Quote from: El Tigre on August 16, 2006, 05:04:00 PM
Wow ... things seem to be getting a little personal in here!  8)

Everyone should just settle down I know everyone waits a whole year for some SCIAC football, but it is almost here.  I am going to prescribe some NFL games for you few who need a fix of football immediately.  For those of you who can wait about a week ... I will be going to Oxy's scrimmage next Friday August 25th at 7pm and like always it is on Patterson field.  It starts at 7pm so we are going to meet for happy hour before I am thinking at the Yard House!  Anyone willing to join me?   

From my understanding, the game is actually AT College of the Canyons this year as it was at Patterson Field last year.

I'll be honest with you all, the only read this board for Browneagle's posts.

Who do you guys think has the best chances to win the SCIAC this year, other than favorites Oxy and Redlands?

Quote from: DenSLA on June 21, 2006, 02:52:43 PM
Did you ever get used to the lights at your stadium? (from the stands it looks quite dark)

I know this was for El Tigre but I thought the board should know that Oxy replaced all of the light bulbs in the stadium. It was done earlier this year, probably a couple of months ago, and my goodness what a difference. You can actually see the light of the stadium when you're heading down Eagle Rock BLVD. I think that this was hooked up because there was a movie being filmed at Oxy and the rumor is that the powers that be allowed the crew to use the field/surrounding areas for filming if they replaced the bulbs. I'm not 100% sure that's how it happened but the point is the lighting is vastly improved from past seasons (the back of each end zone to about the 10 were the worst parts).

Quote from: dawgs go deep on June 14, 2006, 01:16:13 PM

with Oxy loosing 22 starters, he may not be enough to return them to a SCIAC Championship......

It's really hard to lose 22 starters when you're returning 8 on defense alone (9 if you count Stowers who started in 2004, who is back after missing last season because of injury). I think the total is 9 starters lost. And until someone figures out how to slow down the Oxy offense, there's no reason they won't be the favorites but they know as well as everyone that championships are won on the field ...

Any word on how many recruits are coming into the SCIAC schools?

Quote from: RFB on March 15, 2006, 07:03:11 PM
I played there in the 90's when we owned the conference. They will be back on top real soon.

Congrats on being that guy who always talks about his old program and how good they were when he played ... I can't wait to do the same 


Kudos to Betty and Taylor for making All-Region in a traditional system. Of course Mazarai lit up the Tigers and other teams but first team is a stretch. I wouldn't have been so shocked if Taylor or Betty (I'm sure 95% of this board would say Taylor) was on the 1st team and Mazarai dropped to the 2nd or 3rd team. Regardless, it's nice to see 3 players from the SCIAC get honored.

Knibb High Football Rules!

I keep reading posts about the system that UPS runs but how does it compare to Redlands. Obviously they run it better than Redlands but is it the same concept (press D all game and lots of shooting) or is it a more controlled up-tempo game?

Took a look at UPS BBall website; very impressive stats over the past 2 seasons. Oxy will need to control this game the way they did in the game against Amhearst. Obviously, the atmosphere at UPS will be the polar opposite of that game (not a home game, etc) but look for the Tigers to go to Betty early and often just like they did against Amhearst. If anyone can play with some of the best players/teams in D-III, it's Betty.

Great to see this board liven up over the season and everybody back the SCIAC, regardless of what team they are a fan of. Let's all hope Oxy can pull-off the victory in front of what seems to be a great crowd at UPS and get some more recognition for SCIAC basketball.

Just out of curiosity ... When was the last time a SCIAC school won conference titles in both football and basketball in the same year? I think some oxy fans, including myself, felt we had a legit shot this year but we'll take the trip to UPS over the title.

Game time tonight???

Quote from: OXY Oswald on February 28, 2006, 03:17:09 AM

The Tigers beat Cal Tech 81-46. Which if my math is correct is... carry the one.. yeah more than 14 points.

Our beloved Tiger beat the Techers by an awfully low 14 points on 2/1. I guess it was a foreshadowing of a rough month for the Tigers: Beat CIT by less than 30 (Although they were SO much better this year), drop 2 games at home and 2 more on the road. Luckily for us, February leaves us with a huge gift.

When is conference MVP announced?  As the season ended, it looked like Taylor had it locked up but if the Tigers can pull out a win at home this week, would Betty be the pick?


This will be a huge game for both programs. I would think that both programs want to advance to prove they can move out of the conference and play with some of the elite of D-III hoops. And bragging rights never hurt. Get it done Tigers!!!


