March 6, 201412 yr Author I don't care what anyone says. 63 points at any college level is pretty darn impressive. The DI record is only 60, and the DIII record stood for 27 years and for anyone to try and diminish the fact that Sydney scored 63 points really doesn't know what they are talking about. If 63 points was no big deal at the DIII level, then why in the world did it stand for an entire generation? It doesn't matter who broke the record. There have been plenty of players that played at the DIII level that were good enough to play at the DI level in all sports but many just never got the chance because they were ignored by the DI schools. There are also DI players that should actually be playing DIII. Sydney was a great DI player last year, but just because she is playing DIII this year doesn't diminish the record at all. As was already mentioned, athletes compete in different levels all the time, from Nascar drivers among others such as MLB players playing in the minors for all kind of reasons to football players playing in the CFL or even soccer players playing in the MLS instead of playing for club teams in Europe etc. Who cares what level, if it was so easy why did it take 27 years to break the record? Billy Hamilton broke the minor league steals record and he is a Major League talent and player, does that diminish his record in the minors? So to say it was no big deal and actually look at it as if it wasn't a great accomplishment is wrong in so many ways.
March 6, 201412 yr I don't care what anyone says. 63 points at any college level is pretty darn impressive. The DI record is only 60, and the DIII record stood for 27 years and for anyone to try and diminish the fact that Sydney scored 63 points really doesn't know what they are talking about. If 63 points was no big deal at the DIII level, then why in the world did it stand for an entire generation? . Because there weren't any high major D1 players trying to break it.
March 6, 201412 yr Because there weren't any high major D1 players trying to break it.[/ I personally think it was a great accomplishment from a fantastic young lady. One cannot argue that she is way better than the D3 players around her but it is where she chose to be and personally I am very glad she chose Thomas More. Go Lady Saints!
March 6, 201412 yr Because there weren't any high major D1 players trying to break it. Also one last point, with so many positive aspects of Sydney coming to T More I am confused why anyone would find a way to scrutinize her being at T More. There is also a D2 transfer on this team that leads the nation in 3pt percentage is that not an accomplishment as well? In addition there is speculation that another D1 prospect may be coming to T More as well as the best point guard in the NKY. T More is a top 5 D3 program that attracts a lot of very good ball players.
March 6, 201412 yr I personally think it was a great accomplishment from a fantastic young lady. One cannot argue that she is way better than the D3 players around her but it is where she chose to be and personally I am very glad she chose Thomas More. Go Lady Saints! That's really all that matters. Keep on posting, 12willyp12. Love your passion! It's nice to have our very own Thomas More Lady Saints connection here on BGP: :thumb:
March 6, 201412 yr Because there weren't any high major D1 players trying to break it. Clyde..even if they tried, it would be a difficult task. Why can't we just congratulate the girl and move on.
March 6, 201412 yr I noticed she only made one 3-pointer in the game and took 41 shots. That makes 63 even more impressive since it was mostly 2's.
March 6, 201412 yr Author Because there weren't any high major D1 players trying to break it. How do we know that? As I've said, there are DI quality players playing in DIII in all sports I would bet. Also I would garuntee you that Sydney wasn't the first DI player to transfer to a DIII school. If a pitcher pitches a perfect game in AA ball, does that make it any less of an accomplishment? If it were so easy, then why hasn't it been broken several times already by Sydney?
March 6, 201412 yr How do we know that? As I've said' date=' there are DI quality players playing in DIII in all sports I would bet. Also I would garuntee you that Sydney wasn't the first DI player to transfer to a DIII school. If a pitcher pitches a perfect game in AA ball, does that make it any less of an accomplishment? If it were so easy, then why hasn't it been broken several times already by Sydney?[/quote'] "D1 quality" is different than "high major." Syd could do this again if she shoots 41 times. It's up to her. A better baseball example would be stud pitcher from UNC/LSU/UCLA pitching a perfect game against Centre.
March 6, 201412 yr "D1 quality" is different than "high major." Syd could do this again if she shoots 41 times. It's up to her. A better baseball example would be stud pitcher from UNC/LSU/UCLA pitching a perfect game against Centre. Man you need to be right so bad that you just cant give the young lady some credit? Clyde I respect your post and opinions, normally spot on but give the young lady some credit. Great accomplishment and NKY is very frutunate to have Sydney back home where she feels is the best place for her!!
March 6, 201412 yr NASCAR? That's your analogy? The challenge here is that people who have daughters/friends/loved ones who play D3 get offended when you say Syd is playing below her level. The D3 kids are really nice players. Heck, had my daughter decided to play college athletics she , too, would have been a D3 athlete. She played softball. Syd playing bad D3 teams is like saying Cat Osterman threw a perfect game against Thomas More. There's a reason there are bunch of talent levels between high D1 and D3. By the way no one is offended because you think "they" feel that your comments degrade the talent level of D3 players, no one said that until you brought it up!! My issue is that an accomplishment was acheived and question why anyone would need to question that accomplishment as opposed to congratulating the person for the feat. As I am sure you know my daughter plays D3 and I am very proud of her to be on her team. Also like most D3 athletes my duaghter is a student first and is going to college for a future and an education.
March 7, 201412 yr Interesting article on the D3 Hoops website. A player named Lauren Avant who has lead Rhodes College for 3 years now originally started at University of Tennessee where she saw some of action for then the number 1 Lady Vols. She was recruited by Pat Summit and she was a state champ her junior year as well as Ms. basketball in the state of Tennessee. Unfortunately she had injury problems her freshman year and played only 152 minutes. UT wanted her back but she wanted to de-emphasize basketball and felt she could not do that at UT. She has had a stellar career at Rhodes where she leads the team in several categories including scoring. Just ONE example of top D1 talent choosing to play D3 ball. The D3 hoops website is a good one to follow D3 hoops and I recommend BGP's try the site out. They also have a nice article on Thomas More.
March 7, 201412 yr "D1 quality" is different than "high major." Syd could do this again if she shoots 41 times. It's up to her. A better baseball example would be stud pitcher from UNC/LSU/UCLA pitching a perfect game against Centre. No walks. No errors no lucky bloop hits. Perfect game is special no matter when or where. So is having an NCAA single game scoring record.
March 7, 201412 yr Author Sydney is also averaging right around 4 assists a game which is nice to see. Sydney stats this year. FG% 60.9% 3 PT 47 for 38% FT 106 FT% 77.4% 239 rebounds 8.5 rebound per game avg 96 assists 28.6 pts per game avg 801 points
March 7, 201412 yr Sydney is also averaging right around 4 assists a game which is nice to see. Always a strong distributor. Could play PG if TMC needed her to.
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