eason youâll probably see me there in full body paint cover green head to toe anyways.
plus from dying my hair green so much i think it dyed my brain green too.
[QUOTE=switchfoot;266221]I am surprised App has a basketball side to their message board. Itâs like when I hear Duke fans discuss footballâŚoh wait, never have.[/QUOTE]
Dook ONLY funds football so they can remain in the acc.
[QUOTE=dax;266234]eason youâll probably see me there in full body paint cover green head to toe anyways.
plus from dying my hair green so much i think it dyed my brain green too.[/QUOTE]
Liar, I donât believe it!
I did notice all the App fans referred to us as Charlotte and not UNCC. Thatâs much better than you will see on the Wake board when we play them.
(App Fan)
Hey guys. Saw a couple of your forum members hop on over and post a bit. Nice to see another active message board with some cool people. Right now App Menâs Basketball isnât that big on campus with all the Football talk, but I think some of you would be suprised at how its growing. Last year the Menâs team had a great showing and attendance saw a big increase. Still a dismal 2,500~, even though we have a very nice 10,000 Seat arena. However this year there is definitely some hope that weâll see a return to the NCAA tourney.
Anyways on to the team. Although weâve lost 3 Senior Starters, we still have a couple very good players coming back. Namely the transfer from UVA Donte Minter, who is seeing his first full injury-free season (hopefully). We also have Clayton, a great defender and solid forward. Other then that however, a lot of Juniors/Sophomore coming in to plug the gaps. A few freshmen who I also expect to see aiming for some starting spots. It should be a good team, although given the lack of senior leaders on the team, we could make or break early on, so this 49âers game could be big (heading into several road games before we finally head home against Davidson).
This game should be interesting because from what Dax has told me, the 49âers are young but very athletic. Perhaps a lot of running. Thatâll be in contrast to App, where Fancher appears to be building a lineup thats big down low, putting the pressure inside where weâll kick it out to our solid shoot guards if we canât create anything underneath the basket. Not nearly as many fastbreak points expected now that DJ Thompson and D. Scott have graduated. We will be playing with a new point guard, either a soph/fresh player. So Iâm sure turnovers will occur as the team still learns to play as a unit.
If I was the 49âers I would try to control the tempo, make it a fast âsloppyâ game where your more athletic players can take advantage of our âslowerâ offense. Keeping App âon edgeâ would work well to charlottes advantage. Whereas, I think App will try to keep the game under control and make it a battle of FG%.
Honestly donât know enough about the 49âers and App to make a decent prediction yet. But as an App Fan, Iâm thinking that our more expierenced players/seniors/juniors will pull a win out.
App had a closed scrimmaged vs WSSU, who we dominated although theyâre one of the worst squads in all of Division 1 basketball, so almost not worth a comparison.
Cheers 
Should be a great game, hoping to be there.
I know App has 12-15,000ish students and another 15,000 residents in the town, but a 10,000 seat arena for a SoCon team that hasnât done much in its history seems quite excessive. Why would they build something that big? Do they have a lot of other events in there or is it primarily just basketball?
(App Fan)Hey guys. Saw a couple of your forum members hop on over and post a bit. Nice to see another active message board with some cool people. Right now App Menâs Basketball isnât that big on campus with all the Football talk, but I think some of you would be suprised at how its growing. Last year the Menâs team had a great showing and attendance saw a big increase. Still a dismal 2,500~, even though we have a very nice 10,000 Seat arena. However this year there is definitely some hope that weâll see a return to the NCAA tourney.
Anyways on to the team. Although weâve lost 3 Senior Starters, we still have a couple very good players coming back. Namely the transfer from UVA Donte Minter, who is seeing his first full injury-free season (hopefully). We also have Clayton, a great defender and solid forward. Other then that however, a lot of Juniors/Sophomore coming in to plug the gaps. A few freshmen who I also expect to see aiming for some starting spots. It should be a good team, although given the lack of senior leaders on the team, we could make or break early on, so this 49âers game could be big (heading into several road games before we finally head home against Davidson).