Safe travels to the CMS loyal and all other elsewhere (OxyFan21- that's a great week of games). Here's hoping the winner can go to UPS and make some noise for the SCIAC.

Wonderful news for the SCIAC on the front page ... TWO SCIAC teams are in the dance!!! Oxy pulls a Pool C bid while CMS obviously got the automatic. Let's all hope that both teams do some damage and make some noise in the playoffs!!!



Maybe we get the bid to make up for the awful football pairing this past season 

Quote from: Howlinwolf on February 17, 2006, 10:26:46 AM
A question for the SCIAC pundits: Does Oxy have a legitimate shot at CMC on Saturday? Seems the Stags are peaking and the Tigers are sagging. If so, what will it take for Oxy to triumph?

As the DJ said, of course Oxy can win.  The key to Oxy's win against CMS at home this year was the defense that held the Stags to 48 points (Lowest output of the season?). Oxy controlled the tempo of the game and held on in the end with free throws. CMS is extremely difficult to play at home (anywhere, really) and Oxy knows that as well as anybody. I think if the Tigers are going to leave CMS with a victory, 3 things need to happen. 1) Again as Hyphen said, Betty needs a huge game. Something like 20 and 8. 2) Phillips needs to board like a mad man. Although I'm not entirely sure how good of a rebounder Maceira is but Taylor is #1 in conference in RPG, with Phillips right behind him. The Tigers MUST pull down more offensive boards than the 5 they did against Redlands and keep CMS from getting anywhere near the 15 offensive they gave up to the Bulldogs. If Redlands can cash in on those extra chances, CMS can. And 3) Defense, defense, defense. We've seen the polar extremes of Oxy's D this season, the intense D that held CMS to 48 and P-P to 52 and the D that gave up 82 to La Verne and about 1000 points to Mazerei.

Does CMS have anyone that can consitently hit 3's? It seems that the weakness of the Oxy D is found on the perimeter. Both Redlands and La Verne were setting screen after screen to set up looks for thier shooters so look for CMS to do the same.

Quote from: sciacguru on February 16, 2006, 02:26:33 PM
I guess the Oxy fans couldnt help the Tigers win at home this time?!?!?! ...

So who didnt contribute for Oxy???

No fans can stop a guy that scores 57, unfortunately.  It wasn't a matter of who wasn't contributing, Oxy has 4 players in double digits with a few others scoring 8 or 9. One of the most glaring stats of the game was Whitman's non-shooting. How does your best shooter only get 3 shots off the entire game? Obviously, Redland's press defense prohibited any outside shooting (Oxy shot a total of 3 from downtown) and why take outside shots when you can pass down low for an easy basket nearly every possession. And I'm going back to it because it cost them the game but Oxy really bit it hard from the free-throw line. You just have to make them count when a team puts you on the line 25 times.

Who nominates players for team of the week?

You can't do much when you shoot 74% and a single opposing player puts 57 down on your defense. I think there was one point in the game where Redlands hit 6 or 7 3's in a row with Mazarei hitting about 5 of them. Outstanding performance. Redlands as a team shot 64 3-pointers and hit 28 (43%). At one point in the first half, they were shooting 70% from behind the arc. The hardest part about this loss was the fact that Redlands actually shot far worse in the second half than the first (34% and 53%, respectively). The difference in this game were the free throws. Redlands hit 23-25 to Oxy's dismal 12-25 outing. Oxy's big men had huge games themselves as Betty and Phillips had 71 points and 18 boards between them and shot an astounding 34-40 (85%) from the floor and 3-6 from the line.

Here's hoping the Tigers become Road Warriors these next few games ... Still a ton of basketball to be played.


And a one-game playoff would be the sweetest thing ever to happen in SCIAC.

Should be an exciting game out in the Rock tonight. Let's hope Oxy can handle the system the way they did in the first meeting. Redlands stayed hot in the first half but cooled in the second. I'm hoping for a blow out for a few reasons: 1 Oxy needs the win to build momentum heading into CMS, 2 I would like to see Oxy be able to use some/more of their bench to save some legs for the looong weekend ahead and 3 Betty's dunks in the first game were unreal and I can't get enough of huge dunks on Redlands.

Just want to know what other people on this board think but who are the best fans in the SCIAC? Obviously I'd be bias to place Oxy at the top (which I am and would), but what do you all think? Top to bottom ...

1) Oxy
2) CMS/P-P (They are all the same anyways, although i think this weekend CMS is going to pack the place)
3) Redlands
4) Cal-Tech ( A band in a gym that holds 75?! Awesome)`
5) Whittier
6) La Verne


Go Tigers!