Witt pulls out the win 74-68.

LaRoche fought back from being down as much as 22 early in the 2nd half.

Huge night from Michael Cooper with 23 pts & 10 rebs. Clayton Black was big with 22 pts. Brandt also added 12pts & 12 rebs. Sullivan held scoreless on 0-5 from downtown. Let's hope he returns to form tomorrow night!

Great win for the Tigers!!

Why is it so difficult to get the steaming video up and running?!? What are the odds they figure this out by the time Wooster takes the court....

DC,
Any word on why Gregg Hill is out for Witt? It sounds like they miss him badly...

If this has already been addressed, I apologize!

Word has it that Witt has named Travis Schwab as new asst. coach replacing recently departed Artie Taylor. The former OWU standout had previously been asst. at Kenyon under Matt Croci, a former Witt standout in his own right!

Congrats to Travis and welcome to the Witt family!

The NCAC has recently lost its best dressed Asst. Coach...

Artie Taylor has taken the Head Coaching position at Ohio Dominican. Sad to lose the best dressed coach in the history of the NCAC!!!

Good luck to Coach Taylor, we'll sure miss him at Witt.

Seeing that it's my namesake that's started this whole movie debate I feel like I must chime in my two cents...

I will be the first to admit that I'm no movie buff but growing up in Indiana, where high school basketball is a way of life, Hoosiers, takes the cake for greatest sports movie. This movie did a tremendous job in showing how influential the basketball was to a way of life. In reality, Indiana is home to 7 of the 10 largest high school gymnasiums in the country, most of them in smaller to mid sized towns where the entire community revolved around the local high school game, from the caravans of fans following the team bus to away games to local businesses shuting down during game time. Of course, this was back in the '50s-'60s and how the times have changed! 

If you didn't like this movie then you aren't from Indiana, plain and simple, if you're a Hoosier, you love this movie.

Lost the feed too with under a minute to go.... Update please!!!

Witt vs. Woo Week...

What are some predictions by those that get to see these teams on a regular basis?

WillieBrown, what's the 'official' spread for this one?

DC- I guess my point was Hodgkinson would never have gotten as many minutes as a frosh or soph at Woo or Witt to retain the consistency he's had at Denison. For Woo, he would had to share minutes with Blake Mealer, Matt Schlingman, and even Port. For Witt, no way he would've played ahead of Dan Russ, Kenny Brady, or Pete Walker before that, not to mention Borchers. Again, that's just my opinion but I think Denison's overall lack in depth of talent allowed him to play more early. There's no question, at this point as a senior he would be a starter for either Witt or Woo but no way a 4 year starter all the way through.

Tough break for Caraway and the Tigers. He has been a strong perimeter player for Witt, who actually hit the last second 3 vs. Kenyon to send the game to overtime. Look for Brandon Barabino or Kevin Murray to step up in place of Caraway.

No one will argue Hodgkinson's consistency, but I think that is the point of the discussion. No disrespect to his career thus far at Denison but I think if he went to Witt or Woo there's no way he would've started or gotten significant minutes early in his career. In those programs, even very talented players have to 'wait their turn' b/c number of talented kids that go to those school to be a part of winning programs. This is a big factor in why those programs stay strong year in and year out.

FYI... Former Wittenberg standout Dan Russ, recently signed to play professionally for a team in the Netherlands. This comes after a busy summer of playing in professional tryout camps in California, Florida, Mexico and Germany. A great story on a very deserving player both on and off the floor. Best of luck to him in the future.


http://www4.wittenberg.edu/news/athletics/news/2006releases/08_04.html

No complaints on the all-region selections here....basketball is a team sport and individual honors mean absolutely nothing.

I guarantee Russ and Borchers do not care what team they were selected to as they pack their bags for Salem.

Congrats to Wooster having three players on the first two teams, but guess what, they are sitting at home right now. I would bet the farm that they would rather be packing for Salem right now instead.

Indiana Jones is exactly right, it's all about the stats for these honors and the only stat that really matters now are WINS.

With all due respect to Coach Moore, who is a great coach and a class act, the adjustment in the style of play he made from last season to this year was a no brainer. It wasn't rocket science to figure out with no post players and an overflow of shooters to change to the uptempo game. I think WAY too much credit is being given for a VERY obvious decision.

In fact (as some have mentioned) for the way their defense has fallen off some discredit should be noted as well.

Still a very dangerous team that can make a deep run in the tourney and is looking to reload next year.

Side note, Dane Borchers is returning to Witt next season for a 5th year. I think someone noted Witt graduates all three NCAC players...not so fast!

Just here to voice my disappointment of the All Conference honors released today. The big three from Witt were all a level below where they should have been.  POY was close and could've gone either way but I thought Russ was a better all around player. Borchers more than deserved to be on the 1st team, nobody will argue that. Brady is the biggest let down to me (who was 2nd team his Soph year and missed most of last year b/c injury), he has consistently been a clutch player alongside the towers.  I thought Brady deserves that spot over Witucky.

Individual honors mean nothing and I know these guys don't care. The main focus is solely winning one game at a time and making a run in the tournament.

wally- good points all around

However, I would have to say Russ comes out on top b/c he is is a very solid defender where as Cooper has been known to disappear on the defensive end. Also, Russ' numbers (16pts, 6reb) don't scream POY, yet he won it last season with less impressive numbers (14pts, 6reb). Not to mention he has to play along side Borchers, which definitely cuts into his post touches.