This game should be interesting because from what Dax has told me, the 49âers are young but very athletic. Perhaps a lot of running. Thatâll be in contrast to App, where Fancher appears to be building a lineup thats big down low, putting the pressure inside where weâll kick it out to our solid shoot guards if we canât create anything underneath the basket. Not nearly as many fastbreak points expected now that DJ Thompson and D. Scott have graduated. We will be playing with a new point guard, either a soph/fresh player. So Iâm sure turnovers will occur as the team still learns to play as a unit.
If I was the 49âers I would try to control the tempo, make it a fast âsloppyâ game where your more athletic players can take advantage of our âslowerâ offense. Keeping App âon edgeâ would work well to charlottes advantage. Whereas, I think App will try to keep the game under control and make it a battle of FG%.
Honestly donât know enough about the 49âers and App to make a decent prediction yet. But as an App Fan, Iâm thinking that our more expierenced players/seniors/juniors will pull a win out.
App had a closed scrimmaged vs WSSU, who we dominated although theyâre one of the worst squads in all of Division 1 basketball, so almost not worth a comparison.
Cheers
Should be a great game, hoping to be there.
Welcome! Thanks for the write up. Iâm not sure you will get anyone who will be able to really break this team down to give you an clear picture of what to expect, as we have absolutely no clue what to expect ourselves.
We seem to be very athletic, but how that will translate into production is yet to be seen. Good luck on the season. I hope we beat the dog **** out of you guys on Monday. 
(App Fan)Hey guys. Saw a couple of your forum members hop on over and post a bit. Nice to see another active message board with some cool people. Right now App Menâs Basketball isnât that big on campus with all the Football talk, but I think some of you would be suprised at how its growing. Last year the Menâs team had a great showing and attendance saw a big increase. Still a dismal 2,500~, even though we have a very nice 10,000 Seat arena. However this year there is definitely some hope that weâll see a return to the NCAA tourney.
Anyways on to the team. Although weâve lost 3 Senior Starters, we still have a couple very good players coming back. Namely the transfer from UVA Donte Minter, who is seeing his first full injury-free season (hopefully). We also have Clayton, a great defender and solid forward. Other then that however, a lot of Juniors/Sophomore coming in to plug the gaps. A few freshmen who I also expect to see aiming for some starting spots. It should be a good team, although given the lack of senior leaders on the team, we could make or break early on, so this 49âers game could be big (heading into several road games before we finally head home against Davidson).
This game should be interesting because from what Dax has told me, the 49âers are young but very athletic. Perhaps a lot of running. Thatâll be in contrast to App, where Fancher appears to be building a lineup thats big down low, putting the pressure inside where weâll kick it out to our solid shoot guards if we canât create anything underneath the basket. Not nearly as many fastbreak points expected now that DJ Thompson and D. Scott have graduated. We will be playing with a new point guard, either a soph/fresh player. So Iâm sure turnovers will occur as the team still learns to play as a unit.
If I was the 49âers I would try to control the tempo, make it a fast âsloppyâ game where your more athletic players can take advantage of our âslowerâ offense. Keeping App âon edgeâ would work well to charlottes advantage. Whereas, I think App will try to keep the game under control and make it a battle of FG%.
Honestly donât know enough about the 49âers and App to make a decent prediction yet. But as an App Fan, Iâm thinking that our more expierenced players/seniors/juniors will pull a win out.
App had a closed scrimmaged vs WSSU, who we dominated although theyâre one of the worst squads in all of Division 1 basketball, so almost not worth a comparison.
Cheers
weâre also pressing a lot more on defense so if you have an unexperienced pg, that could hurt. should be a good game.
[QUOTE=RWORKMAN09;266495]I know App has 12-15,000ish students and another 15,000 residents in the town, but a 10,000 seat arena for a SoCon team that hasnât done much in its history seems quite excessive. Why would they build something that big? Do they have a lot of other events in there or is it primarily just basketball?[/QUOTE]
I drove by their Arena one time and it looked really nice. Itâs fairly new. I think they have concerts and other events there also.
Yipee, theyâre gonna be on TV!
