Holy crap...I can't believe I forgot Joey A. Sorry Joey if you read this. One of my favorite players on the team. I look for great things from Joey next year, because he can only get better.

I would be in deep trouble if I gave out way to much inside information this early in the game. Recruiting is a tough job in its self, so when the Stags and coach Scalmanini decide to post it on the web, you will know. With the likes of Blees, Lacey, Davis, Heidrich, and Blue coming back, the stags will again contend for the Conference championship.

Congrats to Chapman on a great season. Even though I was at the game last thursday and saw my beloved Stags lose, I was still very impressed on how Chapman handled themselves. You guys had a great season. Hopefully you guys can continue to play at that level and make it tougher for us SCIAC teams.

My question is this....how do you guys see yourself playing out next year. You lost a great point guard who I believe was the glue of your team. Sure you bring Riley back, but against certain teams he can be taken out of the offense. The Stags bring back a lot of players, including the 2-time defending SCIAC player of the year in Chris Blees. The stags should be very competitive again next year with a great recruiting class coming in this year as well. I can't wait for Chapman to come to CMS next year! Payback will be nice!

Once again...great Season!

Quote from: West Coast Bias on March 04, 2010, 04:59:45 PM
I think my point wasnt clear enough.  Joey Anderson is a Stud.  I love his game.  I think he is a true difference maker.  Every team in the SCIAC would love to have a guy like him.  He is a defensive monster and a rebounding machine.  He definitely deserved 2nd team ALL SCIAC.

I was just poking fun at another overstatement by Stag44.  That despite his wonderful qualities, I wouldn't really say that Joey Anderson was just scratching the surface of his offensive skills.  Deshun McCoy is just starting to scratch the surface of his offensive abilities.  So are Trevor Woodland, Jordan Sanvictores, and Donald Okpalugo.  If you said pick one guy to get a rebound to win the game Joey is my guy.  He is a gifted offensive rebounder.  I just don't think he has the skill set to be an offensive juggernaut in the SCIAC.

And while your games are similar,  he is missing the patented Stag44 fist pump as you are running down the floor after a rebound put back... but that will never be duplicated. 

I can honestly say Stag44 is one of my favorite stag players of all time. Not only did the fist pumps get the crowd going, but his charge-taking abilities were unmatched. I've never seen a player spend more time on the floor than Mr. Stag44.

 I love it...there is nothing better than listening to Oxy Bob go at you Old Chap!

Quote from: DIIIghetto on March 02, 2010, 04:10:29 PM
Kinda noticable that the two Hen Ws took a little steam out of the Stag braggadocio on this thread.  One of my Stag friends who doesn't follow the team closely told me that he would have rather PP won the SCIAC but CMS swept the season.  Fear not, Scali & Co. avoided that disaster Saturday night. 

And now they get a chance to get Coach Scali his first ever NCAA Tourney win.  Good luck Stags, represent us well.

I have to say your "Stag Friend" is an idiot! Anyone who would rather sweep the season, but then lose the conference championship is a straight moron. It's really funny to me how people see this rivalry. I guarantee everyone thought that Pomona was going to sweep the season series. I bet if you ask Katz, he would rather win one game during the season (at home) and then win the SCIAC tourney and get an automatic bid to the NCAA's, than sweep the regular season. Obviously the regular season doesn't mean anything, because if CMS would have lost they wouldn't have gotten into the NCAA's at all.
I just want to give my apologies out to everyone (including all of the pomona students who walked quietely home after the game Saturday night) for Pomona barely staying over .500 for the season. Maybe next year! (they could be worse next year after basically losing their entire team to graduation)

I will take the League Championship and SCIAC Tournament Championship for the 2nd Straight Year anytime. Go Stags!!!

Congrats to the Stags on there win over Pomona Saturday night. It is always good beating your cross campus rivals for the 2nd time in a row for the SCIAC Championship. I am curious to hear who is SCIAC player of the year, as well as 1st team. There is no question Blees deserves the title for a second year in a row. I believe his stats are better than they were last year, and he shot much better from the field. He is so tough to guard due to his size and quickness. He usually has the opponent's big man guarding him, which ultimately causes match up problems.
I will be curious to see who guards Blees on Thursday. I believe if they can try to contain him, they will have a great shot at beating the stags. The biggest matchup will be the point guards. Toney has to do a good job containing him, and not allowing him to run muck in the open floor.
I believe the Stags are playing at a very high level, and will be ready for Chapman in every way. This is a completely different team that the team that beat Chapman earlier in the season. The Competition has continued to push the Stags to get better every week. I believe there conference competition will provide them with that extra confidence that I don't believe Chapman will have. I really believe you will see that on Thursday night. Pomona, Cal Lu, and Oxy are not West Coast Baptist and the other crappy teams that Chapman has played thus far.
I do have to give my Congrats to Chapman on there great season. I am happy that another So. Cal team made it into the playoffs. Good luck to you guys!

See you all on Thursday night! Stag44 I will text you throughout the game as usual!

