Here let me help you guys out here.  From a former D3 coach right here in so cal, the dilemna is this.  Any 6'7" + post that can play ends up being a potential project for UCI or CSUF at the D1 level.  They can recruit that guy to be a walk-on or even a scholarship and that guys going there because he can tell everyone that he plays at a D1 school.  If he happens to fall through the cracks, then he ends up at San Diego Christian or Westmont or one of the middle teams in the GSAC.  Azusa and Biola tend to get D1 bounce backs so they don't need to take High School posts.  The other problem is this.....most of the coaches out here have to think about the problem =  if you have a 6'10 guy he has to score a bunch to out weight the possibility of him having to guard a 6'6" post that can move and get him away from the basket.  Don't get me wrong, there has been some good ones in the sciac over the years, Pomona has had a few, but they got them from Chicago and honestly did a great job getting them and got lucky that the kid wasn't been recruited by some of the many other schools between here and there.  California has every single level........JC (non-scholarship), D1, D2, D3, NAIA and NCCAA and you must now get real creative in founding that Big post that can play. 

Been around the game for many years, so here's my take.............(respect stag44 a ton by the way)

common opponents--- George Fox, UCSC and Pomona Pitzer.  Each have handled Santa Cruz.  Whitworth by an average of 14 and Chapman by an average of 22.  Each handled George Fox.  whitworth by an average of 16 and Chapman by an average of 28. (played once).  Difference is that when you play someone twice a year and maybe even 3 times and you're in the same league, there are no secrets.  You know one another so well that a ten point win can actually be a really solid win.  Difference is Pomona Pitzer.  Whitworth lost to Po-Pi by one real early in the season and Chapman beat them by 18 in the first game of the season.  By this people would say, chapman should win, but hold on.......not finished.  Whitworth will have a great "white-out" of their own to get them pumped and ready to play.  The home cooking should be good for a few points.  These two teams have played each other once in each of the past two seasons, so they are not going to be intimidated.  Whitworth by 9 and Chapman by 3....both on neutral floors.  I think the bottom line is that if the game is played in the 70's low 80's whitworth wins by 8-10;  if the game is played in the 50's to low 60's, chapman has a chance and pulls off the 1-2 point upset.

I've been reading all the mess in here between oxybob and I guess a few chapman fans, and I thought I would finally chime in.  Every team in the SCIAC needs chapman to do well.  If they are all going to play them each year, then at least it helps your non-conference (not pre-season; pre-season is in october) schedule and strength of schedule.  Its been know and no secret that chapman's schedule is something to be desired, but look at it from another angle.  They play all they can against the SCIAC and then they go into their own "conference" against other independents.  This could be solved if the SCIAC schools would be like some other conferences across the country and play a non-conference game within the conference season.  For as long as I've followed D3 hoops, I've never seen this happen.  That probably would allow chapman to play someone else in November and December instead of a SCIAC school and drop some of the other non-D3 games to fill their schedule and not have to play UCSC Five times and La Sierra 4 times to finish their schedule.

Oxybob your right.........I can't believe i'm saying it...........(the your right part), but chapman's schedule is weak and could be improved, but they would have to be flying all over the place during this time of the year to get games.  I can't wait until you get your program, so we can see your scheduling.  Oxy (or any D3 team) plays the D1 for funding their budget.  Sorry they over looked you for the SC job, or sc jobs.  Kevin O'Neil or Lane don't have anything on you!!!   

did you apply to chapman and get denied or something, because the chip on your shoulder is very ugly.  this site is great, but when you argue back and forth so ugly and not making good points, it takes away from all the fun of being in here.  There are some great, or really good programs out here.  Kats and Scam do a great job over in pomona/ cms and Newhall and Rider/Dains over at Oxy and CLu.  Chapman has proven that they have a good program because regardless when the game is played, they have been successful against the SCIAC.

Stepping down off my soap box now.