I can't confirm that he is a true 7 footer but I have heard he is very close

QuoteSeems to me, the more competitive this league gets, the better chance the eventual winner will have of getting to Salem, and then winning there

Altho I agree with this, it also takes a good deal of good fortunes and avoidance, if Johnson doesn't sprain his ankle we might be talking about Woo moving on...that being said injuries are part of the game and the teams that win championships find ways to rise above the adversity...my point being a competitive leage/schedule definitely prepares you for a championship run but so do the basketball gods!!! Good luck to the Bishops.

Congrats and best of luck to the seniors Coop, Fulk and Will and hopefully the underclassmen will realize how tough it is to get to Salem and work that much harder to make a return trip next year.

Wash U is led by their post man Ruths. IMO the key in this game will be whether or not Will and Co can contain and limit Ruths and make things difficult on him. If Johnson plays will certainly be the other key and how effective he can be. Wash U lost their PG early in the season and I think Johnson's ability to pressure the ball when healthy could be a big factor. A very interesting first round matchup between two teams that battled it out in the civic center almost a year ago. Best of luck to the Old Gold and black and a late congrats and good luck wishes to the Bishops...I will also echo the sentiments of others with respect to Coach DeWitt.

THere is indeed a jv game I believe with a 5 tip but I am not 100% positive on the time

Forgot about his matchup with Wiertel, he also outplayed the vastly overrated IMO Derek Reich whose Chicago Maroons played in the 00-01 Mose Hole (well showed up)

Bryan Nelson ring a bell

An easy fix would be to check out the alumni game at 3, visit the Coccia House for a pie after and still make it back for what should be a great game between the Bishops and the Scots...will be interesting to see if the inclement weather poses any threats to the charter flights that some of the alumni have arranged

Looks like quite the class, hopefully they pan out and can help balance the competiveness of the league a little

Was at the game last night, Witt was very flat. ONU has a guy named Michael Hunter that I don't think Shaq could back down, very big/physical guy, ONU contested shots really well and sagged into the post...Witt's spacing was bad and they were unable to find the open guy a lot of it came back to Witt being flat. Badenhop is a guy that finds ways to score, I didn't think Witt's defense on him was very good or as good as I have seen them guard Wooster. It will be a good game, there will be match up problems for both teams as the 5 starters for Northern will struggle to match up to Port, Cooper and Johnson but Woo will struggle matching up on Northern's post players. The sophmore #50 for Northern is pretty good but Hunter is more of a role player/hard worker and not real polished offensively. I see Woo winning this one but it will be close.

"Greg leaned in " and "Rustad's fling at the basket" are fairly good descriptions...I will leave it at that I think....I can remember a game in '03 in which Witt dominated the first half against Woo and in the second half it was completely opposite as the Scots could do no wrong and the Tigers could do nothing, that all started with a Witucky 3 the first play of the second half...the Woo/Witt game in 99-00 at COW was pretty good too, I can remember the Scots raining in 3's in that game (Ellenwood's and Filmore's Sr years) believe that game ended up being a double digit W for Woo.

Penn...Basically the Tigers didn't show up to play early in that game and there were a few questinable calls that went against Witt and Bill, needless to say he didn't respond real well the first technical and was assessed a second and thus the campus police escort....as far as the NCAC championship game between Woo and Witt and the "Rustad Incident" that was in 2002 and I have yet to see the official that called that foul at any game (college, high school or junior high) since, for the record i believe there were 2.1 seconds left

While I have not yet had a chance to watch ONU (plan to next Tuesday against the Tigers) I do get media coverage of them over here in NW Ohio. From what I know they lack a dominant post presence, I believe their top post player is either a sophmore or freshman and is more of a hard worker than star. Badenhop is their top player and while I don't particularly like his style of play there is no denying that he knows how to fill it up. I see the Tigers post players having a field day and I think Wooster's guards and overall team depth will be too much for the Bears, I see both NCAC teams winning by double digits. I can only hope that this year's ONU/Witt game is as entertaining as December of 02 when Bill Brown was escorted out of the gym by campus police...it was classic and is laying around on VHS somewhere

Came away very impressed with the Scots after the Alumni game...Port has elevated his game to the next level and I believe he will be the leader that leads this group back to Salem (the talent is definitely there). There was a play early in the first half that I think last year might not have been made but was made in that game and although the shot was ultimately missed in the corner should the same thing happen against the Tigers I believe it would fall. This is a much more talented group than the '03 team, let's hope that this team gels and that guys accept roles as ultimately team chemistry is a much overlooked ingredient for success. I believe if Nelson played this year that he would once again be the D3 player of the year, he has not lost any part of his game. The 1 frosh that did log minutes (when it was close) reminds me a lot of Nelson both with his build and his shooting touch time will tell if he can develop the low post skills that Nelson was able to master. Fulk and Bidwell would start at any other school in not only the NCAC but also many other conferences. It could be a special year.

Witt will need to pound it to the DR and the Great Dane each and every possesion which means they need to stay out of foul trouble. The guards need to play defense and not turn it over and hit an outside shot here and there. If I were the coach for Hope I would steal a page out of Calvin's book and doube team the post each and every time they catch it. Witt normally does a good job of dumping the post to post pass so Hope will need to cover down with the guards and hope that the Witt guards miss shots. The X factor in this game is going to be Kenny Brady, he seems to be playing his best ball at the right time.