! I’m not sure who gets to vote in these polls, but to me, it seems like they’re just looking at won-loss records and scores. Our non-conference schedule is relatively weak, so I find it […]

My thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Jacob and Rachel Thies on the unexpected passing of their father, Gary. Mr. Thies commented several times on this site and was a very knowledgeable basketball fan. He had been planning to attend the Henderson State game next month, which would have been his first […]

I thought I’d start doing this on Sundays, since there are usually no games then. It’s a great time to look back at what happened this week in the world of Division-II basketball. Of course, it has nothing to do with the fact that my fantasy football team isn’t in contention or that I am […]

In this first installment of the Week in Review, I’ll take a look at each team’s results so far, particularly focusing on strength of schedule, general offensive and defensive efficiency, and the four key stats. My explanation of the subjective team rating, which I’m calling the Performance Leveling Factor (PLF) is in my previous post. […]

According to the official site’s preview for the game at Alabama-Huntsville tonight, Matt Hall is now out for the season with a knee injury. As the defending Daktronics South Region Player of the Year, Hall will be sorely missed. The roster is very guard-oriented without Hall, and our strategy of pushing the ball up the […]

I finally finished the rest of the GSC West, so it’s time that I do a team capsule for our very own Harding Bisons. HU finished 18-11 last year, losing to Delta State in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament. The Bisons finished 10-6 in GSC West play, locking them in a three-way tie for […]

The Delta State Statesmen are coming off a 19-10 season in which they reached the conference championship game before falling to Montevallo 72-60. DSU still failed to reach the NCAA regionals despite this strong finish, since they had not performed well in non-conference play. This year, coach Steve Rives welcomes a host of new players […]

UCA had arguably the most successful team of all of the GSC West programs last year. The Bears went 21-6 after starting the season 10-0, and they tied for first in the division with an 11-5 conference record. Head coach Rand Chappell inherited a solid young team that had struggled previously, turning them into contenders […]

As you probably know, the Bisons open their season a week from Saturday with an exhibition game at Arkansas-Little Rock. The game is at 7 p.m. at the Jack Stephens Center (women’s game at 4:30). You can get info on tickets at the official Harding site. My thoughts on this game are simple: I hope […]