I hate doing this, because I like Oxybob, but if all he is going to do is throw out stats all the time, then I guess I will throw a few out:

Overall Record (08-2010)

Oxy

Regular Season
11-14 (2008-09)
16-7 (2009-10)

27-21 overall record the last two years (Not including remaining games)

SCIAC Conference Record
7-7 (2008-09)
8-4 (2009-10)

15-11 overall record the last two years (not including remaining games)

CMS

Regular Season
21-7 (2008-09)
19-4 (2009-10)

40-11 overall record the last two years (Not including remaining games)
Lost in first round of SCIAC tourney to CMS (Unfortunate)
Didn't make it last Year! (Ouch)
May not make it this year!

SCIAC Conference Record
11-3 (2008-09)
11-1 (2009-10)

22-4 overall record the last two years (Not including remaining games)

Oh yeah---
SCIAC League Championship Last year and this Year!
SCIAC Tournament Champion Last year

Looks like Coach Scali is building a program and will probably win it again next year with the help of soon to be TWO time Player of the Year Chris Blees and company.

So bring on the Stats, because they speak for themselves. I'm sure you will go back to the 2005-2006 season because that is all you have to go back too! Yes, you guys beat us...I have finally accepted it.

Quote from: OxyBob on February 18, 2010, 11:08:05 AM

Quote from: stag44 on February 18, 2010, 09:55:43 AM
From the 16:31 to the 11:28 mark of that game WW went on a run from up 1 to up 15. Other than that, we played them even; so sorry it was 5 minutes not 3 minutes.

You must have learned how to measure time and keep score differently than I did. Whitworth led 42-40 at the half. The Pirates outscored you 16-4 and led 58-44 at 12:00. Then the lead went to 69-52 at 8:00. You got the lead down to 13 at 2:40, and lost by 18. Sorry, but you didn't play them even.

As for your mythical Pool C aspirations, CMS better figure out how to beat Pomona this Saturday, because the Stags got worked last time, and the Sagehens are fighting for their conference tournament lives.

OxyBob

Bob- I don't remember you being at the game, but I do remember that Pomona didn't work us last game. As you may know, CMS-PP games can change in a hurry. The Stags had it within 3 with a minute to go, and had a shot to tie it up and go to overtime. The shot didn't go in and free-throw added to the final score. The game was much closer than the score showed.
As for us getting work, this team is playing at a very high level right now and I promise you this, Pomona better get ready for what is coming to them this Saturday. They are going to get hit harder than they have ever got hit before. I was talking to the boys last night after the game and they are ready. They were not happy to give up all of the offensive rebounds and get punished on the boards. I just hope Sexton makes it through the game, because everytime he comes through the lane I promise he will get hit in some way or another. Not cheaply by anymeans, but he will feel everyone's presence.
I don't know if you remember this, but last year the Stags got beat at Pomona and then defeated the Sagehen's at home handily during the SCIAC season and easily again in the SCIAC tournament. If there is one thing we are not worrried about, its not getting "worked by Pomona".

Good luck to Oxy even making the Tournament!

To be real honest I KNOW that Chapman does not want to play CMS at home the first round of the SCIAC. No team has played better in the SCIAC on a consistent basis than the STAGS against QUALITY opponents. We haven't played La Sierra, West Coast Baptist and whatever teams they play. We play quality opponents who give us a better competition and allow us to compete at a higher level. The only thing Chapman has done since Christmas is practice, and being an ex-college player myself, I would rather play against tougher competition later in the year than practice against UCSC and allow my bench players to get some reps.

Don't get me wrong I believe Chapman is a good team, but when you play against lesser competition it will come back to bite you in the end. Chapman is hoping they either Host, or two SCIAC teams get into the tourney and they get to play someone other than the Stags. That's just my opinion!

Quote from: dahlby on February 17, 2010, 10:52:38 AM
fhsutiger:

The NCAA opens the tourney hosting up for bid(s) and awards accordingly. Hopefully, if CMS is selected for tourney play, or wins the SCIAC Tourney, they would bid to host.

Hopefully you are right and the Stags take care of business like they have done all year. Hopefully, the pollsters will see the body of work and allow the Stags to host a tourney game. THEN ship us out the Northwest!

Hypothetically thinking of course here:

What do you think the odds of two teams from the SCIAC making the tournament if CMS makes the finals of SCIAC tourney and loses (god forbid & at home). Can anyone see that happening, and who do you think it would be?

Second question:
Does anyone see Chapman hosting, or does everyone believe the committee will send them to a SCIAC school first. I'm sure Chapman would love to host, but the one team I know they won't want to see first round is CMS. The Stags are playing much better that they did in December, and we all know what happened the last time they played. Plus we have played much better competition!

What does everyone think about these scenarios?

