Ref Wabash....IMO too many guys are willing to fire it up from anywhere...nobody wants to board and everybody is a step slow on D...Coach has to get on the boys to step up on the D...Zim is getting doubled/tripled.....cant have the guards leading the team in rebounds..still the talent is there and the league hasn't started yet.

BB16 - low blow but I can handle it.....Thanks to everyone (including BB16) for pointing me in the right directions...wings and beverages and whatever in the parking lot on saturday...Go Wabash!!

This is directed at wally_wabash because of his gourmet blogs of the past..but I would be glad if anyone can help....I'm heading to Cville for homecoming and I'm still looking for a "steakhouse" in the area. I sort of remember somebody saying that there was a steakhouse down a couple of exits west on I74 but I'm not sure...I've dined at several places in Cville in the last year (can't remember a bad one) but still can't find that big ol artery cloggin side of beef. I have a son and a couple of his frat brothers who need nourishment....

Here's another yea for Kickoff....Wooscot, go for it

I was a D3 rookie last season and I could find no other place where you could get all the info on D3 football that was needed for the crash course I required... so I wouldn't sound completely stupid on the football sites...now if D3Hoops had a preview I'd be really happy

He could become smedapolis....

The "pre-season" was an attempt at humor...winning the NCAC, beating the W's and getting the auto bid is the goal....and being from the Chgo area I wouldn't mind seeing Wabash come up north for a few games/tourneys

DC
I think you'll be able to tell if Wabash will be a contender this year by the end of the Trinity tourney. If they can come thru the "pre-season" with good guard ball handling I believe it would bode well for the NCAC season. IMO the front line will be big and deep as alot of guys got their feet wet last year and will be expected to improve. A lot of 6'5/6"6 225/
230 guys if the freshmen hit the weight room over the summer. If Wabash guards can show they can handle the rock, run the offense with limited turnovers and be leaders I think they could make the W's pay them some mind. Wabash has some serious streak shooters at the guard spots so I would think they would be OK on the scoring side but you still need the driver to break down the D for the easy buckets against the good teams.

Thanks Pat, I followed your advice.

It looks like Asst Coach Mully at Wabash is now Head Coach Mulligan at the University of New England per UNE website. Good Luck to Coach Mulligan!

Just wondering why schools sit on their new scheds when they are already completed??

Since there isnt much going on right now......

A look at the travel the Little Giants have to endure  each year in the NCAC, the average bus ride is 282 miles. If we were members of the CCIW the avg would be 174 miles. If we were members of my newly established IIMCC (Indiana, Illinois, Missouri College Conference) Washington U, U of Chicago, Milikin, Illinois Wesleyan, DePauw, Earlham, Franklin and Wabash the avg would be cut down to 125 miles. My new conference would encompass Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Louis (media/recruiting), keep the eggheads happy, keep the jocks satisfied and keep us out of Ohio. Ha!

Must have too much free time....

I may have been a little extreme in my previous post but........if you play in a weak conference and you do well you're penalized (Witt)....if you play in a competitive conference and do well you're penalized (Elm).....I know if my team was ranked in the Top 25 all season and we couldn't get one of 59 spots I would be singing the blues big time.....What would happen in DI with this formula??

This is a bit late but I had to chill a little after the 700 mile roundtrip from Woo.

The play where Ryan Stephens took the elbow was right in  front of the Wabash bench under the basket...I have no doubt it was inadvertent but the refs saying they didnt see it is pure BS....Immediately after it occurred one ref asked Ryan "Are you all right?" this from reading the refs lips...then they went down the floor and Ryan collected his T...the T would never have happened if the ref would have just called a foul when the play happened instead of just being in a hurry to get the game over with..so I give the T to the refs who otherwise did a good job.

I saw and talked with Ryan in the AM in the hotel lobby and his nose looked fine.

Lastly, IMO Witt not getting a spot in the tourney is a shame but if the CCIW only gets one team in the tourney after having 3 or 4 teams in the top 25 all year that is a pure disgrace and there is no way I would consider the winner of the tourney "National Champions". Ofcourse this is only MY opinion.

DC

Thanks for the info....I'm hoping for the same effort as the last time we faced Woo but with different results

A couple of questions for the Woosterites.....I'm going to make the "roadtrip" to Wooster from Chicago to check out the Wabash upset....Will I have any problems getting a stub for the game?? Are there any traffic problems (detours) to be aware of?? This will be my first trip to the Wooster area.

Will this be a doubleheader or two single games?

bigredfan...I'll second your opinion on the refs in d3...Having been to a few games at Wabash and listening to different school sites playing Wabash (I like to get the enemy perspective when possible) and attending CCIW games at North Park (close to home)...IMO the refs in high school call a more consistent game and the game is just as fast (at least around here) as it is in the NCAC/CCIW.