Wooster certainly had a good season, winning a lot of games, finishing first in a league that hasn't been very competitive or deep the last few years, but losing at home in NCAC semis, then dropping a first-round NCAA game can't be considered a great season-- I'm guessing the Scots themselves would agree with that.

My question is this: Wooster wasn't deep this year, and they lose a lot of their contributors. Who do you people think is going to step up next year and have a real shot at prying the regular season title away from the Scots?

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

Results from Meadville:

Medaille (3-0) beats Marietta, setting up final of tournament against host  Allegheny (4-0) which beat PS-DuBois, 103-58.

Its about time someone on here talked about someone other than Wooster. The ironic thing, until this league gets more balanced from top to bottom, the eventual winner will continue to come up short in March.

Early reviews on the rest of the NCAC:
Wittenberg-- Seem to have slipped somewhat, but their tradition keeps them hanging in there.
Ohio Wesleyan-- Disappointing last year, should have been closer to top two.
Wabash-- Is there a girls' school near Wabash, and if not, does this hurt them in recruiting?
Earlham-- Not very deep, but started off well this season.
Kenyon-- Experienced, have to learn how to win. If the big fella wasn't an enigma, he wouldn't be in D-III.
Allegheny-- Potential sleeper team; start out 2-0, got some balance in their scoring this weekend.
Denison-- Seemed like an unhappy group last year; hopefully, this season finds them a little more cohesive.
Oberlin-- Read review of colleges once that said the liberal attitude at Oberlin went against everything that team sports stands for. Whoops.
Hiram-- We'll see if Year 2 of rebuilding program yields progress.

does player of year include the tournament? if so, think earlham would have to get to finals for miller to be considered. as much as i get sick of wooster/witt on this board, unless guy is going for 25 a game or dominating on boards, POY has to be from one of top 2 teams.

the balance of power in this league swung when cooper got into wooster, but not witt. he would be my player of the year.

as for Casey McCloskey being 2nd team all-NCAC, he went 1-19 in three games vs OWU; he disappears against the better teams. he puts up numbers sometimes, but isn't a solid all-around player.

1st round predictions:

Wooster 92, Kenyon 59 (Coach Moore gets technical with Scots up 35, giving Kenyon the cover)
Wittenberg 73, Denison 46 (Big Red stopped caring weeks ago)
Ohio Wesleyan 76, Allegheny 68 (Gators a year away)
Earlham 95, Wabash 94 (Can't pick a school with no women)

you got it; i disagree with you, therefore i am shallow and don't understand the game.

I am amused that some Wooster fans are complaining about "hometown officiating" at OWU. OWU shot 28 foul shots, Wooster 27.

Now you know how the bottom eight of the league feels most every time they play witt or woo; coach moore comes out of the coaching box to protest a call at the end of the earlham game (he was down past center court), doesn't get a technical, and they win; he carps at refs, even when he's up 30.

these things happen on the road. get over it.

Matt Majzlik doesn't deserve to be all-league; his lack of conditioning has hurt the Gators as much as he has helped them. Gators are getting better (led Witt by 9 at half and were tied with Wooster at half at home), because Hollihan and Torsney give them two athletic big guys, and Babe started hitting some perimeter shots.