This thread has been tremendously boring the last week or so. I personally apologize for not commenting, but I was away on work and away from a computer. If it's not for Oxybob and Stagg44 giving us some incite on the games, this thread would be non-existent. For a while there old chap was drilling in our heads how good Chapman is, and we haven't heard from him in a while. Which means there must not be anything to brag about when it comes to Chapman's schedule. How many times have they played La Sierra now?
Hell Cal Lutheran is making a push to the SCIAC tournament and playing well. Redlands tripped up against Whittier, making this Wednesday's game against Whittier even more important for CMS who can now Clinch the outright championship if they win tomorrow night. Oxy, Pomona, and Redlands are trying to hold to the 2,3, and 4 spots respectively. I think the final week 1/2 of SCIAC play will bring us some great basketball, and maybe even an upset or two.
Here is how I see it playing out for the Tournament:
1. CMS
2. Redlands
3. Pomona
4. OXY

Cal Lutheran is the dark horse I believe. They certainly have a great shot on making some noise late in the season.

Overall Winner of SCIAC Tourney:
CMS over Redlands

Quote from: OxyBob on February 05, 2010, 08:13:55 AM

Quote from: fhsutiger on February 04, 2010, 05:33:52 PM
Too bad Conner isn't around anymore...I can honestly say I don't think I have ever seen a player go up to a coach (Scalmanini) and talk s**t before the game started, and then return at half-time and talk some more.
...

Competition is good for everyone, but being a classy individual is more important! Conner just wasn't one of those type of kids in my book.

Been wanting to get that off my chest since that incident, and know feel at ease!

And here you are talking s**t about an opposing player who graduated from Oxy two years ago about something that happened what, 4 years ago? That's classy. Glad you feel better. At least you were consistent and misspelled his name all five times.

In that scenario Oxy would be the Jackson State Tigers.

OxyBob

While you know and have met me many times, my intention was not to say that CW is a bad person, I just believe the way he handled himself on the court was not something to be desired. I do believe I may have been a little harsh on the young man, but I stand strong that that kind of behavior should never happen on a basketball court.

Quote from: DIIIghetto on February 05, 2010, 02:05:04 AM
While the Stag's SCIAC success has brought out a fair amount of cockiness on this thread, it is worthwhile to note yet again that we are all still waiting for Scali's success to translate beyond our bottom-tier conference.  All of those post-season and out of region non-conference losses keep the entire conference in the SWAC of DIII category.  That means that this weekend's game is the equivalent of Jackson St. (CMS) against Prarie View A & M (Oxy).  Nothing to get too excited about.

I really don't have much to say except you are right in a bunch of ways. The SCIAC in whole has to do a better job when we get to the big dance. We must continue to build our non-conference record so that we can host a post-season game in SCIAC country instead of the cold northwest. I don't want to make excuses for the STAGS when it comes to non-conference play, we must play better!

Quote from: stag44 on February 04, 2010, 03:06:30 PM

Quote from: OxyBob on February 04, 2010, 02:20:12 PM

Quote from: stag44 on February 04, 2010, 11:11:39 AM
Oxybob, I really like how quiet you were about the game @ Oxy. 

Oxy scored a lousy 33 points. CMS whipped 'em bad, real bad. There, happy?

Quote from: stag44 on February 04, 2010, 11:11:39 AM
Parsons really sealed the deal with about 2:30 to go off a broken play ball screen where the paint opend up and he stuffed a dunk that sent the student section into a frenzy. He capped off that night with a THUNDEROUS dunk with 10 seconds to go that really blew the roof off.

Maybe you can get Willis Reed Parsons to limp out of the CMS locker room onto the court.

OxyBob

Although he's a Stag and CMC legend, I think this 09-10 version of the Stags will be just fine without him. He's doing very well right now though, working in the Bay and is the Head Coach of Half Moon Bay High school.

At the end of the day CMS-Oxy is always a great rivalry, especially when they are both playing a high level. This friendly banter is really nothing compared to some of the talking Connor Whitman got into during his time at Oxy.

Too bad Conner isn't around anymore...I can honestly say I don't think I have ever seen a player go up to a coach (Scalmanini) and talk s**t before the game started, and then return at half-time and talk some more. I was sitting on the bench, and couldn't believe what I saw before my eyes. Conner was a great player, but had little class compared to all of the other kids that Oxy has ever had. I have always thought Oxy was a very classy program, and still do, but Conner Whitman is the exception. He was a great shooter, and I wish him nothing but the best, but his mouth is going to get him in trouble some day.

I'm just glad that Conner did it during the game, because Austin Soldner and Dan Winterbottom were about ready to take him out. And believe when I say this, they would have taken care of him real QUICK!

I would rather see players like Myers, Knudsen and the rest of the Cal Lu athletes who came over to Coach Scalmanini and gave him a hug before the game. That is class!  Competition is good for everyone, but being a classy individual is more important! Conner just wasn't one of those type of kids in my book.

Been wanting to get that off my chest since that incident, and know feel at ease!

AWWWWW SNAP! I think that is how the boys say it. Sorry Stag44, I don't know what else to say except that you did win a conference Championship outright since then. Looks like the Stags may win another one this year as well.