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#1
Wow was I wrong about a week ago when I said the regular season title would end up with Hanover! While that can still happen, it seems like Anderson really has things rolling right now. But who knows, the DCJackets curse just might be developing right before our eyes. Hanover, Anderson, and Manchester have a lock on the top 3 spots and do not seem to be showing any signs of giving them up. Even though the Panthers gave the Hanover faithful quite the scare after losing 3 in a row. It will be interesting to see who ends up as the HCAC regular season champs.

As for the other 3 spots in the tourney, it seems like tonight is a make or break night for both Defiance and Franklin. They are both sitting two games back of the 6th and final spot and have tough games tonight with Defiance playing Manchester and Franklin playing Transy. If they lose, they are both certainly not totally out of it, but making the conference tourney will be a very hard task and they will both need some help to get in.

I have been really disappointed in the fall of my Jackets. They have been playing very uninspired basketball lately and it has been showing in the last 4 games. They have not led for one second in the last 3 games! That is something a DC fan has not been used to in the last 4 years. Their offense is one dimensional, with Wolfrum having to create every play for a team that has limited playmakers and having the ball in his hands nearly 90% of the time. The rest of the HCAC has figured that out and are exploiting it. The issues defensively are a mile long but can be solve with one thing, TOUGHNESS! This group has not shown any of the toughness that the team had last year with the core group of seniors. Nate Conley has been a huge loss for this group. He was very unheralded as a contributor for last years team but he set the tone for the Jackets defensively. Not having his leadership and Sales and Floyd's playmaking abilities has really hurt this young DC team and hopefully one of them can find that same fire that Conley had and get the rest of the guys to follow. Either that or I hope Coach Brumett can find a group of recruits just like the group Miller brought in with Sales, Floyd, Conley, Stolly, Armstrong, and Stuckey. This DC team needs to find that toughness that the program has steadily built over the last 4 years with that group of seniors last year. Once this group realizes that, I see them going nowhere but up. Until that day comes, I just hope they make the conference tourney!
#2
Tough game for the Jackets the other night. It was really disappointing to see them come out and play with no toughness whatsoever. Bluffton won that game by being tougher and hats off to them on playing tough enough to win on the road in a rivalry game. Hopefully the Jackets can rebound from a tough loss quickly because it will not get any easier with Rose coming to town tomorrow. They play with the same toughness that Bluffton plays with.

The Hanover loss really opens up the race for the regular season title. It is a shame that the Jackets couldn't pull out a win and get more into that hunt. It will be a long shot for them to host now.
#3
I got:

Franklin
Defiance
Transy
Hanover
Manchester
#4
Hey everyone new to the board! Thought I would weigh in here since the thread seems to have died down since last year!

Just about half way through conference play and things seem to be shaping up almost as expected with Hanover, Anderson, and Manchester leading the charge with Defiance on their heels. I have been most impressed with Hanover so far. Starting 8-0 is not an easy task in the HCAC and I was impressed with the win at Defiance. Playing and winning at DC is a tough task especially with the way this DC team plays at home. It will be tough for any team to take the top spot away from Coach Miller and his team. They are extremely well coached, talented, and will always have a chance to win every game in my opinion.

Defiance is a tough team to put my finger on. It seems like on any given night, depending on which DC team shows up, they can either play with anyone or they can get blown out by anyone. Lately, they have been being the team that can play with anyone. A lot of that has to do with them being a young team and losing 6 seniors from last year. Hopefully they continue to improve, especially on the defensive end, because with Logan Wolfrum on your team, anything can happen. The game Wednesday against Bluffton will be interesting to watch. Two young teams going at it, with some possible seeding implications at stake when it is all said and done. The Weaner Center should be rockin' on Wednesday night!