[URL=http://goasu.com/article/11256/][B][U]Season Opener At Charlotte To Be Broadcast on Time Warner Cable[/U][/B][/URL], GoASU.com
Yah, to be honest the Arena is pretty incredible. Its our only âtop classâ stadium on campus. Everything else is really nice, but a new 10,000 Seat arena canât be beat. However to get the funds necessary it obviously serves other purposes, so officially its the Holmes Convocation Center. There is a stupid rubberized track that goes the length of the concourse (sigh), but at least inside it looks great lol.
Sadly we have a hard time filling the stadium. Our only sold out game was against UNC a while back, and lately weâre lucky to see 5,000+ on big games. Hopefully when the 49âers comeback a year from now weâll have a bit more people inside
Yah our starting PG will be âfreshâ, likely Abaraham. However heâs a pretty decent ball handler with a fairly lower turnover percentage.
[QUOTE=RWORKMAN09;266495]I know App has 12-15,000ish students and another 15,000 residents in the town, but a 10,000 seat arena for a SoCon team that hasnât done much in its history seems quite excessive. Why would they build something that big? Do they have a lot of other events in there or is it primarily just basketball?[/QUOTE]
It was built to be a multi-purpose facility, like Barnhart, but is used primarily for athletics. They do have concerts there.
[QUOTE][B]Holmes Convocation Center[/B]
[I]Home of Menâs Basketball, Womenâs Basketball, Volleyball and Indoor Track and Field[/I]
The cornerstone of the Appalachian State University campus is the George M. Holmes Convocation Center. Containing Seby Jones Arena, the facility serves as the home of Mountaineer volleyball as well as the menâs and womenâs basketball programs and indoor track and field squads.
Standing at the end of Rivers Street, the 200,840-square-foot structure houses the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science, and includes a multipurpose arena for community and cultural events, graduation and convocation ceremonies, trade shows, concerts, and athletic events.
The athletics facilities on campus have long been considered among the finest in the Southern Conference. The constant emphasis placed on the maintenance and upgrading of these sites shows the institutionâs dedication to its teams and student-athletes. Throughout the past several years there have been many additions and renovations to the athletic facilities, as well as academic buildings on campus, to help propel ASU into the 21st century.
The 8,325-seat arena is complete with HLES offices, classrooms, state-of-the-art laboratories, team areas and retractable seating for concerts, special events, volleyball and basketball competition and more.
A 300-meter state-of-the-art directional Mondo track circles the upper concourse and is used by the indoor track and field teams for both practice and competition.
The facility was opened with a celebration followed by a menâs basketball contest between Appalachian and North Carolina. With much anticipation, every seat was sold recording the first a pre-gameday sellout in school history for any sporting event. The athletics ticket office sold the full allotment of tickets for the inaugural contest in the Holmes Center 12 minutes after opening.
The Appalachian student section is a priority. Student seating is located at midcourt for both volleyball and basketball.
Public service, a cornerstone upon which Appalachian was founded, is the hallmark of two individuals who names will adorn the Universityâs convocation center.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Ninerballin;266290]Liar, I donât believe it![/QUOTE]
talked to jim and iâm bringing like 5 other people to the game possibly and iâm paying to get in. you better believe it.
Weâll take your money, dax the traitor! 
[QUOTE=HP49er;266521]Weâll take your money, dax the traitor! [/QUOTE]iâve been paying for games for about 3 years now. even when i was a student. i think the AD likes my buying tickets when i really didnât have to.
Appâs largest home crowd was against us the last time we played them up there. That season used to be the season we didnât like to talk about. The arena was about half full⌠half empty too.
Their win was considered a major upset at the time. My drive back to Charlotte was much longer than the drive up.
[QUOTE=agentpaul001;266483](App Fan)
Hey guys. Saw a couple of your forum members hop on over and post a bit. Nice to see another active message board with some cool people. Right now App Menâs Basketball isnât that big on campus with all the Football talk, but I think some of you would be suprised at how its growing. Last year the Menâs team had a great showing and attendance saw a big increase. Still a dismal 2,500~, even though we have a very nice 10,000 Seat arena. However this year there is definitely some hope that weâll see a return to the NCAA tourney.
