Today is Big South basketball media day. We will be continually updating this post throughout the day, so go ahead and bookmark this page for today so you can easily refresh it as we bring you the sights, sounds, and predictions of Big South basketball media day 2013. You can also follow us on twitter @Flames_Nation.
While you are waiting for the festivities to get underway in Myrtle Beach, take a look at our Big South basketball previews for both the South Division and the North Division. Each preview includes our prediction for where each team will finish. Earlier this week, we also broke down Liberty’s non-conference portion of its 2013-14 schedule.
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Luncheon at 12pm–with announcement of All-Conf tms & preseason predictions for MBB / WBB… #BigSouthNetwork interviews begin at 1:30pm…
— Big South Conference (@BigSouthSports) October 24, 2013
Interview order– (MBB then WBB as applicable): VMI, LIB, LWD, RU, ASHE, GWU, @MyMyrtleBeach, HPU, WU, PC, CU, CSU, CCU, @KyleCommish
— Big South Conference (@BigSouthSports) October 24, 2013
Here’s a link to watch the live, free stream on BigSouthSports.com which begins at approximately 1:30.
Luncheon gets rolling for #BSCMediaDay with @KyleCommish addressing the group… pic.twitter.com/J4DzYHeWbF
— Big South Conference (@BigSouthSports) October 24, 2013
Emily Frazier makes the Big South WBB Preseason All-Conference Team.
— Liberty Flames (@libertyflames) October 24, 2013
.@LibertyWBB is picked 1st in the @BigSouthSports Preseason Poll for the 16th time in 17 years!
— Liberty Flames (@libertyflames) October 24, 2013
Davon Marshall and John Caleb Sanders make the @BigSouthSports Preseason All-Conference 2nd team.
— Liberty Flames (@libertyflames) October 24, 2013
Covington VMI, Chaney HPU, Harper CSU, Nimley CSU, Brown HPU are 1st tm all Big South. Brown preseason POY.
— Chris Lang (@ChrisLangLNA) October 24, 2013
Big South Media Day. @LibertyMBB Picked #2 in North behind High Point. 1st Team All-League: Covington. Chaney, Harper, Nimley & Brown (POY)
— Dale Layer (@coachlayer) October 24, 2013
Preseason #BigSouthMBB poll taps HPU as North Div favorite, CSU as South Div favorite. #BSCMediaDay #MyrtleBeachMadness
— Big South Conference (@BigSouthSports) October 24, 2013
Men’s Predicted order of finish (1st place votes in parenthesis)
North: High Point (25), Liberty (3), Radford, VMI (2), Campbell, Longwood
South: Charleston Southern (28), Gardner-Webb, Coastal Carolina (2), UNC Asheville, Winthrop, Presbyterian
Some thoughts from preseason 2nd team all-conference selection, point guard Davon Marshall:
No respect i see … Cool
— Davon Marshall (@Human_Torch_1) October 24, 2013
Some quotes from Liberty head basketball coach Dale Layer:
“We got a good group (of guys) back, but every team is different.”
“We will have our struggles, we will have our ups and downs.”
“Our guys dealt with adversity well last year, will they do that with success this year?”
“We’ll go as far as our backcourt can take us.”
Juco transfer point guard “Joe Retic will get some playing time, and I think will carve out a pretty important role for us this season.”