Anyways on to the team. Although weâve lost 3 Senior Starters, we still have a couple very good players coming back. Namely the transfer from UVA Donte Minter, who is seeing his first full injury-free season (hopefully). We also have Clayton, a great defender and solid forward. Other then that however, a lot of Juniors/Sophomore coming in to plug the gaps. A few freshmen who I also expect to see aiming for some starting spots. It should be a good team, although given the lack of senior leaders on the team, we could make or break early on, so this 49âers game could be big (heading into several road games before we finally head home against Davidson).
This game should be interesting because from what Dax has told me, the 49âers are young but very athletic. Perhaps a lot of running. Thatâll be in contrast to App, where Fancher appears to be building a lineup thats big down low, putting the pressure inside where weâll kick it out to our solid shoot guards if we canât create anything underneath the basket. Not nearly as many fastbreak points expected now that DJ Thompson and D. Scott have graduated. We will be playing with a new point guard, either a soph/fresh player. So Iâm sure turnovers will occur as the team still learns to play as a unit.
If I was the 49âers I would try to control the tempo, make it a fast âsloppyâ game where your more athletic players can take advantage of our âslowerâ offense. Keeping App âon edgeâ would work well to charlottes advantage. Whereas, I think App will try to keep the game under control and make it a battle of FG%.
Honestly donât know enough about the 49âers and App to make a decent prediction yet. But as an App Fan, Iâm thinking that our more expierenced players/seniors/juniors will pull a win out.
App had a closed scrimmaged vs WSSU, who we dominated although theyâre one of the worst squads in all of Division 1 basketball, so almost not worth a comparison.
Cheers Should be a great game, hoping to be there.[/QUOTE]
Good to see you Agent Paul, I noticed how you were the most active poster on App Country (well at least the basketball section).
The game should be fun, I know App will have at least a decent prescence. BTW, Welcome to Niner Nation.
Yah Iâm fairly active at AppCountry and a few of the other SOCON Message boards (DavidsonCats.com is the biggest overall Iâd say).
With the new App Rivals website and the already large Mountaineer Message Board, it gets busy trying to concentrate one one lol, however Dax was right in pointing you to AC, since its more a student and younger alumni forum and it should heat up even more during basketball season.
Looks like you guys are really busy over here though, I bet your gameday threads are just about realtime 
Either way I canât wait for next monday, looks like Iâll be making the trip down to Charlotte with a group as well, need to see this game in person
[QUOTE=agentpaul001;266612]Yah Iâm fairly active at AppCountry and a few of the other SOCON Message boards (DavidsonCats.com is the biggest overall Iâd say).
With the new App Rivals website and the already large Mountaineer Message Board, it gets busy trying to concentrate one one lol, however Dax was right in pointing you to AC, since its more a student and younger alumni forum and it should heat up even more during basketball season.
Looks like you guys are really busy over here though, I bet your gameday threads are just about realtime
Either way I canât wait for next monday, looks like Iâll be making the trip down to Charlotte with a group as well, need to see this game in person :)[/QUOTE]
look for me. iâll more than likely have a charlotte jersey on (constructed of body paint). app country is a great website. bunch of nice guys on that board.
[QUOTE=agentpaul001;266612]Yah Iâm fairly active at AppCountry and a few of the other SOCON Message boards (DavidsonCats.com is the biggest overall Iâd say).
With the new App Rivals website and the already large Mountaineer Message Board, it gets busy trying to concentrate one one lol, however Dax was right in pointing you to AC, since its more a student and younger alumni forum and it should heat up even more during basketball season.
Looks like you guys are really busy over here though, I bet your gameday threads are just about realtime
Either way I canât wait for next monday, looks like Iâll be making the trip down to Charlotte with a group as well, need to see this game in person :)[/QUOTE]
Usually the gameday threads donât get overly long in length like at other sites you see because of the shoutbox⌠The shoutbox helps limit that by A LOT!